Read Novel Full Chapter 45.1 - Punk Paradise
Chapter 45.1 - Punk Paradise
Before the extra round, the blond man spoke, “I have an objection.”
The demon-masked NPC put down the cards he was about to unseal, “Go ahead.”
The blond man, “I wish to make an addition.”
The demon-masked NPC turned to Bai Lixin, “Does the player wish to hear out the other side?”
Bai Lixin, “Speak up.”
The blond man pulled out an A-rank prop card from his prop bar, “This is my A-rank prop card. It allows me to conceal my form in a copy. I would like to make an additional wager, but accordingly, I would like the game difficulty to be raised.”
Bai Lixin, “I don’t have any more props to add.”
The blond man gritted his teeth, “I don’t need you to add anything. I’ll add it unilaterally and change the rules, do you accept?”
Bai Lixin, “What rule do you want to add?”
The blond, “I want a completely impervious black cloth over our eyes when the cards are shuffled.”
The crowd looked at each other.
Is this a game of luck, knowing that you can’t beat them at strength?
Xia Chi was the first to jump up, “No!”
Some people didn’t know, but how could he not know?
With an F- luck value, how could he compete with others for luck? Wasn’t this a direct way to send the other person to heaven?
Blond man, “That’s fair.”
Xia Chi, “Fair my ass.”
If you really want to play blindfolded, I’ll play with you! I’ll show you what “fair” really means.
“Okay.”
An elegant voice drowned out all the other voices. It wasn’t loud, but strangely enough, everyone heard him.
Bai Lixin, “I accept.”
Xia Chi tugged on Bai Lixin’s sleeve and lowered his voice, “Brother, don’t do anything stupid. You already have the absolute advantage, so why accept his terms? Do you need that prop card badly?”
Bai Lixin glanced at the dealer beside him, “I think I can win.”
Xia Chi: “……”
I don’t want you to think; I want you to bow down to reality.
Tell me the truth, have you lost your mind?
The blond man’s eyes flashed with madness as he gritted his teeth and handed his most treasured prop card to the dealer.
The card was really useful and brought him back from the dead on several occasions. But it didn’t matter; the card had to be temporary. It would be back on his hands once he won.
It was no secret that Bai Lixin’s luck was F-. How could he, a god of bad luck, compete with someone who had an A in luck?
The Goddess of Luck was on his side from the start. If it was just a game of luck, Bai Lixin was no match for him.
The demon-masked dealer brought out two more pieces of paper out of thin air, “This is the supplementary agreement. Please make the signatures.”
Bai Lixin quickly read the terms and signed his name. The opposite side signed even faster than him.
Demon mask burned the agreements and pulled two black cloths out of the air, “I will cover the players’ faces. Please come over and turn your backs to me.”
“Hiss!” The blond man yelped, “Gently, that hurts.”
The demon-masked dealer blindfolded the blonde man’s face first, “Sorry player, this is to ensure the rigor of the props.”
After blindfolding the blond man’s face, the dealer came up behind Bai Lixin.
The broad chest slowly leaned against Bai Lixin’s slender back as the man gracefully brought the black cloth to his face.
The white gloves gently touched the hair, which still had some moisture in it, and slowly picked through it. His fingers brushed against Bai Lixin’s scalp and neck about four or five times.
The movement was gentle, as if he was caressing a cat.
Audience: “……”
Are their eyes blind? Why did they feel a strange magnetic field on Bai Lixin and the dealer?
The dealer finished blindfolding Bai Lixin and pulled him to the table, “Players stand still. In front of you is the game table, please don’t touch it until I announce that it’s okay.”
Audience: “……”
Boss, although the handsome blonde guy cheated, isn’t your bias too much?
Look back at the blonde! He’s about to hit the table!
Why don’t you give him a hand too?
And why do they feel that the dealer had some indefinable tenderness when speaking to Bai Lixin?
The blond man knocked his foot on the table and his face twisted into a ball. He finally found the table and stood there with clenched teeth.
Seeing that the two players were ready, the dealer took out a fresh deck of cards and shuffled them with the same seriousness.
The movement was still as dazzling as ever, and with a flick of his index finger, he shuffled the two jokers out.
He shuffled for 30 seconds and then used 30 seconds to spread the cards out on the table.
A minute later, the dealer’s cold voice rang out, “You may remove the blindfold.”
With that, the dealer turned and the white gloves went to the back of Bai Lixin’s head.
Bai Lixin was raising his hands to untie the scarf when his fingertips met a somewhat slippery touch. The fingers touched, and Bai Lixin felt a pinch on his fingers.
The next moment, the dealer removed Bai Lixin’s fingers and helped him untie the blindfold.
The blond man didn’t have such good treatment, and he silently untied the scarf by himself.
Audience: “……”
How could they put it? They seem to have gotten used to seeing Bai Lixin being favored.
The dealer pointed to the cards that were upside down, “Victory is in front of you. Come and draw your cards.”
As he spoke, he drew a brand new deck of cards, and got out the Ace of Hearts and the Four of Hearts which he presented to them to choose.
Bai Lixin hesitated for two seconds and chose the card nearest to him. The Ace of Hearts.
The blonde man chose the Four of hearts.
The demon-masked dealer, “The player who chose the Ace of Hearts will go first.”
Bai Lixin rubbed his hands together. His eyes swept over all the cards on the table before finally landing on the one closest to him.
The round, white fingertips squeezed the card in the table and flipped it over, the Ace of Hearts.
*Remember that this is from the first deck of cards placed on the table.
Audience, “Wow!”
Xia Chi’s eyes widened, “Fuck.”
Was all the luck value that Brother lost in the copy was manifested in this moment?!
The blond man was dumbfounded. His eyes narrowed as he pointed at Bai Lixin and shouted, “This can’t be! He must have cheated! He’s just an unlucky guy with an F- luck value. How could he have touched the right card on the first try?!”
Xia Chi glared at him, “Oh, so you also know that my brother’s luck is only F-. You deliberately set the game like this and you still want to talk about fairness? You’re just bullying my brother into being unlucky!”
A rustle of discussion broke out in the crowd as people whispered and pointed fingers at the blond man.
The blond man’s face was blue and purple, “I.. Shut up! Luck is just an illusory attribute of its own, how is it unfair?”
The dealer spoke coldly, “Player, you have 10 seconds to make a choice. Please hurry.”
The blond man gave a jolt and said “Goddess of Luck help me” a few times in his heart before he stiffly lifted a card.
The Four of Spades.
The blond man’s expression couldn’t be faked any longer as he exaggeratedly pulled the corners of his mouth and laughed out loud, “Goddess of Luck, Goddess of Luck, you really do love me. Please continue to love me for the next few times!”
The audience frowned at the blond man’s expression.
The blond man had a western aristocratic temperament when they first saw him, and beside him stood Wen Ziqing, who was also good looking.
Not only was the person handsome, but their temperament and strength were also strong, with a proper hegemonic male lead temperament.
As the game went on, the temperament was still there, but they witnessed a strong man slowly fall from the altar and get badly played.
Now the man in front of them had thrown away all his aura and was just a gambler of the lowest order.
He couldn’t even use his tricks anymore and could only resort to the most primitive of luck.
At this moment, everyone just wanted to stay away from gambling. If it could make a perfectly normal, even exalted person, mad and twisted to such an extent, what was there to rush to?
When it was Bai Lixin’s turn, he pondered just a little, and his hand lifted the card next to the Ace of Hearts.
The Ace of Diamonds.
The blond man was a little dumbfounded.
The ace of hearts and the ace of diamonds were just next to each other. The blood red of the cards was like a mockery of the blond man’s stupidity and ignorance.
The blond man looked at the dealer and then at the two cards lying just next to each other, gritting his teeth, swallowing the words that wanted to come out of his mouth.
It was only two; it should just be a coincidence.
The NPCs in the game were absolutely neutral; they were part of the system and would not help the players.
The man took a deep breath, placed his hand on a card, and wandered around. As if he was inspired to do so, he lifted a card.
The 4 of Clubs.
Taking a long breath, the man’s grim expression gradually calmed down.
He waited for Bai Lixin to make his move.
Bai Lixin was quicker this time. He opened the card directly next to the one the blond man had lifted.
The Ace of Spades.
The three aces were neatly laid out.
The blond man was finally unnerved, “You two have joined forces? Dealer 005 is it, I want to complain against you! I want to file a complaint against you!”
He said as he connected to the system and reported directly to the system.
A few seconds later, the system’s verdict rang out above everyone’s heads.
[Ding! No cheating has been found in dealer 005’s actions, please continue playing. A friendly reminder: all NPCs are neutral, and any behavior that slanders the system or the character of NPCs is prohibited. I wish all players a happy game.]
The crowd was already exploding.
“So it’s really just a coincidence?”
“That’s too much of a coincidence, right?”
“It can only mean that Bai Lixin is lucky. After being unlucky for so long, the luck value saved up is probably being used today.”
“I figured it out. The next time I pick a card, the one next to it is definitely the Ace of Clubs.”
“I’m not going to lie, I figured it out too.”
The card hadn’t been turned over, but then again, it seemed to have been.
The dealer hadn’t helped, but he seemed to have.
How subtle.
The blonde man’s report was invalid, so he just had to go on and turn the card over with a stiff upper lip.
At this time, the Goddess of Luck didn’t continue to bless her devotees.
Six of Hearts.
The blond man looked at the card in front of him in despair, but Bai Lixin had already lifted it.
To no surprise, the Ace of Clubs.
Demon-masked dealer, “The game is over. Congratulations to player Bai Lixin. The match is won and the agreement will take effect. This is what you won.”
Several cards hovered in front of Bai Lixin.
The stealth card, the clearance card, and the healing card.
Bai Lixin only took the stealth card and returned the other two cards to Song Lei and his companion.
Next, it was time for another cash-in.
Everyone’s eyes fell on the blond man.
Where was the man’s arrogance and cockiness from a moment ago now? He staggered and slumped on the ground, and Wen Ziqing had disappeared.
Demon-masked dealer, “Player Emil, please honor your promise immediately, otherwise the system will carry out enforcement.”
The blond man’s face was still good looking, but the ugly expression hid his handsome features, making his entire face look very ugly now.
He looked at the crowd in despair and his eyes rolled back. He had actually passed out.
The system’s voice suddenly echoed in the air: [Ding! Because the player Emil has lost his ability to move, the system will carry out enforcement.]
Bai Lixin carefully watched the next actions. He wanted to see how far the system could go.
With a “ding”, the still unconscious blond man suddenly stood up.
But he stood up in a strange position. He was like a puppet on a string, being pulled by a force to stand up.
Song Lei and his little friend’s faces turned green, “This…this is a bit scary. Why don’t we just forget it?”
System: [Sorry, once the agreement is made, it will not be voided. Please respect the spirit of the contract.]
The blond man came down to Song Lei and his little friend under the pull of that strong force, kneeling on the ground with weak legs.
What happened next was even more bizarre. The blond man, who had appeared to be nothing more than a puppet, suddenly regained his strength the moment he knelt down.
The body that had been powerless suddenly tensed up, and when the blond man opened his eyes again, what had been green eyes had turned into all black eyes with no whites.
They gave an eerie feeling.
Some knew it was the system manipulating the player to apologize, while those who didn’t thought it was a demon.
When have the players on the 50th floor ever seen such a show? They all stood there dumbfounded. Their feet looked stuck, and their expressions were ugly.
How did a cool, face-slapping drama suddenly turn into a demon story?
The blond man’s neck stiffened, and he spoke coldly, “Sorry, it’s all my fault. In the 23-point game I played against you, I secretly cheated by swapping cards, and I deliberately used a trick to lure you into continuing the game with me. In order to express my sincerest apologies to you, I am willing to cut off my pinky finger and give it to you to atone for my sin.”
Song Lei’s face turned even greener.
Cut what? Give it to me for what?
Damn, are you trying to scare me to death? Why do I need your pinky?
I’m not a pervert, why would I want this?
And it’s not like Emil volunteered, right? Won’t he fight him to death when he comes to his senses?
Song Lei was so scared that he kicked away the dagger the blond man had taken out of his system backpack and waved his hands, “No, no, no, stop, stop!”
“I’ve felt the sincerity of your apology! Really!!! That’s enough, that’s enough!”
The “blond man” who was about to cut his hand slowly stopped, “In that case, fine.”
With those words, the man lay limply on the ground.
The system’s voice rang out again overhead: [Ding! The agreement is complete.]
Two masked NPCs walked straight over, each took one arm and dragged the blond man into a dark little black room.
Song Lei was so intimidated and apologetic, he asked the system stiffly, “What’s going on?”
System: [The player has to be punished for breaking the spirit of the agreement.]
Song Lei, “Hey, he’s not going to die, is he? I didn’t want to kill him!”
System: [Please don’t worry, it’s just a small punishment, and the player’s life will not be in danger.]
As soon as the system’s voice fell, screams came out from the dark room.
Song Lei: “……”
You call that “a small punishment”?
The harsh screams lasted for a full half hour before the blond man was dragged out again.
When he came out again, he was soaked in blood that looked like he had just been salvaged from a pool of blood. Behind the blond man was a long line of blood still trailing behind him.
He was like a discarded toy, thrown unceremoniously by the two NPCs to the spot where they had just dragged him away.
The game hall, which had been quite lively, all fell silent.
The tower was the only refuge where all players could relax a little after participating in a copy. It was only by coming back to the tower that they temporarily severed ties with the dangerous copies.
They could drink milk tea, eat ice cream, dance and even fall in love in the safe zone.
It was also this comfort that encouraged them to go deep into the most dangerous immersive thriller copies.
They deliberately ignore the terrifying aspects, get drunk, and live and die as if they were still in the real world.
But what just happened suddenly made the players realize that even the seemingly safe tower is, after all, part of the game.
Danger was everywhere.
After taking in everything the system had just done, Bai Lixin asked the escape system in his head: [Wasn’t it said that players would recover from the damage they suffered in the copy once they returned to the game lobby? Why didn’t he recover from injuries from the punishment he received?]
The escape system smiled: [Because it’s a punishment. It can’t heal itself quickly, but you can use prop cards to heal.]
Bai Lixin took out the healing card from his backpack. [Is this one okay?]
Escape System: [Of course, but do you really want to use it for him? Isn’t it wasteful?]
Bai Lixin: [I don’t want to take a life. It’s just a card, I’ll just come back tomorrow for more.]
Escape System: [……]
How could it have forgotten that Bai Lixin was a bug?! It made a fool of itself!
Escape System: [Since you’ve decided to heal him, place the card on his body and the prop card will automatically activate.]
Bai Lixin walked up to the blond man. He was surprised to find that the man hadn’t passed out after being so badly injured. His face was covered in blood, and his green eyes were stained with blood, and when he saw Bai Lixin walk up to him, a flash of panic flashed in the depths of his eyes.
What was he doing here? Did he come to laugh at him?
However, the other party only slowly crouched down and placed a cold card on his face.