Lu Mingfei Returns from Monster Hunting

Chapter 250 Sorrowful Slaves (4.8k)

The accident happened faster than Lu Mingfei imagined.

Semyon and Mikhail, two shrewd second-hand dealers, did not survive to the second half of the auction.

Their bodies were found in the lounge by a guest named Gregory.

He looked like a devout monk, but he was brutal, stabbing Semyon to death and strangling Mikhail immediately.

It's a pity that he couldn't get out of that room. Semyon, who was pierced through the heart by a dagger, woke up with strong willpower, and blasted Gregory's head into mud with a large-caliber pistol.

The tragic death of three people shocked Bunin.

As for the two things that are the culprits, they are some kind of wriggling mollusk, which is far from the dragon blood serum that Lu Mingfei guessed.

None of them survived the chaotic battle. One was blown up by a bullet, and the other glass bottle was also shattered by a bullet. There is a high probability that the creatures inside would not survive.

"Clean it up, burn the corpses, and seal up all the remains of their goods." Bunin ordered.

The service staff immediately invited the surrounding guests out, and then cleaned up the scene.

But the leak of news is still unavoidable.

Lu Mingfei was sure that when the guests gathered around, they focused on the broken goods rather than the tragic death of friends.

Their expressions were regretful and angry, exactly the same as Bunin's.

After all, for them, those things are "treasures" that can prolong time.

It is not difficult to deduce what happened on the scene.

Semyon and Mikhail, who wanted to do off-market transactions, found a robber.

Gregory didn't intend to pay at all, and of course it could be that Xie Miao and his offer were unacceptable.

But his time is really running out, so he must get the goods, no matter what means he uses.

But with Bunin's subordinates outside, even if he killed two of them and got the goods, it might be difficult for him to escape.

Even with such a risk, he still put all his eggs in one basket. It is conceivable how Gregory's desire for goods has reached.

After a while, Bunin came out of the lounge, without explaining too much, just went to the bar and asked for a glass of sake.

"Now this year's goods are really not enough, the situation will only get worse and worse, even to the point of killing each other, please protect Christina, please."

Beside him, Lu Mingfei was slowly sipping a glass of red wine.

"Mr. Bunin, your commission is really troublesome~"

Lu Mingfei sighed softly, got up and left.

At this time, the topics discussed by the guests in twos and threes had nothing to do with the deaths of several people. They all knew that the goods were missing two copies.

The fear of not having enough goods gradually spread among the crowd.

Many people here are running out of time, but they still want to live, so the only way is...

Half an hour later, the second half of the auction began.

The guests returned to the table and sat down, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.

In fact, in the past half an hour, everyone basically re-established the alliance relationship, gathered the chips in their hands, and prepared for the final fight.

The starting price of the fourth item was pushed to [-] million US dollars.

This time the placard was raised by Auchinets.

He entered the meeting room with Sonia and Volodya, and the three reconciled. Sonia and Volodya transferred the balance on their accounts to Oginets' account.

Auchinets was now the representative of their group.

The friends from Moscow have no way out, only three items are left, and they will try their best to get one.

However, after testing each other in the first half, the players no longer hide their strength in the second half.

The price quickly rose to [-] million U.S. dollars that had never been paid before.

Except for the three members of the Romanov family and Anna who had already won once, everyone participated in the bidding.

Although he was determined to win a piece of goods with great determination, the sky-high price of [-] million US dollars still stopped many people.

From this point of view, the net worth of this group of people is only a few hundred million dollars, not some top rich people.

But Miss Ling, the only top rich man at the scene, didn't have any intention of raising a sign at all, and concentrated on drawing with her head down. This time, her painting was no longer about the Last Supper, and Lu Mingfei didn't see what she was painting.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Mingfei raised his hand when the [-] million dollar hammer fell for the second time.

"Three hundred and ten million dollars."

The quote put others on the alert immediately.

The glamorous Ekaterina first questioned: "Do you dare to ask Mr. Lu's bid to represent the Romanov family?"

"No, he's just playing around with his chips." Ling turned to look at Lu Mingfei, "Do you want me to sponsor you a little?"

"No need." Lu Mingfei flatly refused.

"Can the secretary of the Romanov family use 1000 million US dollars in bargaining chips?" Auchinez asked in a deep voice, his face did not look very good at this time.

"2000 million U.S. dollars." Lu Mingfei said.

He was too lazy to talk to these people, so he used the same tactics as Zero.

The coercion descended on the conference table silently.

This secretary, who has always been ordinary along the way, felt that it was too rustic for His Royal Highness to carry a bag, but at this moment, he showed a calm and even bored attitude like a child of an aristocratic family, and unexpectedly rushed in with an unknown large amount of money.

This is without a doubt a formidable opponent.

Regardless of whether the Romanov family is behind him or not.

"US$2000 million a time." Bunin slammed the hammer for the first time.

"500 million U.S. dollars." Auchinez raised his placard.

He only added 500 million, which may be due to insufficient chips, or it may be to show weakness.

"3000 million to [-] million." Lu Mingfei continued.

He seems very confident, although in fact his bank card is only [-] million US dollars, but this is also a tactic.

But if it wasn't for Gregory's desperado, everyone wouldn't be fighting to the death like this.

And his aura of being a son of a family is all fake, imitating the figure of Caesar's [-] million in memory. The real him is just a pauper who can't afford a house in the third ring of the capital.

"500 million U.S. dollars." The man named Nikita whispered the figure.

Unlike the first half, no one quit the game easily, and the quotations were infinitely raised.

"Everyone's funds are almost at the top, and the battle will be settled quickly." In the earphone, Su Enxi whispered.

"[-] million U.S. dollars." Lu Mingfei no longer hesitated, and decisively held up the sign, his voice was as calm as throwing out a basin of footwashing water.

Silence, only the sound of heavy breathing one after another.

The price of [-] million US dollars is a terrible figure for everyone.

Some of the people who walked into this meeting room did not know how much real estate they had mortgaged, some borrowed money crazily, and some joined forces to make up enough capital for the moment.

But in front of Lu Mingfei who treats money like dung, their efforts are in vain.

It's like you practiced swords at Shilipo to level [-], full of confidence, but you encountered a heavy building as soon as you came out of the village, there is no way to win it! ?

Lu Mingfei wanted to sigh for no reason.

He was the one who offered this price, but in front of the gloomy-looking Sonia, Valoja and others, he didn't think it was worth feeling superior.

At least the money wasn't his.

"One time for $[-] million, two times for $[-] million..."

Bunin raised his hammer and glanced majestically.

Only Lu Mingfei knew how much he was looking forward to throwing the hammer down as soon as possible, but he couldn't show his feet yet.

"Five years."

Ekaterina, who has been quoting infrequently, raised the sign in her hand.

"Four hundred million dollars, plus five years."

As soon as these words came out, Bunin's face changed slightly, but fortunately, he was old enough, so he quickly regained his composure and nodded slightly.

"Ms. Ekaterina's new offer, $[-] million, plus five years."

The expressions of the people present did not change much.

On the contrary, Lu Mingfei is a little strange, the money is ignored, what is this "five years"?
These people came here to bid for time, but could time also be used as a bargaining chip in the auction?
How much time can the mollusk in the jar they bought give them?

Many puzzles puzzled him, but the auction was still going on, and no one could explain it to him.

After a brief silence, Leonid held up a sign: "$[-] million plus six years."

"[-] million dollars plus seven years." Nikita followed suit.

Once the psychological price of [-] million US dollars is broken, no one hesitates.

Almost all are quietly increasing prices on a year-by-year basis.

It seems that time is more precious than money, and no one dares to increase the amount as much as money.

"Three hundred and fifty million dollars, plus 5000 years."

The tall and thin man who was called Yakov spoke with difficulty.

This tone also exposed his cards.

He never made an offer after adding 5000 million before, because the balance in his account was only 500 million US dollars.

He didn't rejoin the fray until time replaced the dollar as the new hard currency.

"Please wait a moment, I need to make a call and ask the seller to see if he is willing to accept your offer."

Bunin paused the auction process again. He looked at Lu Mingfei consciously or unconsciously, as if explaining to him.

"In addition to US dollars, we also accept service years as the unit of pricing. Miss Yekaterina's bid is 15 million US dollars plus her family's five years of dedicated service for the seller, while Mr. Yakov is willing to devote his family's efforts to The seller has served for [-] years, but at the same time his price quotation has also been reduced, I can’t make a judgment on this point, I have to ask the higher authorities.”

After he left, the conference room fell silent again.

Lu Mingfei rubbed his chin, he suddenly realized a terrible truth.

This is not a jar for raising Gu, but a cage!
The well-dressed nobles had to spend more time serving the organization behind Bunin in order to have a little time to live.

A year of service for a family is worth less?

It's as uncertain as how much a person's life is worth.

But in city 023, these things can be calculated.

If life can be counted, what else can't be counted?

Emotion, dignity, chastity... In order to gain more time, they can all be put on the trading table as equivalent collateral.

Waiting for the other party to take it away.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help feeling a little angry. He felt that as a human being, he shouldn't be spoiled like this.

But the anger also seemed unwarranted.

Because everyone present has nothing to do with him except Zero.

They're not even drinking friends, and it's not worth being angry at them for ruining their lives.

But he really wanted to overturn the table with a slap, and let the person behind Bunin come out and choke his neck to see whose fist was harder.

It was just that a hand was pressed on the back of his hand in time, suppressing his anger.

Zero turned his head and took a deep look at him, there was no expression on his ice-cold little face.

She didn't say anything, but Lu Mingfei's anger suddenly disappeared.

"Feel sorry."

Lu Mingfei said softly, then looked back at the conference table.

His emotions didn't know why, and after coming to this snow field, he became more and more out of control.

First laziness, then rage...

Lu Mingfei clutched his head with a headache, trying to find the root cause of his change, but found nothing.

He had a bad premonition, which became stronger and stronger as the auction progressed.

After a while, Bunin returned to the conference room.

He first respected Yakov: "The seller accepted your bid, Mr. Yakov, but he also has requirements. First, you can use time to offset the price after you have spent all the money in your account, and second, time to increase the price." It cannot be unlimited, after all, the service value of each family is different."

Leonid tapped on the table: "Can we know the amount of each family?"

Bunin shook his head: "Unfortunately, this item is kept secret for the time being. I will only issue a reminder after the upper limit of the amount is triggered."

"That is to say, we need to spend all the money in our current account, and then overdraw all our future lives, in order to get a chance to live?" The red-haired Sonia smiled desolately.

"I'm sorry, it's not up to me to decide Sonia, I'm just the host of the auction." Bunin said ruthlessly.

"The things I came here have been done. If allowed, can I leave early?"

Perhaps because she realized that she was surrounded by a group of hungry wolves, Miss Anna who got the second shipment stood up and made a request.

Mr. Bunning handed her card back and said with a smile: "Of course, my dear Anna, the card has 430 million dollars left, what a beautiful tactic."

Hearing this, the rest of them looked very different.

Anyone who saw Anna's decisive bid would think that her book funds were very sufficient, but in fact, when the bid reached 9000 million, it was already her last fight.

Anna didn't say much, she simply hugged Bunin and said goodbye in a hurry, without even turning her head to look at the others.

By luck, the vulture bit off a piece of meat from the pack of jackals, leaving the rest of the pack to fight for the three remaining opportunities.

Bunin returned to the table and sat down: "Those who have contributed to us before can get the kind of gold coins that cannot be copied. currency in effect at the meeting."

Lu Mingfei frowned slightly, he knew that Bunin was reminding himself.

There were more than thirty gold coins, and he probably knew where Bunin's gold coins came from.

He has served that organization for over 30 years and these are his compensations.

However, in the fourth round of the auction, he was a little humble, and was won by a man from Maxim at a price of 15 years and [-] million US dollars.

Because in this round, he still needs to observe the bottom line of this group of people on the price.

It is estimated that 20 years is almost their peak.

So when the fifth round of auction started, Lu Mingfei directly quoted a price of 30 million US dollars plus [-] years.

He put the little leather bag full of gold coins on the table in front of everyone.

The gold coins were arranged in a formation, a total of thirty pieces.

The audience was silent.

After thirty pieces were discharged, Lu Mingfei's bag was still full.

This is the result of some other coins he mixed in during the intermission, which will give people the illusion that he still has the hole card.

In such a shocking situation, no one dared to compete with him anymore, Bunin dropped the hammer, and Lu Mingfei got the fifth shipment.

Although he wanted to open the suitcase on the spot and study what the mollusc creature was, he pretended to be indifferent.

Of course, no one is paying attention to him now, and everyone's eyes are on Bunin.

Lu Mingfei, a newcomer, can give out so many gold coins, so it goes without saying who gave him gold coins behind the scenes.

Sonia sighed: "I didn't expect that our competitors include the host himself, Mr. Bunin."

"The rules of the auction do not prohibit such behavior. Anyone can hire someone else to act as an agent, as long as you have enough trust in him."

Bunin looked around at everyone coldly.

"I'm about to leave my post soon. Instead of keeping these gold coins, it's better to take away a valuable item. I think that when someone needs it, they will offer a price that satisfies me."

The old fox did not reveal his real purpose of auctioning the goods.

This old fox who has been in power for more than [-] years, the biggest concern in his life is not the bag of gold coins and family property, but his naive daughter.

Now he exchanged all his assets for his daughter's life. As long as this night passed safely, they could live a comfortable life.

Lu Mingfei saw Bunin's unconcealable smile, and could even hear from his expression that he was saying something like "after finishing this deal, we will return to Moscow for retirement".

However, he became an agent of the organization controlled by that Bondarev.

Can Bunin really get away so easily?
Lu Mingfei didn't believe it, he looked at Ling, and Ling shook his head slightly.

The people in the game think they know themselves even though they are least aware of them. This is Bunin's sorrow.

(End of this chapter)