CH 61.1

Because of the last minute price increase, it could be said that as long assuming they were to win the bid, the 200 million they brought with them on their trip would have been completely spent. As long as the carbonized jadeite could be won though, Lin Luo felt he would be very satisfied.

After Lin Luo submitted his bid, many more people came to submit their bids one after another. Everyone was holding a large number of bid sheets, which showed the fierce competition of the hidden bid auction.

Lin Luo and Xing Mo left the bidding area together, and prepared to go back to the hotel to wait for the hidden bid results to be announced.

Just as they walked out of the Vermi Open Auction hall, Xing Mo noticed a person who shouldn’t be there.

Xing Mo frowned slightly, then let Lin Luo go back by himself in a low voice. Lin Luo didn’t ask much, just nodded obediently and left.

Xing Mo slowly walked towards the person, “WenHua?”

Ling WenHua turned around and smiled awkwardly, “Oh, Xing Mo! Such a coincidence?!”

“What coincidence? Why are you here? Is something wrong?” Xing Mo asked with a serious face.

Ling WenHua was assigned to the planetary garrison of Kipola. Under normal circumstances the garrison cannot leave the planet where they are stationed. Even on vacation it should be impossible to come to such a distant star field. It is definitely a serious violation of discipline. The Ling WenHua he knew was absolutely not able to do this kind of thing without permission.

However, Ling WenHua was an ability user. Occasionally in the event of a high-risk emergency mission, the army would recruit ability users stationed on the major planets to form an elite team and go to the mission destination.

It’s because of this that Xing Mo asked such a question.

Ling WenHua looked at Xing Mo with embarrassment. After he was stopped by Xing Mo several people in plain clothes like him looked over vigilantly.

When he saw someone approaching, Ling WenHua shook his head slightly to stop their movement, then took Xing Mo back into the hall and found an abandoned corner to stand in.

“Xing Mo, can’t you pretend you didn’t see me?” Ling WenHua sighed.

Xing Mo answered his question in silence. It was about Lin Luo’s safety, so he couldn’t just feign ignorance.

“Okay, well, it’s my loss…” Ling WenHua lowered his voice and said, “The higher ups received intelligence saying that an interstellar pirate signal was intercepted near Vermi coinciding with the Vermi Open Auction. The consequences of what could happen are absolutely unimaginable. The military has pulled a lot of troops to guard on and around Virmi, and the above let us come just in case. We just arrived today, and we are still in the stage of investigation and early warning. I know at least that much I can say.”

Interstellar pirates are a group of desperadoes who are not controlled by the law. They have accumulated most of their wealth by looting, and are ruthless and cruel. The most frightening thing is that many of these people are ability users. In order to obtain stronger power, they will use any means available. In the early years they used force to rob some mining planets, but this will have been the first time they had set their sights on a stone gambling market.

Xing Mo nodded, “I see. Thank you.”

“You know the rules. Don’t do me wrong, brother!”

“Understood.” Xing Mo was very clear. For Ling WenHua to tell him about this incident was taking a great risk. If Xing Mo leaked the news, it would definitely cause a huge pandemonium. At that point, the responsibility of it all would fall directly onto Ling WenHua’s head.

He can’t even show any abnormality in his daily behaviors, otherwise it will drag Ling WenHua down and cause him to be scrutinized by the military. All he could do was stay by Lin Luo’s side as much as possible so that if something really happened, he could be there to protect him in time.

After the brief conversation was over, the two parted ways.

On the way back to the hotel though, Xing Mo clearly felt that someone was following and watching him. He walked to the stalls selling snacks, bought a lot of snacks that Lin Luo liked, and then went straight back to the hotel.

Xing Mo didn’t tell Lin Luo about the incident, and acted as if nothing had happened. He just waited for Lin Luo to fill his stomach and asked Lin Luo to help him by extracting the gold element liquid from his jade so that he could use it himself.

Lin Luo naturally agreed, and quickly extracted a vial of 70 to 80 milliliters of high-purity gold element liquid.

After Xing Mo waited for Lin Luo to fall asleep, he drank the water elemental liquid he had been saving and the gold elemental liquid. He wanted to try and see if he could raise his power level by a level. Even if he couldn’t, drinking the liquids now would at least serve to enhance his strength and allow him to better protect his beloved.

Xing Mo knew that this water element liquid should be extracted from the Heart of the Sea. He also knew that Lin Luo’s abilities were special and could extract gold element liquid with high energy purity. Even so he still would never have imagined that the purity of the energy contained in the two elemental liquids was so high that it was enough to allow his power to rise directly from the second level to the third level without any hindrance.

For ability users, the third level is a watershed. As long as a person’s ability reaches the third level, they have the ability to be in harmony with the X-type ability mech designed for ability users. Not only can the person’s combat power be greatly improved, but it is also possible to obtain the qualifications to be admitted into the military under special exception.