Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 424 - 157: Spatial Auction, Occult Flash Sale

Chapter 424: Chapter 157: Spatial Auction, Occult Flash Sale

[Challenger Tips (Global Channel): The auction for land plots 1-3 in the West District of Imperial Tomb Village will start in 1 hour. Players can participate in the bidding through the function panel.]

Hearing the game notification sound, players quickly opened their function panels.

The Doomsday Technology Guild Leader "Yang Tianxuan," who was in Imperial Tomb Village, also brought up the function panel at this moment.

He discovered a new "Bidding" function on the panel.

Consciousness touch activated the bidding function, and a bidding interface popped up before his eyes.

At the center of the interface was a countdown timer: 59 minutes and 43 seconds.

Scrolling through the interface, there were introductions of three plots available for bidding.

[Imperial Tomb Village West District - Plot 1]:

Plot size: 25 acres.

Starting bid price: 1 sacrificial power

[Imperial Tomb Village West District - Plot 2]:

Plot size: 20 acres.

Starting bid price: 1 sacrificial power

[Imperial Tomb Village West District - Plot 3]:

Plot size: 20 acres.

Starting bid price: 1 sacrificial power

...

Except for the first plot being 25 acres, the other two plots were both 20 acres.

In Yang Tianxuan’s view, this area was completely insufficient, but thankfully the introduction mentioned that a land expansion feature would be available later.

And his target was the largest plot among the three, Plot 1.

The initial 25 acres would be sufficient to set up a small research base.

For this, he and guild members gathered 390,000 sacrificial power, determined to secure the best Plot 1.

At this moment, a Challenger Tip echoed in his mind, showing a player applying for a video connection.

His consciousness touched "Connect," and a light screen popped up before him, displaying an elderly man with gray hair and an old face.

It was Yu Ze, head of the Genetic Research Department and also the Guild Leader of the Alchemist Guild.

As soon as the video connected, Yu Ze couldn’t wait to speak:

"Old Yang, internally we don’t need to compete. Give me Plot 1, and how about you take Plot 2?"

Hearing his old friend’s opening bid for Plot 1, Yang Tianxuan couldn’t help rolling his eyes:

"Old Yu, why do you need such a large plot for potion development? We need the space for various large equipment in weapon research, so we obviously need Plot 1, and Plot 2 is more than enough for you."

Upon hearing this, Yu Ze in the video showed no signs of backing down and immediately refuted.

The two glared at each other, and sparks seemed to fly across the video screen. After a moment of silence, Yu Ze took a deep breath:

"We’re building a potion research assembly line, 20 acres is sufficient for early stages, but not for later stages."

"A land expansion feature will surely be available later. It’s enough for the early stages," Yang Tianxuan said with a brief pause before continuing:

"How about this, don’t participate in the bid for Plot 1. If we have extra sacrificial power and you lack enough, I’ll give you the extra to secure Plot 2."

Facing Yang Tianxuan’s proposal, Yu Ze suddenly smiled:

"Alright, let’s settle on that."

Upon hearing these words, Yang Tianxuan instantly realized that his old friend never intended to compete for Plot 1.

The purpose of this connection was to seek a guarantee from him to support their bid for Plot 2 in case of any incident.

"You old fox!"

"Let’s settle on that, you go for Plot 1, I’ll go for Plot 2, and we’ll chat after the auction ends."

With that, Yu Ze voluntarily disconnected the video connection.

...

As time passed, more and more guilds signed up to participate in the bidding.

After all, registration was free, and for many guilds, participating in this auction was just about being part of it, unable to compete financially with the big guilds.

This also included guilds formed by players from the Tianyu Clan, the Gills Fish Clan, the Giant Python Clan, and the Night Demon Clan.

Even before the bidding started, the regional voice channel was bustling:

"Everyone, give our Sky Wolf Guild some face, we’re taking Plot 1. When the time comes, you can come and hold parties here, and I’ll grant free access, so don’t compete with us."

"Do a favor for our Starry Sky Wanderers Guild, we don’t ask for Plot 1, just Plot 3 will do. Please have mercy and let us secure it, and I’ll send red packets to everyone in the regional chat channel."

"Melody Conductor Guild must get Plot 1. Damn officials open the cash-to-sacrificial power exchange channel, I want to spend big, open it for me! How does anyone have so much sacrificial power for land bidding? Why can’t we use cash to participate, I’m not happy, I want to use cash."

"Why are so many small guilds being noisy in the regional voice channel, do you think you can participate? At best, you’re just making up numbers, do you really want to get a plot? Have you asked the big guilds? I bet the Divine Hall Guild is definitely going to get a plot."

"The Gun Merchant has been raising funds for two days now. Honestly, no guild compares to their financial strength. Considering the Trading House data, they have considerable sacrificial power income every day. If they hadn’t reinvested earnings in technological development, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Gun Merchant took all three plots."

Regarding this auction, most players were spectators.

The content of the discussion primarily involved guessing which guild had the strength to secure a plot.

When the countdown ended, the central number disappeared, showing the bidding options on the right of the three plots.

It allowed custom bidding prices or increasing the bid by 10% with one click, with a 24-hour bidding duration countdown below.

The moment the bidding began, the prices for the three plots instantly surged.

In just one minute, Plot 1’s price soared to 10,000 sacrificial power, with the highest bid coming from the "Flying Tyrant" guild established by Tianyu Clan players.

During this time, neither the two major Demon Cult Guilds nor several top Human Clan guilds made any moves.