Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1768

The Lead Auctioneer raised a hand, and the screen shifted to display high-resolution close-ups of The Apex Bio-Transfer Pod. He spoke clearly, "Regarding the post-sale sealing, transport verification, and delivery requirements, all conditions will proceed exactly as the crew announced earlier..." "Alright! We've heard this a dozen times already, just start the damn thing!" an impatient buyer shouted, cutting him off. Several people already had their fingers hovering over their bidding devices. It was the middle of the night, they had been sitting here for hours, and everyone was drained. Nobody wanted to waste another second before getting their hands on AWS-14. The Lead Auctioneer didn't waste any more breath. He raised his gavel high into the air. "The living asset, A.W.S-14, is now open for bidding. The starting price—" He paused for dramatic effect. "Five billion dollars." The moment the words left his mouth, the bidding channels unlocked. Five billion was an astronomically high starting point. It immediately priced out a large chunk of the room. Yet, not a single person in the crowd thought it was unreasonable. Everyone understood that they weren't just bidding on a highly lethal experimental subject. The true value of AWS-14 lay in the groundbreaking research flowing through its veins. If someone could reverse-engineer the neural modifications from this near-complete specimen, or even push the technology further... the potential profit couldn't be measured in a mere five billion dollars. The second the starting price was announced, the first bid lit up the board. The five billion dollar baseline vanished. [Aurelius Bio-Genetics: Eight billion dollars.] The multinational conglomerate didn't hold back. Their very first move raised the stakes by three billion. It was a massive flex of financial dominance. A collective gasp rippled through the audience. But before the host could even announce the bid, another offer crushed it. [Ten billion dollars.] [Twelve billion dollars.] [Fifteen billion dollars.] The VIP seats and private suites flashed across the screen in a chaotic frenzy. The numbers skyrocketed without a single pause. It was absolute madness. Some buyers urgently leaned over to consult with their trailing experts like Professor Elias Thorne. Others slammed their fingers against their earpieces, barking frantic orders to their superiors. But the majority didn't even hesitate, furiously mashing the raise button. Even the research institutions, underground medical syndicates, and old-money powerhouses hiding behind anonymous tags finally bared their fangs. They all jumped into the bloodbath. No matter how absurdly fast the price surged, no one backed down. They knew perfectly well that buying AWS-14 didn't mean they'd instantly possess an army of unkillable soldiers. The Panacea had made that crystal clear. Being near-complete didn't mean it was ready for mass production. But that didn't stop them from wanting it. Because its true worth wasn't in its raw destructive power. It was in the fact that it existed at all. Sitting right in front of them was a living breathing subject capable of maintaining stability under extreme neural augmentation. It was a masterpiece standing on the threshold of perfection. The data locked inside its body was the real treasure. Why did Asset 07 suffer such catastrophic rejection, while AWS-14 managed to sustain its condition? What scientific barrier had they broken through? What secrets had Obsidian Sun unlocked that the rest of the world hadn't?