As far as he knows, the auctions here are basically held once a week, and there are almost dozens of people coming each time, and there are very few people with more than a hundred people, not to mention that they are almost full like now.

Moreover, the auction has ten minutes to start, and new people are still walking towards the venue one after another.

They are all wizards, alien races, or members of different sects, and their components are extremely complex.

Once such people gather, it is very easy to get into trouble. They probably got the news in advance and were attracted by the auction item to be exhibited next.

The organizer must have expected this to happen, but he still acquiesced.

Niu Changshou's keen sense of smell told him that this was abnormal.

He suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Brother, the informant who provided information to your foundation may have been bribed."

Xia Ren's eyes frightened, and hesitated to Qin Yun beside her, Lily, who was sleeping soundly in her arms, and Lu Yi, who also noticed the crisis.

If you leave now, then I don’t know if you have a chance to meet that painting again next time.

Niu Changshou was also thinking about various possibilities and said, "But don't worry too much for the time being. Your identity has not been exposed yet. Such a big situation cannot be specially arranged for you. And in Arkham, we are absolutely safe."

He didn't know where the confidence came from said this, Xia Ren hesitated for a while, nodded, ready to wait and see.

That painting is related to Zhao Mingyue and Gu Meng, and he cannot give up easily no matter what.

While waiting silently, the lights lit up at the display stand at the front of the venue.

The host is a haggard and somewhat bald old man. Looking at the layers of wrinkles on his face, he is at least in his seventies.

"Ahem~"

The host cleared his throat: "Thank you all for participating in this auction. Time is precious, so I won't talk nonsense."

He waved his hand and walked out of the curtain on the side of the display stand, a bloated child came out. The child's face turned purple and his eyes were prominent. He was wearing only a pair of clean shorts, his skin was close to transparent, and he could directly see the beating blood vessels, and his appearance was very terrifying.

The child held a box in his hand and placed it on the display stand, then sat beside him, staring at everyone without moving his bloodshot eyes.

No matter whether this product is bought or failed to sell later, he will be responsible for carrying it back to the backstage.

The host did not use any tricks to arouse everyone's expectations, and opened the box directly. There was a straight glass bottle inside. The liquid inside the bottle emitted an attractive golden light, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"The first item auctioned, Golden Honey Wine, was brewed by the magician Dress, with a capacity of 100 milliliters. It is said that after drinking it, it can cause the spirit and body to stagnate. The starting price of five million coin, or the equivalent item must not be less than one hundred thousand coin per price."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately raised his sign, and the price quickly rose, exceeding 10 million.

Xia Ren observed that there were always only a few people holding the bid, and more people were actually not interested in this auction item, so even if the price increase seemed to be very fast and the competition was fierce, the competition was actually not very attractive.

Niu Changshou whispered: "Golden honey wine is actually a regular customer at auction. It basically appears every few weeks. Although the host intentionally or unintentionally pointed out the function of Golden honey wine, which does seem to be tempting, he did not say everything. In fact, golden honey wine will be effective only when traveling in space, but few people can reach this height. The consequences of citing this wine on the ground are extremely serious."

As for the consequences, he did not elaborate on it.

Xia Ren asked in confusion: "Since that's the case, why do those people still have to compete?"

The bidding continued, Niu Changshou glanced at them and said, "These people are all distorted people driven by the rich. They mainly look for ways to live for the rich, but they know very little about these taboos, so they do not know the real function of golden honey wine, so they are confused by the host's introduction."

"I see."

Xia Ren suddenly realized.

Some people have strong pollution resistance, are polluted in time, and they will retain their rationality. Such people have almost no place in society. Once discovered by the foundation, they will be chased, so they must not easily reveal their identity.

In order to live, they either choose to come to Arkham or be attracted by the top rich people who know some of the truth of the world and do things for them.

But because pollution distorts the characteristics of reason, they will never be trusted by their owners and can only be a dog driven by others. Although they lack dignity, they will not have to worry about food and drink.

It sounds pitiful, but if you choose to be a lone wolf, you will have dignity, but all kinds of pressure will follow and you may be discovered and executed by the foundation at any time. Even if you are lucky enough to fall into Arkham, it will be difficult to escape the fate of becoming a wanderer.

When Xia Ren was dealing with nerve fungi, the suicide woman he saw in the town belonged to this list.

The first competitor ended soon. After multiple rounds of competition, the final transaction price was 15 million coin.

The second competitor surprised Xia Ren.

It was the bloated boy just now who dragged a long wooden cabinet from the curtain on the side. Because the items were too big, they did not put them on the display stand like the golden honey wine just now, but threw them directly underground.

No matter how Xia Ren looked at it, how did he think that the wooden cabinet was like a coffin.

As it turns out, his guess is not wrong.

The host lifted the lid of the wooden cabinet and saw a female corpse inside. The stench suddenly spread out, but everyone was unmoved.

"The second auction item is the corpse of the dream maker. It has just died for seven days. It was because of overdose of medication. The corpse was well preserved, especially the brain did not suffer any external damage. The starting price is 10 million gang coins."

This time, there were more people holding the sign, and nearly half of the people in the entire venue were ready to move.

Xia Ren turned his head and asked Niu Changshou next to him: "What are the dream makers? Why are their bodies more precious than the golden honey wine just now?"

After coming to Arkham, he realized that he still knew too little about the world, so he would not miss any opportunity to increase his knowledge.

"Dreammakers are very talented in dreams. They are rare in number, but they can find a way to the fantasy dream in their dreams and live in them.

Some powerful dream makers can even bring objects from the fantasy dream world to the present world. Whether they are wizards or those alien races, they are all salivating about this ability, so even the corpses of dream makers have great research value for them."

Niu Changshou turned his head and looked at the entrance of the venue. There were still scattered people entering the venue. There were no more seats, so they simply stood in the corridor.
Chapter completed!