D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

Rhine certainly didn't want to go to Mel to see the male insects at the auction.

Mel City is the largest city on the desolate planet, so it naturally offers the most opportunities. If you want to make a name for yourself, choosing Mel City is the most natural thing to do.

Although Mel City is prosperous, it is also the most dangerous and darkest place on the desolate planet, filled with bloodshed and violence, where insect life is the least valuable thing.

After listening to Rhine's description of Mel City, Lu Yuan frowned.

"That place sounds dangerous."

If it were before confirming his relationship with Rhine, he would have happily agreed, because he had inexplicable confidence in Rhine's abilities.

But now that Rhine is his wife, even though he has great faith in Rhine's abilities, he is still worried that Rhine might get hurt.

"My lord, believe me, with me here, we can settle down safely in Mel City."

Rhine spoke with unwavering confidence, and Lu Yuan, looking at her, felt as if his heart had been struck. He truly loved Rhine like this.

After the two insects truly got together, Rhine constantly revealed a different side of herself to Lu Yuan.

For example, he no longer acts like a virtuous and gentle person who listens to Lu Yuan in everything. Now, he occasionally shows a sharp side to Lu Yuan and speaks his mind directly.

Lu Yuan felt that he liked Rhine even more because of this. Every time he saw Rhine's domineering appearance, Lu Yuan's eyes were filled with stars.

"When are we leaving?" Lu Yuan asked.

"The sooner the better. There's no point in staying here. Pack your things and leave in two or three days."

I didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and now I'm a little hesitant about the long journey.

"What about our land at the landfill?"

"No, I can earn much more money in Mel City than here."

Lu Yuan got out of bed and took out all the money his family had saved up so far, counting it out one by one. They had only saved a total of five hundred star coins so far.

"Is this enough money to go to Mel City?"

Rhine fell silent. Although the wages in Mel City were high, it always took time to find a job. Once they arrived in Mel City, they would need to spend money to settle down first. Five hundred star coins probably wouldn't even be enough to rent a house.

Actually, Rhine did have a solution to the money problem, but his method was not good and he was not honest with Lu Yuan.

Seeing Rhine remain silent, Lu Yuan knew that the money was definitely not enough.

"If only we could sell that piece of land, we could raise some more money," Lu Yuan said, his voice full of regret.

"Land for land is fought over; who would pay to buy it, and even if they did, there's no guarantee of security."

"That Shi guy bought our old little piece of land before, although the price was really outrageous."

"That's because Joe is backing him up."

At this point, Lu Yuan and Rhine stopped simultaneously and exchanged a glance.

Since Joe could back Shi up and get Shi to spend money to buy their small territory, they could also find a way to get Joe to back them up and get them to sell their territory.

The next day they went to Joe's house, and Joe's expression was indifferent when he saw them.

"What do you need me for?"

Although Qiao had helped Shi bully them once before, he didn't do anything to them afterward, so the two sides just maintained an acquaintance relationship.

"There's something we'd like to ask you for help with. We want to leave here for Mel City, so we'd like to sell our land before we leave."

It was Lu Yuan who spoke; outside, Rhine remained silent and taciturn.

"You've been in the junkyard for so long, you know the rules. Territory is fought for. How can you sell it? No bugs will buy it."

"That's why we need your help. Please provide a guarantee for the insect that bought our territory, ensuring that it won't have to face challenges from other insects after purchasing it."

"I don't have that ability. Besides the regular challenges, there's also a large-scale territorial battle every year. All the territorial leaders will be replaced based on the results of the competition. I can't protect one territorial leader forever."

"You don't need to protect it all the time. Just protect it until the turf war starts next year. The turf war is held every January, and it's already September. You only need to protect it for less than five months."

In less than five months, the problem wasn't too serious, and Joe became somewhat interested.

"What's in it for me?"

"After the land is sold, I'll give you 20% of the proceeds."

"Give me 20% of the selling price. If you sell it for less, it won't be profitable for me."

"Therefore, I am prepared to hold a public auction."

"auction?"

"Yes, the starting bid is 500 Star Coins."

The auction was a plan that Lu Yuan and Rhine had discussed at home, in order to get more money. The starting price of 500 star coins was also estimated in advance.

It's not a problem for them to produce 100 star coins a month from that territory; if they're lucky, they might produce 200 or even 300 star coins, so there's definitely a chance someone would buy it for 500 star coins.

Joe's eyes darted around as he assessed the situation in his mind, and then he agreed.

With Joe's help, the auction was held on the same day. Since this was a junkyard, we took a pragmatic approach and kept everything simple.

The so-called auction was simply setting up a makeshift wooden platform outside the garbage dump, informing the female insects in the dump that there would be an auction in the afternoon, and that anyone interested could go and take a look. That was it.

When the auction came, quite a few insects arrived, and the host was naturally Joe.

After Joe took the stage, he explained the location of the territory to be auctioned to everyone, and then made it clear that this territory could be used until the start of the territory competition next year, and no other bugs were allowed to challenge the owner of this territory during this period.

"That's the general situation. Do you have any other questions?" Joe asked from the stage.

The insects below whispered amongst themselves, but none of them asked any questions.

"Since there's nothing else to ask, I hereby announce the official start of the bidding process, with a starting price of five hundred Star Coins."

The scene was quiet. Lu Yuan, standing to the side, was very anxious. If they couldn't sell them, their lives in Mel City would be difficult for a while.

Rhine gently held Lu Yuan's hand, and feeling Rhine's comfort, Lu Yuan gradually calmed down.

Fortunately, the silence didn't last long, and soon someone made a bid.

"I'll offer five hundred star coins."

Once there's a first one, there's a second, a third, and so on, until there's an Nth.

"Five hundred and ten star coins."

"Five hundred and fifty star coins."

......

The land was eventually sold for 1,000 star coins, and Lu Yuan grinned from ear to ear with delight.

Back home, Lu Yuan looked at the freshly minted 1,000 star coins, first delighted for a while, then with a bitter face, he counted out 200 star coins.

"Rhine, let's go give the money to Joe."

Rhine took the two hundred star coins from Lu Yuan's hand.

"My lord, it's getting late. I'll go give it to you. You wait for me at home."