The auction continued, and Zhou Tong sat on a chair to the side, glancing around from time to time.
Everyone's attention seemed to be focused on the item in the auctioneer's hand on the stage.
After serving one item after another, Zhou Quan frowned.
More than a dozen items have already been auctioned off, but none of them are what I need.
He wanted a type of growing plant that could be highly representative.
Especially those plants that grow extremely fast and have high yields.
However, what we are encountering now are all very ordinary ones that are not very valuable for research.
After waiting for about half an hour, the host on stage suddenly looked at the list and said something.
"Next, we will be auctioning a very important item. This item was previously assessed by the review panel as a plant that could enter the final four. This plant is the potato, which I believe everyone ate before the apocalypse."
Upon hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but refocus their attention on the auctioneer's hands on the stage, where he took out a grayish-yellow potato from a drawer on the side of the table.
A QR code was laser-printed on the surface of the potato. He picked up a scanner, scanned the QR code, and immediately some images appeared. He then projected the information onto the large screen.
Then he began to explain one aspect of the potato.
After his explanation, a hushed conversation immediately broke out in the room.
Clearly, this potato is more appealing to people than other plants.
At this moment, Zhou Quan heard the people next to him whispering about how to resolve the issue.
"My goodness, they even brought this kind of plant here! If the organizing committee finds out this morning, it'll definitely cause a lot of trouble!"
"Buying this thing would be a disaster. Let's forget about it; it's not safe to take it home!"
"Yeah, that's right. This thing is just too much trouble. If we take it back and it gets caught, it'll be terrible!"
Hearing the two whispering, Zhou Tong couldn't help but turn his head to look at them.
After noticing Zhou Tong's gaze, the two stopped talking.
After pondering for a moment, Zhou Tong decided to go and ask.
He quietly approached the seats of the two people next to him and coughed softly.
"You two seem to know quite a lot. I'd like to ask about this potato on the stage. Could you tell me about it?"
After listening, both of them couldn't help but turn to look at Zhou Quan. Seeing this unfamiliar face, both of them felt a sense of doubt.
Are we that familiar with you?
Zhou Tong grinned, revealing a mouthful of teeth.
"Hehehe, isn't this just about getting to know each other? You get to know each other better, and then you become friends, right?"
After saying that, Zhou Tong took out cigarettes from his pocket and prepared to offer them to the two of them.
However, the two men didn't seem to buy it at all. After returning the cigarettes, they still claimed to know nothing about the potato.
Zhou Tong was somewhat helpless after being turned away.
After sitting back down in my seat, I looked up at the data above.
These figures are truly impressive, even surpassing those of Lu Yuan's new type of wheat.
After gritting his teeth, he finally decided to buy the item first and deal with the rest later.
After hearing a series of scattered calls for his sign from the audience, Zhou Tong finally raised his sign.
When Zhou Tong raised his paddle, the auctioneer on the stage immediately turned his attention to Zhou Tong.
He was slightly puzzled when he discovered that this was a new face, but he still saw that the other party had a good hand.
To everyone's surprise, after Zhou Tong raised his sign, no one else raised theirs.
Zhou Tong felt a little embarrassed. He glanced around and saw that everyone was avoiding his gaze, clearly indicating that this thing was definitely an ominous object.
Zhou Tong frowned, then bought the potato at a very low price.
He returned to his seat with the potatoes, avoiding eye contact from all around.
Zhou Tong didn't know what had happened, but he didn't think much of it. He packed the potatoes into a box and waited quietly for the next item to be auctioned.
The auction proceeded at breakneck speed, and Zhou Tong felt that after acquiring this item, the subsequent items were not very appealing to him.
Just as the auctioneer was about to put up another item for auction, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.
Everyone looked outside when suddenly the door burst open with a loud bang, startling everyone in the auctioneer's room.
Just as they were about to escape, the room lights suddenly turned on.
Soldiers armed with rifles filed in, surrounding the entire room.
The soldiers, armed with guns, blocked all the exits.
At that moment, a tall soldier in camouflage stood in front of the auction room and shouted loudly.
"Everyone, get down and raise your hands, or we'll shoot!"
Zhou Tong cursed under his breath, but there was nothing he could do. He put the bag beside him aside and raised his hands high.
Then soldiers immediately came up and began to check and question these people one by one.
Zhou Tong had no idea what had happened. One second he was fine, and the next he was in this state of shock.
When the soldier searched him, he immediately noticed a bag at his feet.
Soldiers immediately rushed up and picked up the bag, and when they opened the bag...
Upon seeing the potato with soldiers around it, they quickly waved to their captain to come and check.
Upon hearing that the target had been discovered, the captain immediately showed a look of shock on his face.
He quickly ran over, opened the bag, and when he saw that there was a potato inside, he immediately showed a look of joy.
"Great, we finally found it! Damn, so that's where it was hiding. The suspect has been caught and taken away immediately. Secure the scene, and make sure everyone gives their statements before leaving!"
Zhou Tong immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this.
What's going on? Why are you arresting me? There's a reason why nobody was buying the potatoes before. Are you kidding me?
He then struggled and shouted that he was innocent.
But the people on the black market weren't going to explain anything at all.
They took their belongings and began calling out to people, taking Zhou Quan away.
Some people even provided purchase invoices and various other documents, which were then delivered to the soldiers.
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