Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 154: Chapter 154: The Strongest Human is Born

"The chess game is over. The red side has destroyed the High Tower and achieved final victory."

The emotionless synthesized voice came from the center of the huge round table.

This gambling game, which required a comparison of strategies, diplomacy, layout, and luck, was turned around by Bai Wu in an unexpected way, achieving a comeback from a dire situation!

The God of Wealth gaped, his finger pointing at the immobilized cat paw on the chessboard, his eyes bulging and round, resembling a silly cat that had just been neutered and discovered its testicles were gone.

The One-Eyed Wolf pressed his hands against the table, staring at the chessboard in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

Only the staff of the casino, these "old children" who had been instilled from a young age that they had to pay off their debts in the casino until death, remained calm.

They did not care about the outcome of the game; they only needed to ensure their behavior was proper and to attend to the guests in a timely manner when needed.

Bai Wu’s chips increased instantly, and because of the massive amount, the denomination of his chips was also raised.

"It’s just an insignificant chess game. No need for you two to be so surprised for so long," Bai Wu said with a smile.

Ignoring Bai Wu, the God of Wealth and the pirate were still in the throes of not accepting the reality.

Not until a dozen or so seconds later did the God of Wealth come to his senses and ask,

"I clearly knew your every move... How could you still win against us... It’s impossible."

"What you know is only what I wanted you to know. You thought you predicted me, but in fact, I predicted your prediction of me."

Bai Wu didn’t mind revealing the mystery:

"When a person believes what they see is real, then the person who created that reality has already become their master."

"Illusions don’t work on you?"

"I have no interest in catnip, even find it a bit laughable."

"And the Chaotic Wolf Eye... You clearly seemed to be in pain..."

Bai Wu showed a painful expression, but his eyes were full of mockery:

"Like this? If you haven’t had your fill, I can perform again. But you’ll have to pay me in Tower Currency."

"Don’t tell me that even the Siren’s Song..."

"The Siren’s Song did indeed affect me, it even hurt me, mainly because it was sung so badly."

"So... all your reactions were... all fake? No, it can’t be, if the final dice roll hadn’t been a six, you couldn’t have won!" The God of Wealth obviously still found it unreasonable.

"Just a negligible trick. If there hadn’t been so few dice, I might have even skipped stealing the tower and directly slaughtered you both one against two."

Bai Wu continued the onslaught:

"Some Sequences are indeed rubbish, but if used correctly, they can have unimaginable effects. Truth be told, even the shadows you saw were made by me. Speaking of which, these chips can’t buy what I want. Can I speak directly with the Lord of Black Gold Island?"

A gambling game that should have been an easy victory ended in defeat, and the God of Wealth struggled to accept the truth.

In its view, Bai Wu’s victory should have been a chance occurrence, but with Bai Wu’s hints, their defeat seemed from the very beginning to have been inevitable.

After a long silence, the God of Wealth’s expression gradually returned to calm. It had no choice but to accept the outcome of the game.

Although an unexpected loss in the first game, it was not an irreparable setback.

"Your performance is astounding. I originally thought that one who could win this gambling game... should not exist."

"If that thought makes you feel better." Bai Wu did not say this out loud.

He waited for the God of Wealth to continue, clearly knowing that it was impossible for him to leave with forty percent of the casino’s chips.

As expected, the God of Wealth’s cat face showed a sly smile again:

"But my esteemed guest, don’t you think that taking so many chips is a bit too greedy? Ho ho ho ho..."

"Not at all," Bai Wu responded frankly.

"..." For a moment, the God of Wealth didn’t know how to respond:

"I forgot to tell you that in order to take these chips with you, you must be recognized by the casino. Unless you can win our second gambling game, you won’t be able to leave here. These are the casino’s rules."

An invisible aura enveloped the entire second floor of the casino. The amiable God of Wealth had now revealed the aura of a ninth-level Evil Fallen.

At this moment, Bai Wu felt as if a ferocious beast was staring him down. It was an oppressive feeling only encountered in the red zone when facing the most dangerous creatures.

The God of Wealth’s body had become at least twice as burly as before, with bulging muscles, giving the impression of a Garfield cat in the fitness realm.

This cat isn’t easy to stroke... I’m very likely unable to leave the second floor. Bai Wu looked at the scene in front of him, his expression becoming serious.

"So the real rule is that after the chips exceed a certain amount, I have to compete in two games because you believed that you would win the first game against me, so there was no need to tell me about the second game, right? It seems that the casino’s rule is not to let people win easily?"

The God of Wealth was undoubtedly struck by Bai Wu’s words. Why was this person so calm?

"The Island Master once said, whether it be as a human or an Evil Fallen, what matters most is to have limits, one should not be too greedy."

"Beautiful double standards. So what’s the second gambling game?"

"A duel, a fair and heated battle. You can freely use the chips in your hand to purchase power, sequences, terms, as long as you can defeat me! Ho ho ho ho..."

The muscular God of Wealth’s eyes shimmered with the desire for battle, seeing Bai Wu as nothing more than an oversized, not so agile mouse.

Fair and heated, really daring words. Bai Wu raised an eyebrow, assessing his current situation.

"If I had lost the first game, I probably wouldn’t have been able to make up for the deficit in chips with everything I own. I would have been selling myself to the casino. Although I won and have these chips and can exchange them for items, since the beginning, the casino never accepted the so-called gambler god persona; one can only win against other gamblers, and if you win against the house, you have to be sanctioned? This is quite a business model..."

"And as for the so-called duel, it’s nothing but a one-sided crush. I am merely a human with sixth-tier Innate Force, I don’t stand a chance of winning. The terms that Fortune Cat possesses are probably unimaginable, and at least in this casino, its strength should not be inferior to any Evil Fallen I have encountered."

"Is it possible for Dwarf to forcibly break in here? It’s hard to say, since the casino upholds something called ’vows.’ Perhaps such actions would trigger a backlash from the vows. It seems that even though they do not wish for me to win, if I do win, they will only propose an even more stringent gambling game instead of directly plundering me."

Bai Wu had a rough idea for a strategy to break the game.

"I have a question, is this the final game? I won’t get trapped in an endless third, fourth, fifth game, right?"

"Of course, this is the last game. I can swear to you, distinguished guest, that if you win against me, you can take with you the wealth that you have won! Ho ho ho ho..."

The Deep Sea Casino’s chips were tied to the resources on Black Gold Island, and the God of Wealth was well aware of the significance of these resources.

It certainly didn’t want to lose its livelihood.

Hearing the God of Wealth’s words, Bai Wu was convinced that this was indeed the last game. If he won, the casino would not stop him.

But it was clear... his chances of winning were zero.

[You’d better figure out a way to significantly improve yourself during the preparation time because, as you are now, you would be instantly killed.]

As Bai Wu tried to calculate the odds of winning, Prayle’s Eye sent this message directly to him.

This meant that the gap between their powers was too vast; no strategy would work. It was a killer game designed specifically for him.

A chess game relies on various calculations, which are rare terms, but the terms for fighting, which the casino has accumulated over its 300 years of establishment, are probably very numerous, with at least dozens, including some powerful terms.

Even so many that Prayle’s Eye didn’t bother tallying them...

"What if I refuse to play?"

"It would be a great pity. When you participated in the first gambling game, you had to accept the second game, ho ho ho ho..." The God of Wealth replied with a grim laugh.

Bai Wu frowned:

"But I wasn’t informed of this beforehand. Doesn’t that mean you can’t accept defeat? Also, I suggest you stop laughing ho ho ho ho and maybe go with meow meow meow, laugh in your own style?"

"Of course not, I must tell you, the casino holds the final interpretation of its rules... As for how to laugh, that’s my own affair, it’s none of your business!"

Bai Wu’s words had inexplicably spoiled the God of Wealth’s mood. The God of Wealth was perplexed, this annoying human should be at his wit’s end.

Why was he still so infuriatingly calm...? Was he not panicked?

Forty-five years ago, a certain woman indeed exchanged a large quantity of resources to leave, but she left the chips behind, showing clear disdain for the power those chips could trade for.

This was only what the God of Wealth thought. In its view, the woman had a transcendent status, and the power of the casino might not have been appealing to her.

The God of Wealth was oblivious to the actual situation.

Jing Liu had long known the source of the casino’s power and was aware that the power obtained in exchange for those chips would end up somewhere specific in the decades to come.

The casino’s actions had indeed offended her, but she did not take any action against the casino.

If a person could possess an immortal body and see the distant future in the endless river of time, then in her eyes, all things are in a state of destruction or about to be destroyed.

She did not need to destroy the casino because the casino was destined to be destroyed, and leaving it all to causality also allowed her to repay a favor for someone who "copied her homework."

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...

Black Gold Island.

When the synthetic electronic voice announced the end of the game in the Deep Sea Royal Casino’s surveillance screen——

The "Blacksmith’s" hammering stopped for a second, the previously rhythmic beating suddenly interrupted.

The "Merchant’s" tentacles kept moving, expressing his inner shock in his own way.

"It’s too incredible, I didn’t expect my casino to be turned upside down by a human, huhuhuhuhu... This little guy is really a waste not doing business, with acting skills and brains like that, even I admire him."

The Merchant was not stingy with his praise for Bai Wu, in fact, when it came to the dead, it was always generous, but only verbally.

The mysterious man said:

"I’ve heard of your plan with someone, it’s crazy. The casino is also an important resource output for this plan, what do you plan to do now?"

"I am not a philanthropist. Although this human is clever and interesting, he is too greedy, and greed leads to death, huhuhuhuhu..."

The Octopus continued to explain:

"God of Wealth might be a useless servant, but his body mutated into a cat-like form, giving him an extremely excellent reaction speed, and the guests of the casino have always been a far greater number of Evil Fallen than humans. Over the years, we have accumulated quite a number of terms. He will take care of this smart little guy next."

The man in the shadows smiled:

"So if he wins, what awaits him is a battle with resources that are not equivalent? You really never do a losing deal."

The Octopus’s tentacles twisted:

"You know, the plan is not yet complete, and as the person in charge of the casino, God of Wealth can temporarily use the casino’s inventory. If it were not for the fact that a certain High Lord had established a fair rule through an oath, my casino would be much more interesting."

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"He’s gone mad, so I can’t understand his actions. Humans tried to exit the Tower from the red stele ninety years ago, but they were unlucky and entered the depths of the Sea of Clouds,"

The Merchant had excitement in his eyes:

"That exploration also showed these arrogant fools our strength, and they still have an insurmountable gap with us. Only ninety years have passed since then, huhuhuhuhu... For humans, God of Wealth with the resources of the casino is an existence they cannot hope to overcome even in the next few hundred years."

The mysterious man liked the Merchant’s vast experience very much, although the Merchant could not leave Black Gold Island, he could harvest a lot of information in other ways.

"How about we make a bet too?"

"Hohohoho, there probably isn’t anything on my poor little island that would catch Your Excellency’s eye."

"It doesn’t necessarily require a stake, the gamble itself is an interesting matter."

"What’s the bet?"

The gaze from the shadows carried a scrutinizing intent:

"Let’s bet on his duel with God of Wealth."

...

...

Deep Sea Royal Casino.

Before the gambling game arrived, Bai Wu made just one request——to delay the duel with God of Wealth by twenty minutes.

This was the preparation time he needed.

Once the twenty minutes were up, Bai Wu would face off against God of Wealth in another battlefield of the casino, in a life-or-death "fair duel."

In the time that followed, Bai Wu did two things.

All the gamblers who planned to buy "goods" with their chips found something strange—the various talents, strengths, and terms listed in the goods catalog were disappearing rapidly.

This meant that someone was frantically buying up the goods.

Those gamblers could not imagine someone having so many chips. While they were still guessing who could be so extravagant, Bai Wu gathered Wu Jiu and the others together to start the second thing.

"I need a favor from you all."

"What kind of favor?"

Yin Shuang and the others watched as Bai Wu made a sweeping purchase just now and were convinced that Bai Wu had won a beautiful victory in the casino on the second level.

But at that moment, Bai Wu’s expression was very serious:

"I have one last bet to make. This casino harbors many evil secrets... Perhaps many of the High Tower’s missing person cases can be found here, and there may be secrets beyond our understanding, but before that, I must defeat the casino’s boss and win this final game."

This feeling, where everyone was just gambling but you discovered a hidden mission, was no longer strange to the members of the Vanguard Group.

Yin Shuang reacted:

"So the final bet is a showdown... and that’s why you’ve been buying up all the goods frantically? But since the opponent is the casino’s boss, surely your actions are within their expectations, right?"

Bai Wu nodded:

"In fact, to me, all previous bets weren’t really gambling since I was sure of winning. But this showdown looks to me like a huge gamble because I cannot calculate the opponent’s strength."

Wu Jiu interrupted Bai Wu with a wave of his hand:

"Just tell me, what do you need us to do?"

"I need to make a bet with you all through a vow. I want to win everyone’s Innate Force and Sequence!"

Everyone fell silent.

Without a doubt, they were currently in a state of "earning," just waiting for twenty-four hours to pass so they could leave safely.

But if they agreed to this heavy bet with Bai Wu, it meant that if Bai Wu lost, the whole team would be dragged down.

Just as undoubtedly, the members of the Vanguard Group made their choice.

Wu Jiu quickly initiated a bet with Bai Wu, followed by Lin Wurou, Yin Shuang, Shang Xiaoyi, and Wang Shi.

The silent showdowns ended quickly.

"Looks like, even if you win, the Sequence we’ll get is just so little... but it’s better than nothing. Just don’t lose, okay? I really don’t want to start over, especially I don’t want our captain to become as weak as me."

The speaker was Lin Wurou, Innate Force First Tier, First Layer.

Wu Jiu had almost forgotten the feeling of weakness when he first came outside of the Tower; he appeared very calm and only patted Bai Wu on the shoulder.

To Bai Wu’s surprise, Yin Shuang also gave Bai Wu a sharp weapon.

A secret hidden within her, something Bai Wu hadn’t anticipated, that Yin Shuang would also hand over such a talent.

Bai Wu was clever; he didn’t show anything, as if Yin Shuang also deliberately covered it up with calmness.

This heavy trust didn’t give Bai Wu pressure, only the determination that he must win.

All the Evil Fallen in the casino sensed an oppressive presence that only top predators possessed, and they tried to search for this aura, only to shockingly discover... this intimidation actually came from a human.

For centuries, humans had lived in the shadow of the Evil Fallen outside the High Tower, not even daring to venture into the purple regions.

What they could inherit and integrate was not strength, but will—the will of generations of people wanting to venture beyond the High Tower, ensuring the Investigation Corps never lacked fresh blood.

But because of their short lifespan... humans’ growth was far slower than that of the Evil Fallen.

But at this moment, under the special rules of the casino, the inheritance and integration of strength also became possible!

The strongest human ever was born.

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