Gaia fourth year, 1st January, ten in the morning, the system announcement sounded punctually.
"World Announcement: The first global auction has officially begun. All players worldwide who meet the requirements will automatically receive an invitation to the auction. Once they agree, they will be teleported to the Sky Auction House."
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Almost at the same time, the sound of the system notification entered Ouyang Shuo's ears.
"System Notice: Congratulations player Don't Say You Don't Have Clothes, it has been detected that your personal assets have reached 4,000,000 gold coins, fulfilling the requirements to participate in the Global Auction. Do you wish to participate?"
"Yes!"
"System Notification: Requesting confirmation, teleportation begins!"
"Shua!" A dazzling white light flashed, and Ouyang Shuo was teleported to an unknown map. It was the legendary Sky City.
Legend had it that Gaia, the Main God of the game, resided in the Sky City. He hid in the clouds all year round, and his tracks were elusive. He overlooked the entire planet, patrolled every continent day and night, and managed the periodic operations of the game world.
There were fairies, divine generals, and all kinds of rare beasts in the city. It was like a fairyland. There were even rumors that the leaders of the Federation and other big shots also lived in the Sky City and enjoyed their game life.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Sky Castles were the most mysterious existence in the game.
They never expected that Gaia would choose Sky City as the venue for the global auction. It made the participating players excited and they felt that their trip had not been in vain.
The Sky Auction House was located in the western corner of Sky City. Players couldn't leave the Auction House after teleporting here. It was still difficult to see the true face of the mysterious Sky City.
However, Ouyang Shuo knew that it was not only a global auction. In the future, the global tournament would also be held there. Sky City was, in fact, a venue that Gaia used to hold a global event.
It was not as mysterious as the rumors made it out to be.
Due to the simultaneous teleportation, by the time Ouyang Shuo appeared, practically all the players qualified to participate in the auction had arrived. As far as the eye could see, there were less than a hundred players in the Auction House.
As far as the eye could see, almost all the world's famous players were present.
Some of them were people that Ouyang Shuo had met before, such as William from the English region and Henry from the French region. There were also people that he had interacted with before, such as Jack from the American region.
There were even more players that Ouyang Shuo didn't know even though he had been reborn. In his previous life, how could he have had the opportunity to participate in such a high-end event?
Even on the global stage, Ouyang Shuo was the center of attention. The players sitting next to him greeted him in a friendly manner and introduced themselves.
The players of the China server were arranged to sit in the same row. Aside from Ouyang Shuo, Di Chen, and Chun Shen Jun, there were only two guild leaders, Bloody Romance and Xie Siyun.
Apart from Feng Qiuhuang, Xiong Ba, Zhan Lang, and the others were also absent from the event.
The appearance of the satellite city had shifted the focus of the guild. Even the top ten guilds wouldn't spend their precious funds on an auction if they didn't have a certain level of confidence.
Coincidentally, Harry was sitting in the row in front of Ouyang Shuo.
"Old friend, long time no see!" Henry turned back to greet him enthusiastically and said with a smile, "After returning from the Mediterranean Sea, Shanhai City has been making big moves. How enviable."
Ouyang Shuo also smiled. "We'll meet again soon."
"Oh, are you going to sail again?"
Hearing this, not only Harry, but Di Chen and the others also listened attentively.
Di Chen and the others were not envious of Ouyang Shuo's wide social network. When it came to social networks, Di Chen knew many of the players present. Ouyang Shuo's appearance didn't change the overall situation of the game. The outstanding players of the various countries were basically the representatives of the major forces.
As an influential figure in the China server, how could Di Chen not have any interactions with them in real life?
However, their respective territories were still limited to China, and they didn't cooperate in the game. Naturally, there was nothing to talk about. When the national wars started, it would be hard to say.
Ouyang Shuo smiled and shook his head. He didn't answer Henry's question directly. Instead, he talked to Henry about the situation in the Mediterranean Sea. Ouyang Shuo still hoped to learn more about the Base City from Harry.
After chatting for a while, Henry suddenly pointed to a player on the left of the first two rows and said, "Do you see that? The kid in front is called Caesar. He's been very active in the Mediterranean Sea recently."
Ouyang Shuo followed Henry's gaze and saw the legendary Caesar for the first time. He was one of the three future giants of Europe. He was indeed handsome and extraordinary.
Caesar seemed to sense Ouyang Shuo's gaze. He suddenly turned his head and gave Ouyang Shuo a provocative look.
Seeing this, Henry said unhappily, "This kid is too arrogant."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and said in his heart, "Interesting!"
In his previous life, Caesar was a European supremacist who looked down on players from other continents. Caesar probably minded Shanhai City's forceful intervention in the Mediterranean Sea.
Henry wanted to dominate the Mediterranean Sea, so he was afraid that there would be constant friction with Caesar. His "French" friend wasn't really innocent. He wanted to instigate Shanhai City to fight with Caesar, right?
Ouyang Shuo only wanted to maintain the normal operation of the Grand Line. He didn't want to get too involved in the conflicts of the countries in the Mediterranean Sea. As long as Caesar didn't provoke the Mediterranean Sea Fleet, Ouyang Shuo didn't want to make a move.
Henry would have to worry about Caesar.
At this moment, the auction officially began.
"Let's talk next time." Ouyang Shuo patted Henry's shoulder and gestured for him to calm down.
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After a simple opening, the auction immediately began.
The auction mode was no different from the previous regional system auctions.
The auctioneer walked up to the stage with a smile and said, "Now, let's start the auction of the first item."
The first beauty walked up and lifted the red silk cloth on the tray, revealing a token.
"The [Village Creation Token] can raise a Village Creation Token below the Gold rank by one rank. The starting price is 500000 gold coins, and there is no fixed price. Please bid, "the auctioneer introduced.
As expected of Gaia, the first item was already extraordinary.
Apart from Ouyang Shuo and a few others, most of the lords present had used the Silver Village Creation Token as a reward from the game capsule. In terms of the starting point of the territory, it was inferior to the Gold rank token.
Now, Gaia had given them a chance to make up for their regret, but the price was not cheap. The starting price was 500,000 gold coins, and no one knew how high the final price would be.
Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo smiled calmly.
All he had to do now was to watch the show.
After 20 minutes of intense competition, the token was sold for 1,000,000 gold coins, and it fell into the hands of Jack Dawson of the US region.
As the son of the richest man in the world in reality, no one knew how many gold coins Jack had exchanged in one go during the limited time exchange last year. To Jack, this 1,000,000 gold coins was worth it.
In Jack's eyes, only Shanhai City could be considered a competitor. After finding out that Shanhai City used the Gold rank Village Creation Token, Jack had always wanted to upgrade the Liberty City's token.
He had been looking around, but he had not found a way.
He had not expected to see this token at this auction, so he had to obtain it at all costs.
Ouyang Shuo noticed that Lord Chunshen had also participated in the bidding, but when the price rose to 800,000 gold coins, Lord Chunshen had given up. He must have had some other motives.
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Soon, the mystery of the second item was unveiled. It was a scroll.
The auctioneer pointed at the scroll and introduced it in detail, "This is a newly released [Underworld Map (Incomplete)]. No matter which country's players obtain it, they will be able to obtain a fifth of that country's Underworld map. The starting price is 500000 gold coins, and there is no fixed price. Please bid. "
After the fourth system update, the mysterious Underworld became the focus of global players. Some players even boldly speculated that the various Underworld countries were connected.
The map fragment released by Gaia immediately became the focus of contention among the various guild leaders.
This round of bidding was even more intense than the first round. After more than half an hour of bidding, the map was won by China's Bloody Romance with a sky-high price of 1,500,000 gold coins.
Given the vast territory of China, it was not a loss for Bloody Romance to obtain this map. Even if it was only a fifth of the map, it was equivalent to a country in other continents, or even several countries combined.
Because of this, the final competition was between the three guild leaders of China, Russia, and America. Bloody Romance had spent a huge sum of money to obtain this map, so he must be very confident in taking down Xianyang City's satellite city.
"Congratulations!"
Ouyang Shuo, who was sitting to Bloody Romance's right, immediately congratulated him.
Bloody Romance smiled and said sincerely, "Thank you!"
Sitting in the auction hall, the five players from China instinctively hugged each other. Even Di Chen and Lord Chunshen both offered their congratulations.
Xie Siyun, who was also a competitor, did not lose her poise either.
The fact that China had taken down a city was a cause for celebration.
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While Ouyang Shuo and the others were congratulating Bloody Romance, the mystery of the third item was unveiled. It was another token.
The auctioneer said, "This is a Teleportation Token. Once a Lord player uses it, he can add a Teleportation Portal to any city in his territory. The starting price is 500000 gold coins, and there is no fixed price. Please bid. "
Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed when he heard this.
This Teleportation Token was the item that Ouyang Shuo wanted the most.
There were six cities in Shanhai City that had Teleportation Portals. They were Shanhai City, Cliff Mountain City, Oceankeeper City, Lingxi City, Lion City, and the Base City.
It seemed like a lot, but compared to Shanhai City's territory, it was somewhat insufficient.
With this Teleportation Token, Ouyang Shuo could more easily strategize his territory, especially Shanhai City's overseas strategy, which required the Teleportation Token.
When Shanhai City was promoted to a Level 3 County City, the Base City had added an international Teleportation Portal to Shanhai City, which immediately changed the situation.
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