My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 139

Chapter 139 Target Achieved [Glutton]

“The next item is a shard of the Star of the Void…”

Gu Bing sat up straight, knowing this was the main event. On the screen was a rhomboid, deep purple crystal, its surface covered with tiny cracks, each faintly emanating a star-like glow.

Inside, a swirling nebula-like substance seemed sealed, emitting specks of starlight as the light changed.

“Starting bid, eighty million!”

As the auctioneer finished speaking, Gu Bing initially remained silent. Someone from the Crafting Department behind her spoke first, “Ninety million.”

“One hundred million.” Gu Bing waited a moment before speaking clearly.

This voice was unfamiliar, having not appeared throughout the entire event, clearly indicating someone who had come specifically for this item.

The seasoned bidders present immediately realized this and looked over.

Gu Bing held her head high, allowing everyone to see her face.

Soon, someone recognized her and was rather surprised, “This is the little girl from the Gu family, seemingly connected to Su Chen, that core seed of the Tribunal.”

“The Gu family deals in meat; this item must be for Su Chen.”

“They say this Su Chen is very powerful?”

“You didn’t know? He just responded to Ying Feng; he’s more than just powerful…”

The discussions continued, and the bidding indeed stopped. Everyone was willing to give face; of course, it was also because others didn’t have an urgent need for this shard.

Gu Bing tightened her lips, secretly relieved. But just then, another voice rang out.

“One hundred and ten million!”

In the corner, Xiao Ying called out. He Kang’s face immediately darkened, “What are you doing?”

“I suddenly wanted it; is that not allowed?” Xiao Ying showed a frustrated expression.

He Kang angrily said, “If you inflate the price of this shard now, what if others inflate the price of the potion later?”

Xiao Ying chuckled, “Let them inflate it; how high can it go?”

Zhou Honglang next to him looked on in surprise.

The surrounding noise continued. Some people had already recognized Xiao Ying and He Kang, and immediately understood: it was a conflict between core seeds.

“It’s Wei Yu Fan’s people; they’re here too.” Gu Bing retracted her gaze, her face looking unpleasant.

Wei Yu Fan’s accumulated resources were clearly not something they could contend with.

If these two deliberately competed, they wouldn’t get anything.

“Contact Su Chen…” Gu Bing whispered. Tie Feng hastily opened his smart bracelet and sent a message.

At the same time, Gu Bing called out her bottom line: “One hundred and thirty million.”

“One hundred and forty million.” Xiao Ying’s lazy voice resounded.

Everyone was watching the show. This kind of resource bidding occurred frequently, but they usually wouldn’t inflate each other’s prices, otherwise, it could easily lead to a vicious cycle.

Such a scene was rare.

“What should we do? This price is already far beyond our estimation, and they’ll probably raise it again,” Tie Feng whispered.

“What did Su Chen say?” Gu Bing asked, gritting her teeth.

“No response yet,” Tie Feng shook his head helplessly.

Gu Bing, with an unpleasant expression, called out one hundred and fifty million. Although she didn’t have that much prepared money, it wasn’t impossible to borrow.

But Xiao Ying’s one hundred and sixty million followed closely, clearly aiming to crush them.

“Are there no higher bids?”

Involving the core seeds of the Tribunal, the person in charge on stage didn’t dare to heighten the atmosphere, quietly waiting for time to pass before finally asking.

Gu Bing’s face showed bitterness. Even with the combined efforts of their three families, this was all they could do.

“One hundred and seventy million.”

Another voice suddenly rang out. Everyone was stunned. It was the person sitting next to Xiao Ying.

“Uncle Zhou, you too?” Xiao Ying looked over in surprise.

Zhou Honglang turned off his virtual screen and said with a smile, “Yes, the department has a need.”

“You should have said so earlier; I wouldn’t have raised it so high then.” Xiao Ying said nonchalantly.

The outcome was without suspense; it was acquired by the Supervision Department.

Soon, it was time for Xiao Ying and the others to purchase the Jade Hidden Flowing Light. Gu Bing gritted her teeth and raised the price by fifty million, which Xiao Ying didn’t care about at all.

This bidding ended quickly. The friction between Su Chen and Wei Yu Fan was just a small incident, and no one paid much attention to it.

At the backend of the resource repository, people were lining up to claim their auctioned items.

“You shouldn’t have forcefully inflated the price. The Supervision Department wanted it anyway, and that item wouldn’t have fallen into Su Chen’s hands,” He Kang kept shaking his head beside her.

“Are you, the good Samaritan, so afraid?” Xiao Ying took the silver-white metal box from the staff member, unlatched it, and opened it. Inside lay a potion shining with brilliant light.

The liquid exhibited a strange, multi-layered texture. With a gentle shake, golden threads stirred within, like living quicksand, flowing and entwining in the azure base.

After confirming there were no issues, Xiao Ying closed the box.

“It’s not fear, it’s just unnecessary.” He Kang shook his head and sighed, “Old Wei and Su Chen originally had no direct conflict. Aren’t we intensifying the contradiction by doing this?”

“No direct conflict?” Hearing his words, Xiao Ying chuckled, “Do you think there’s any room for reconciliation between those two?”

“Alas,” He Kang sighed, “but there’s no need to interfere in things like this.”

“You’ve been a good Samaritan for so long that you’ve even fooled yourself.” Xiao Ying turned and walked out. “Minor matter… Heh, would someone inexplicably need this shard?”

He Kang shook his head helplessly, followed Xiao Ying out of the resource repository, and arrived at the parking lot. In the distance, he saw Zhou Honglang’s back, who was greeting someone waiting by a hovercar.

In an instant, Xiao Ying’s expression turned ugly. Zhou Honglang was smiling as he took a black metal box handed to him by his subordinate, then handed it to Gu Bing, saying something.

“Wouldn’t that be the shard of the Star of the Void?” He Kang followed behind and saw this scene, asking hesitantly.

Xiao Ying composed her expression, saying blandly, “What else could it be if not the shard? Gu Bing came for the shard, could Zhou Honglang give her something unimportant?”

Since things had come to this, it was useless to say anything else. Xiao Ying snorted coldly and turned to board a nearby hovercar.

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Two hours later, Gu Bing had already arrived at Su Chen’s residence with the item. “So this is a shard of the Star of the Void…” Su Chen looked at the crystal shard in the box, brilliant with flowing starlight, exceptionally beautiful.

“The Supervision Department used one hundred and seventy million. We gave them all of our one hundred and thirty million, so they essentially spent an extra forty million.” Gu Bing explained, her eyes filled with a strange glint.

Su Chen had asked her to wait for the Supervision Department’s people after the event, but she hadn’t expected Zhou Honglang to give him the item directly.

“Mhm.” Su Chen nodded. The moment he received Tie Feng’s message, he had contacted Cheng Lang.

The two had just agreed to work together for Ying Feng’s future, and Cheng Lang was efficient in his work. However, the Supervision Department merely acted as a middleman, and they still had to pay the money.

“However, excessive contact with the Supervision Department, wouldn’t it be…” She hinted slightly; the conflict between the Tribunal and the Security Division was well-known in Ying Feng.

“Don’t worry,” Su Chen closed the box and set it aside.

Seeing Su Chen’s confident demeanor, Gu Bing relaxed. Then, she cautiously added:

“Because of the Security Division’s recent audits, our families’ shipping and sales channels have been somewhat disrupted by the Supervision Department. If you could put in a good word, would you be able to…”

Su Chen immediately said, “I’ll handle this matter.”

The Security Division’s actions in the city had been extensive recently, and Su Chen had heard about them. He guessed it was most likely about searching for the Black Tuo’s divine blood.

However, such information wouldn’t be disseminated to the lowest levels, so the low-level guards who were actually doing the work often had some selfish motives and embezzled funds.

Gu Bing was relieved to see Su Chen agree decisively.

Taking money to resolve problems, Su Chen believed, was perfectly normal. These three families had indeed saved him a lot of trouble and genuinely raised the money to help him get the shard of the Star of the Void.

After some thought, he asked, “Do you want to get a piece of the Supervision Department’s pie?”

“Can we?” Gu Bing asked in surprise. Even the seemingly dull Tie Feng couldn’t help but look over.

The daily consumption of food, potions, and weapons by the Supervision Department was astronomical, and more or less related to the business of the three families.

When their families were at their peak, they had all, more or less, benefited from various city agencies, so they naturally understood the high profits involved.

“I can put in a word, but there’s only one condition: when I ask you to withdraw, you must not hesitate.” Su Chen said in a deep voice. He had already spoken to Chong Jingtian, so there was no pressure in getting things for free, but eventually, there would be a day when the true intentions were revealed.

Gu Bing immediately said, “No problem, I can decide on behalf of my grandfather.”

Tie Feng also nodded. The Wang family, not present here, would have no other opinions either.

With this matter settled, Su Chen asked about the situation at the scene. Tie Feng’s information only mentioned someone snatching the deal, but the specific details were too complex to elaborate.

Gu Bing’s smile faded. She pursed her thin lips and said resentfully, “It was Xiao Ying, a core seed, a Tier 4 professional. He’s Wei Yu Fan’s subordinate. I didn’t expect to run into them this time.”

“Wei Yu Fan…it’s him again.” Su Chen frowned. This old fellow considered him a strong competitor and had subtly caused trouble several times.

“This time, Xiao Ying probably acted on his own initiative. No one knew about our plan to obtain the shard of the Star of the Void,” Gu Bing said.

“Acting on his own initiative… Xiao Ying…” Su Chen mused.

Gu Bing briefly explained, “He is a Tier 4 mental-type professional. Tiers 1 and 2 are top-tier professions, while Tiers 3 and 4 are advanced.”

“I see.” Su Chen seemed thoughtful.

Then, Gu Bing looked a bit puzzled: “The item he bought was the ‘Jade Hidden Flowing Light’ potion. This is a high-grade potion used to stabilize a profession, typically when one has just advanced.”

“Is Wei Yu Fan’s advancement to a Tier 5 advanced profession also so difficult?”

Su Chen did not respond. After a brief chat, Gu Bing and Tie Feng excused themselves.

After seeing them off, Su Chen had just put the shard into his storage space when Ming Lin knocked on the door and immediately asked, “How is it? Did you get the profession you wanted?”

“Just got it, that’s why I called you over,” Su Chen invited him to sit down. “It’s called ‘Armored Bone Master’. Its general function is to strengthen the body by integrating external objects.”

“General function?” Ming Lin paused, then realized, “Is it a newly deciphered profession?”

“Yes,” Su Chen nodded. Seeing Ming Lin hesitate, he added, “Its strength is not low; it requires more than one top-tier physique profession as a foundation.”

A true expert’s move immediately reveals their skill. Hearing these two requirements, Ming Lin’s eyes lit up, and he immediately said, “I’ll trade!”

However, he immediately added, “There aren’t any extremely difficult requirements, are there?”

“No, just resources and time, which you can definitely meet.”

“Good.” Ming Lin was quite excited. “My profession doesn’t have extremely difficult requirements either.”

At this point, his expression turned strange, as if recalling something: “It’s just that the way of eating is a bit peculiar, but it’s not a big problem.”

Under-the-table profession exchanges are basically based on demand; there’s no such thing as higher or lower profession strength.

“Then let’s sign the contract first.” Ming Lin said, then pulled out a yellowish-brown piece of parchment from his embrace.

When unfolded, it was densely inscribed with words Su Chen couldn’t understand, and black patterns spread along the edges.

“Contract?” Su Chen looked at it in surprise. He wasn’t unfamiliar with this item; it came from the special profession of Contract Master and was used in many industries.

“Oh, you haven’t traded important items privately before, have you?” Ming Lin suddenly understood and explained, “Profession information can be reproduced and disseminated, which isn’t good for either party in a transaction.”

“A contract is a form of restraint, to prevent the profession from being leaked.”

“There are penalties?” Su Chen frowned slightly.

“No,” Ming Lin shook his head. “The stronger the binding force of the contract, the higher the demands on the creator. We don’t need to create a contract with punitive implications.”

“My contract is very simple. If either of us actively leaks the traded profession information in any form, the other party will know, but that’s all.

“You certainly don’t want me to resell it either.”

Ming Lin was quite thoughtful. Su Chen considered it, then placed his hand on the contract. He vaguely perceived the information, which was roughly similar to what Ming Lin had said.

“Then let’s sign it.” Su Chen nodded. The two quickly completed the signing, and the contract transformed into a stream of light, dissolving and integrating into their respective bodies.

Su Chen said in surprise, “It’s still a secret contract…”

Once the signing was complete, the two exchanged professions.

[Discovered special profession – Glutton. Can be appointed after fulfilling requirements.]

[Requirement 1 for appointment: Engage in eating beyond limits, accumulating over thirty days.]

[Requirement 2 for appointment: Food consumed must not be repetitive, and must include inanimate objects, living creatures, plants, decaying matter, metals, and rocks.]

[Requirement 3 for appointment: Integrate an Abyssal Stomach.]

Three requirements for appointment, Su Chen carefully read them, almost all of which were related to eating.

“Eating beyond limits, and the types can’t be repetitive… eating living things, metal… even rocks, and decaying matter…” Su Chen frowned. He was quite picky about what he ate, and these requirements made him quite resistant.

[The corpulent Glutton shuffled forward, and upon witnessing the majestic figure of the Red Flame Thunder God, his fleshy body trembled, realizing his own insignificance. Requirement two for appointment has been eliminated.]

“That’s more like it…” Su Chen’s complexion relaxed considerably. Who would willingly torture themselves? Couldn’t they just eat something good?

(End of chapter)