Chapter 2239: Dispute Without Resolution
Pang Badi was dumbfounded. Nan Shen told him to sit down? Not let him bid?
He couldn't help but inwardly urge, "Why? We can still compete. Our family is rich now and can afford it. What human civilization development lacks right now is resources. Let's just grab a few ordinary mining areas..."
Before Pang Badi could finish, Jiangnan transmitted a message in a tone of disappointment:
(ﾉ)￢Yi￢) "Are you stupid? What money are you spending yourself at an auction?"
Pang Badi: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)???
Isn't an auction literally for spending money?
But suddenly, Pang Badi remembered the time when Jiangnan participated in his own auction!
He didn't spend a single cent, not only got the treasure, but also made me chip in a bit!
Nan Shen always gets something for nothing; it's good enough if he doesn't take something from your pocket!
But this is the Starry Sky Bidding Conference. How can a mining area be obtained without spending money?
Jiangnan transmitted back impatiently, "Sit down! Have some ambition. Who cares about a crappy ordinary mining area? Even if given for free, I'll take it!"
"Spending money just benefits the Sacred Law Council. Just listen to me! When I tell you to act, then act. Once this succeeds, over two hundred rich mining areas will be ours!"
"Sit down quick! Our money in our pockets, every piece comes from hard work!"
Pang Badi's mouth twitched. To be honest, it wasn't really that hard. He earned money lying down, okay? Since he awakened his ability, he had never worried about spending money.
But was Nan Shen's goal actually the rich mining areas? Over two hundred of them? Damn! Nan Shen was indeed going to snatch them directly. The Northern Crown Star would definitely explode, right?
Thinking of this, Pang Badi felt a surge of excitement in his chest. Sure enough! Nan Shen was up to no good!
Atiya narrowed her eyes: ꒰ঌ(∗≖_≖∗)໒꒱ "So? Still want it? If you do, pay up and sign the spirit contract!"
Pang Badi curled his lips, plopped down onto the stool, and turned his head to spit out a star-source energy spit nail!
($￢3￢)‧º·˚¯i "Hah～pfft! I don't f*cking want it anymore. Do you think I'm a sucker?"
Everyone watched with twitching mouths. Even his spit was money? He was truly worthy of being called the God of Wealth.
Gulake grinned: "Boss Pang, calm down. Actually, some poor mining areas are not bad either. They have a rich variety of minerals."
"With your abilities, Boss Pang, you can completely expand the ore veins, mimic and assimilate the mining planet. They are worth getting."
Only then did Pang Badi's expression improve: "Hmm～we'll see later."
The bidding continued. Ultimately, mining area 857 was taken by the elder of the Fairy Sound Clan for 39 trillion star source points.
In the private room, Venus watched coldly. If humans could get their fill in the Starry Sky Mine, that would be strange. There's no place for you here!
This is the dining table of the top ten sequences. It's good enough for you to get some leftovers and lick the plates. What more do you want?
One by one, several ordinary mining areas were auctioned off. The bidding was extremely fierce. Some beat their chests and roared after signing the spirit contract, while others called home to report the good news, saying they had a mine!
Xuanshe, on the other hand, was tense the whole time, his gaze constantly sweeping over Jiangnan. Why isn't he bidding yet? Bid! Isn't he supposed to make me pay? Why hasn't he bid once?
꒰ঌ(๑◔Yi◔ิ)໒꒱ "Mining area 46530 is pretty good. The minerals here are diverse. You might consider getting it!"
"Mining area 1643 has especially high cost performance. Missing it would be a sin. Are you really not going to bid?"
Xuanshe kept introducing, annoying Jiangnan.
(꒪ั～꒪ั*)⁾⁾ "Are you a salesperson hired by the venue? I can see clearly; you don't need to nag."
Xuanshe was frantic: "Are you going to bid or not?"
The Bully Gang members were bewildered. Why did it feel like Xuanshe was eager to help Boss Nan Shen bid for mines and pay?
Little did they know that Xuanshe was completely uncertain. Blake had made no move, and he felt there was a bigger pit waiting for him.
It would be better to cut losses early and get it over with. The longer it dragged on, the more flustered Xuanshe became.
As the saying goes, one who eats another's food has a short tongue, and one who receives another's gift has a soft hand. Blake had called him here precisely to make him pay, hadn't he?
Why hadn't he even made a single bid? He seemed as steady as Mount Tai. Xuanshe couldn't figure out what he wanted.
Jiangnan rolled his eyes.
(꒪ͦ～꒪ͦ∗) "The emperor is not anxious, so why is the eunuch anxious? Who said I'm not bidding?"
[Rage points from Xuanshe +1009!]
(งᵒ̌Yiᵒ̌)ง "Then how much are you going to bid for one?"
Just then, Atiya spoke:
"Due to certain personal reasons, the holder of Mining Area 666 has voluntarily given up the mining rights!"
"As a result, this mining area has returned to an ownerless state. Bidding for the contracting rights of Mining Area 666 now begins. The contract period, starting from the signing of the spirit contract, is thirty thousand years."
Upon hearing this, murmurs arose in the venue.
A poor mining area, but the contract period was thirty thousand years from the start. It was obvious something was up.
Normally, the options released at once would be ten years or a hundred years. Now they were throwing out thirty thousand years?
Jiangnan squinted. It really was voluntary. Poor Samoye's unlucky Fourth Uncle.
This was clearly an inside job! Changing the mine owner to firmly grasp the geographic advantage, and releasing it for thirty thousand years?
Xuanshe's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Mining Area 666? Wasn't that the poor mining area that had been hot recently? Adjacent to Tiantang Zhijing?
Damn! He suddenly had a bad premonition.
Then Jiangnan immediately raised his sign.
ƪ(･ˇ口ˇ･｡) "I bid one hundred trillion star source points!"
Upon hearing this, the whole venue erupted. A worthless, crappy poor mining area for one hundred trillion? Was this guy crazy?
Atiya's eyes flashed with annoyance. Where did this troublemaker come from?
꒰ঌ(￢～￢∗)໒꒱ "This gentleman from the Dark Soul Clan, please present your asset certificate. I do not believe you have such a large amount of assets. If you are randomly placing bids, I will have to ask you to leave."
Venus sneered, looking disdainfully at Jiangnan.
(¯ิ⇀¯ิ☫) "That means, poor people without money should get lost as soon as possible, okay?"
Jiangnan glared: (∗͡°◠͡°) "What the hell is an asset certificate? How do you know I don't have it?"
Xuanshe said with a dark face:
(̿▀̿Yi▀̿̿(ヾ) "No need for proof! He has it! I, Xuanshe, say so!"
Atiya was somewhat surprised. Was this arranged by Xuanshe? To give the insect race support and share the pressure?
꒰ঌ(∗￢ก￢∗)໒꒱ "Cough～ Since Mr. Xuanshe has said so, the bidding continues!"
Venus sneered: "150 trillion! With me here, don't even think about taking a single spirit contract from here today."
How dare you bid on Mining Area 666? You really don't know how to live. This place is not something you can touch.
Today she came also to help the Bose race secure Mining Area 666 as an insurance for the future.
Just after Venus bid, a cold mechanical voice rang out from the corner.
(*͡■‸■͡*) "Silicon-based! Yingshi! 151 trillion!"
His entire body was made of Shadow Alloy, with a crimson 'B' character on his chest.
Obviously, this was a B-level authority holder of the Silicon-based.
Venus glared: "200 trillion!"
"201 trillion!"
"250 trillion!"
"251..."
Venus was about to go crazy. No matter how much she bid, Yingshi always outbid her by one trillion.
Under the Silicon-based calculation method, just being higher than the bidder was enough; how much higher didn't matter.
The two were driving up the price, but then Chong Ruhua and Chong Siyu jointly spoke.
ᥬ(๑מּൠמּ)ᥬ(๑ຈൠຈ)᭄ "300 trillion!"
Yingshi promptly followed: "301!"
Chong Ruhua couldn't help glaring at Yingshi, grinding her teeth.
Today the two of them came entrusted by Chong Bishi to secure Mining Area 666, to firmly control its ownership before the ownership of Tiantang Zhijing was decided.
At least nominally it should belong to them, giving no chance to the Silicon-based or Bose.
That's why they arranged this, but the Silicon-based and Bose had also clearly come with the intention of adding an insurance for themselves.
Even if Chong Bishi chose to withstand pressure and refused to hand it over, they could still enter through Mining Area 666, and it would be justified in name.
Back and forth, Mining Area 666 had become a mining area that all three parties wanted to secure at this stage.
A crappy poor mining area actually fetched the highest price in history.
For the three among the top ten sequences, it didn't matter how much they bid; after all, it would eventually flow back.
The higher the ranking, the more that flows back. The Bose race and Silicon-based were first and second; they could afford to fight.
The insect race was eighth. By bidding so much, they would still lose some money, but they had to do it.
Keen-eyed people could see the problem. A poor mining area being fought over by three parties, all top ten sequences.
Who would dare to bid now? Looking for trouble?
Pang Badi was also stunned. Mining Area 666? Because of the recently popular Tiantang Zhijing?
Just then, Jiangnan's transmission came.
(͡°͜ʖ͡°) "Boss Pang! Go ahead and bid! Call whatever you want! No matter what, we must secure Mining Area 666!"
"Don't worry about money. Someone will pay! Just bid! I'll cover for you and clear the obstacles."
Pang Badi swallowed. Wow? Nan Shen also wanted to take 666? What was this? Was this poor mining area so sought after?
Then Jiangnan raised his sign high and roared to the sky.
(ꐦÒ口Ó)ﾉ "500 trillion!"
Chong Ruhua and Chong Siyu cast glances at Xuanshe with gratitude. Was Xuanshe trying to share the pressure for the insect race?
Xuanshe almost coughed up blood.
God damn five hundred trillion! That was all my hard-earned money!
Matters regarding Mining Area 666 couldn't be meddled with. It wasn't about money; it was about offending people.
If only he hadn't smuggled that batch of source metal. He was going to lose so much money!
He quickly transmitted.
(ﾉ)◔Yi◔ิ) "Stop! Stop! Don't bid! I'll give you the resource output of three rich mining areas, okay?"
Jiangnan refused: (◦`~´◦) "Hmph! No! I'm going to bid! I'm determined to get Mining Area 666!"
Pang Badi immediately became bold. Nan Shen said he could bid whatever he wanted. He was paying, right? Then why hold back?
Not everyone got to spend Nan Shen's money.
ヾ(･ˇ口ˇ･$:) "I bid one quadrillion!"
At this moment, Venus and Yingshi both frowned.
Hmph! Humans want to interfere too? Did they know the two of us were trying to replace dimensional pearls with void mica? To find an alternative? To reduce dependence on the dimensional war?
Coming here to cause trouble? As if they'd let it fall into your hands.
Though humans have a bit of money, they want to compete with the first and second sequences in resources? They still have a long way to go.
Xuanshe breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, humans came out to bid and block this price. Good! Great!
No matter who ends up with it, as long as it's not Blake.
Xuanshe had no idea that even if Pang Badi won, in the end he would still have to pay...