The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 499 - 241: 9th Rank? (6k)_2

Chapter 499: Chapter 241: 9th Rank? (6k)_2

The appearance of the first potion stirred up many who had been inactive, clearly showing that they were here just for the potion.

Even before the auction started, some vague information about the augmentation effects of these potions had already been leaked, and these potions, far exceeding normal standards in augmentation effects, had captured the interest of many!

Now, finally getting into the main topic, excitement ensued, and the previously dead atmosphere once again turned lively.

However, it turned out they were happy too soon.

The information leaked did not include specific negative effects!

And with the appraisal authorization opened, everyone received detailed potion information, resulting in mixed feelings among the crowd.

Those who could withstand the negative effects were naturally pleased with the effects even stronger than advertised.

But those who were worried realized they either couldn’t bear the negative effects or didn’t meet the usage standards.

Even a Seventh Rank present found themselves embarrassed when they realized they couldn’t meet the requirements due to having neglected their Spirit cultivation.

Fortunately, the Appraiser, now the host, consoled them in time:

"Guests who find they cannot meet the requirements need not worry, as this is just the first potion. There are still 14 more potions afterwards.

We acknowledge our oversight in this matter, so to compensate everyone, I represent the venue in fully opening the appraisal authorization for all the potions, allowing everyone to consider in advance. How does that sound?"

Though it was said this was for compensation, everyone knew this was the original plan, understanding it as a tactic to entice competition among them, urging them to gather more funds for the auction.

Yet, they all still fell for it, almost without exception, with each person immediately starting to utilize the unique panel appraisal authorization in the Transfer Zone to inspect potions over a distance.

Simultaneously calculating in their minds which potion suited them best, which one was most likely to be contested, and how much funds they could muster.

Even a person next to Bai Yi began quietly spending money to try and gather more funds.

Because of this, Bai Yi more tangibly felt the differences between the Starry Sky and the Lord game, or rather, the Paradise.

The rapid growth mechanism provided by Paradise is indeed an unparalleled advantage.

In the Starry Sky, without the support of Paradise, everyone must rely on their own strength, with many things Bai Yi saw as quite common being unaccessible.

Just basic knowledge, under the support of the game, not only she but even other ordinary Lords could easily travel to different worlds and gain knowledge from completely different dimensions.

Even without Bai Yi’s means of quick self-people transformation, the game panel could enable Lords to quickly grasp knowledge and power through various tasks or items.

Let alone the challenges and opportunities for rewards arranged for them as Lords early on, thanks to various conveniences provided by Paradise.

But to put it in the Starry Sky...

There’s no experience points for quick early upgrade, nor any means to quickly acquire various resources and knowledge, everything is different from within Paradise.

Like many auction items Bai Yi saw earlier were various basic raw materials in her view.

Like an alloy, whose effects aren’t even as good as any metal-refined alloy in her territory, was sold for a thousand Star Coins, a price equivalent to ten Tier Six Magic Power Crystals!

Even factoring in the premium due to wealthy individuals at such auctions, it was still a considerable price.

Put in her territory, its value wouldn’t even compare to a Tier Five Magic Power Crystal, with the equivalent cost being one or two Star Coins!

The ’fairy grass’ she herself won was bid up to 1100 before her overbidding purchase.

And this was just a raw material for medicine-refining! It hadn’t even become the more precious potion yet!

Yet precisely because of this particular scarcity of resources, the various technologies in the Starry Sky are at the forefront, achieving the ultimate in equipment creation and processing.

In various manufacturing industries, the emergence of marginal effects was pushed further compared to Pharmacy, alongside a flourishing development in equipment manufacturing compared to knowledge monopoly in Pharmacy.

The prices remain firm under the substantial demand given the Starry Sky’s own population base.

This is why the price of ordinary mass-produced equipment is low, sparking the emergence of so many custom shops.

Hence, Bai Yi also understood why permanent enhancement potions are so precious, even vaguely guessing why these potions would come under monopoly.

Without the support of Paradise, unlike in Paradise where everything can be gained with a simple upgrade click.

Gaining attribute growth or certain talents in the Starry Sky truly relies solely on one’s own effort, sacrificing one’s growth time for dedicated training.

Yet potions break this rule, downing one potion can skip a massive amount of training time, even a genius can rely on potions to surpass limits, forming a crushing superiority over existing attributes.

With such effects, it is no wonder the potions are expensive.

But this still doesn’t explain why Pharmacy would be monopolized in the Starry Sky.

Even if Pharmacists themselves had this intention, in the face of sheer strength from those powerhouses, it simply couldn’t be established.