At nine o'clock sharp, the door of the auction hall closed on time. The more than 500 seats in the venue were already full. At the same time, the beautiful auctioneer in a dark blue uniform skirt walked to the front desk leisurely and instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.

"Dear guests, welcome to this auction held by the official auction bureau of Chikongzhou Prefecture. My name is Mo Wen. I will host today's auction. It is my honor to serve you all."

The soft and sweet female voice was amplified by the loudspeaker and spread to every corner of the hall. After a brief self-introduction, the elegant auctioneer read out the precautions of the auction as usual, and then, under the enthusiastic gaze of the crowd, he got straight to the point.

"There is only one item in this auction, and the details of the item are as follows." As the woman introduced herself, the panoramic screen behind her displayed some information about Ning Qiyuan's card pool, "'Origin' Food Card Pool, the basic attribute is SSR first draw card pool, rated by the Interstellar Federation Card Pool Committee, the current level is 'Gold Level Card Pool'. This card pool has been in operation for six years and two hundred and forty days since the date of the card pool. There are currently 259 types of food cards in the card pool, five card draw areas, and the maximum capacity is..."

"This card pool has been in operation for almost seven years?" Ke Jin Tingqi mentioned that Ning Qiyuan was not the first card user, but took over three years ago. However, he did not expect that before Ning Qiyuan took over, this card pool had been in operation for nearly four years.

"Yes." Gu Qianqian whispered to Ke Jin, "But this card pool has never been well-known, and its scale is not large. If Ning Qiyuan hadn't taken over, I'm afraid few people would come to the auction now."

After introducing the basic properties of the card pool, auctioneer Mo Wen raised her head and scanned the entire audience with a sharp gaze.

"…The above is the basic information of this auction. The starting price is 100 million star coins, and the bidding range is 10 million star coins. Now I declare - the auction begins!"

Ke Jin's eyes widened immediately, and Gu Qianqian almost choked on her saliva. The two looked at each other in shock, and saw the same thought in each other's eyes - a starting price of 100 million star coins? It's so high! And the increase in price is also exaggerated, it's actually in the tens of millions! Isn't Ning Qiyuan too confident in his card pool? !

There were many people in the venue who looked astonished like Ke Jin and his friends, but this did not affect the enthusiasm for bidding. As soon as the auctioneer Mo Wen finished speaking, some people impatiently raised their bidding cards.

"One hundred and ten million!"

"One hundred and twenty million!"

"One hundred and forty million!"

"One hundred and seventy million!"

Almost as soon as the previous bidding board was raised, it was immediately suppressed by a new bid in the next second. Amid the repeated bids, the bidding amount quickly exceeded 200 million and began to advance towards 300 million.

Gu Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this was her first time participating in such an auction as a bidder, and she had a huge sum of 200 million yuan in her hand. She was worried about whether she would make a mistake in the operation, but now it seemed that her worries were completely in vain - in the blink of an eye, the bid was far higher than 200 million yuan, and she didn't need to raise her placard to bid. It seemed that her client was right. This deposit was just enough to join in the fun...

Qing observed the situation in the venue without saying a word. After the bid reached "250 million", the bidding finally slowed down. Apparently, some buyers with insufficient funds had been forced to withdraw from the competition.

And after that, it is the battlefield where those forces who know the inside story and are determined to win this card pool compete.

"Three hundred million!" Auctioneer Mo Wen excitedly read out the price tag of another bidder. Before the auction began, the auction house also estimated the price of Ning Qiyuan's card pool. At that time, everyone agreed that the highest price in the end would be around three hundred million, but the enthusiasm on the scene far exceeded their imagination. If this trend continues, three hundred million is probably just the beginning.

"Three hundred and ten million!"

"Three hundred and twenty million!"

"Three hundred and thirty million!"

After entering the bidding range of 300 million, the bidding speed that had just slowed down suddenly picked up again. Ke Jin glanced at Qing Buyu nervously - from the beginning, the second young lady of Qingyu Group had been calm and composed, and didn't care about the increasingly exaggerated bidding. But in Ke Jin's opinion, if it was just to find a starting point for the development of Chikongzhou, the price of more than 300 million was obviously not worth it - with this money, 99% of the card pools in Chikongzhou could be chosen at will!

"Three hundred and ninety million!"

When Mo Wen read out the latest quotation, the bustling venue finally fell silent, and no new quotation board was raised for a long time.

"Three hundred and ninety million!" Mo Wen glanced at the whole audience, her voice still soft, but her tone rising high, "The guest in No. 546 bid three hundred and ninety million. Are there any other guests who want to bid?"

Many people were whispering below, but no new bid boards appeared. Mo Wen was about to ask again when she suddenly saw a new bid board light up in the northeast corner. The eye-catching numbers on it made Mo Wen stunned for a moment, but her professional instinct had already made the young auctioneer reflexively read out the latest bid when she saw the bidding board for the first time.

"Four hundred and forty million!"

The price was raised by 50 million in one go, which caused quite a commotion in the venue. People leaned over to look in the direction of the person holding the placard, and everyone's eyes were focused on where Qing Buyu and the others were.

Just now, Qing Buyu, who had not expressed his opinion, finally made a quotation gesture to his agent Su Yufeng. Although Su Yufeng was stunned by the astonishing amount, he quickly reacted, wrote the quotation truthfully on the electronic sign, and quickly raised it.

"Four hundred and forty million... Oh my God..."

When Ke Jin heard Gu Qianqian mumbling absentmindedly beside him, he was also shocked.

Is Ning Qiyuan's card pool really worth the price? Ke Jin looked at Qing without saying a word, silently conveying his doubts.

But the short-haired woman with a dignified temperament just smiled slightly, making Ke Jin unable to understand her true thoughts at all.

"Four hundred and forty million! Are there any customers who want to raise the price?" The voice of auctioneer Mo Wen echoed in the venue.

After a moment of silence, another bidding board suddenly appeared in the northwest corner.

"Four hundred and fifty million!"

At Qing Buyu's suggestion, Su Yufeng immediately gave a new offer.

"Four hundred and sixty million!"

"Four hundred and seventy million!"

"Four hundred and eighty million!"

The two sides, one in the west and the other in the east, continued to raise the price. After Qing Buyu quoted a high price of "480 million", there was silence for a long time, and finally there was no movement.

Just when everyone thought that the competition had come to an end and Mo Wen had already raised the wooden hammer in her hand, a cold voice suddenly came from the box on the second floor.

"I offer 500 million."

There was an uproar at the scene, and Ke Jin and his friends realized that there was someone in the box on the second floor - there had been no movement at all in that location before, leading most people to believe that the special VIP room on the second floor was not open to this auction.

Five hundred million...

Qing Buyu, who had been calm and composed since entering the venue, finally frowned her delicate eyebrows.

Five hundred million star coins, this has reached the upper limit of the price offered by Qingyu Group for this suspected experimental card pool.

Yes, just “suspected”.

Although they knew that Ning Qiyuan was conducting a "superpower development" experiment in this card pool, since the other party dared to sell the card pool publicly, all traces of the relevant experiments must have been erased long ago. The current card pool is most likely just an ordinary card pool.

——But it still exudes a bewitching charm.

Because traces can be erased, but they may not be handled so cleanly. Even if there is a one in ten thousand chance that clues of Ning Qiyuan and his team's experiment can be found in this card pool, for those who are obsessed with "artificially creating a supernatural card pool", it is worth spending a lot of money to obtain the ownership of this card pool.

Do you want to continue raising the price?

Should I use a value higher than 500 million star coins to try to capture a possibility that may not exist? Should I continue to bet on this gamble?

Just as Qing Buyu was immersed in the contradictory ideological struggle, suddenly, she heard the auctioneer Mo Wen in front of her loudly announce a new price.

"Six hundred million!!"

Six hundred million?

Qing Buyu was in a trance for a moment. Now it was the second half of the auction. All parties were becoming more and more cautious in bidding. It was rare to raise the price by 20 million in one go. Who was so reckless? No, it should be said that he was so arrogant that he dared to raise the price by 100 million in one go? ? ?

Is this really because of their wealth or are they deliberately causing trouble? ?

Qing Buyu looked up blankly and found that the entire venue was boiling with excitement because of the unreasonable price increase, but what surprised Qing Buyu was that the eyes of everyone present were actually focused on him.

No. It's not.

These people were not looking at her, they were looking at——

"Sister Qianqian..." Ke Jin's voice was trembling. It was as if he was meeting Gu Qianqian for the first time. His eyes trembled as he looked at his friend sitting next to him. "You, you bid 600 million?" Are you crazy? ?

"No, it's not me who made the bid..." Gu Qianqian was also very panicked at this time. Not only was her voice trembling, but the bidding card in her hand was also shaking. "It was my client who asked me to make this bid... You, you guys look..."

She quietly showed what she was holding to Ke Jin and the others. Qing Buyu glanced down and found that the amount displayed on the black savings crystal card that had 200 million star coins deposited in it had now changed to 600 million.

Ke Jin sucked in a breath of cold air and couldn't help but steal a glance at the beautiful brooch pinned on Gu Qianqian's chest - the bidding money was directly transferred to the crystal card in real time. This client really had been watching the live broadcast... and he was also quite wealthy. He transferred 600 million to the card with just the movement of his fingers, as if it was a piece of cake!

After a moment of chaos, the venue quickly returned to silence. At the same time, the cold voice from upstairs sounded again.

"Six hundred and ten million."

The amount on the black crystal card in Gu Qianqian's hand changed rapidly. Qing Buyu took a look and couldn't help but twitch her lips; Ke Jin and Su Yufeng were a little dazed and numb; Gu Qianqian glanced at the amount and almost lost her balance. Finally, she resisted the urge to faint and raised her bidding card again.

"Seven hundred million!" Mo Wen announced the new offer in a loud and excited voice.

The sound came again from the VIP room upstairs.

"Seven hundred and ten million."

"Eight hundred million!"

"Eight hundred and ten million."

"Nine hundred million!"

Everyone opened their mouths wide - the people in the VIP room upstairs were cautiously bidding upwards by 10 million at a time, but here, they were just throwing 100 million at a time, and the disparity in financial resources between the two sides was obvious. Is there still room for fun? ?

Sure enough, after the offer of 900 million came out, the people upstairs probably saw Gu Qianqian’s “ruthlessness” and fell silent and stopped raising the price.

"Nine hundred million once!" Mo Wen shouted, "Nine hundred million twice! Are there any customers who want to quote?"

At this point, it was like a fight between gods. Everyone else was just a foil and had no right to speak. They could only watch helplessly.

"Nine hundred million three times! Deal!"

Amid the ensuing noise and exclamations, auctioneer Mo Wen made the final decision and announced excitedly.

"Congratulations to guest No. 777 for winning the ownership of the 'Origin' food card pool!"