Free Web Novel"I plan to set up a scheme, and then we'll do this and that..." Lu Yibei leaned close to Jiang Li's ear, whispering softly. She had only just started explaining her comprehensive plan when she paused.
"Wait a moment, this isn't the place to talk. Go open a VIP lounge; there's a soundproof solidified Spell there," Jiang Li said seriously.
Upon hearing Lu Yibei's intention to "set up a scheme," Jiang Li immediately became serious, regaining her usual demeanor of "daughters should strive to be strong" and "women are just as capable as men."
Causing trouble in the Dream Come True Entertainment City, especially something as significant as making this Entertainment City disappear, was no trivial matter. Romantic feelings were best set aside; otherwise, growing old together would be impossible, but being buried together could be considered in advance.
Lu Yibei nodded, looked around, stopped a Rabbit Girl, requested to open a VIP lounge, and then handed over the metal card storing chips with a very stylish gesture.
"Get me the most luxurious one!"
I'm not short on money!
A minute later, she paid the price for her not-short-on-money behavior.
VIP lounge consumption starts at ten thousand chips per hour.
Five minutes later, in the VIP lounge arranged for Lu Yibei by the Rabbit Girl.
Jiang Li sat down on the sofa in the reception area, elegantly picked up a teacup, and took a small sip. After just one sip, she looked at Lu Yibei and said in surprise, "What is this taste? Didn't I ask you to get me a cup of strong tea?"
The taste was completely different from the Ku Ding tea she usually liked, carrying a strange, sour and bitter taste.
"It is strong tea! It's the finest quality plucked from the Tea Mountain urban legend!" Lu Yibei said seriously. "It's included in the lounge package, so we should get our money's worth, right? Drink up, drink up!"
Jiang Li, "..."
After a moment of silence, she put down the teacup, looked at Lu Yibei, and said, "Let's talk about serious matters first. What kind of scheme are you planning to set up?"
"A Ponzi scheme? If so, when things are exposed, you might face the wrath of thousands of Psychic and urban legend with an average Spiritual Energy fluctuation Level of B Level and above, and that's not even counting the forces behind them."
"As far as I know, behind these thousands of guests, there are at least fifty large and small organizations involved, including lunatics like the Eclipse Society, the Miracle Order, and the Funeral Bell Group."
"You've already provoked the Maitian God before. If you're targeted by several more dark forces..."
Jiang Li thought for a moment and said seriously, "I can help you apply for a plot of land in the Night Watch Martyr's Garden, so that even if you die, people won't dig up your grave and scatter your ashes."
"Can urban legend enter the Night Watch Martyr's Garden too?" Lu Yibei pouted.
"..." Jiang Li frowned slightly and said coldly, "I heard that the higher-ups are planning a Moonlight Plan to recruit urban legend into the Night Watch. Why don't you just participate?"
I don't want to sign that kind of deadly servitude contract... Lu Yibei muttered in ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ her heart and continued, "Let's forget about it!"
Jiang Li looked at Lu Yibei and thought, "If it's not a Ponzi scheme, is it a predatory loan? The fund recovery for that is another big problem, after all, those guests are all tough and difficult to deal with."
"As for private bonds similar to stocks, there is some feasibility, but the operation cycle is too long, and I can't wait that long. You know, I'm dying, or maybe..."
Jiang Li was about to say something else but noticed Lu Yibei looking at her with a strange look, so she stopped and tilted her head, saying, "Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No." Lu Yibei looked Jiang Li up and down for a while and said seriously, "I just think you're a bit too skilled at these illegal and criminal methods."
"How many times have you done this?"
"No discussing that..." Jiang Li rolled her eyes at Lu Yibei and said faintly.
"A great person once said, whether it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. So before coming here, I also researched these methods and concluded that the feasibility is not high."
Lu Yibei sighed silently, "I know the feasibility of these methods is not high, but we can use legitimate means to do illegitimate things! For example..."
"Meeting a girl and immediately establishing a relationship if you click isn't illegal, right? Having a relationship with my girlfriend isn't illegal, right? Giving my girlfriend pocket money isn't illegal, right? Breaking up with her because I don't like her anymore isn't illegal, right? Why say this is roundabout?"
Jiang Li, "..."
Breaking it down individually, it is indeed not illegal.
However...
You should save that kind of nonsense for the Officer!
Silently, Jiang Li rubbed her throbbing temples and sighed softly, "Can you really get away with messing around like this?"
"Why not!" Lu Yibei explained, "Since you said that in the upper three floors of this casino, there are over a hundred people or urban legend who have wishes that can only be fulfilled by challenging the Big Boss, have you ever thought about why only you went to challenge him?"
Jiang Li rested her chin on one hand and thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Because they didn't win enough chips."
"To be honest, I've been here for a while and found that many Psychic and urban legend at the gambling tables here are completely relying on various special methods to brute force their way through. Their skills are only at the introductory level. If their skills were a bit better, it wouldn't have been so easy for me to win enough chips."
"Uh..." Lu Yibei was speechless, "That's certainly one reason, but I think there's a more important reason why they don't challenge the Big Boss."
Jiang Li pressed, "What reason?"
"They're afraid!" Lu Yibei said solemnly, "The Big Boss of that Entertainment City has existed for too long and has lost very few times, so much so that he has almost established an invincible image in the hearts of the people and urban legend in the Entertainment City."
"So the over a hundred people or urban legend you mentioned, they are both eager to fulfill their wishes by challenging the Big Boss and worried about losing their chips and..."
Halfway through her sentence, Lu Yibei looked at Jiang Li with a serious expression, paused for a moment, and added, "...and more."
Although Lu Yibei wasn't very clear about the specifics of Jiang Li's gamble with the Big Boss.
However, given that Jiang Li only had a little over three days left to live and that she couldn't even remember that the person Hua City Night Watch hated the most was Li Xuan.
Lu Yibei inferred that when challenging the Big Boss, depending on the wish they wanted to fulfill, in addition to potentially losing chips, they might also lose more.
And the 'more' that they might lose was the reason why those over a hundred people or urban legend felt fear.
Jiang Li nodded, agreeing with Lu Yibei's statement, "Hmm, that is indeed one reason. Please continue."
Lu Yibei's eyebrows raised slightly, "What if someone appears now who is willing to bear the risk for them? Do you think they would be more eager to challenge the Big Boss?"
"Of course they would, wait..." Jiang Li pondered for a moment, "Are you planning to have them gamble with you? They provide the chips, and you provide the spot. If they win against you, you will challenge the Big Boss on their behalf and fulfill their wishes?"
"Exactly!" Lu Yibei said, "But it's not me who will gamble with them, it's you. I'll find a way to secretly help you. I alone don't have the certainty of winning."
"Compared to winning against the Big Boss, we are definitely easier opponents to win against. As long as we set the threshold a bit lower and increase the possibility of winning big with a small stake, their desire to try challenging will definitely be stronger."
"Using fewer chips to gamble for a chance to fulfill their wish, and with someone willing to bear the risk of potentially losing to the Big Boss, do you think these gamblers will try?"
"We're like elite monsters before the boss stage that drops rare items when defeated. As long as we are killed, there's a small chance of dropping the rare items that only the boss drops. I think there will be many more players repeatedly challenging us than those who dare to challenge the boss."
In other words, are we intercepting the Big Boss's gamble? Jiang Li's eyes lit up, and she nodded solemnly, "This method of yours is worth trying, but..."
"You said you came up with this solution from legitimate means. I'm a little curious, where did you come up with this method?"
Lu Yibei shrugged, saying lightly, "Lottery!"
Jiang Li, "..."
While Jiang Li was silent, the doorbell of the lounge suddenly rang. Following that, a Rabbit Girl's voice came from the crane-shaped ornament on the coffee table in the reception area.
"Miss Wang Bu Liu Xing, according to our casino's rules, you have now taken the lead and are the guest with the second most accumulated chips. I have specially come to invite you to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony."
"I have also brought the dress prepared for you. Would you like to change into it now?"
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Jiang Li, "The bell-ringing ceremony, is it the one you participated in before?"
Jiang Li nodded without saying a word.
"Perfect timing!" Lu Yibei's eyes lit up, "I was just thinking about how to publicize our gamble!"
Saying that, she reached out and gently stroked the crane sculpture on the coffee table, "Okay, come in first!"
And so, an hour later.
Meanwhile, in the main hall on the upper three floors of the Entertainment City.
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After the enormous bronze dragon-patterned bell was struck again, it gradually returned to silence.
Lu Yibei stood before the stage, wearing a treasure-blue qipao embroidered with lotus flowers and lined with a snowy white rabbit fur collar, draped in a black silk shawl. Her fiery red hair was neatly and appropriately styled, giving her the appearance of a young Miss from Jinling during the Republic of China era.
After the bell stopped ringing, Lu Yibei, having endured prolonged torment, walked to the center of the stage. She surveyed the guests present, cleared her throat, and said, "Ahem, everyone, I have something important I want to tell you." freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"It's a very exciting and interesting gamble that has been entrusted to the Entertainment City to organize. I'm now inviting everyone to participate. The winner of the gamble will have me challenge the Entertainment City's Big Boss on their behalf. I wonder if any of you are interested?"
As soon as she said this, the originally noisy hall fell into a brief silence. The guests looked at Lu Yibei with various expressions; some were eager to try, but most were suspicious and speculative.
However, this silence was quickly broken.
"By the way, as long as your chips exceed ten million, you can participate in my gamble and challenge A Li, who is now my assistant!"
As soon as she said this, the guests present were stunned. They quickly gathered in twos and threes and began whispering among themselves.
If the opponent is A Li, perhaps it's not impossible to give it a try?
After all, although A Li is a legend of the Entertainment City, she has also experienced quite a few small losses.
Someone with time on their hands once calculated that her total win rate is only a little over seventy percent, which is much lower than the Big Boss's ninety-nine percent win rate.
Seeing that the guests were starting to waver, Lu Yibei bowed slightly and said expressionlessly, "I've finished what I wanted to say, thank you everyone!"
With that, she turned and left the stage.
Now, let the storm brew for a while!
I need to go down and change first. Damn, why is the chest of this dress so tight... Lu Yibei thought.
----
Inside Wu Hui Land.
As the Big Boss's blood, like molten iron, fell into the lake shining with radiance, the azure lake water instantly boiled.
The high temperature evaporated the lake water, causing a thick fog to drift across the surface.
Under the shroud of layer upon layer of eerie white fog, the entire lake had clearly become a cruel hunting ground, where countless phantoms of aquatic animals of various forms constantly fought, solely to vie for a single brilliant blood bead.
Small fish ate shrimp, big fish ate small fish, and then big fish devoured each other.
The Big Boss had been quietly watching the golden-red sturgeon near the edge of the lake, as well as the snowy white koi that was only the size of a thumb.
They remained motionless, as if waiting for something.
Then...
The golden-red sturgeon suddenly charged towards a cluster of blood beads surrounded by a school of fish with lightning speed, breaking through like a bamboo stalk. The fish school, constrained by its enormous size and astonishing momentum, retreated one after another.
Thus, it easily seized a cluster of brilliant blood beads.
Seeing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in the eyes hidden behind the strange mask. He murmured, "Is the outcome still the same as those other guys? Black Peony, I'm afraid you were mistaken this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, seeing the scene in the pond water, his deep golden pupils slightly contracted.
After seizing the blood beads, the golden-red sturgeon did not swallow them. Instead, it gently placed them on the snowy white koi, letting it carry them as it swam forward.
Meanwhile, the golden-red sturgeon stayed in the depths of the water, guarding the snowy white koi, maintaining a not-too-distant, not-too-close distance, like a knight.
With the object holding the blood beads replaced, the retreating school of fish became restless again. In an instant, they surged forward, launching an attack on the snowy white koi.
However, just as they were about to approach the snowy white koi, a huge shadow quickly emerged from under the water, brutally tearing their bodies apart.
As countless brilliant blood and flesh coins flowed into the golden-red sturgeon's body, its size grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was foreseeable that it would soon become the 'King' of this lake.
...
Looking at this scene, the Big Boss was momentarily speechless. Those blood beads containing special power were originally intended by him to stimulate the 'fish school' to fight, but now they were being utilized by the golden-red sturgeon.
At this moment, his mood was like that of a fisherman who discovered his bait had been stolen by a large fish and used for fishing – utterly frustrating.
However...
Soon, a low, hoarse laugh came from behind the mask. "Hahaha! Very good, very good. Go ahead and plunder to your heart's content! The more you plunder, the better. At the appropriate time, I can also..."
As he spoke, he gently waved his arm, and countless bubbles surged up from beneath the bottomless lake water. Along with the rising bubbles, dark shadows emerged, transforming into grass carp that were large but unremarkable and almost completely non-aggressive, joining the school of fish.
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Lu Yibei's speech at the bell-ringing ceremony indeed stirred up quite a storm in the Entertainment City, yet the gamble did not proceed as smoothly as she and Jiang Li had expected.
Although the conditions offered by their gamble were very enticing, the guests were still somewhat suspicious, worrying that there might be some trick hidden within.
Everyone wanted to see others test the waters first, resulting in much talk but little action; no one truly took action.
This situation continued for half a day until Lu Yibei was about to spend money to hire shills. Then, a strange person wearing a black cloak with a low brim completely concealing their face appeared, participating in the gamble with over twenty million chips.
That strange person's gambling skills were surprisingly bad, just as Jiang Li had said, only at an introductory level, winning entirely by relying on clairvoyance.
Jiang Li didn't even use the 'eye contact cheating technique' she had discussed with Lu Yibei beforehand, and easily won the gamble, raking in over twenty million chips in less than twenty minutes.
Following the first strange person's attempt, soon a second, a third, a fourth... fifty gamblers appeared before the card tables.
Even many guests unknown to Jiang Li, who usually seemed very laid-back and wanted to challenge the Big Boss, participated in the gamble.
After all, at least half of the guests in the upper three floors of the casino held ten million or close to ten million chips, and a large portion of them wanted to try their luck.
Thus, relying on the 'eye contact cheating technique,' Lu Yibei and Jiang Li easily won chips ranging from ten million to eighty million from them.
By the end of the first day of the gamble, Lu Yibei's accumulated chips had surpassed the one billion mark, making her the guest with the most chips in the entire Entertainment City.
However, interludes like this were bound to happen sooner or later. When something is profitable and can be replicated, malicious competition will also appear sooner or later.
When Jiang Li and Lu Yibei's gamble started on the second day, a group of men wearing black leather jackets and neat, uniform mohawks appeared in the upper three floors' hall, blocking the way.
"Come take a look, come see! Don't miss out as you pass by!"
"The same excitement, the same returns, just with less investment! Welcome to the Ximen Gang's gamble!"
"Brother, would you like to learn more? As long as you win our gamble, our Void can also challenge the Big Boss on your behalf! The threshold is only five million chips!"
From a distance, watching the group of mohawks diligently handing out flyers and poaching business, Jiang Li frowned and looked at Lu Yibei, saying, "This is troublesome now, business poachers have appeared."
... Lu Yibei rested her chin on one hand and was silent for a moment, then said seriously, "What's the background of that Ximen Gang?"
"They are a local gang in Dream Come True Entertainment City. Their Void is a regular customer of the Entertainment City and has long held a position among the top five in accumulated chips. Recently, it seems he reached third place," Jiang Li explained.
"What do we do now? We're facing malicious competition."
Jiang Li tilted her chin slightly upwards, "If they are learning from us, as long as they don't have the qualifications to challenge the Big Boss, that's fine, isn't it?"
"You mean, we participate in their gamble and win their chips?" Lu Yibei frowned.
"No, there's also a lower-risk method, for example..."
Jiang Li narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "For example, you gamble with me again and lose half of your chips to me, right?"
Lu Yibei, "..." Isn't this a monopoly?
Tsk, truly the daughter of a capitalist.
Well done!
