The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead-Chapter 483 Auction

The little white mouse’s words immediately captured Nian Shutong’s attention, but she didn’t turn her head to look; instead, she mentally noted the area’s number with Divine Sense.

Mining site 444, unowned.

Staring at this number, Nian Shutong felt a genuine connection with the number 4.

It seemed she always encountered it.

The train continued, and when it reached the final station, everyone disembarked, including Nian Shutong and her group, walking towards the auction site.

The auction site was a circular building, three stories high, with double doors made of fine iron and a sign outside.

The sign listed the auction times, which typically occurred three times a week at irregular intervals.

Coincidentally, there was an auction today.

Nian Shutong noted the time and asked Fu Yunhe to handle the registration, place the deposit, and purchase the auction qualification.

When Fu Yunhe had completed all the procedures and returned, all the bidders were gathered together and seated on a large tour bus led by an auction guide.

The auction guide, standing at the front of the bus, began explaining the auction rules.

"Hello everyone, I am the guide for this auction, just call me Xiao Zhao."

"Today, there are seven representative parties bidding on fifteen mining sites."

"Next, I will take you all to each mining site for one last field inspection before we complete the auction for each site."

After explaining, the auction guide casually pointed to a spot on the right and said, "We have arrived at mining site 618, please follow me and disembark."

There were seven representative parties, but the total number of people was quite a few dozen.

Each representative party had several accompanying experts, plus personal assistants, bodyguards, and the like, making quite a crowd.

After inspecting the mining site, seven groups stood in seven different directions, but the other six groups were large gatherings of people, whereas at Nian Shutong’s spot, even with the Beast included, it was just a small group.

The auction guide appeared a bit surprised but since there were people who bid based on intuition, he just glanced over and withdrew his gaze.

"Mining site 618 has been inspected; the auction will now begin. The starting bid is three hundred million, minimum raise of ten million. Let the bidding start."

"Three hundred and thirty million."

"Three hundred and fifty million."

"Three hundred and sixty million."

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The bidding started, and Nian Shutong was also communicating with the little white mouse; after all, this was its area of expertise.

"How is it?"

"Master, there’s nothing; it’s all surface sheen, a total loss."

Since that was the case, Nian Shutong raised her hand high and called out her bid.

"Four hundred million!"

At that moment, Nian Shutong’s expression was one of determination.

Unfortunately, the bidding continued, and the price had already reached five hundred million.

Nian Shutong carefully observed the expressions and emotions of each bidder, feeling that she could still act a bit more convincingly.

"Five hundred and fifty million!"

She suddenly raised by fifty million, drawing frequent looks from the people across.

Is this woman truly strong, or is it just a bluff?

And these people, are they really not plants from the auction house? It seemed a bit casual.

Nian Shutong looked relaxed, completely baffling the opposite party about her strategy, but still someone offered a new price.

"Five hundred and seventy million."

Everyone became somewhat hesitant at this price.

Buying a mining site was just the beginning; finding personnel, preparing machinery, and additional investments were all very costly.

The costs were too high, and many feared they wouldn’t make a profit.

However, their gazes turned towards Nian Shutong, who simply made a gesture of respect with her hands and said, "Respect, respect."

She wasn’t bidding anymore.

In the end, one of the representative parties acquired mining site 618 for five hundred and seventy million.

The first auction was complete, and there were still more than a dozen sites to go, so everyone boarded the bus again, and the vehicle continued on.

But the mood was somewhat peculiar now, what was up with this woman?

Mining site 537.

Nian Shutong bid up to four hundred and seventy million, the final auction price was four hundred and eighty million.

Mining city 968, Nian Shutong still bid, her final offer was eight hundred and sixty million, and it was sold for eight hundred and seventy million.

With each mining site, Nian Shutong placed a bid, causing general annoyance among everyone.

Was this person serious about bidding, or just inflating the prices?

Nian Shutong’s actions confused the auctioneer, wondering if she was really a plant sent by the owner?

But, was this plant’s intelligence a bit low? It seemed too obvious.

In fact, some of Nian Shutong’s bids were random, while some were earnest attempts to buy.

However, according to the little white mouse’s judgment, added to Divine Sense’s pricing from Daodao and Xiao Bai on the Star Network, a collaborative effort meant they didn’t secure a single site.

She would not invest beyond her estimated price.

This series of actions made Nian Shutong seem like a clueless plant.

The auction continued, and when they boarded the bus again, the other six representative parties sat quite far from Nian Shutong, while the three of them, oblivious, sat quietly in their corner.

The auction bus resumed its journey, finally reaching the 444 mining site Nian Shutong desired, but the guide for each site had only one thing to say about it.

"The next stop is mining site 444, please prepare to disembark."

That was it.

Not a word about the richness of the reserves or possible mineral outputs, just a number and that was all.

Throughout the journey, Nian Shutong understood why.

The overall color of the mine was gray and dusty, related to the mineral output environment.

The higher the output of a mine, the more desolate its environment, almost devoid of green grass or trees.

But this 444 mining site was an oddity, its terrain covered with lush green grass and scattered trees.

Additionally, there was an important reason: people with "eye power" in the interstellar realm were not scarce, some thought it was an anomaly, perhaps there were treasures to be found, so this 444 site had been bought and sold before.

But after three months of mining, nothing was found.

Ultimately, the buyer resold it to the auction house, at a very low price.

The other six representatives had done their research before coming; in their eyes, this 444 site was nothing but wasteland, utterly useless.

Coming here was merely a formality; it was said that mining site 444 had been passed over at auction for more than a year, with no buyers interested.

The vehicle gradually stopped, and six representative groups didn’t even all disembark, just one person from each group went down, led by the auctioneer.

The three in Nian Shutong’s party did get out, still sporting simple, relaxed smiles, which to the other six seemed a bit foolish.

"We won’t tour here, let’s start the bidding directly, starting low at ten thousand Star Coins."

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