Chapter 437: A High-Stakes Gamble

Chapter 437: "High-stakes Gambling" A Game of Spending a Lot of Money

Watching Bai Xiaoxi and the British nobleman on the opposite side both leave the field and enter the central gambling hall.

Jiang Qian no longer indulged in established facts, but used his brain to analyze the rules of tonight's gambling.

First of all, regarding this "camp battle": three rounds of fighting, only the elimination level was emphasized, but the final victory or defeat of the camp was not mentioned, which sounds very incomplete.

It is inevitable that people will suspect that the so-called "camp battle" is just a cover, and the real purpose of the whole gambling game is only to reduce the number of participants.

Next is the question of the "reward" of the winning party.

First, the reward for the winner of each round is a "safe house", which easily reminds people of the function of the "buffet ticket" in the previous round, so there is no surprise.

But the setting of the additional reward "public prize pool" is somewhat intriguing:

The chips that flow into the public prize pool in each round will be automatically doubled and accumulated when the next round of gambling starts, and finally won by the winner of the last round, that is, the third round?

This seems to imply that the last round of the three rounds is crucial. Not only can you get the safe house reward as usual, but you can also get the chips in the superimposed public prize pool.

But the number of chips in the public prize pool is difficult to grasp, so it may be "useless" in the end, but it is better than nothing.

Compared with these two, perhaps "not being eliminated" is the biggest reward of the whole gambling game.

This once again verifies Jiang Qian's initial speculation: "camp" is just a cover, and only by not being eliminated and not losing chips can you be invincible.

In addition, there is also the restriction of "prohibiting the use of super-species abilities and props in the central gambling hall", which also makes people think about it.

Jiang Qian looked around the surveillance cameras installed on the walls and the ceiling, but he was digging for loopholes in the rules in his heart: since the use of abilities and props is prohibited in the "central gambling hall", what about outside? The previous provisions that no fighting and no cheating in the casino still count tonight?

His eyes inadvertently swept over the many licensees in the opposite camp, and a dangerous idea was brewing in his heart.

At this moment, the rules of the first round of gambling were finally revealed inside the sunken central gambling hall, which was fully isolated from the crowd:

The first round: Russian roulette.

In simple terms, two people take turns to pick up a loaded revolver and shoot at themselves. Empty guns live, and live bullets die - a game of gambling with luck.

But today's rules have been slightly changed on the basis of the classics:

First, the revolver has six bullet positions, and the two game license holders load a bullet in turn.

Each person has two loading options: live bullets and blank bullets. There is no difference in appearance between the two bullets.

After loading, the person who loads the bullet first will fire later, and the person who loads the bullet later will fire first.

The first license holder can choose to "shoot" himself, or choose to "bet chips" and transfer the opportunity to shoot to the opponent.

The betting chips are in units of 1 million, and the amount of each additional bet must be doubled (the multiple is not less than 2) of the previous one; when the number of betting and additional rounds exceeds 6, all the bet chips will be cleared and transferred to the public prize pool.

If the shot is a live shot, the license holder will be eliminated, the chips on the table will belong to the opponent, and the remaining chips will all be counted into the public prize pool.

If the shot is not a live shot, all the chips on the table will belong to the shooter, and the gambling will continue.

If all six rounds of shooting are not live shots, the game is defined as a "tie". There is no reward for both sides in a tie, and they cannot enter the "safe zone" to watch the game.

...

The rules are quite simple... Jiang Qian focused his attention and silently opened his spiritual vision.

Bai Wuhen said coldly from the side: "With such rules, is there any suspense about the outcome?"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Qian glanced sideways.

"The embroidered pillow has only 47.29 million chips, while Bai Xiaoxi has 118.53 million chips. As long as he keeps throwing chips to force the opponent to shoot, the embroidered pillow will most likely be eliminated." Bai Wuhen said.

The reaction is quite fast... Jiang Qian smiled and focused his eyes on the sunken venue: "Not necessarily."

"Not necessarily?"

"It also depends on the opponent's level and strategy."

Indeed, both of them have the opportunity to load live ammunition. If both of them load live ammunition, the probability of shooting and hitting the target will immediately increase to 1/3, that is: a high hit rate of 33%!

This means that every shot may be the key to victory.

But judging from the current chip advantage, the Duke of Rose is obviously inferior to Bai Xiaoxi. In other words, the Duke of Rose is more likely to be forced to shoot at himself, which may shake his confidence in choosing live ammunition.

Everyone's eyes are focused on the venue, focusing on the Duke of Rose and Bai Xiaoxi.

Both of them just came to the gambling table.

Bai Xiaoxi naturally extended her hand, and the Duke of Rose leaned over and kissed the back of the lady's hand in a friendly manner.

During this process, Bai Xiaoxi quietly passed a message to the Duke of Rose...

"What is she talking about?" A girl in avant-garde clothes in the opposite Western camp burst into a swear word, "Is your brain broken!"

But Jiang Qian saw Bai Xiaoxi's mouth shape through his psychic vision: Let's draw.

Draw?

Jiang Qian raised his eyebrows slightly.

It can almost be concluded that this senior intelligence officer is playing tricks again.

But seeing the two people sitting at the gambling table, a revolver rose from the inside of the gambling table and appeared in front of the two people.

Under the eyes of the public, the Duke of Rose actually raised his hand with a gentlemanly demeanor and said in a gentle tone: "Ladies first."

The first to load is the last to fire, which is to seize the initiative of the first to fire.

Bai Xiaoxi didn't seem to mind, she accepted it readily, reached out to hold the revolver in the middle of the gaming table, randomly loaded a bullet in the magazine, then closed the magazine, turned it around, and put it back to its original position.

He smiled and said, "I've pretended."

Then Duke Rose also picked up the pistol, loaded the bullet into it smoothly, turned it and put it back in place.

Then, he threw out 1 million chips.

1 million is the minimum unit for betting.

Duke Rose bet 1 million first and looked tentatively at Bai Xiaoxi.

At this time, the rules for shooting turned to Bai Xiaoxi's side.

Bai Xiaoxi smiled and said nothing, and directly added 2 million chips based on Rose Duke's bet.

Duke Rose smiled. He had a charming aristocratic temperament and said, "Why, didn't you say we wanted a draw? You can't believe me."

Bai Xiaoxi pushed the chips forward again, tapped the barrel of the revolver with his fingers, and said in a gentle tone: "Then you set an example and make me trust you."

It was obviously a bet that could determine life and death with just one move, and the two of them created an ambiguous atmosphere where they had no worries.

Duke Rose's smile deepened.

However, the next second, the ambiguous atmosphere collapsed instantly-Duke Rose backhand raised 20 million!

The murderous man walked away.

Standing next to Jiang Qian, Bai Wuhen suddenly exclaimed: "So that's it..."

He understood what Jiang Qian had previously called "the opponent's level and strategy."

Rose Duke's 20 million raise is a gambling opportunity: if Bai Xiaoxi is unwilling to shoot, then she must continue to raise, and the raise amount should be doubled of 20 million, that is, starting from 40 million!

In this way, once Duke Rose's shot has not fired, all the chips currently on the table will belong to Duke Rose. At that time, his chips will surpass Bai Xiaoxi in one fell swoop, and he will have the advantage of fighting for his life.

Of course, even if he loses the shot, he won't lose.

Your own chips were originally lower than your opponent's and you were at a disadvantage. If you lose at this time, the remaining chips can be included in the public prize pool and will still have a chance to be recovered by the same camp in the future.

"It seems that this embroidered pillow is not completely useless." Bai Wuhen sighed.

Sure enough, Bai Xiaoxi in the central casino had to hand over 40 million chips!

It looked like she really didn't want to get shot.

Duke Rose's face turned cold.

He looked at the chips piled up on the table, pondered for a moment, and then looked up at Bai Xiaoxi opposite: "Guess, whose side will fate be on?"

As he spoke, he had already picked up the revolver, pointed the muzzle at his head slowly and gracefully, and pulled the trigger!

"Click——"

Empty gun.

Jiang Qian noticed that many card holders in the opposite camp were obviously relieved!

The moment that determines life and death is easily revealed with the crisp sound of "click", and a new round of games follows one after another.

In the venue, Duke Rose's smile gradually relaxed from nervousness. Then he smiled and pressed the revolver on the table and pushed it to Bai Xiaoxi in front of him: "It's your turn."

At this time, the chips of both sides are:

Rose Duke - 89.29 million! Bai Xiaoxi - 76.53 million.

As the trigger was pulled, Bai Xiaoxi's chips were already lower than Rose Duke's!

There seemed to be a dramatic shift in the initiative.

Bai Xiaoxi's expression hesitated, as if she was in a dilemma. Finally, she rolled out her chips and bet 1 million...

The corners of Duke Rose's lips raised, and then he raised a large amount of 50 million with his backhand!

He smiled and looked at Bai Xiaoxi across the way, looking at the thin, mediocre-looking Oriental woman in front of him with his deep European-style eyes that were enough to captivate the soul, and seriously appreciated her helplessness and struggle.

Doubling 50 million is at least 100 million.

Obviously, Bai Xiaoxi no longer had enough chips to raise the bet at this time.

In front of everyone, they saw her holding up the pistol cautiously, her chest rising and falling with her breathing, and she slowly put the muzzle of the gun against her chin.

Then, the pistol made a crisp sound.

Another empty gun.

There were people on the opposite side sighing, and of course, there were also people secretly praising him.

For example, Jiang Qian.

Bai Xiaoxi's appearance just now was more nervous and at a loss than Jiang Qian had ever seen before. This made Jiang Qian deeply understand the solid interpretation skills of this senior intelligence officer and his super ability to perform on the spot.

In short, after the shot was confirmed to be "empty", Bai Xiaoxi's expression immediately became calm and composed.

Because all the chips on the gambling table have been put into Bai Xiaoxi's bag!

The gambling situation is changing rapidly, and the distribution of chips on the field has changed:

Rose Duke - 39.29 million, Baixixi - 126.53 million!

…

The Rose Duke on the opposite side was a little stunned.

In the blink of an eye, the revolver has fired two shots, and they are still empty bullets, which means that the probability of the remaining bullets being filled with live ammunition is higher...

"It seems that this game relies heavily on luck?" Honghu Yufei looked at the field and whispered to himself.

Sen Xi's voice came from the side: "It looks like luck, but it actually works."

Honghu Yufei narrowed his eyes and looked at Sen Xi.

"Don't look at me like this, I can't provide any evidence." Sen Xi spread his hands in a matter-of-fact manner, but his tone was very firm, "My intuition tells me that this kind of game will not be caused by pure luck. Just like..."

Sen Xi didn't finish the second half of her sentence. She raised her eyes and looked at Jiang Qian not far away.

Jiang Qian is focusing on the situation on the field.

Currently on the court, two of the six opening opportunities have been used.

The tense atmosphere even made the onlookers from both camps feel a little tense.

Duke Rose stiffly threw out 1 million chips.

He didn't make any aggressive moves because judging from the chips, he would have no chance at all this round.

However, Bai Xiaoxi did not pursue him fiercely, but instead threw out 2 million, a painless raise.

This confused Rose Duke for a moment, and he continued to raise, 4 million.

Bai Xiaoxi called, 8 million.

Rose Duke raised, 16 million!

Bai Xiaoxi continued to follow the bet, 32 million.

The Duke of Rose is out of ammunition and food...

He couldn't add more, so he had to focus on the revolver on the table again, and he was about to shoot for the third time...shoot himself in the head.

Duke Rose looked at Bai Xiaoxi, who looked at him eagerly, as if expecting the effect of the show to make his head explode.

Then the British nobleman's face became obviously paler, and he silently grabbed the revolver.

He slowly pointed the gun at his temple.

He tried his best to stay calm, but his hands were still shaking.

"Click" - a familiar crisp sound.

Duke Rose suddenly opened his eyes, the gambling game is not over yet!

Bai Xiaoxi's expression was a little disappointed.

Currently the chips between the two sides are almost equal:

Rose Duke - 81.29 million, Baixixi - 84.53 million. Bai Xiaoxi is slightly higher.

Just when Duke Rose thought Bai Xiaoxi would take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory, he placed a heavy bet so that he could not increase the amount and could only choose to continue shooting, Bai Xiaoxi actually threw out out of habit - 1 million?

What an opportunity!

Rose Duke was trembling with joy and raised his backhand to 45 million, blocking Bai Xiaoxi's backhand!

"oops!"

Bai Xiaoxi exclaimed and covered his mouth with his hands, as if he finally realized his mistake.

She looked with utter horror at the revolver on the table.

This revolver, which has six bullet positions, has been fired three times after being loaded twice, and no live ammunition has been fired yet.

In other words, the next live ammunition hit rate... will be higher than ever before!

"Hehehe..." Duke Rose was finally amused by Bai Xiaoxi's embarrassment.

Although he knew that it was not foolproof, at this moment he really wanted to laugh at the other party. He could obviously have the upper hand, but because of a betting mistake, he got the upper hand and became a fat fish on the chopping board.

"Go to hell! She won't be so lucky now, will she?"

"Look at her frightened behavior, haha, it's so enjoyable..."

"The Duke responded so quickly~~"

Someone in the opposite camp was already booing, but Jiang Qian and others were extremely quiet and focused on the central casino.

Regardless, this shot is crucial.

Bai Xiaoxi touched the pistol with a pale face, and her action of almost losing her grip on the gun caused another burst of laughter from the opposite camp.

However, when the revolver made that familiar crisp sound, all the smiling faces froze invariably.

"Click"......

It's still an empty gun! !

Duke Rose looked at Bai Xiaoxi blankly, watching the little oriental woman holding a pistol and slowly raising her mediocre face, staring into his eyes, and said to him in a mellow London accent:

"Let's draw."

The surrounding air became quiet for a moment!

Duke Rose stared straight at Bai Xiaoxi's face. At the moment when their eyes met, he finally understood why this revolver kept firing "blank"...

The chips were updated again: Rose Duke - 36.29 million, Bai Xiaoxi - 129.53 million.

It's Rose Duke's turn.

This time, he seemed extremely calm, as if he had completely escaped from his previous state.

Then suddenly push 36 million chips forward!

"Bet!"

However, when he saw the smile overflowing from the corner of Bai Xiaoxi's mouth, the body of this British nobleman shook violently, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Then, with everyone watching, Bai Xiaoxi naturally picked up the revolver from the table and pulled the trigger for the fifth time.

Empty gun!

Duke Rose dropped his fists and propped himself on the gaming table, regretting it too late.

At this time, the chips on the field are dramatically updated:

Rose Duke - 290,000, Baixixi - 165.53 million!

Almost all of the bargaining chips that originally belonged to Duke Rose had been transferred to Bai Xiaoxi's account.

But the gambling game was still going on, and the opportunity to shoot was transferred to Duke Rose. However, he could no longer get the full 1 million chips in his hand, so he had no choice but to shoot.

Bai Xiaoxi looked at him with pity and said the repeated line for the third time: "Let's draw."

But Duke Rose seemed to have heard the most bitter ridicule.

It's too late...

He lowered his head and pulled the trigger.

The gun didn't go off, but everyone was stunned.

Even the stupidest person on the field has already figured out what happened on the scene through Duke Rose's expression and the dramatic changes in his chip account!

The dungeon prompt begins to announce the results of this gambling game:

draw.

No one is safe, no one is eliminated, and the public prize pool is empty.

In a draw, both sides were released to return to their respective camps.

…

The whole process was completed in an unusually silent environment, and many people felt hesitant and unbelievable about the result.

They don't even know what's going on in this back-and-forth game.

Only Jiang Qian had the calmest expression in the audience.

At this time, his mind was driven by curiosity and he was constructing a new understanding of this headquarters intelligence officer:

"It seems that Teacher Bai has figured out this faction battle."

"What?" Bai Wuhen was still confused.

"She doesn't care about entering the safe zone, nor does she want a safe house."

Jiang Qian chuckled, and followed Bai Xiaoxi who was returning to the faction, saying: "What she wants is more chips - to win the first kill with an absolute advantage."