Chapter 85
"Yes, everything is ready. It's going very smoothly." Zang Ye nodded. "It will start on time in half an hour."
"Yeah." Anos An nodded and released his body.
The transparent vines continued to spread through various door cracks and ventilation gaps, and finally took control of the entire auction venue.
"By the way, I just heard a rumor that a very powerful ninth-level sentinel has appeared recently, and its spirit form is a very rare red vine." Zang Ye sat next to Anos An, looking thoughtful. "But the strange thing is that no one knows what this sentinel looks like or who trained him."
"The spirit form is a vine? Plant-type? That's really rare!" Bo Han exclaimed, "I've never heard of any family whose sentinels' spirit forms are plant-type before."
Lei Xingxu looked at Bo Han and Zang Ye with curiosity. "Can a sentinel's spirit form take on a plant form? I thought only guides' spirit forms took on a plant form."
Lei Xingyi also sat up straight unconsciously, looking very interested.
"Yes, but very few," Zang Ye nodded. Bo Han then added, "As far as I know, there are no more than a thousand registered Sentinels in the entire galaxy whose spirit forms are plant-based. And they are mostly Sentinels below Level 5. I've never heard of any above Level 5, let alone top-level Sentinels."
"Huh? The level is so low? Sentinels are quite easy to upgrade, right?" Lei Xingxu was a little confused. "Among a thousand Sentinels, there isn't even a top-level Sentinel?"
"Yeah." Bo Han nodded. "Plant-type sentinels are a bit different from us. How should they be put? If it weren't for the absolute sentinel pheromones on their bodies, based solely on their body shape and physical fitness, they would actually be about the same as guides of the same level."
"The only advantage plant-type sentinels have is that their pollution levels increase more slowly than ours. Furthermore, due to their lower levels and weaker constitutions, they generally won't venture into areas with high pollution levels. Therefore, no plant-type sentinels have ever been expelled or driven berserk due to excessive pollution levels."
"Is that so?" Lei Xingyi nodded thoughtfully, "If it were me, I would rather my spiritual form be a snake."
After learning a new piece of information from Lei Xingxu, Lei Xingyi turned the topic back to the main topic: "Captain, you just said that no one knows what this sentinel looks like or where it came from. Then how did the news of the top-level plant-type sentinel spread?"
Zang Ye looked at Anos An, who was eating grapes contentedly, with a strange expression on his face, and said word by word: "It was spread by the Anos family."
"Um?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the remaining four sentinels all turned to look at Anos An, their faces full of curiosity and inquiry.
"What are you looking at me for? The Anos family is so big, I don't know who spread such outrageous rumors." Anos An shrugged. "Anyway, as far as I know, there are no plant-type sentinels in Anos, let alone the so-called top-level plant-type sentinels."
"Is this really just an unfounded rumor?" Lei Xingxu's body softened and he slumped back on the sofa. "I thought a truly powerful figure had emerged. It's boring."
"Probably not." Bo Han frowned and shook his head disapprovingly. "This kind of thing can't be groundless. There must be some clues."
After pondering for a long time without coming up with any clues, Bo Han turned to look at Zang Ye: "Zang Ye, what do you think?"
Zang Ye frowned and shook his head: "I don't know either. But I've asked someone to check it out."
Before the people in the box could receive any news about this mysterious top-level plant-type sentinel, the auction had already begun.
At eight o'clock, the once pitch-black outside the window suddenly became bright and dazzling. Hidden light sources illuminated the four-story main hall as bright as day.
In the center of the main hall was a circular display stand, three meters in diameter and resembling a martial arts arena. Extending outward from the stand were four levels of auction booths, already filled with representatives from various ordinary families.
From the second to the fourth floors, there are private rooms that are more prestigious than the previous one. The single-sided glass protects the privacy of the customers in the rooms very well.
As the lights came on, a sentinel host in administrative uniform appeared in the middle of the display stand via a lift.
"Dear guides and sentinels, welcome to the government auction on Planet S942."
"Without further ado, let's go straight to the first lot."
As the host finished speaking, a simple silver-white box suddenly rose up, reaching his waist before stopping. Seeing the lift stop, the host didn't bother to be mysterious and simply opened the lid.
The lid of the box was opened, and the yellow crystals filled with it reflected a dazzling light under the light, which brought sporadic exclamations from the people in the hall on the first floor.
"Our first lot is a whole box of Level 4 Pacification Stones. Each box contains 100 Pacification Stones, and we have ten boxes in a group. Each Pacification Stone can reduce the pollution value of a Sentinel of the same level by at least 2 points. This auction will be based on the exchange rate, with a starting price of 1. Each bid will be increased by at least 0.1."
"If you raise your hand, it means you are offering to exchange 1.1 level 4 crystal cores or items of equivalent value for 1 level 4 appeasement stone, and so on."
"The bidding starts now!"
As soon as the host finished speaking, someone in the first floor hall couldn't wait to raise a sign. After all, the normal exchange rate for appeasement stones and crystal cores has always been 1:2. Even for large-scale purchases, the exchange rate would never be lower than 1:1.7. The current 1:1 reserve price looked like a bankrupt clearance sale to the auction attendees.
The enthusiastic first-tier customers raised the reserve price to 2.3 in just one minute.
This price, which matched the normal market price, calmed the auctioneers. Clearly, everyone wanted to get a bargain, but there were no fools sitting there. After the price reached 2.3, the number of bidders dropped significantly.
It lasted intermittently for 5 minutes, and finally the price stopped at 2.6.
A total of 26 sets of fourth-level appeasement stones were auctioned, and the transaction price of each set was 2.6.
Although the items at the opening auction were not expensive, the huge amount still made many people present excited, and many families have begun to secretly investigate the source of these appeasement stones.
After the auction of the fourth-level appeasement stones, a box of fifth-level appeasement stones immediately rose from the center of the display stand. The reddish-orange glow was particularly alluring, and the pile of appeasement stones was particularly tempting, which easily aroused people's desire to spend money.
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