Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Because it was stated from the beginning that the auction was mainly for the crystal cores of mutant wild boars, many people who were not interested in the crystal cores went home directly after the buffet ended. There were still about a hundred people left, some of whom were indeed interested in the crystal cores, while others stayed just to watch the fun.

Originally, Gu Tongwan and the others had planned to leave right after finishing their meal, but Xiaoli, Lan Cen, and Liao Yunyun had never been to an auction before, so the girls wanted to stay and take part in the atmosphere of the live auction.

"Is it okay to go back so late?" Gu Tongwan turned his head to ask Cai Min what she meant.

Cai Min smiled and said, "It's okay. I've called my parents in advance and told them that I might not be back until midnight. My mom even called to confirm before she went to bed. I estimate that we'll be home between 1:30 and 2:00."

It was called an auction, but because the only item being auctioned was a crystal core, the auction as a whole seemed very shabby. They didn't even hire a professional auctioneer, and the hosting job was still handed over to the previous host.

"Are you curious about why we didn't see the crystal core when we dissected the wild boar just now? That's because our members had already moved the crystal core to another place in advance. You should understand this. After all, the crystal core is the most valuable part of this mutant wild boar. Although we told others that this mutant wild boar is only B-level, in fact, when our hunter team discovered this mutant wild boar and fought with it, this wild boar actually upgraded in a short period of time."

After hearing this fact, everyone at the scene immediately sighed, and some people even questioned: "Wait, if you say so, this mutant wild boar is no longer B-level but A-level? As far as I know, your [Nifeng Guild] doesn't seem to have an A-level hunter team. How did a B-level team successfully defeat a mutant beast of a higher level than itself? Isn't this a gimmick deliberately created by your guild to raise its own strength?"

"Yeah, I've never heard of mutants actively upgrading their levels during a subjugation mission. Even if there is such a possibility, the probability is less than one in a thousand, right?"

The host was not in a hurry at all in the face of other people's doubts, because the guild had anticipated these problems when it decided to hold the auction, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. When the crystal core is displayed later, you can observe it up close. By then, everyone's concerns and doubts will disappear."

Gu Tongwan looked at Chen Yanxi and asked, "Is it rare for a mutant beast's level to change during a crusade?"

"It is possible for it to happen due to external factors, including the environment and human intervention, but the probability is very small. Didn't you also participate in the last hunting conference? The mutant bat queen completed the upgrade under specific circumstances." Chen Yanxi looked at her deeply, as if reminding her of what happened that day.

Gu Tongwan suddenly remembered that the first person who discovered the mutated bat queen seemed to be Zhang Heng. At that time, the drone recorded the entire scene of Zhang Heng fighting with the bat queen. It was even pushed to the top of the forum's hot posts list because of Zhang Heng's long confrontation and frequent feeding of various nutrient solutions to himself to force his superpowers to upgrade. And Chen Yanxi happened to mention the matter of the mutated bat queen, which made it hard not to think of what happened that day. Besides, it should be impossible for him to be unaware of the hunting situation that day.

Gu Tongwan just narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Really? I can't remember the situation clearly. After all, I just need to remember that I hunted the mutant Saker Falcon from the hands of an S-level psychic."

Chen Yanxi knew that she was changing the subject on purpose, and the bored smile in his eyes gradually deepened, but he didn't seem to chase her and ask questions.

Because there was only one crystal core being auctioned, the atmosphere at a normal auction was not tense. However, after the host's introduction, everyone's interest and curiosity about the crystal core was aroused.

As we all know, crystal cores are currently divided into five levels: 500 yellow crystal cores for D-level mutant beasts, 1000 blue crystal cores for C-level mutant beasts, 2000 green crystal cores for B-level mutant beasts, 5000 red crystal cores for A-level mutant beasts, and the highest level black crystal core. However, because S-level crystal cores are too rare, they basically do not appear at auctions.

However, there are also some slightly rare special crystal cores among the crystal cores. For example, the crystal core in the body of the special body they had seen in the dungeon cave before was light pink. This special body itself is A-level, but because of its special nature, the crystal core in the body will also change accordingly.

I just don't know whether the crystal core in this mutated wild boar is a special crystal core. If it is, its market value can double on the original basis.

After the host nodded to the man in charge of guarding the crystal core, the wild boar's crystal core finally came into everyone's sight.

It was a pink crystal core, half of which was close to A-grade red, but the other half was light pink.

Crystal cores of this texture are relatively rare in the market, and the entire crystal core is very complete without any loss, which means that the person who took the crystal core has superb craftsmanship. After all, although the crystal core looks like crystal, it is actually very fragile. A knife or any metal can easily leave scratches on it. Moreover, the crystal cores in the animal's body are not fixed in the same position. Some are located in the animal's heart, some in the lungs, and even some in the shoulders. This is related to the shape and size of the mutant animal.

This crystal core is about the size of a cantaloupe and is very round. If it weren't for some impurities at the junction of the pink and red colors, this crystal core would be perfect.

The reserve price for this crystal core has already reached thirty thousand, and each bid must increase by at least one thousand.

“Judging from the size, color and texture of this crystal core, it is worth at least 50,000 points. However, since it is an auction, I estimate it can be sold at a higher price.” Liao Yunyun had previously worked on news content related to crystal cores, so she had certain insights into crystal cores. She had also visited the Hunter Association and had seen many high-level crystal cores. Among them, the most valuable one currently held by the association is the black crystal core obtained from the two-tailed flame lizard hunted by S-level hunter Zhang Nantian. At that time, someone in the market offered a price of over one million points, but the Hunter Association has not relented. According to Liao Yunyun's observation, the texture of the two-tailed flame lizard's crystal core is not pure black, but rather gray, which means that the mutated two-tailed flame lizard may also be a special mutant beast.

There were many wealthy people at the auction, so many of them started bidding. In less than ten minutes, the price of the crystal core was raised to 70,000 points. At this time, there were less than five people willing to continue bidding.

It was not difficult to tell from the clothes of those five people that they all came from relatively well-off families. Some of them even had bodyguards with special abilities. It was obvious that these people were very interested in the crystal cores.

Perhaps because the atmosphere at the scene was becoming increasingly tense and the focus was mainly on these five people, no one noticed that the thin man, who had always been noisy and fond of complaining, had now become quiet.

Finally, the crystal core was bought by a middle-aged man in his early fifties for a price of 110,000. Cai Min even recognized that the man was a famous industrialist in the camp. It was said that he owned several building material shops. Building material shops were extremely profitable in the end times. Firstly, wood was in short supply, and those who could do this business must have a professional felling team under their control. Secondly, they must have their own shops in the camp. Such powerful people could thrive in both the wanderer base and the base.

It was already two o'clock in the morning when the auction was over. Nearly half of the street lights on the market side had been turned off. Fortunately, Cai Min carried a flashlight in her small shoulder bag. She and Xu Xuesong took the lead to light the way, and the others followed closely behind.

When I arrived at the parking lot, the parking attendant was still there, but he was sitting under a shed with his neck hunched and dozing off. If he hadn't heard the noisy footsteps up front, he would have probably fallen into a sweet dream.

There were not many cars left in the parking lot at this time, about five or six. The parking attendant raised his head after hearing the sound, rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked forward, with a smile on his face: "Oh, beautiful lady, you are finally here, I have been waiting for a long time, and I thought you would not come back."

"How could that be possible? The car is still here." Liao Yunyun replied with a smile.

The parking boy rubbed his hands together, clearly looking like he had something to say.

Gu Tong took out his points card before the evening and said, "Thank you for your hard work. The extra time will be deducted according to your previous points."

The parking attendant didn't expect the other party to be so easy to talk to. After a pause, he hurriedly took the card and said, "The extra hours will be calculated as 10 points." After swiping the card, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, then glanced in the direction of the parking lot exit. After confirming that there was no one behind him, he lowered his voice and said, "Did you just come back from the auction?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

The parking attendant then asked, "You didn't take anything, did you?"

Perhaps because he felt that he had asked too directly, the parking attendant immediately rubbed his nose and said, "The vice president of this guild is quite influential in the camp, but he has a bit of a weird personality. He hates it most when others covet his things. The team that successfully hunted the mutant wild boar this time is one of the vice president's subordinates."

"I understand, thank you."

Although the parking team did not say it openly, Gu Tongwan actually discovered that he had just glanced at the pair of fangs in Yan Fan's hand intentionally or unintentionally. Although the fangs were wrapped in black cloth, a small part of the white head was still exposed. If you looked carefully, you could tell that they were the teeth of some wild beast.

On the way back, Liao Yunyun couldn't help but ask, "Wanwan, what did the parking boy say to you just now? Why did he seem to want to say something but didn't want to, and he seemed particularly nervous."

"I guess he is reminding us." Gu Tongwan tapped his fingers on his thigh, but his eyes looked through the rearview mirror in front of him at the long fangs resting on Yan Fan and Liao Yunyun's legs.

Because the fang was at least one meter long, it could only be temporarily placed on the legs of the two people. Even so, the other end could only be placed on the window sill.

"The [Against the Wind Guild] has not had a very good reputation in the hunter community for the past two years. Could it be that he is reminding us to be careful of the guild?"

Liao Yunyun reacted quickly. She immediately remembered that when she was doing background checks on a well-known guild in the circle, the [Against the Wind Guild] had been reported with many negative news. Most of them were about conflicts between hunters and the guild, and the other half were about atrocities committed by some hunters under the guild.

However, Liao Yunyun put more information on the company computer, but while they were participating in the competition tonight, she contacted the team member who was working on the report with her at that time. It happened that the team member was still working overtime at the company, so he quickly sent some of the information collected at that time in the form of a document.

"By the way, I also found out that the vice president of this guild used to come from the base. No, to be more precise, he was kicked out by the base. It seems that he was suspected of a murder case at that time. He was supposed to be sent to the West City Prison, but in the end, I don't know what happened and he was stripped of his resident status and exiled. I guess someone above was behind it, otherwise it would be impossible for him to go from an ordinary hunter to the position of vice president in just two years after entering the Wanderer Base Camp."

"It seems that it is not so easy for us to take away the pair of fangs for free." Although Gu Tongwan said it with a smile and half-jokingly, there was actually no smile in his eyes.

"Then what should we do? Why don't we just give up the fangs?" Liao Yunyun's idea was very simple. She thought that if taking the fangs would get them into trouble, it would be better not to take them from the beginning. After all, the fangs were obtained for free by winning the competition, so there would be no loss for them even if they returned them.

However, Yan Fan obviously didn't think so. "If the other party really doesn't want to give us the fangs, then they will definitely find a way to get them back. Besides, we have already received their attention, so there is no point in backing out at this time."

Chen Yanxi was driving the whole time and had no intention of participating in their conversation, appearing unusually silent.

Gu Tongwan sneered and shook his head: "Actually, I agree with Yan Fan. If we have attracted the other party's attention, they will definitely investigate our identity and background in the next two days regardless of whether we have the pair of fangs or not. Maybe we have been passively involved in this muddy water since the moment we participated in the game."

Gu Tongwan even felt that this pig-killing banquet was more like a secret screening rather than an activity organized by the guild to increase its visibility, as if it was selecting candidates that would be beneficial to them.