Chapter 735: Treasures of the Uncharted Void

Soon after everyone arrived, Primos went on to the stage to start the auction as before.

"Welcome, everyone, to yet another Altier Auction. I’m sure everyone is excited to present or bid on their own items, but please let me warm up the event first."

After a brief introduction, Primos began to present the first item, the Mechanical Heart. Such an item with huge utility was sold at every auction, not only to earn money but also in hopes of cultivating more tier 8 mechanical beings for other forces.

Taking part in the bid, Nash bought the item for 90 thousand Chaos Stones. Although Atom had already advanced to a tier 8 mechanical being, it wasn’t enough.

Nash planned to position Atom as the core of the universal runic system as well as a part-time pilot. For territorial management and virtual world administration, he needed other mechanical beings to advance and lend their help.

After the Mechanical Heart, Primos presented the X-class battleship as before. What was different this time was that the bidding for the item was completely unrestrained.

Everyone seemed to go completely mad and bid frantically. Previously, such a battleship could be bought for 150 thousand to 300 thousand, yet now the price had skyrocketed to over a million Chaos Stones.

After a bit of thinking, Nash understood their reasoning. The catalyst for such a frenzy should be the expedition of those unexplored domain areas. With an X-class battleship, which was equivalent to a pseudo-tier 9 planetary battleship, they could harvest more resources without danger.

Finally, after the fierce bidding, the price stopped at 2.3 million Chaos Stones.

Previously, such a price would already be called extravagant, but now there was only jealousy and envy. If they could afford it, they would have bid for more.

Fortunately, Primos seemed to understand their demand, as he sold off a series of X-class battleships, catering to everyone. Even then, with the price reaching over 2 million or even 3 million, those who couldn’t afford it couldn’t buy a single one.

After dealing with the X-class battleships, the auction went back to normal, with Primos selling various other technology. As for their harvest in the unexplored domains, why would they sell it if they didn’t lack money?

The reason for the Altier Auction was not to earn Chaos Stones, nor to enhance the strength of the various cosmic team alliances, but simply to unearth resources others had luckily found.

Following the auction, Nash bid for more items, from power distribution planetary towers, complete sector-scale automated planting machines, terraforming industrial production lines, universal food production mother hubs, military outpost weapons and defense technology, etc.

All these things were to better manage the Neon Star Alliance territory, providing a better life, comfort, and prosperity. Since they provided him with the power of will, he would make their lives better in return.

As long as money could buy it, Nash would never be stingy. In fact, after buying everything, the total cost didn’t even reach a million Chaos Stones. This is how cheap mass-produced technology is.

After Primos, the other major-level teams went on to auction their items. Similar to the previous convention, the items they auctioned were a little lackluster, as if going through the motions.

Seeing a few items they needed, Nash bid on a few, from core material for dark gates, array materials, training resources, especially the light crystal ore for Tsuka.

It seemed that because of Tsuka’s unique species, the energy it needed to advance was vastly different from that of others.

Bidding leisurely, all the major teams finally finished presenting their items.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the auction suddenly changed. Unlike the major-level teams, the rest were here to earn money. Having a bountiful harvest in the unexplored domain areas, they couldn’t wait to cash it out.

Soon, rare treasures, materials, and plants were auctioned one by one as if without end. The slow, careful bidding was also gone, replaced by a wave of excitement. Even the major-level teams began to fight over a few items, driving the price up several times over.

Naturally, seeing the spectacle before his eyes, Nash bid eagerly. Camilla and Elizabeth even joined in, buying everything they liked.

Most of it was plants and animals that could enrich their Eternal Castle Residence. Having experienced the benefits of the World Tree Origin, Nash naturally wouldn’t stop their actions. In fact, to ensure they could buy a complete variety, he was even prepared to spend most of their budget.

The Eternal Castle Residence was their home; the better it was, the better their life would be. Thus, from various trees, plants, flowers, vines, and herbs, to animals like fish, birds, bees, cows, sheep, even worms were not spared.

These were special creatures produced by this wild void area. Not only could they increase the concentration of energy, they could also nurture it into a paradise.

Besides these plants and animals, Nash also bid for a special core material of a mother core ship. This core component was usually not needed. However, if used for enhancement, the mother core ship could produce higher-quality items, like SSS-class battleships, even planetary-scale structures.

The only problem was that, because it was also needed by other teams, the price skyrocketed to over 3 million. Taking a pinch of loss, Nash still pushed forward, determined to buy it. Fortunately, the set of materials was enough to enhance a dozen mother core ships.

After that, various items of interest to Nash were auctioned one after another. However, thinking there was no need for such items in the meantime, he held back, waiting for more critical lots.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, core formation array materials were auctioned. This material could act as a heart of a tier 9 array. Although the Neon Star Alliance didn’t have the ability to set up such a high-tier array, excitement was still present in his eyes.

"I must get this." Nash thought, preparing to go all out.

The grand array in the Neon Star Territory could no longer meet his demands. The concealment and barrier protection had become completely useless. The only useful thing left was the enhancement it provided to the Universal Module System. If he wanted to set up a greater array formation, he needed to get this item.