Chapter 189 (Chapter 188) Concealment
Yan Shi was pondering a very serious question.
What to have for lunch?
The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has taken full control of the hunting grounds and is currently compiling a count of the victims based on paper documents found in the warehouse, and sending the survivors home.
In other words, there's nothing more to do with Yan Shi for the time being.
However, the subordinates present all seemed busy and in a hurry, and no one mentioned rest or lunch.
Yan Shi: ...
She could only slowly take out her phone, her movements elegant, pretending to browse documents, but her fingertips quietly tapped the Qiman app.
When people are hungry, all they want to do is slack off and fish.
Claire noticed that the update contained many chapters, mainly focusing on Lin Cai's experiences in Novano Port, the shantytown, and the black market auctions. Yan Shi was involved in most of these events, either directly or indirectly.
Seeing one of her experiences depicted in a comic, even if it's just a side view, still gave her a subtle sense of novelty.
But that was all. Because of hunger, Yan Shi flipped through the comics absentmindedly. She quickly flipped through a few chapters, her gaze falling on the panel where Lin Cai and she parted ways at the port of Novano.
The shed owner only gave Yan Shi a ticket to the floating auction. They parted less than an hour before the auction started, so Chu Mengfu returned to Novano Port dejectedly.
Now the question is, how did Lin Cai get into the floating auction?
Just because someone is the main character doesn't mean they can just pick up an admission ticket on the street.
…
After watching Yanlan, Wenying, and Mengshi disappear at the end of the harbor path, Chu Mengfu lowered his eyes and said, "Let's go."
"Senior Sister Chu," Lin Cai suddenly said, "I just remembered I left something in the shed area and I need to go get it. You go back first."
Chu Mengfu looked up, his eyes filled with doubt: "What is it? I'll go with you."
Lin Cai shook her head: "Senior, you're injured, no need. I'll be back soon." She took a few steps back, then waved her hand, her tone light: "Be careful on your way back, senior."
[I bet five cents that Lin Cai will go to the Floating Auction with Yan Lan.]
[Even without an admission ticket, the protagonist of a shonen manga is omnipotent (nods)]
Although there were no admission tickets, wherever Yanlan was, Lin Cai was there too.
Although we didn't have admission tickets, it sounds like a huge venue with an important storyline, so how could we miss our cameras?
As expected, after Chu Mengfu left, Lin Cai did not head towards the shed area to retrieve her "things left inside," but instead went straight after Yan Lan and the others.
Because of the speed, Yanlan reappeared at the end of the screen in no time.
Yanlan looked up at the sky, the sea breeze ruffling her hair.
Lin Cai slowed down and looked up at the sea.
In the comic, the floating auction house occupies an entire page. However, unlike what Yan Shi remembers seeing, Claire's depiction of the floating auction house seems more recent.
The exterior walls are still made of dark gray stone, but the runes carved on the bricks do not dim, but glow, setting off the crystals inlaid between the bricks, like an endless galaxy.
Lin Caishang's method of using the floating auction house is primitive yet efficient.
Without relying on any external objects, she continuously used her spirit to condense steps, stepping on them one by one in the air. The steps solidified under her feet and then quietly dissipated after she left, allowing her to climb higher step by step.
It trailed far behind Yanlan's sea beast.
[This is hilarious! Take a screenshot of this page and ask someone who hasn't read "The Curse of the Laws" who the main character is.]
【Of course it's our Lanlan!】
[The old thief didn't even want to give Lin Cai any special effects.]
Am I the only one focusing on the fact that Lin Cai didn't have an admission ticket? The thought of her possibly being turned away from the auction because she didn't have a ticket makes me so embarrassed I want to dig my toes into the ground.
This is the protagonist of a shonen manga; the person above knows nothing about shonen manga protagonists.
After Yan Lan's last figure disappeared through the black doors of the auction house, Lin Cai also walked to the black-robed man at the entrance.
"Please show me your admission ticket," the guard said.
Lin Cai remained calm: "I want to consign an item that can be taken to the top floor."
"From what I understand, you should accept any item that can be auctioned on the top floor, regardless of whether I have an admission ticket or not." She didn't look at the guard, but instead focused her gaze on the tray next to him.
A camera appeared there at some point, and its red light was flashing.
Then a line of text appeared on the storyboard.
Yes, if the value of the auctioned item is verified. However, only auctioned items are allowed to enter; no living being may enter without an admission ticket.
"It's nothing." Lin Cai smiled, a slight upturn of her lips, a hint of sarcasm in her eyes: "I'll send it to the auction myself."
Please place your right hand on the tray.
She stepped forward and calmly placed her right hand on it.
The next moment, the tray lit up, and a dark light spread from the palm to the wrist, then to the arm, and finally enveloped Lin Cai's entire body.
[Items submitted for auction are being inspected...]
[Item inspection completed. Estimated value: SSS. Auction room: End of Eternal Day. Note: The auction house will charge a 20% commission on the final sale price.]
[The auction house reserves the right of final interpretation.]
Welcome to the Floating Auction.
The dark light on the tray receded, and Lin Cai vanished into thin air.
Only one guard remained at the entrance of the auction house. She didn't say anything, but returned to her original position. The evening breeze blew, and a few strands of red hair slipped down her black robe.
On the next page, the screen goes black. Then, there's an extremely luxurious room.
The room is divided into two completely opposite styles by a central line. The left side is decorated mainly in gold, with gilded tables and chairs and a carpet embroidered with gold patterns; the right side is mainly black, with black wallpaper and a black sofa, without a single other color.
A huge glass display case was placed in the center of the room, and Lin Cai was sitting inside it, having just opened her eyes.
[Hahahahahaha]
[There really are shonen manga protagonists who sell themselves out.]
Putting everything else aside, this auction house certainly knows its stuff. Lin Cai = an expensive item.
…
After Lin Cai submitted herself as an auction item, she was placed on the top floor.
Yan Shi's expression gradually froze. She suddenly remembered that when she left their floor with Gui Ge Mu, she did see seven rooms on the top floor. Besides the two rooms she and Gui Ge Mu had, there was another room with its crystal chandelier lit up.
Now it seems to be Lin Cai.
What Lin Cai was auctioning off was not herself, but the Heart of Light within her. Auction houses couldn't remove the consignor's heart, so Lin Cai was able to be placed in the display case as a whole item.
On the same floor, Yan Shi submitted the "Crown of the Blazing Sun" for auction.
So here's the question: Guige Mu also put herself up for auction, and she also ended up on the top floor. What exactly was she auctioning off?
The blazing sun crown and the heart of light are both authorities of the spirit, capable of entering the top tier of the auction house with these two items of equal value…
As he was pondering, there was a knock on the door of the lounge, and Yan Shi turned his head to look.
It just so happens that it's the Guigemu (归阁幕).
Gui Gemu, holding a stack of documents, said, "Director Yan, this is a partial list of survivor data that the Execution Department has just compiled."
Yan Shi didn't reply. Instead, he looked Gui Gemu up and down and asked, "How's your investigation going regarding the incident where you set up an array in the Summer Palace when the headquarters was attacked?"
Gui Gemu gripped the document tightly with his fingertips, lowered his eyes and head: "The buildings within the headquarters were severely damaged that day, especially the side closest to the Summer Palace."
“We’ve lost the clues, so,” she said in a low voice, “we’re at a loss for now.”
I have no clue.
Yan Shi laughed.
She leaned back on the sofa, looking up into Gui Gemu's eyes: "Do I look like an idiot?"
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