Chapter 521

Time passed quickly; almost as soon as the Korean theater was still busily preparing supplies, the auction began.

The trading channel for 112 people was instantly opened.

To prevent information leakage and for convenience.

Only forces that had paid the admission fee could participate in this auction's bidding.

Among the 112 forces, some chose to conceal information, while others openly disclosed it.

East China, North China. South China...

Almost all forces in the Huaxia theater participated.

"The auction starts, opening bid: one spirit-energy fruit!"

Inside Long'an Base, a middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap respectfully bowed to Lin An and directly sent a message to the small trading group.

As an ordinary player selected from the Wangjiang Military Region who possesses professional trading skills, he can additionally charge the counterpart a 'handling fee' during transactions.

"Three!"

"Five!"

"Seven!"

The price was quickly driven up; in just a few seconds, the auction price shot up rapidly.

Several forces that had originally intended to participate were instantly dumbfounded.

The price rose far too quickly, far exceeding their expectations.

As the base item for the opening bid, spirit-energy fruit is extremely difficult to obtain.

Not only is it scarce, but most players, upon obtaining it, choose to eat it on the spot.

An Awakened One leader of a gathering place controlling over 700,000 people awkwardly watched as the bidding price jumped to eight spirit-energy fruits.

Gritting his teeth, he reluctantly added a piece of blue equipment for his own use.

However, the moment he placed his bid, no fewer than thirty forces likewise followed suit.

When the price jumped to nine spirit-energy fruits, one piece of blue equipment, plus two enhancement props.

Over eighty forces had no choice but to withdraw regretfully, unable to stop cursing.

Damn. How can they be so rich!

For the Huaxia theater, regarding large forces.

Being able to gather nine spirit-energy fruits is already their limit.

Other supplies are manageable, but this item is really hard to get.

Korean theater. Cheong Wa Dae.

Lee En-zhi nervously watched the Frontline infiltrators, constantly shuttling back and forth relaying messages from the two theaters.

Up to now, he has not dared to place a bid even once.

The reason is simple: the agents planted within Huaxia before the apocalypse, although there are not a few of them.

But after the apocalypse broke out, those who survived and could still be contacted are few.

Sending a private chat message consumes player energy; he simply dares not waste it.

But merely having to re-report the information every minute nearly exhausted the Awakened One relaying the messages.

The price quickly rose to eleven spirit-energy fruits, a figure that already reaches the limit of most forces.

It feels about enough.

Lee En-zhi gritted his teeth and directly issued an order, commanding the Awakened One hiding in the Huaxia theater to bid a sky-high price of twelve.

After placing the bid, he nervously awaited the result.

Now he can only pray that the price does not go any higher.

Although they know it is a vain hope, with their nationwide effort they really managed to find these spirit-energy fruits.

Within the Capital Military Region, the garrison forces participating in this auction together had Lin Zhan take the lead in decision-making.

Seeing a participant in the trading group who had not disclosed their force name suddenly bid eleven spirit-energy fruits plus two blue equipment items, he frowned.

Within Huaxia, what force could possibly gather so many spirit-energy fruits?

He indeed knows a few forces with large populations.

Given the huge population base, indeed a few private forces have developed well, but most have military backgrounds.

Strange, who is competing with me?

As for this piece of equipment, the Capital side is also extremely envious.

Especially since the equipment seller stole it from Lin An, that alone makes him feel somewhat 'relieved'.

Lin An, you too have a day when you get screwed!

"Check!"

"I want to see who is competing with us!"

"By the way, contact other forces and tell them not to keep raising the price!"

"That many spirit-energy fruits is enough!"

Although the words are overbearing, in Lin Zhan's heart.

As fellow members of the Huaxia theater, we should not be driving up the price.

Hiding his head and showing his tail, he is nothing more than a powerful Awakened One who has pulled together his own private force.

What use do you have for obtaining this equipment?

Seeing the price still climbing, he only felt a pang of pain.

With this many blue equipment items and spirit-energy fruits, it is enough to assemble a top-tier Awakened One.

A series of emergency warnings, under suppression.

In the trading group where bids were constantly rising, auction news suddenly became much sparser.

After many high-ranking members of various forces received warnings, they felt resentful but dared not say more.

After all, they are in Huaxia; if they want to get by here in the future, they must not offend the authorities no matter what.

After winning the auction, they will definitely use it.

They couldn't guarantee their subordinates wouldn't leak information, so they secretly told the Military Region that they themselves had intervened.

"Ah, so frustrating."

"I feel the price is still far from the value of this equipment..."

In the Huabei War Zone, Awakened Ones occupying several gardens and mountainous areas couldn't help but curse quietly.

Compared to other supplies, he might not be considered 'rich' among the many forces.

But he has plenty of Spirit Energy Fruits.

Thanks to his excellent geographical advantage, after the Apocalypse broke out he quickly seized the uninhabited mountain region, and even his awakened talent is related to the Spirit Energy Fruit.

At a ten-to-one consumption rate, he uses Spirit Energy to produce Spirit Energy Fruit.

Although the artificially produced Spirit Energy Fruit is not as good as the system-generated ones, it wins in quantity.

Relying on this ability, in the Apocalypse he thrived, exchanging for a large batch of strategic supplies.

Wen Ya, in charge of the auction, stared at the situation in the trading channel and couldn't help but speak:

"Lin An, the capital authorities have intervened."

"They seem determined to get this equipment at all costs, even forcibly suppressing others from bidding."

"There's still a gap from our expected price."

Lin An heard this and furrowed his brows.

He had anticipated the capital authorities might intervene, but he didn't expect they would actually stop other forces from bidding.

"I wasn't trying to screw you over, yet you even came to my door yourself?"

After pondering for a moment, he gave the order:

"First, let a few of our shills keep bidding, then have people contact participants in the Daehan War Zone and secretly encourage them."

"If there's no Spirit Energy Fruit, use equipment to make up the difference; if equipment is insufficient, props will do."

"Anyway, as long as it's supplies, it can offset the price."

After the order was issued, the previously sparse trading channel instantly heated up.

The slowly rising price suddenly jumped to 16 Spirit Energy Fruits, plus a large amount of equipment.

Looking at the few people who suddenly appeared in the trading channel, they all hid their information.

Lin Zhan's face turned dark, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

"No way, what force in the Huaxia War Zone could possibly produce that much supplies at once?"

"Could it be a decoy hired by some mysterious person?"

In doubt, he couldn't help but order his subordinates to stop raising bids.

"Hmph, I want to see whether someone is really competing with me!"

"If we don't mark the new price, I refuse to believe anyone can actually produce that much!"

At the same time, inside the sealed meeting room.

Originally somewhat despondent, Li Enzhi suddenly received the mysterious information that had been passed back through layers.

"Add money."

"Add whatever is needed."

"It doesn't have to be limited to the previous auction requirements."