The World Online

Chapter 986 – Invitation from the Federation President Similar to the previous few items, the War Soldier Code did not have a great demand.

Ouyang Shuo did not dare let his guard down. Be it Lords or guild leaders, 70% of them came from Silver Hand, and many of them were not allies of Great Xia.

If Ouyang Shuo placed his bid too early, it would expose his interest in the item, and there would immediately be people stirring trouble. At least Caesar would definitely cause problems.

Ouyang Shuo did not want to waste money.

Luckily, he was not fighting alone. He gave Feng Qiuhuang, who was sitting by his side, a gaze.

The 2 of them had come to a tacit understanding. She nodded; when the price was pushed to 800 thousand, she bid decisively, “1 million!”

Caesar looked over and swept his gaze past Ouyang Shuo before deciding not to act. He was not a fool and would not take a million gold as a joke.

The other people did not have thoughts to compete.

Just like that, Ouyang Shuo obtained the War Soldier Code with just one million gold.

Di Chen saw through the little exchange going on between them, but he did not choose to step out at that moment to expose it because that would be really lacking in manners.

After getting the merit talisman, Di Chen was already delighted and did not want to cause any more problems.

Following which, the auction continued to disappoint until the final item arrived, and the auctioneer introduced, “Country War Buff Card, after use, one can choose a 50% increase buff that lasts for a week. Base price 500 thousand, there’s no buyout.”

‘Si~~’

The players all took in a deep breath.

Gaia really did not mind the matter being huge. Since the country wars were about to arrive, such an item was definitely one that people would fight for in this auction.

The moment the auctioneer said those words, a huge explosion of bidding broke out.

“1 million.”

The first one to act was Keisuke Honda from Japan, who doubled the starting price.

Regarding country wars in the 5th year of Gaia, if one chose an expected country war, it would be the battle between China and Japan. Both sides saw each other as enemies and wanted to remove the other country.

The China region had the 30 honor points Ouyang Shuo earned, and they had the buff advantage. To the Japanese players, getting this card was like rain during a drought.

Honda Keisuke was going to go all out to obtain this card. He was not a fool. As long as he got it, the money he spent would naturally be made up for by the adventure gamemode players.

The Japanese players were really united on a matter like this.

“1.2 million.”

“1.5 million.” … “2 million!”

“2.2 million!”

There were many Lords with the same idea as Honda Keisuke, and the bidding price shot up like a rocket.

The ones that truly did not act were Ouyang Shuo, Jack, and the other more powerful players.

Jack did not act because America did not have any strong enemies around them, and it was not worth him spending so much money on such an item. Furthermore, he had obtained some items and used up the gold in his hands.

Ouyang Shuo did not act either. First, he had limited amount of gold. Secondly, even if he got the item, the players might not pay for it and say that it was expected since Ouyang Shuo was such a rich Lord.

The Chinese were just like that. In reality, they forced famous people to donate their money, using their morals against them.

Ouyang Shuo did not want to fall prey to such a scenario.

Taking a step back, even if Honda Keisuke obtained the card, Ouyang Shuo was not afraid.

“3 million!”

“3.2 million!” … “3.8 million!”

“4 million!”

Very quickly, the bidding price was pushed to a sky high one, and it seemed like it was going to break the record set by Di Chen. This was a battle of who brought more money, and it was not about the value of the card.

“Are these people crazy?” Feng Qiuhuang did not understand.

Ouyang Shuo smiled, “They are not crazy. If they get the card, not only do others pay for it, but they can also gain an advantage in the bid to be the country war leader.”

“I see.”

Feng Qiuhuang nodded. At the same time, she took a long look at Di Chen.

The China region country war channel had already been opened. Ouyang Shuo, Feng Qiuhuang, and the six members of Yanhuang Alliance were all listed.

The current voting situation was Ouyang Shuo leading with five million votes, while Di Chen was behind by 200 thousand. On the other hand, the rest had pitiful numbers.

The strategy the Yanhuang Alliance used was to gather the votes on Di Chen to fight Ouyang Shuo. With the influence of the six families, they were able to attract many people.

Of course, those who lived in Great Xia would vote for Ouyang Shuo, while those who lived in Yanhuang Alliance territory would vote for Di Chen.

The truly deciding votes would come from the nine imperial cities adventure gamemode players. They had not voted yet.

They were waiting to see.

If Great Xia really did something immoral and started an internal war at a crucial moment of the country war, the China region players would be disappointed and throw their votes to Di Chen.

The current Great Xia had not given out a signal to stop the war.

If it were not for Di Chen spending all his money on the merit talisman, he might have wanted to take a gamble at this item as a tool to gain votes to compete with Ouyang Shuo.

At this very moment, Honda Keisuke raised his hand once more, “5 million!”

This bid stunned everyone.

Not to mention at the auction, but for someone to even take out five million goal was a rarity.

One had to say that Japan was filled with rich people. During the achievement value exchange, they had definitely taken out huge amounts of gold.

Ouyang Shuo took a look at Di Chen. Both of their expressions were really serious.

‘Seems like the upcoming country war will not be as easy as we thought.’

Just like that, the card was obtained by Honda Keisuke.

After auctioning off the last item, the auctioneer suddenly announced a piece of news, “Due to the global system maturing, we have decided that this is the last official auction. Thank you for participating.”

“This….”

Everyone was astonished.

“When Gaia auctions items, there will definitely be elite items.”

No one expected such an auction tradition to end so suddenly.

Ouyang Shuo had some guesses about the auctions. Gaia definitely would not do anything without reason; this was especially so regarding the two recent global auctions.

Each one took back tens of millions of gold.

Before this, the huge amounts of funds that appeared due to the exchange event were slowly taken back by Gaia; this ensured the gold balance in game. Gaia would not let inflation occur.

Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo also wondered if Gaia was planning to use the virtual items to reduce the elite level, especially regarding the Silver Hand members’ achievement value.

Did the academic faction play a part behind Gaia’s actions?

Ouyang Shuo did not know.

What was Gaia’s reason for suddenly removing the global auction? The more he thought about it, the more he felt as if there was a layer of mist in front of him.

As he was deep in thought, Ouyang Shuo did not notice that the auction had already ended. The others were teleported back, while he was teleported to a small courtyard in the city in the skies.

“Little friend, we finally meet.”

Ouyang Shuo was instantly jolted to his senses. He looked around, only to see himself standing in a garden. An old man stood before him.

“Mr. President?” Ouyang Shuo immediately recognized him.

The Federation President smiled, “Sit and talk. If you do not mind it, call me Old Chen.”

That’s right, the Federation President was a Chinese person. He used administrative and political intelligence to lead the Federation.

If it were in the last life or when Ouyang Shuo had just revived, he would feel really shocked if he faced such a person.

However, he was now able to regain his calmness in a short while.

When Old Chen saw that, admiration appeared in his eyes.

Along with Great Xia growing stronger, although Old Chen was happy, he was also a little uneasy. As such, he decided to use this chance to meet Ouyang Shuo for the first time.

“Come, taste the tea made from the tea tree I planted.”

Ouyang Shuo nodded. He slowly tasted the tea; the tea was clean and refreshing, and the scent rejuvenated and energized him. He smiled and said, “Good tea!”

Old Chen laughed in delight.

Ouyang Shuo took the chance to say, “I have not had a chance to thank Old Chen for the matter last time.” Ouyang Shuo was referring to the time when he asked Old Chen to investigate whether Jason was trustable or not.

“It was just a simple act.”

Ouyang Shuo was really calm, holding a casual conversation with Old Chen. He was not in a rush to ask why Old Chen had brought him here.

Just like that, the two of them spoke for half an hour without getting to the main point.

This time, Old Chen could not take it anymore. The city in the skies was not totally a secret, and if Ouyang Shuo stayed for too long, the matter would easily be revealed. If Silver Hand found out, it would be troublesome.

The academic faction was unwilling to go all out against Silver Hand for now.

Old Chen said unwillingly, “Little friend, aren’t you a little curious about why I got you here?”

“If you’re willing to say it, you would, even if I did not ask. If you are not willing, you would not tell me even if I did.”

“You, ah!” Old Chen really could not handle Ouyang Shuo. He had never seen a young man who was so calm and unfazed like Ouyang Shuo; this young man was an old fox at his level.

‘This game really trains people.’ Old Chen was filled with emotions.

At this stage, Old Chen did not beat around the bush anymore and directly said, “I invited you over to meet you so that we can officially get acquainted.”

“Old Chen is a really respectable leader. To be able to be liked by you is my good fortune,” said Ouyang Shuo; these were not false words.

Old Chen had heard many of such words in his life but hearing it from Ouyang Shuo made him feel happy, “Apart from meeting, I mainly wanted to talk to you about the Yanhuang Alliance.”

Ouyang Shuo’s eyes tensed up; he knew that the main point had arrived.