52: Chapter 52 Another Auction

"I... I'm too excited, Brother Mumu. Let me calm down first. As for the reward, I'll give you a huge separate bonus."

Li Youqian was so excited he couldn't speak properly, so he decided to hide off to the side to compose himself.

Li Mumu somewhat understood Li Youqian's feelings; he had felt much the same when he first woke up in the secret realm.

Next, Li Mumu pulled out the Phoenix Nine Heavens and the Cow Earrings, giving them to Wang Baobao and Liu Lin respectively. He winked and smiled, saying, "Your luck is in. These are top-tier items. Think about how you're going to repay me."

The two of them took the accessories, their eyes widening as they stared at Li Mumu. They spoke in unison:

"Holy crap!!! Did you rape the Boss inside the secret realm?!"

Li Mumu: (ㅍ_ㅍ)

"How is that even possible?"

"Then where did you get so many Gold-grade items?!"

Li Mumu grinned. "I'm not bragging, but barring any accidents, every monster in the Ancient Tomb was killed by me. If you don't believe me, look at the treasure chests I got. There are ten thousand of just the Black-grade ones."

"What!!!"

As soon as he said this, the entire crowd gasped.

Reporters and streamers rushed forward to surround Li Mumu for interviews, pushing Liu Lin and the others out of the circle.

"Mr. Li, according to rumors, there was a King-level Boss from the Tianzhu Kingdom inside this secret realm, the Mummy King. May we ask where he is now?"

Li Mumu answered honestly.

"To be honest, I'm not sure. Either I drove him off or I killed him. Don't ask me why I don't know; I fought the Mummy for hundreds of rounds and finally fainted from exhaustion."

"But I suspect that before I fainted, I... probably... killed him. As for evidence?"

"The golden abacus is the best evidence!!!"

After hearing Li Mumu's words, the reporters and streamers believed most of it.

Indeed!

What more powerful evidence could there be than the golden abacus? The strongest monster in the secret realm was the Mummy King, and the most valuable item dropped from him was the golden abacus.

It was logical!!!

It made sense!!!

Thinking of this,

The reporters and streamers looked at each other, seeing excitement, agitation, and a future of dominating the trending searches in each other's eyes.

In an instant, Li Mumu was surrounded by microphones, some even poking him in the eye.

"Mr. Li, can you tell us what happened in the secret realm? We are reporters from Canghai TV, and we'd like an exclusive interview."

"TV station? What era is this? Who still watches TV? Mr. Li, we are Douyin Media. You know the strength of new media best. We will arrange a live stream for you to show off to the whole country."

"Mr. Li, Three Sheep Propitiousness is the only self-media company on Douyin with over a hundred million followers. Accept our interview, and Three Sheep will make you famous nationwide."

"Mr. Li, have you heard of 'South Douyin, North Chop-Hand'? Do you have any needs to expand into the northern market..."

Seeing how popular he was, the smile on Li Mumu's face grew brighter and his mouth curled wider, looking like a distorted Dragon King.

"An interview? No problem. I love interviews, especially exclusives."

"So, everyone from the media, make me an offer. I'm Li Mumu. The starting price for an interview is one million, with minimum bids of no less than one hundred thousand. Let's begin!"

"What?!"

The various media outlets were all shocked.

Auctioning an interview?

Holy crap!!!

This Li Mumu is way too shameless.

One must know,

Whether it was traditional media or new media present, they were all leading enterprises in the media industry.

Any media outlet wanting to interview you was practically a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity earned by the virtues of eight generations of ancestors.

But now... Li Mumu wanted a crowd of media outlets to pay to bid for an interview opportunity?

What was he thinking? It was impossible to agree.

Sure enough, a reporter from Suzhou-Hangzhou TV sneered on the spot.

"Mr. Li, I'm afraid you're overthinking things. Never mind auctioning an interview, even making us pay for one is impossible."

"Exactly!" a reporter from Canghai TV added. "Mr. Li, I advise you to choose one of us for an interview or hold a press conference. Auctioning an interview is impossible; no one dares to break the industry rules."

With the two major TV stations speaking up, other media outlets began to accuse Li Mumu of being unreasonable, and some even started packing their equipment to leave.

But just then,

Another big figure with explosive news value arrived at the entrance of the secret realm. The media outlets looked over, their faces lighting up with joy.

The newcomer was none other than the City Lord of Canghai, Ji Tian.

Seeing this, the media outlets swarmed away from Li Mumu and surrounded Lord Ji in the same manner.

"Lord Ji, are you here to clean up the aftermath, or do you have major news to announce?"

As the only Strongest King of the Five Cities and the City Lord of Canghai, the media had reason to believe Ji Tian definitely had first-hand information.

So, everyone settled for the next best thing; interviewing the City Lord was just as good.

"Lord Ji, please say a few words. Give us some information."

Hearing the media's calls, Ji Tian smiled slightly and said, "I am here for no other reason than to represent the people of the Five Cities in thanking Mr. Li Mumu. If he hadn't used a supreme secret technique to kill the Mummy King, I'm afraid... the Five Cities would have suffered a new round of Taotie Siege."

"What!!!"

As soon as Ji Tian spoke, the media outlets fell into deep shock once again.

Taotie Siege?

This was no joking matter. Looking back at the last nationwide Taotie Siege, the Huaxia Divine Kingdom paid a massive price. Every city fought for eight years, and the death toll exceeded thirty-five million before the Taotie were finally repelled!!!

As for what Lord Ji said, the media didn't need to ask further; they already understood what was going on.

'Taotie' was the collective term used by the Huaxia Divine Kingdom for foreign invaders, including foreign Professionals, demonic beasts, and monsters.

The last Taotie Siege was a shocking conspiracy led by the Huaxia Divine Kingdom's neighbor, the Dongying Heaven Kingdom.

And this time...

The media recalled that intelligence had revealed the Mummy King came from the Tianzhu Kingdom. If nothing went wrong, was this another conspiracy by the Tianzhu Kingdom?

*Hiss—*

The more they thought about it, the more terrified they became.

At the same time, the media finally realized the gravity of the situation.

Douyin Media was the first to react.

"Mr. Li, Douyin Media is willing to pay three million for your interview!"

Canghai TV was not to be outdone.

"Canghai TV, five million!"

"Chop-Hand Media, six million plus an interview with a black-stockinged female streamer!"

"Suzhou-Hangzhou TV, eight million plus an exclusive interview with a silk-stockinged host!"

"Heh! Can't afford to play, huh? Going for the low blows? Douyin Media, ten million, plus you can pick any streamer you want!"

Li Mumu was greatly shocked by the conditions offered by Douyin Media. He slowly spoke:

"Even Sister Mi is okay?"

"No problem."

"Are you sure? That's Sister Mi, the national goddess!"

"No problem! Give me one day to coordinate, and I'll arrange for Sister Mi to come to your door for the interview."

"Deal!"