Chapter 122 - Double Rewards
Chapter 122: Double Rewards
It was no exaggeration to say that the auction site at Great Divinity was grand.
The area of the venue was nearly one million square meters wide, and it was capable of accommodating five hundred thousand people. In addition to that, a tower was located in each corner of the area for free trading; sellers were able to set up their stalls in the towers. The only thing the sellers had to do was pay rent and payment was easily settled each day. On the other hand, buyers had free entry to the place. Besides that, all four corner towers were different from the main area, and they were open all year round.
When the three of them, including Gu Ding, reached the main venue, it was still closed as the auction had not yet started. Only one room was open for reception purposes.
The room was crowded and noisy. Everyone in the room was a seller who was trying to sell items on consignment.
There were eighteen attendants who looked exactly the same. They were girls who looked seventeen to eighteen years, and they were each wearing the same uniform. Gu Ding was stunned for a while when he saw them. However, he immediately asked, “Are those attendants robots?”
“That’s right. They’re specially customized robots used for the appraisal of items. Their eyes are actually special sensors that are capable of detecting the production date of items. Furthermore, their palms can analyze the structure of an auction item just by touching it. They also have a lot of appraisal-related information stored in their databases.” Neptune had studied a lot about the auction site before arriving in Great Divinity, so he had enough knowledge about the robot. “This type of robot isn’t very popular due to its high cost. Hence’s they’re only used in large auctions. They’re different from human appraisers as they only need a few seconds to determine whether or not an item is valuable. They are very efficient.”
As he watched people enter and leave the room, Gu Ding chose a shorter line and waited patiently.
Once every ten seconds or less, Gu Ding would see someone leave in despair, and only a few were taken away by an attendant each time. Nevertheless, each time they were taken away, it was not for more than a minute.
The number of people in line with Gu Ding began to decrease rapidly, and not one of them was taken away by an attendant.
There was a beef-faced man in front of Gu Ding. The man was carrying a broken ax on his back. When it was his turn, he walked up to the counter and put the ax on his back on the counter. “This is an ax that was handed down to me from my ancestors. Little girl, can you help me evaluate how much it’s worth?”
The good looking appraiser robot glanced at the ax and reached out to touch it from its handle to its blade. The robot shook her head. “Sorry, your item has no value.”
The man slapped the table fiercely. “This robot must be broken. When I was in line, there were hundreds of people in front of me. Each and every time you appraise an item, you only come out with the same sentence. I demand to see your management and want a real appraiser re-appraise my item!”
“Sorry, your item has no value,” the appraiser robot merely gave the same reply.
“Damned robot!” cursed the man. He picked up his ax from the table and swung it at the appraiser robot’s head. However, the very next moment, someone caught him by the wrist.
He struggled hard but found himself unable to move.
“If you have a problem, you can look for the manager at the door. If you break the robot, then everyone at the back of the line will have lined up for nothing.” Gu Ding stared at him coldly.
When the man saw that the one stopping him was only a kid, he did not take him seriously. However, when he looked up and saw that a huge man was standing behind him, he immediately let go and left with his ax.
“Hello, I’m glad to be of service.” The appraiser robot saw Gu Ding walk toward the table and smiled professionally.
“Please look at this for me.” Gu Ding had a crystal ball in his hand. Neptune previously had a mechanical insect steal it from the Witch Tribe high priest’s room.
“This item of yours is a product from the Middle Ages 14.6 billion years ago. It has been well preserved.” In just the blink of an eye, the appraiser robot replied, “Please come with me!”
After finishing her sentence, she led Gu Ding into another room while Lilith and Biggie followed from behind.
The room was a mess with all sorts of things piled up everywhere.
The three of them including Gu Ding were hesitant, they were a little worried that they would trample on something by mistake.
“Take out whatever you guys are going to auction!” a hoarse voice rang behind the square table. Gu Ding stood on tiptoe and raised his head to see who was speaking, but he did not see anyone.
“Take out your item and put it on the table, I don’t want to repeat this a second time!” The voice sounded impatient.
Gu Ding put the crystal ball on the table.
This time, a head popped out in front of the table. Then, a pair of hands grasped the edges of the table, and a man climbed onto the table. Gu Ding then realized why he could not see anyone earlier. The man was really short, and he seemed to be sixty to seventy centimeters tall. Nevertheless, the main’s hair and beard were all white, causing him to look like a mini-sized little old man.
The little old man carefully observed the crystal ball with a special pair of glasses. Only after some time did he open his mouth and ask, “Where did you get this Middle Age Witch Tribe crystal ball? How did you manage to preserve it so well?”
“We encountered space-time backtracking, and we happened to land near a Witch Tribe community.” Gu Ding had no intention of hiding anything from him.
“How lucky are you to have survived!” the little old man said as he looked at the three of them. “Since you managed to come back alive, this shouldn’t be the only item you have, right? Do you have anything else?”
“Ask him how much is the crystal ball first,” Neptune reminded Gu Ding as he did not want to reveal his cards to the man so soon. Although he had been hired by the auction, Neptune felt that it was not wrong to be a little cautious.
“How much is this crystal ball?” Gu Ding asked.
“The crystal ball is one of the Witch Tribe’s special items, it can’t be used by other races. Although legend has it that there are remnants of the Witch Tribe, no one knows where they’re hiding. Even if someone were to buy it, it can only serve as decor. It won’t cost more than two billion Star Credits,” the little old man explained seriously. “Now, can you take out the other items?”
Gu Ding proceeded to take out the items one by one and had them appraised by the little old man.
Gu Ding spent about an hour in the auction site, while the video of him fighting Senior began to go viral on Skynet.
Calling ambulances for his opponents and feeding them cell repair agents had become Gu Ding’s signature–it was not the first time he pulled such a thing off.
People in the Army also saw the video, but they did not think that Gu Ding’s behavior was out of arrogance. Nevertheless, no matter what they said, news about Gu Ding’s victory over a senior colonel from the Army could not help but spread like wildfire. It was clearly a slap in the face for the Army. Senior was not weak–he was one of the top senior colonels in the Army who had one of the Highest Capture Rewards that was as high as seven hundred and ten million Star Credits. In other words, it meant that Gu Ding’s bounty of one hundred and sixty no longer match his current combat effectiveness.
After some discussion, Gu Ding’s bounty was finally doubled to three hundred and twenty million Star Credits. In the underground network on the Dark Web, his Newcomers Ranking also jumped to second place.