After a period of running around, Ke Jin finally completed all the qualifications required to participate in the auction and submitted them to the official auction bureau of Chikongzhou Prefecture as soon as possible.

I thought all I had to do was wait for the auction day to arrive, but unexpectedly, the day after I submitted my qualifications, Ke Jin received a rejection letter from the Zhoufu Auction Bureau.

The reason is: when the auctioneer Ning Qiyuan submitted the auction application, one of the additional conditions was "no bidding application submitted in the name of Qixing City Ke Jinkashi will be accepted."

Ke Jin was really stunned by this result.

"Are you holding a grudge against me?" Ke Jin didn't know whether to be angry or amused. "They actually listed a requirement to prevent me from participating in the auction? Isn't this funny? If I must participate, I don't have to use my own name. I can also borrow someone else's qualifications... It's just a bit troublesome."

"Did you have an unpleasant argument with that man named Ning Qiyuan at that time?" Bai Fan had never met Ning Qiyuan, but he knew a little about the "grudge" between Ke Jin and Ning Qiyuan from other people's words.

"I think it's okay... I just didn't let him merge the cards successfully, and I didn't rush to Zhoufu to destroy his original card pool." Ke Jin was a little depressed. "Besides, the conflict between him and me at that time was not a big deal. He was about to leave Azure Star, but he was still so petty."

"Maybe it's because he's leaving that he wants to seize this last chance to disgust you." Qi shrugged. "Besides, don't you think it's a little strange that he's leaving in such a hurry? Maybe this is something he didn't expect. Otherwise, given Ning Qiyuan's personality... I think it's more likely that he'll find a chance to deal with you slowly in the future."

Ke Jin couldn't help but recall that when Ning Qiyuan attended the annual award ceremony of the Chikongzhou Card Pool Administration, he looked worried and gloomy, and he didn't even submit an application for the Seven Continents Exhibition. After the exhibition, the news that he was going to auction the card pool suddenly broke out.

Perhaps Ning Qiyuan had encountered some unexpected situations during the award ceremony... Ke Jin secretly guessed. Was it because the situation was not handled properly in the end that they had to auction the card pool?

But Ke Jin had neither the energy nor the time to find out the truth. Now there were only ten days left before the auction began. He could not use his own name to participate in the auction and could only find other card users he trusted.

Ke Jin immediately told Qing Buyu about his loss of eligibility to bid. After the two discussed it, they finally decided that Ke Jin would find another client.

Ke Jin felt that the most suitable candidate was Su Yufeng, and after explaining the situation, the other party readily agreed. But worried that Ning Qiyuan might also put Su Yufeng on the blacklist, Ke Jin simply brought Gu Qianqian in as the second choice.

Therefore, in the last ten days, the three card masters started a new round of crazy busyness in order to complete the bidding qualifications as soon as possible.

***

While Ke Jin and the others were busy with the auction, Eggers became more and more anxious.

Fifteen days have passed since he separated from his subordinates and boarded a plane to enter the Blue Star alone.

He and his subordinates had agreed that on the twentieth day, no matter how the search progressed, they would return to the spacecraft to gather and report their respective situations and progress.

Eggers didn't expect that he would be so lucky to meet Orloy as soon as he got off the plane; he also didn't expect that Orloy would "forget his friends for the sake of beauty". In order to prevent Eggers from informing on others, he directly gave him a "cursed card", which made it impossible for Eggers to leave privately, otherwise he would be plagued by terrible misfortune.

Eggers once hoped to help Oloy catch up with Ke Jin as soon as possible so that he could escape from trouble as soon as possible. However, after seeing Oloy's "shamelessness", Eggers finally realized: It is better to hope that he can have a tacit understanding with his subordinates and let them come down from the sky to rescue him directly than to expect such a love idiot with no self-awareness to win a person's heart in a short period of time!

Ultimately, you still have to rely on yourself.

"Cousin, you have to let me go back once." While no one was around, Eggers once again appealed to Oloy's emotions and reasoned with him, "My current situation is different from yours - you are missing, and everyone here knows that I disappeared after entering the Azure Star. If they see that I haven't returned for a long time, they will definitely stay on the Azure Star to search, and maybe one day they will find this place, and then your existence will be exposed."

"Then come on, don't even think about leaving once you're here." Oloy said nonchalantly, "We happen to be short of manpower here, so if you come, throw them all into the card pool as free laborers, and Ke Jin will be less busy, which is exactly what I want."

“…”

You inhuman slave owner!

"Even if you can capture all of us, there will be huge consequences." Eggers continued to reason, "We have been away for a long time and have not contacted the Imperial Galaxy. They will definitely be anxious and will send more people to search the Azure Star. How can you be safe here? Sooner or later, the news of your stay here will be spread out."

More importantly, there were too many people coming from the Empire Galaxy too often, and the Aquarius Galaxy would definitely notice it. Given the bad relationship between the two sides, diplomatic friction might occur. If it escalates into a war and turns into a century-long war between the two galaxies, then he would be a sinner for not being able to stop the incident from getting worse in time! He couldn't bear this responsibility!

Perhaps he was somewhat persuaded. Oloy rubbed his chin with his hand and said nothing for a long time.

"Besides," Eggers continued, seeing that there was a chance, "If people keep coming to see you, Ke Jin will get suspicious sooner or later. What if he learns your true identity from someone... You also heard what he said yesterday. If he finds out that there is such a big gap between your identities, then you really won't have a chance to develop further with him."

It is said that one should strike the snake at its most vulnerable part. The effect of these words was immediate and Oloy was convinced at once.

"You really won't tell anyone about my experience on the Blue Star?" Orloy glanced at Eggers.

"No, no, of course not!" Eggers immediately pointed to the sky and said, "I swear!"

After all, the effect of the cursed card is still lurking on him, and he wouldn't dare to break the agreement even if he had a hundred guts!

"Well, I don't think you would dare to do that." Oloy hummed in satisfaction, "Then... I'll allow you to go back once."

***

Filled with excitement of surviving the disaster, Eggers finally set out to return to his spaceship.

Eggers explained to Ke Jin and the others that he wanted to visit other continents on the Blue Planet and take a spontaneous trip. This was a reasonable reason, because it was still winter vacation, and Ke Jin even asked Oloy if he wanted to go out and play with his cousin, but the boy rejected him with disdain.

"I'll be back soon." Before leaving, Eggers said to Ke Jin, "Maybe I can go to the auction with you guys to join in the fun!"

Actually, Eggers really wanted to leave and never come back, but unfortunately according to Oloy's request, his real mission this time, in addition to reporting safety to his subordinates and covering up Oloy's whereabouts, was to help Oloy exchange some local currency of the Blue Star - now Oloy used the pocket money given by Ke Jin to draw cards, not to mention that Oloy felt aggrieved, when Eggers saw it for the first time, he felt... very scary.

The fourth prince of the royal family went to draw a card, but he didn't swipe the card, but used small coins. If this matter were to get out, it would probably become the biggest scandal of the imperial family this year...

***

A few days later, just in time for the agreed reunion, Eggers finally managed to return to the spaceship hidden in the star field outside the Azure Star Space Station.

All the subordinates scattered across the Azure Star reported back on time. As expected by Eggers, no one had found the whereabouts of Orloy, not even an accurate clue. However, as usual, they collected a lot of intelligence locally, compiled it into easy-to-read files, and transmitted it all to Eggers.

Not only the intelligence from the Azure Planet, but also the communications officer who stayed on the spacecraft during Eggers's absence was always paying attention to the developments in the Imperial Galaxy, selecting the more important news and reporting them to Eggers one by one.

Just flipping through this trivial and complicated information took Eggers a whole day. Because he already knew the whereabouts of Orloy, Eggers initially read the information perfunctorily, just to show his subordinates, but as he read, he gradually became serious, his expression became more and more serious, and finally his brows gradually wrinkled into a knot.

After reading all the intelligence, Eggers pondered for a moment and returned to his own lounge alone. After turning on the indoor anti-reconnaissance and anti-surveillance shield, he used the "communication card" that Oloy gave him before leaving.

A blue light curtain was quickly projected from the silver card, and soon, Oloy's figure appeared in the light curtain.

"What happened?" Oroi asked.

He was actually very surprised. After all, it was agreed that this communication card would only be used when there was an unexpected situation that Eggers could not handle. Could it be that among the people who came to find him, besides Eggers, there were others who knew his whereabouts?

"It's not a big deal, and no one suspects that you are on the Blue Planet, but..." Eggers turned on the display screen on the table and said in a confused tone while looking at the few pieces of information that had just been specially marked.

"From the intelligence they collected, I saw some very strange things."

"Oh?" The person on the other side of the light curtain raised an eyebrow, "Tell me about it."

"Here is a registration form for ships entering and leaving Azure Star at each airport. It contains not only information about ships that have entered, but also pre-recorded information about ships that have made reservations to enter." Eggers said as he pushed the display screen in front of the light curtain. "Look, compared to the usual data, there are a lot of ships preparing to enter Azure Star next week, and 90% of these ships from other planets are destined for Chikongzhou."

Oloy looked carefully at the data on the display and frowned slightly.

"It's a bit strange indeed."

The number of these incoming spaceships even exceeded the number of foreign spaceships registered at the Seven Continents Card Pool Exhibition a week ago. It is more strange than unbelievable.

"Will something big happen in Chikongzhou next week?" Eggers asked, "something that can attract a large number of alien spaceships?"

"No..." Oloy was also a little confused. "As far as I know, the most popular thing in Chikongzhou next week is nothing more than the card pool auction."

As soon as the words fell, the two people inside and outside the light curtain were stunned at the same time and couldn't help but look at each other.

"Is it... really because of this?" Eggers said.

"It's just a gold card pool on a remote planet, is it that serious?" Although Oloy said he didn't agree, his intuition told him that this might be the truth, "Is there something strange about this card pool?"

"In fact, this is not the only strange thing." Eggers pointed to two pieces of information highlighted by red lines on the display screen, "Among the incoming ships, two are from our imperial star system."

Oloy was surprised: "Is there any identity information of the registrant?"

Eggers spread his hands and said, "No, but the reason for their entry is commercial trade, so they are probably just ordinary caravans."

Although the relationship between the Empire Galaxy and the Aquarius Galaxy is not very good, that is only at the political level, and the private commercial exchanges have not been interrupted. However, the Blue Star is remote and has no outstanding advantageous resources. The Empire Galaxy's caravans should not have traveled thousands of miles to set foot here, but now they not only came, but also came at this special time, and two families came at once.

"It actually involves the Imperial Galaxy... It seems that this auction is not as simple as it seems." Oloy said slowly.

"That's what I thought." Eggers paused for a moment, "So... should we get involved as well?"