aircannonsinc 159. Chapter 159 This Is The Treasure Of The World! (Two In One For Subscription)
159. Chapter 159 This Is The Treasure Of The World! (Two In One For Subscription)
Chapter 159: This is the World's Rare Treasure! (Two-in-One Subscription Request)
The Azure Blue Star.
In the Grangewey Sea near the Arctic Circle.
A scientific research vessel was slowly drifting on the sea.
Several experts with pale faces stood on the deck, quietly arguing as they looked at the large equipment placed on it, which was constantly displaying jumping data.
This ship belonged to the Azure Blue Star Warm Current Detection Organization, jointly established by the global community.
Twenty years ago, this organization discovered through big data analysis that the warm current passing through the Mediterranean Sea might encounter significant problems or even disappear.
And they issued a warning.
Naturally, major powers attached great importance to this warning and held multiple important meetings in response.
Then... then they felt that it was not yet time to take action.
After all, this was just a prediction, even though the confidence interval was over 95%, it still wasn't 100%, right?
And the disappearance should be a slow process. They believed that by then, they would definitely find more effective ways to deal with it.
And now, it has come to this point.
Based on the data collected by the scientific research vessel over the past six months.
The predicted events are slowly unfolding.
The warm current near Europa and even the United States is disappearing, and the speed may be even faster than expected!
"These data, when reported, those big shots will definitely not be happy."
"I guess someone will tell them that this is just our way of asking for funding."
"After all, they would tend to believe that we have exaggerated the severity of the problem with a little bit of mathematical methods."
An older expert in a red jacket sighed and summarized.
The younger ones were a bit annoyed, but they were silenced by a remark from an old man next to them.
In order to secure funding, they did indeed exaggerate the severity a little bit before.
"Alright, don't be upset. Even if the warm current does encounter problems, it will only result in a shift in agricultural production areas."
"With the current productivity, the probability of a great famine occurring outside the Black Soil Continent is still very low."
"And who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Perhaps a sudden eruption of sunspots will make everything better again?"
The expert in the red jacket coughed, signaling the end of today's discussion.
Afterwards, he looked at the data on the machine, frowned, and picked up his tablet to upload the data.
Although he was good at comforting his team members, he was actually a pessimist.
He was more inclined to believe that the warm current might really disappear, and then Europa and the United States would face major problems.
For this reason, he planned to transfer fixed assets and the like to other regions during his vacation this year.
Blowing the sea breeze, the expert in the red jacket, who was already tired of the vast sea and endless sky, closed his tablet and just walked into the cabin.
Then he heard someone exclaim,
"It's unbelievable!"
"Are the whale pods going crazy over here?"
"They're running fast!"
"Wait, what is this... this length, have we discovered a new species of whale?"
The expert in the red jacket was slightly shaken and became interested after hearing the content, joining a few team members to gather around an observer who was watching the underwater surveillance.
As a scientific research vessel that was highly regarded, they had various responsibilities and their equipment was relatively complete and advanced.
Through the underwater observation equipment, they could drink coffee or hot tea and witness various changes underwater.
Because of this,
They were surprised to see a white whale emerge from the school of fish and quickly rise to the surface!
"A white whale! It's actually a white whale!"
"Quick, take a picture, this is excellent material for a documentary!"
Someone keenly spotted an opportunity to make some extra money.
However, the man in the red jacket inexplicably felt a bit uneasy.
But he quickly shook his head and dispelled the worries in his mind.
Although their scientific research vessel was not a cargo ship weighing thousands of tons, it was still a large ship of about five thousand tons.
How could a ship of this size be afraid of sea monsters, even if the rumored giant octopus that lurked in the deep sea appeared, it wouldn't be able to harm their research vessel, right?
Just as he was thinking this,
Suddenly!
With exclamations from the observer and the surrounding team members!
They saw a black shadow chase after the white whale at a speed far surpassing that of the whale!
Then, this black shadow also emerged from the water, revealing its pitch-black scales and a gaping mouth.
It bit off almost half of the white whale's neck in one bite.
Then, on the surface of the sea, it devoured the carcass of the white whale, which appeared to be at least two or three times larger than itself, with astonishing speed, consuming both the flesh and bones.
During this time, they could only see the black scales on this black shadow, as well as its indistinct large head and fish tail under the black mist.
"This... this is definitely not a creature native to the Blue Star Sea."
"Perhaps this is a sea monster?"
"The Granville Sea has sea monsters... I always thought those myths and legends of the drunkards were deceiving."
Several young team members opened their mouths wide, some with fear, but more with excitement.
Most of the people on board had a longing to encounter mysterious events at sea.
Especially in a place they considered safe.
Some even boldly suggested operating the detection instruments to remotely explore the black sea monster.
However, the black sea monster on the sea surface thousands of meters away did not submerge after devouring the white whale.
Instead, he suddenly turned around and opened his eyes, which were shimmering with a faint golden light, looking towards the scientific research vessel.
In the blink of an eye.
The hundreds of crew members on the ship inexplicably felt as if they were in an ice cellar.
Immediately after, they widened their eyes and discovered that the sea monster... was actually flying!
Yes, it was flying!
Without wings, it twisted its massive fish body, even larger than a great white shark, and quickly flew into the air above the scientific research vessel.
"This is a Transcendent monster!"
"I knew it, the mythical legends must not be made up!"
"May the Saint Lord protect us! I don't want to be eaten by a sea monster!"
The black sea monster flew in mid-air, gradually lowering its altitude, and slowly approached the cabin, scanning the people in the cockpit with its eyes.
The large black fish monster seemed to have found its target and suddenly disappeared from people's sight.
Then, with a bang!
The entire ship began to violently tilt up and down before crashing heavily back onto the sea surface.
As the people in the cockpit fell to the ground, someone saw it on the surveillance screen.
The sea monster landed directly behind the ship, creating a large hole, causing the ship to lose balance.
Fortunately, the sea monster quickly flew out of the hole it created and disappeared into the sea.
Leaving behind a group of terrified crew members gasping for air for a long time, they finally left the cockpit in a somewhat embarrassed manner and looked at the large hole behind the ship.
After a moment of daze, they quickly reacted with the cursing of a few experienced sailors and hurriedly began the repair work.
They secretly rejoiced that the sea monster did not damage the keel and the bottom of the ship, sparing their lives.
The experts in red jackets also arrived later with their team members.
They quickly realized something and began to count the items stored in the warehouse after their investigation in the Arctic Circle.
They soon discovered that a box they brought back from the Arctic Circle research site was missing.
The expert in the red jacket remembered that the box seemed to contain a milky white ice crystal stone that was drilled out from deep within an iceberg in the Arctic Circle.
Because of its strange texture, it was preserved by the expert for experimentation after returning.
But unexpectedly, it was taken away by a black sea monster!
Could it be that the thing had some kind of attraction to the sea monster?
Thinking of this, the expert in the red jacket quickly gathered his team members for a meeting and sternly demanded that they keep it confidential.
Then, he quickly reported to his superiors.
It involved the Transcendent sea monster.
The various parties that should have been dragging their feet suddenly accelerated their efforts.
Before long, a military ship in a nearby port ended its rest and rushed over ahead of schedule.
And then, after confirming that the scientific research vessel itself had no major issues.
Europa officials dispatched a helicopter to pick up the Red Jacket expert and his team in advance.
It won't be long before the information about the black sea monster and the mysterious ice crystal stone found in the Arctic Circle is classified as top secret and studied by expert teams.
And as one of Europa's few bargaining chips, it will be used to deal with other major powers and exchange intelligence.
Dahei didn't know that he had already been marked as the Granvi sea monster by one faction.
And acquired the habit of feeding on whales.
Hunting white whales was just because Dahei's intuition told him that eating this upgraded whale would greatly benefit its future spiritual stability.
So it went and ate it.
The mind of the black fish is so simple and direct.
Similarly, when it discovered that there were valuable items in the large iron ship that the owner specifically wanted to pay attention to and obtain if possible.
Dahei flew up into the sky and ran over.
And strictly adhered to the owner's command not to kill unless necessary.
Indeed, it didn't harm those fragile mortal opponents, it just smashed open the iron plates with its tail and then took away interesting things.
Throughout the process, after entering the water, Dahei replayed it in his mind and felt that he had done a very good job.
There should be a chance to find the owner and exchange it for some Medicine Pills to eat!
Just as it was thinking about it.
Dahei suddenly felt a chill in his body, and then saw a palm-sized mysterious turtle appearing on his right side as if it had teleported.
And it stretched out its short neck, squinting its eyes and staring at Dahei.
Dahei's body froze, and a few seconds later, it spat out an adult fist-sized ice crystal stone from its mouth.
The mysterious turtle sucked in the ice crystal stone, then nodded in satisfaction, turned around, and sank into the sea.
The mysterious turtle has recently developed a liking for underwater volcanoes.
Not only can it eat some strange and delicious food there.
It can also resonate with the underwater volcanoes, immersing its whole body in the volcano magma, slowly absorbing volcanic energy, and accelerating the proficiency in Supernatural Power growth.
However, if it stays in each active volcano for too long, the effect will gradually diminish, which annoys the mysterious turtle.
It still prefers to lie flat in a certain place without moving, preferably with delicious food delivered to its mouth.
If the scene of the mysterious turtle soaking in the volcano bath is seen by the water blue star human civilization, it will definitely cause a huge sensation and attract countless experts to publish a massive amount of papers...
Three days later.
Nepal.
In the newly decorated factory, Huang Zong and others held the first Oriental Auction.
The venue was simple, but the security work was particularly tight.
In terms of the number of security personnel, there were even more than qualified attendees.
On the walls of the modified factory, there were even anti-aircraft equipment and unmanned turrets.
On the roof of the factory, there were large-scale interference devices that could be activated at any time.
At the same time, the identities of the participants in this meeting were also quite extraordinary.
In addition to a few businessmen who had initially invested in Mr. Huang and became friends with him, they received invitations.
The rest of the participants were all influential figures in various major forces, either wealthy or powerful.
Moreover, most of them often represented the will and instructions of higher-level figures.
Furthermore, what was more important was that the president of the Star of Enlightenment Church, which was currently popular in Korea, and the Yin & Yang master from the Cherry Blossom Country were also present at the scene and participated in the auction.
They could be considered the most distinguished guests at this auction.
Junichiro Koma, upon seeing Mr. Huang and his group for the first time, was convinced that these people, like himself, had come into contact with the real mysterious world.
Only then did his arrogance make him feel that the other party had the status to have a conversation with him.
On the other hand, the president of the Star of Enlightenment Church felt a little embarrassed.
He also felt the extraordinary nature of Mr. Huang and Junichiro Koma, the Yin & Yang master. The kind of high-level oppressive feeling they brought was not exactly the same as what his own archbishop brought, but it was almost indistinguishable!
He wasn't surprised that Mr. Huang and his group were Transcendents.
After all, that terrifying god was brought to Korea from this side.
As for the Yin & Yang master... the aura he brought made the president instinctively uncomfortable.
Therefore, he intuitively concluded that the Transcendent of the other party, himself, and Mr. Huang and his group were not on the same path.
Fortunately, it didn't seem like they were enemies. This auction didn't seem likely to have any surprises.
Mr. Huang personally presided over the auction this time.
As soon as he took the stage, he performed a one-handed lift of a larger box than others and effortlessly placed it on the table.
The heavy box made a muffled sound.
And after it was opened, everyone saw that it contained mostly heavy purple-red wooden items.
"This is a set of purple-red sandalwood furniture from the ancient country of Da Huang three thousand years ago!"
"Purple-red sandalwood can repel snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and it is cool in summer and warm in winter. Daily use can also regulate the body and mind, promoting health and longevity."
"It can be said to be a rare treasure."
"Starting price: 10 million Eastern Ancient Country coins!"
The auction was conducted using Eastern Ancient Country coins, which was a decision agreed upon by Mr. Huang and the Buried Bone Rat Daoist after discussion.
Although there were strong protests from American guests, they were directly told to either come or leave.
With so many influential figures waiting for them to buy things and bring them back, how could the American guests dare to be too stubborn?
Fortunately, Eastern Ancient Country coins had already circulated in various regions of power over the past few decades and could be exchanged, so they had no choice but to reluctantly accept the rules here.
The purple-red sandalwood furniture, with a starting price of 10 million, quickly soared to one billion.
Finally, it was acquired for 2.3 billion by a well-known Eastern investor.
Mr. Huang believed that this scene would definitely spread back to his hometown soon.
It probably won't be long before similar counterfeit products appear on the market.
Then there will be old men and old ladies pointing at their own collections, holding up photos of these rosewood furniture pieces, and loudly calling everyone to come and see. They will claim to have something similar to what is being auctioned.
Don't ask if it's new, just see if the color and shape match!
Mr. Huang took a sip of hot tea and waved his hand.
His companion behind the scenes shook his head, but still followed Mr. Huang's previous instructions and threw a large box into the air with both hands.
Then Mr. Huang lightly tapped the ground with his right foot.
He then used his Martial Dao skills to effortlessly float up to a height of over twenty meters, easily catching the large box with his right hand. Holding the box, he descended slowly like a feather.
This display of a flying and agile "Fatty" image immediately caught the eyes of the thousands of attendees.
Amidst their astonishment, they couldn't help but feel a mix of envy and jealousy.
These people came here naturally because they had seen Mr. Huang's information and knew about Fatty's rags-to-riches story and subsequent experiences.
They were well aware that just a few months ago, this guy was a local nouveau riche. At that time, this kind of small-time nouveau riche didn't even have the qualifications to attend their parties or flatter them!
Now, this insignificant character had become someone they had to treat with caution, someone they couldn't even hope to reach!
The reversal of status couldn't help but make some people marvel at the wonders of fate and good fortune.
After Mr. Huang landed lightly, he looked at the complex gazes of the attendees.
He thoroughly enjoyed this.
Especially when he noticed the fellow big shots who had shut him out when he went to visit them a long time ago, now looking at him with envy.
Mr. Huang felt that his small vanity had been greatly satisfied!
A sense of satisfaction, as if an old man had achieved something today, filled his chest.
Mr. Huang opened the second large box.
He took out four large vases over one meter tall from inside.
"The color... is it Ru kiln sky blue vase?"
"No, the color is similar, but the luster is more moist and comfortable."
"And the patterns on the vases, the craftsmanship... they are definitely the work of a master, but I can't figure out who!"
Several attendees who were very interested in antiques immediately widened their eyes and marveled at these vases.
More people became interested in the origin of these vases and the meaning represented by the patterns on them.
Even the most dull-witted attendees were somewhat aware that the valuable auction items at this auction were likely not cultural artifacts from their known world.
Instead, they were cultural artifacts from another world or under the control of a mysterious force in the mortal world.
Having studied up on mythological knowledge, they thought of the mythical lost paradise, the Mountain and Sea realms, and various Grotto-Heaven blessed lands.
And secretly speculated where these things were most likely from a mythical place.
After selling several antiques at high prices in a row.
Mr. Huang announced halftime.
And provided hot tea from the health tea bags for the guests.
Although the attendees were either rich or noble, the number of tea bags was limited, and many people did not believe they had missed the opportunity at first, so they were the first to taste this kind of tea.
After drinking the tea, they realized the extraordinary nature of these tea bags.
Whether they had tasted it before or not, they all deepened their desire to buy these tea bags to drink as water.
A few minutes later.
Mr. Huang returned to the stage with a smile.
"Cough cough cough, there will be something good coming up next."
"This thing is not of much use to ordinary people."
As he said this, Mr. Huang glanced at the people below, pausing on the faces of Shimao Junichiro and the president of the Bright Star Church.
Then he took out a small wooden box.
After opening the box, he took out a small Jade Slip from inside.
"This is an inherited Jade Slip from the Southern Wilderness."
"It has nothing to do with Cultivation Techniques, but rather knowledge about the miscellaneous arts of a cultivator's life."
As Mr. Huang said this, he extended a finger and stated a low price.
Soon, the auction became lively.
Even though it had nothing to do with Transcendent Cultivation Techniques, it was still great to learn more about the habits of Transcendents.
Regardless of which faction, they were all very interested in this.
However, as Shimao Junichiro stood up and announced a high price, the venue quieted down.
Many people calculated the gains and losses between offending a Transcendent and the Jade Slip, as well as the step given by the high price, and chose to give up.
Then, Shimao Junichiro obtained the Jade Slip.
And it was immediately handed over by Mr. Huang.
Shimao Junichiro had been in the Grotto-Heaven in the teapot all along.
He was very eager to understand the true Transcendent world.
Just as he tightly held the Jade Slip and infused it with magic power.
This Yin & Yang Master couldn't help but be slightly startled.
He didn't expect that the inherited Jade Slip he bought at a high price would actually record over a hundred methods of cultivating spiritual plants.
What value did this thing have for him now?
Wait, it seems that he can try the Resentment Flower and the Seven Sins Grass in this spiritual plant technique?
Shimao Junichiro slowly examined it, and after seeing the miscellaneous arts in the Jade Slip, he felt relieved.
It seemed that he did have luck and was a person of destiny!
It wasn't a waste of money to exchange for something useless!
Satisfied, Shimao Junichiro sat back in his seat.
Then the auction continued.
After selling some antiques, Mr. Huang would auction off some strange and mysterious items that seemed to be of a mysterious nature.
Such as the Thunder Engraved Stone, the Rejuvenation Medicine Pill, and some jewelry that had long-term health benefits when worn.
As the auction approached its end.
Mr. Huang thanked the attendees for their support with cupped hands.
He clapped his hands.
Suddenly, the lights on the factory roof dimmed and then became brighter, shining on the stage.
Mr. Huang smiled and said:
"Thank you all for coming to this remote place."
"So we have calculated and decided to treat everyone to a meal!"
As he said this, the attendants entered through the back door.
They placed simple wooden tables in front of the guests.
And distributed simple plates.
After a while, Mr. Huang carefully opened a wooden barrel.
Suddenly!
The entire venue was filled with an incredibly sweet fragrance.
Making everyone, including Shimao Junichiro, feel a strong appetite, and their stomachs started growling.
Especially Shimao Junichiro, who, in this spiritual environment, instinctively salivated when he smelled the fragrance of spiritual rice.
Mr. Huang also secretly swallowed his saliva.
If it weren't for Daoist Rat's instructions, he would have wanted to devour all the rice cooked with spiritual rice by himself.
Looking at these crystal-clear, distinct grains of rice.
Mr. Huang took a deep breath of the fragrance.
His hands transformed into afterimages as he distributed clumps of rice to the plates in front of the attendees.
A meal... it really was just a small clump of rice.
Not enough for an adult to swallow in one bite.
But none of the attendees questioned or became angry.
Looking at the spiritual rice in front of them that they had never eaten before.
They all had a certain illusion that this was the most precious and delicious thing in the world!
(End of this chapter)