Legend of the Mythological Genes
chapter-34

20,100 star coins… It was exactly just one hundred more star coins than 20,000.

However, its effect was surprisingly good.

The active ids in the online auction once again sank into silence.

All of them understood the meaning behind this number. This person was bent on winning this bid at all costs.

The silence went on for a while.

Feng Lin waited patiently. He knew that if someone really wanted it, they wouldn’t be scared off by this one hundred star coin.

As expected, it wasn’t too long before someone continued to bid.

“22,000 star coins!”

This person raised the bid by almost 2,000 star coins at one go, displaying immodesty in his wealth.

“23,000!” Another person raised the bid by 1,000.

Other than that, no one else called for a greater bid.

After all, there weren’t many people who would pay over 20,000 star coins for just a genetic researcher’s notes.

There was now only Feng Lin and two other people competing in the boisterous online auction.

Clearly, his tactic was working.

However, the other two ids were very persistent and kept on raising the bid. Very soon, the bid was raised to 25,000.

Feng Lin knew that it was time for him to take action. He called for a bid again, “25,100 star coins.”

He repeated his trick again, increasing the bid by one hundred star coins.

However, the two people had already seen through his trick and persistently raised the bid. They didn’t back off just because of a mere increase of a hundred star coins.

“26,000 star coins!”

“27,000!”

“27,500!”

“27,800!”

…

The bidding price kept on escalating and very soon, reached 28,000 star coins.

The virtual sale assistant, who was at the side, watched with wide-open eyes, not understanding what had happened. The price for this item had far exceeded her expectations.

It is just a genetic researcher’s notes. Can it really fetch such a high price?

Seeing that her earlier suggestion wasn’t effective, her eyes flashed with data as she tried to analyze the situation.

Feng Lin didn’t mind it at all.

After some observation, he noticed that his competitors’ bid increments were getting lesser. Clearly, the price was getting closer to their limits.

As long as he raised the bid further, they might just back off.

The bidding price’s increment slowed down, but it still reached 30,000 star coins in the end.

“30,000 star coins, calling once!”

“Calling twice!”

One id left the competition and didn’t raise the bid further.

Right at this moment, Feng Lin jumped into the bidding pool again. “30,100 star coins!”

An increment of just a hundred star coins! Again!?

The online auction descended to stillness with his timely bid.

That last remaining bidder pondered for a while before starting to raise the bid again. “30,500 star coins!”

Just 500 star coins? It seemed that this opponent won’t be able to hold on for long!

Feng Lin smiled, feeling that he was going to win this very soon.

Now that things had come down to this stage, it was impossible for him to back off.

“30,600 star coins!”

With yet another one hundred star coins increment, Feng Lin revealed that he would bring home these notes at all cost.

For some reason, despite already reaching the limit, the last competitor still remained unyielding in this bidding war.

“31,000!” Each time, this competitor would raise the bid by 500 star coins.

On the other hand, Feng Lin would consistently display his determination by yet another hundred star coins.

The two of them kept on fighting, with neither party willing to lose out. The bidding price gradually rose to a shocking level.

The id in the online auction kept on flashing non-stop, sending out a bunch of exclamation marks.

At the side, the virtual sale assistant was in a daze. She couldn’t analyze the reason behind this foolish behavior.

The bidding price kept on escalating, soon reaching 35,000 star coins.

However, Feng Lin’s patience was at its limit. He was no longer willing to wait.

How long is this going to continue on for?

After such a long tug of war, he could tell that his competitor was also determined to get the research notes.

The slow increment to the bidding price made it hard for them to test each other’s limits.

Feng Lin had no intention to keep on dragging things out. He was ready to show his hand.

“40,000 star coins!” He threw in all of his funds. If he couldn’t win the bid even with this, he could only count himself unlucky.

Fortunately, this time around, his opponent fell silent for very long and finally stop raising the bid.

“40,000 star coins, calling once!”

“Calling twice!”

“Calling thrice!!! Sold!”

After three calls, the bell was rung. In the end, Feng Lin managed to win the bid for the genetic researcher’s research notes.

He heaved a sigh of relief. He was so close to letting it slip by.

If that person continued to raise the bid, he might really have to give up on this.

Thankfully, things turned out well. Although he had paid a huge price, Feng Lin didn’t regret it.

The higher the value of the notes, the more excitement and anticipation he felt.

Just a set of a genetic researcher’s notes was worth so much money… A geneticist was definitely a promising job with great prospects. He made the right choice.

“Sorry! My method isn’t useful and it made you spend so many star coins!” The virtual sale assistant walked up, appearing very remorseful.

Feng Lin shook his head, “This isn’t your fault!”

To be honest, this tactic was still effective and had caused the majority of the disruptors to back off.

It was just that Feng Lin was unlucky and seemed to have encountered someone who also had a great interest in this set of research notes. In this case, any tactic would be useless and it would just be a competition of who had more money.

Fortunately, Feng Lin had the last laugh.

Although the process had been precarious, the results were satisfactory.

He had successfully gotten his hands on it and had also spent all of the 100,000 star coins.

This was the first time that Feng Lin had spent money so extravagantly. It was both refreshing and exhilarating.

He didn’t leave any money remaining for his parents. Given his situation, it would be too tough to explain things and would only cause them to worry about where he had gotten the money instead.

Secondly, the clan might start asking unwanted questions. This was something he wanted to avoid at all cost.

Feng Lin didn’t want any trouble for now. He could feel invisible ropes restricting his freedom. There was no choice, he could only remove these ropes in the future after he grew stronger!

“Esteemed customer, please feel free to visit us again in the future!” As the virtual sale assistant bowed, Feng Lin exited the shop and headed in the direction of home.