Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

The man with localized necrosis shouted, "Twenty golden fire-type magic artifacts, a package deal of five thousand low-grade spirit stones! Anyone else bidding?"

The audience fell silent instantly.

While others were bidding slowly, increasing the price by ten or twenty spirit stones at a time, this guy went all out and raised it by two thousand. Moreover, the price of "five thousand" far exceeded everyone's expectations, and no one could afford to bid any further.

"Five, four, three, two, one, sold!" Partial Necrosis announced with a smile, "Congratulations to this friend for successfully bidding on this batch of fire-type magical artifacts."

These twenty magical artifacts were crafted by disciples of the Taiping Sect. The price they fetch is already quite high, and I'm sure everyone will be satisfied.

"Only three items remain for auction, and the auction is now officially coming to an end."

"Enough with the chit-chat, let's move on to the third-to-last item!" Local Necrosis shouted.

He then added, "This third-to-last item is quite peculiar; it's a completely unknown item."

As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple walked onto the stage carrying a wooden tray.

On the plate was a fist-sized green stone. The stone was grayish and looked unremarkable, no different from any other stone that could be found by the roadside.

Surprisingly, if you check its item information, you'll find:

【unknown】

Attribute: Unknown

Rank: Unknown

Note: Unknown

The item properties of this stone are a series of unknowns, which is very strange.

The localized necrosis explained the strangeness of the stone, and finally said: "After the owner found it, he found that all its attributes were unknown. He asked many NPCs in the city to check it, but they all said it was just an ordinary stone."

"Is anyone curious and interested in buying it to find out more?"

"Let's start the auction now. The starting price is ten low-grade spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, the audience fell silent for a moment. How could they bid on something so unknown? It was really difficult to set a price.

Logically, this could be a good thing, since all its attributes are "unknown," making it somewhat mysterious.

But is this thing really worth the high price?

The players watching from the nearby rooftops immediately started discussing:

"It looks like a good item, but isn't buying this like gambling on jade?"

"This stone doesn't exude much spiritual energy. Why does it feel even worse than a low-grade spirit stone in its raw state?"

"Indeed, the lack of spiritual energy is a big problem! Look at those rare and precious materials, aren't they all overflowing with spiritual energy?"

"Now that you mention it, it's true. There's not a trace of spiritual energy emanating from it, so how could it possibly be a good thing?"

"Let's see if there's any traitor we can buy back."

People in the audience began to tentatively raise their bids.

I'll offer twenty.

"thirty."

"Fifty low-grade spirit stones."

……

"I'll offer one hundred."

A steady voice rang out; it was Shen Hua.

Other players couldn't figure it out, and even most NPCs couldn't, but Shen Hua was a second-time player, experienced and knowledgeable, and he recognized it at a glance.

This is a [Wind Amber Stone] that has mutated from a wood attribute to a wind attribute, and its quality has reached the blue mystical level.

Although this stone is not as top-tier as mica crystal, it has special properties and is rare. Wind-attribute materials are even rarer.

If you resell it, you can get at least 1,500 low-grade spirit stones!

As for the information showing as completely unknown, the reason is simple—this Wind Amber Stone is most likely the sealing stone of a certain wind-type sealing array, sealing something with the power of the array.

However, due to the passage of time, the loosening of the seal, and other reasons, the Wind Amber Stone broke away from the original magic array and was left in other places.

Later, due to years of exposure to wind and sun, it became what it is now.

However, due to the residual sealing power, players cannot see any information and can only see a series of "unknowns".

Because of the seal, it has no spiritual energy leaking out and looks like an ordinary large blue stone.

Back at the auction, Shen Hua immediately raised the bid to one hundred, and the surrounding area fell silent.

This price is already quite high.

One hundred spirit stones can be exchanged for more than thirty Qi Gathering Pills, enough for an ordinary player to cultivate for more than a month. Who would want to gamble on an ordinary stone? Therefore, no one intended to continue bidding for a while.

Moreover, everyone felt that spending a hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy a broken stone with no spiritual energy was somewhat of a waste.

Shen Hua not only changed her appearance but also her voice, so the person on stage with localized necrosis did not know that it was Shen Hua.

However, for localized necrosis, this price is already very high, and it is indeed worth the seller's money.

He immediately started counting down: "Five, four..."

"I'll offer 110."

A middle-aged man's voice rang out from below the stage.

"There's even a victim of injustice raising the price?" The players on the rooftop murmured among themselves, all their eyes turning towards the man.

After raising the price, the middle-aged man immediately regretted it. Had he been too reckless?

The players on the rooftop continued their comments:

"This broken stone has no spirit at all; it might really just be an ordinary stone?"

"Then why is everything unknown?"

"How would I know? Go for a walk in the river and collect some stones; you might just find a whole bunch of unknowns!"

Hearing these comments, the middle-aged man's face turned green. He even hoped that Shen Hua would raise the price so that he could buy the item back.

Localized necrosis doesn't care about any of that; seeing an innocent victim taking over, he immediately started counting down loudly: "Five, four, three..."

However, just as he counted to "three," Shen Huacai, with a conflicted expression, slowly raised his hand: "I'll say one hundred and fifteen."

"Phew—" The middle-aged man let out a long breath and looked at Shen Hua with gratitude.

My benefactor! He was spared a loss.

The surrounding players looked at Shen Hua with mocking expressions, as if he were a fool. They thought he was incredibly stupid to have spent another five spirit stones to buy the item back?

Shen Hua sat on the bench, looking conflicted.

Of course, his inner conflict was all an act; he had to make it appear to outsiders that he was conflicted.

The countdown to localized necrosis has begun again.

There are no major changes this time.

The countdown ended, and Shen Hua got his hands on the Wind Amber Stone as he wished.

However, in the eyes of the players around him, he had become a complete and utter traitor.

……

Even with localized necrosis, I'm overjoyed. I never thought such a broken stone could be sold!

"Sigh, I should have picked up a stone and sold it too," he thought to himself, secretly regretting his decision.

But the auction continued.

He composed himself and continued hosting the auction: "Let's continue with the next part of the auction."

"This is the second to last item. I don't have the actual item here, but you can check the equipment rankings. It's the [Gengjin Spear], ranked fifth, with superior spiritual quality. The starting bid is two hundred low-grade spirit stones. Please place your bids!"

Finally, it was time for the Gengjin spear. Many players present were excited and eager to try their luck.

They felt that the money they had was definitely not enough to buy the Xuan Ge wrapped hands, but they could give the Geng Jin long spear a try.

This spear is, after all, a spirit-quality spear, and it will still be perfectly usable in the later stages of Qi Refining.

Just as everyone was preparing to bid, a calm voice rang out from the crowd: "I bid four hundred."