Chapter 2716: Starlight City Auction Officially Opens
Yang Jian covered his face:
(ﾉ)﹏(ヾ) "Hold an auction? You really..."
Originally, with the Carbon Alliance's current total of points, they already had a sure win. The reason Jiangnan pulled this off was just to flip base planets and make a fat profit!
The Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle had gone on this long, and humanity was already richer than before the fight started—who knew that was just the small change?
The real moneymaking business was only just beginning now?
Jiangnan snapped his fingers, a devilish grin spreading across his face.
↜(⃔っิꇴิC)⃕ "Exactly! Just what I'm thinking—holding an auction! Now that our Carbon Alliance is basically dominating the arena, the only ones with a bunch of base planets left are us and the Silicon-based!"
"The other races have pitiful points! The huge gap is something they can never catch up to!"
"So what damn use is it for us to keep holding so many base planets? Better to auction them off and make a killing!"
"As long as we allocate the base planets properly and ensure the ranking of Carbon Alliance member races improves, the extra base planets can be sold to other races—just make sure their total doesn't exceed ours!"
"In other words, except for the Silicon-based who are firmly in first place and uncontrollable, we can decide exactly where every race in the Starry Sky Races ends up in the rankings!"
Ye Yuanwei's mouth fell open wide:
∑(°□°๑) "You... what you're selling isn't base planets at all—it's positions on the Sequence ranking, isn't it?"
Pfft~
A perfectly good Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, supposed to be fair competition among all races, turned into a massive black-market event where you could buy rankings just by having Jiangnan participate?
This was real domination, huh?
As long as you were willing to pay, from rank 100 to rank 10,000, pick any position—Big Brother would definitely arrange it clearly for you!
Why bother fighting? What era was this to still rely on strength?
Just spend the money!
Yakeli's mouth twitched:
(￢﹏￢٥) "Steal all their base planets and then sell them back to them—that's fine?"
"You've really figured out this Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, haven't you?"
Wang Youzhi wasn't surprised at all—after all, this was his little brother. He never did anything that ordinary people would do.
(͡°͜ʖ͡°) "Sell to them, then snatch them back, then sell again—infinite loop. Won't all the money end up with us?"
Jiangnan broke out in cold sweat: (•́ω•̀٥) "As expected of the Black God! You're even more ruthless than me! I'm not that devilish yet!"
"If we take the money, we have to deliver. If I really did what you said, the Starry Sky Races would be completely broken!"
Chong Laoliu covered his face—you're already plenty devilish, okay?
The Saint Law Council worked so hard to set up the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, and now everyone has to pay you to buy rankings? Unbelievable.
Jiangnan grinned:
(｡͡°↼͡°) "Let's do it that way. Everyone, just stay home and wait to split the money. Don't worry, I'm not the type to hog all the pie."
"Ai Jiang, run a simulation calculation—on the premise of ensuring the overall ranking improvement of the Carbon Alliance, list the number of surplus base planets we can allocate now!"
"I want the Starry Sky Races to have not a single intact pot at home! They'll have to smash even their iron to sell it!"
Ai Jiang immediately responded:
꒰ঌ❍໒꒱ "Yes, Master! The calculation results have been transmitted to your mind. You can adjust the sale volume as needed!"
"Also, considering the requirements of the subsequent Peak Battle, all Carbon Alliance races qualified for the third round have reserved enough points for contingencies."
Jiangnan pointed a finger:
(σ͡°ꇴ͡°)σ "Safe~ Brother Jian, go back and prepare! I'll scout the venue and set up some packages!"
"The auction will officially open in six hours at the Negotiation Zone under the Star Ember Tower!"
"Oh, right—don't forget to keep fighting the Bose, and take good care of the newcomers!"
With that, he vanished.
The Carbon Alliance member races were all stunned—it was already settled?
Jiangnan was probably the first person ever to hold an auction during a Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, right?
Back then, Jiangnan said that as long as he had meat to eat, they would have bowls to wash.
But washing bowls until they were dripping with oil? That was something else.
Following Boss Nan was way too sweet!
One by one, they got excited, feeling even more that joining the Carbon Alliance was the right choice.
Good thing they didn't follow the Matter Alliance—otherwise their underwear would have been swindled away.
After the Bose position was wrecked, the entire Sea of Star Embers fell into a rare silence.
The Bose race rebuilt their position. This time they didn't dare put their base planets in the Spirit Ruins. Instead, they layered defenses with curse arrays and dimensional spheres.
No matter what attack came, they planned to tough it out.
At the same time, they were formulating a plan to attack the Silicon-based position. Loss of troops wasn't a problem—they could reinforce and fight again.
But with such a huge point gap now, even though the Bose race had advantages others couldn't match in the subsequent Peak Battle, they still had to lay a solid foundation in the first two rounds. Otherwise, how could they keep their throne as the Starry Sky overlord?
Stealing Silicon-based base planets could cut the Silicon-based total points, allowing the Bose race to catch up faster.
But such a big gap wasn't easy to close, and the Silicon-based were tough to fight.
As for the Carbon Alliance, they didn't dare think about them at all. Jiangnan was too strong—neither the Styx water nor the hyper-dimensional strike could be countered.
Tian Li was almost dying from worry.
As for the Silicon-based, they were still investigating Gangxiu's case but couldn't find anything. The data showed no errors—all evidence indicated that Gangxiu had acted on his own and gone to cooperate with Jiangnan.
On the battlefield, the Silicon-based remained inactive because their first-place position was completely secure.
Even though the Carbon Alliance's total points were close to theirs, the Carbon Alliance was a coalition of over two thousand races, and they would eventually have to distribute the points among themselves.
Jiangnan couldn't possibly absorb all the races' points to compete with the Silicon-based, so he posed no threat.
As long as they held steady, they would securely win the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle.
But the Silicon-based ambition didn't stop there. They were still plotting action—no one could predict what they would do next.
As for the Matter Alliance, they continued to slack off, having no fighting spirit. The Bose, Silicon-based, and Carbon Alliance were all untouchable, and there were no points to earn.
The Angel race also didn't want to fight anymore because the points they earned would probably end up benefiting the Silicon-based anyway, and their racial beacon was held in someone else's hands. What else could they do?
Lucifer was overjoyed!
The Matter Alliance had all dropped, and with the Angel race's total points, they might even scrape into the top ten in the end!
As long as Jiangnan didn't boost the Carbon Alliance members too much, the Angels had a chance.
At that moment, Lucifer's eyes lit up. He never expected the Angel race would pick up such a huge bargain this way, rising like chickens and dogs to heaven.
The only thing to watch out for was the Bose race. They might stop at nothing to collect points.
They might even forcefully steal Angels' base planets. If that happened, the Angels would be in trouble.
Lucifer glanced sideways at Qian Li.
Qian Li's cold eyes glared back, and Lucifer quickly looked away, not daring to look again, feeling even more uncertain.
Qian Li snorted coldly.
Afraid we'll steal yours? Hah—the few points you have wouldn't even fill the gaps between our teeth if we stole them. What use are they?
Not even enough to close the gap. In the end, we still have to fight the Silicon-based.
Just as Tian Li had finished formulating a full-frontal attack plan against the Silicon-based position, ready to bet everything—
Suddenly, Jiangnan appeared with people at the Negotiation Zone!
With a snap of his fingers, space split open!
A giant Starlight City was pulled out from inside, nearly filling the entire Negotiation Zone's starfield.
It stopped right under the Star Ember Tower.
This Starlight City was entirely rebuilt from various races' defensive positions, completed by the Apocalypse race.
Now, the Starlight City blazed with brilliant light, all lights on.
The Fairy Sound race's rock band played passionately, the Enchanting race's dance crew moved with electrifying energy. Multicolored spotlights flashed wildly.
Splendid fireworks shot into the starry sky, painting the starfield in vibrant colors.
A festive, celebratory atmosphere instantly emerged!
As soon as the Starlight City appeared, all the Starry Sky Races in the Sea of Star Embers began grinding their teeth.
What was Jiangnan up to now?
No matter what, they were not going to be fooled by Jiangnan again!
Last time, he held a celebration banquet and crippled the Bose race.
Now he's dragging out this Starlight City—could he be targeting the Silicon-based again?
It was very possible!
And he was showing off right to the Negotiation Zone!
Ming Sha and the others were also unhappy.
The Silicon-based might be treacherous, but Jiangnan was no good guy either!
(￢益￢٥) "What's in his gourd this time? Celebration 2.0?"
Xian Guo's mouth twitched:
(•́﹏•̀٥) "Is he going to hold the Starry Sky Hercules Cup award ceremony? I'm just~%?…;#*’☆℃$!"
Just as everyone was confused, a spatial ripple appeared, and Jiangnan suddenly materialized on the central Starlight Dazzling Stage of the Starlight City!
Behind him, Enchanting race young men and women danced, while golden confetti drifted down through the starry sky.
Jiangnan wore a golden bathrobe!
Sunglasses on, a string of Bose horns around his neck, and a War Horn in his hand!
☚(¥͡■ヮ■͡)☛ "Yo~ brothers and sisters of the Starry Sky Races, I'm back! Hope you missed me!"
Rolling waves of sound echoed through the Sea of Star Embers!
The resentment value refreshed like crazy—miss you? Dream on!
Wishing you were dead!
Seeing the resentment list blurring with updates, Jiangnan grew even happier!
(¥͡■̫■͡) "Great news! Huge news! To give back to our old and new customers, and to thank the Starry Sky Races for your outstanding performance and contribution in this Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle!"
"Our Carbon Alliance has decided to burn ourselves to light up you all! We'll auction off some surplus base planets and send them to the hands of those who need them!"
"In addition, the Carbon Alliance has prepared a bunch of super-discount packages, plus small gifts and freebies with each auction item—just to give everyone a good time~"
"Base planets are limited, while supplies last, first come, first served~"
As soon as he said that, the Sea of Star Embers exploded!
An auction? What the hell?