He carefully hid the ecstasy in his heart, tempting this opponent with all kinds of tricks. Although the tuberculosis ghost is cunning, I have to say that Ren Jian's cards in this game are really good and too hidden. The so-called night road will always meet ghosts, "walking by the river for a long time, how can there be no wet shoes", tuberculosis ghosts are finally tempted in. He obviously misjudged Ren Jian's hole cards, thinking that he had a chance of winning, and ended up placing a heavy bet!

Ren Jian was ecstatic in his heart, and then found that there was a small problem, that is, he had very few chips left. This means that if he can't call with the same chips, he won't even be eligible to reveal his hole cards and will be judged to lose.

Of course, this is a small matter, Ren Jian called the staff of the casino and asked to change the chips. He casually pulled out his card. It has to be said that although the West is more technologically advanced than China's in terms of traditional concepts, in fact, when China uses a large number of mobile phone payments, foreigners are still generally using bank cards and credit cards. The same goes for this cruise.

This means that the mobile payment software commonly used in China cannot be used here. But this is something that people have known before, and almost everyone, including Ren Jian, has a bank card.

However, bank cards have a weakness compared to mobile payments. If the mobile payment fails, it is basically clear at a glance. And even in the worst-case scenario, let's say a hardware failure, it's easy to fix: just change your phone. But if something goes wrong with a bank card or something, it's basically fine.

This is the situation at the moment: although Ren Jian tried many times, no matter what, the casino's card reader just couldn't read his bank card information!

In this case, it can really be said that people are sweating profusely. The casino has changed several machines, but it still doesn't work. It can only be said that there is a problem with his card. On the side, the tuberculosis ghost was proud, and secretly made a contemptuous gesture at Ren Jianbi, despising that he obviously lost, but he wanted to find a step for himself.

A few minutes later, a well-dressed middle-aged white man who looked like a manager on a cruise ship appeared in front of Ren Jian. He actually spoke Chinese, first apologized repeatedly, and then said that the card really could not be swiped. Ren Jian must provide other means of payment...... For example, money orders, checks, etc.

It's a pity that although Ren Jian can open this kind of thing, he needs the company's seal to take effect. This practice is also an attitude - although he is the person in charge on the surface, he is not the real boss. In this case, Ren Jian has nothing more than two choices, either give up or can only borrow money.

If it's an ordinary casino or something, including those that break the law, there's never a shortage of money lenders. Gambling is a high-risk and lucrative business, and the so-called nine in and thirteen out refers to these casino loan sharks - in fact, there are very few places other than casinos where such black-hearted loan sharks can be placed. Except for gamblers, very few people would take advantage of such black-hearted loan sharks - but there didn't seem to be such people on cruise ships.

Well, after all, this kind of person is actually a bloodsucker that lives in a casino. They don't do well for a regular casino. In fact, without the existence of such people, gamblers will have a limit to losing money, at least not to bankrupt the family, at most it can only be said to lose all the living money of the family, not even the car, house, factory, etc. But with these people, then the loss is really bottomless. It's not an outrageous thing to really lose your wife and children or something.

However, the cruise ship's casino itself provides borrowing services. Although the interest rate is not high (relatively speaking), it is not just a cat or dog that is eligible to borrow money. Moreover, even if you don't happen to be one of the cats and dogs, you can't just borrow money, you need to provide collateral.

It's a coincidence, because as mentioned earlier, Thomas has an elder here. He provided proof that Ren Jian had a part of the shares of the foreign trade company. The casino offered to use this as collateral to fund Ren Jian.

"This is ......" Ren Jian hesitated slightly, it was not that his reason warned him, but his instinct to resist this kind of thing. But when his eyes turned to the leprosy ghost, he saw that the leprosy ghost was showing an expression of "you pretend, you continue to pretend" and sneered at the same time.

After all, he didn't have no money, and it didn't matter if he mortgaged it. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately agreed.

About two or three minutes later, the middle-aged foreigner brought a contract, a ...... A contract that Ren Jian couldn't understand at all.

I can't tell what language this is, whether it's French, German, Spanish or Arabic, in short, as a normal Chinese college student, it doesn't involve linguistics majors, this is definitely a completely unfamiliar language. In fact, when he held this document in his hand, Ren Jian was completely black-eyed, and he couldn't read anything except for some Arabic numerals on it.

The foreigner explained that this was a mortgage contract. Ren Jian pledged the shares in his name and obtained the corresponding funds from the casino.

If it were a change of conditions, such as a business negotiation, Ren Jian would definitely refuse at the first time. Even if the contract is profitable, he will definitely find two or three professional translators, lawyers or other professionals to see if there are any traps in the contract. But this is not the case right now.

As I said earlier, the most important problem in this matter is that you are not vigilant. In the face of this situation, you will always feel that, on the one hand, there is no need for others to open this casino. Another consideration is that shares or something, in the final analysis, are not cash, and they are not something that can not be retrieved at all, or even cannot be started at all. The transfer of shares, that is the origin is very clear. And it's just a mortgage, not a transfer - if there is a real dispute, then there is such a last way to go as a lawsuit.

So he signed the contract.

In this game, he really got back to his roots. The tuberculosis ghost was defeated and lost, with an expression of disbelief on his face, desperately tearing his hair and shouting "FUCK" and other curses.

It's always a joy to watch a powerful enemy being defeated, and according to science, it can even make the human body secrete a large amount of endocapeptides, which makes people taste the feeling of fluttering immortals. Ren Jian had already forgotten about the contract for a while. To put it bluntly, it was a mortgage loan contract. In other words, as long as the time is up, he will come up with the money, and it will be done, and there will be no more trouble.

……

"You can arrive at your destination tomorrow......" Lu Wu sketched his destination on a travel map with a pen. Speaking of which, that place is really familiar. He still remembered the temple (after all, it was a well-known tourist attraction), which was right next door. The scientific expedition team led by Thomas was in a circle.

Well, from the map, this is pretty much the range where I fled. Of course, due to the barrier of natural environments such as primeval forests, there is a difference between the map and the actual situation. The air distance looks close, but it is likely to be a completely different place.

Speaking of which, there's an old acquaintance over there, too. The Colonel Zhang, who had been on an escape with him before? I don't know what happened to the other party after the Jedi escape. In the end, he went to a foreign country to be a duke, or he made a comeback, regained his territory and continued to be a warlord.

According to the schedule and route, if all goes well, tomorrow morning they will make a temporary stop at a harbor (the kind that does not disembark). Of course, Lu Wu doesn't care about this, this is related to the survival of the earth, although he doesn't have a visa, but in this case, he entered the country illegally or something...... Seems to make sense.

"Partner!" The master's voice suddenly sounded in the headphones, so sudden that it startled Lu Wuyi.

"Master, what?"

"Something very strange happened. There was a hard ...... in the master's voice Excited. "Thomas told me that something might not be right over there. ”

"Has someone been 'alienated'?" Lu Wu was shocked. He knew a long time ago that humans were not immune to this effect. In fact, not to mention ordinary people, even warlocks, warlocks who can control their bodies in the literal sense of the word, are not immune. The human genes will crumble, distort, and become the kind of "polluted" who cannot be described and cannot be defined by the race. Of course, in this process, neither the human body nor the wisdom built on the human mind cease to exist.

In this regard, the Wago people have sufficient records. As long as the animals and plants in the contaminated area are eaten, then according to the difference in intake and human body size, it will be alienated in a period ranging from two or three standard days to two or three standard months. At the beginning, it was not obvious, but when it was obvious, the entire nervous system, including the brain, had undergone permanent changes, and it was basically over.

"No, it's not this, it's the security ...... of Thomas's scientific research team."

"Security guard?" Lu Wu felt a little strange. He knew that the place where the expedition team was located, well, was just the kind of "nominal land", but in fact the warlords were divided, not the kind of central government. There are no responsible police officers in this place, not even those who are not responsible. And the warlord's previous battles were even more commonplace. To go to this kind of place, a tour group is not enough, a scientific research group must need a little guards, after all, there are valuable equipment.

In other words, mercenaries or PMCs (private military contractors). The master said.

"Why mercenaries?"

"There is a need for combat-ready personnel to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment of the team. The master was unimpressed. "Maybe Thomas was deceived and hired an unnecessary armed guard at a high price. Perhaps his family was far-sighted and decided to hire a fighting guard to keep him safe...... But in short, a team that entered the 'polluted zone' is missing. Nearly twenty people, all armed soldiers with combat experience, well-armed and ...... In fact, the planned route is not far away, and there is no possibility of getting lost...... But no one returned. Disappeared out of thin air. ”

Was he ambushed? Lu Wu immediately remembered that he and Thomas and the other four people had been chased all the way by the unknown local warlord. Then again, if he didn't have the strength of the master at that time, he might not have been able to escape so smoothly.

“…… And it's not just that. This area is actually not a no-man's land, and there are a few small villages and towns. The master said. "But all the small villages and towns are gone...... According to my observations, communication with the rest of the surrounding area has been cut off! This is no ordinary armed conflict!"

"What do you mean......"

"Being able to quietly wipe out such a heavily armed team can make hundreds, thousands of people suddenly disappear...... This kind of thing can only be done by a real great power!" The master's words reminded Lu Wu of the test of the exoskeleton armor at the beginning, and the overwhelming terrifying firepower. Or...... Warlock!"

"But...... Why?" If I am not mistaken, the Stygian Warlock who came with the artifact had no desire to fight at all. In other words, there is no need to fight at all - direct global alienation, just wait for the destruction of the human race on the earth, why bother to make another move and add variables at this time?

"yes...... Why, partner!" the master's voice became even more excited. "Probably, something happened...... What a gratifying miscalculation!"

"Lu Wu?" There was a sudden knock on the door, and an unfamiliar voice rang out.