In the car, Rahman took out three exquisite masks and carefully handed them to Patty.
Patty chose one by herself and handed the other two to Mo Xiao and Reyes: "Remember to bring it with you before getting off the car. It is best not to show your true face in the black market. This is a rule and can save us a lot of trouble.
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Mo Xiao didn't ask any questions, just put away the mask, closed his eyes and rested his mind. No one said a word in the car, and the car arrived at the destination not long after.
The car parked in the underground parking lot. The three of them put on their masks and followed Rahman in the elevator to enter the auction house known as the "Black Rose".
After walking out of the elevator, a gorgeously decorated passage appeared in front of you. After a few steps, at the end, two men with weapons stood in front of you: "Please show your invitation letter and pay an additional 100,000 deposit."
Everything was handed over to Rahman, and the procedures were quickly checked. They received a number plate and followed Rahman into the venue hall.
Reyes looked around and whispered: "The security is not too strong, so it shouldn't be able to do anything to me. If I am not photographed later, then I will use some extreme measures. Landlord, do you have any objections?"
Of course Mo Xiao has no problem with it. Plutonium cores are dangerous substances. It is definitely not a good thing to let them circulate in the black market. Moreover, if it falls into the hands of terrorists, there may be some big trouble. It must be taken down for both reasons and reasons. Different from regular auction houses, the seats in the venue are relatively sparse and spaced apart from each other. The venue is unremarkable, and many people have already sat down. Mo Xiao looked at the auction brochure and saw that there was indeed a plutonium nuclear auction.
, and it is also one of the highlights of this auction.
"Let's take a seat, it's about to start."
Patty led everyone to sit down in a corner.
It was the first time for Mo Xiao to come to this kind of place. He looked around with a more knowledgeable attitude. After they chose a seat and sat down, the atmosphere in the venue gradually changed. The lights dimmed and some people with guns and ammunition entered the venue.
Surrounded by them, a beam of light shines on the high platform in front of them.
"Do you think you will see rich people competing with each other and spending a lot of money?" Mo Xiao asked Reyes in a low voice.
"Probably not. That kind of scene is actually rare. People who participate in such auctions are generally smart people who have a clear understanding of their own financial resources. Once the price exceeds the expected value, they will not force it."
Reyes lowered his head and replied in a low voice, but his eyes were looking at the auction platform. In the light, an auctioneer wearing a pointed hat and a half-face mask slowly rose from the bottom of the platform together with the auction platform.
"First of all, thank you all for coming. I will host this auction for you..."
The auctioneer's voice spread throughout the venue. After a brief speech, the auction officially began. The first bidding item came on stage, a strange antique statue with a starting price of 200,000.
The price is lower than Mo Xiao expected. Sure enough, the random starting price shown on TV of millions or tens of millions is bluffing, but it may be just the opening, and maybe the first items are just warm-ups?<
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Mo Xiao listened to the auctioneer blowing up the statue so much that he even mentioned the word "national treasure". Apart from anything else, this kind of eloquence is very rare. However, no matter how much the auctioneer blows, there are only a few people who respond.<
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"I said it looks familiar. I have an impression of this statue..." Reyes looked at it carefully for a long time, then clapped his hands, "Isn't this a handicraft of Hermes?"
Mo Xiao looked at the high platform with some surprise. Hermes was also one of the Twelve Gods of Olympus. Doesn't it mean that this thing has a history of thousands of years? It's just this so-called work of art... Mo Xiao had to admit that he
I don’t have any artistic talent, so I can’t appreciate it.
Patty, who had a similar reaction to Mo Xiao, pointed to the statue on the stage and asked in disbelief: "...You call this a work of art?"
"I don't understand anyway. Hermes said this before, and I just thought so. I don't understand what these art people think, what abstraction they are talking about..."
Reyes touched the tip of his nose, smiled and said: "It turns out that his abstract art is pretty good. It can be bought for hundreds of thousands, oh... now it's millions."
Mo Xiao curled his lips and said: "Nonsense, it's thousands of years old. Even if it's a toilet, it's still a national treasure after so long."
Reyes smacked his lips. He always felt that there was something wrong with what he said, but after thinking about it for a long time, he had no choice but to admit: "What I said seems to make sense."
Patty said with some curiosity: "This thing can be considered a legacy left after the destruction of Olympus. I don't know where humans got it from. It should have been lost in a different space long ago."
Reyes scratched his head: "It's normal. There were countless people who fled during the mass extinction. There were always some guys who would take their belongings and try to leave the Olympus, a ship that was about to sink. That's why.
As a result, these antiques were passed down to later generations. When I went to the Athens Museum a few years ago, I saw the bowl I used to eat, and I didn’t know who had stolen it."
Mo Xiao has black lines all over his head. How many strange legacies will these immortal species leave to future generations?
Rahman sat next to everyone and did not dare to say a word, trying to reduce his sense of presence. He felt that his brain was a little insufficient and the amount of information was too much...
During their chat and bickering, one item after another was auctioned off. As expected, as Reyes had initially expected, there was no red-faced fight over an item.
During the whole process, Mo Xiao and the others did not participate in the auction of any items, or there was nothing that interested them. Patty and Reyes are both old monsters who have lived for thousands of years. What have they never seen? As for Mo
Xiao, I have no interest in luxury goods such as paintings, antiques, and jewelry at auction.
Time passed, and finally it was the turn of what they had been waiting for.
The plutonium core was placed in a black suitcase. After opening it, the projector projected its images from all angles on the large screen on the high platform. At the same time, the auctioneer began to explain to the audience: "...continue
I believe those who pay attention to the auction items will know what they are."
"This plutonium core came from a missile base in Ukraine. According to the estimates of the professional nuclear emergency support team, as long as you have a certain level of relevant knowledge and use simple materials, you can build a genuine nuclear weapon within 24 hours.
, we have four in hand, and the one currently on display is one of them."
"The nuclear weapons produced can be carried and even deployed around the world in a very short period of time. I don't need to say what this means, and I don't need to brag about its value."
The auctioneer banged the gavel: "The starting price of four plutonium cores is one billion, and the price will increase by ten million each time... Please bid!"
Patty gracefully raised the number plate in her hand.
"Someone has already made a bid! Miss D44 bids one billion to ten million!"
Mo Xiao looked at Patty raising the sign without hesitation. He smacked his lips and stopped talking. One billion to ten million... Damn, he feels like he won't be able to use all this money in his next life.