Chapter 59 Help! It's you again!

Caesar held a glass of wine, walking leisurely.

It's almost time; it's time to go see the little guy.

What kind of expression would she have right now?

Surrounded by a group of handsome young men, she would probably be blushing and cowering in a corner, sobbing.

Caesar walked toward the private room with a smile on his lips.

"Da da da!"

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind him.

Several security guards from the club were running towards this place.

Caesar frowned.

Did you call security?

What happened? Did things go wrong in the room? Is she... injured?

So... it can't withstand it?

He quickened his pace.

Step into the private room.

The scene that I had imagined—a delicate girl surrounded by a group of fierce waiters—did not occur.

The once lively and luxurious private room has now been transformed into an "ice sculpture museum" covered by a metal mesh.

The entire room was a mess.

Twenty waiters were covered with a thick layer of white frost.

Some were unable to move, while others trembled in a sorry state.

Ning Shuyin was the only one missing.

With his keen eye, he immediately noticed the three knife marks on the sofa that were corroding it!

wrong.

He had his men investigate these 20 boys, and there were no killers among them.

The so-called killer was just there to scare her.

But actually... there really are three?

A look of shock appeared in his azure eyes.

This date is not a qualified "landmark".

A series of observations all indicate that she is not stable enough and is not suitable to be his "soul beacon".

But he didn't expect that this seemingly weak little guy had another side.

Clever, funny, and unconventional.

Not only did they break the deadlock, they also managed to ruin the event.

And then, he left without saying goodbye?

"interesting……"

He turned around decisively and didn't look at the ice sculptures again.

Upon exiting Cupid's labyrinth, his goat assistant was already waiting there.

"This is your admission ticket to the Raven's Nest anonymous auction." The goat respectfully handed over a metal card.

"Hmm," Caesar replied casually.

Unable to find a suitable person to act as a "coordinate provider," he could only place his hopes on things.

A mechanical master from Gamma gave him a set of blueprints.

A simulated beacon can be created by utilizing the core structure of the Mech race's "Plague Module," which can then be charged with energy and used as a temporary coordinate.

However, just creating the base structure requires three plague modules.

The "Energy Plague Apostles" of the Machine Race are extremely rare.

When they perish in battle, many of the modules inside their bodies will spontaneously explode due to abnormal energy.

He managed to "get" a complete one from the archives of the Alice Space Station.

Whether the remaining two can be found is unknown.

Going to auctions is just a matter of trying one's luck.

His powers are currently stable. But he knows that as he gets older, the side effects of his genetic disease will become increasingly apparent.

For some reason, he suddenly had a strange premonition.

He felt that this trip to Chaos Trading Star would be fruitful.

The "Raven's Nest" auction house is located at the bottom of the Chaos Trading Star.

There are no physical buildings.

The entrance is an inconspicuous portal.

Caesar stepped inside.

After a period of darkness, the view suddenly opened up.

This is a huge spherical space suspended in a gravity well.

The dome was a pitch-black void.

Thousands of individual, suspended cabins are arranged like a honeycomb.

Each private room is an opaque black crystal.

Ning Shuyin was already sitting in one of the private rooms.

She was a little nervous.

The private room was completely empty.

There are no seats, and no screens.

She simply floated in absolute darkness.

[Identity spoofing protocol activated.]

[Neural connection in progress...]

A system notification appeared directly on her retina.

The next second, she saw herself—a white raccoon made of pure white light.

This is her "virtual avatar" here.

An anonymous auction with a top-tier privacy system.

The voices, appearances, genders, and races of both buyers and sellers will be masked.

After switching her appearance, her vision was taken over a vast virtual venue.

Thousands of lights and shadows floated silently in each of the private rooms.

Besides those with human or animal outlines, there are also virtual figures with appearances like teapots and pillows.

In the center of the venue, a huge golden auction platform slowly rose.

The auctioneer was a phantom figure hundreds of meters tall.

He had no facial features; his voice resounded directly in everyone's minds.

[First item for auction: Bone Blade.]

A massive bone blade, three hundred meters long, appeared on the auction stage. The blade itself was the complete spine of a young star dragon.

[Legend has it that it can sever cause and effect. Note: This is an artwork, not a weapon.]

Starting bid: 50 million Star Coins.

The price started fluctuating wildly.

Ultimately, it was sold for 100 million.

A flash of light illuminated the transaction, and the bone blade vanished instantly.

[Second item: Unhatched live animals.]

An egg about 100 meters in diameter was lifted up by a data force field.

The surface of the egg is covered with intricate patterns.

[Incubation conditions unknown. It could be an organic plant planet, or it could be a giant, monstrous offspring.]

Starting bid: 800 million Star Coins.

This item, fraught with uncertainty, sparked fierce competition.

The price soared to 10 billion.

Ning Shuyin realized that the allure of blind boxes remains unchanged everywhere; they truly are a secret to wealth.

[Third item: Divine Vision.]

On the auction stage, a constantly rotating silver sphere appeared.

[A relic from a world observer. Upon activation, the user gains a one-second absolute omniscient perspective, gaining complete insight into the universe.]

[Note: This is simply a work of art.]

This item failed to sell at auction due to a lack of interest.

Ning Shuyin floated in the darkness, watching all of this.

Feeling uneasy.

Just then, the auctioneer's voice rang out again.

[Next item: Debris from a "disaster module".]

They've arrived.

Her things.

An inconspicuous little black cube rose from the central platform.

This is a crucial core from the Mech Race special forces soldier "Energy Plague Apostle." Please note that this is merely an empty box. Its energy is currently depleted, but its remaining structure is still intact.

Starting bid: 50 million Star Coins.

A string of red bids appeared in everyone's view at the same time.

Sixty million.

A price quote appeared in front of a portrait illuminated by light and shadow.

One hundred million.

Another offer followed immediately.

Three hundred million.

...

Prices began to rise.

After the price exceeded 300 million, most buyers dropped out of the auction. Only three core buyers remained to compete.

Suddenly, one of them made an overbearing offer, jumping the price up by a significant margin:

Six hundred million.

The silhouette of that figure in the light and shadow was clearer than the ones around it.

Another white figure—one of the three bidders—paused for a moment after seeing the new offer.

Immediately, the lights in his private room went out.

Clearly, this buyer not only gave up bidding, but also left the venue altogether.

Only two people remain to compete.

[One billion.]

One of them immediately quoted a high price.

Ning Shuyin felt that the person who made the offer was strangely familiar.

Arrogant, arrogant to the point of looking down on everyone.

She really looks like Zhou Zhiheng.

She shook her head, dismissing the absurd thought.

Is she hallucinating because of Zhou Zhiheng's pressure? Everyone looks like the boss who's haunting her.

A brief silence fell over the entire room.

Suddenly, the next bid rang out: "[One billion, same price.]"

As soon as the bid was matched, the auctioneer's voice echoed in everyone's minds: "The bid has reached the maximum limit."

Raven's Nest auction house is a long-established business in the Tartarus Nebula.

To protect the interests of buyers and ensure long-term business, they set a ceiling price for auctioned items that is no more than five times the appraised value.

One billion is the "ceiling price" set for this product.

To go further up and make money from battles of wits, you need to go to the "Shadow Abyss" auction house next door.

The auctioneer's voice continued to ring out:

According to Rule 7 of the Raven's Nest Rules, when there are identical capped bids, the final right to trade rests with the seller.

The seller can choose to sell the goods to either party.

At this moment, the decision fell into Ning Shuyin's hands.

[Connecting to seller...]

Once the communication was established, the two figures simultaneously removed their privacy system disguises and opened the public channel.

Two true images were clearly exposed to everyone.

On one side was a woman wearing a dark gold trench coat, with glittering blonde hair and azure eyes.

It was none other than Caesar, the king beyond the boundaries.

On the other side, she had a high ponytail and arrogance in her purple eyes.

It was Zhou Zhiheng.

No way...

How could they even collide?

Ning Shuyin reached out and turned the blurriness of her virtual light and shadow to the maximum.