MTL - The Age of Giant Ships and Cannons-Chapter 66 Black market auctions and trickery

  Chapter 66 Black market auction and tricks

  Originally, Li Qing came here for the black market auction, and wanted to see if he could get some good things here.

But now that he opened the box and found a miraculous relic like the imitation Ayi Mora magic lamp, his expectations for the black market auction are not so great now. What he wants to do most now is to end the auction and go back and have a good time. Study this magic lamp.

  Three wishes represent three extraordinary benefits. As long as you figure out the maximum ability, you will be happy at that time.

   Not long after, as players who signed up for the black market arrived one after another, at a certain moment, a host in a tuxedo came to the stage and rang the bell, and the auction officially started.

  The first lot is a refitted and strengthened finished cruiser with full salvo modules and all five-level configurations. The starting price is 2 billion star yuan.

  At the same time, everyone received a piece of auction information, which showed in detail the information of all the accessories of the cruiser.

  Although everyone has warships, most of those who dare to come to the outpost to develop have cruisers, but this does not prevent them from taking another finished cruiser that has already been configured.

   In less than two minutes, this thing was raised to a high price of 6.1 billion, which exceeded the total price of all configurations of this cruiser by about 500 million, and was won by an unknown player.

  Generally speaking, the value of the first lot in an auction is second only to the finale lot, and the value of the next lot in the middle is average.

   Li Qing and Li Lie sat there, looking through the list of auction items and chatting quietly.

  Time passed unknowingly, and one lot was auctioned, and occasionally he was interested in it, but most of the prices were too high, and he finally gave up.

   Soon came to the later stage of the auction, and the value of each lot went up all the way, and it didn't take long for the finale of the four auctions.

It was obvious that everyone in the drowsy auction venue was refreshed, and Li Qing also cheered up, because he had just seen the finale of the last four auction items and an unknown gem, and found that two of them were quite suitable for him. , hoping to win one.

   The first piece is a finished battleship, a standard knight type, unmodified, equipped with common five-generation weapon accessories, as long as you buy it, you can immediately pull it out to fight. The starting price is 20 billion.

The second lot is a relic, the mask of the Pirate King, which has the effect of summoning a pirate cruiser and three pirate gunboats after consuming a large amount of energy blocks, and equipped with standard combat pirate crews. Use it once, the starting price is 50 billion.

  The third piece is a standard frigate manufacturing blueprint from the United Civilization of the Shata Tribe. The reason why it is the finale is because this blueprint can be used 100,000 times, and the starting price is 10 billion.

  The fourth item is an ancient relic-level hidden treasure chest, which has not been opened before, with a starting price of 15 billion.

  As for the last unknown masterpiece, it is the King of Bidding. The finale of the finale, there is usually one in a large auction. Unfortunately, the King of Bidding will not be made public until it is auctioned, so it is impossible to know what it is in advance.

   It can only be said that it is worthy of being an annual black market auction. The finale auction is good in terms of value and rarity.

  The four finale pieces are ranked in no particular order, but the finale of the first auction is the No. 3 frigate manufacturing blueprint with the lowest starting price, which is also one of Li Qing's goals.

   This thing comes from the United Civilization of the Shata tribe, and I don’t know where it was obtained. A blueprint can be used 100,000 times. Normally, a one-time frigate is worth 2 million, and 100,000 times should be worth 200 billion stars.

   But the problem is that this is the frigate of the United Civilization of the Shata tribe. Its technological level is far inferior to that of humans. It is shown on the blueprint that the naked ship attributes of its frigate are far inferior to the attributes of standard human frigates.

  Frigate (Shata class): Patrol, escort, reconnaissance, security, mine, support landing and support for the Marine Corps to land on the planet.

Attributes:

  Basic hull: 800

   Base Armor: 600

  Base Shield: 600

  Base speed: 100000 km/h

  Default Tactic: Sentinel Tactic.

   Fleet slot size: 1.

  Guard core (default)

  Components: energy core, superluminal components, thrusters, detectors, combat computers.

  Weapon slot: S4, P1.

  General slot: S4, A1.

The basic hull is 200 less than the 1000 of the fifth-generation human frigate, the basic armor and shield are 400 less each, the base speed is 30,000 kilometers slower, and the weapon slot and the general slot are one less. Compared with the human standard Haiyan class The frigate is more than 30% weaker.

  If you add the suppression of weapons, five generations against three generations, and various general accessories and other functional accessories, the overall combat power suppression is as high as more than 50%.

  What is this concept?

  If a single ship is 50% weaker, it can still fight with the command ability. If the whole ship is 50% weaker, it will be completely crushed on a large-scale battlefield.

  However, no matter how weak it is, it is still a battleship, a battleship that can be used 100,000 times.

   If it can be made, it will not affect the use.

   It's just that the technology of the hull is not as good as the standard of the Human Empire, but the configured weapons, general slots, and other accessories are all the standard of the Human Empire, so the gap is not that big.

   It’s definitely not good to be the main force, but if you only serve as cannon fodder and patrol fleet, it’s still fine.

   "15 billion!"

  Li Qing raised his sign and directly added 900 million to the previous asking price of 14.1 billion.

   Li Lie asked strangely:

   "What do you want this for?"

   "16 billion!"

  The price was lowered by 15.5 billion again, and he replied:

   "I have a shipyard that works."

   Immediately after finishing speaking, someone asked for a price of 18 billion, which directly suppressed 2 billion, but Li Qing raised his sign without hesitation:

   "20 billion!"

   "Okay, this gentleman bid 20 billion, is there a boss who offers a higher price!"

  The host's tone was passionate and passionate, but there were not many actual bids. In addition to Li Qing, there were more than a dozen people bidding on the same bid, and as the value rose, some people gradually withdrew from the bidding.

   It’s normal. There are not a lot of shipments in the frigate blueprint market. Most players with shipyards have small shipyards. If the output is not large, of course they choose standard frigates. Few people buy this low-end product.

   Those who bid with him are basically the bosses or representatives who own large shipyards.

  The rest of the people took turns to bid, and soon the price of the drawing reached 30 billion.

  Li Qing looked at his remaining assets, and whispered to Li Lie:

   "Lend me some money later."

   "35 billion!"

   Li Lie said in surprise:

   "Boss, this thing is not worth 35 billion!"

  Li Qing smiled and said nothing, without explanation.

   There were a lot of people who thought the same as him, and many people who had bid before saw this and shook their heads and put down the sign.

   "Add 5 billion directly, crazy!"

  A fat man angrily inserted the brand into the seam of the scantily clad beauty in his arms, and gave up the bid.

   But the two players sitting next to him looked at each other, and Lu Qing on the left whispered:

   "Brother, do we want to give it a shot?"

   Lu Yi hesitated for a moment:

   "Will it get him burned? If he finds out that we gave up, wouldn't it be a blow to his hands?"

   Lu Qing smiled and said:

   "Of course we won't make a move."

   After speaking, he opened the communication and sent a message to someone. After a while, a man sitting not far from them raised his head and held up a sign:

   "36 billion!"

   "Okay, someone bid 36 billion now, is there a higher bid?"

  The host wished that there would always be bids, and was very happy.

  Li Qing looked over with a frown, hesitated for a moment, and continued to raise the sign:

   "37 billion."

  The man raised his sign without hesitation:

   "38 billion!"

   Li Qing was annoyed for a while, his mind moved, his eyes flashed, and there was a noisy sound in his ears, and he heard a familiar voice among the many noisy voices:

   "40 billion should be his psychological expectation, and stop after another move."

  He quickly turned his head to look in a certain direction, pinpointed a certain seat among the crowd of people, and saw Lu Qing who had also turned his head to look over.

  Li Qing looked away after only one glance, and turned down the sign, expressing his abandonment of bidding.

   At this time, the auction host also saw his actions and said loudly:

   "Now 38 billion times, is there anyone bidding?"

   "38 billion quadratic."

  The host looked at Li Qing and paused for a while, Lu Yi looked at Li Qing with an ugly face, and Lu Qing explained in a low voice to the other side of the communication with some embarrassment.

  Ten seconds later, the host saw that Li Qing hadn't raised the sign, so he knew that he had really given up, so he picked up the golden hammer and smashed it down without hesitation:

   "38 billion times, congratulations to Mr. Cai Qi from Halo for taking pictures of this rare frigate manufacturing blueprint."

  Cai Qi from Halo sat there with a weary look on his face, and wanted to have a fit, but the place was wrong at this time, and he was extremely annoyed at the Lu brothers who encouraged him.

This thing has no effect. Although the team has its own shipyard, the team shipyard is different from the commercial shipyard. The commercial shipyard faces the public. No matter how low-end it is, as long as it is cheap, people will want it, but the team is all elites. Who would want it? Such a low-end frigate.

   "Thinking to trick me, dreaming!"

Although he didn't get what he wanted, Li Qing wasn't too shocked. This thing is the best, and there is no loss. Anyway, the blueprint of the most warship in the trading market is the frigate. This is the largest output, and there is no such thing as being sold out. Happening.

  I want to buy this one, but I just want to get it cheaply. 100,000 times can be enough for him to use it for a long time.

  No matter what they think, the auction is still going on.

The second lot is an ancient relic-level treasure chest, which is the kind of treasure chest he just gambled on. The ancient relic-level is a level above the fifth-level treasure chest. In theory, it can produce anything that the player encounters at this stage, including the fearless flagship. Even the blueprint for the manufacture of the Titan super flagship.

   But that is only in theory, in fact, there is a high probability that other good things of equal value will be produced.

Yes, although the shipment of ancient relic-level treasure chests is still a probabilistic issue, the bottom line has been greatly increased, which means that no matter how bad the things in it are, it will not be so bad. I dare not say that the capital will be guaranteed, but no loss will be made where to go.

  Of course, the premise is that the auction price should not be too outrageous.

   Li Qing has a little interest in this thing.

  But when he saw the price raised to 60 billion stars in just one minute, he clearly gave up the bid.

  The price of an ancient relic-level treasure chest on the normal market is about 50 billion star dollars, and 60 billion star dollars has already exceeded it.

   That is to say, the source of this ancient relic-level treasure chest is the same place as the mask of the relic Pirate King, which is also the finale. The estimate of the bid has a high probability that something good will come out, which is equivalent to a gamble.

   This has exceeded Li Qing's psychological expectations, so although he thought so too, he did not bid in the end.

  Five minutes later, the price of this thing was directly raised to 105 billion stars, and it was finally taken down by an unknown man wearing a mask.

   Soon it will be the third lot, a fully equipped battleship.

   The base price of this thing is 20 billion, and the first one to raise the placard is directly called 70 billion, just like a basin of ice water to calm down all the players who are eager to try.

   This price has exceeded the overall value of this battleship by several billions, and the next is a premium.

   However, in this situation, there are still people who want it. After more than ten seconds of silence, someone raised a sign:

   "71 billion."

   "72 billion."

   "73 billion."

  Bids alternated one by one, adding 1 billion each time, and when it reached 80 billion in one go, no one bid finally, and it was still won by the masked man just now.

   "Tsk tsk, too rich."

  Li Lie clicked his tongue, looked at the last lot on the lot information in front of him and said:

   "The last treasure, I don't know what price this thing can fetch."

  Li Qing shook his head and said:

   "Whatever the sky-high price, it has nothing to do with us anyway."

  Li Lie nodded in sympathy:

   "Yeah, it has nothing to do with us, and our whole team can't afford it."

   As they expected, the first bid of 200 billion was the masked man who received two auctions just now.

   "Really rich!"

   Li Lie said with emotion:

   "It is estimated to be the leader of a large team in the outpost."

  Li Qing also thought so, but the man was wearing a mask, and he didn't know which large team he was from.

  Then they watched the whole show, watching the price of this relic rising all the way, quickly rising from 200 billion to 300 billion. At this moment, Li Qing had the illusion that money was not money, but just a series of numbers.

A few minutes later, the bidding speed of the last three people was getting slower and slower, and each time the price was increased from 5 billion to 1 billion, everyone knew that the final transaction price of this relic was about 320 billion to 330 billion. between.

  Five minutes later, the masked man died laughing and won the treasure at a price of 332 billion stars.

  After filming the four finales, the temperature of the venue not only did not drop, but continued to rise, because the finale of the last finale is about to appear.

  Generally speaking, if you want to be the finale of the finale, the value must be much higher than the finale, just a little higher is not enough, so not all auctions will have the finale of the finale.

This black market auction has just been held for a few years. This year is the second time. It is estimated that in order to build a reputation for the brand, the auction items are likely to be transferred from other places. Too perverted lot came to the finale.

  Li Qing was also lucky enough to rush over just two days ago when he heard the news, otherwise he would have missed it.

  As the background music sounded, dots of starlight fell from the sky and converged at one point. The space was distorted for a while. Li Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw a powerful psyker wrapped in a circle of twisted psychic energy coming out of the psychic energy channel.

  In the eyes of non-psychics outside, it was accompanied by a little bit of starlight falling, and a distorted figure that could not be seen clearly emerged out of thin air.

   "Ladies and gentlemen, now we are announcing the finale of this auction's finale."

   Without sloppiness, he picked up the silk scarf covered by a delicate and gorgeous crystal plate held by the psyker, and a burst of golden light shone through, revealing a.

  (end of this chapter)