I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 772 - 543: Acquired - "Viper" Spirit Skeleton Mecha_2

In the private room, the young and beautiful girl turned to look at the man beside her, her eyes full of confusion: "Brother, are you crazy? Spending over two billion on two pieces of junk?"

The man waved his hand dismissively and said, "Just twenty billion, it’s nothing. You know, I’ve been obsessed with firearms since I was a kid, even after becoming a Spiritualist, I didn’t give up this hobby. I already have two out of the Ten Great Guns. Although this ’Storm’ is incomplete, it still has collectible value, just a thought to add to the collection."

"You really plan to collect all Ten Great Guns, huh?" The girl shook her head helplessly.

"Give it a try; what if it works out?" The man smiled, his gaze fixed on the holographic projection.

"Looks like no one’s going to compete with you." The girl said.

On the auction stage, the beautiful auctioneer quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

If high-end auctions see items unsold, it could be quite a blow to Christie’s reputation.

She cleared her throat and prepared to strike the gavel: "Alright, these two auction items for twenty billion five hundred million..."

But just at that moment

Twenty-five billion.

The price on the holographic screen suddenly jumped.

The auctioneer’s words came to an abrupt halt, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Oh, is someone really competing with you?" The girl’s eyes widened slightly, her face full of surprise.

The man frowned slightly, his expression darkening, and he bid again—

Thirty billion.

Just after he bid, the price immediately jumped again—forty billion!

A one-time increase of ten billion, decisive and showing a determined stance.

"Wow, these two toys are really being fought over?"

"I can guess who one is, Leng Qianjun likes firearms collections, it’s not strange for him to bid, but who’s the second?"

"Interesting, who is so interested in these two pieces of junk?"

The guests in other rooms began to discuss, and the originally quiet bidding session became lively.

"Qin Tian, why’re you buying these two pieces of rubbish?" Dongfang Haoyue turned to look at Qin Tian, full of bewilderment.

Qin Tian leaned on the sofa, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "I have the ’Heaven-Burning Purgatory,’ which is also one of the Ten Great Guns, and it works quite well. Since I came across ’Storm,’ I bought it for a collection, just to make a pair."

"I see." Dongfang Haoyue nodded in understanding.

If it’s out of a hobby for collecting, spending some money is indeed understandable.

He guessed the other bidder might be that firearm enthusiast, Leng Qianjun.

"Fifty billion!"

"Sixty billion!"

"Seventy billion!"

"Eighty billion!"

The price climbed rapidly in increments of ten billion.

On the auction stage, the smile on the beautiful auctioneer’s face grew wider.

Soon, the price broke through the one hundred billion mark, settling at one hundred billion.

The holographic screen froze, with no new price jumps.

"Brother, you’re not following?" The girl asked softly.

Leng Qianjun slowly shook his head: "Not following. Spending one hundred billion on two defectives isn’t worth it. The family wouldn’t agree, and it would be laughed at by other clans if word got out."

He could pay for hobbies, but he had a bottom line, and one hundred billion far exceeded his expectations.

He just really wants to know, besides him, who else is willing to pay such a high price for these two defectives?

"One hundred billion once! One hundred billion twice! One hundred billion three times! Sold!"

The auctioneer struck the gavel heavily, her voice clear and loud: "Congratulations to the anonymous guest for successfully winning Storm and Silver Guard!"

"One hundred billion, you really have money to burn~"

Dongfang Haoyue couldn’t help but tease.

"It’s just a hobby~"

Qin Tian didn’t explain much.

The auction of technological products continued.

Then, several technological products were put on the auction stage, most of which were high-end weapons and equipment, and the majority of them originated from the Spirit Race.

Spirit Race Empire, Human Empire, Beastman Empire

The three major empires formed a tripartite stance in the cosmos.

However, the population of the Spirit Race is far inferior to the other two empires, and their territory is not large. The reason they can stand alongside the other two empires purely relies on the Spirit Race’s formidable talent.

The Spirit Race, from birth, carries strong spiritual energy talent. Once they reach adulthood, they are sure to become Spiritualists.

Moreover, the Spirit Race can lead the epoch in many fields such as technology, painting, and music.

For a period, there was a long-lasting craze within the Empire for chasing the Spirit Race. Anything produced by the Spirit Race could attract countless pursuits, and when Spirit Race members arrived within the Empire, they would attract local people’s enthusiastic embrace.

However, in the eyes of the Spirit Race, whether human or beastman, they are merely unfinished monkeys, and they don’t really care about those who approach them willingly.

Yet, with the Empire’s development, such pursuit gradually subsided, and now, the Empire’s people can view the Spirit Race from a more equal perspective.

But it must be said, the military equipment produced by the Spirit Race is still far superior to the Empire.

Spirit Armor Mech

Freezing Cannon

Destroyer Particle Emitter

Thought-Triggered Spirit Shield

...

Various new-style weapons also broadened Qin Tian’s horizons. However, people present weren’t very interested in these technological products, and although each product had bidders, the competition wasn’t very fierce.

In this situation, Qin Tian also acquired a few.

Freezing Cannon—

Using the "Ice Marrow Spirit Crystal" from the extreme cold star as its core, it converts spiritual energy into "Absolute Zero Spirit Cold Energy" through a spiritual energy array, compresses it, and launches in the form of artillery shells. The released spirit cold energy can not only freeze targets physically but also erode spiritual energy, freezing energy and spiritual power of enemy units.

"Viper" Spirit Armor Mech—

This is a combat mech independently developed by the Spirit Race, using Spirit Race bones and special alloy as the basic framework, integrating star core spirit crystals and soul energy cores, establishing a deep link between the pilot and the mech through "spiritual synchronization" technique.

This mech excels in stealth and ambush. Its arms can transform into "Viper Spirit Energy Fangs," injecting concentrated spirit energy venom, which quickly erodes enemy mechanical core or biological body after penetrating armor, resulting in continuous corrosion and mental chaos; its back can unfold "Shadow Wings," enabling long periods of flight, absorbing light for optical invisibility, and equipped with "Serpentine Teleportation" module to achieve short-range spatial jump.

Thought-Triggered Spirit Shield—

Using "Thought Spirit Crystal" as the core trigger element, using the user’s spiritual power as the key to the shield, it can be instantly deployed through thought without manual activation.

Honestly, although these technological weapons are advanced, they indeed do not pose a threat to Tier Six, Tier Seven Spiritualists. Someone purchases them for future private study to see if they can decipher the technical secrets within.

Especially mechs, which can only be piloted by Spirit Race warriors, outsiders who buy them can’t operate them and eventually can only be relegated to display pieces in a collection room, merely for research purposes, with no practical value.

So, Qin Tian didn’t spend much money purchasing these items.

He hopes that after Silver Guard is repaired and strengthened, it could reveal the technical principles therein through powerful artificial intelligence.

If successful in research, his subordinate company could thereby expand new technological business, and his subordinate warriors could be equipped with more powerful standardized equipment.

Even if the research fails, he can calmly accept it.

After all, this investment was not originally high, merely a worthwhile endeavor.

The technology session quickly came to a close.

Next, various rare and complex auction items began to be showcased: art pieces handed down through millennia, mysterious artifacts unearthed from ancient ruins, dragon eggs containing majestic life essence, fledgling blood phoenixes...

Each item evoked rounds of bidding, and the competition was more intense compared to the previous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures session.

However, Qin Tian no longer had any intention of participating in the bidding.

He already secured the things he wanted, and although a few remaining items caught his interest, he knew clearly that his financial resources could not compete with those deep-pocketed Gold, Holy Blood Clans, so it was better to retreat at this point and find peace.