“Ding!!!!!”
“Oh my goodness!”
Nan Xuan hadn’t even opened her eyes yet when she sat straight up. She opened her eyes just a tiny bit, turned off the alarm, smacked her lips, yawned, stretched, and got up to get ready.
After turning on the lights, she glanced out the window toward the direction of the auction. Her eyes sparkled with excitement.
“Boss, boss!”
Xiao Xuanzi ran out of the space.
Looking at the talking Xiao Xuanzi in front of her, who had extremely long fur and looked like a little Toy Poodle, Nan Xuan fell silent.
“No, Xiao Xuanzi, I’m not trying to criticize you, but have you ever seen a dog that can speak human language?”
Nan Xuan looked at Xiao Xuanzi with a slightly disgusted expression.
The little dog-like Xiao Xuanzi lay on the floor and stared pitifully at Nan Xuan.
The girl and the dog stared at each other for a long time.
In the end, Xiao Xuanzi couldn’t hold back and tentatively went,
“Woof?”
“Hahahahahahahahahaha!”
Nan Xuan burst out laughing without the slightest restraint.
She picked up Xiao Xuanzi, opened the door, and walked outside.
Seeing that the access light on the door across the hall was dark, she remembered that they were also here for this auction.
Hmm… They left this early?
Nan Xuan leisurely admired the hotel’s decorations as she walked, secretly clicking her tongue.
It was so luxurious.
When the apocalypse came, she would have to build a base even better than this one. Then she could simply hand everything over to her sisters and become a hands-off manager while she traveled around the world~
She happily hummed a song until she reached the parking lot and got into her car. She chatted with Xiao Xuanzi while driving.
“Xiao Xuanzi, we don’t have an admission ticket, so I’ll leave it to you. Hack one for us.”
“Boss, don’t you have any sense of public morality?”
“I’ve never had that thing since I was little.”
Xiao Xuanzi: …6
——— Divider ———
“Wow!”
When Nan Xuan arrived at the entrance of the auction, the building in front of her practically blinded her.
The walls and even the door frames were all made of gold, with diamonds embedded in them. Rows of men dressed in black stood at the entrance in orderly formation, holding devices to inspect everyone entering and leaving.
“Xiao Xuanzi~ Good boy, I’m counting on you.”
Nan Xuan secretly winked at Xiao Xuanzi.
The little guy in her arms rolled his eyes, turned around, and began digging around in his fur with his two tiny paws.
He suddenly pulled out a black-and-gold invitation and held it out to Nan Xuan in his mouth.
Nan Xuan unceremoniously rewarded him with a kiss.
Holding Xiao Xuanzi in one arm and the invitation in the other, she looked stunning.
Her already exquisite and gorgeous face was paired with a pair of captivating fox-like eyes. A small beauty mark sat at the corner of her eye.
Today, she had applied a layer of Western-style makeup.
At around 175 centimeters tall, she wore a gorgeous black evening gown and a pair of limited-edition black high heels. The outfit perfectly accentuated her figure.
She was slender, yet her curves were full where they needed to be.
Nan Xuan walked forward with an elegant stride, gracefully handed over the invitation, and entered without looking back.
Xiao Xuanzi, nestled in her arms, stared at all the decorations inside with sparkling eyes.
A staff member guided Nan Xuan toward the luxurious VIP room.
She quietly surveyed the venue.
The first floor was for ordinary guests.
The second floor had five VIP rooms.
The third floor consisted of three luxurious SVIP rooms.
She walked to the innermost room on the far right of the third floor and pushed open the door.
It wasn’t just Xiao Xuanzi who was stunned.
Even Nan Xuan herself was nearly dumbfounded.
Wow…
The sofa was made of crystal, with purple Simmons cushions.
There was a crystal chandelier, while the coffee table was marble with gold-painted decorative patterns.
The floor was marble as well.
The room had a bathroom, a television, a communication button, and a bidding paddle on the coffee table.
There was also a huge balcony with one-way privacy glass.
Inside were an air purifier and an air conditioner.
A wall-mounted fireplace was built into the wall, and everything was powered by electricity.
On the left side were a coffee machine and various drink dispensers.
Even cakes, fruit platters, and red wine had already been prepared.
The main dishes were brought in on a cart.
Looking carefully, nearly everything delivered consisted of high-end Western cuisine and all kinds of delicious food.
The fruits and vegetables were incredibly fresh.
There was even a small lavender diffuser in the room.
The sofa came thoughtfully equipped with decorative pillows and cushions.
Even the dog bed had clearly been carefully selected. It was incredibly soft and warm.
Inside Nan Xuan’s spiritual mind, Xiao Xuanzi was screaming excitedly.
“Boss! I’ve seen so much! I want to take everything here with me! This bed! I love it!!!”
The corner of Nan Xuan’s mouth twitched.
She resisted the urge to give Xiao Xuanzi a good beating and vigorously rubbed his head.
She smiled slightly at the staff member.
The staff member understood, nodded with a smile, and left the room, thoughtfully closing the door behind him.
Nan Xuan frowned slightly.
This room was so elaborate.
She spread out her mental power and discovered that there were no cameras or anything similar inside. There were no listening devices either.
Only then did she relax slightly.
She sat on the sofa and looked down through the balcony windows.
The balcony was completely enclosed in glass and formed a semicircle. From there, she could clearly see everything below.
There was also a tablet computer on the table displaying the items being auctioned tonight.
Leaning against the sofa, Nan Xuan scrolled through the tablet screen.
When she reached the final auction item, there was only a human-shaped silhouette. It was completely black, with a question mark in the middle.
Nan Xuan was left with a head full of question marks.
What the heck?
Were they selling a person?
Nan Xuan blinked.
She had no interest in antiques.
The reason she had come was because, in her previous life, something had happened to Xiao Beiyu’s team here.
Two of his companions had lost their lives during this mission.
That incident had caused Xiao Beiyu’s personality to change drastically.
He had once been a cheerful and sunny person, but afterward, he became dark and withdrawn.
If he had initially been like an aloof flower on a high mountain toward outsiders, afterward he had become a giant iceberg.
He was so stingy with his words that it seemed like saying one extra word would kill him.
Nan Xuan sighed and closed her eyes.
She ignored Xiao Xuanzi running wildly around the room and used her mental power to search for Xiao Beiyu and the others.
She locked onto their location and prepared to step in and help the moment they encountered danger.
After all, her mental power had been tempered through three thousand worlds.
If it were to be evaluated, the instruments would probably have to give her a giant question mark.
They simply couldn’t measure it.
Very soon, Nan Xuan discovered that they were directly below her, in that VIP room.
Nan Xuan wrinkled her little nose.
Why were these guys’ access levels even lower than the one she had hacked her way into?
She should have invited them to come with her.
After all, the higher the level, the more delicious food there would be!
Nan Xuan unhappily took a bite of steak and narrowed her eyes.
Mmm, delicious!
She ate while watching the opening performance outside.
Soon afterward, an extremely beautiful young woman walked onto the stage and began introducing the auction items.
The participants on the first floor raised their bidding paddles one after another.
Nan Xuan looked at the various antiques below with an expression of complete disdain.
What was this?
The things she had collected from other worlds in her own space were worth far more than these.
She was only curious about what the final item was.
Just as she was wondering about it, Xiao Xuanzi suddenly rushed over.
Nan Xuan raised an eyebrow.
“Boss, I detected the last one. It’s a zombie!! And it’s a red-eyed one!!”
“!!!”
Nan Xuan’s entire expression changed.
What was wrong with this place?
They were auctioning a zombie?!
And it was a red-eyed one?!
That thing was practically comparable to a miniature Zombie King!
Was this auction house insane?
“Xiao Xuanzi, are you sure?”
Nan Xuan’s exquisite little face darkened.
Moved up this much?
There were still sixteen days until the outbreak, no matter how she calculated it.
It was impossible for this to happen so early.
Could it be that her rebirth had caused the timeline to move forward?
“Boss, I’m absolutely sure! I’m the kind that guarantees it one hundred percent!”
“And it might not necessarily be because you came back that things moved forward. After all, before the major outbreak, there would definitely be scattered cases lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance.”
“The things hidden in the dark are always the hardest to discover.”
Xiao Xuanzi also became serious.
After all, when he had first accepted this host, he had learned about this world.
The disaster was caused by a natural catastrophe.
Glaciers melted, releasing a virus that had been sealed away for hundreds of millions of years.
The virus would spread into the air.
For the true outbreak to begin, all it needed was a single rain.
This meant that the virus had already been spreading for a long time.
It was simply waiting for the right trigger.
As for the cases appearing now, they were merely people who had been unlucky or had weaker constitutions.
Nan Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly.
She put away her carefree attitude and stared seriously at the stage below.
It was almost time.
There was only one item left.
The zombie being auctioned was about to be brought onto the stage…