Volume 18, Chapter 36: I Don’t Know How High the Sky Is and How High It Is

Chapter 36: I don’t know how high the sky is and how high it is

"First of all, thank you all for coming here to participate in this auction at this time." The Frozen Banshee said her thanks in her voice without any warmth, but what she said next made me wonder why she appeared here. All doubts are cleared here. "The fact that you are here means that you have played an important role in this war against China, and in return for this, you will be qualified to distribute the spoils."

The meaning of the Frozen Banshee's words is obvious. This auction is an act of distributing profits among all the guilds that invaded our country, so everyone present is my enemy. Of course, this is a game. Players can be resurrected if they die. If in reality, the leaders of hostile countries gathered together for a meeting and I sneaked in, it would be great. I could destroy the entire command system of the other party in one go. It's impossible to get disabled, but that's simply not possible here.

After finishing the opening remarks, the Frozen Banshee finally got to the point. "Because the war itself consumes resources, we need to consume a lot of funds in advance before occupying the Chinese cities. Therefore, in order to ensure that the war can continue, we must obtain war funds. Where do these funds come from? It will come from the auction funds that you will use for a while. The staff of Pantheon will be responsible for the specific operation of the auction, and they will explain what rules and precautions there are." After saying this, the Frozen Banshee Then she left the auction stage, and then an auctioneer in a tuxedo came up and began to take over her hosting of the auction.

"Hello everyone, I am the auctioneer of this auction. As for my name, I won't say it because you don't want to know it. Now let me tell you about the auction process and rules. First of all, I hope you understand Risk issues in this auction. Since the cities and resources we sell are actually not yet under our control, it is possible that you will not get the cities you deserve after paying the money. Please be clear about this and do not wait until then. If you don't get the city and come to us to argue, then we won't be able to manage money." At this point, the auctioneer suddenly smiled and said: "Of course, the actual possibility of not getting the city is very low. After all, We are very well prepared for this plan, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

After saying these precautions, the auctioneer paused for a while, and then continued: "Okay, now let me talk about the auction rules. Because the things we sell are quite special, the rules this time are also more complicated. , please be careful. The first thing I want to tell you is that because the most powerful guilds in this war have already allocated the ownership of large cities in advance, most of the ones that can be auctioned are small and medium-sized. Cities and mining areas, of course, does not mean that there are no large cities anymore, but there are relatively few. There is another point that needs your attention, because these guilds assigned to large cities have actually sent people to the scene today, so don’t think that those You will definitely compete for large cities. After all, large guilds have relatively ample funds. It is not wise to compete with them for funds, so I hope that everyone will be a little more restrained when they start bidding."

When I heard the auctioneer's words, there was a buzz immediately, as if it had turned into a vegetable market in an instant. But think about it, all the large cities in our country were picked up by the big guilds first. Naturally, other guilds are not satisfied. Although I dare not openly confront the big companies, it is still okay to complain a little.

"Okay, okay, please be quiet." It is estimated that the people below have almost complained, and the auctioneer began to maintain order at the scene. "I know that you are all unbalanced, but don't be jealous. Those big guilds have indeed been assigned to the most lucrative large cities, but don't forget that the people who are leading the charge are all from other people. You are only here to make a difference. You can buy a city or a mining area with money, which saves you a lot of things compared to other people. Although on the surface it seems that the money you spend to buy a city is about the same as what others spend to attack the city with people, but you have to know that in There is a lot of invisible consumption in the process of attacking a city, so the benefits are not in vain, they are all earned through hard work."

After listening to the auctioneer's words, the people below finally became a little more balanced. In fact, their imbalance is just because of jealousy, which is actually the same thing as the common people's hatred of the rich. It's just that the presidents of these small and medium-sized guilds hate large guilds, but they don't know that solo players who have not joined any guilds also hate them. From this point of view, everyone is actually the same.

Seeing that the reaction below was much better, the auctioneer began to say again: "Okay, I have told everyone about the things that need to be paid attention to. Now let's talk about the specific auction rules. This auction is conducted in the form of cities and mining areas. , that is to say, we will sell one city and one mining area, and we will bid for each city and mining area respectively. This is no different from the general auction rules. But..." The auctioneer suddenly emphasized his tone and dragged out a long sound. "But you must pay attention to one thing, that is, the city we sell will not necessarily be occupied in the end. If the city is not captured after the battle, then you will not be able to get the city, and the funds will not be available again. Return it to you. But there is one thing you need to pay attention to, that is, the really risky cities are actually those deep into the hinterland of China, not the cities on the border. Cities on the border are usually close to military fortresses. , the defense power of this kind of city is usually very high, so the damage will definitely be serious after it is captured, and due to the influence of innate factors, this kind of city is usually not very profitable. However, because this kind of city is close to the border of our country, it will definitely be destroyed in the first It will be occupied for a while, and it will almost certainly be controlled by us after the battle. Therefore, if you want to buy such a city, there is almost no risk. On the contrary, cities deep in the hinterland of China are far away from the border, so The possibility of being unable to be captured in the end will increase exponentially, but cities located in the hinterland are usually cities with strong commercialization. Although the defense of such cities is not low, the oil and water is definitely higher than that of border cities. There are many more. Of course, the two types of cities I am talking about are actually two extremes. They are more neutral cities located in between. Their characteristics will vary depending on their distance from the border. You can decide how much money to spend to buy these cities based on your prediction of the war situation. The last thing I want to say here is that when you discover the huge profits contained in a certain city, don’t forget the accompanying Huge risk.”

After the auctioneer said these words, the presidents present began to think about it. Some people even discussed it with their companions. However, the process was very short. Apparently they had done their homework before coming. Now, Just clarify my previous judgment.

After everyone at the scene had finished discussing, the auctioneer lifted up a piece of cloth on the table in front of him, revealing a crystal globe underneath. "Okay everyone, let's start the auction. First, please look at the map." As he spoke, he pressed his hand on the crystal globe. The globe immediately projected a huge earth above the venue, and then with the auction The teacher moved his fingers, and the huge earth pattern began to rotate with the rotation of the globe below. After a few dials, the auctioneer moved the earth graphic to the location of China and enlarged the part bordering China and Russia. I feel that this thing is very similar to the holographic projection crystal of the God of War, except that the effect is much simplified, but its size is also relatively smaller.

"Okay everyone, the city you see now is the first city we auction. It is located at xxx, xxx, xxx. Its name is Huangshui City. Its defense degree is 88312 and its urban development degree is 22190. You can provide other detailed data Check it on the crystal ball in front of your seat. The base price of this city is one million crystal coins, and each increase in price must not be less than one hundred thousand crystal coins. Interested parties can start bidding."

As the auctioneer finished speaking, a row of numbers and a name suddenly popped up on a crystal screen in front of the auction table in the center of the venue. After the auctioneer's explanation, everyone knew that the two rows of information were the name of the guild and the bid amount. , of course, only the name and amount of the current highest bidder are displayed there. As everyone understood what the information represented, the screen has never been stable, because the screen always displays the highest bid first and then the *** name. In addition, the price keeps changing, so that the people present are simply confused. I couldn't see clearly who paid the price, but I could see that the number kept going up. In just ten seconds, the price soared to 23 million crystal coins, and it continued to rise, but at a slightly slower pace than at the beginning.

After jumping continuously for nearly a minute, the price finally stabilized. The last display showed that a guild called the Water Ghost Federation purchased the city for 48 million crystal coins. After the auctioneer asked three times and no one raised the price, the city finally succeeded in converting it to the guild. Next, the auctioneer began to put some cities in our country on the map for the Russians present to compete for purchase, and the scene seemed extremely violent from beginning to end. There are many people robbing in cities with low risk. Although some cities deep inside our country are risky, they also have a lot of oil and water, so there are also many people who take risks. It feels like as long as the auctioneer dares to sell, someone will dare to buy.

Because I knew that if nothing unexpected happened this time, the Russians would definitely be completely defeated in the end, so I took this kind of panic buying behavior as a joke. After pouring myself a drink slowly, I drank it slowly, but just halfway through the drink, I heard the auctioneer suddenly shout: "The next city to be auctioned is the highlight of this auction-Isengard. "

"Pfft...! Cough...cough...cough..." The auctioneer's words caused him to spit out all the drink he just drank in his mouth. These people are too exaggerated, right? It's normal to sell border cities. After all, they think they are sure to win this time, so there is nothing wrong with selling border cities. As for selling China's inland cities later, although this is a bit risky, it is not absolutely impossible. At least if our guild fails to take effective measures, they may still occupy one or two of our inland cities. of. It's just that now they are so brazen that they even dare to put Essinger up for auction, and it seems that Essinger has been captured by them. Isn't this too ridiculous?

I originally thought that no one would accept such an outrageous auction. Who knew that after the auctioneer called out the base price of 100 million crystal coins, someone actually placed a bid, and the bid number was wiped out by the new number before it was displayed. .

"Holy crap, these people definitely got their heads caught in the door!"

As soon as I finished cursing, the numbers on the screen jumped again and again, from the base price of more than 100 million to 800 million crystal coins in an instant, and it seemed to be trending upwards. Sure enough, as soon as my idea came to me, the number suddenly increased by one and became more than 1.1 billion. This time, not only me, but also the presidents of the small guilds around me started calling them crazy. But the madman's thoughts are different from those of ordinary people, because just when others were scolding the madman, the price began to jump up again, and it was still an extremely abnormal jump. The price of 1.1 billion turned into 2.5 billion in the blink of an eye. I couldn't help but scold this guy for being a 25 billion.

Calling him a 25 is certainly not because of Essinger's price. Both the construction cost and profit of my Essinger are far more than 2.5 billion crystal coins. According to Rose's statistics, even if Isinger's reconstruction process is subsidized by funds or materials from Heavenly Court and other divine forces, our guild has still invested nearly 5 billion crystal coins in it. If Heavenly Court and other divine forces send After all those things are converted into expenses, the actual cost of Essinger should be between 60 billion and 80 billion crystal coins. If anyone can exchange 2.5 billion crystal coins for such a city, then he will absolutely do it. Not stupid. The reason why I say this guy is 25 is because he really believes that the Russians can defeat Essinger this time.

Although "Zero" is a financial bomb, its essence is a black hole that continuously absorbs funds, but in "Zero", the only city that cost more than 10 billion crystal coins is Essinger. According to the conversion formula in "Zero" in which funds are approximately equal to strength, a city worth 60 billion to 80 billion has a defensive capability that definitely exceeds the attack power of NPCs after converting the cost into NPCs. In other words, if Essinger is worth 60 billion, then you use 60 billion to buy NPC troops. As long as nothing happens, these troops will never be able to defeat the city of Essinger. But the question is, how many NPC troops can 60 billion buy? Calculated based on the most cost-effective products produced in heaven and in the future. Among them is a limited-edition god general, which sells for 100,000 crystal coins each, has a level of 2,000, and its combat power is only slightly lower than mine. If all 60 billion were exchanged for this kind of god general, it would be able to be exchanged for 600,000. What is the concept of 600,000 level 2,000 NPCs? Generally, the top bosses in large monster areas are about this level. That was a boss that could take on a group of players alone, and with a few soldiers, he could easily wipe out a small guild. Six hundred thousand of these perverts gathered together can push the Russian invasion force back and forth, and only a dozen or so are left. The Russians actually expect to capture Isengard with their few people. If all this could be realized, there would be no fairy tales in this world, because fairy tales are much more reliable than this.

As the number continued to jump, the Russian guild presidents at the scene also became excited. They all wanted to see who would own the most famous first male city in the world, although that was actually impossible. It may have happened, but no one at the scene seemed to care about it.

After the price continued to jump for nearly a minute, it finally began to slow down, and soon a more conspicuous name jumped out. "The smart polar bear guild is now bidding 3.8 billion crystal coins. Has anyone come up with more? If not, Isengard, the world's most powerful city, will belong to the smart polar bears." Auctioneer He screamed sensationally, but no one offered a price. Obviously, this number was scary enough. After all, although Essinger is worth more than 60 billion, our guild actually only has less than 5 billion. Besides, our 5 billion was not a one-time investment, but it took nearly a year to slowly increase to this amount. What's more, our guild itself is a wealthy one and is relatively wealthy. It's scary enough that this smart polar bear can take out 3.8 billion at once.

After repeatedly confirming that no one bid, the auctioneer finally made a final decision and sold Essinger to the smart polar bear. The presidents of various guilds at the scene applauded the smart polar bear, but I shook my head beside him. This guild shouldn't be called the smart polar bears at all, but the stupid bears. They spent 3.8 billion to buy a city that can never be conquered, and that's what they did.

Originally, I thought that after selling Isinger, those people would be more restrained, but who knew that the auctioneer seemed to be addicted, and actually started selling other cities behind Isinger, and this time the competition became more intense. stand up. According to their attitude, half of China will be gone in a while. I don't understand what these people think. How big is half of China? The Russians do have a lot of invasion troops, but if they are spread over such a large area of ​​land, how many people can be divided into one square kilometer? Do they think that three or five people can occupy a city? If you are greedy, the snake will swallow the elephant. I have seen it today.

I sat there with a sneer on my face and watched the bidding in front of me. Unexpectedly, a man suddenly walked in from the aisle and sat down next to me without saying a word. At first I thought it was the companion of the president whose card I had exchanged, but when I took a closer look I was dumbfounded on the spot.