Chapter 783 Global Auction (Part 1)

At ten o'clock in the morning on January 1st of the fourth year of Gaia, the system announcement sounded on time.

"World Announcement: The first global auction has officially started. All qualified players around the world will automatically receive an invitation to the auction. After agreeing, they can be sent to the Sky Auction."

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Almost at the same time, a system notification sound came from Ouyang Shuo's ear.

"System prompt: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi. It has been detected that your personal assets have reached 4 million gold coins, which meets the requirements for participating in the global auction. Do you want to participate?"

"join!"

"System prompt: Request confirmation, transmission begins!"

With a "swipe", a dazzling white light flashed, and Ouyang Shuo was teleported to an unknown map, which was the legendary Sky City.

According to legend, the city of the sky is the place where Gaia, the main god of the game, lives. It is hidden in the clouds all the year round, and its traces are elusive. It overlooks the entire planet, patrols every continent day and night, and manages the periodic operation of the game world.

There are immortals, gods, and all kinds of rare and exotic animals in the city, just like a fairyland. There are even rumors that the leader of the Federation and other bigwigs also live in the city of the sky and enjoy the life of the game.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Sky Castle is the most mysterious existence in the game.

Unexpectedly, for this global auction, Gaia actually chose the city of the sky as the auction location, which made the participating players very excited and felt that the trip was worthwhile.

The Sky Auction House is located in the west corner of the Sky City. Players teleported here cannot go out of the building range of the auction house. It is still difficult to get a glimpse of the mysterious city in the sky.

Ouyang Shuo knew that not only the global auction, but also the future global competition will be held here. The Sky City is actually the place Gaia uses to hold global grand events.

It is not as mysterious as in the legend.

Because it was teleported at the same time, when Ouyang Shuo appeared, almost all the players who were eligible to participate in the auction were present. Looking around, there were less than a hundred players sitting sparsely in the entire auction hall.

Looking around, almost all world-renowned players are present.

Some Ouyang Shuo met, such as William from England and Henry from France; there were also those who had no chance to meet, such as Jack from America.

Even as a reborn person, Ouyang Shuo didn't know more players. In his previous life, how could he have the opportunity to participate in such a high-end event.

Now even on the global stage, Ouyang Shuo is the focus of most attention. Some players sitting next to him greeted each other friendly and introduced themselves.

The players in China were arranged to sit in the same row. Apart from the three lords Ouyang Shuo, Di Chen, and Chun Shenjun, there were only two guild leaders, Bloody Romance and Xie Siyun.

Not only Phoenix Prisoner, Xiong Ba, Zhan Lang and others were also absent from this event.

The appearance of the satellite city has completely shifted the focus of the guild. Even if it is the top ten guilds, if they do not have a certain confidence, they will not spend their precious funds on the auction at this time.

Coincidentally, Henry was sitting in the row in front of Ouyang Shuo.

"Old friend, long time no see!" Henry turned his head and greeted enthusiastically, and said with a smile: "Going back from the Mediterranean Sea, Shanhai City keeps making big moves, which is really enviable."

Ouyang Shuo also smiled, "We will meet again soon."

"Oh, are you going to sail the ocean again?"

Hearing this, not only Henry, but also Dichen and others on the side listened intently.

Di Chen and the others were not envious of Ouyang Shuo's extensive contacts. When it comes to socializing, Dichen knows many players here. The appearance of Ouyang Shuo did not change the overall trend of the game. The best players from various countries are basically representatives of the major forces.

As a famous figure in the Chinese circle, how could Dichen not have any contact with them in reality.

It's just that their respective territories are still limited to the country, and there is no cooperation in the game, so naturally there is nothing to talk about. It's hard to say when the national war starts.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head with a smile, and instead of answering Henry's question directly, he chatted with Henry about the situation in the Mediterranean Sea. Base Point City is isolated overseas, Ouyang Shuo still very much hopes to learn relevant information from Henry.

After chatting for a while, Henry suddenly pointed to a player in the first two rows to the left and said, "See, the kid in front is called Caesar, and he has been very active in the Mediterranean Sea recently."

Ouyang Shuo followed Henry's gaze, and it was the first time he saw the legendary Caesar, one of the three giants of Europe in the future, who looked really heroic and extraordinary.

Caesar seemed to sense Ouyang Shuo's gaze, and suddenly turned his head and gave Ouyang Shuo a provocative look.

Seeing this, Henry said dissatisfiedly, "This kid is so arrogant."

Ouyang Shuo smiled and thought to himself, "Interesting!"

In his previous life, Caesar was a European supremacist. He looked down on players from other continents. Caesar probably cared about Shanhai City's aggressive intervention in the Mediterranean.

Henry wanted to dominate the Mediterranean Sea, so he might have constant friction with this Caesar. This "French" friend is not really innocent, he wants to instigate Shanhaicheng to fight against Caesar, right? !

Now Ouyang Shuo only wants to maintain the normal operation of the great shipping line, but he doesn't want to get too involved in the struggles of the Mediterranean countries. As long as Caesar doesn't take the initiative to provoke Shanhai City's Mediterranean fleet, Ouyang Shuo is also unwilling to make a move.

This Caesar, let Henry have a headache.

At this moment, the auction officially started.

"Let's talk next time." Ouyang Shuo patted Henry on the shoulder, signaling him to be calm.

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After a brief opening statement, the auction begins immediately.

The auction mode is the same as the previous regional system auctions.

The auctioneer walked up to the front desk with a smile and said, "The first lot will be auctioned now."

The first beauty stepped forward, lifted the red silk cloth on the tray, and revealed a token.

"[Village Construction Upgrade Token] can upgrade the village construction token below the gold level by one level. The base price is 500,000 gold coins, and there is no fixed price. Please bid." The auctioneer introduced.

Sure enough, it is still Gaia style, and the first lot is extraordinary.

All the lords present, except for Ouyang Shuo and a few others, basically used the silver-level village building tokens rewarded by the special game cabin. In terms of the starting point of the territory, it is inferior to the gold token.

Now Gaia has given them a chance to make up for their regrets, but the price is not cheap. The starting price was 500,000 gold coins, and it was unknown how high the price would be.

Ouyang Shuo saw it and smiled calmly.

For the next scene, he just needs to watch the show.

After 20 minutes of fierce competition, the token finally fell into the hands of Jack Dawson from the US region at a transaction price of one million gold coins.

As the son of the world's richest man in reality, no one knows how many gold coins Jack exchanged in one go during the limited-time exchange last year. For Jack, the one million gold coins are worth it.

In Jack's eyes, only Shanhai City can be regarded as a competitor in the global territory. Knowing that Shanhai City uses gold-level village building tokens, Jack has always wanted to upgrade the tokens of Liberty City.

Searched and searched, but couldn't find a way.

I didn't expect to see this token by accident at this auction, so I wanted to get it at any cost.

Ouyang Shuo noticed that Chun Shenjun also participated in the auction, but when the price rose to 800,000 gold coins, Chun Shenjun gave up the auction, thinking he had other plans.

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Soon, the mystery of the second lot was unveiled, but it was a scroll.

Pointing to the scroll, the auctioneer introduced in detail: "This is a [Underground World Map (Remnant)] that has just been released. No matter which country players take it, they can get one-fifth of the map information of the country's underground world. Reserve price 500,000 gold coins, no fixed price, please bid."

After the fourth system update, the mysterious underground world suddenly became the focus of heated discussions among players around the world. Some players even boldly speculate whether the underground worlds of various countries are connected as one.

The residual map released by Gaia immediately became the focus of contention among the leaders of the guild.

This round of bidding was even more intense than the first round. After more than half an hour of competition, it was won by Blood Romance in China at a sky-high price of 1.5 million gold coins.

In view of the vast territory of China, it is really not a loss for Bloody Romance to win this map. Even if it is only one-fifth of the map, it is worth a country in other continents, or even the sum of several countries.

This is the case, the final competition is the three heads of guilds in China, Russia and the United States. Bloody Romance spent a huge amount of money to get this picture, presumably because they are very confident in taking down the satellite city of Xianyang City.

"Congratulations!"

Ouyang Shuo was sitting on the right side of Bloody Romance, and immediately sent his congratulations.

Bloody smiled romantically, and said sincerely, "Thank you!"

Sitting in such an auction hall, the five players in China instinctively huddled together. Even Di Chen and Chun Shenjun sent congratulations one after another.

Xie Siyun, who is also a competitor, also did not lose her demeanor.

Winning a city in China is worth celebrating after all.

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Just as Ouyang Shuo and the others congratulated him, the mystery of the third lot was revealed, and it was another token.

The auctioneer said: "This is a [Teleportation Order]. After the lord player uses it, he can add a teleportation array to any city in the territory. The reserve price is 500,000 gold coins, and there is no fixed price. Please bid."

After hearing this, Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed brightly.

This [Teleportation Order] is what Ouyang Shuo wanted the most.

Shanhai City currently has a total of six teleportation array cities, namely Shanhai City, Yashan City, Zhenhai City, Lingxi City, Lion City and Jidian City.

It looks like a lot, but compared to the territory of Shanhai City, it is somewhat insufficient.

With this [Teleportation Token], Ouyang Shuo will be able to lay out territorial strategies more calmly, especially for Shanhai City's overseas strategy, which requires [Teleportation Token].

Not to mention far away, when Shanhai City was promoted to the third-level county city, Jidian City added a transnational teleportation array to connect with Shanhai City, and the situation was immediately different.