Shadow Hack

Chapter 532: Problems with Treasure Maps

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Yunmu took out the ten secret treasure maps. Four of them showed the way to dimensional spaces which he hadn’t yet explored, another four detailed the exact geographical location of spirit ingredients, while the last two were for special minerals.

These were the maps which were relatively less useful to him or with which he could bear to part from the twenty something treasure maps he’d obtained from the treasury. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken them to auction and would have instead went to explore them.

Once the ten secret treasure maps were announced, they caused quite an uproar among the bidders.

It was especially so for the four maps which contained the location and details regarding four unexplored dimensional spaces. They attracted the eyes of many alien races. After all, no one would ever complain that they possessed too many dimensional spaces.

Regardless of whether it was a first tier or a third tier power, all of them wanted the discovered yet unexploited dimensional spaces which also included the access to all the resources in them.

Moreover, the four maps of the dimensional spaces didn’t have many details apart from the known concrete geographical location.

From that, they could guess that the dimensional spaces in the four maps probably possessed a lot of valuable space. This fact was certain to drive the prices up.

The four dimensional spaces which hadn’t been explored yet, how much area did they have?

Similarly, no one knew what grade of uncommon materials or resources could be found within the four unexplored dimensional spaces.

They also couldn’t tell what sort of rare lifeforms would exist there. There was the question if life was even possible in those dimensional spaces.

Because of that, the value of the four dimensional space maps was relatively volatile. If there was no buyer who urgently needed private space, then the insufficient information would lower the prices because the buyers wouldn’t want to risk their wealth.

But if someone did urgently need more space, the prices could swell to extreme heights. It was all because they possessed unlimited possibilities.

There was a chance that they only had a small area and were barren lands in which even the simplest lifeforms couldn’t exist.

But at the same time, it was also possible that the dimensional spaces were extremely large and were filled with an astonishing amount of resources. They may beven contain extremely high grade material.

Thus, after the Pangu Auction House received Li Yunmu’s ten secret treasure maps, it kept dawdling for a long time. Only after a while did they determine a comparatively reasonable price.

“I have ten secret treasure maps in my hand: four of them were determined to be B grade, four C grade, and the last two C grade as well.”

Before the auction master had even finished speaking, he attracted an uproar. Many buyers began talking in whispers.

Once Pangu sold several nine-patterned basic weapons to the outsiders, the level of the auction had been raised to an extremely high grade.

But when the crowd heard that surprisingly four B grade secret treasure maps were about to be auction, the people filled with great interest and expectations.

Even if the maps were only classified as B grade, the items of this level held quite an enormous potential for benefit in the Origin World.

“Do these four maps contain the location of unexplored dimensional spaces?”

Someone underneath the stage couldn’t help but guess.

“That’s right. They are precisely that—maps which contain the location of unexplored dimensional spaces. The most recent information in the maps is from forty-five days ago. Alright, I will now announce the information about the first map.

“The first unexplored dimensional space is located south of Baidi City in the Eastern Region. The area of the dimensional space is unknown and the quality of resources inside is also unknown. The grade of lifeforms in the dimensional space is unknown too, so the base price is three million sacred pangu coins. Every bid must be hundred thousand sacred pangu coins higher than the last bid. The bidding starts now.”

Although Pangu had learned how to make an auction from humans, their style was extremely crude and direct.

Once the prices were announced, they started the auction without wasting any time.

However, the base price caused many people to turn silent. Originally, the crowd was filled with excitement and expectations, but it had instantly turned still.

All information unknown? Last reliable news from forty-five days ago? Three million sacred pangu coins as base price?

Each one of the above mentioned information dampened the fervent excitement in most people. Buying that map was equal to gambling.

Even if there was no detailed information about the size of the dimensional space, it would have still been all right. But if the level of lifeforms inside was completely unknown, many people would instantly want to examine carefully whether their group or power had the strength required to exploit the resources.

The gamble which relied on spending a lot of money to obtain a dimensional space about which no one knew anything was extremely risky. If the dimensional space was in ruins, it would be a great loss.

It made people worry, especially when they heard that the last valid information was from forty-five days ago.

What did this signify?

It meant that the owner had stopped keeping track of the dimensional space. A period of one and a half month could be considered as very long or very short.

If during that time the dimensional space had been discovered and exploited by other people, what would happen then? It would be a disastrous loss.

Because of the above mentioned reasons, the bidders’ enthusiasm immediately cooled off.

At this time, Li Yunmu tensed up slightly.

Originally, he hadn’t intended to take those maps out for auction. Before, he’d thought that even if he couldn’t explore them for the time being, he would rather let them rot in his hands than sell any unexplored dimensional spaces.

After all, once he explored them and was acknowledged as their master, he could do as he wished. Even if he chose to auction them, their price wouldn’t be as low as a few millions. It would shoot up to ten or maybe even a hundred times higher amount.

If the dimensional space he encountered was large, possessed a lot of resources, and was livable, it was possible that the prices would swell more than a thousand times.

After all, it would also included the prices of all the resources in the dimensional space.

However, Li Yunmu wanted to get his hands on the Pangu True Armor, so he didn’t make any bids on other items and even took out his precious maps to auction with great unwillingness.

If he’d known it would come to that, he would have taken them out for auction earlier, when the date of the last check up was closer. The base price wouldn’t have been so low then.