Future News: My Phone Mutated

Chapter 28: Prophecy Stone Slab

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation  Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

When Lin Bai returned to his dormitory, he heard Luo Yang muttering to himself the moment he entered.

“What is this? Why is it the finale item?”

Lin Bai casually asked, “What finale? What are you looking at?”

Luo Yang directly handed the phone to Lin Bai to look at and explained, “The finale item of Sotheby’s auction was exposed in advance. It’s this thing.”

“It’s said to be some ancient Eastern monument, but look at it. The words on it are so polished that they can’t even be seen. Would anyone want it?”

“They actually treated it as the finale item. I really wonder what the organizers are thinking.”

Luo Yang said a long string of words, but Lin Bai didn’t register a single word he said in his mind.

That was because the moment Lin Bai saw the picture of the monument, the Divine Treasure Appraisal Skill was automatically activated.

Immediately after, a translucent label appeared in front of Lin Bai’s eyes, with a detailed description of the item written on it.

[Appraisal result: Mayan Prophecy Tablet. ]

[Description: During the Mayan era, the high priests would use this tablet to predict the future and issue an oracle.]

[Item Value: Extremely High.]

Lin Bai was almost shocked by what he saw.

He had never expected that there would really be an item that could predict the future in this world.

Moreover, it had already appeared during the Mayan era!

In other words, this stone tablet was the earliest piece of future news in human history.

Lin Bai had always been very curious about the origin of the Future News app on his phone. He also wanted to know what kind of power allowed it to predict the future.

All along, Lin Bai had lacked a way to explore the mystery, so he was filled with curiosity, but he was unable to obtain any useful information.

Now that he had finally encountered something related to it, Lin Bai would never miss such a good opportunity to study it.

“You mentioned an auction just now, right? When and where will the auction be held?” Lin Bai asked.

Luo Yang replied, “Three days later, the location will be Dragon City.”

Lin Bai’s heart skipped a beat. Wasn’t the auction in Dragon City the one that Yu Jinmo and her father were going to attend?

If that was the case, he had to think about how he could keep his identity from being exposed in front of Yu Jianhao and Yu Jinmo.

Just as he was thinking, he heard Luo Yang ask, “Boss, don’t tell me you’re interested in this stone tablet and want to buy it?”

 Lin Bai nodded. “Yes, you guessed right.”

“No way! The starting price for this stone tablet is 200 million! In the end, it will increase by at least 10 times.”

“200 million? You want to spend 200 million on a useless stone tablet? Boss, are you crazy?!”

“Even if you have money, you can’t be so willful!”

200 million was an astronomical figure that Luo Yang couldn’t earn even in 10 lifetimes.

The thought of Lin Bai spending such a large sum of money on a useless stone tablet made Luo Yang’s heart ache. Even though it wasn’t his money, he still felt the pinch.

Lin Bai didn’t expect Luo Yang to have such a big reaction.

He secretly felt a little regretful. If he had known that this fellow’s reaction would be so intense, he wouldn’t have said anything.

Fortunately, there were only the two of them in the dormitory. Otherwise, if Little Fatty and Monkey were to hear it, it would be extremely exaggerated.

Lin Bai really couldn’t explain why he had to bid on the prophecy stone slab. He could only make up a random excuse.

“That tablet looks very old. I think it might have scientific value.”

“If it’s not too expensive, I’ll buy it. If it’s too expensive, then forget it.”

“And you also said that the base price is only 200 million. Maybe no one will compete with me and I’ll be able to buy it at the base price.”

Luo Yang shook his head like a rattle-drum.

 “You’re thinking too much. No matter what, it’s still a Sotheby’s auction. There’s basically no transaction where the final price is the starting price.”

“But this thing can’t be used by ordinary people. Maybe there won’t be many people bidding for it, so its price might not be able to increase by ten times. Maybe a few hundred million yuan will be enough to get it.”

After saying this, Luo Yang felt that he was inflated.

The balance in his card was not even a fraction of this number, but when this topic was brought up, he actually had the illusion that a few hundred million was not expensive.

It seemed that after spending so much time with Lin Bai, the super secret tycoon, his values had been subtly affected.

“With your blessings, I hope no one will bid for it.”

After Lin Bai said this, his phone rang.

It was a new tweet from the Future News app.

It seemed to be in response to what Lin Bai had said just now. The news this time was about the Sotheby’s auction that would be happening in three days.

[Sotheby’s auction has set a new record. The finale item was sold for three billion yuan.]

Seeing this title, Lin Bai’s heart sank.

Wasn’t Sotheby’s final item the prediction tablet that he wanted to buy?

In order to further verify, Lin Bai checked the news and found that it was indeed the Mayan prediction tablet.

Moreover, the news said that the competition was unusually intense.

Luo Yang had estimated the price at 2 billion yuan, but it was an underestimation.

“3 billion, that’s not easy to handle…”

Lin Bai was a little worried.

It wasn’t that he found the price too expensive, but that he simply couldn’t take out so much money right now.

Otherwise, he would definitely buy it without batting an eyelid.

This was because Lin Bai knew that the value of the prophecy tablet couldn’t be measured with money. It was a priceless treasure.

“Do I have to watch such a priceless treasure fall into the hands of others just because I don’t have the money?”

Lin Bai asked himself silently.

There was only one answer:

Of course not!

He was determined to get this Mayan prophecy tablet!

If he didn’t have money, he would think of ways to get money. If he met with difficulties, he would retreat.

That was not Lin Bai’s style! Lin Bai’s style had always been to face difficulties head-on!

There were still three days left. He had to earn more than three billion.

That was because Yu Jianhao had not returned the 500 million that he had lent to him yet.

Therefore, Lin Bai only had five million yuan left in his hands.

As for the 500 million yuan, Lin Bai did not intend to urge Yu Jianhao to pay it back in advance as the repayment date wasn’t due yet.

After all, the Yu family had just tided through the crisis, and they still had to make connections with the big shots in Dragon City. It was the time when money was needed everywhere.

Lin Bai didn’t want to urge Yu Jianhao to pay back the money at this critical moment and put more pressure on him.

He hoped that Yu Jianhao could build a relationship without any worries. If the Yu family could really win the favor of the big shots in Dragon City, it would be good for Lin Bai.

Lin Bai thought for a long time in his head before he finally came up with a practical plan to make money.

If he continued with the plan, it should not be a problem to make three billion in three days as long as nothing unexpected happened.