The Rescinded Death Sentence Order

Upon hearing what the Sea Emperor said, Gu Ding, who originally planned to enter Medicine King Valley to continue improving his alchemist level, instead took out his identity card, activated the entrance to the Monster Paradise, and entered it.

He teleported himself directly to the Auction House Gu Ding walked straight in.

The Auction House was bustling with only a few people, but the walls around it were covered with projections of consignment information.

"Hello, do you need help?" A girl walked towards Gu Ding. She was a virtual character set up by the Monster Paradise System. She scanned Gu Ding's face immediately and knew that it was his first time at the Auction House, so she came over to ask.

"No need, thank you." Gu Ding shook his head. With the Sea Emperor around, there was no need for the virtual character to explain anything to him.

"Okay, if you need anything, feel free to ask me." The girl smiled slightly at the Gu Ding man, then returned to her original position.

"The Auction House held only once a year. At other times, it's all done online through consignment. Because it's a non-profit business, consignment, like auction, only charges a 1% commission. That 1% is actually very low; other legitimate Auction House charge at least 5% in commission," Sea Emperor explained.

"What is the consignment process?" Gu Ding asked.

"It's very simple. First, go to that young girl and register, giving her the information about the items you want to consign. She'll arrange for an appraiser to inspect the goods based on that information. Then, we take the items to the designated appraiser for inspection. After the inspection, the appraiser will issue a corresponding appraisal report, submit it to the Monster Paradise, and inform the consignor of the approximate price of the consigned items. The auction items will be sealed in front of the consignor in specially made single-use containers. They will be directly transported to the Monster Paradise Camp's warehouse. If any problems occur during transportation, the Monster Paradise Camp will bear full responsibility. Once the items arrive at their warehouse, they will officially arrange the consignment. The consignment will also be conducted through an auction, with the seller setting the consignment time and starting price. After the consignment period ends, the highest bidder will receive the items. The Monster Paradise Camp will also arrange delivery themselves."

Gu Ding understood. Most of the work was done by the people from the Monster Paradise Camp; all he needed to do was register the item and take it to the appraiser for authentication. After listening to the Sea Emperor, Gu Ding walked straight towards the girl at the registration desk. "Hello, I'd like to register for consignment."

"Okay." The girl nodded, pulled up the registration form, projected it in front of Gu Ding, and said to him, "Hello, please fill in the information about the auction items."

Gu Ding connected with the Sea Emperor. The information was quickly filled out.

The girl checked the application form and, finding nothing missing, saved and submitted it. "The consignment order has been submitted. Please keep your communication device active during this period so we can determine your location and arrange a suitable appraiser for you. After the appraiser is arranged, please contact them as soon as possible to complete the appraisal of the consigned item and avoid delaying the auction."

"Is that all?" Gu Ding muttered to himself.

"Yes, is there anything else you need?" The girl thought he was asking a question and answered very seriously.

"No need, let me take another look." Gu Ding walked to the side and typed into his wristwatch, "Sea Emperor, help me see if you have any divine-level firearms and throwing knives."

Sea Emperor quickly searched around and said, "I checked, and there are no consignments available at the moment. However, we can post a purchase request. If someone sees it, they will contact us."

"Okay, let's send one then. There's no rush. We don't get any points if we don't sell anything. Once someone contacts us and the process is complete, we should get our points." Gu Ding nodded.

Sea Emperor immediately sent out two purchase requests.

Just as Gu Ding was about to log out of the system, an Old Woman Gu Ding appeared in front of him.

"Young man, I just saw you fill out a consignment form. You have two fruits from the Sacred Giant Tree that you want to sell?" The old Granny was a head shorter than Gu Ding, with a full head of silver hair, but her face was not wrinkled. Her dark eyes looked even brighter than the young man's.

"Yes, Granny, is there something you need?" Gu Ding did not deny it.

"Could you sell me those two fruits directly?" the Old Woman asked with a smile.

"But I have already submitted the consignment application form, and the consignment process..." The Old Woman in front of him was quite kind. Gu Ding actually wanted to get rid of the items as soon as possible, but he had already submitted the application form.

"The consignment process can be changed. It seems you're quite the newbie, young man," the Old Woman chuckled. "Do you have photos of those two fruits here?"

Gu Ding had indeed taken photos of the two fruits before, as they were over ten meters in diameter. Gu Ding thought that even if he ate them later, he could still have a memento. He immediately projected the photos of the two fruits.

"So big?!" The Old Woman was also surprised when she saw the two fruits. "Has that Sacred Giant Tree mutated in some way? Normally, the fruits of High-rank God's Sacred Giant Tree would be about a third the size of these."

"That tree is 3.6 billion years old. Later, someone covered the area where the giant tree was planted with Spirit Soil. These two are the fruits that just ripened this year after the Spirit Soil was used to cover them," Gu Ding explained.

"Hmm, you can tell from the color that they were just harvested this year." The Old Woman was clearly satisfied. "Normally, a single fruit from High-rank God's Sacred Giant Tree should be worth around one billion units of Universe Crystal. These two of yours are already mutated varieties, three times larger, so the price should be at least five times higher. And since they were just picked this year, they're worth at least eight billion. I won't let you lose money; I'll raise the price a bit more. For both, I'll offer 18 billion. How about you sell them to me? Do you want points or Universe Crystal? If you want points, one hundred units of Universe Crystal are equivalent to one point, which is 180 million points. High-rank God might only accumulate this many points over tens of thousands of years. You can exchange them for quite a few good things."

"Gu Ding, that Granny is right. She didn't pressure you on the price. If it were sold normally, it would indeed be around 16 billion." The Sea Emperor reminded Gu Ding in his ear, "If it's sold through consignment auction, the chances of it exceeding 18 billion are slim."

"So how should we proceed with the transaction now?" Gu Ding asked both the Granny and the Sea Emperor.

"That's simple. We'll sign a transaction agreement with the young lady and eliminate the inspection process. Your items can be sent directly to the nearest consignor, and the Monster Paradise Camp will handle the rest. They'll have someone deliver the items directly to me. This saves me inspection time and bidding time. I can get my items at least ten days earlier." The Old Woman smiled happily.

"Aren't you worried at all that the stuff is fake?" Gu Ding thought that if this Old Woman trusted everyone so much, she would be easily fooled.

"First of all, I believe my eyes; the things in your photos are real. Secondly, let's not even talk about whether you dare to replace them with fakes; would you even do that?" The Old Woman looked up into Gu Ding's eyes.

"No, not at all." Gu Ding shook his head.

"There's a third point, but I won't go into it now. You'll find out when you read the transaction agreement." The Old Woman slowly walked towards the registration desk. Gu Ding immediately followed.

The Old Woman explained the situation to the girl at the registration desk, and the girl then projected two copies of the transaction agreement.

Gu Ding read through the clauses one by one and found that the last two clauses were written in bold scarlet letters.

Gu Ding then realized why the other party had been so comfortable trading with him.

After signing the agreement, the girl archived and submitted it, and then sent a copy to each of them as a backup.

"Madam, the agreement has been reached. Please arrange payment. We will deduct a 1% handling fee and then transfer the funds to this gentleman." The young woman looked at the Old Woman.

"Do you want points or Universe Crystal?" The Old Woman also turned to look at Gu Ding.

"Let's use points!" Gu Ding immediately made the decision.

The Old Woman immediately transferred the money, less than three seconds later. The girl received a reply, "Payment received. 180 million points from the Monster Paradise. After deducting a 1% handling fee, the actual transaction amount is 178.2 million points. Sir, we will match you with the nearest delivery person based on your real-world location. After the match is complete, please stop briefly on the designated planet and hand over the goods to our delivery person. We will deliver the goods to the buyer as soon as possible. Once the goods arrive and are confirmed to be in good condition, we will transfer the transaction amount to your account."

"Okay, sure." Gu Ding nodded.

"Thank you, young man." After the Old Woman thanked her, her figure quickly faded away, it was unclear whether she was teleported to another place or logged out.

Gu Ding logged out immediately, withdrawing his mental energy back to reality. Before he could even settle down, a text message popped up on his wristwatch. Gu Ding opened it and saw it was from Elizabeth: "Your death warrants have been revoked. An announcement will be made shortly."

Gu Ding was taken aback; he hadn't expected it to be so fast. Elizabeth had anticipated a day, as the Federal Government had a fixed procedure to follow. But less than an hour had passed, and the news had arrived.

A moment later, the Sea Emperor's voice rang out, "Elizabeth's information network is indeed excellent; the Federal Government has already posted a notice in the Fei Me Universe Country."

He then projected the announcement directly onto the screen.

With just a few simple words and no reason given for the revocation, many people suspected that Gu Ding had hacked into the Federal Government's network and issued the revocation order to himself, sparking a flurry of discussion online.