blogombal Chapter 234 Buying "Scrap Metal" and Setting Up a Plan in Secret!
Chapter 234 Buying "Scrap Metal" and Setting Up a Plan in Secret!
The auction proceeded smoothly.
One rare and precious item after another was presented on the display stand, eliciting gasps of amazement and fierce bidding from the audience.
There are wondrous cosmic flowers that can revive the dead and heal the wounded; there are powerful weapons that seal the souls of ancient ferocious beasts.
There is even an ownership contract for a small, inhabited planet.
But Su Chen remained silent, sitting calmly in his VIP box, as if he were a true outsider.
His silence only made those forces secretly observing him even more perplexed.
"What exactly does this 'dust' want?"
"Did he come here just to watch the show?"
The elders of the Star Devouring Cult were filled with doubt.
Under their tense gazes, Su Chen finally made his first move.
At this moment, the auctioneer is introducing a seemingly ordinary item.
"Distinguished guests, the next item up for auction is a creation from a collapsed subspace civilization—the 'Dimensional Stabilizing Anchor'."
A half-person-high metal cylinder covered with intricate patterns was displayed.
"According to our analysis, its function is to forcibly stabilize the spatial structure within a small area, making it immune to most spatial teleportation, dimensional jump and other similar capabilities for a short period of time."
"However, its drawbacks are equally obvious. It requires an enormous amount of energy to start and is a one-time consumable that is discarded once used up."
The auctioneer's tone was somewhat helpless.
This thing is tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away; it's a typical "waste product."
"Therefore, its starting price is not high, only one hundred soul crystals, and each bid must be at least ten soul crystals higher. Let's begin!"
After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.
Nobody is interested in this.
For the big shots who can attend this level of auction, who doesn't have a few spatial treasures or secret techniques?
This thing is bulky and energy-consuming; its cost-effectiveness is too low.
It looked like it was going to go unsold.
"one thousand."
A calm voice came from the VIP box.
It's "dust"!
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
The mysterious tycoon who hadn't uttered a sound since entering the venue has finally made his move!
But the first thing he did was buy this unwanted "junk"?
"What does he want to do?"
"Does this thing have some hidden function that we're unaware of?"
In one of the self-important private rooms, someone immediately countered with a bid: "One thousand one hundred!"
He wanted to take a gamble; perhaps this really was a treasure, and this "dust" had seen through it.
"Ten thousand."
Su Chen's voice rang out again, still so calm, but the price he quoted silenced the person who had been bidding against him.
Spend 10,000 Soul Crystals to buy a universally recognized piece of junk?
Crazy!
No one dared to bid against the price anymore.
Inside the Star Devouring Cult's private room, several elders and analysts immediately erupted in a commotion.
"A dimensional stability anchor? Why would he buy that?!"
"Quick! Analyze! Is there any conflict or restraint relationship between this thing and our 'Reaper's Mark'?!"
"Reporting to the Elder, according to the database comparison, the main function of the 'Dimensional Stabilizing Anchor' is to 'solidify' space."
"The 'Reaper's Mark' is a mark at the 'Law' level, and there is no known interaction between the two!"
"Then why did he buy it? And why did he pay ten times the premium?" An elder was completely baffled.
"Could this be... some kind of signal? Is he showing us a sign of disrespect?"
"Or is this just a smokescreen, and his real goal is something else?"
Their brains raced, trying to analyze a hundred possible conspiracies from Su Chen's inexplicable behavior.
Meanwhile, inside the VIP box...
The "dimensional stability anchor" had been respectfully brought in by the waiter.
Su Chen looked at the large iron lump without any change in expression.
This thing is really not very useful to him.
The reason he spent a lot of money to buy it was simple—he needed a "vessel".
A "vessel" that would allow him to keep it with him legitimately without arousing any suspicion.
His fingers seemed to brush against the rough surface of the anchor unintentionally.
The instant his fingertips touched it, a tiny speck, smaller than a speck of dust, enveloped by his divine sense, mixed with coordinates from the "data dream."
And a peculiar energy body, consisting of a trace of "soul waste," was silently stuck to an extremely hidden energy loop inside the anchor.
The entire process took less than a thousandth of a second, was completely silent, and involved no energy leakage.
After doing all this, Su Chen didn't look at the anchor again, casually tossing it into the corner of the private room, as if he had only bought a toy that he didn't want to play with.
His action was clearly seen by those spying divine thoughts.
"You bought it and then just left it aside?"
"What on earth is he up to?"
The elders of the Star Devouring Cult were even more perplexed. They racked their brains but still couldn't figure out Su Chen's intentions.
The more they struggle to understand it, the more wary they become, and the more energy they dedicate to researching this "dimensional stability anchor."
This achieved Su Chen's goal.
With a single "feint," they successfully drew everyone's attention to the wrong thing.
His real trump card, that tiny, negligible "seed," had already been quietly planted.
This seed was both his escape route and a great gift he prepared for the Star-Eating Cult.
The chess piece has been placed.
Su Chen leaned back in his chair, his gaze returning to the auction hall.
He could feel the atmosphere inside the arena becoming increasingly heated.
Because the grand finale is about to begin.