The only explanation Zach could find was that the stone in front of him was what it wanted. He had long known that in order to move up to the E level, he needed to absorb a variety of materials.

However, the only thing he'd found so far that allowed it to actually absorb was blood. There is also no trace of any blood, as it is not at all interested in humans and the ants he kills after obtaining blood. It drank only the pressurized mink of the forest.

He tested all sorts of things in Port Atwood, but all of them were unlucky. Unfortunately, different spiritual tools require different substances, so there are no guides around. However, it seems that at least some of the ingredients need to be E-sorted to be upgraded, as all the tools are the same.

Zach had the money and decided to buy the stone. Who knows when another opportunity will arise. He glanced at the dwarf stealthily, but he only shook his head slightly, looking uncertain, indicating that he didn't know what the stone was.

"One hundred thousand," a voice came from behind, setting off a bidding war again.

This time it's a bit intense, because perhaps the prospect of creating a weapon that can suck life out of the enemy is rather tempting.

"One million," a voice suddenly came from the front, quickly quieting the bidding sound.

It was Thea Marshall, holding the oars with a nonchalant expression. Zach glanced at it and frowned. She had just raised her bid by a full 700,000 relationship coins and felt like she wanted to close it.

"A million," Nigel said, holding Billy's arm.

"1 minute 5 minutes," Thea said, glancing at Nigel.

"1 point 6," Nigel continued without hesitation.

Zach sees two possibilities at the moment. Either they all knew about the stone and its approximate value, or they all got the clues in the same way he did. This means that both of them have a spiritual tool. They felt that the first option was a bit unlikely, because so far no one knew more about precious metals than calcium and magnesium on Earth.

Since both are high-risk, the second possibility is by no means impossible. This tutorial offers a wide variety of goodies, and these two are clearly at the top of the tutorial. It seems that they not only might, but almost likely, get the right weapons. If not from the tutorial, then maybe some kind of exploration.

But if that's the case, he thinks it's a bit strange that all three weapons want stones, because the appetite for weapons should be greater than that. Maybe something else, some kind of treasure that all tool elves want. When he came to that conclusion, he didn't wait any longer and joined the debate.

"Two million," he said, holding up his oar.

"Two-five," Thea replied after glaring at him.

"Three million," Zach replied without hesitation.

From then on, bids began to get smaller, and the 4 million Billy withdrew with a sigh of disappointment. Thea, though, was resolute.

"Five million relationship coins," she said, now glaring viciously at Zach all the time.

"Six million," Zach replied with a helpless smile, scratching the back of his head uncomfortably.

He had finally found something of great value, and he now had a fortune. He may only have 17 million pure relationship coins, but he also has mountains of crystals. He's not the first person to climb the wealth ladder for nothing, and Thea recently dropped to 17th place.

When Zach reaches six million, she finally gives in and sits in her chair angrily.

"Wow, six million relationship coins. "Congratulations to the handsome Mr. Munch sitting in the front row," Emma said with a wink, seemingly unaffected by the tension.

As the tray containing the stones was rolled towards Zack, various noises erupted in the hall. Zach felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end after being stared at by hundreds of people, but he couldn't help it. In the largest auction to date, bids exceeded £6 million.

"What's the matter, why does she know you?" Ogras asked with a sudden glare, apparently referring to the movie star.

"How do I know? She works for the government, and they might tell her," Zach said with a shrug.

He quickly put the stone into a different bag, this one containing the one that Viren had bitten. Zach isn't sure if anything strange will happen if he gets them together, and he wants to wait until he gets back to the island.

These things pop up one by one, and quite a few of them are natural freaks. There are a wide variety of roots and flowers, stones and metals. The government seems to have put all the weird stuff they found in the second half of the auction, hoping to make at least some money.

With the exception of a handful of groups with staggering bids, their interest was rather weak. There was a group of people sitting in the back rows bidding on many different plants. Zach guessed that they had an alchemist on their ranks, or at least a pharmacist or pharmacist.

Modern people bid on many metals, perhaps to use them for metallurgical experiments. But in the bidding, the absolute most important force was Carllin, who bent his muscles.

"How the hell did you pay?", after the dwarf snatched his tenth item in the second half, Zach finally had to speak.

The gnome was destitute by the time he arrived on the island, and he shouldn't have earned enough money from the demon warriors to buy these things, as ten million had already been spent.

"Of course you are. He said with a shrug.

"What?" both Zach and Ogras screamed, drawing the attention of many people in the room.

"You joined the Thayer consortium as an outside investor. We spend money as we spend money. Think of it as injecting cash into your business," he says with a laugh. "I am a merchant on your planet. I'm not allowed to spend my own money on business ventures, because American businessmen are usually rich enough to destroy the economy of a baby planet. If you don't enter as a co-owner, I will never be able to get this task. ”

Zach felt bad and quickly turned on his status screen.

He immediately turned to the dwarf for help, intending to strangle the little mongrel. In addition to the money he spent himself, 8 million relationship coins were lost.

Although Ogras only lost around two million, it didn't look that good.

"You little bastard!" he roared, completely ignoring the gun suddenly pointed at them on the balcony.

Rohr stopped the auction altogether, and Emma took a few steps back, cautiously watching Zach's party.

"You'd better spit out my money quickly, or I'll poke your greedy little shit all over the place," he growled as the shadows below them began to tremble.

"Don't focus on us, you brutes. Why do you think I'm going to buy these things? To make money. I'm looking for profit, not loss, you idiot. Open your wallet with a smile and we'll all leave the happy one," he said, not caring about that frog demon at all.

"You know the situation in Port Atwood. "You can't run out of money," Zach said with a glare, this time with no intention of stopping the youkai.

The gnomes are so greedy that they go crazy and use their money to satisfy it.

"You've got all the things the ants have prepared, right?" he protested, still a little frustrated as both Zach and Ogras stared at him.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry, okay? Write down a spending limit, and I'll stick to it!" he said, handing over a piece of paper.

Zach saw that the dwarf had written seven zeros on the note, and he felt the veins on his forehead pound again, and Zach didn't hesitate to scribble on the last note, much to Carlin's dismay. They were arguing about a man in a suit who walked onto the stage with a microphone.

"Gentlemen, please remember the rules of the auction. This is your first and only warning," he said with a melancholy expression.

"I'm sorry. I took Miss Emma out to dinner as a sign of my remorse? The devil said as he smoothed his hair and smiled merrily.

Boos immediately rang out in the hall and demanded that they be kicked out, but Emma only responded with a smile.

"I don't know, judging by the bid, your blue kid is the one who goes to eat. He looks generous," she said.

These words made Carllin stretch proudly, and even Zach couldn't help but punch the dwarf on the back of the head.

"It's easy to be generous with other people's money," he muttered under his breath. "Five million, that's your limit. I hope to profit a lot from your deviant behavior. Otherwise, I'll hand you over to Ogras. ”

And just like that, the auction went on and continued unimpeded. Zachhard was a bit of a big hopeful that the final project would be something exciting, but disappointed to see that they were high-end gear. He had hoped to have some improved fruit star or knives for sale, but Zach guessed that even if the government had them, they wouldn't be on the market.

Of course, the rest of the audience didn't react in the same way, as the bidding battle for the last few works was fierce. While none of these items are psychic tools, Zach doesn't think it's surprising. No really good piece would have been auctioned at such an early stage, and in general, he was actually surprised that the government would be willing to part ways with so many interesting items.

Perhaps this can also be considered a show of power, capable of selling so many treasures. In addition, they make a lot of money, and the total value of all the items auctioned should be close to seventy or eighty million.

With so many Nexus coins, they can do some pretty big upgrades to New Washington, provided they unlock enough options on Nexus nodes.

She said, "Regarding the last thing tonight, I am showing you an E-rank sword, which is suitable for Feng Shui practitioners. ”。

Sazhuang looked a little interested, but quickly shook his head.

"Do you want it?" Zach asked, looking at him

He said, "Thank you, but no more." It was a good weapon, but in the end swordsmanship was not the focus of my class. ”。

The Marshall family didn't seem interested either, and it ended up selling it for a whopping 2.5 million Nexus Coin coins to a strong-looking cultivator.

"Thank you for coming to bid today, and I hope to see you again at the next event. "I'll give you Thomas Fischer," said Emma, who quickly left the stage with applause and cheers ensuing.

Thomas Fischer soon walked onto the stage, with a row of officials standing behind him. Zach recognized Julia, but he didn't recognize the rest.

"Everyone is welcome. I've had the privilege of meeting many of you, but for those who don't know me, I'm Thomas Fischer, the leader of New Washington. I used to be the Deputy Secretary of Defense of the U.S. government, but today I stand before you as a representative of the New World Government.

Thomas began: "The arrival and invasion of this system has brought great upheaval to our society, and I am sorry to say that there are only about 1.5 billion people left on the planet. ”。

"6 billion. More than 6 billion people died within 5 months. Every day, our brothers and sisters fall, either because we have been thrown into a hostile environment or because the invaders are trying to take away our land," he continued, looking melancholy at the subdued audience.

"It's time for humanity to unite. ”