Although there are fourteen more auction items later, there is no way to confirm that there is one suitable for you. If you don't grab it, the outcome will be death.
Should we live like an ordinary person, or should we strive for a better life?
Listening to the rising and falling voices, Winnie chose the latter and did not bid in this round.
Not long after, the pretty young lady won the bid, and she exchanged her proudest appearance and talent for the chance to live.
At the same time that the auction was successful, her face became distorted, old, and ugly.
She first noticed the abnormality from the horrified eyes of others, and then tremblingly took out the small mirror she carried with her and mustered up great courage to point it at her face.
"ah!!"
A shrill scream echoed throughout the banquet hall.
"thump."
Her legs became weak and she collapsed to the ground, feeling dizzy and screaming.
From now on, the popularity and love gained by appearance will no longer exist.
He will become a shame that his family is ashamed to mention, and he will be laughed at and disgusted by countless people...
"This is the price of living. Life is worse than death..." Qiao Dun watched the waiter drag the lady away and said regretfully, "Why don't you leave it to me..."
Winnie looked directly at the host, waiting for him to announce the seventh auction item.
"Why didn't you give it a try just now?" Qiao Dun asked.
"Shut up." Winnie was in no mood to pay attention to this puppet.
"...Okay, I'll shut up." Qiao Dun had a sullen face and suppressed his displeasure.
At a critical moment of life and death, in each of their eyes, survival is the first priority.
If he hadn't considered that both of them might survive and continue to benefit from each other, Qiao Dun would have turned against her on the spot and slapped her hard, making this aloof woman who never looked at her seriously regret provoking him.
"Please invite me for the seventh auction item." As soon as the ugly woman was locked up in the VIP room, the host started a new round of auction, "The length of human life is generally constant, but it can be placed over thousands of years.
Thousands of individuals are completely different. Some people face death at a young age, while some people never cherish their bodies, but can live healthily to a hundred years old. Sometimes, trying to do the best in everything,
But getting the worst ending will inevitably feel unfair."
Someone has basically guessed what this auction will be about.
The host said leisurely: "Like Keating, a famous philanthropist in King Venn's capital, he created astonishing wealth in his limited life and used this wealth to really help countless people. If he
Passing away prematurely will be a serious blow to many people, so the auction item is lifespan, and the one who donates the most lifespan to Keating will be successful in the bidding."
life……
No one was in a hurry to quote prices.
After the auction officially ends, those who bid unsuccessfully will die, but those who have donated too much lifespan will also die.
The only difference is that one is very fast and the other is not sure how many years he can survive.
The question is here, what's the use of living for a few years?
I am still so young, and I would be sorry for the power and wealth of my family if I die early.
Everyone still prefers to find other ways to gain vitality.
For example, a broken leg.
They can still receive good care and live well.
If you lose your lifespan, you really can’t make up for it no matter what.
"Five years."
A powerful voice broke the silence.
A series of eyes went to trace the source of the sound, and in a very short time they focused on Winnie.
The host said excitedly: "This lady has been here for five years, and no one has participated in the bidding yet? This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back!"
"Five years?" Qiao Dun looked at Winnie who suddenly appeared unexpectedly, and then he understood.
Winnie was still very young, probably one of the youngest people present.
With outstanding family conditions and rapid medical advancement, if nothing unexpected happens, her life span will be sixty or seventy years old.
In other words, at only seventeen years old, she has at least fifty years to live.
Spending five years of it in exchange for a chance to survive is quite cost-effective.
However, similarly, other people's family conditions are not bad, and they are not much older than her.
"Six years." Someone quoted a higher price.
"Six and a half years."
"Eight years!"
"Eight years and one month!"
"Eight years, one month and one day!"
"Ten years! I am willing to pay for ten years!"
…
A brutal bidding began again.
In just a few minutes, the lifespan of the auction exceeds twenty years.
And twenty years was the highest price Winnie had in her heart. If it exceeded this number, she chose to give up and continue.
"Thirty years, seven months and four days!"
"Thirty years, seven months and four and a half days!"
Others were so frightened that they did not dare to report a larger number, so they could only continue to compete in the number of days.
The moderator immediately added a rule: for each bid, the increase must not be less than one year.
With this rule, the number of people who continued to bid gradually dropped sharply, and after fifty years of bidding, only two people were left.
Fifty years is an extremely risky and unworthy number.
Their remaining life span may be less than fifty years, and they will die on the spot the moment the bid is successful.
And even if their life span is longer than this, and they can live to be eighty or ninety years old, if the bidding is successful, they will only live for about twenty years.
The most distressing thing is that the mysterious power will not tell anyone the complete life span. If you survive and know clearly that your time is short, you will have to worry about it all the time for the rest of your life, worrying that you will leave at any time.
this world.
"Fifty...a year!"
"Fifty-two years!!"
The two male dignitaries of similar age were still confronting each other with gritted teeth.
"Fifty--"
"That's enough! Shut up!" The powerful man who did not have the courage to report any more shouted angrily, "Can't you wait for the next auction item?! Why do you have to fight with me?!"
"Then why can't you wait for the next one?! It's a time like this, do you think others have to give in to you?" another powerful person who was determined to bid for his lifespan replied.
"Do you believe that I will have plenty of ways to kill you after I get out?!"
"First, let's talk about it when you can go out. Second, I'll wait for you."
"Don't quarrel, or we will kill you immediately." Lin En stepped in to end the quarrel between the two and returned the focus to the bidding.
The powerful man who shouted first gave up and then said, "I give up, I'll wait to see when you die!"
"Fifty-three years!" Another person successfully bid.
"Once in fifty-three years."
"Twice in fifty-three years."
"Three times in fifty-three years."
"Deal! Let us applaud this gentleman together! Because of his generosity, the great philanthropist Keating can live for another forty-four years!" The host took the lead in applauding.
Forty-four years?
"Didn't I donate for fifty-three years?" The young man was stunned for a moment.
"Your life span is only forty-four years." The host explained.
Only forty-four years?
So if you donated fifty-three years, doesn’t that mean——
"Uh!" Before he could think more, his vision went dark, and he fell straight forward to the ground, turning into a corpse.
"Haha! Hahahaha! Aren't you very powerful? You still donated fifty-three years! Why don't you just jump out of the window! Hahahaha!" The powerful man who had argued with him before but retreated at the last step laughed happily.
.
Everyone else's faces were ashen, and a few powerful people couldn't bear the pressure and began to break down and cry.
Most people don't care whether this powerful man dies or not. They only know that there is one less auction item and the number of people who can survive has been reduced.
"Idiot." Winnie cursed in a low voice.
She really couldn't understand why they were willing to pay for a life span of more than fifty years. Well, now that the person died, an auction quota was wasted.
As of now, there are still thirteen auction items and living quotas left.
There are twenty-one more for the rich and powerful.
Theoretically, eight of these twenty-one people will die due to unsuccessful bidding, with a probability of 38%.
And the probability of death will increase as the number of survival places decreases.
We must hurry up.
Winnie thought to herself.
When there are only two or three survival places left in the end, but there are still more than ten people left, the competition will be far more intense than imagined.
The dignitary who had exhausted his life and died on the spot was dragged rigidly into the VIP room by the waiter, and the eighth round of auction began.
"Let us invite the eighth auction item." The host ignored the cries in the audience, "For many people, the meaning of life is to enjoy all kinds of delicious food. The power contained in a delicious food
, it is often not just as simple as being full. But some people, because of various reasons, they have lost their sense of taste, and they have also lost one of the great joys of life. The sense of taste starts bidding."
"Me! I'm willing to donate my sense of taste!"
"I do too!"
Several dignitaries stood up and competed for this spot.
Winnie's heart moved when she saw it.
Compared to life, taste is indeed a dispensable thing.
However, the scene she least wanted to see happened again.
There are too many people who want to survive by donating their taste, but there is only one spot, so they have to increase the value of their donation to compete.
Taste?
Taste, smell, hearing, vision...
All perception is pushed out.
In the eighth round, vision has become an insignificant accessory to the price.
Looking back at the first round, you only need to lose your vision to survive, but you didn't receive any attention.
Many people sighed sadly.
This time the competition lasted for a long time. In order to get a spot, a group of people tried their best.
Five minutes later, one person who voluntarily donated all his sentience and was willing to donate an additional twenty years of his life successfully bid.
At the same time, he felt like he was in darkness.
What is admirable is that he expected this to happen when he donated, so he did not scream and fall into endless fear.
For him, just living is fine, and he can then try his best to face it and adapt to a life without the ability to perceive.
Watching this man being brought into the VIP room by the waiter, Winnie's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
There are still twelve places left to survive.
There are still twenty dignitaries.
The probability of death increases to 40%.
"Please invite me for the ninth auction item. Life is really wonderful, and the structure of the human body is exquisite. The numerous organs are like a bunch of tightly fitting gears, tightly integrated into a machine, a living person. But this
This is also its drawback. When there is a problem with a certain gear, the whole big machine is likely to be unable to operate, and will collapse into a pile of lifeless scrap metal... Healthy kidneys start bidding."
The host introduced.
Realizing that there were not many opportunities, the powerful people became more and more crazy, and started fighting exactly as Winnie deduced.
If a healthy kidney is not enough to win the bid, then the price will be increased.
Healthy stomach.
Healthy heart.
Healthy liver.
After a fierce battle, the powerful man who donated almost all his healthy organs became the final 'winner'.
Winnie couldn't stand watching the other party change from a healthy young man to a sallow face, covered with diseases, and lingering on his last breath.
There are eleven survival spots left.
There are still nineteen dignitaries.
The probability of death exceeds 42 percent.
Originally, most people could survive at a lower price, but now in order to succeed in the bidding, everyone has spent everything they have.
If this continues, everything will be lost.
Winnie, who knew that she could not compete with others and did not want to leave here alive as a ghost, decided not to sit still and wait for death. She wanted to re-establish a set of rules within the rules: "Everyone, listen to me!"