Chapter 455 The End of the Big Gamble: The Top Rich Man!
Chapter 455: The End of "High Gamble": The Peak Rich Man!
The elevator carried Jiang Qian, leaving the devastated hub floor and staggering upwards...
The concrete wall and the vague skeleton of the building flashed outside the damaged elevator door, and finally, it stopped in a rapid jolt.
At this time, the floor displayed was the 11th floor, also known as: the Peak Casino.
This made Jiang Qian have several instant flashbacks: from the gold rush in the casino on the 1st floor, to the faction gambling on the 2nd floor, to the guest room maze on the 2nd to 7th floors, the safe house imprisonment on the 9th to 10th floors, and then back to the 8th floor hub that revealed the truth, until the 11th floor at the top.
From simple gambling chips, gambling on victory or defeat, to gambling on mind, gambling on trust, gambling on heads...
The "High Gamble" copy allows every passerby to see the complexity of human nature and the fickleness of human hearts.
At the same time, it also reveals to everyone the real "chips": the confidence to plan, the wisdom to see the truth, the power to unite people's hearts, and the determination to play steadily.
So, what is the final bet on to win?
Jiang Qian collected his thoughts.
He was ready for whatever he was about to face.
As the elevator door opened to both sides, the dazzling light of the spotlight quickly filled Jiang Qian's vision with the dark floor.
In the center of the field of vision was a low-key, luxurious, angular black marble table. His only opponent, Bai Xiaoxi, was already sitting at one side of the long table, looking at him calmly.
"See you again~"
Bai Xiaoxi smiled and greeted: "You won't hate me for being the 'executioner', right?"
Jiang Qian knew that the other party was referring to the borrowed knife killing of the triple-connected dream.
"It's too late to thank you." Jiang Qian walked out of the elevator calmly and walked to the other side of the long table.
At this time, the sound of chips falling aroused his vigilance.
In fact, Jiang Qian noticed it when he just came in: the entire structure of the Peak Casino is simple and spacious. The only thing that attracts the eye is a spherical glass tank hanging vertically above the black marble long table. The glass tank is round and clear, and various chips are stacked inside.
Roughly speaking, there are about 300 to 400 million chips.
And when he stepped out of the elevator, another wave of chips came out of the pipe connected to the glass tank! Crackling and falling on the previously stacked chips, almost filling the entire spherical glass tank...
Jiang Qian stopped by the long table, looked up at the chips in the glass tank, and quickly estimated the overall "value".
"That's the total amount of chips between you and me." Bai Xiaoxi raised his eyebrows and answered Jiang Qian's doubts directly.
700 million chips.
Jiang Qian subconsciously opened the prop locker, and sure enough, the chips stored in the locker had disappeared.
At the same time, the copy prompt sounded appropriately beside his ears:
[Congratulations to the two distinguished guests, who have overcome all difficulties and come to the last gambling game in the City of Desire with "700 million chips". ]
[You two are the most powerful rich guests since the birth of "Big Gambling"! You deserve the highest etiquette here, and you are the glory of "Big Gambling"! ]
The lights in the field flowed together, refocusing on the two people.
At the same time, the gimmicks and rules of the peak gambling game also flashed on the dark long table at this moment:
[The ultimate goal of the peak gambling game is to select the real "rich man" among the two of you. ]
[There is only one rule: choose the only one who deserves the title of "rich man" among the two of you, write his ID on the voting paper, and put it in the counting box. The result of the gambling game will be determined by the voting results! ]
When the rules were stated, paper and pen appeared in the hands of Jiang Qian and Bai Xiaoxi respectively, and a pure black box miraculously rose in the center of the stone table.
Jiang Qian glanced down and saw a watermark of "Qianlong Wuyong" on the voting paper beside him.
[Voting cannot be done at the same time, and the order of priority is determined by negotiation. If both parties vote for the same candidate, then the one who gets the vote will win directly, and will be awarded the title of "Big Gamble" first kill, and will win all the rewards that can be redeemed with 700 million chips! ]
[If both parties vote for each other, both parties will win at the same time, and will jointly win the title of "Big Gamble" first kill, and will distribute the rewards that can be redeemed with 700 million chips according to the chip contribution ratio! ]
[But it should be noted that if both parties vote separately, the vote type will be considered invalid and the bet will fail. ]
[You two have 10 minutes to consider, please make your choice based on your free will. During this period, neither party shall interfere with the other party's decision-making through "coercive means". If there is any violation, they will be eliminated immediately, and the other party will win. After 10 minutes, if either party fails to complete the voting, the bet will be considered invalid. ]
[In addition, when one party completes the voting, the chips will be lost at a rate of 10 million per minute, please make a careful decision. 】
【May you two carry out the way of gambling to the end. 】
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After reading the rules, Jiang Qian and Bai Xiaoxi on both sides of the long table fell into silence.
The examiners and family supremes at the observation site also sighed!
"Top gambling? Isn't this very simple?"
"This is difficult..."
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The two comments came from the bear clan giant door god and blue sea Kun!
After that, the two looked at each other through the holographic projection, and saw "helplessness" on each other's faces...
"What's so difficult about this? Isn't it easy to win together by voting together?" Giant Door God couldn't help but say.
He didn't believe that the two final players who were both lawful official licensees would have other choices besides this.
However, Blue Sea Kun shook his head and sighed: "Difficult, difficult!"
"It's probably not that easy to let these two win in a proper way!" Mu Yunchong on the opposite side also felt the same way.
The hero of the world simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and stopped expressing his opinion, because he knew best what kind of "sexy operation" his intelligence officer would come up with!
The rules do seem simple. The two people need to make the only choice between themselves and the other party to make them win, so there will only be four types of votes:
Jiang Qian has two votes, Bai Xiaoxi has two votes, one vote each (mutual vote), one vote each (self-vote)
Except for the last two parties' "self-vote", the first three types of votes can ensure that any party wins, that is, to ensure that the official members of the lawful order take the first kill of the "Gamble" copy, and the fat water does not flow to the fields of outsiders.
But the difficulty lies in which type of vote is feasible to win?
Let Jiang Qian win alone? Bai Xiaoxi will definitely not agree; similarly, if Bai Xiaoxi wins alone, Jiang Qian will not accept it!
The only compromise is for both parties to vote for each other.
Then how to ensure that both parties are sincere and honest in their operations is more subtle...
Once one party plays tricks in the actual operation and changes his mind to vote for himself, resulting in the result that he wins alone, then the other party will be dumb and suffer a big loss!
This result can at least ensure that there is a winner in the bet, at least the first kill falls into the hands of the lawful official.
But if both parties do not trust each other, or both choose to "go back on their words" and vote for themselves...then it will be a complete loss, with nothing to gain!
To make matters worse: voting cannot be carried out at the same time!
With the distinction between "voting first" and "voting later", it brings severe challenges to the prospects of cooperation between the two parties.
The family supremes who observed the scene, except for special cases, are all in power and are familiar with the game between people.
When they see such a bet and such rules, they don't really care who wins. The only thing they worry about is a "complete loss" defeat!
Because if they lose everything this time, it means that the victory may fall into the hands of the Demon Cave camp again.
Then, the intelligence department's work so far will be invalid, and all the efforts of the lawful license holders who paved the way for Jiang Qian and Bai Xiaoxi will be in vain.
"It is important to keep the first kill of "Big Gamble", but don't act on impulse!"
"It's difficult! Both of them are smart people who are capable of "secret operations". It's not easy to let them give up the chance to win so close..."
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Big Gamble copy, Peak Casino.
As the rules are explained, the 10-minute countdown has quietly started.
Under the gaze of the crowd outside the field, Bai Xiaoxi broke the silence first: "Anyway, I must admit that you are the most talented lawful elite I have ever met. "
Seeing that Jiang Qian lowered his head and had no intention of talking, Bai Xiaoxi continued:
"I have watched you grow up step by step. From the first time you amazed everyone, I realized that a rare person had appeared in the official law of order. Facts have proved that you are indeed not an ordinary person. Even in the harshest environment, you can solve problems and grow freely. "
"To be honest, I agreed to participate in the invitation of the Task Force just to witness your growth with my own eyes. It is my honor to compete with you in the top gambling game. The overseas missions that will be carried out with you in the future are also the work I look forward to. "
Bai Xiaoxi's eyes were sincere and her words were moving.
Her silent compliments lifted Jiang Qian up ingeniously, but in fact, they were paving the way for the future goals.
Acknowledge the other party's strength, dilute the grudges from the conflict at the hub level just now, and maximize the benefits by talking about emotions.
According to the script she designed, Qianlong Wuyong would probably take this opportunity to express his frustration of having to kill his partner, but this would never affect his rational decision-making: because according to her observation, since Qianlong Wuyong entered the venue, his emotions have always remained stable, which means that killing his teammates has almost no effect on him.
So, in order to balance the interests, the two of them made a concession and tried to "vote for each other" to complete the mediation before the end of the negotiation time.
This is a win-win strategy! Bai Xiaoxi believes that Qianlong Wuyong has no reason not to cooperate.
The key lies in the order of voting: whoever votes first is more likely to fall into a passive position. Once the later voter defected, the first voter can only stare blankly.
In this regard, Bai Xiaoxi thought of a solution Yes: After both parties have written their IDs, they exchange voting papers and then quickly complete the voting. This will prevent betrayal to the greatest extent possible.
Of course, this is not all of her plan.
Bai Xiaoxi's ambition is to "win alone"! Therefore, the above plan is only to persuade Qianlong Wuyong to cooperate in voting.
In actual operation, she will make sure that she puts the voting paper written by Qianlong Wuyong and casts it in the voting box first, and then before the other party votes, she will put her own pre-prepared self-vote in the box first to end the gambling!
In order to implement the plan smoothly, the first thing she has to do is to ease the confrontation and let the other party relax their vigilance.
So far, the situation seems to be under her control.
But Jiang Qian slowly raised his head during his speech, and his deep eyes focused on Bai Xiaoxi. At the same time, the signature pen was leisurely turning between his fingers...
His calm appearance even made Bai Xiaoxi mistakenly think that he was about to give back to her with the same high evaluation. The two sides worked together to build the "steps" and jointly complete the smooth landing from confrontation to cooperation.
Unexpectedly, what Jiang Qian said was an obvious rejection: "I will vote for myself."
"……What?"
Because the meaning was so straightforward, Bai Xiaoxi even suspected that he had heard it wrong.
"You heard me right, I will vote for myself." Jiang Qian repeated.
There is no intention of discussion at all. This is a statement and an affirmation!
I almost lost control of Bai Xiaoxi.
She still couldn't figure out why Jiang Qian dared to say this, so she frowned and repeated, "You mean, you want to 'win alone'?"
"right!"
Jiang Qian said.
Not only did he say that, he also stopped the spinning pen with a "snap", then quickly wrote his ID name on the voting paper, and showed the voting paper to Bai Xiaoxi opposite:
There are four words written on the voting paper: Do not use Qianlong!
"I will only vote for myself. Since Teacher Bai loves me so much, then please deign to vote for me too. I will get the first kill, and I can share half of the clearance reward with you."
This is the third time Jiang Qian has emphasized his plan.
After saying that, he picked up the voting paper, stood up and walked to the ballot box!
"etc!"
Bai Xiaoxi didn't seem to expect Jiang Qian to be so tough, and was caught off guard: "Isn't it good for you and me to support each other? If you make decisions without permission, you haven't... never considered my opinion?"
However, Jiang Qian completely ignored her protest: "No discussion. I will only vote for myself."
As he spoke, he had already arrived at the ballot box and carefully folded the written voting paper to ensure that it could pass through the narrow opening of the ballot box.
"Hey, you kid... Then how about I vote for you too?" Bai Xiaoxi couldn't help but retaliate, "This way no one will even think about winning!"
Jiang Qian stopped and seemed to have heard an interesting joke. He raised his head and said, "Okay, let's destroy it together."
Together...destroy? !
Bai Xiaoxi couldn't believe her ears!
Is the two hundred and fifty in front of me really a hidden dragon?
Did he forget that once he loses this bet, the copy of "Gamble" may fall into the hands of the Demon Cave again?
if that is the case……
Bai Xiaoxi didn't dare to think about it.
As the intelligence officer at the headquarters, she was very aware of the value of winning this dungeon, and she could even imagine the anger they would face from the top management if something went wrong!
But wouldn’t it be unexpected if you don’t use these hidden dragons?
"No! No, this is not like you. Don't use Qianlong. You are not an impulsive person..." Bai Xiaoxi considered his words, and his palms were sweating with anxiety.
What she wants is to "win alone"! Indeed, she has used some "crooked brains" to plunder the victory in unexpected ways, allowing super geniuses to see the methods of their predecessors...
But she never expected that the other party would do a better job than her!
Destroy together?
The crazy mode of Qianlong Wuyong when he desperately chased her appeared in her mind! Suddenly the whole person froze...
Maybe Qianlong Wuyong is not an impulsive guy, but after all, he has just integrated a new identity card not long ago, and his animal nature is in an unstable abnormal state... Bai Xiaoxi once witnessed his offensive behavior towards Xiao Longnu, Therefore, I feel even more confused!
"Am I not?" Jiang Qian raised the corner of his mouth.
Bai Xiaoxi was stunned. In that moment, she used her synesthesia ability to identify the burgeoning "anger" and strong "killing desire" from Jiang Qian!
The rising anger seemed to have been suppressed for a long time, and it took this opportunity to surge out, rising to a level that would make hundreds of creeks shudder.
The desire to kill is more straightforward, and its other way of presentation is: destruction.
"Let's destroy it together..."
Jiang Qian's smiling words were still in his ears, and Bai Xiaoxi couldn't help but shudder.
The state of these two emotions intertwined and undercurrent is very similar to the emotional fluctuations Tong feels when being chased by the opponent with all his strength on the hub level.
Could it be that I misjudged... When Bai Xiaoxi had this idea, she immediately took the final measures:
"Listen, we have reached the last step and are only one step away from victory! I think you don't want anything to go wrong, right? What good will it do to you to let the mob in the Demon Cave take advantage of it? Listen to me , don’t use Qianlong, how about we vote for each other?”
As he spoke, Bai Xiaoxi lowered his head and scrawled the words "Do not use Qianlong" and showed it to Jiang Qian!
"We vote for each other, and I've already written your name! If you're worried, we can exchange voting papers. There won't be any tricks, so we both win!"
Jiang Qian tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "That's fine."
Bai Xiaoxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
And at this moment, Jiang Qian picked up the ballot paper and put the voting paper into the black ballot box!
The prompt tone sounded in their ears at the same time:
【The vote was successful! 】
Bai Xiaoxi was stunned as if he had been shocked by electricity.
In contrast, an almost maniacal sneer appeared on Jiang Qian's face: "I just don't want you to win, so I won't vote for you."
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"Nonsense!"
There was a roar at the second observation site, and the person who slapped the table was actually Jin Yichen, the supreme leader of the Yu clan.
He denounced Jiang Qian categorically, as if he was eager to be convicted of something: "We can win together, but we have to be greedy for the first kill alone and take risks. This is the outcome of the lawful official." Are you gambling? How can the Special Operations Department tolerate such a bold man?"
These words were directed at Jiang Qian, but they expressed Jin Yichen's long-suppressed resentment.
He has been waiting for "this opportunity", waiting for the high-profile Qianlong Wu to go on a business trip, making mistakes, waiting for him to reveal his unforgivable weaknesses or flaws, and then kill him with one blow.
Now, Jin Yichen knew it was time.
Qianlong should not use the special combat power specially cultivated as a lawful official, but it actually exposed its extremely selfish side in important decisions related to the official's real interests!
This one piece of guilt is enough to pull Qianlong Wuyong down from the position that "he only belongs to".
But the strange thing is that after Jin Yichen said these words, no other supreme being at the scene echoed him.
Even the once-in-a-generation hero of the Dark Night Clan just clenched his fists and sighed: "Alas! Bai Xiaoxi was still pinched by him after all..."
Got it?
Jin Yichen was a little confused.
He hasn't reacted immediately, but looking at the reactions of the First Hero and other family supremes, they seem to be lamenting that Qianlong Wuyong has the upper hand in this game?
But what's the point of this advantage?
Once Bai Xiaoxi of the Dark Night Tribe throws himself at him in anger and both sides suffer, wouldn't the whole game be lost?
Thinking of this, Jin Yichen suddenly realized - in fact, the core of this bet is "who can't bear the loss of failure"!
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Bai Xiaoxi couldn't help but scream!
But it's too late...
The vote has taken effect and both men have no way out.
Bai Xiaoxi just stared at Jiang Qian, slumped in the chair behind him...
At the same time, a "small opening" suddenly opened at the bottom of the glass jar suspended above the long table, and fine chips fell along the small opening like "quicksand" onto the long table, slowly stacking up and gathering together.
Here's part of the rule: when one side finishes voting, chips are lost at a rate of 10 million per minute.
"It's really unreasonable..."
Bai Xiaoxi raised his sweaty cheeks, stared at Jiang Qian coldly, and said with gritted teeth: "Do you know that with your reckless decision just now, this gamble, and even the entire "Gamble" copy will be ruined?" Collapse? "
"Whatever, I don't care." Jiang Qian's attitude was unusually calm. "I even eliminated my girlfriend and good friends. It's just a copy, why do I care?"
"But this is the copy that the headquarters instructed us to seize!"
Jiang Qian's words completely angered Bai Xiaoxi. It was the first time that she showed such a strong emotional reaction in front of Jiang Qian and even all the Supreme Beings:
"Do you know how much valuable information is involved in this copy? The unexpected intervention of the Demon Cave Organization, the coveted mysterious first kill prize, these are all rare opportunities... If this failure is due to your forced self-surrender As a result, do you know what consequences you will bear?”
"I accept any consequences."
Jiang Qian was not tempted at all, and still returned to his seat calmly, and then changed the subject:
"However, I am afraid that my small role is not enough to bear such a loss. Teacher Bai, I'm sorry, as the senior intelligence officer of the headquarters, you have to suffer with me..."
"You?!" Bai Xiaoxi's blood pressure suddenly soared.
Jiang Qian's meaning couldn't be clearer: It doesn't matter if I'm crazy, but as an important official at the headquarters, don't you understand? Are you going to disregard the interests of lawful officials just to vent your personal anger?
Bai Xiaoxi really wanted to fall out.
For more than ten seconds, she couldn't help but imagine that she had "voided" the bet with her own hands, but rationality prevailed after all.
When she thought about the consequences she might face after being impulsive, she felt so angry that her teeth itched.
But Jiang Qian seemed to be able to see through her thoughts, and even comforted her with a smile:
"Don't be angry, haven't I told you the only winning plan? Vote for me, the first kill will be mine, and the rewards will be shared equally. No disaster will happen, you and I will each get something."
"..."
Between the two of them, there was only the faint crackling sound of chips falling.
The chips in the lob are being lost at a rate of 10 million per minute...
"Teacher Bai?" Jiang Qian urged in a low voice, "The decision of the success or failure of this bet lies in your hands."
However, even at this moment, there was still no hint of anxiety in his tone. It was more like curiosity, curious about what the opponent who was forced into a desperate situation would make in the end.
"You will regret it, don't use Qianlong."
The final path of Bai Xiaoxi.
It took her a long time to stand up from her seat again. Under the watchful eyes of Jiang Qian and all the big guys outside the venue, she held the ticket paper she had originally scrawled on and walked to the ballot box.
Every step seemed to exhaust all her strength.
Indeed, she had already put in too much effort in this actual combat assessment, even trying to trick her teammates. Unexpectedly, in the end, she would get nothing...
Bai Xiaoxi came to stand in front of the ballot box. Before putting the ballot paper into the box, she looked at Jiang Qian again.
Jiang Qian smiled slightly: "I will fulfill my promise, and you will get half of the rewards for clearing the dungeon."
Bai Xiaoxi didn't appreciate it: "No matter what you do, you can't recover what you lost here."
"Oh? It's so serious." Jiang Qian actually understood what the other party meant:
The reason why he was able to "win" in this game was because he took advantage of Bai Xiaoxi's identity weakness and her character of having to give up personal gains and losses for the overall situation. But this also highlights his greed, selfishness, and even disregard of collective interests in order to satisfy his own selfish interests.
"Also, I take back my initial evaluation of you."
Bai Xiaoxi said meaningfully, and placed the ballot paper at the mouth of the voting box: "Qianlong Wuyong, you are just so-so."
[Voting successful! ]
[Calculating the results...]
[Calculation completed, the peak gambling game is determined to be valid-the first kill of "Haojie" in the "Hao Gambling" copy has been born. ]
[First kill of Haojie: Bai Xiaoxi. ]
[First kill of Haojie: Qianlong Wuyong. ]
[Note: Sort by the time of valid votes, ranking in no particular order. ]
[Special assessment: Congratulations to the player Qianlong Wuyong for winning the title of "MVP Player" in this "Hao Gambling"! ]
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[Do you want to enter the settlement? ]
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