Chapter 188
The first lot is [Talent Awakening Potion], which can increase the probability of awakening talent for people whose talents have not yet been awakened. However, how much it can be increased is a very metaphysical question, commonly known as "looking at the face".
Most of the people who received the invitation or were brought in by the invitation did not need this medicine, but among their friends or relatives, there were always those who had awakened their talents, so when the [Talent Awakening Medicine] appeared, the voices of bidding rose one after another.
"Two hundred thousand!"
"Two hundred and ten thousand!"
"Two hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Three hundred thousand!"
…
As a way to attract more attention, the starting price of [Talent Awakening Potion] was only 100,000, but the price subsequently rose rapidly, reaching 500,000, and was finally bought for 540,000.
Robert was obedient and did not participate in the auction, but Eric was a little tempted. However, when he was about to come across the auction sign, Eric glanced at the instructions next to the medicine.
[[Genius Awakening Potion]
After taking it, the awakened person's natural awakening probability will be increased to a certain extent, but it does not rule out the possibility that the drug is ineffective.
Note: Multiple use is ineffective. 】
Eric thought about his recent strange luck and the flying chess game just now... It was not expensive to buy the [Genius Awakening Potion], but he did not like to waste money.
There were two other people sitting in [The Sound of All Things], and their faces did not show any emotion - the previous game of flying chess made everyone almost calm.
After the auction of [Genius Awakening Potion] ended, the second item was put on the auction stage. This time, it was a defensive magic weapon called [Angel Guardian].
[Voice of All Things] On the huge "floor-to-ceiling window", the introduction of [Angel Guardian] appeared:
[Angel Guardian]
When the wearer is in danger, a ten-minute high-defense shield is formed, with a certain probability of inflicting the [Angel's Mercy] effect and restoring injuries.
Note: It can be used ten times, but there is a very small probability (less than 0.1%) that it will not be triggered when encountering a crisis. 】
The three people in the room glanced at the extremely glaring words "extremely small probability (less than 0.1%)" on the introduction.
Hao Zhizhi: "Do you want to take a photo?"
Yu Tu shook his head, and Eric said, "I don't need it."
Hao Zhizhi was a little tempted. She wanted to take a picture and send it to her guardian, because even if a positioning device was installed in Zhihuai's belongings, Zhihuai would still get lost. It was just that after he got lost, people would barely be able to know where he was and whether he was in unmanageable danger.
As for her own use... Hao Zhizhi thought about her miraculous luck since entering college, and felt that the 0.1% had to be multiplied at least a hundred times.
Hao Zhizhi: "If you don't want it, I'll take it."
She pressed the bidding button and started bidding. The [Sound of All Things] logo lit up, indicating that a VIP room had participated in the auction.
[Angel Guardian] finally fell into Hao Zhizhi's hands with the auspicious number of 880,000.
Hao Zhizhi took a sip of her drink and sighed, "I finally understand why you, Eric, didn't let Gu Hongying and the others participate in the Fox Mask competition."
After the VIP room without the trump card was sold out, the bidding became more intense. If the room with the trump card was sold out... Hao Zhizhi felt that the extra premium was probably the trump card's appearance fee.
Not long after [Angel Guardian] came down from the auction table, in [Sound of All Things], the emerald snake coiled in the corner raised its body and a mechanical but not harsh sound came out:
"Mr. Eric, the [Sound of Everything] lot has been delivered."
Eric nodded: "Bring it in."
In less than a minute, the Emerald Snake swam over with a transparent bubble on its head, and [Angel Guardian] was frozen in the center of the transparent bubble by an unknown force.
Eric took off the transparent bubble and gave it to Hao Zhizhi. The transparent bubble melted in Hao Zhizhi's hand, and a feather fixed by a silver chain fell into her hand. In the light of [Sound of All Things], the surface of the feather reflected soft light of seven colors, low-key and small.
“Although it doesn’t match his style…” Hao Zhizhi stared at [Angel Guardian] for a while, “but saving your life is more important.”
God knows how terrifying it was when her guardian was located at a gathering place of poisonous insects last month - if his true form was not a large Ganoderma lucidum, this would have happened countless times!
Hao Zhizhi put away the necklace, and none of them participated in the bidding for the following items. This was because most of the items that only had a starting price, name introduction and 3D projection in the virtual auction manual had a certain trigger probability after being put on the auction table. Therefore, no matter how tempting the introduction was or how heated the auction atmosphere was, they, the non-Africans, remained calm.
The items on the first three pages were sold one by one at an extremely fast speed, until the last item, which was the purpose of their trip—the fox mask.
As usual, the introduction of the fox mask appears on the "Floor-to-ceiling Window":
[Fox Mask]
This mask is made of an unknown material and is named after the fox mask pattern on it. Legend has it that if a fox mask is placed on the face, one can see through disguises after opening one's eyes.
Note: So far, the Fox Mask has had three owners. Legend has it that only the first owner could see the truth through the Fox Mask. 】
Inside the transparent cover floating in the air above the auction table, a mask with a white background and red patterns was quietly suspended in the air. On the upper inner corners of the mask, two dim gems shaped like fox eyes were inlaid on the left and right sides. The red patterns ran along the end of the gems and upward along the eye sockets. The closer to the edge of the mask, the more prominent the red became. Even though the white background was a little mottled due to its age, it did not affect the gorgeousness of the red.
———The whole mask gives people a simple and ancient feeling at first glance, and then it feels weird and unclear.
At the auction table, the auctioneer announced loudly after a brief introduction: "Lot [Fox Mask], starting price 200,000!"
If the items on the first few pages have a lower probability of not being triggered, [Fox Mask] almost clearly says "Don't expect me to be useful". If you don't have extremely good luck, it will basically be a decoration if you buy it back.
Once the items in the other world are labeled as "legend", it basically means that they are just adding fame and hype to the items. The chance of the legend becoming true is even smaller than finding a big bargain in an antique shop where antique masters have carefully appraised each item.
So although the fox mask did not fail to sell, it did not cause as heated competition as before, and the bidding was not intense.
Eric did not leave the game right at the beginning. He waited until the last bidding was almost over before pressing the bidding button, trying to give others the illusion that he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity on a whim.
Not only Eric and the other two in [The Sound of All Things] were nervous, but Gu Hongying and Robert in [The Palace on the Sea] were also nervous.
Gu Hongying clasped his hands together and whispered, "Don't make any mistakes, don't make any mistakes, don't make any mistakes———"
They stared at the auction table through the French windows. Fortunately, due to Fox Mask's introduction, no one was interested. The auctioneer's hammer fell lightly.
"Four hundred and twenty thousand once!"
"Four hundred and twenty thousand twice!"
"Four hundred and twenty thousand three times!"
"make a deal!"
There was no incident where the deal was about to be completed but then something went wrong; the process of purchasing the fox mask went incredibly smoothly.
Gu Hongying heaved a long sigh of relief, as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart. But soon, he covered his chest and began to feel heartache—four hundred and twenty thousand!
Almost half of his small piggy bank he had built up since he was a child was gone! !
Gu Hongying said with tears in her eyes: "I have never felt so poor before..."
Fox mask it better be useful!!!
Gu Hongying was immersed in heartache and unable to extricate himself. [Fox Mask] had already been sent to [Sound of All Things] where Eric was.
Eric took out the fox mask from the transparent bubble and rubbed it subconsciously with his fingers. He looked at the item closely and realized that the spots on the white background were not caused by the erosion of time. Instead, it seemed that it was a pure white mask before, but the white color fell off with the passage of time, revealing the dark red background.
With the fox mask in hand, the goal of their trip was accomplished. The three people in [Sound of All Things] breathed a sigh of relief. Eric originally wanted to put the fox mask on the spacious display table and give it to Gu Hongying after the auction was over, but for some reason, he looked at the empty eye sockets of the fox mask and was distracted for a moment. When he came to his senses, he felt a cold touch on his face - he lifted the mask and put it on his face.
Yu Tu and Hao Zhizhi were so frightened that they stood up from the sofa: "Eric!"
Yu Tu was closest to Eric. He rushed over and pulled the mask off Eric's face and put it at the farthest point of the room.
Hao Zhizhi quickly pinched Eric's cheeks, stuffed the pill into his jaw, and Eric swallowed the pill smoothly.
Eric: “???”
After this smooth combo was over, Eric looked at the expressions of his two friends who were facing a powerful enemy, and a rare look of confusion appeared in his eyes: "What did I just eat?"
"A pill to purify your mind." Hao Zhizhi's face was full of solemnity. "You looked very strange just now."
Admittedly, they were all curious about the item, and it was normal for them to observe it after receiving it, but after experiencing so many unexpected things, they would never be so rash and suddenly test it on their own without confirmation.
Yu Tu had already put away his mask and walked over: "Eric, do you feel uncomfortable somewhere? Or did you see anything?"
Eric shook his head. "Except that I don't know why I suddenly put on this mask, I didn't see anything. Of course, it is possible that I wore it for too short a time."
Three people gathered in front of the "floor-to-ceiling window" and looked back at the mask on the display stand in the corner. The mask that Yu Tu had casually put down was tilted on the display stand where the flowers were previously placed. The red patterns seemed even more enchanting under the light, attracting people's attention.
Yu Tu shuddered: "It feels so weird."
The other two people looked at Yu Tu, and the same question arose in the minds of the three people:
Do you really want to give such a weird thing to Gu Hongying?
…
On the other hand, although Gu Hongying was saddened by the evaporation of the funds in his small treasury, the burden on his heart was instantly lifted. The first three pages were just a drop in the ocean. The auction of "Mystery" only entered the really exciting part after the auction of "Fox Mask" ended.
Gu Hongying was watching the bidding wars with great interest when he suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings. A golden nightingale fluttered its wings and flew down from its cage, announcing with a soft mechanical voice—
【Sound of All Things】The king’s lantern has been hung.