#152 - Trending on the search list! Is Zhao Zheng making a fool of himself again?
Chapter 152: Trending! Did Zhao Zheng Make a Fool of Himself Again?
"Old Chu, thank you for telling me all this. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't!"
Zhao Zheng said with a smile.
Old Chu on the other end of the phone didn't mind Zhao Zheng's way of addressing him and asked, "So, which item have you set your sights on? I think the 'Thunderbolt Hand' extraordinary skill is good, quite suitable for you."
Hearing this, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Thunderbolt Hand?
Did he want him to become Thunderbolt Hand "Wen Tai"?
"Old Chu, I have a question I want to ask you."
"Oh? Go ahead."
"Regarding the extraordinary talents in the Holy Land, if someone possesses two at the same time, will there be a conflict?"
Hearing this question.
Old Chu on the other end of the phone replied seriously, "That depends on what kind of talents they are. If the two are the same type of talent, there will definitely be a conflict!"
"For example, an Devil Fruit ability extraordinaire, if they were to eat another Devil Fruit, a conflict would occur, and there's even a high probability they would die violently!"
"Two bloodlines are also not allowed. If an extraordinaire already has one bloodline, using another bloodline card will also cause a conflict, producing unpredictable consequences. The best outcome would be that one bloodline talent is covered by the other..."
Zhao Zheng nodded repeatedly as he listened.
Afterward, he asked, "Then, if an extraordinaire with a bloodline talent eats a Devil Fruit, will there be a conflict?"
Hearing this.
Even if Old Chu was stupid, he would realize that something was wrong.
"Zhao Zheng, you wouldn't be thinking about that Tremor-Tremor Fruit, would you?"
"Yes!" Zhao Zheng admitted readily.
There was no need to hide this matter.
Old Chu on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know if you've investigated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit? This Devil Fruit is not something that ordinary people can control. The attack power it brings is indeed very strong, but the side effects are equally obvious!"
"Each time you use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability, it will generate a strong vibration within yourself, damaging the user. It's completely an ability that harms yourself in the process of harming the enemy. You need a very strong physique to withstand such side effects..."
Although Old Chu spoke euphemistically, Zhao Zheng could tell that Old Chu did not approve of him seizing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Zhao Zheng could understand.
After all, Old Chu didn't know how strong his Kryptonian bloodline was.
"I know all of what you're saying."
Zhao Zheng said with a smile, "I can get so many Spirit Points in each level of the Spirit Realm, and I also have Armament Haki. As long as I add more Physique attributes next, won't it be fine?"
"Because this will severely slow down your progress in getting stronger. You might as well get a few more extraordinary skills in the attack direction, which would be stronger than this Tremor-Tremor Fruit that has lost its training amplification!"
Although Old Chu's analysis was very reasonable and he was indeed thinking of Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng didn't have much patience to listen.
Only he himself knew his situation.
"Old Chu, just tell me directly, if I eat that Tremor-Tremor Fruit, will it conflict with my Kryptonian bloodline?"
"...It shouldn't. This Tremor-Tremor Fruit has been stored for so long, and the training amplification it contains must have completely disappeared. It won't have any impact on you, but it also won't allow you to increase attributes through training."
"Okay, I understand."
Zhao Zheng said with a smile, "Thank you for your advice. I know you're doing it for my own good, but! I have a clear plan for myself. I definitely have to compete for this Tremor-Tremor Fruit."
On the other end of the phone, Old Chu was silent for a moment before saying, "Since you know what you're doing, then I won't say much. However, there should be many people eyeing this Tremor-Tremor Fruit. As far as I know, many students with self-healing abilities or defensive talents have appeared in your class."
"I know, thank you for your reminder."
...
Hanging up Old Chu's phone.
Zhao Zheng continued to study the items at this auction.
A moment later.
His phone suddenly started ringing non-stop.
They were all text messages.
They were all sent by Jiang Hebin, Chen Kai, Zhou Junjie, and others.
The content of the messages was roughly the same.
[Brother Zhao, I don't know if you've seen anything you like at this auction? If you don't have enough points, I can lend you all of mine...]
Seeing these messages, Zhao Zheng smiled and replied one by one: [No need, I have enough points!]
...
In the blink of an eye.
Three days later arrived.
At noon, after Zhao Zheng had lunch, he waited in front of the computer in his dormitory for the live broadcast of the auction to begin.
The Ministry of Education had specially created a live broadcast page for this auction, which was considered a lot of effort.
At exactly twelve o'clock.
The live broadcast started on time.
In just a few seconds, the number of online viewers in the live broadcast room reached hundreds of thousands.
Naturally, everyone who could enter this live broadcast room was a freshman.
The amazing thing was that with so many people entering, the live broadcast room wasn't lagging and was still running smoothly.
"Hello, students. I am a teacher from the Magic City Martial Arts University. I will be hosting today's auction."
A fair-skinned and beautiful teacher appeared in the live broadcast room.
She said to the camera with a smile, "Next, I will introduce the items for auction one by one. If any of you students see something you want, you can click 'Auction' in the lower-left corner to participate in the bidding!"
"To avoid outsiders mixing in and unnecessary troubles, this auction is all done under real names..."
Hearing this.
Zhao Zheng glanced at the ID in the upper-left corner of the screen.
His ID was displayed as: True Martial University — Zhao Zheng.
And it couldn't be changed.
Everything was real-name authenticated.
Soon, the auction began.
The female teacher hosting the auction began to take the extraordinary items one by one in front of the camera for public auction.
Almost every extraordinary item had a large number of students participating in the bidding.
Zhao Zheng wasn't very interested in these things.
Although there were quite a few one-time amplification-type extraordinary props being auctioned.
However, for Zhao Zheng now, these things were dispensable.
Because most of the amplification-type one-time extraordinary props basically wouldn't amplify according to percentages, but only amplify some basic things.
For example, a pair of "Speed Shoes" being auctioned at the moment simply increased 80 points of Agility attribute.
What use was 80 points of attribute to Zhao Zheng?
Moreover, many Spirit Realms would also disable one-time extraordinary props.
In the process of bidding, Zhao Zheng saw quite a few familiar names.
People like Jiang Hebin, Zhou Junjie, and others had appeared.
Even Song Haitang's name occasionally appeared...…
… …
About half an hour later.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit was finally placed on the table.
“Next to be auctioned is a Devil Fruit!”
The beautiful teacher said.
Zhao Zheng, who had been watching the live broadcast without making a move, was immediately energized.
His hand was already on the mouse, ready to bid!
“This Devil Fruit is a Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Among all Paramecia-type fruits, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is a very rare one. It has the reputation of being the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit… …
The beautiful teacher praised the Tremor-Tremor Fruit enthusiastically.
However, the barrage on the side showed a large number of opposing comments:
“Haha, she almost made me believe it with her praise.”
“If it were really that good, would it still be here? Someone would have used it long ago.”
“Don't just talk about the advantages! What about the side effects?”
“Having said that, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is indeed very powerful and rare, having only appeared five times so far. However, the side effects of this thing are not something ordinary people can withstand… …
“That's right! Kill a thousand enemies, but lose eight hundred of your own… … Such side effects are enough to scare away most transcendents.”
“Most importantly, this Tremor-Tremor Fruit has been stored for too long and has lost its crucial training amplification effect. Now it's just a useless thing, and one that will still hurt you.”
“That's right! If the training amplification effect was still there, and eating it could make you stronger through training, I might have bid on it. But as it is now, forget it!”
“I guess only those who have self-healing abilities or other defensive talents would be interested in this fruit, right?”
… …
The beautiful teacher seemed to have seen the barrage.
She also mentioned the shortcomings of this Tremor-Tremor Fruit before saying:
“Now, the auction begins!”
“The starting price is 500 points. Everyone can bid… …
Hearing that the starting price was as high as 500 points.
The barrage on the side immediately showed comments such as “Too expensive” and “Only a fool would want it.”
However.
There were still people bidding.
The bidder was a student from “Modu Martial Arts University” named Li Junhua.
His bid was 550 points.
After this person bid, someone immediately followed with a bid of 600 points.
It seemed that Old Chu was right. This Tremor-Tremor Fruit was already garbage to most transcendents, but it was still a good ability for some transcendents with special talents.
Zhao Zheng looked at the points on his account, a total of more than 6100.
That's what it amounted to after the exchange; he didn't know how it was calculated.
He thought about it and simply entered “6000” points!
Zhao Zheng's idea was very simple.
Make a high bid all at once to scare off others and avoid anyone getting carried away and creating a vicious competition.
Also, his points were usually useless at school and could only be used here.
Therefore, Zhao Zheng didn't feel bad about handing over his “bottom line” all at once.
“Zhao Zheng from Zhenwu University bids 6000 points!”
The beautiful teacher immediately exclaimed and then asked, “Is there a higher bid?”
The 6000 points bid shocked countless people.
A large number of comments immediately flooded the barrage on the side:
“Damn? Who bid 6000 points?”
“Awesome! Using 6000 points to buy a Tremor-Tremor Fruit that's practically useless? I've really lived to see it!”
“How can he have so many points? That's not fair!”
“What's unfair? He gets a god-tier rating every time in the Spirit Realm. Isn't it normal for the school to give more rewards?”
“Zhao Zheng from Zhenwu University? Isn't he the one who's always trending? Doesn't he have the strongest brain? How could he do such a stupid thing?”
“6000 points, wouldn't it be better to save it to buy those few attack-type transcendent skills? Why would he think of buying the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?”
“I remember that he fused with the Kryptonian bloodline? Does this talent have defensive abilities?”
“Hehe, I think he thinks his life is too long and wants to be a short-lived ghost!”
“He should be buying it for his friend or classmate, right?”
… …
Indeed, as Zhao Zheng expected.
Seeing the price instantly being raised to 6000 points.
Those students who had ideas about the Tremor-Tremor Fruit were immediately scared off and dared not bid any further!
Seeing that no one bid for a long time.
The beautiful teacher immediately shouted: “6000 points for the first time, 6000 points for the second time, 6000 points… … Sold! Congratulations to Zhao Zheng from Zhenwu University for successfully bidding for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!!”
Seeing this.
Zhao Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
Soon.
His phone rang.
It was a message.
Jiang Hebin: 【Zhao-ge, I didn't expect your target to be this Tremor-Tremor Fruit?】
Wang Fei: 【Zhao-ge, I heard that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit reduces your lifespan every time you use it! Why would you want to bid for this?】
Zhou Junjie: 【Zhao-ge, think twice! This is not a good thing… …】
Song Haitang: 【Not bad, very suitable for you.】
Only Song Haitang knew how strong Zhao Zheng's defense was!
Seeing these messages, Zhao Zheng smiled, replied casually, and put down his phone.
… …
This auction.
Lasted a full three hours before it ended.
“Dear students, with the last item being auctioned off, this year's university auction has come to an end. Thank you for your support. The items you have bid on will be sent to your respective schools within 48 hours. Please pay attention to check them at that time… …
After the beautiful teacher finished speaking.
The live broadcast was closed.
Zhao Zheng closed his computer, feeling very expectant about the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that was about to be delivered.
He was very clear about how terrifying the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was in Whitebeard's hands!
Whitebeard was known as the strongest Yonko in the pirate world, the strongest man, a powerful existence capable of destroying the world, and he relied on the destruction brought by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Of course, Whitebeard's own strength was also very terrifying, which allowed him to exert the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
And what about Zhao Zheng?
He possessed a Great Superman physique, and he believed that his future strength would definitely far surpass Whitebeard.
When that time came, how strong would the destructive power be when he threw a punch?
I'm afraid it would be difficult to estimate!
Most importantly.
Ever since he learned that there were terrifying existences outside the atmosphere, Zhao Zheng had been eagerly hoping to become stronger.
As long as it could increase his combat power, he would accept anything and the more the better!
… …
That night.
This auction actually topped the trending searches.
Because this was the first national university auction held by the Ministry of Education, its influence was already not small.
Moreover, a freak like Zhao Zheng appeared at the auction, using a “huge sum” to bid for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which was not very useful.
It could be said that Zhao Zheng made a great contribution to being able to top the trending searches!!
The object of discussion among netizens was almost always him… …
