Judging from the shadow, it was a young girl. The girl was holding her chin nonchalantly and looked bored.

The only light source in the room is a small eight-sided box on the table, with a screen on each side displaying the time.

Time stopped at 0:00.

“Six hours are up, please put your prepared chips on the table,” said the host.

Everyone silently placed two or three black cards on the table. Ronnie followed suit, pretending to be cool and arrogant, and placed two bank cards on the table.

There was a strange crawling sound in the darkness, and something was moving on the table, taking away all the bank cards.

“The chips you prepared will appear in front of you, in the small machine on the table, and the screen facing each person will show the current balance,” the host explained.

Anya looked up, and each side of the middle prismatic box changed, and a string of golden numbers popped up on the screen on her side.

Four hundred million.

Ronnie climbed onto the table restlessly and stretched her neck to see the screens that Abbas and Giovanni were facing. One had 2 million and the other had 8 million.

“Assistant, please go back!” the host shouted, “It is forbidden to peek at other people’s chip balances!”

All eyes turned to the girl. Anya nodded apologetically and dragged the little blonde girl off the table like a parent.

“What are you doing!” Anya couldn’t help but ask.

“They don’t have as much money as you.” Ronnie looked around and whispered.

She finally had the confidence now, and rubbed her hands with full confidence, “I’ll come later, don’t stop me, let me have some fun too!”

Anya looked at her in surprise and said nothing.

“Before we begin, I must explain a rule.” The host looked around at everyone, “This rule may cause the value of the qualification to increase exponentially. In other words, under this rule, your money may not be enough.”

The room was very quiet and no one spoke first, as no one wanted to reveal their flaws.

“The rule is that multiple bidding qualifications are allowed, and the highest bidder wins. If someone has enough chips to bid for all five shares, this is allowed, and they have complete freedom to decide how to deal with it, but I don’t recommend doing so.” The host said lightly.

These words finally got a response from everyone. They looked at each other, and everyone knew what this rule meant.

The unspoken rule is that qualifications can be traded privately. If someone bids for a qualification for 200 million, then after the auction, he can sell it to someone else at a higher price, or give it unconditionally to an ally. In short, he can deal with it freely.

“I’ll use permission cards to represent qualifications.” The host placed a fluorescent card on the table.

“Now is the time to bid for the first ‘qualification’…”

“One hundred million!” Loni couldn’t help but raise her hand and shouted out the offer before the host finished speaking.

Anya quickly pressed down the assistant’s raised hand.

Chapter 281: Foolish Ritual (V)

Some people were secretly surprised. They didn’t expect that a competitor would be the first to bid 100 million. Soon they found out that the girl who bid was just Naiya’s assistant. These competitors watched cautiously, not sure whether it was a joke from the assistant or Naiya was testing the waters. The atmosphere suddenly froze.

Something unexpected happened. Naya actually pressed his assistant’s hand down, probably meaning that he hadn’t thought about the price yet and the assistant was just messing around.

“I’m creating psychological pressure on them. Do you understand auctions?” Ronnie muttered softly.

Anya’s mouth twitched slightly. This guy even taught her a lesson.

She slowly told Ronnie the auction tips:

“There are five lots in total, and the competition for the first lot will not be too fierce. They will all wait and see, trying to stabilize the price. Everyone wants to get the item at the lowest price. If the price of the first lot is very high, then the subsequent ones will definitely be even higher, which is not good for anyone.”

“But this isn’t an auction, you said. It’s Xinmin’s judgment of our wealth,” Lonnie pointed out.

“You think I’ll only take one photo?” Anya lowered her voice.

Ronnie suddenly realized that the second young lady did not meet the qualification of one copy. The rules stated that if the chips were sufficient, she could be allowed to bid for all five copies and resell them privately at a higher price, so this was also a good opportunity to make money.

The prerequisite is that the chips currently held are sufficient.

“Miss Assistant, is your offer valid?” the host asked coldly.

“I’m sorry, she doesn’t understand much yet, she’s just a child.” This time it was Naya who answered, and she was very sincere.

“Please forgive me for being tolerant of children to a certain extent.”

“It’s just for your sake, Naya.” The host snorted coldly, “Remember, you only have this one chance to save face. Even if you are a devil from the third district, you are nothing here.”

“Oh my god, he looks down on you! I wouldn’t be able to stand it if I were you. Eat them all now!”

Ronnie is aggressive, like a loyal golden dog to Anya.

The other competitors were horrified when they heard this.

“Please continue.” The host ignored the guy.

After a moment of silence, a voice in the darkness called out, “I’ll try first, then 100 million.”

“I know the offer will be small, how come it’s so small?” Loni said with a click of the tongue. “I guess this guy doesn’t have much leverage. If I offer 20 million directly, will he be shocked? Second Miss, just sit still and watch me give you…”

“3000.”

Before Ronnie could finish her words, Joffrey made another offer, increasing the price by thirty times from one million. Her eyes were full of confidence, and she was determined to get the first admission qualification.

Ronnie was not to be outdone, “3500 million!”

She noticed the Second Miss’s nonchalant attitude, it was obvious that Anya had no interest in these offers, it was just a lukewarm performance, the girl gently tapped the watch on her wrist with her fingertips, appreciating the gift her sister had given her in the past.

“3700.”

“3800.”

“5000 million…”

The bids for the first auction qualification were very restrained, and slowly rose to 7000 million, still not breaking the million mark. These competitors had the same idea as Anya, they really wanted to get the qualification to enter the next round, but they didn’t want to spend too much money.

Although it is an assessment of Xinmin’s wealth, once the transaction is successful, the money is actually spent. They plan to obtain this qualification at the lowest possible price.

“8000 million!” Abbas finally joined the competition. His assistant was responsible for bidding, while he himself had a cynical attitude.

“One hundred million!” Qiao Funi hurriedly chased after him.

“One hundred and twenty million…” Roni wanted to bid but was stopped by Wu Shiqi, and the old man directly raised the price to two hundred million.

“Two hundred million.”

“What’s going on?” Loni was depressed. At this rate, four hundred million would not be enough, and that didn’t even include the chips that were visible on the surface.

She had actually noticed a long time ago that some people had hidden their black cards, or rather, everyone had hidden them and only handed in part of them, with the rest in their pockets.

She glanced at Anya’s skirt, hoping there were enough pockets in it to hide the chips.

Ronnie must keep going and cannot back down at this time.

“Two hundred million… and one million!”

“Two hundred and ten million.” Wu Shiqi still spoke in the slow and old tone, and his offer was not able to conceal his sharpness at all.

Anya sighed softly, “Old sir, with your offer, we can’t afford the next round. You are already very old, so don’t add to the trouble.”

“I am just exercising my rights as a bidder. The highest bidder wins. I am indeed old, but my heart will not be as cold as this snow. Here we are enemies, and someone has to be eliminated, just like in this world, someone has to be abandoned.” Wu Shiqi smiled and made another offer.

“Two hundred and twenty million!”

“But why can’t you be the one eliminated?” Anya smiled faintly. Every word Naya said sounded like a threat to everyone. “Two hundred and thirty million, old man, you make me unhappy. I can obviously just rob it, but I have to spend money. How frustrating.”

“Three…hundred million!” Wu Shiqi slowly announced the number, raising the price exponentially, leaving the others silent.

This was only the first round of auction, and it quickly reached the 300 million mark. Joveny’s face looked grim, and Abbas frowned. These numbers were almost greater than the balance on the screen in front of everyone. Some people had to take out their hidden black cards and held them in their hands, hesitating.

Loni couldn’t help it. She wanted to ask Anya what was going on. Why did they suddenly become like a war when they had agreed to save money? Did she have any grudges with the old man? But before she could say anything, Anya suddenly tapped the table with her fingertips.

In the darkness, Naya’s striking blood-red eyes made it hard for everyone to breathe. Even the host had to hold the hammer tightly. She sneered horrifyingly. The entire auction hall was oppressed by the girl’s aura. The phagocytes tried to break through the body in fear.

“Three hundred and ten million, old man, this is just the first qualification. Anything above this price is not worth it, and…”

She laughed with interest as if she was sizing up her prey:

“Even if I get it, I may not have a chance to enter the next round alive. Why take the risk? You are right. There will always be people who will be eliminated and abandoned in this world. But I also firmly believe that everyone and everything in this world has a price. Is the price of a life enough?”

“My life?” Wu Shiqi faced the naked threat with neither servility nor overbearance, “My life shouldn’t be worth so much money.”

He turned to the host and asked, “Can you guarantee our safety?”

“We can only try.” The host’s answer surprised everyone, “Guess why we didn’t think of expelling Naya the first time we found him?”

“Then I give up.” Wu Shiqi shook his head.

The suffocating feeling that made everyone feel breathless finally dissipated, and Anya closed her eyes. With three consecutive hammerings by the host, the first permission card was delivered to Loni as she wished.

Then, the screen on the table facing them changed, and the balance increased from 400 million to 90 million.

To Roni’s surprise, she didn’t understand what Anya was doing. Although she was qualified to enter the second process, she couldn’t compete in the subsequent auctions at all.

“Take a half-hour break.” The host nodded, the door of the room reopened, and the lights illuminated everyone’s faces again.

Everyone looked solemn. The transaction amount of the first permission card exceeded 300 million, and Naya had to resort to threats. This meant that the subsequent sales would be even higher and the competition would be more intense. It seemed that the old man named Wu Shiqi had enough chips and was determined to win.

Chapter 282: Foolish Ritual (VI)

“We only have 90 million left. What can we do with it?” During the break, Ronnie complained behind Anya.

Anya left the venue, walked to the front desk and asked for a plate of cake dessert, then sat on a chair and fiddled with the permission card, spending her time like this. Others who passed by pretended not to see her, for fear of accidentally revealing their greed for the permission card and being hunted down by Naya.

After the first auction ended, the competitors were all in a depressed mood. The competition between Naiya and Wu Shiqi pushed up the price of subsequent authority cards by a whole level, which was a problem for them.

Even a family with tens of billions of dollars would find it difficult to mobilize more than 500 million in free funds in a short period of time, let alone six hours. The old man named Wu Shiqi is likely to get the second authority card, so there will not be many opportunities left for others.

Ronnie sat next to Anya. Because she was not tall enough, she had to move her chair up two levels. She drank the wine she had ordered and continued her complaints:

“So why did you want to compete with him? Now it’s good, 90 million can’t even buy a second qualification.”

Anya was nibbling on a small piece of cake, holding the permission card between her fingers.

“You actually just wanted to play around, and I stole your chance.”

The exposed Roni snorted, but did not refute. She was right. Roni did not care who got the qualification or how many copies the second lady could take. She just wanted to feel involved and use the four hundred million to overwhelm the others and look down on the whole audience.

Now that Anya had spent 310 million in one go, she could only go through the motions with the remaining 90 million.

Just as Loni was getting angrier and angrier, she slid two black cards along the bar and said, “Take them and play.”

“You still have more!” Loni’s eyes lit up and she clutched the two black cards like a money-grubber.

“How much do you have left?” she suddenly thought.

“There’s always a billion.”

“Who would carry 1 billion yuan with them?” Loni was stunned. “Tell me the truth, does this money belong to your family?”

“It was given by someone else.”

Anya answered calmly, then noticed someone watching her from behind. She turned around and saw several people turning away guiltily.

Obviously, they also found Anya’s two black cards. It seems that this devil has more black cards. I heard that she has another name in the An family. Could it be that Naya is supported by the An family?

This thought made them very uneasy. With the An family’s huge power and wealth, they could definitely compete for the next five qualifications and send Naya alone into the final round and directly into the laboratory.

“Someone else gave it to you?”

Lonnie doesn’t believe it:

“Who would give you 1 billion, your sister? No, An Xin has never been someone else to you. Could it be the big sister and the others? Impossible, they are poorer than me… Don’t tell me that it was Song Yixiao! Her money must have been stolen!”

“Why do you care so much?” Anya glanced at her helplessly.

“Be honest and stop making so much noise. Can’t you be more calm? You are too childish.”

“You actually said I was childish!” Ronnie was about to jump up from the chair when Anya pushed her down.

She clenched her fists and warned, “No matter what, I am older than you! Don’t think I’m really afraid of you. Wait until I regain my strength…”

“You are my bed warmer.” Anya looked her up and down, “but you have never fulfilled your duties.”

“This, this…” Loni suddenly wilted.

“Okay, I’m just kidding. The rest of the auction is up to you.” Anya ordered a glass of whiskey and sipped it slowly. “Don’t ask me why I raised the price in the first auction. You’ll know later.”

Then he patted Luo’s shoulder and walked towards the auction room, “Be careful of that old man, he is very likely Wu Shijiu’s brother. You may not know who Jiu Ye is, but he is an extremely dangerous person and has the same idea as me.”

“You mean he wants to get multiple qualifications too?” Loni jumped off her chair and followed behind him, observing the old man smoking a pipe alone in the corner.

……

Ten minutes later, the second round of the auction began. The competitors returned to their seats, still in a dim environment, with the only light coming from the prismatic machine in the middle of the table. During the half-hour break, they received new chips.

The host missed a rule, and everyone noticed it. Chips would be collected again at the beginning of each new round of auction, which meant that except for the first six hours, funds could be raised during every half-hour break.