Chapter 49

This new player who had joined the game midway had white hair and red eyes. His beautiful face was pale, and his figure was slender. He was wearing a suit jacket with a pure white and red-and-white checkered patterns. A red bow tie with a white crystal was tied at the collar of his shirt. His long, straight legs were encased in white suit pants, and he was walking slowly towards the game table.

Who else could it be but Bai Xuechao?

Compared to Zhou Chenhao's overt reaction, Ling Feng just frowned and stared at him, but his thoughts were the same as Zhou Chenhao's.

Why was he here? Could he be involved in this matter?

"Yo, what a coincidence," Bai Xuechao said as if he was completely unaware of Ling Feng's vigilance. He had a leisurely smile on his face and raised the hand holding the golden card as a greeting.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the City Lord of Dream Game City, Gong Ting," the blond man said with his hands clasped under his chin. He smiled and swept his gaze over Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng, finally landing on Bai Xuechao. "New player, you know each other?"

It wasn't wise to act too familiar in front of Gong Ting, and besides, they weren't very familiar in the first place.

"I guess you could say we've met once," Bai Xuechao said with a smile as he walked to the game table, his attitude ambiguous. "That was a very interesting experience."

Zhou Chenhao was extremely conflicted at this moment.

The last time he met Bai Xuechao, the other person was someone who liked to joke and was quite easy to get along with. Most importantly, he had helped them. Although Bai Xuechao had hidden his special ability level, his overall impression of him was quite good.

But now, Bai Xuechao's attitude seemed to have undergone a major change, giving him a sense of unfamiliarity. He could even see undisguised malice in those smiling red eyes.

No, it wasn't a change.

Perhaps this was Bai Xuechao's true face...?

Zhou Chenhao couldn't help but say, "You—"

"City Lord Gong Ting, is there no seat for me?" Bai Xuechao interrupted him, speaking at the same time.

At the same time, Ling Feng was also giving Zhou Chenhao a look, telling him to shut up.

Zhou Chenhao received Ling Feng's signal and realized that now was not a good time to talk to Bai Xuechao.

No matter what, they had to rescue Xia Xiaoxi. Even if Bai Xuechao had other purposes for being here, as long as it didn't affect them, they would mind their own business.

Gong Ting smiled, "Of course there is."

As his voice fell, a waiter in a tuxedo suddenly appeared in the corner of the room. He looked exactly the same as the waiter outside the door. It was obvious that he was another special ability entity.

The waiter carried a chair and walked across the dark void, placing the chair in the empty seat opposite Gong Ting.

Gong Ting raised his hand and said, "Please, have a seat."

Bai Xuechao sat down. On his left was Zhou Chenhao, on his right was Ling Feng, and opposite him was Gong Ting and the large screen displaying the game coins on the wall behind Gong Ting. Below his feet was a black hole-like darkness. The chair stood in front of the game table out of thin air, as if it could fall into this bottomless abyss at any time.

On the game table, besides Bai Xuechao, the other three people all had a black dice cup in front of them. It seemed that they had been playing with dice just now.

"I don't know what to call you yet, new player?" Gong Ting asked.

Bai Xuechao said casually, "Dongfang Bubai."

The other three at the game table: "......"

Xiao 6 was about to faint from laughter, "Hahahahaha!"

"Alright, Dongfang Bubai," Gong Ting maintained his smile, his fingers holding the dice cup in front of him tightened slightly. "We're playing guess big or small. The rules are simple.

Each person has three dice. We take turns being the dealer in a clockwise direction. The total points of the three dice from 4 to 10 is small, and from 11 to 17 is big. If the three dice have the same number, the dealer wins. If the dealer is guessed correctly or the player guesses wrong, game coins will be deducted."

He said slowly, "One round, twenty million game coins."

Bai Xuechao calmly said, "Mm."

No wonder one needed to hold at least twenty million game coins to join the game midway.

They were playing for twenty million a round.

Gong Ting said gently, "When you're ready, just insert your game card into the table."

His other empty hand tapped lightly on the side of the game table, gesturing for Bai Xuechao to look at the side of the table in front of him.

Bai Xuechao lowered his eyes and saw a card slot on the side of the table.

He inserted the golden card given by the waiter outside the door. With the familiar "clattering" sound of gold coins, another player was added to the big screen opposite Bai Xuechao.

【City Lord: 480 million】

【Player A: 60 million】

【Player B: 160 million】

【Player C: 800 million】

When Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng glanced at Bai Xuechao's game coins, their faces showed undisguised shock.

Seeing their shocked expressions, Gong Ting turned his head to look at the numbers displayed on the screen and couldn't help but widen his green eyes in the same shock. He murmured, "What did you exchange for..."

The waiter who had just moved the chair and had not yet left bowed respectfully and whispered something in Gong Ting's ear.

At the same time, downstairs.

The people in the main hall who were watching the big screen let out a cry of surprise.

"Holy shit, 800 million game coins!"

"I thought today's two players, one with 200 million and the other with 300 million, had already broken the record, but I didn't expect another one with 800 million!"

"That's equivalent to 8 billion! Even the richest man wouldn't dare to play like this, would he?!"

Hearing this, others looked over one after another. When they saw the number of game coins of player C on the screen, another wave of surprise and discussion ensued.

Top floor, outside the game room.

Ji Chuanze was led by the waiter to the rest room next to the game room. There was also a screen on the wall of the rest room, displaying the number of game coins of the City Lord and the players.

He was sitting on the sofa facing the opposite wall, wisps of white mist covering his pupils, making his entire pair of eyes pure gray.

He had also seen the scene inside when Bai Xuechao entered the room before. At this time, in his X-ray vision, the game room next door presented a strange scene of overlapping spaces. In the space where Bai Xuechao was, Bai Xuechao was sitting high up in the air, the height of the void below his feet was equivalent to the height of this seven-story building, which was more than twenty meters high. A fall from that height would result in death or disability.

If Bai Xuechao lost, his life would be forfeited here.

Ji Chuanze couldn't help but let out a "tsk" and said in a low voice, "Don't play yourself to death."

He saw the man sitting at the head of the game table in the next room open and close his mouth.

"You've really exchanged for something incredible," Gong Ting sighed with a smile. He had just learned from the waiter what Bai Xuechao had exchanged. He looked at Bai Xuechao with great interest and asked, "Are you not afraid of death?"

He waved his hand, and the waiter beside him bowed his head and retreated. After a few steps, he disappeared from the room.

"It's alright," Bai Xuechao's cool and pleasant voice sounded, his tone calm, as if he was just announcing a very ordinary matter. "I won't lose."

Xiao 6 waved a small flag, "Host's words are so cool!"

"Ha!" Gong Ting couldn't help but show a look of ridicule. "The two next to you probably thought the same fifteen minutes ago."

As his voice fell, the faces of Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng turned a little ugly, because it was a fact that they had been losing. If this continued, let alone rescuing Xia Xiaoxi, they might even lose their own lives. But they were not without a solution, it just required more practice...

Bai Xuechao tilted his head, "Why don't we try and see."

Xiao 6 shouted, "Go for it, Host!"

Gong Ting said, "Then let's begin."

The table in front of Bai Xuechao swelled up like it was melting. First, a brand new black dice cup and three dice condensed in front of him, and then a small screen appeared next to it.

"You can use it with confidence," Gong Ting said. "I can't control the game props, so I won't cheat with my special ability."

Bai Xuechao picked up the dice cup and glanced at it. There were no signs of use on it.

It seemed that a new one would be condensed for each game.

"Let's begin," Bai Xuechao said.

Zhou Chenhao said, "Last time it was Ling Feng's turn as the dealer, this time it's..."

He paused for a moment before saying Bai Xuechao's new name, "Uh, is it Dongfang Bubai's turn as the dealer, or mine?"

Gong Ting smiled and said, "Of course it's the new player."

He chose to call Bai Xuechao "new player."

Xiao 6 started laughing again, "Hahahaha, is the name Dongfang Bubai that hard to say!"

"Oh, I forgot to ask," Gong Ting looked at Ling Feng. "After the dealer loses three times, you can choose to change the rules of the game. Do you want to change them?"

The previous round was already the fourth time Ling Feng had lost as the dealer.

Ling Feng exchanged a look with Zhou Chenhao opposite him and said in a deep voice, "No change."

"Alright~" Gong Ting applauded him, saying in a praising tone with a hint of sarcasm, "Fall down where you trip, and fall even harder. I admire you."

Zhou Chenhao said firmly, "You won't be winning for much longer."

"Oh?" Gong Ting opened his eyes with some curiosity. "Where does your confidence come from? You don't seem to have luck or strength, do you? If you were really lucky, your game coins wouldn't be at this amount right now."

Xiao 6 couldn't help but retort to Gong Ting in Bai Xuechao's mind, "That's because you haven't met the male lead at his luckiest. The male lead's luck is actually very good!"

"I said—" Bai Xuechao opened his mouth, "Can we start? I'm not interested in listening to you guys argue."

"Of course, of course," Gong Ting made a gesture of invitation.

In the first round with Bai Xuechao as the dealer, he just planned to shake it casually.

He picked up the dice cup and seemed to just casually sweep it across the table. The first die was scooped into the dice cup. As he lifted the hand holding the dice cup off the table, it didn't fall out. Bai Xuechao's movements were continuous and smooth. He swept it three times in a row, and the three dice were scooped into the dice cup one by one and shaken in the air.

Seeing his posture, Gong Ting narrowed his eyes, "Oh?"

He had some flair with the dice, at least he wasn't a novice.

Bai Xuechao shook it a few times casually and was about to put it down when he noticed that Zhou Chenhao on his left was staring at his dice cup with full concentration, his ears twitching slightly.

He instantly guessed that Zhou Chenhao was practicing listening to the sound of the dice to determine which side they had landed on. It was difficult for an ordinary person to practice to this level, but for a special ability user with sharp senses, it might be possible to master it quickly. No wonder Ling Feng had the chance to change the rules just now, but they didn't.

Bai Xuechao's hand, which was halfway down, was thrown up again. This time, the shaking speed was a little slower, making it easier for Zhou Chenhao to listen to the sound, but not so slow that the dice would fall out of the dice cup.

No one noticed his subtle act of going easy on them.

Bai Xuechao shook it a dozen more times before placing the dice cup on the table. The dice landed on the table and made a crisp sound inside the dice cup.

"My hand is sore," he shook his hand.

Bai Xuechao's small screen showed that he had bet 20 million game coins. These game coins were temporarily locked, waiting for the other players to act before determining their fate.

On the other side, two buttons appeared on the small screens of the other three people, one for big and one for small.

Gong Ting smiled, "I thought you were so good, but it's just a bit of flashy tricks."

He pressed a button with confidence.

Bai Xuechao just smiled and looked at him without saying anything.

Who would go all out from the start?

Zhou Chenhao on Bai Xuechao's left pressed his brow, and Ling Feng on his right had his fingers on his forehead. Both of them looked like they were deep in thought.

While waiting, Bai Xuechao asked Xiao 6, "Can you find out what they used to exchange for their game coins?"

"Yes," This was a plot that had already happened, so Xiao 6 could check it. It quickly replied, "Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng both used their special abilities to exchange, and Gong Ting used 'releasing Xia Xiaoxi' as the condition for exchange."

Bai Xuechao was silent for a moment, "Got it."

Perhaps Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng took too long to think. A ten-second countdown appeared on the small screen, and only then did they make their choice.

After the three of them made their choices, their choices were added to Bai Xuechao's small screen.

【City Lord: Big】

【Player A: Small】

【Player B: Big】

Player A was Ling Feng, and he was wrong again.

But this time, Zhou Chenhao was right.

Bai Xuechao made a judgment in his heart and lifted the dice cup.

"Three, three, five, big," he said.

Seeing the dice, Zhou Chenhao couldn't help but clench his fist. He thought excitedly, he could finally figure it out!

But he immediately cast a worried look at Ling Feng.

Ling Feng... was still a little off.

Bai Xuechao's small screen showed that he had lost as the dealer. Twenty million game coins were deducted and divided equally between Zhou Chenhao and Gong Ting, who had guessed big correctly. At the same time, as a player who had guessed wrong, Ling Feng also had twenty million game coins deducted, which were distributed to the two players who had guessed correctly.

The crisp sound of gold coins clashing was heard, and the large screen on the wall updated its display.

【City Lord: 500 million】

【Player A: 40 million】

【Player B: 180 million】

【Player C: 780 million】

Seeing Bai Xuechao's game coins decrease, Ji Chuanze next door couldn't help but frown.

"Oh my, Zhou Chenhao got lucky once," Gong Ting said with a smile. "Ling Feng can only play for two more rounds. It's dangerous."

Ling Feng ignored Gong Ting and looked at Zhou Chenhao with his azure eyes, very calm.

Zhou Chenhao nodded slightly.

"It's my turn," Zhou Chenhao picked up the dice cup and covered the three dice. He shook it close to the table, and the dice constantly hit the wall of the cup, making a clattering sound.

When he stopped, he looked at Ling Feng who was watching him.

He blinked. Although he didn't say anything, Ling Feng seemed to have understood something.

Bai Xuechao ignored their small movements and chose small on the small screen.

Zhou Chenhao opened the dice cup, "Two, three, three, small."

This time, everyone guessed correctly.

The twenty million game coins that Zhou Chenhao lost were distributed to the three of them. The sound of gold coins rang out, and the big screen was updated again.

Because 20 million game coins could not be divided equally among three people, one person would receive 1 fewer game coin. As the last person to make a choice in this round, Ling Feng became the one who received fewer game coins. But as long as there was an income instead of an outflow, it was a good thing.

【City Lord: 506,666,667】

【Player A: 46,666,666】

【Player B: 160 million】

【Player C: 786,666,667】

Gong Ting glanced at the number of game coins on the screen and asked, "Do you want to increase the bet for each round?"

Zhou Chenhao was the first to refuse, "No."

If one person refused, the bet could not be increased.

"Alright," Gong Ting picked up the dice cup, his tone rather casual, with a hint of unpleasant regret. "I thought I could eat up Ling Feng's game coins faster. What a pity."

He might as well have said directly, "I want to increase the bet for each round to clear Ling Feng's game coins."

Gong Ting had a confident smile on his face. Like Bai Xuechao, he only swept in one die at a time, but he played with more flair than Bai Xuechao. Every time he swept in a die, he would toss the dice cup up. The dice cup would spin in the air with the die, but the die would not be thrown out. It would still be securely inside the dice cup.

After catching the dice cup for the third time, he shook it a few times casually and stopped.

"Come on," Gong Ting covered the dice cup with one hand and rested his chin on the other, looking at the other three people at the game table.

Of course, Bai Xuechao knew what the numbers inside Gong Ting's dice cup were.

Four, four, six, big.

He was the first to make a choice.

Zhou Chenhao placed his hand on his lips, pondering something, then made a choice and exchanged a look with Ling Feng again.

This time, Ling Feng finally heard which side the dice had turned to, but he was not as talented as Zhou Chenhao and was not yet proficient at it. He silently confirmed the answer with Zhou Chenhao.

Gong Ting raised his eyes and swept over the small screen next to him. It showed that all three players had chosen big.

If he opened it like this, he would lose.

"Oh my, what a pity," he was not flustered at all. He even showed a strange smile. His green eyes curved into a malicious arc as he said slowly, "All three of you, guessed wrong."

Hearing this, Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng subconsciously looked at him.

At the same time, Gong Ting lifted the dice cup, revealing the three dice inside.

Four, four, two, small.

Gong Ting's expression was very pleased. He spread his hands, "See~"

Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng looked at the dice on the table, their expressions tightened, and they were a little incredulous. They began to doubt themselves.

At this moment, the sound of gold coins rang out, and the large screen updated the number of game coins.

【City Lord: 566,666,667】

【Player A: 26,666,666】

【Player B: 140 million】

【Player C: 766,666,667】

Bai Xuechao's gaze moved from the big screen to Gong Ting.

When Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng were distracted by the sentence "All three of you, guessed wrong," Bai Xuechao saw clearly that when Gong Ting lifted the dice cup, he "casually" moved one of the dice, causing it to flip over.

In fact, Gong Ting's action was extremely subtle, and he used words to divert Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng's attention, but it was still discovered by Bai Xuechao.

Bai Xuechao slowly curved his lips and smiled at Gong Ting.

You want to play with me like this? You want to cheat?

He said, "Let's continue."

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