Civilization Paradise

Chapter 97 Getting Better (First Update)
He went back to his bedroom to wash up, and then went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator.

He took out the bag of thin noodles and a tomato he had bought yesterday when he came back, and made a simple meal.

Half an hour later.

Long Ming returned to his room, went to the bed, picked up the game helmet, and put it on.

shuh~
When Long Ming opened his eyes again, he found himself in the City of Stars.

He raised his wristband to open the online store, only to find that the unopened file folders had not been sold.

However, I received several messages in the temporary chat box.

"Brother, your price is too high. It's hard to get anything good from this file folder. How about 300 million?"

"Your price is the market rate, but opening this account is a gamble where nine out of ten people lose. Would you sell it for 260 million?"

Long Ming glanced at all the comments; they were all from people who thought it was too expensive and wanted to ask for a new quote.

It seems that players nowadays are smarter and no longer buy blindly.

Long Ming stared at the unopened file hanging on his back, deep in thought. This file was a copy from the observatory.

If I'm not mistaken, the information that will be released will likely be related to the observatory, including data and design drawings.

It's not that these things are bad, but they're useless to him and can't be converted into cash.

Of course, we don't rule out the possibility of someone getting lucky and receiving special information.

Thinking of this, Long Ming found a player who offered the highest price of 400 million among the many comments and gave them a reply.

"it is good!"

"Please change the price."

A reply quickly popped up in the temporary chat box.

Long Ming then changed the consignment price to 400 million.

"Notice: Your unopened file folder has been sold, and you have received 400 million One-Dimensional Coins."

After reading the prompt, Long Ming opened the auction interface to check the auction status on the map.

"hiss."

Long Ming gasped. The map of the observatory base had already been bid up to 15 million 1D coins, and the auction was still going on for about six hours. He estimated that the final price would be even higher.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was normal for the price to be driven up to this level.

After all, buying this map is definitely something a large guild would do, possibly one of the top three guilds. And this map isn't a one-time use map; elite members of the team can repeatedly activate it, making it quite cost-effective overall.

Long Ming then patiently found a place to sit, reading the military combat manual while waiting for the auction to end.

Soon, only five minutes remained in the auction.

Long Ming put the manual away and began to stare at the auction price of the map.

At this point, the price had been capped at 1600 million, and it hadn't moved for almost two hours.

Time passes by second by second.

When the auction interface displayed a 10-second countdown, the price was immediately driven up to 1700 million One Dimension Coins.

The countdown time has been reset to 30 seconds.

The price was pushed up to 1750 million in the next second, and then it went up again.

Seeing this, Long Ming smiled. Sure enough, the major guilds were starting to exert their strength.

Prices quickly and dramatically soared.

A few moments later, after more than a dozen rounds of bidding, the auction price settled at 2600 million One-Dimensional Coins, and no one raised it any further.

hum~
A notification popped up on the bracelet.

"Notice: Your submitted observatory map has been successfully auctioned. You have received 23.4 million 1D coins after deducting the handling fee."

Long Ming was very satisfied with the prompt; a map sold for over twenty large red coins.

He checked his account and was very pleased to see 93630500 One-Dimensional Coins.

Although these game coins were worth less than a million Mountain Coins, he hadn't been this rich in a long time.

As for the money, Long Ming wanted to find an opportunity to buy a gaming pod later, since constantly using the Star Cafe's gaming pod wasn't a good idea. It would be troublesome if he needed to play games urgently but couldn't find a match, and the gaming pods were extremely expensive, making each use quite painful.

However, game pods aren't so easy to buy, and the price premium is too high right now. Thinking of this, Long Ming tapped his bracelet to exit the game.

In the bedroom.

Long Ming took off his helmet and twisted his neck.

He's going to do a big raid with the guild tomorrow, so he's not doing it today and is going to get some rest.

Otherwise, his body wouldn't be able to handle it.

Long Ming lay on the bed, picked up his phone and opened WeChat.

The fifth rat swarm kept popping up messages, each displaying over 9999 unread messages.

Long Ming was also a little surprised by how lively the group was today, so he opened the group chat.

Zhou Hui: "Brothers and sisters, the guild is going to raid tomorrow!"

Chang Yue: "You're only finding out now? I've already signed up with Seventh Sister."

Zhang Qian: "You guys are going too far! You didn't even tell me about this great opportunity beforehand! I want to sign up too!"

Qin He: "Wow, I've never seen you guys so enthusiastic before, but you've all changed your tune today!"

Shen Chu: "Brother Qin, we don't usually make much money from group activities, but this time is different. This time the guild is going to open a big dungeon, a dungeon that requires invitations! These dungeons are super lucrative, and with the guild's protection, we can definitely get a lot of good stuff!"

Ning Yan: "That's right, if a rat who signed a 50/50 split gets in, then they'll be rich!"

Chang Yue: "It's not easy to select a contract rat, after all, our Fifth Rat Team only has 10 slots in total."

Ning Yan: "That makes sense. But full-time rats can also make money. I heard there are extra subsidies, and if you touch a lot, there are bonuses too."

Zhang Qian: "If what you're saying is true, then it's hopeless. There are probably at least several thousand people in our group who have signed up, right?"

Qin He: "There's nothing we can do but try our luck."

Long Ming seemed to be deep in thought as he read this, realizing that going on a mission tomorrow would be a lucrative one.

hum~
At that moment, a message popped up on my phone.

"Meet at the entrance of Wish Cafe at 7:00 AM tomorrow. Remember to bring your badge and don't be late!"

"it is good."

Long Ming replied to Xiao Qi.

The center of Shangcheng District.

A towering, spire-shaped building stands on a bustling street.

The building's facade is made of clean, white tempered glass, reflecting the sky.

The entire building is very magnificent and luxurious.

At this moment, on the top floor of the building, in an extremely luxurious private office.

Qian Sha sat on a soft leather sofa, smiling broadly as he embraced two sexy, hot, and beautiful women.

At this moment, the building's curtains automatically closed, blocking the view from the outside.

Then, one electronic screen after another extended down from the ceiling.

Captain Alang, standing next to the sofa, quickly and respectfully said.

"Lord Qian Sha, it's time."

Upon hearing this, Qian Sha's smile vanished instantly, and he spoke directly to the beautiful woman in his arms.

"Go down."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, the two beautiful women quickly got up, lowered their heads, and left.

At this moment, the electronic display screen drooped down, and images of Qianwei, Qianluobing, and their brothers and sisters appeared.

Then Qianwei said with a gloomy face.

"Everyone's here. Let's have a meeting to discuss matters related to the observatory."

(End of this chapter)