The First Interstellar Energy Gambler

Chapter 55: Open Auction

After Lin Luo and Xing Mo returned to the room, it was almost time for the open auction to start. They used their smart bracelets to log in to the virtual client and chose to enter the virtual auction hall.

As soon as the screen loaded, the entire auction hall was projected into the room, which gave the a feeling of total immersion.

In the vast auction hall, there were translucent figures everywhere, densely crowded together and looking very spectacular. At the forefront of the hall there was a huge display screen. It was set up so that the clearly marked numbers of the jadeite to be auctioned off today would appear on the big screen one by one, and bidders would bid through their smart bracelets.

Soon, the auction began.

The numbers 1-50 appeared on the big screen, and the starting prices were behind each number. The bidders were given ten minutes to bid at will, and the price after each lot number would scroll in real time. In the upper right corner of the large screen, there were red numbers counting down the remaining time, and when the countdown was 30 seconds, there was a reminder chime.

The first batch of numbers did not contain any jadeite that Lin Luo cared about, so he was very relaxed in watching the large scrolling screen and waiting for the jadeite that he liked to appear.

It wasn’t until the sixth batch of jadeite appeared that Lin Luo sat up a little. Among the fifty jadeite materials, only two were ones that Lin Luo wanted. one was No. 256 and the other was No. 283.

According to his observations with his special ability, it was certain that the two pieces contained high-end jade. If the price was right he could make a lot of money if he won it, but if the competition was too fierce it would still be better to give up.

The starting price of No. 256 jadeite is 1 million credits. Lin Luo estimates that the value of the jade is not less than 3 million credits, so as long as it can be won at a price of less than 3 million credits, it can still make a lot of money.

The exterior of No. 283 jadeite is relatively average, so the starting price is only 300,000 credits, but the value of the jade inside can definitely be multiplied several times.

Because it is a virtual client, Lin Luo can directly reach out and tap on the jadeite that he wants to bid on over big holographic screen, and then enter the amount, which is very convenient and fast.

The competition for No. 256 was fierce and soared up quickly. Soon it reached the price of 2.8 million credits. Lin Luo decisively chose to give up and focused his attention on the No. 283 jadeite.

There were relatively few bidders for this piece of jadeite, and the price fluctuated very little. Lin Luo had the highest price of 980,000, but he was relieved too early. In the last five seconds, suddenly someone bid 1.1 million, overwhelming Lin Luo and causing him to lose out on the piece of jadeite.

Lin Luo:…

So angry!!

Xing Mo squeezed Lin Luo’s bulging cheeks bemusedly, and comforted him, “Eat a loss and grow a bit wiser, we just need to pay more attention to the next bidding. Fortunately, it is not the most important jadeite.”

“Yeah!” Lin Luo also quickly adjusted his mentality. In this auction, he liked a total of 20 pieces of jadeite, but among them, the only really necessary jadeite was No. 1046. The other jadeite were definitely good to win, but not as much so. It would be the icing on the cake if they won them, but wouldn’t be a huge deal if they won none of them.

As time passed, Lin Luo won the No. 474 jadeite in the tenth batch of jadeite at the reserve price. Later in the fifteenth batch, he won the No. 712 jadeite. He had no wins since then.

Finally, the No. 1046 jadeite appeared. Lin Luo and Xing Mo sat up at full attention at the same time, and both of them stared at the screen closely. They had to take this jadeite anyway.

No. 1046 jadeite was a large semi-gambled jadeite with a single open window. From the exposed window, it could be seen that it was a horse tooth jade. This jadeite had a rough texture, with white and off-white as the base, and its value was very general. That part really is bad. What this window also revealed though was not only that light white, but also a hint of blue. With just this hint of blue, there were countless people who would go crazy over this jadeite.

This piece of jadeite was very large, and the jade inside should not be small. The appearance of the horse tooth jade in the window has proved that there was jade inside, and this blue color represented that the jade inside may mutate. Regardless of whether it turned out to be a blue hibiscus or a blue water type, it would definitely be able to make a lot of money.

Therefore, it was not surprising to see that the price of this piece of jadeite rapidly changing. Lin Luo increased the price three times in total, and then stopped bidding within one minute of the countdown.

The current price of this piece of jadeite was 9.8 million credits, but it was still slowly increasing.

In order not to repeat the same mistake, Lin Luo entered the price of 13 million credits in the input box, and then, just in case, asked Xing Mo to enter 15 million in his input box and waited until the last second to press it together.

In any case, he is bound to get this piece of jadeite!

Sure enough, just as Lin Luo guessed, in the final seconds, the numbers began to roll frantically, and suddenly exceeded Lin Luo’s 13 million.