Chapter 43 p1
◎ Auction ◎
Usually, the price of excellent-grade items was in the thousands of crystals. A slightly more special one might go up to ten thousand, but this was only the price in the system mall.
The auction house was different from the system mall. Under the influence of the environment and various factors, a product originally worth 1000 could be auctioned for 2000, or even 3000.
However, what made Yu Chi very puzzled was that the auction house had taken out such a good item as the [Hiking Backpack] right at the beginning, but it had never appeared in the system mall. Could it be that they belonged to the same system, but were treated specially?
For example, the system mall was the lowest level mall, followed by the reputation value mall, and then the auction house.
Yu Chi: …I feel like I’ve found the truth.
But in that case, even if it wasn’t for trading with other players, just to get better items, one had to go to the central island.
The starting price of the [Hiking Backpack] was set at 1000 crystals. As soon as the auction began, the price quickly soared. At the beginning, it was only increasing by 100 and 200. Later, it started to go up by 1000 and 2000.
In such a long time, Yu Chi had only seen one space item, the [Two-Sided Mirror], in the system mall. She guessed that most players could only use the system backpack.
But the system backpack was too limited. If the items were a little messy, they could only be piled up on the boat. Even if the players spent most of their time on the boat, it was still very inconvenient.
Yu Chi felt that she was able to pick up a bargain 100% because the [Two-Sided Mirror] was a damaged legendary item. Fortunately, as the number of spirit plants in the space increased, her [Two-Sided Mirror] was also constantly being repaired.
The atmosphere on the scene had been completely heated up. At first, everyone was very polite and entered the price on the screen. Later, they couldn’t help it and directly knocked on the button next to the chair, shouting the price.
“5000 crystals—please, big brothers, I really need it. Let a little brother have it!”
“7000 crystals, you’d better let me have it! My dream is to have a hiking backpack. This is really my dream bag!”
“Ten thousand crystals, cut the crap!”
…
Yu Chi turned to look at Li Feng, who had only bid once from the beginning. “You don’t want it anymore?”
Li Feng: “I’ll bid at the end.”
Yu Chi nodded, understood. He’ll show off at the end.
The price had already soared to 25,000, and the number of people bidding had gradually slowed down. The main reason was that everyone was not sure how many good things there would be later, so they were a little hesitant for a moment.
And an excellent-grade backpack expansion card could expand 10 slots and cost 10,000 crystals. 25,000 could expand 25 slots.
“30,000.”
After the price had stayed at 26,000 for 3 seconds, Li Feng pressed the button in the room and spoke directly.
The hall instantly fell silent. Soon, discussions began to sound again.
“It’s a player from a private room. This is the first time a private room player has bid, right?”
“Sigh, it seems we have no chance.”
All the players who pressed the button would appear on the huge screen. Ordinary players were seat numbers, while private room players were private room numbers, but there would be a small character in front of the number.
Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow.
Yu Chi and their private room was at the Earth level.
After Li Feng bid, no one else bid for 10 seconds, so the item was sold directly.
A grid suddenly appeared on the wall of Yu Chi and their private room, and the item inside was pushed out. It was the [Hiking Backpack].
“How big is it?” Yu Chi asked.
The item’s description did not show the specific size, which was also the reason why many players were hesitant. They did not know the size range of an excellent-grade space item.
Li Feng directly bound the [Hiking Backpack] and then raised an eyebrow. “200 square meters.”
A huge profit.
Yu Chi’s eyes curved. Exchanging 30,000 crystals for 30 backpack slots was not as big as 200 square meters.
The first auctioned item was over, followed by the second. This time it was also an excellent-grade item, but it was a long sword.
The two of them were not interested, so they ate fruit while listening to the people below bid.
“Earth 7, are you sure it’s them?”
In the private room of Earth 12, a man’s slightly gloomy voice sounded. If Yu Chi were here, she would have found that this person was the guy who had wanted to compete with them for the core area spot at the land exchange.
“I’m sure,” the person who replied lowered his head, but his tone was very certain. “Big brother, my skill is related to sound, and I’m very sensitive to sound. I definitely won’t be wrong.”
Although the man did not speak at that time, he was standing in a relatively remote position. When the two of them passed by, he had clearly heard their conversation.
“Why didn’t you curse back?”
“…What if I kill him?”
“No,” the girl said reproachfully. “Just beat him up. Don’t play that hyper-masculine set.”
“Okay,” the man finally sighed.
Recalling this, his face turned pale, and he lowered his head even more. For some reason, he should have felt that the two of them were boasting, but when he heard it, he felt that they were not joking.
But he didn’t dare to tell his big brother.
“Very good,” the man sneered. “I’ll make them regret offending me today!”
It was not surprising that the two of them had gone to an Earth-level private room. After all, they were people who could afford a core area plot of land, but they definitely did not have the strength to fight against him.
Yu Chi and Li Feng still did not know that someone was targeting them and were still excitedly commenting on the auctioned items.
Watching an auction was actually a very enjoyable thing. Even if you didn’t participate personally, the mental pleasure was very strong. Especially when there were only two people left bidding on the floor, the scene would become very lively, and the final winner would also receive cheers and applause from others.
They had both face and substance.
Yu Chi waited for more than ten minutes and finally saw her fruit on the stage.
The first to appear was Mr. Watermelon. Compared to the previous wheel size, under the gentle cultivation of the flower fairy, it had grown two more circles. A huge one was placed in the middle, attracting the attention of the entire audience.
“What the hell is that?”
“A watermelon. Didn’t you see the description?”
“…I only find it ridiculous after reading it. How can a watermelon be so big?!”
The players in the hall were just surprised by the size of the watermelon and were even eager to bid for it to have a taste, but they would not delve too deeply.
But the players in the private rooms were different. Many of them had been to islands to explore and began to suspect that this huge watermelon was obtained from an island of giant crops.
Since it was an island, then there must be not only watermelons, but also other crops.
“I don’t know if it was provided by a player or the system. I’m very curious about this island.”
In the private room of Heaven 3, two girls were sitting side by side on the sofa. They had the same hairstyle, wore the same clothes… and even had the same face.
“Maybe it was cultivated by a player himself,” the other person smiled. “A special plant skill. If it’s true, I really hope to pull him into our alliance.”
Heaven 7 private room.
“Did you get it?”
“I only managed to get three oranges and 4 peaches,” the man in his 40s sighed. “Those players are too fierce. It would be great if I could contact the seller.”
“…Tsk, go to the market and buy me some other fruits,” the man’s expression was a little annoyed. “Get the good quality ones.”
“Okay,” the middle-aged man replied, but in his heart, he was thinking, without player intervention, the fruits planted in the system’s flowerpots will all grow to be the same. Where can I find good quality ones?
…
Mr. Watermelon was finally bought by a hall player for 2740 crystals. Before he could put it in his backpack, he received the envious gazes of the others around him.
“This watermelon should be quite delicious, right? I suggest you give it to me.”
“That’s for sure. There’s nothing produced by the system that isn’t delicious.”
“The description says it’s very filling and has other functions that can be explored… ahhh, why is there only one!”
The player was very proud under the gazes of the crowd and was even so excited that he took out a long knife on the spot and cut the watermelon in half. But half a watermelon was still very big. He cut it several times before it became a normal size.
The bright red watermelon was placed in the center of the players. She didn’t know what special variety it was, but the sweet smell spread everywhere, and the eyes of many players around turned red.
“Fuck, I haven’t had fruit in eight hundred years.”
“…Is it that delicious? The watermelon in my memory is actually just okay.”
“Sigh, I don’t like to eat watermelon. It would be great if there were other fruits.”
A group of players were buzzing with discussion. Soon, the second type of fruit appeared on the screen—a banana.
“…A banana as tall as me.”
“So ridiculous, I want it so much, I want to eat it so much.”
“If it were before, I would have posted it on my social media.”
…
Then came the third type of fruit, the fourth type of fruit… the transaction price of each crop was not much different. Although Yu Chi had provided 20 types, in fact, they were all auctioned off in the blink of an eye.
The transaction price could not be compared to the previous items, but the players’ performance was even more excited than before. One or two thousand crystals was a price that an ordinary player could afford.
And although they were common foods in life, they had changed from a normal size to a giant size. Even just for the novelty, many people wanted to buy them back to have a taste.
“Ahhh, I bought a very big grain of rice. It’s so strange.”
“I’m really curious about that rice. It’s not the legendary spirit rice, is it?”
“Which legend?”
“…A small legend, short for a novel.”
After the 20 types of giant crops were auctioned off, a line of words suddenly appeared on the screen.
【20 types of crops will appear on the player’s screen in the form of an auction. Each crop has a stock of 99.】
【10, 9, 8…】
“I □□□□ fuck!”
All the players scrambled to open the screen. The people who hadn’t managed to bid before were excited, and the players who had bid were also preparing to continue to snatch.
The stock of 99 was sold out in an instant. When Yu Chi slowly opened the auction interface on the screen, the stock of each crop showed 0.
“…It’s actually so popular.” Yu Chi rubbed her chin. It seemed it was time to open the shop.
Li Feng also rubbed his chin. “So I eat 20,000 crystals for a meal.”
Under Yu Chi’s indulgence, he had once eaten 10 grains of rice in one go. You see, this was a very filling rice. At that time, Yu Chi was even worried that his stomach would explode.
Yu Chi glanced at him, thinking, it’s not that bad.
The reason it could be sold for so much was mainly because of everyone’s novelty. It was fine for fruits, but for a grain of rice to be sold for so much, she really felt a little guilty.
After all… everyone knows how many grains of rice there are on an ear of rice, right?
Things were going very smoothly. Yu Chi’s gaze on the players became kind.
After the giant crops were auctioned off, the auction slowly got to the main point. The things that came out next would be more precious. This was the news that the players who had entered the central island yesterday had spread.
The item on the stage slowly appeared before everyone’s eyes, and its description was also presented on the large screen.
“Hiss—”
A gasp was heard. Countless people’s eyes widened, and even Yu Chi subconsciously sat up straight.
【Werewolf Bloodline】
It can actually directly stimulate a special bloodline!
Yu Chi subconsciously thought of her three forms. She suppressed her pounding heart and carefully read the description.
【Werewolf Bloodline: 70% failure rate. Will awaken different levels of werewolf bloodline according to personal physique. Everyone’s awakening effect is different. There is a certain life-threatening risk in awakening failure. Please use with caution.】
The hall was silent. Compared to all the previous items, this was the real shock!