Chapter 14: Fierce Competition, No Mercy Given

Chapter 14: Fierce Competition, No Mercy Given

[Respected buyers of the auction house, welcome to the Apocalypse Trading Auction. We hope all players can successfully bid on their desired items. When bidding, you can click on the bid panel to place your bid. At the highest bid, the auctioneer will count to three. If there are no further bids, the hammer will fall, indicating a successful auction!]

[All life essentials owned by participating buyers will be converted into life essentials. A bottle of 500ml drinking water and a portion of 250g food constitute one life essential. If food is insufficient, double the amount of drinking water can be used as a substitute, and vice versa.]

Alex waited patiently for the auction to commence, as did others, all fully focused.

[First auction item: Golden-tier Blueprint: Fortified Walls. Starting bid: one hundred life essentials. Increment: ten life essentials per bid. (The auction house will deduct two percent of the final bid as commission.)]

Buyer number one raises their paddle.

The virtual auctioneer's mechanical voice chimed in: "Buyer number one raises their paddle, offering one hundred life essentials."

Soon after, buyer number three also raised their paddle.

The virtual auctioneer continued: "Buyer number three raises their paddle, offering one hundred and ten life essentials."

Alex, as buyer number eight, hadn't made a bid yet, observing as the price of the golden-tier blueprint soared, quickly surpassing the two hundred life essentials mark.

And judging by the momentum, it seemed poised to reach three hundred.

Buyer number nine raised their paddle, making the first bid of three hundred life essentials!

The auctioneer announced: "Buyer number nine bids three hundred life essentials."

Suddenly, lone wolves in the public channel were in uproar.

"Damn! Three hundred life essentials! That's three hundred bottles of water and one hundred and fifty pounds of food! How long could one survive on that?"

"Oh my god, three hundred bottles of water and one hundred and fifty pounds of food! This guy's a tycoon!"

"I know this buyer number nine, he's Benjamin!"

"Wow, this big shot is too terrifying. Where did he get so many resources from?"

Meanwhile, Buyer No. 9 posted a message in the buyer chat channel: "I, Benjamin, am placing an order for this gold-level blueprint. I dare anyone to challenge me? If you buy it today and I catch sight of it later, I'll demolish your house and tear you apart!"

Buyer No. 5 raised their paddle, ignoring Benjamin's threat.

"Three hundred and ten essential life supplies!"

The virtual auctioneer's prompt began to sound: "Buyer No. 5 bids three hundred and fifty essential life supplies, are there any other buyers willing to bid?"

Benjamin cursed loudly in his villa.

His team could no longer afford to bid with more essential life supplies.

Continuing would likely threaten their survival.

The auctioneer prompted again: "Since there are no other buyers bidding, three hundred and fifty supplies going once..."

A hint of contempt curled at the corner of Daniel's mouth.

Heh, he was the famous Daniel after all, what couldn't he get if he wanted it?

Who's Benjamin, what rubbish, not even worth mentioning.

Daniel even felt like laughing out loud.

He loved this feeling of overlooking the masses, he was the dominant ruler!

But, at that moment!

The voice of the virtual auctioneer rang out.

"Buyer No. 8 bids four hundred essential life supplies."

It was Alex, making his move at the last moment.

"What?"

Daniel was taken aback.

He didn't expect that someone was waiting to swoop in at the last moment.

And not only that, but they came in with fifty essential life supplies at once.

You see, at this point in time, almost all survivors treasured the supplies they had on hand.

These were necessities for their survival!

Not only Daniel, but even the people in the public channel were in an uproar.