Chapter 441: Chapter 441: What a Coincidence

He saw Qian Luobing, Adika, Jiang Huai, Bakaen, and the others in the gathered crowd.

Many officers around them were looking at their group and murmuring.

"Who’s that beauty?"

"You don’t know her? That’s Qian Luobing from the Fifteenth Legion!"

"So that’s Qian Luobing! I’ve heard of her, but this is the first time I’ve seen her in person. She has even more presence than the rumors say."

"I heard she just got back from the front lines and earned significant military merits."

"I can’t believe she’s not only beautiful but also so powerful!"

"Not just powerful. Even though she came from a Little Civilization, she’s been promoted incredibly fast. She’s already a captain!"

"At this rate, won’t she be promoted to major soon?"

"Exactly. I heard even the Legion Commander of the Fifteenth Legion thinks highly of her!"

...

Long Ming was surprised to hear all this. He hadn’t expected Qian Luobing to be doing so well for herself.

Just then, Qian Luobing noticed Long Ming in the crowd, a flicker of surprise appearing in her cold eyes.

"Miss, isn’t that Red Ghost?"

Jiang Huai also noticed Long Ming and said in surprise.

Of course, it was perfectly normal for them to notice Long Ming. After all, the Blade Blood Demon mecha-armor he was wearing was extremely conspicuous.

"What’s that guy doing here? Don’t tell me he enlisted too?"

Adika said with a gloomy expression.

"Looks like it. But he isn’t in uniform, so you can’t tell which legion he’s in or what his rank is."

Bakaen was also very surprised.

"It has nothing to do with us."

Qian Luobing stated coldly.

"Yes!"

Jiang Huai and the others all nodded.

In a sense, although they and Red Ghost were from the same civilization, there was some bad blood between them.

Of course, Adika and the others also looked down on Red Ghost from the bottom of their hearts.

The guy was clearly quite strong, but they hadn’t seen him at all during the two civilization wars. Who knows where he was hiding.

Just then, a man with rugged features wearing a major’s uniform walked over, holding a stack of completed declaration forms to distribute to his subordinates.

"Ainiluo, this is your report."

"Thank you, Major Casfen."

A woman with a stunning face and a sweet smile took the declaration form. She was wearing a captain’s uniform, had long, wavy golden hair, and a sexy, voluptuous figure that strained the fabric of her uniform at the chest.

"Qian Luobing, Jiang Huai..."

Major Casfen quickly handed out the reports.

Adika took his declaration form, glanced at it, and said excitedly.

"Wow, I got 20 military merits! Miss, how many did you get?"

Qian Luobing glanced at her report and said.

"100."

"Whoa, a hundred merits!"

Excitement spread across the faces of Jiang Huai and the others.

Hearing their exclamations, the surrounding officers also gathered around to see what was happening.

"My god, Qian Luobing got 100 military merits!"

"That’s incredible."

...

When Ainiluo heard that Qian Luobing got a hundred military merits, she glanced at the 60 on her own form, then walked up to Major Casfen and whined coquettishly.

"Major, how did I only get 60? That’s way too little!"

"That’s not a small amount."

"Come on, just add a little more for me!"

"I really can’t. These merit points were decided on by everyone together. It’s not my decision alone."

Major Casfen tried to reason with her, a troubled look on his face.

"Then on what grounds does Qian Luobing get 100? I clearly contributed more than her."

Ainiluo said, utterly unconvinced.

"Is that so?"

Qian Luobing shot a frosty glare at the unreasonably demanding Ainiluo.

"Of course it is! I obviously did more than you!"

Ainiluo retorted, annoyed.

"Not necessarily. Merits are awarded based on contribution. If you want merits, earn them with your own abilities."

Qian Luobing replied bluntly.

The total number of military merits was fixed. If Ainiluo got one more point, someone else present would have to get one less.

"You!"

Ainiluo was instantly furious.

"Stop arguing, everyone’s watching!"

Major Casfen quickly interjected, trying to calm them down.

At this, the surrounding officers began to whisper among themselves.

"Wow, the two great beauties of the Fifteenth Legion are at it again."

"Heh heh! Now we’ve got a show to watch."

"Before Qian Luobing arrived, Ainiluo was the pearl of the Fifteenth Legion, admired by all the officers. Her status has fallen quite a bit now."

"Yeah! She used to have benefits spoon-fed to her, but now she has to beg for them."

...

Having heard enough, Long Ming turned and walked toward the exit.

Qian Luobing and her group brushed past Long Ming.

...

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「The next afternoon.」

Long Ming lay on his bed, scrolling through the civilization forums for information about the Star Canon Auction.

However, he only found some advertising posts, with no information about the Mechanical Gods.

He couldn’t help but frown. ’Are they trying to pull a fast one on me?’

Afterward, Long Ming checked his wristband. Seeing it was about time, he got out of bed and prepared to head to the Star Canon Auction.

Although Betty had promised him she would get a good price, Long Ming still planned to go in person. If there was a problem with the auction price, he could deal with it immediately.

To be honest, he was a little worried he was being set up to have it sold for an extremely low price.

...

「A little over an hour later.」

Long Ming arrived at the Star Canon Auction once again, only to find the entire venue bustling with guests who had come for the auction.

"I heard the Star Canon Auction is selling several Mechanical Gods this time."

"That’s right, I heard that too. And even a Fourth Generation Mechanical God!"

"For real? How come I haven’t seen any ads about it?"

"It’s absolutely true. I hear the prices are really low, too."

"Let’s hurry! We can’t miss it!"

...

The crowd of guests all headed toward Auction Hall 1.

Hearing this, Long Ming understood what was going on. He silently followed the guests toward Auction Hall 1.

He soon arrived at Auction Hall 1.

The hall was incredibly spacious, capable of holding over a thousand people bidding simultaneously, with VIP rooms set up on the second floor.

These VIP rooms used special electrochromic glass walls.

Those inside the rooms could clearly see the bidders below and the items on stage, but people outside couldn’t see into the VIP rooms unless the occupants chose to reveal themselves.

By this time, nearly half of the seats in the auction hall were already taken.

Long Ming scanned the area, looking for a less crowded spot in a corner to sit.

Unexpectedly, he spotted Qian Luobing and her group sitting in the third-to-last row.

Long Ming quietly walked over and sat down in the row behind them.

Just then, he heard Jiang Huai speak nervously to Qian Luobing.

"Miss, is this information reliable?"

"It is. They say one of the Mechanical Gods being auctioned is a Fiery Wing. Although it’s a standard custom-built Third Generation Mechanical God, its performance is much stronger than others of the same type. Most importantly, the price is very low."

Qian Luobing said with a calm expression.

"Then we have to get it this time."

Adika and the others replied, full of determination.

For this auction, they had scraped together everything they had, pooling 12,000,000.

"Well now, what a coincidence!"

Just then, a familiar voice came from nearby.

Qian Luobing and her group frowned slightly and looked over.

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