Chapter 1423: 1322, Each with their own thoughts

“Nemesis, why is the central bank president getting involved in the auction? What could be his purpose?” Cat Morning Star looked puzzledly at Su Yu.

“I don’t know either.” Su Yu shook her head: “It might be some kind of insider deal between the Defense Force and the central bank; or maybe it’s just to make a presence, to give the Defense Force a warning?

Let’s just continue watching the auction, we’ll ask Reitdoz later.”

“Alright.” Morning Star nodded and turned back to the live broadcast.

As they chatted, the auction for The Core of Foreboding had already started.

The starting bid announced by Reitdoz was 1 billion Holy Silver Coins.

The Core of Foreboding had never been auctioned before, so he set a relatively conservative starting price.

But in just a moment, the bidding price started to skyrocket!

1.3 billion… 1.5 billion… 1.8 billion…

In a mere 10 seconds, the bidding price had already exceeded 2 billion and was still rising!

“The price is jumping up so fast…” Cat Morning Star exclaimed.

She turned to look at Su Yu: “But this doesn’t seem like a ‘stealing the limelight’ kind of situation, the final price seems to be just tens of billions.”

If Executive Andrew had forcibly added an item worth as much as a Dark Thunder Dragon Corpse, they could reasonably suspect that he was there to disrupt the event.

But just offering something worth tens of billions didn’t seem like disruption, but more like warming up the crowd.

“Yes. And Executive Andrew doesn’t have any reason to steal the limelight.” Su Yu shrugged: “We haven’t dealt with him, nor have we offended him; there’s no need for him to do such a thing…

So the question is, why does he want to get involved in the auction? Surely he’s not just bored?”

“Who knows?” Morning Star shook her head.

The thinking of the big shots is unpredictable, who knows what they are thinking.

“But we don’t need to think too much about it.” Cat Morning Star’s whiskers twitched: “Let’s leave this matter to Daland Military Chief to consider, Stellar Level issues are beyond our concern.”

“Indeed.” Su Yu nodded.

Whatever the president’s purpose was, it’s better to focus on the auction first.

…

However, what Su Yu didn’t know was that Executive Andrew’s involvement in the auction was just to make a presence, nothing more.

The question Su Yu had, Executive Andrew had never really thought about.

He also didn’t want to interact with Su Yu at this time.

But that didn’t mean he couldn’t make a presence in front of Su Yu, or give Daland * Manley more to worry about!

Andrew*Soren was currently watching the auction live.

Seeing the continuously rising prices for The Core of Foreboding, the corners of his mouth revealed an imperceptible smile.

“Now, Manley is probably going nuts over this, let him ponder about my intentions!” Andrew thought with a silent chuckle.

Indeed, he had guessed correctly.

Legion Commander Daland * Manley was also watching the auction live, witnessing the soaring prices of The Core of Foreboding, and he was pondering: “What is Soren’s purpose in getting involved in this auction?”

5 days ago, Reitdoz had reported to him that Soren personally came to request the auction of The Core of Foreboding; Reitdoz dared not keep such a significant matter secret.

Dalanduo had been very puzzled at the time, what was Soren up to?

After pondering, he still couldn’t figure it out.

Over the past 5 days, he had thought about it over and over, still without a clear understanding.

Until now, he was still unclear about Soren’s real purpose, completely unaware that Soren’s intention was just to make a presence.

It also made him reminisce about the days when super AI Hymn was still around.

When Hymn was around, they wouldn’t need to go to such lengths to grow their influence, messing around with all these manipulative tactical maneuvers.

“Those were the good old days!” Watching the live broadcast, Dalanduo couldn’t help but sigh.

…

Back at the auction, the bidding for The Core of Foreboding was fiercely competitive.

Reitdoz kept reciting the prepared auction script, urging the buyers to offer higher prices:

“Ms. Delia’s bid is 8.3 billion, is there any higher?”

“Countdown 30 seconds, 29, 28, 27…”

“Mr. Cyno Cato’s bid is 8.35 billion, I see that the last five bidders are all bank system employees, the banking system really has the money!”

“Countdown 30 seconds, 29, 28, 27…”

“Is there no higher offer? Missing out this time might mean missing out forever!”

…

Most of the bidders were bank system employees, and they were all at Planet Level.

Many Planet Level individuals working in banks are ‘resource hoarders’, having accumulated a large amount of resources with nowhere to spend.

Now facing this rare opportunity, it really was a life-and-death struggle, with many pulling out all their assets!

The audience’s emotions were also fully engaged, incessantly spamming the Public Chat Area, encouraging the big shots to bid even higher.

Finally, after a 30 seconds pause with no new bids, a central bank employee and Planet Level Prophet named Udora won The Core of Foreboding for a price of 8.75 billion.

“Congratulations to Ms. Udora for obtaining The Core of Foreboding! May your journey in cultivation be smooth sailing!” Reitdoz timely offered his congratulations.

At the same time, he was ecstatic inside, as Executive Andrew had promised a commission, meaning he would earn approximately 440 million in commission after the sale!

It was so much faster than earning money normally!

The Public Discussion Area audience also offered their sincere congratulations to Udora.

These bank system Planet Level individuals usually kept a low profile, with many living their whole lives in the Hub only hearing their names, never knowing they made any moves.

When it came down to a crunch time, everyone realized that they could actually put forth so much money!

It seems these Prophetic System prognosticators (no derogatory connotation) really shouldn’t be underestimated.

As for Su Yu, who was watching the live broadcast, he was still wondering what Executive Andrew’s real purpose was.

The Public Chat Area had some small-scale discussions about this question, with varied opinions and speculative comments.

After a brief pause, the auction for the second item officially started.

Reitdoz’s assistant removed the box containing The Core of Foreboding and also the screen behind it.

The second item, which was hidden behind the screen, immediately appeared in front of everyone.

This item, unlike The Core of Foreboding, was over three meters tall.

As soon as it appeared, the previously quiet Public Chat Area exploded again:

“Is that, a Hymn statue?!”

“It looks so familiar… wait a minute, no way!”

“Pfff! Isn’t that the Hymn statue personally sculpted by the Daland Military Chief?!”

“I’ll be! It really is the one sculpted by the Chief, look at the name carved into the base of the statue.”

“It truly is! Why is this also up for auction?”

“What, does Daland Military Chief no longer want this Hymn statue?”

“The era of Hymn has passed (crying)”