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Why did bidder 336 suddenly appear?
Noticing Young Master Sun's confusion, Nigel's eyes flashed with hostility. He impatiently said, "Regular price increase, I'll increase your settlement fee by 5 percent, based on the final price! I hope, Young Master Sun, you're not setting up a trap for me."
Sun Ruo shook his head, "I won't ruin my reputation for this money, let's go with Mr. Nigel's approach."
He didn't even have the mood to flatter him anymore.
On his own turf, Young Master Sun really hated this feeling of being out of control.
Carelessly waving his hand, Nigel couldn't be bothered with Young Master Sun anymore and directly indicated to his allies to continue.
So, under the girl's tense gaze, the bidding number was suddenly refreshed from buyer no. 4 to—
1.3 billion!
An increase of another 100 million.
Everyone couldn't help but swallow, feeling the atmosphere in the room beginning to tense up.
It turns out this part of the auction is indeed a special event for the major powers, but this sudden appearance of bidder 336 is just too surprising.
A personal buyer with no warning?
At this moment, Mu Fan's gaze was exceptionally calm; or rather, he was quietly watching the girl's seriously beautiful profile.
However, Nuonuo's gaze was completely focused on that vivid number on the light screen.
1.3 billion Star Coins!
She truly did not expect the participants' determination to be so intense.
Perhaps she hadn't anticipated how tempting a Quasi-S Level prototype mech would be to them.
Greed is forever mankind's original sin!
Her left hand clenched heavily into a fist, a resolute look in her eyes.
She once again pressed the bidding button with force.
The auctioneer, just about to speak, was stunned or perhaps driven mad.
[Bidder 336 offers 1.4 billion Star Coins!]
The pleasant-sounding electronic female voice echoed throughout the venue.
Sun Ruo's eyes were locked onto the unfamiliar woman's avatar on the tablet, trying hard to remember when he sent this woman an invitation.
Meanwhile, Nigel's gaze turned cold, looking at the buyer no. 9 beside him, who was his puppet representative from the Conrad Chamber of Commerce.
The girl's eyes were closed, secretly praying, but things didn't transition as smoothly as she had hoped.
The system's electronic female voice shattered all her visions.
[Bidder no. 9 offers 1.5 billion Star Coins!]
Once again, a 100-million increase...
Now the hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Silent for one second, two seconds, bidder no. 336 finally stopped raising the price.
The auctioneer's heart, which had been hanging, finally settled, but he still adhered to professional ethics and said:
"The price has now reached 1.5 billion Star Coins, will our bidder no. 9 acquire this event's finale item at this astronomical price?"
"If so, the final ownership of our main item might be decided."
"1.5 billion Star Coins, once..."
As she listened, Nuonuo on the auction table started to sob quietly, large, hot teardrops falling thickly.
Turning her head, she looked at the young man she locked eyes with gently through tearful eyes.
"This is the exclusive mech Nuonuo made for you. Besides me and the test pilot who possess basic operational permissions... its entire program has been written into your identification info. I just didn't foresee it would be publicly sold in such a manner. I'm sorry, master."
"Nuonuo was useless."
The girl began to wail uncontrollably.
This sound alerted the buyer next to Mu Fan, and disbelief flashed across his face—this girl seemed to be bidder no. 336, and the information content in what she just said was so huge!
What do you mean, your exclusive mech?
For a moment, this buyer's heart was completely filled with overwhelming confusion.
When Mu Fan saw the girl on the verge of emotional collapse, he compassionately grabbed her cold little hand.
A broad and warm palm transmitted warmth and conviction to this elf girl who had been tirelessly striving.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault."
He gently lifted the girl's veil, his eyes filled with affirmation and encouragement, softly watched those tear-filled big eyes, and lightly shook his head:
"Nuonuo, you have always been everything beautiful in my heart from start to finish."
This single sentence left the girl's trembling face in a daze, her hazy and sad gaze fixed on Mu Fan.
"You are the most precious gift I've received in my lifetime. Today's strong and outstanding you far exceed my imagination."
Listening to Mu Fan's gentle voice, the girl bit her lip, hot tears streamed down her cheeks in a line.
She nodded strongly, crying and laughing through her tears at Mu Fan.
She only felt that his gaze always contained some indescribable quality.
Now her heart was entirely filled with the sweet murmur of Mu Fan, she couldn't even hear the auctioneer confirming the final transaction information in her mind.
Mu Fan grinned at her, their eyes met, gradually softening.
"I've seen what you did, so next..."
"Leave it to me."
"There are some things I should show you."
Each sentence, each word.
Mu Fan ignored the passionate auctioneer on stage, his eyes only on Nuonuo, the pure girl who always considered him no matter when and where.
Nuonuo forcefully stopped her sobs, nodding understandingly or not.
A warm smile appeared, Mu Fan took out a hexagonal silver-white metal plate and handed it to Wang Nuonuo, looking at the girl in front of him as though she were a treasure, he softly said:
"Sit here, hold onto it. Then... when I step on that stage, press the button in the middle."
Nuonuo felt the heavy weight in her hand. Although she didn't know what it was, she obediently nodded nevertheless.
He gently cupped the girl's tear-streaked face, feeling the ice-cold body temperature, then tenderly lowered the veil.
He stood up, standing straight.
Looking calmly towards the auctioneer under the spotlight and the towering red mech standing behind.
He casually raised the button-looking auction price-increaser and pressed it indifferently.
A signal was transmitted from the palm, flowing through the network of light paths, eventually merging into the auction house's bidding system.
"1.5 billion Star Coins, second time..."
"No one is raising the bid, correct? If nobody, then the owner of this powerful mech with unlimited potential will be--"
[Bidder no. 365 makes a bid!]
The pleasant-sounding electronic female voice echoed in the auction hall.
"Huh?"
"Uh."
"What's going on?"
The auctioneer's passionate voice was caught in his throat. He subconsciously wanted to strike the auction hammer.
But the West Cold Auction House's system voice couldn't be faked. He even felt the vibration of the notifier in his pocket.
All this was reminding him it was a normal auction process.
But the script he had previously understood wasn't like this?
There was just bidder 336 causing a stir, how come bidder 335 appeared now!
So the auctioneer, seeking help, directed his gaze at Young Master Sun seated in the first row.
Yet he saw his own boss's face looked extremely grim, with a look of... disbelief?
Moreover, his vision was directly past him and focused on the giant central light screen behind.
What happened to the light screen?
So the auctioneer also instinctively turned back to look, his face turned beet red:
[Bidder 365 offers: 1 Star Coin.]
The eye-catching number "1", an enormous "1", a "1" that under normal system rules could never appear—
At this moment, it was clearly displayed in the dead center of the light screen.