Chapter 1624 - 1656: Sorry, I Set You Up!
As Ye Feng looked at the person outside, that person happened to see Ye Feng as well!
He immediately froze, staring at Ye Feng in astonishment!
Atay looked at Ye Feng with an unpleasant expression!
He hadn't expected to run into Ye Feng here again!
Seeing Atay's swollen, pig-like cheeks, Ye Feng couldn't help but show a slight smile!
Noticing the smile on Ye Feng's face, Atay's face instantly turned livid!
With a fierce glare at Ye Feng, Atay took his men and quickly left!
After a few steps, Atay spoke coldly to his followers behind him:
"Did you see clearly which room number it was?"
"Young Master, it was room 503!"
"Hmm!" Atay nodded coldly and walked away quickly!
Arriving at room 519, Atay pushed the door open and entered!
Inside the room was an elderly man with green skin!
The old man glanced at Atay indifferently and said:
"Did you find that person?"
Atay bowed respectfully and said:
"Father, he's in room 503!"
"Hmm!" The old man nodded lightly, saying nothing, and slightly closed his eyes!
"Father!" Atay couldn't help but say, having waited a long time without hearing the old man speak!
"What's the rush!" The old man opened his eyes and glanced at Atay indifferently:
"We can deal with him after leaving the planet, you must remain calm!"
"Yes!"
Although he couldn't wait to teach Ye Feng a lesson now, since his father spoke, Atay had to suppress his urge!
"Alright, now let's auction a Star Stone!
Everyone knows about Star Stones, there's a chance of finding a Star Core inside a Star Stone!
A Star Core is a great thing; integrating it into a warship can greatly enhance the ship's defenses and weapon power!
The appearance of every Star Core always triggers a frenzy!
The lowest price for a Star Core is one thousand Black Crystals!
One thousand Black Crystals!
Come on, what are you waiting for, the next Star Core might be in your hands!
The starting bid for this Star Stone is one Black Crystal!"
Hearing the white-bearded old man praising the Star Stone to the skies, Atay couldn't help but smirk!
He seemed somewhat disdainful!
Anyone with some experience knows that the chance of finding a Star Core inside a Star Stone is extremely low!
Almost one in ten thousand!
Most buyers of Star Stones lose everything!
"Alright, let's start the auction!"
"Good, Table 1563 bids two Black Crystals!"
"Here comes Table 23 with three Black Crystals!"
...
The price slowly increased during the auction, but when it reached ten Black Crystals, it almost stopped rising!
Ten Black Crystals is almost the limit for a Star Stone!
After all, the probability of finding a Star Core inside is too small!
"Good! Ten Black Crystals once! Ten Black Crystals twice!"
"Any more bids, any more bids!"
"Table 503 bids fifteen Black Crystals! Fifteen Black Crystals! Table 503 directly raised by five Black Crystals!"
The white-bearded old man suddenly got excited, his face full of enthusiasm!
Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned, looking astonished!
Atay also froze, and after a moment, he quickly responded, saying to the elderly green-skinned man:
"503 is that person's room!"
"Hmm!" The old man nodded slightly!
"Any more bids, any more bids, any more bids!"
"If not, I'll start counting, fifteen Black Crystals once! Fifteen Black Crystals twice!"
No bids!
Ten Black Crystals is almost the limit for a Star Stone, after all, there's no guarantee of a Star Core inside, but if there is, the price could increase a hundredfold!
But the probability is too small!
No one wanted to gamble, many even cursed Ye Feng as a fool in their hearts!
Feeling schadenfreude!
"Fifteen Black Crystals twice, any more bids? Any more bids?"
The old man pondered calmly, then pressed a button!
Beep!
Instantly, the auction screen at the front displayed a big, bold number 20!
Seeing this scene, the white-bearded auctioneer seemed as if he had been injected with adrenaline, shouting loudly:
"519! 519 bids twenty Black Crystals! 519 bids twenty Black Crystals!"
Wow!
Upon hearing this, the entire auction house erupted in a commotion!
Everyone was somewhat surprised!
In box 513, Ye Feng slightly frowned, already knowing that box 519 was exactly where Atay was!
Frowning, Ye Feng asked:
"Are you sure there's a Star Core inside?"
"Don't worry! Absolutely, the contents are worth a total of two thousand Black Crystals!"
Kay's confident voice sounded in Ye Feng's mind!
"Alright then!" Ye Feng nodded, directly pressing the button for thirty!
"Thirty!"
Seeing the numbers on the screen, the white-bearded auctioneer became even more excited, shouting wildly:
"Thirty! 503 bids thirty Black Crystals! Now let's watch 519!"
In box 519, the old man smiled faintly, calmly pressing a number!
"Thirty-five!" The white-bearded auctioneer shouted wildly, "Box 519 bids thirty-five!"
"38..."
"40..."
"45..."
"50!"
The final price was set at fifty!
Looking at the number on the rear screen, the white-bearded auctioneer's face was flushed with excitement, shouting loudly:
"503 bids fifty! 503 bids fifty! Now let's watch 519!"
Everyone's eyes turned to box 519!
Beep~!
A brief electronic sound responded to everyone!
This sound signifies surrender!
Box 519 surrendered!
Hearing this sound, everyone was momentarily stunned!
Then the room was filled with chatter, and many glanced at Box 503 with schadenfreude!
They all thought Ye Feng had been tricked!
In Box 519, the old man's lips curled into a faint smile:
"Young people always can't handle provocation, tricked by such a small ploy!"
"Father, you're amazing!" Kay looked at the old man with admiration!
The old man wore a faint smile, as if doing something trivial!
Seeing this, Kay admired him even more!
With just a simple strategy, his father had caused Ye Feng a loss of fifty Black Crystals!
Fifty Black Crystals could buy quite a few warships!
So satisfying!
Incredibly satisfying!
"Do you know one thing?" Just as Kay was feeling excited, his father's calm voice reached his ears!
"What is it?" Kay looked at his father with respect!
Whenever he heard his father's calm and composed voice, Kay was filled with confidence, for he had never seen his father fail!
"If you're gonna hit, hit hard! Take advantage when he's down—to finish him off! Now, send him a message!"
"Alright!" Kay's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly stood up, went to the screen, clicked on the icon for Room 503, and said:
"Kid, I wonder what your expression will be when you open the Star Stone later and find nothing inside!
That's fifty Black Crystals! Haha!"
After speaking, Kay excitedly clicked send!
As he clicked, he chuckled, imagining Ye Feng's embarrassed expression!
In Room 503, Ye Feng received Kay's message, a smile appeared on his lips, but he said nothing!
"Alright!"
Just then, the excited voice of the old auctioneer with the white beard rang out on the stage:
"According to the rules, after the auction of a Star Stone, the stone must be opened on-site to see if there's a Star Core inside!
Now, I announce the start of the stone opening!"
Upon hearing this, everyone widened their eyes and stared at the operating table!
On the operating table was a football-sized gray stone, the Star Stone Ye Feng had won at auction!
As the auctioneer gave the order, the Star Stone started rolling quickly!
Sss sss~~
Dust danced in the air!
The gray Star Stone began shrinking at a visible speed!
Everyone stared with wide eyes!
Even though the chance of the Star Stone containing a Star Core is only one in ten thousand, what if there really is one inside!
Everyone watched with tension!
Sss sss~
The Star Stone slowly shrank!
Gradually, it went from the size of a football to that of a fist!
Seeing this, the room erupted in discussion!
Everyone knew that the greatest chance of finding a Star Core was when the Star Stone reached half its size, with almost ninety percent of Star Cores appearing at this stage!
Now the Star Stone was the size of a fist, with still no Star Core—it was almost certain there was none inside!
Seeing this, many exuded schadenfreude!
They glanced toward Ye Feng's box with mockery!
As if they saw a fool!
Box 519, Kay excitedly looked at the now fist-sized Star Stone and laughed heartily:
"It's already halfway open, and still nothing—definitely nothing! That kid suffered a huge loss! Haha!"
"Father, you're incredible!" Kay exclaimed in admiration!
The old man smiled faintly, saying nothing, looking as if he had everything under control!
Ring~!
Suddenly, a clear sound rang out!
Buzz~!
A streak of silver light suddenly appeared!
The silver light flew up and landed on the tray!
Clang clang!
The Silver Pearl bounced on the tray, making a crisp sound!
Upon hearing this clear sound, the originally noisy room fell unexpectedly silent!
Everyone's gaze turned to the Round Ball, stunned!
Star Core!
It was actually a Star Core!
This...
Box 519, Kay was laughing heartily when he saw the Round Ball rolling on the tray, and his smile instantly froze!
Sitting in the chair, the old man's confident smile also stiffened!
Clang clang clang~!
The only sound on the scene was the crisp sound of the pea-sized Star Core bouncing on the tray!
No way...it actually revealed a Star Core?
Ring~!
While everyone was stunned, another clear sound rang out!
Whoosh~!
Another silver light flew up, landing on the tray with a series of crisp clangs!
Seeing this, everyone's expressions froze!
They looked as if they'd seen a ghost!
Another one?
There were actually two; everyone was dumbfounded!
Staring blankly!
Ring!
Another clear sound rang!
Whoosh!
A silver light fell onto the tray!
Ring!
Three of them!
How many are there?
Everyone was dumbstruck!
And the old man, witnessing this, felt a subtle pain in his heart, his vision darkening!