Chapter 840: Chapter 613: The Prelude to the Grand Finale Begins!
(Another chapter in 40 minutes, it’s about time for an explosive update for the Labor Day! Let’s go!)
In this lively yet unusually quiet atmosphere, Nuonuo began to try to calm her breathing.
Her thumbs were instinctively intertwining and wringing.
Mu Fan noticed the unusual movement of Nuonuo’s fingers, gently opened his eyes, and turned his head.
“Nuonuo, how much funds have you raised to get it back?”
The delicate girl turned her head to look at Mu Fan, lightly biting her teeth, and softly said, “1.4 billion Star Coins, it’s all the liquid funds I can manage now, a third of it is even an advance payment from Macka.”
As long as she could get back the gift for her master, she wouldn’t care about this enormous amount of Star Coins.
Whatever money the other party wanted, she could give!
Hearing the girl’s determined yet innocent words, Mu Fan’s heart suddenly thudded hard.
This is the kind-hearted Nuonuo…
Closing his eyes, Mu Fan let out a long breath.
Seeing Mu Fan’s unusual condition, Nuonuo asked softly with a bit of doubt, “Master, are you okay?”
Shaking his head, Mu Fan opened his eyes, the figure of the girl completely reflected in his dark pupils.
He smiled gently, “I’m fine.”
After saying this, Mu Fan’s gaze finally calmed down. He took a deep breath, staring directly at the girl across from him until Nuonuo shyly bowed her head. Then he softly said:
“For the upcoming mecha, I hope to see you handle it your way, alright?”
Nuonuo was momentarily stunned, then determination flickered in her eyes. She nodded firmly through the thin silk veil.
“Alright!”
No reason needed, she chose to believe.
Just like at the beginning, she believed.
The auction continued unhurriedly, items were presented one by one and then sold.
When a luxurious Light Wave weapon, commissioned by the Exploration Association of the Star Capital, was sold for 300 million Star Coins, the lights in the entire auction hall suddenly dimmed.
The spotlight focused on the lone auctioneer, a middle-aged man who adjusted his emotions, and displayed the brightest smile on his face.
A highly magnetic voice sounded:
“Next is the highlight item of this auction, a very, very large fellow. I believe everyone will be interested…”
“It’s a mecha, a mecha that has just walked out of the lab without any combat experience.”
The auctioneer paused, satisfied with having successfully stirred the audience’s emotions, nodded, and then smiled slightly:
“Perhaps everyone is wondering why such an item would be the highlight of the auction?”
His voice calmed down, glanced around the venue, then suddenly raised his palm.
“Because it is a great Quasi-S Level Mecha! Now let us see its true appearance!”
The moment this sentence was uttered, nearly half of the attendees stood up abruptly, their eyes filled with shock, bewilderment, disbelief.
What did they just hear?
S-class Mecha?
When the rumbling sound began, the massive blank area behind the auctioneer suddenly split open to the sides.
First, a massive red slanted bayonet emerged from the ground, and as the object inside gradually rose, people were shocked to discover that it was actually a unicorn-like horn on the mecha’s head!
Next, two massive silver and red folded discs on its shoulders were exposed.
Then came the majestic and powerful body, two incredibly robust arms, a war skirt covered in heavy armor, and then giant legs over three meters in diameter, with thick spherical armor encasing the ankles.
But the most impressive was the strange weapon box mounted on the right wrist of the mecha, which revealed a giant “Steel Cone” over one meter in diameter and over five meters long!
When the entire mecha was fully revealed, its scorching red color coupled with its massive size delivered an unparalleled visual impact!
This was a super heavyweight mecha over twenty-five meters tall!
When this mecha appeared, the girl beside Mu Fan trembled all over, her hands unconsciously clutching the armrest of the seat.
“Tai…gu!”
[Master… this is the gift I want to give to you!]
The girl’s delicate fingers deeply embedded into the leather armrest.
“Mecha [Tai Gu], an advanced mech body of a mecha championship throne mecha, its materials used are super-hard unknown alloys currently non-replicable in the entire Barnard Star System, and the engine is honestly supposed to be of a higher grade than this mecha, yet we at West Cold Auction House cannot identify it presently.”
“Although the encryption system of this mecha has not been cracked yet, everyone should understand the technological value a Quasi-S Level prototype represents. Starting price is 100 million Star Coins, each bid increment must not be less than 10 million, auction begins!”
The auction house was already engulfed in a fervor, with someone immediately raising their paddle.
“150 million!”
“200 million!”
“270 million!”
…
“500 million, it’s mine!”
Ordinary buyers plunged into an intense and frenzied bidding war.
And after glancing at Mu Fan with an uneasy heart, Nuonuo lowered her head to look at the bidding device in her fair hand.
Lightly biting her lips, and then raising her head with determined eyes.
She was going to participate in the bidding!
Handle it her way!
Taking a deep breath, the young girl strived to regain her calmness, quietly watching the center of the stage.
The price began to climb incrementally in the heated atmosphere.
In the first row below, Sun Ruo and Nigel Gale both displayed knowing smiles.
This was the main event of the auction.
A perfect tutorial on how to clean a war trophy from black to white.
When the price broke through 700 million, the lively auction scene suddenly quieted down.
Those ordinary buyers seemed to realize that no major associations and consortia had bid until now, just as if they had been in self-amusement.
The auctioneer looked around, reminded professionally “Is there no one else bidding? The current price is 700 million Star Coins.”
This sentence finally plunged those ordinary buyers into despair.
“Buyer number 5, 800 million.”
“Buyer number 11, 900 million.”
“Buyer number 27, 1 billion.”
The one billion price increment finally sobered up those ordinary buyers.
5, 11, 27, they looked over in sequence, then shut their mouths.
Light Song Commerce, Tianlan Heavy Industry, Kegiller Consortium…
These were all renowned major forces in this star system.
Nigel Gale, seeing this scene from below the stage, curved his lips in a smirk.
This was a planned encirclement bid from the start, wasn’t the cast for this fantastic performance incredibly grand?
In his plan, a few more allies would bid in succession, and when it reached 1.4 billion Star Coins, Conrad Chamber of Commerce would finally finalize it with 1.5 billion!
The covert controlling shareholder behind Conrad Chamber of Commerce was precisely him, Nigel Gale!
However, the story changed when the price reached 1.1 billion, with an unexpected interlude.
“Seller number 336, bids 1.2 billion.”
Sun Ruo and Nigel, who were chatting, were taken aback, mutual puzzlement reflected in their eyes.
Someone bid midway?
Who is this number 336?
An icy expression flashed in Sun Ruo’s eyes, tapping his light computer tablet, revealing the information of number 336, a strange female avatar surfaced.
“Miss Luo? When did I invite this person.”
Raising his head in astonishment, Young Master Sun stared at Nigel, a bit blankly.
This time it seemed genuinely amusing.
“Is there any other buyer bidding?”
The routine inquiry of the auctioneer rang in his ear.
The young girl in the auction seat, cool sweat seeped from her palm.
The price reached ten billion, which was the timing for her to exert her strength!
Ultimately pressing it all with 1.4 billion Star Coins.
Now was her time to showcase her momentum.