The Auction, Part 2

Because at this stage, the only ones that can compete in this area are traditional gaming Club.

Although they've made a lot of money from this game, they're still far behind those with real capital.

At the same time, compared to those people, they seem rather petty.

As mentioned earlier, equipment is somewhat similar to futures; no one can predict its future direction.

Those incredibly shrewd capitalists would never hoard something of such high value.

Just as Wang Qianduo had guessed, the price of the equipment stopped slowly after reaching 8 million, and it took several minutes to rise to 9 million.

But this is basically the highest price available, and it also meets Wang Qianduo's desired price range.

If the transaction is completed for 9 million, after paying taxes, there will be less than 6 million left, which in Shanghai is basically enough to live a comfortable middle-class life.

However, with only 10 seconds left in the transaction time, the price, which was originally fixed at 9.2 million, suddenly started to rise and soared to 17 million.

Wang Qianduo: "..."

It turned out that these people were willing to pay a much higher price than he had imagined.

What Wang Qianduo didn't know was that the biggest problem they faced in the Mecha advancement assessment, which was currently blocking all level 30 Player, was that they couldn't break through the defenses of the assessment monsters.

This equipment is not only stronger in terms of attributes, but its multiple Armor Break skills make it Perfect fit for this assessment.

In the end, this piece of equipment was acquired by the Galaxy Guild for 20 million, becoming the highest-priced piece of equipment sold in the game to date.

Because of the Projection Device, everyone saw the winner's name the instant the transaction was completed.

"Congratulations, Star River! It seems you're determined to succeed in this assessment?"

After the equipment was sold, guilds of the same level as Star River came up to offer their congratulations in a sarcastic tone.

"Haha! Thank you all for your blessings. Star River will definitely work hard to be the first to pass the assessment."

Wang Xinghe, the President of the Galaxy Guild, didn't stand on ceremony and spoke directly.

"Snort!"

Those who came to offer their blessings scoffed at their confidence and left.

This equipment is still just a blueprint, and even with it, you can only get through the first stage. Who knows how long you'll be stuck after that? They're not in a particular hurry to target the Stars Guild.

They have more important things to do, whether it's the military power Wang Qianduo displayed today or the projection at this auction.

These were all things they had never seen before, and they felt like they had wasted their time playing the game.

As for Wang Qianduo, given Old Wang personality, once the equipment deal was completed, he naturally wouldn't concern himself with anything else.

He hasn't finished his tasks for the day yet, who has the time to pay attention to them?

After setting the friend request option to "reject all," he started doing Repeatable Tasks.

Three minutes after the equipment was sold, the game's forums exploded with activity.

Moreover, the explosion wasn't caused by the 20 million yuan piece of equipment, but by Old Wang's flashy entrance and arrogant style.

His popularity overshadowed the item that currently commands the highest transaction price in the game.

From Old Wang's appearance to shooting the man, and then sending people to arrest him, this entire series of videos was edited into various versions and played everywhere.

However, in these video clips, Old Wang mostly appears as a villain.

With his Normal appearance and expressionless face, firing a gun and ordering NPC soldiers to arrest people, these actions, given the first condition, certainly seem like things a villain would do.

Wang Qianduo was given a whole host of nicknames, such as "cold-blooded killer" and "blood-handed butcher."

When Wang Qianduo saw these messages, he was so angry that his blood pressure almost spiked.

So what if I'm not handsome? Does being unattractive mean I have no rights? Did I eat your rice because I'm not handsome?

~~~

"How exactly did this guy manage to get through to the military? Miracle, didn't you team up with him before? Did you find out anything?"

In the secret channel of the Sword and Rose Guild, President Rose asked Sword of Miracles a question.

The Sword of Miracles stared at the message, somewhat lost in thought. She had actually started speaking to him in such a commanding tone.

Unlike guilds like Star River and Ten Thousand Miles, the Sword and Rose guild only rose to the ranks of super guilds after the game's announcement.

They used to be just a third-tier Club, but they were lucky, or you could say they had a mentor.

Super guilds like Star River and Ten Thousand Miles all send a department to develop within the game.

Apart from a few star players who went to some wildly popular games to make money, all the other players in the Club went into this game.

This led to their guild's status rising immediately after the game's success, making them highly sought after.

The name "Sword and Rose" seems to imply a Miracle Sword and Rose.

But in fact, the "sword" in "Sword and Rose" represents seven swords, with the Sword of Miracles being only one of them, while the Rose truly represents only one person.

But the Sword of Miracles used to be the absolute mainstay of Sword and Rose. Their Club was able to have a place in the League Tournament entirely because of his relentless carry performance.

They might even have forgotten that the reason they all joined this game in the first place was because they were optimistic about its future.

He probably did all this because he was too much of a sycophant, which made her take it for granted.

This is probably what they mean by "a simp never gets a good death"!

Sword of Miracles: "He cleared it through a unique Hidden Quest; we can't use his method."

Rose: "Wait a minute! I remember you came here on a mission with him, didn't you?"

Sword of Miracles: "It was interrupted midway due to issues with the Instance Dungeon."

After seeing these words, Rose fell silent. It was she who had given the order to abandon Wang Qianduo and lead her own people into the Instance Dungeon.

The Heaven-Given Sword: "I see! What a troublesome Miracle. You can continue leading the team to level up!"

The Heaven-Given Sword was originally the third quest in Sword and Rose, but now...

Song in the Clouds: "How dare you utter the word 'Miracle'?!"

The Heaven-Given Sword: "Oh? Why can't I call out?"

Song in the Clouds: "Look at your smug look on your face! Just wait until we catch up in level, I'll make you spit out a fart!"

Rose: "Alright, let's all disperse! Yunzhong insulted his teammates, he'll have to go to the finance department and pay a 500 yuan fine later!"

If the Sword of Miracles had offered this woman even a sliver of hope, she herself had extinguished that glimmer of hope.

He grabbed Song in the Clouds, who was about to say something, and gestured for him not to say anything more.

The Sword of Miracles knew that he could no longer speak to either the Sword and Rose.

Without that obscuring thing from his eyes, he discovered that Rose was completely oblivious to her own limitations.

Under her personal management, the Club has become a complete mess.

"Brother Jian, these bastards are so inhumane! Have they forgotten who led the team and kept competing to subsidize the guild during this most Hard year?" Song in the Clouds said.

"They haven't forgotten, they're just afraid. They've tasted the sweetness of power during this time, and they're afraid of losing it."

Let's not talk about that anymore. Our priority now is to level up quickly. Once we reach level 30, these problems will be solved.

"Bear with me for a while, brothers. I'll get my revenge for all of this."

"The Sword of Miracles said, but he underestimated people's desire for power."

~~~

While Sword of Miracles was frowning in worry, Old Wang was also extremely annoyed.

He realized that showing his face to conduct the auction was a mistake; he should have just entrusted it to Fatty You.

Although he closed the friend request channel, he still has quite a few friends from before.

Most of these were clients he brought along when running the Dark Forest Nightmare Dungeon; Wang Qianduo didn't blacklist them.

"Mr. Zhang, didn't I tell you this is the only Hidden Quest?"

What? You don't believe me! You haven't heard of such a mission?

Believe it or not, if you keep arguing with me, I'll block you immediately!

Exhausted, Wang Qianduo hung up another call and slumped down on a stone platform in an abandoned mansion in Fairy City.

Lin Qimeng and her three companions were laughing at his dejected appearance while searching for something.

They're here to dig for treasure; the treasure map Hill dropped indicates that the Black Shark Pirates' treasure is nearby.

"Don't be discouraged, come and look for them together. I told you before that you didn't need to pay any attention to them."

Now change your status to block anyone who harasses you, and then nobody will dare to harass you anymore.

"Now they're begging you, not the other way around. Don't try to please everyone!" Lin Qimeng said.

"That makes sense, I'll change it right away. I originally wanted to make more friends."

But these people are really taking advantage of any slight, they're really pushing their luck!

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