Because even if they find some clues from these forged documents, the intelligent brain Zero, which continuously monitors the network, would notice immediately and forge new fake identities that are hard to verify.

After all, almost all human identity data in the world is now entered into computers and connected to the network. With Zero being a dominant presence in the network world, its forged identities are almost more real than real.

When Will heard the report from his subordinate, he was even more surprised. At the same time, he had already guessed that the opponent’s information was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

And now, the intervention at this moment was clearly premeditated. However, Will and Med, being core members of two major conglomerates, were naturally not scared into retreating by Wu Hao’s sudden offer of $5 billion.

Thus, the two almost instantly reached some sort of agreement and instructed their subordinates, causing the auction price to be raised to $5.05 billion.

The first bid was made by the Dupont family, representing Will, while Med Rothschild quickly arranged for his subordinate to approach Wu Hao’s seat in the auction hall and quietly convey a message to him.

“Sir, our boss hopes you will withdraw from this auction.” The messenger was a middle-aged white man who looked quite gentlemanly, but Wu Hao didn’t even bother to look at him directly.

He merely lifted his eyelids lazily and said, “Which of your bosses is that?”

Seeing Wu Hao’s inquiry, the middle-aged white man thought the matter would soon be resolved and replied with some arrogance, “Our boss is Mr. Med Rothschild.”

“Rothschild? The family that claims to be the richest in the world? Since your boss’s family is so wealthy, if you want to secure this item, you’d better offer a higher price! Otherwise, I might just keep going.” Wu Hao replied slowly with a somewhat joking tone, which sounded particularly harsh to the messenger. He understood that the other party was not going to give up the auction so easily.

“I will convey your words to our boss. I hope you will remain this relaxed after the auction ends.” With that, he did not engage in further conversation with Wu Hao, merely giving him a look before leaving with a clear threat in his words.

Seeing the middle-aged white man leave, Wu Hao just sneered, “If you want to threaten me, you’ve picked the wrong person.”

At this moment, Zero’s voice came through the earpiece: “Boss, do you need me to do anything later?”

“Not for now. Just keep an eye on them.”

“Got it! Understood!” Zero replied.

On the other side, upon learning the message conveyed by the middle-aged white man, Med immediately found Will. “Will, it seems that our mysterious opponent will not give up easily. If we want to secure this meteorite at the auction, we might need to pay a hefty price.”

“So, what do you plan to do?” Will asked, somewhat knowingly. He also understood that since Wu Hao had intervened at this point, it was clear that a simple threat wouldn’t make Wu Hao back down.

However, if they continued to fight Wu Hao at the auction, even if they eventually secured the meteorite, the final cost would be too great for them.

Although neither of their families lacked money, the scale of their families meant that every expenditure was significant. Spending huge sums on a single project like this was not in their families’ best interest.

“Isn’t my plan clear to you? Given that either of our two families competing with the opponent at the auction would ultimately be against our family’s interests, my plan is not to keep competing with the opponent at the auction. I’ve already arranged for my subordinates to investigate the opponent’s background and identity,” Med said. He didn’t continue, knowing that Will understood the implications.

“Alright! Let’s proceed as you suggest. After this is over, we’ll divide the meteorite according to the way we previously discussed.” Will agreed without hesitation, also confirming their previously discussed collaboration method.

Thus, after reaching a consensus, the two of them, with great tacit understanding, started to outbid Wu Hao. In just a few minutes, the original bid of slightly over $5 billion was driven up to over $6 billion.

The rapid price surge was mainly because Wu Hao kept adding several hundred million dollars at a time, behaving as if money was no object.

As Wu Hao and Will Med took turns bidding, everyone present understood that the man in seat 66 was clearly determined to go head-to-head with the two major conglomerates.

While they watched the excitement, the auction’s organizer also received a call from Will and Med. “Mr. Hill, as the organizers of this auction, shouldn’t you conduct a thorough investigation of all the guests attending the auction? Now, with the final item auctioned to a sky-high price of $7.5 billion, aren’t you worried about whether the opponent will be able to pay this amount?”

The organizing family was also a powerful family in the US and Europe. Although they were not afraid of either Will or Med’s families, they did not want to offend them. Therefore, when Will and Med were bidding earlier, Hill had intentionally delayed time to allow them to discuss the meteorite’s allocation.

However, just as they were about to finish their discussion, Wu Hao, an ordinary guest, suddenly appeared and took turns bidding with them. Hill was pleased that the meteorite’s price had risen so high but knew that if he didn’t do something, he would likely offend both Will and Med’s families.

“Mr. Will, Mr. Med, regarding the information on this seat 66 guest, we only conducted a preliminary financial investigation. We did not look into specific identity details. However, I can reveal to both of you that the current bidding price is still within this guest’s payment capacity, as the bank financial proof provided by the guest shows they have over $15 billion in their Swiss bank account.”