American Comic Dimensional Trading Device

However, in this respect, the number of Irish and German people far exceeds that of Italians and Jews.

President Roosevelt was of Irish descent, and military leaders such as Eisenhower and Nimitz were all of German descent.

In the past, the Irish mafia was hopeless and couldn't compete with the Italians and Jews, so the upper-class members of their own ethnic group could only turn a blind eye.

But now that the Irish mafia has risen up and is very sensibly paying tribute, which side will these politicians stand on?

By this point, it was quite clear that the attacks on Mayer Rankis and many other high-ranking members of the Jewish gang were carried out by the Blackwater gang.

However, law enforcement agencies, led by the FBI, have not taken any action against the Blackwater gang.

One is that the Blackwater Gang has already gained momentum and knows the rules very well.

Another reason is that the Blackwater gang is very clean, and the FBI cannot find any effective evidence.

As a result, the Italian Mafia and Jewish gangs, which should have been entering their most glorious period in this era, were inexplicably suppressed.

It was under these circumstances that time quickly moved from 43 to 44.

And the second dimensional beacon of the dimensional trading system, which Josie had been looking forward to for a year, finally arrived long overdue.

Chapter 52 Yuri!

One night in February 1944, Josie sat alone in the study of her Chicago home, waiting quietly.

Today is the day the dimensional beacon refreshes, and he specifically scheduled the day to restock the Blackwater Gang's supplies, returning to Chicago for this reason.

The purpose is to avoid all interference.

As time ticked by, the countdown on the system finally reached zero.

"Deploy the beacon immediately!" Upon seeing the new dimensional beacon refresh, Josie couldn't wait to issue the order.

"The dimensional beacon has been deployed and is currently searching for a matching user..." As Josie gave the order, the dimensional beacon began to be deployed.

Under Josh's expectant gaze, more than three minutes passed before a notification appeared on the system screen indicating that the match was complete.

As the scene on the screen changed, an interior view of a cave appeared on the screen.

Wait... a cave? Josie's heart sank slightly.

In his view, the environment in which the host of the dimensional beacon resides can reveal some of the quality of the trading partners.

Just like the first match you got with Daenerys, she was in distress, living in a Dothraki tent.

Fortunately, Daenerys herself was extraordinary and quickly got out of trouble.

But at least Daenerys had a tent back then, but now... a cave?

When the person on the other side actually appeared, Josie's heart sank even further.

Because the other party was a bald savage dressed in various unknown furs that were haphazardly patched together... Did I get matched with someone from some primitive tribe?

"Huh? What is this? An interdimensional trading system? Interesting, very interesting. It actually allows people from different universes to contact and trade. It's really interesting. I wonder what level of civilization could invent something so amazing. It's truly breathtaking." Just as Josie was lamenting her bad luck, the other party spoke.

This statement surprised Josh.

When a dimensional beacon matches a host, it will impart relatively basic information to the host.

However, this kind of indoctrination only lets people know the function of the trading platform, which is the kind of information that shows how but not why, rather than instilling knowledge in the matchmaker.

But now the other party is using conceptual terms like "universe" and "civilization," which is clearly not something a primitive person could say, even with a systematic simultaneous translation.

Based on these two words alone, the other party could not possibly be a primitive person.

Could it be that the other person, like Daenerys, fell into misfortune for some reason and ended up like this?

“Hello, I am Josh Kahn, a dimensional merchant. May I ask your name?” Josh asked tentatively.

“Hello, Mr. Kahn, I am Nonolies Yuri. You can just call me Yuri. As for my identity, well, scientist? politician? military strategist? Hahaha, never mind, I'm just a downtrodden man now.” Yuri said with a smile and a shake of his head.

Nonoliers Yuri? Yuri?

At first, Josie didn't think much of it, but when she saw the other person's bald head, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind: Could it be Yuri? But the other person's appearance…

"Judging from your expression, you seem to know me?" The other person immediately guessed his thoughts upon seeing the change in Josie's expression.

"You're Yuri? The former Minister of War of the Russian Bear Nation, the Yuri who later founded the Yuri Nation?" Josie didn't hide anything, but swallowed hard and asked her guess with some disbelief.

"Huh? You actually know me? Could it be that you and I come from the same world? Or is it that in your world there are beings similar to me?" Yuri was also quite surprised to hear Josie's question.

"No, no, no, although our worlds have many similarities, you don't exist in my world. Besides, the timeline of my world should be much earlier than yours; it's only 1944 now. But I met another Chosen One from the same world as you before. He was from the Rising Sun Empire, and that's how I learned about your deeds. It's just a pity that guy had bad luck; he died before he could make a deal with me." Josie's brain raced, and she instantly found a reason to shift the blame onto Japan, which was also in the Red Alert world.

He is incredibly excited right now.

This isn't just bad luck, it's absolutely incredible!

The kind where you can win the jackpot by buying lottery tickets.

This is Yuri, Yuri! The Yuri from Red Alert who can be compared to Einstein, no, he's even more awesome than Einstein!

"The Rising Sun Empire? You're really unlucky. That kind of small country is only barely surviving between the Allied forces and the Russians. Even if they survive, they probably won't have anything good to trade with you." Yuri shook his head disdainfully when he heard the name of the Rising Sun Empire.

In his time, the Empire of the Rising Sun was entirely a colony of the Allied forces and a front line in the confrontation between the Allies and the Soviet Union.

“Mr. Yuri is right, but… Mr. Yuri, your current condition… doesn’t seem to be very good either?” Josie asked tentatively.

In fact, he had some guesses about Yuri's current situation.

Because in Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge has three endings.

The first ending is that Yuri is left with only a brain, which is placed in the basement of the Kremlin.

The second ending was that he was imprisoned in Einstein's mental shackles.

The third ending is obviously closest to Yuri's current situation: he was sent to the Cretaceous period by a time machine, and his fate is unknown.

"Ahem, that person from the Rising Sun Empire, didn't they tell you my fate?" Yuri asked. Although he asked the question, it wasn't hard for him to guess with his intelligence that whether it was the Russians or the Allies, they would choose to keep his fate a secret. After all, time machines are top secret.

"Uh, yes, he only said you're missing; the authorities haven't released any specific information." Josie pretended not to know.

“Well, my situation is indeed terrible right now because I’m all alone, far from civilization. I’m living in the Cretaceous period, but I think that might be good news for you!” Yuri said, stroking his chin.

"Oh? How so?" Josie asked, quite curious.

"Do you recognize this?" Yuri asked, pulling out a piece of silvery-white metal.

"Uh... what is this?" Josie regretfully admitted her ignorance.

“This is iridium! Metallic iridium!” Yuri sighed. “You can’t possibly not know what iridium is, can you?”

Chapter 53 This is doing a good deed!

Metallic iridium?

Of course, Josie knew what iridium was.

This is all thanks to the first Avengers movie.

One important scene involves Loki going to Germany to gouge out the eye of an old scientist, allowing Hawkeye to scan his retina and steal a large piece of iridium from the vault.

The iridium metal was used as a stabilizing device for the Chitauri portal.

After watching the movie, Josh even looked it up.

It is known to be a relatively expensive platinum group metal, chemically extremely stable, and one of the most corrosion-resistant metals, insoluble in acids. In its dense state, it cannot be dissolved even by boiling aqua regia, and its reserves on Earth are extremely limited.

It is mainly used in the manufacture of various cutting-edge scientific instruments and is very suitable as an alloy additive.

It is also one of the important raw materials for smartphone and new energy vehicle batteries.

The price is as high as $5000-$6000 per ounce. That's 1000-1500 RMB per gram.

It looks high-end and valuable, right?

However, there is a harsh reality: this thing is actually not very easy to sell.

Even in the 21st century, the highest global annual demand for this stuff was only a dozen tons, and at its lowest, only a few tons.

This is still in the 21st century, an era of rampant electronic products.

If we put this in 1944, when Josie lived... do you know what this thing was used for? The nib of a fountain pen...

To put it bluntly, this thing has a very low consumption rate. If Josie sells too little, it's not worth it; if she sells too much, she can't sell it at all. It's a complete waste of money!

However, as soon as Josie said these words, Yuri on the other side started cursing.

"Stupid, utterly stupid! Who the hell told you to sell it? Since you've been in contact with people from my timeline, do you even know about tank manufacturing plants? Do you know about Apocalypse Tanks? Do you know about Magnetic Storm Infantry? Do you know about Magnetic Storm Coils? Do you know about Magnetic Reactors? Not just the Soviets, but all kinds of core components for Allied military weapons use large amounts of iridium! In our world, iridium has become the most fiercely contested strategic resource between the Allies and the Soviets, and you're telling me here that this stuff can't be sold???" It's only because we're in different universes; otherwise, judging from Yuri's attitude, if Josie appeared in front of him, he would probably strangle her to death.

When Yuri berated him, Josie opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word...

What could he say? That his world didn't have that technology? Well, let alone America in 1944, many of the technologies in Red Alert, even in his previous life in the 21st century, were things that only existed in dreams.

But Yuri's attitude was already clear: Josie didn't have it, but he did.

Although it's the Cretaceous period, as one of the most technologically advanced people in the Red Alert world, Josie believes that Yuri, like Tony Stark in the future, can build armor with his bare hands given the right tools... What? Aren't the armor of the Tesla Troopers armored? Humans aren't afraid of being run over by tanks!

"Hehe, Lord Yuri, don't be angry. I'm just young and inexperienced, and I don't know what's good for me!" Just thinking about all the crazy technology in Red Alert made Josie's mouth water. He quickly flattered Yuri, "Whatever you need, just tell me, and I will do my best to satisfy you."

"Hmph, you're smart enough to know your place. Hmm, don't rush things. Get me some food and drink first, especially vegetables and alcohol. In the Cretaceous period, besides dinosaurs and ferns, you hardly see any large mammals (small mammals already existed in the Cretaceous). Also, get me a computer... well, there weren't any computers in 1944. Get me a typewriter and some paper first. I'll make a list of all the equipment you need according to their urgency, and you can buy them slowly. Also, if possible, could you send me a few people over... um, you know what I mean!" Yuri winked as he spoke.

During the Cretaceous period, Yuri's survival was not a concern because of his mind control abilities. Moreover, unlike his clones, he, as the original, could control more than three numbers of ordinary people at once, let alone dinosaurs with brains only the size of walnuts.

...Okay, that's just a joke. A large dinosaur's brain certainly couldn't be only the size of a walnut, but it's certain that it wasn't as intelligent as a human, so it wouldn't be difficult for Yuri to control it.