Chapter 558: A Fraud

“The Street Brawling Aunts Fear Nothing team member, Five Colors, bid 1.11 billion, congratulations to this guest for triggering a hidden card, which has been sent to your personal backend, please check it promptly.”

Mingxi ‘eheheh’ed in her heart, and under the intensely burning gazes of her teammates, whose faces she couldn't clearly see, she quietly clicked on the activity’s personal backend connected to her terminal.

This activity was set up quite properly.

Besides private information, the personal backend also had a ‘Warehouse’ icon.

Mingxi clicked on ‘Warehouse’ and, as expected, saw a dark golden card pattern lying on it.

She clicked it.

After dazzling colorful light effects, a bomb symbol appeared on the screen, and the next second, it jumped to the card information.

‘Self-Destruct (II)’: A bomb that can be triggered at any time during the event. Within 5 minutes after the explosion, the cardholder gains a severe injury effect, unable to move actively, and unable to acquire points in any form.

Note 1: This card cannot be exchanged, cannot be traded, cannot be actively triggered, and cannot be used on other event participants.

Note 2: The rule card ‘Heal (II)’ can be used to remove the severe injury status.

Damn it!

(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

What a sin.

111 is such a good number, why did it trigger a negative effect card, and one that only brings misfortune to myself!

She wants to cut ties with Chu Kuangsheng, that old 6, for 111 seconds!

“The Goddess Team member, Wu Cai, bid 1.1125 billion star coins!”

While Mingxi’s inner self was pounding her chest, stomping her feet, and gnashing her teeth, but her face remained as calm as a rock, Ye Linyu’s voice forcibly pulled her thoughts back.

There really was a Wu Cai.

What a jinx!

This person followed her bid so closely, and even deliberately added 2.5 million star coins. If this wasn't to deliberately annoy her, Mingxi would write her name backward.

“I told you, that woman Wu Cai has her eyes on you,” Mama said, laughing gleefully from the side.

Mingxi was speechless.

“The Goddess Team member, Wu Cai, bid 2.11 billion.”

While people from various teams were silently grumbling, Wu Cai bid again, surpassing her own previous bid, adding 1 billion with an air of dominance.

It was clearly a way of telling everyone that 2.5 million was Wu Cai’s attitude towards the so-called Five Colors who impersonated her.

1 billion was her true strength!

Mingxi, who was being passive-aggressively mocked with money, sighed, “What a spendthrift!”

No matter how precious the Exquisite Stone Glue was, 1 billion star coins was actually already a high premium.

Mingxi estimated its true value would not exceed 300 million.

Because this item was only useful for Soul Star Fate, but how many pet beasts in the whole world had Soul Star Fate as a companion?

Mingxi was willing to bid 1.1 billion, which stemmed from her deep love for her own Lan Yue.

But Wu Cai, on the other hand, spent 2.1 billion to buy an item worth no more than 300 million, and it was highly likely to be just a display item. She probably had too much money with nowhere to spend it.

Of course, maybe she simply wanted the points.

Nothing more to say.

Mingxi could only say sorry to Lan Yue.

It wasn’t that its Beast Tamers were too poor; it was simply that a normal person couldn't go crazy like someone with a mental illness.

“Congratulations to the Goddess Team member, Wu Cai, for successfully bidding on the Exquisite Stone Glue, and also congratulations to her for triggering a hidden card!”

This second auction item actually triggered three rule cards, which immediately made the first auction item, which didn't trigger any rule cards, seem utterly insignificant.

No matter how many thoughts people had in their minds.

The auction continued.

The third auction item was an S-grade defensive item. Mingxi really liked Feng He Umbrella, so she wasn't very interested in this item, but she still went along with the crowd and made a bid.

It was all for the rule cards.

Ultimately, this item was won by Zhou Fang from their Auntie Team.

Mingxi realized something: those who used their real names generally weren't short on money.

Money power gave them absolute confidence.

And Zhou Fang, as expected, received an open card ‘Rebound’. This card could defend against and rebound any negative card used against him.

Clearly, this was a very good rule card; even if it was an open card, its effect was still considerable.

Knowing that someone can rebound your card and still using it on them, are they perhaps seriously ill in the head?

The deterrent effect was excellent.

Mingxi, from the same team, was so envious she almost cried.

Mingxi’s luck tonight was indeed not very good; in the following seven auctions, she focused on participating but failed to trigger any more rule cards.

Although throughout the entire auction, all participants displayed their passion (money) and enthusiasm (power) without reservation, only 11 rule cards were actually triggered.

Mingxi being one of the 1/11 seemed incredibly lucky.

But ‘Self-Destruct (II)’, would you want this luck?

Unlucky Mingxi furtively summoned Little Silver Flower, anyway, Bai Ling had said that only the event participants were projected in this team space.

Their exclusive attendants and the participants' pet beasts would not be projected.

So Mingxi unhesitatingly upped her stakes.

Lady Luck, I need you!

“...After fierce bidding, the first stage of the Team Clash event concludes here. Now, based on the auction results, the points ranking of each team will be announced.

Temporarily in first place is our Goddess Team, with 49 points! Congratulations to them!

In second place, almost neck and neck with our Goddess Team, is the Male God Team, with 48 points. Congratulations to them too!

In third place is ‘Pure College Students Chatting Awkwardly Online’, with 21 points.

...

Finally, in last place is ‘Pure Love War God’, with 0 points.

According to the event rules, the first stage implements a full-team last-place elimination system.

Therefore, it is with regret that we inform the six members of ‘Pure Love War God’ that you have been eliminated and cannot participate in the upcoming Team Clash event!”

In fact, ‘Pure Love War God’ was not the only team with 0 points. Both the Goddess and Male God Teams had three successful auction experiences, out of a total of ten auction items.

These two teams divided six items, leaving four items for four other teams, one item per team.

So, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) the remaining four teams actually all had 0 points.

The other three 0-point teams were ‘Shota Team’, ‘Funeral Love Family’, and ‘The Big Tree Grew Chili Peppers’.

However, because these three teams all had members who triggered rule cards, according to the hidden mechanism of the event, ‘Pure Love War God’, which had no gains whatsoever, naturally ended up in last place.

And upon hearing Ye Linyu’s elimination declaration, everyone was in an uproar, especially the eliminated ‘Pure Love War God’ members!

“Damn it! Why didn’t you say there was this rule earlier?”

It was clear that all event participants were unaware that the last-place team would be eliminated; otherwise, the auction competition would certainly have been more intense.

“Shearing the sheep so gently? That’s not Instructor Chu’s style, is it?”

Given Chu Kuangsheng’s ruthless and stingy personality, since he participated in the event planning, how could he let the event be ‘gentle’?

Mingxi instinctively felt something was amiss.

Her intuition was spot on.

After announcing the elimination of the ‘Pure Love War God’ team, the host, Ye Linyu, changed his tone and immediately announced that the event was entering its second stage.

“Selling Treasures!”

Yes, the tables had turned.