Chapter 20: Experimental Spatial Device

Master.

Mo Qingqing held Lin Mo’s hand.

“What is it?” Lin Mo frowned slightly.

“Let me have it!” Mo Qingqing looked into her eyes as she spoke.

“You…”

Mo Qingqing, who had just won forty-two million, and Lin Mo were clearly each other’s greatest rivals.

“You’re not even a High-ranked Mage. What do you need this for?” Lin Mo sighed.

“Give it to me!” Mo Qingqing still stared at her with wide, earnest eyes.

She wasn’t good at acting cute, so whenever there was something she really wanted, she would just look at Lin Mo like this.

“If Master wants to use this to comprehend the Laws, you can come to my house and use it anytime. But please, the room must be mine.”

“…Fine.” Lin Mo helplessly nodded.

She didn’t want to think anymore about what Mo Qingqing wanted to do with the room.

“Eight hundred thousand.” As soon as she got Lin Mo’s reply, Mo Qingqing waved her hand and called out a high bid.

Eight hundred thousand Aurn.

That was nearly the entire fortune of two ordinary Archmages.

The hall fell silent.

Though this thing was said to be inexhaustible,

it was extremely hard to acquire.

Except for the Dominators who grasped the Laws, no one could freely obtain it.

Eight hundred thousand.

Who knew how long it would take to save up that much.

“Any other bids?” The host scanned the crowd.

After three rounds of silence, the gavel came down.

“Congratulations to number 14!”

Mo Qingqing pulled out a glass sphere and tossed it forward.

The host caught it, checked it, then transmitted the metal cube to Mo Qingqing.

“Hmph.”

Mo Qingqing put away the cube, then excitedly ruffled Su Yun’s little head.

But Su Yun had no idea what had just happened.

What was that cube, anyway?

She only obediently nuzzled Mo Qingqing’s palm with her head.

No matter what….

As long as she provided good emotional value, that was enough.

The third item.

Then the fourth, the fifth…

Finally

“Now, let’s welcome the first true treasure of this auction! That’s right, the item everyone’s been waiting for!”

A delicate ring appeared before the crowd.

“Is that a portable space?” Lin Mo stared unblinkingly at the ring.

The first spatial device in the world that allowed free storage and retrieval.

Inside was a rectangular space, fourteen meters long, eleven meters wide, and nine meters high.

Compared to the spatial rings in Su Yun’s previous life’s novels, it was rather tiny.

But this was the world’s very first portable spatial equipment.

The dawn of a new era!

“Because this spatial device is an Experimental Spatial Device, whoever buys it will also receive permanent upgrade rights! Several masters jointly guarantee: as long as they live, yes, whenever there’s a technical breakthrough, the buyer’s device will be upgraded to the maximum size first!”

“Not bad.” Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.

A warranty was a wonderful thing.

“Starting price, two hundred thousand. Each bid must increase by no less than five hundred.”

“Eight hundred thousand.” Lin Mo couldn’t wait for the host to finish and shouted her bid.

“Another eight hundred thousand? Wait, wasn’t their room just now…”

“Where’d they get so much Aurn? Did she raid the Elemental Church’s treasury or something?”

“Hey! Did you guys hear about today’s deathmatch…”

The crowd erupted in discussion.

Very quickly, they realized Mo Qingqing and Lin Mo were Su Yun’s masters.

Only by winning massive wagers in deathmatches against the Dominators could someone amass such wealth.

Some even recognized Lin Mo directly.

“The original owner of Time?”

“The one closest to the Lord of Time?”

The crowd’s chatter gradually faded.

If it were someone else, perhaps they would have their own thoughts.

But this was the Original Owner.

The one who, barring accidents, was sure to ascend that throne.

The person with the deepest and most profound understanding of the Law of Time so far.

High-ranked mages were rarely fools, not to mention there were some Archmages present.

Great wealth was tempting, indeed.

But it was like how a nation might be rich—why didn’t people just rob a nation?

Absolutely unmatched strength dispelled all evil thoughts.

“I was wondering how a Mid-ranked Mage could achieve so much…”

“Exactly…”

Everyone naturally attributed Su Yun’s strength to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo frowned a little, but didn’t say anything more.

The potions and ideas were all Mo Qingqing’s doing.

But for a Mid-ranked Mage to achieve such things wasn’t really good for Mo Qingqing herself.

At this stage, accepting this outcome was the best choice.

Mo Qingqing herself didn’t mind, idly playing with Su Yun’s ears and tail.

Letting others’ baseless comments affect oneself was the most foolish thing.

Meaningless debates wouldn’t convince idiots.

Better to focus on research and attain true mastery.

By then, all doubts would turn to praise.

Thinking of Lin Mo’s possible massive wealth, the few Archmages who had intended to compete instantly lost interest.

There was no helping it.

There was just no way to win!

Another direct purchase at eight hundred thousand.

As soon as she received the spatial ring, Lin Mo impatiently put it on to examine it.

According to the included manual, this spatial ring could be bound with mental power. If anyone tried to forcibly use it, a warning would be triggered, and after two failed attempts it would self-destruct.

All its internal items would be teleported by the spatial power to a location specified by Lin Mo.

Even as an experimental model, its features were extensive.

By consuming Aurn, it could even open a spatial channel within the medium, directly transporting items to a specified place.

It also contained the Law of Time and the Law of Life. Any item stored inside would be completely stilled.

If a living thing was stored inside, she could choose to nurture it with the Law of Life, or drain its life force.

Spoiled food placed inside could be restored with the Law of Life, or reverted to its unspoiled state with the Law of Time.

All these required either Aurn or vast magic power.

But for an Archmage, that was nothing.

Moreover, Lin Mo found several surprises left by the designers.

A few similar, small-scale experimental spatial storage devices.

Their internal space wasn’t large, and they couldn’t be bound to an owner.

But they could still freely store items.

“Here, play with these.” Lin Mo casually tossed all these items to Mo Qingqing.

A bedside cabinet, a little pouch shaped like a guinea pig plush, a palm-sized desk lamp, and a slightly irregular metal wristband.

Mo Qingqing put the wristband on, then stored the other items inside.

The interior wasn’t big—one meter long, 0.8 meters wide, 1.4 meters high.

Only enough for some essential, compact things.

And there was no upgrade feature; for a bigger one, they’d have to buy another.

Mo Qingqing thought for a moment, then took out the guinea pig plush pouch and set it on top of Su Yun’s head.

“Uuh….”

Su Yun immediately straightened her ears to keep it from falling.

“Mm…” Mo Qingqing nodded in satisfaction.

It looked even more pleasing now.

There was a sense that… the little fox felt more complete.

“You can try to use your mental power to keep this thing fixed on your head,” Mo Qingqing said.

After all, the pouch’s storage space was only as big as an ordinary handbag.

Giving it to Su Yun was no big deal.

“Yes!” Su Yun started trying at once.

But she was also a little confused. Did this mean it was a gift for her?