Yang Bo returned to the Federation while aboard the ship.
Li John's battleship repair auction in Kalaya Province drew the attention of many people from all three nations.
They tried every possible way to contact Li John privately, but they could not find any connection to him.
Li John had risen too quickly. Just a few months ago, he had merely been a shareholder in a small company.
The Empire was determined to secure this deal, so Su Ruoyun, who was undergoing mech training in the Federation, was put in charge of it.
Su Ruoyun had originally thought she could establish a private friendship with Li John.
To her surprise, they had gotten along quite well at the reception, but when she tried to arrange a private meeting afterward, he did not reply at all.
The next time Su Ruoyun saw Li John was at the auction.
Seeing Li John's punchable face, Su Ruoyun gritted her teeth in fury.
"Everyone, I'm very pleased that you could attend today's auction."
"You have all received your Number Plates!"
"Let's skip the nonsense. I'll repeat the auction rules once more: bids will be made in Credit Points, and subsequent payment may be made in Credit Points or Blue Coins!" Nelson was handling everything related to the auction, so Yang Bo only needed to host it.
"Each bid increase must be at least 100 million Credit Points!"
"Time will be measured according to interstellar standard time!"
"If there are no objections, the auction will begin!"
"The auction is now open!" Yang Bo, disguised as Li John, got straight to work.
"Three months, 1 billion Credit Points." Someone raised a Number Plate and called out.
"Number 18 bids three months and 1 billion Credit Points," Yang Bo immediately announced loudly.
"Fifty days, 2 billion Credit