Chapter 143: Selling the Positioning Device
Chapter 143: Overt Conspiracy - Selling Positioning Devices
Just when everyone was busy preparing for the arrival of the treasure hunt.
The night before the treasure hunt begins three days before
"Zheluo, don't look so sad. Didn't you agree that we can go out and relax?"
On the streets of Venice, a blonde noble lady spoke to her teammates with dissatisfaction.
"But we've been out for a long time, and it's past the agreed time."
The captain of the British team, Zhe Luo, spoke with a helpless look on his face, and the blonde girl was none other than Grand Duke Irene of the British team.
"Isn't it because you guys are always so tense? I've heard an old Chinese saying that a string will break if it's stretched too tight!
If you walk around a little more, you might get some extra benefits, right?"
Zhe Luo also shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to refute, he heard Irene's surprised words:
"Look, I told you there would be some extra benefits!"
Zhe Luo smiled speechlessly, laughing in his heart at Irene for not even making up a normal excuse. He smiled and looked away, and then the smile froze on his face.
"?!"
In front of him, he saw several banners hung in an auction hall?
It clearly says:
"The latest item: the magic positioning device!"
For a moment, Zhe Luo's pupils shrank slightly.
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at the same time
In the VIP area of the auction hall
Zhao Manyan swirled his glass of red wine and smiled as he looked at the data his subordinates handed over.
"Old Zhao, will your plan work?"
Mo Fan looked at Zhao Manyan who was acting particularly pretentious at this moment and asked in confusion.
"of course!"
Zhao Manyan slapped the information in his hand onto the table and spoke confidently.
"Anyway, it's much better than your plan of setting up a stall!"
"Is this true? Don't brag!
Lao Luo asked us to help sell the positioning magic device to all teams, although I am not quite sure what Lao Luo’s plan is.
But your auction format won't accomplish the mission no matter how hard you try! We're not doing business here, we're doing a mission!"
Mo Fan said with some doubt.
"Don't worry, I know better than you!"
Zhao Manyan said with a smile.
"The auction is just a cover, just to let others know about the existence of this magic weapon...
The National Government team that made it to the top 16 is no pushover. They definitely know what this means for the treasure hunt!
When the time comes, we just need to release another batch outside of the auction, so we don’t have to worry about them not taking the bait…”
Zhao Manyan snapped his fingers and smiled with a confident smile.
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So, on the day of the auction
The magic positioning device was sold at an outrageous price and was eventually bought by the British government team.
At the same time, other government teams also heard the news and took action. Under Zhao Manyan's arrangement, they all got the positioning magic device.
Many of the Kuomintang teams were complacent about this, as no one was exposed, but they did not know that in fact all the contestants had obtained the positioning magic device.
Although the organizers of the competition also knew this information, they still followed the tradition as the competition was about to start.
The treasure hunt will still be held in Venice as scheduled, with no changes to the format.
In addition to the sixteen countries that have been eliminated, the treasure hunt will be jointly participated by the remaining sixteen powerful countries remaining in Venice.
The gathering place for the treasure hunt was set at the original opening venue, but unlike before, today's venue was filled with magic stones emitting silver light.
The contestants came to a teleportation array and it turned out that the treasure hunt would be held in another space.
"This is a space magic circle. It looks like we will be teleported directly to the treasure hunting location!" Ai Jiangtu said.
"Now let me announce the rules of the game."
The chief referee stood up and read out in standard international language: "A total of 160 students from 16 countries will enter the treasure hunting space in a shuffled order."
"Everyone's destination will be different. Since the competition location itself is a place full of dangers and demons, you need to be extra careful when searching for treasures."
“Don’t lose your mind or even your life because of greed.”
"What you hold in your hands is a spatial scroll. When your life is in danger, you must immediately inject magic energy into the scroll. The scroll will activate in about four seconds."
After a lengthy introduction to the rules, each national team basically understood the rules. …………………………
"Space Scroll, wow, this competition is really generous!" Zhao Manyan sighed.
"Is this thing expensive?" Mo Fan asked.
“It’s not a question of whether it’s expensive or not, but a question of its production volume.”
Seeing that Mo Fan didn't seem to understand, Zhao Manyan began to show off his knowledge.
“There are not many space mages who can make this kind of scroll, and it’s rare to have one privately.
Even the scrolls that appear in the auction house are very rare, and they are basically unsalable..."
"is it?"
Mo Fan touched his head, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he asked seriously.
"Of course, I can't lie to you. Oh, by the way, where did you get those magic scrolls that you used to save me in America?"
Zhao Manyan suddenly thought of the two magic scrolls that Mo Fan had thrown out in the United States before, and asked curiously.
"Lao Luo gave it to me. He has a lot of these things. I saw him making them all the time, so I thought they weren't worth much!"
"six!"
Zhao Manyan was not particularly surprised that Luo Chen could create magic scrolls.
After all, he is the captain...
“We will probably all be scattered inside soon, so let’s try to reunite when the time comes.
Otherwise, if there are too many people from other countries, even if we see good things, we won’t get any.”
Jiang Yu also made a suggestion at this time.
The rest of the team members nodded and agreed with Jiang Yu's opinion.
There are 16 teams participating in the treasure hunt, with ten people in each team, a total of people.
If we don't find team members quickly and are besieged by other countries, it will be easy to fall into a disadvantage in a one-on-many situation.
"Jiang Yu is right. Take it, everyone!"
Luo Chen also nodded in agreement, and then handed out his specially made positioning magic device to other people in the team.
"Well, Captain, where did you get the positioning magic device?"
“I built the magic positioning device, which is used to collect positioning data of other teams.
Take this from me and you will see where everyone is!"
Luo Chen spoke lightly.
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Everyone around looked confused.
Isn’t it only the British team that got the positioning magic device? Where did all the others come from?
Luo Chen did not explain too much about this, but Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan showed a look of sudden enlightenment.
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“Buzz~~~~~”
With a tremor, Luo Chen, who was still in everyone's sight a second ago, suddenly disappeared in the texture of space in just a blink of an eye.
Luo Chen opened his eyes, and what came into view was the gray and turbid sky with a strange twist. It looked like a huge dark oil painting printed above his head.
The land is rugged and rugged, with inexplicably towering peaks, black forests stretching across the front, rivers flowing countercurrently, and long valleys where heartbeats and screams are constantly coming from...
Although this environment has mountains, water and sky, it feels like some illogical painter randomly put these scenes together in one place, which is very different from the visual coherence of real nature!
"Babbling~~~~~~~!!!"
There were a few eagle cries in the sky above his head. Luo Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the pupil eagle hovering at an altitude of 100 meters above him.
Luo Chen smiled, then looked at the many red dots displayed on the positioning magic device on his right arm and smiled.
Displaying the positions of other people is not only convenient for the Huaxia National Team to reunite and avoid being surrounded by other national teams.
More importantly, it would be convenient for Luo Chen to quickly finish the game...
Sorry, there were too many updates yesterday and I can’t catch up.
Chapter 1
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