Chapter 153 - 82 "Black Market" and "Armor Piercing"_4

The items have been purchased, but Chen Ming still wants to explore many parts of the Black Market.

Even though he can’t afford anything, looking around costs nothing.

He’s particularly interested in those spaceships over at the center of the Black Market.

Especially since he just passed by and saw a military-grade Hammerhead Level Destroyer.

This type of spaceship was chosen by the military during an open bid process by Sinda Corporation, so its quality is top-notch.

Overall, Chen Ming is quite fond of Sinda Corporation’s spaceships because they’re easy to use and modify.

However, this Hammerhead Level’s price is 1.3 billion.

Fair to say, that’s about right for military-grade technology.

Right now, Chen Ming can’t even afford the change.

There’s another ship he’s very interested in.

He heard Gamma A mention before about a Speed Particle Technology’s Torrential Rain Level Frigate that was seized by Dusk.

Equipped with unmanned combat drones that have been installed with the Terminator Core, it’s almost as capable as Dusk AI in handling battle situations.

However, the price for this Frigate is even higher than the Hammerhead Level Destroyer.

1.7 billion.

A glance at the number of onlookers around the ship in the isolation perimeter and the slightly over 20 million on hand told Chen Ming that this ship is likely out of his reach.

Unless he spends more time working at the Space Station, perhaps then he could earn enough money to buy these two ships.

But for now, he can only look.

Chen Ming at this moment has no desire to buy, just the thought of witnessing good stuff spurred him to walk inside the Black Market.

And with that thought, he suddenly remembered something.

Chen Ming turned his head and said to Old Wu, who was playing with his terminal: "Old Wu, do you know if there’s an auction or something around here?"

Old Wu looked up at Chen Ming and said: "How did you think of something like an auction?"

"Just thought of it that way."

Old Wu lowered his head again and said: "There used to be a few many years ago, during the years when the Empire’s expansion slowed down."

"Back then, explorers often ventured into star systems outside the Empire’s territory, bringing back lots of rare items, auctions were quite popular then."

"But recently, I haven’t heard of anything worth auctioning."

"Honestly, our Edge Star System doesn’t have anything particularly rare that’s not a controlled commodity to auction... "

Old Wu’s words trailed off suddenly, he quickly tapped a few times on the terminal and said: "Wait a minute, there actually is."

"Main auction item, Armor-Piercing Level Destroyer? Never heard of that spaceship."

"Look at this."

Old Wu reached over and handed his terminal to him, displaying information from an auction website.

Tomorrow the government will hold an auction at a colonial development history exhibition hall next to the Black Market, using a large conference hall and venue there.

Although there’s no detailed introduction of the main auction item, Chen Ming can immediately see that the design of this Armor-Piercing Level ship is definitely related to Sinda Corporation.

Old Wu, having worked at the maintenance factory for so many years, clearly can also see the ship’s design features.

Pointing at the Armor-Piercing Level on the terminal, he asked: "This should be a new spaceship model designed by the company, right? Why is it being sold at the auction?"

"Who knows, but I think this spaceship is interesting."

"Interesting, so let’s go check it out, just in time for it tomorrow, we should have time to see it, with the money you have now you should qualify for entry."

Chen Ming, of course, has no objections, though he is considering more: "I can definitely go, but Old Wu, isn’t it boring for you to just follow me?"

"I’m very interested in these spaceship weapons, but Old Wu, you usually don’t..."

Old Wu looked at Chen Ming with a strange expression and said: "I’m interested in spaceships too, who said I’m not interested, what man wouldn’t be interested in spaceships?"

"I usually like to drink and have fun, but that doesn’t mean I only like to drink and have fun, don’t look down on people."

"Speaking of which."

Old Wu suddenly showed a lewd smile: "Do you want to come with me to have fun tonight?"

Chen Ming immediately refused: "No, not interested, but if you’re going, I’ll reimburse you."

"That generous?"

"Just that generous."