Chapter 798
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As for the Mingkuang Star Region, its fairness, impartiality, and powerful military oversight give it a natural advantage.
More powerful figures stood up and asked questions, and Jiang Shu gave his answers to each one.
Some of the content may displease these visitors, but so what? Ultimately, these people make the rules according to their own interests.
Rules are always made by the strong!
"I have given you a general overview. The Mechanic God will then send you the detailed terms."
Jiang Shu spoke calmly.
Many attendees nodded in agreement.
For them, a place where they could exchange goods without much control was something they had dreamed of for decades.
The conference ended shortly afterward, and representatives from over a thousand factions departed.
Jiang Shu nodded to himself, then turned around and gathered the powerful figures from the three clans together.
"Right now, there will definitely be some people who are dissatisfied or want to take advantage of others, deliberately breaking the rules. We must take measures to punish them and not give them the chance!"
Jiang Shu immediately spoke up.
The other powerful figures nodded in agreement, naturally having anticipated this.
Soon, detailed lists were sent out, concerning the establishment of the business alliance.
The trading venue would naturally not be a habitable main planet in the Mingkuang star region, but rather a desolate planet.
With their strength, forcibly transforming the planet was naturally within their grasp. With the technology of the machine race and the abundant numbers of the insect race, one trading post after another gradually took shape and began operation.
During this period, those forces also began to conduct tentative transactions, though the quantities were small, and most of the transactions involved rare and unusual items.
After all, they hadn't expected that a chamber of commerce would be established here before they came.
Soon, these forces turned and left with their respective messages, returning to their home planets.
Jiang Shu's side had anticipated this, and they were waiting for the seeds they had planted to slowly grow.
Two weeks after that meeting ended, many forces returned, bringing with them various resources and equipment.
As Jiang Shu had predicted, the basic barter system began to take shape.
On those desolate planets, more forces began trading with each other, temporarily bartering.
In a sense, if we ignore the strength and capabilities of the buyers and sellers, or the various goods, it's equivalent to selling from a small stall.
Jiang Shu and his group simply provided a venue.
However, just the venue alone made them incredibly wealthy. The taxes alone provided them with a massive amount of resources, which, aside from the cost of building the torch, almost fully recovered more than half of the previous expenses.
After all, this small universe contains various treasures that have never appeared in the larger universe.
These treasures, though not considered precious in the eyes of these venerable ones.
However, it also has its merits for some lower-level cultivators.
Moreover, these treasures, accumulated little by little, are like a never-ending stream for them.
More importantly, the current deal is merely a trial.
Many forces have been holding back for decades, and this is just the beginning of a test. If it really erupts, the volume of transactions will be ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times greater than it is now!
Meanwhile, various resources, which had been accumulating for decades, were immediately used by the three races to make a fortune!
Jiang Shu looked at the various resources continuously entering the warehouse and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
It should be noted that the force he joined after entering the Star Ruins Realm was the Nine Universe Merchant Alliance.
Although I haven't cultivated extensively within it, I understand its operational model and know that the Business Alliance relies on its platform to quickly become a major peripheral force in the Star Ruins Realm.
Now, it has even squeezed into the inner circle.
If such a zone could be opened up between the vast Cangmang Domain and the Demon Domain in the future, it would even be possible to seize a large area of the Demon Domain without bloodshed.
But he was just thinking about it.
The reason they were able to create such a magnificent scene was thanks to the artifact torch created by the saints, their own strength, and the divinely bestowed environment of the subspace!
If it weren't for this subspace barrier, allowing free communication and trade between the worlds, all their guarantees would be useless.
Soon, Jiang Shu, as the representative of the human race, went directly to the mechanical race's divine envoy.
"Based on your calculations, when can we expect to begin distributing the currency?"
Regarding this question, the Mechanic God said, "We have invested relevant computing power to calculate and build a large model. Once the goods extracted by our three groups reach more than ten times the current market value, we will be able to leverage our local advantages to issue corresponding credit currency."
"Compared to now, it was definitely more convenient and easier for them to accept back then."
Jiang Shu nodded slightly, accepting the answer.
Now they are able to earn a large amount of resources by taking a cut from the transactions every day.
These resources will be divided equally among the three races. At the same time, the humans and insectoids are keeping a close eye on the machine race to prevent these mechanical heads from using any calculation methods, accounting, or other means to gain a larger share of the benefits.
The situation improved day by day, but the three races remained vigilant, because things could not go so smoothly, and no matter what, there would inevitably be corresponding obstacles.
The Mingkuang Star Sector Trading Platform has been open for over a month, and almost every day, a steady stream of starships arrives here under the guidance of navigators.
Before this, the reason why there was no large-scale communication in the entire universe was simply because it was all in the dark, and no one knew where anyone else was.
Now, with a fair and just trading place that can be described as having the power to suppress any threats, after the initial probing, each faction has come here to trade goods, each with its own resources and strength.
After all, no one can guarantee that the resources they need will be produced on their planet or in their star system.
At that moment, another starship slowly sailed out of subspace.
"Finally out..."
The human navigator, Fang Zhenghua, breathed a sigh of relief. Looking down at the mottled marks on the surface of the starship beneath him, he felt a lingering sense of unease.
When he was crossing the warp, he unexpectedly encountered the orc race and almost perished because he was caught up with them.
"Those orc lunatics!"
Fang Zhenghua gritted his teeth and cursed.
Although most powerful individuals within the torch's reach are willing to abide by the rules and come here to trade goods.
But there are always some lunatics who refuse to accept this order and instead begin to wander in the surrounding subspace, hunting down and intercepting goods.
After all, in the eyes of those lunatics, how can honestly doing business be as fast as directly robbing someone?
Fang Zhenghua had just encountered a small group of orcs, but luckily they ran away and only suffered some minor injuries.
However, if you really get entangled with them, you're really in big trouble.
Taking a deep breath, Fang Zhenghua raised his hand and made a gesture, and suddenly clusters of bright light appeared in his palm.
At the same time, a mechanical voice sounded in my ear. "Welcome, Minghua Star Navigator Fang Zhenghua. Please follow the instructions to the docking location."
As soon as he finished speaking, a mechanical creature suddenly flew in from a distance.
Fang Zhenghua nodded and ordered his men to follow the navigation. They then slowly came to a stop at the Starry Sky Wharf on one side.
"call……"
Fang Zhenghua slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, arranged for his men to go to the mechanical race to repair the starship, and then took a few trusted confidants off the starship.
The planet they live on was recently modified into a habitable planet using the technology of the Machine Race and the Zerg Race. Even ordinary people who do not cultivate can move freely in it.
"I brought eighty boxes of Star-Stabilizing Iron this time. I think I can sell them for a good price!"
The planet where Fang Zhenghua lives does indeed have a unique product compared to most other planets—space-stabilizing star iron.
This is a special material that, when piled up in a certain place and infused with a large amount of energy, can relatively solidify the surrounding space.
Of course, there's a difference between this and when the Venerable One takes action.
However, these fixed-space star irons are naturally of great benefit to small forces that do not have a Venerable One in charge, because once they encounter spacetime distortion in the subspace, they can directly use the fixed-space star irons, which are like anchors.
It can forcibly fix starships and space shuttles within a certain space to prevent the entire starship from instantly shifting to the other side of the universe due to spatial turbulence.
As time fluctuates, such resources are naturally insufficient to completely solve the problem.
The problem isn't too serious; although there's some internal time management confusion, at most we're just stuck in the same place.
In just a short while, Fang Zhenghua found the buyer who had previously purchased goods from him several times!
"Gentlemen, this time I've brought eighty boxes of Star-Stabilizing Iron. I wonder if any of you are interested?"
When these words were spoken, the many buyers present were startled, and their hearts began to pound.
The value of Dingkong Star Iron is rising steadily in the market.
After all, the number of navigators for each faction is ultimately limited, and their energy is also limited. To achieve long-term communication, they naturally need external assistance.
The fixed-space iron can smooth out some of the less severe space waves, which is extremely useful.
"Brother Fang, name your price! Just tell us what you need! We at Huayunxing want it all!"
"You think you can eat eighty boxes by yourself? That's a pipe dream!"
"I need at least ten boxes. If we need them urgently, these things are no different from consumables."
"Although I'm not human, the first two transactions went very well, so I want a little something too!"
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For a moment, the crowd began to scramble for it.
It was clearly a first-come, first-served situation.
Fang Zhenghua was overjoyed.
Before the torch was lit, the so-called fixed-space star iron on his planet was undoubtedly worthless.
After all, even with navigators and fixed-point star iron, entering subspace without a precise target means there is no return.
But things are different now.
A trading market openly and continuously distributing coordinates appeared before everyone's eyes. Now was the time for trading, and the value of Dingkong Star Iron had risen from scrap iron to an astronomical price.
"It seems that the planet still has some good resources, and there should still be quite a few mineral veins."
Fang Zheng was overjoyed and immediately exchanged shipping manifests with the representatives of the various forces before him, preparing to go directly to the Mingkuang Star Region to sign the contract after reaching an agreement.
"Indeed, this is what the starry sky should be like. What kind of life have we been living for the past few decades when we were forcibly blocked by space compression!"
Soon, Fang Zhenghua exchanged invoices with several other forces and agreed on the barter ratio. He couldn't help but sigh again, "If we had the old credit points, it would be so much more convenient. There would be no need for direct barter."
Upon hearing these words, the representatives of the various factions standing nearby nodded with wry smiles.
However, they all knew that in the area currently under the torchlight, only one faction was authorized to issue currency.
Those are the three races that hold the torch!
These surrounding smaller powers are not fools, especially since many of them issue their own currencies within their own planets or star sectors.
At this point, we just wait for the situation to develop to that stage, where buying and selling directly with currency would be much more convenient.
After finishing their business, the representatives of the smaller factions began to chat casually.
Most of the conversations revolved around various secrets and stories of powerful figures.
Suddenly someone spoke up, “You may not know this, but there are three parties jointly governing this place. The human force is called something like the War Alliance, and they are incredibly powerful. I’ve heard that the vice leader is a powerful expert at the peak of the Venerable realm.”
"That's right, those Zerg and Mechs are also formidable. They seem different from any of the ones we've seen before."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
It should be noted that many of them had encountered the Zerg before, and had even experienced a Zerg plague in the Warp.
Knowing that those insects, despite their immense fighting power, had almost no independent consciousness and merely instinctively followed the Queen Mother's commands.
"I heard that before the warp was separated, the Zerg Queen, the Great Devourer, launched a locust plague that wiped out countless forces and small races."
"Tsk tsk, our insectoids seem to be different. They are irreconcilable with those insectoids who only know how to find their queen."
"You don't know this, but I heard some inside information: is it possible that the Zerg queen here is not the same as the one outside?"
Everyone started chatting with great interest and excitement, when suddenly someone spoke up.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I recently heard some news, it seems to be about that torch."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes suddenly turned to him, revealing a hint of doubt.
At this moment, they all knew that the reason they were able to create such a situation was because of that torch, which pointed the way for all living beings in the world.
After all, the direction of subspace is not subject to change.
However, thanks to the torch, other planets can now locate themselves within the subspace and will no longer be completely lost.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the torch?"
"Normally there should be no problem."
The man, with his shifty eyes, spoke:
"But I've heard that maintaining the torch year-round requires a massive amount of resources!" (End of Chapter)