Chapter 2238: This Prodigal
"There is no starting price! The highest bid wins! The winning bidder must pay the full amount in one lump sum before signing the mine ownership spiritual contract!"
"Anyone who makes frivolous bids! Or cannot pay! Will be suppressed!"
As Atiya spoke, she swept her gaze across the venue, pausing briefly on Jiangnan and Xuanshe.
Xuanshe's fallen angel divine puppet body made her a little uncomfortable.
Venus of the Bose race glanced at Jiangnan, sneered, and said:
(☫¯ิ⇀¯ิ) "Did you hear that? If you can't pay, don't bid recklessly, or you might end up losing your life here."
"This is not a place for a mere Black Soul race that isn't even in the top thousand sequences!"
Jiangnan: (◉ᵒ̴̶̷ωᵒ̴̶̷) "Mm~ Assessment complete, an old yin-yang Bose. I can't afford to bid? Hah~ You have no idea how much money I've stashed away!"
"When I start bidding later, won't it scare you? Don't provoke me, oh! I hate it when people provoke me!"
Venus said contemptuously:
(￢益￢☫) "Comparing financial strength with me? You must be blind! Try bidding later if you dare! I'll crush you!"
Jiangnan glared and slammed the table in anger:
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)۶┬─┬ "Try it and see! Am I afraid of you?"
But Xuanshe beside him had a face like he'd crapped his pants, quickly pulling Jiangnan and apologizing with a smile:
꒰ঌ(⌒_⌒;)໒꒱ "Sister-in-law! My friend doesn't know any better, don't mind him. I'll bring someone to your residence later and formally apologize!"
Don't provoke him, damn it! He's spending my money, of course he doesn't care!
You provoke him, and I'm the one who gets screwed!
Venus sneered: "I'll give you face this time! Keep your dog on a leash!"
Jiangnan: (͡°～͡°) "Exactly, exactly. I'm sitting here just fine, and some dog keeps barking in my ear, disturbing the peace."
"What are you barking at?"
[Fury Points from Venus +1009!]
[Fury Points from Venus...]
Two veins bulged on Venus's forehead as she stood up angrily:
(￢益￢ꐦ) "Server! Change my room! You just wait, girl!"
Jiangnan, having driven Venus away, looked smug, while Xuanshe wanted to die.
Pang Badi was secretly chuckling over there.
The Southern God's verbal skills are still unbeatable, huh?
On the stage, Atiya spoke: "General minefield! Minefield 857! Main minerals: Dazzling Alloy, Fairy Sound Crystal, Bloodlight Stone, Phosphorus Soil Silicon Crystal Electromagnetic Ink Steel, etc."
"One-hundred-year contract period, starting from Thousand Stars Calendar July 6th, after signing the mining rights spiritual contract. Bidding begins!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes locked onto an inconspicuous minefield in the southeast corner of the star map.
Although it was a general minefield, its area was not small, encompassing several galaxies.
Immediately, an elder of the Fairy Sound clan raised a sign:
ƪ(°益°♫) "10 trillion Star Source Points!"
Jiangnan: (｡･ˇ口ˇ･)
"He he he... What did he say? Trillion? Is that the trillion I understand?"
Shengyi wiped his sweat and said:
(•́ω•̀٥) "That's right! One trillion is one trillion Star Source Points, 10 trillion is 10 trillion!"
"This kind of minefield bidding conference is like this. The prices called out are all astronomical numbers!"
"After all, this is bidding at the race level. The attendees are all race representatives or faction leaders. This is just the beginning. 10 trillion is nothing at this bidding conference!"
Jiangnan wiped his sweat. His worldview was shocked again by the massive amounts of money.
But thinking about it, if a single mining star costs tens of billions, and a life-bearing planet is around three hundred billion...
How many planets are in one minefield? Even a small galaxy like the Milky Way has between 100 billion and 400 billion stars!
A general minefield encompasses several galaxies. Although not all are mining stars—there are also dead stars, useless rocky planets, gas giants—the number of mining stars is still astonishing. Paying these astronomical numbers for a hundred-year lease makes sense.
Moreover, backing them is the wealth of an entire race!
"15 trillion!"
A Heiyao clan brother raised his sign and quoted.
Then a Parasite immediately raised a sign: "21 trillion! Don't be shy! Go all out!"
The Fairy Sound clan elder gritted his teeth and bent down to calculate.
To lease a minefield, you have to subtract the bidding cost, development investment, estimate the annual output, and how many years to recoup the investment.
What price is not a loss? There's so much involved!
Unlike the top ten sequences, where the money used for bidding flows back to themselves, the ten thousand races are purely throwing money away to lease mines. They have to be meticulous!
"25 trillion!"
The Fairy Sound elder said through gritted teeth.
Jiangnan clicked his tongue. No wonder Brother Jian said one trillion Star Source Points isn't enough to make a splash!
The Sacred Law Council's Star Mine Bureau really knows how to fleece! They're so good at making money!
The price quickly soared to over 30 trillion, an astronomical number ordinary people could never imagine.
A fraction of that would be enough to last a lifetime!
At this moment, Pang Badi's expression turned fierce, and he suddenly raised a sign:
ƪ(•ั็口•็ั$) "50 trillion! Plus one million tons of special strong-phase alloy!"
As soon as this price came out, exclamations arose throughout the venue.
Damn! That price is truly a divine tycoon!
The 50 trillion goes without saying; how much would that million tons of special strong-phase alloy be worth on the market?
Jiangnan: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)
Boss Pang, aren't you being a prodigal?
The bidding money all goes to the top ten sequences—you're funding the enemy!
Pang Badi's eyes were fierce. For him, money isn't money. Special strong-phase alloy? When I open my domain, I can make as much as I want!
Even Star Source energy blocks—I can mimic and create them myself!
For Boss Pang, who can mimic cosmic crystal source and origin sparks, Star Source energy blocks are child's play!
Pang Badi himself is a walking money printing factory!
Moreover, he controls the total revenue of the dimensional star navigation in the Beimian Xingkong Kuangchang, holding massive funds.
What he lacks is not money, but mines! Humanity's own mines!
However, Atiya's expression remained unchanged:
꒰ঌ(∗❛ั_❛ั∗)໒꒱ "This bidder, please put down your number. The price you just offered is invalid."
"Please do not disrupt the normal bidding process of the venue. Bidding continues!"
But Pang Badi refused to accept it, standing up abruptly and stepping onto the table!
His legs instantly transformed into special strong-phase alloy, and even the wooden table turned into shining metallic strong-phase alloy!
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)☛ "Why is it invalid? According to the bidding process, no one offered higher than me! This minefield should be mine! I'm not short on this money!"
This move drew exclamations from the crowd, but Atiya's lips curled into a playful smile.
꒰ঌ(∗❛ั⇀❛ั∗)໒꒱ "Your race, humanity, is at the bottom of the starry sky sequence! You do not have the qualification to bid for general minefields!"
Pang Badi squinted: "Why not? Humanity has entered the starry sky sequence and should enjoy the rights of sequence races! It was all agreed upon at the Thousand Stars Ruins Conference!"
"What? Are you unilaterally tearing up the treaty now? Bullying humanity because we have no one?"
Omega and Alpha were dumbfounded. Damn? What's going on? Why is the boss so tough today?
Even Gulak was sweating. This matter was not easy for him to meddle in!
Little did they know, Pang Badi now had extraordinary confidence. The Southern God is here backing me up. What do I have to fear?
Today, I have to fight for it!
Atiya's expression remained unchanged:
꒰ঌ(￢_￢∗)໒꒱ "According to the Star Mine Law, races ranked ten thousand and below in the starry sky sequence do not have the qualification to bid for general minefields! This is not targeting humanity!"
"Additionally, races that have not participated in sequence wars have uncertain rankings and are also not qualified to bid for general minefields!"
"Humanity does not meet either condition. If you insist on spending this money, you can bid for poor minefields. No one will compete with you."
"After all, a bunch of crude wild monkeys—poor minefields suit you well enough, don't they?"
Pang Badi smiled with narrowed eyes:
(ꐦ°᷄⌣°᷅) "Say that again, right to my face, if you dare."
You angels don't use dimensional star navigation?
Atiya's expression stiffened. Leave some leeway; it's better to meet again in the future. No need to offend someone to death.
After all, Pang Badi controlled the dimensional star navigation routes here. Although without it, they could use the other two star navigation companies, being choked, having deductions, and paying high tolls would be a huge loss for the angel race.
It wasn't worth losing the navigation route for the sake of verbal sparring.
Atiya said lightly: "I'm just stating the regulations of the Star Mine Law. Your previous bid is invalid. Bidding continues!"
Pang Badi glared: "I'll double it!"
"It's not a matter of money. The Star Mine Law stipulates..."
"Triple!"
Atiya:!!!
This is slapping me in the face with money!
Jiangnan gritted his teeth. Prodigal! You prodigal! Why give them money?
Who pays for auction items themselves? Their vision! Boss Pang's vision is still too small!
Gulak stepped in to smooth things over:
੧੧(⌒ㅂ⌒;) "We're all friends, moving in the same circles. Don't make the rules too rigid. How about meeting halfway?"
"Boss Pang! If you really want the 857 minefield, I'll bid in the name of my Apocalypse race, and you pay the money, how about that?"
"The operation of the minefield and all output for the next hundred years will also be your responsibility."
Jiangnan stroked his chin. This son of Gunait, Gulak, has some style. He's reliable.
For the Apocalypse race to go this far is already very generous.
Atiya's expression was cold:
꒰ঌ(˶‾᷄⁻‾᷅˵)໒꒱ "That's your own business. The Star Mine Bureau will not interfere. The Apocalypse race has the bidding qualification! But the spiritual contract must be signed with an Apocalypse clan member's name!"
"In name, the owner of minefield 857 is the Apocalypse race!"
Boss Pang gritted his teeth and fell into hesitation. Spending a huge sum to lease a mine for someone else, putting it in their name?
That's a bit annoying. Besides, although the Apocalypse race is trustworthy, they are ultimately not one of their own.
It's like spending millions to buy a house and writing someone else's name on the deed!
Should he do it?
But if humanity could operate a few general minefields, then the resources for racial development would keep up...
Jiangnan sent a voice transmission: (ﾉ)Ò₃Ó) "Prodigal! That's not how you spend money! Sit down! Wasting is shameful!"
Pang Badi: ???