Chapter 77

They must continue to participate in the auction.

If they do not strengthen and consolidate their advantage in the number of badges, they might be overtaken by others, and all their previous investments would be in vain.

By the time the fourth batch of badges was auctioned off, Lin Beichen was almost laughing out loud.

This batch of badges cost him a total of 1,100 gold coins.

Adding to the three previous rounds, the forty badges earned him a total of 2,660 gold coins.

Converted to RMB, that was 26,600,000.

This was definitely a number that made Lin Beichen feel dizzy.

And he still had forty badges in stock.

After some thought, Lin Beichen did not stop his crazy auction.

He took out twenty of the remaining forty badges in one go...

The other students, seeing this, were completely overwhelmed.

Their brains were not enough to process the situation.

They had no mental capacity left to ponder why this was happening.

They just instinctively participated in the auction, continuously bidding higher prices.

The scene was almost out of control.

"Wait, 2,000, I'll offer 2,000 gold coins for eight badges." Li Tao, who had been silent all along, could no longer remain calm. He made a desperate bid, shouting, "I have never offended you, and I have repeatedly invited you to join my team. Classmate Lin, there's no need to be so harsh with gold coins. If you think the price is not enough, just name it, and I will not haggle."

It was a very sincere offer.

Lin Beichen laughed.

"You're right, you have never offended me."

Li Tao was delighted.

But Lin Beichen's tone suddenly changed, his face turned serious, and with a determination and resolve he had never shown before, he said, "However, you have offended Ling Chen, the little fairy. This is far more serious than offending me. Without even mentioning other things, just for the sneak attack you made on Ling Chen, we can only be enemies for life, never friends. So, even if you give me the entire Yunmeng City, or the entire Beihai Empire, I will not give you even one Star Badge!"

Li Tao was stunned.

The surrounding noise suddenly fell silent.

Shen Fei's body trembled, and he stared at Lin Beichen with a strange light in his eyes, as if trying to etch the face and demeanor of this wasteful person deeply into his mind.

A chord in Mu Xinyue's heart, which she thought did not exist, was suddenly struck.

In a daze, she looked back, and images of flattery and envy flashed through her mind. The solemn promises of countless men who had once declared their willingness to do anything for her also flowed through her thoughts... But upon closer reflection, among these people, the one who truly cared for her without expecting anything in return, the one who truly acted on his words, seemed to be only one person.

That was the former Lin Beichen.

And now, this person was treating another girl with the same determination he once showed towards her.

A feeling of something she once had, but had lost forever, struck her.

She thought she would never care.

But now, a deep, heart-wrenching pain seemed to tear her apart.

Many female students also looked at Ling Chen with unmasked envy and jealousy at this moment.

Ling Chen, the youngest and most beloved daughter of the Yunmeng City Lord, a world-class genius second only to Lin Tingchan, and the most beautiful girl in Yunmeng City, already had so many things that made her peers envious.

And now, she had one more thing to be envied.

Ling Chen herself remained silent, saying nothing.

A fleeting, unnatural emotion flashed through her heart.

She stood quietly by Lin Beichen's side, her flawless, porcelain-like face showing no ripples, as if she was both infinitely distant and tightly connected to the shocking young man.

In the end, Lin Beichen auctioned off the remaining twenty badges, receiving a contract note worth 1,800 gold coins—because the later badges were auctioned to students with a chance of advancing, some students who could not advance even with one or two badges gave up, so the gold coins he received were not as much as he had hoped.

But Lin Beichen was already very satisfied.

The sale of sixty badges earned him a total of 4,460 gold coins.

Without a doubt, this was the largest sum of wealth Lin Beichen had seen since coming to this world.

Even some large mercenary groups and large commercial guilds in Yunmeng City might not have a yearly net profit that reached this number.

For Lin Beichen, this wealth meant he could charge his phone 446 times.

Even if the phone's power consumption was one 100% charge per day, this wealth would be enough to sustain him for 446 days.

Since his arrival, the sword of Damocles hanging over Lin Beichen's head—the phone's power consumption—had finally disappeared temporarily.

"Classmate Lin, do you have any more? You must have more, right?"

"I want more, I want more!"

"Give me more!"

Some students, with red eyes and heavy breathing, stared at Lin Beichen, loudly demanding more.

"The auction is over."

Lin Beichen's cold and merciless words shattered the hopes of these pitiful students.

In the next second, he took out four more badges and, under the gaze of countless wide-eyed onlookers, turned and handed them to Yue Hongxiang.

She was stunned.

"Is... is this for me?"

The classical beauty with a scholarly air looked bewildered.

Lin Beichen smiled and said, "Of course, take them. If it weren't for you picking wild fruits and vegetables for me every day, I would have starved to death. A drop of water should be repaid with a gushing spring. These four Star Badges are just to cover the cost of the food."

Yue Hongxiang was completely stunned.

She never thought that just picking a bit more wild fruits and vegetables every day could earn her four Star Badges?

It was like exchanging a few blades of grass for an equal number of gold bars.

"But... it's... too... much, I... I can't..."

The girl stuttered but managed to convey her thoughts.

Lin Beichen directly forced the four badges into her hands and said, "What's with all the formality between classmates? Do you know what the three irons of life are? They are... together..." He almost blurted out "together in prostitution," but quickly shut his mouth, saying, "Anyway, in my heart, those wild fruits and vegetables are more valuable than gold coins. Only an idiot would use gold coins to buy badges."

Everyone: "..."

Please act like a human being.

We just used gold coins to buy badges.

Even if you really think that way, don't say it so openly.

Yue Hongxiang, at a loss, held the four Star Badges in her hands.