Chapter 27: Professional Gamblers
"It seems that this old man is quite weak, and he should be considered intellectual. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoIf nothing happens, I can win this second game. β
"Nope! Lin Ao, don't underestimate this old man! The magic in him cannot be underestimated! That's so much taller than you and the marlin just now! β
Ling's reminder couldn't help but make Lin Ao re-examine the old man in front of him. This puffer fish, like the marlin just now, has long limbs. But this time, the old man looked much more pleasing to the eye.
This puffer fish is by no means as slender as the marlin, his round body is black and white, and his skin has countless small pimples like age spots, lying like a shriveled ball on the seat made of ice crystals.
The long white whiskers hung down to the ground, and the old man ...... No! The old fish was motionless, and his smart little eyes did not look at Lin Ao at the moment, but stared at the clear pool around him.
In the pool, large or small, some juvenile fish that have not yet grown up swim freely and happily in the pool, and the eyes of the old fish also turn with their movements. Suddenly left and right, those little fish swung their tails to change direction and speed up anytime and anywhere. But Lin Ao could see that the old fish's eyes were very sensitive, and he was always tracking the traces of the little fish, and he didn't fall for a moment......
Full marks for dynamic vision.
Although Lin Ao couldn't feel the magic of this old man, he felt the pressure coming from him from another direction.
Even if it's not a physical strength competition, it's a difficult opponent to fight with wits alone......
"Lin Ao, maybe you can't feel its magic, but I still want to advise you to be careful. I think...... Although his magic power can't reach our level, his strength should be very extraordinary! β
"I see, Spirit." Lin Ao didn't know where to speak, so he had to raise his head to the sky and pretend that there was a camera on the ceiling shining on him. "Please keep an eye on him, and tell me if he cheats with his magic. Cheating with magic, I, as a human, are hard to see. β
"No...... No way. β
"Huh?"
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but as soon as you enter a duel, I'm forbidden to communicate with you, it's a means in case I help you cheat."
"Also, no wonder I couldn't hear you all the time. That's on my own......" Lin Ao said, stepping on the stone pillar on the pool, and moving in the direction of the old fish step by step.
Although the pond is not as spacious as the lake, it is nearly 200 square meters. In addition to a natural platform made of stones in the middle, there are more than 20 huge pillars as thick as one person surrounding the pool. These giant pillars went all the way up from the bottomless darkness, breaking through the water surface just less than half a meter, and became Lin Ao's stepping stone to the central platform of the pool.
Lin Ao cautiously jumped on the stone pillar, until the last pillar, he was no more than half a meter away from the stone platform in the center. The inherent enchantment stood in front of him, and this time it did not fill the entire space like a marlin, but gave Lin Ao a chance to touch and obtain information.
Lin Ao put his hand on the inherent enchantment, and the information immediately entered his mind. The rules are surprisingly simple:
Rule One: In addition to the power to the next level, the duel must also have a fifty-year life attached as a bet.
Rule 2: The content of the duel is decided by both sides in turn, and can only be related to 'gambling', and cannot involve any "physical strength" or "strength" duel.
That's all there is to it, the rules are extremely simple, and there are no loopholes. Obviously, this old puffer fish is very deep, and I don't know what tricks will be played. However, since it is a battle of wits, Lin Ao is not false, he is also the king of the human strategic zone.
"Then I'm in, Spirit. See you at the next venue after the victory. After Lin Ao finished speaking, half a foot stepped into the inherent enchantment.
At this moment, the old man's eyes suddenly focused on Lin Ao, only to see him clasping his hands in front of his chest, his body motionless, and looking at Lin Ao with a playful look: "Child, my name is Ganbo, which means gambling." Do you know gambling? β
"Gambling?" Lin Ao didn't come to his senses all of a sudden.
"Young people, you don't know what gambling is, do you? It was a game I learned from a world far east. Gambling is to gamble everything you have on something that is inconsequential or even extremely dull. But there is an indescribable sense of excitement in it! Is it a win? Or lose? At the moment when the result is decided! That feeling of blood boiling made me feel like I was hundreds of years younger! β
Are you a professional gambler...... LIN AO COULDN'T HELP GRITTING HIS TEETH, IN GAMECENTER, A PLATFORM WHERE GAMES ARE USED AS DUELS, "GAMBLING" IS ALSO A LEGAL THING. After all, with real money as funds, Lin Ao has seen countless gamblers wandering around various regions, and this kind of person is often the most difficult to deal with.
If you divide gamblers into several realms, there are generally three. The first, and most naΓ―ve, is the "spoils of war", which is often driven by what they can win in the end. The greater the stakes he can win, the greater the motivation, and it is easy for such a person to grasp his mind, and to bait them with a few bait, and the mental activity is incomparably simpler.
The second type is the gambler with a little experience, they are willing to gamble everything, they want to gamble everything, this kind of person only cares about the moment of the final victory. This kind of person is often extremely annoyed when he fails, and he does not want to see failure. Every time you fail, you get back up again and fight back again and again. This kind of person only needs to win him by a big score, which can break his self-esteem and make them extremely irritable, so as to grasp the trend of subsequent gambling.
But the third type of people is the most difficult to deal with, they are professional gamblers, who have experienced a lot of battles and are extremely skillful. These people don't care about winning or losing, they don't care about the spoils of war, they often only care about the thrill of the moment when the winner is decided. They are mentally erratic and sometimes even gamble everything they have on a slim chance.
To put it simply, it's unpredictable......
For this kind of person, Lin Ao can't say that he can win 100%, and to win, he has to do a lot of homework. So, he decided to start exploring the psychology of the old man in the puffer fish before the duel: "Uncle Gambo, did you win anything in the gambling?" β
"Life." Gambo said slowly, "I gamble with others, and I will only gamble with my own life. Until now, I have won countless gambles, and I have lived from only one or two hundred years old to more than five hundred years old. But ......"
Two cold rays of light came out of the eyes of the old puffer fish of Gambo, which shot directly at Lin Ao's body: "I still have thousands of years to live, and I am now comparable to an angel." As long as I keep gambling, I can get an endless amount of life! And you, kid? It looks like it's only been a few decades, are you sure you're going to bet on me? β
Dismount ......
Lin Ao understood why this old puffer fish had not spoken before, it turned out that he had been waiting for the moment when Lin Ao stepped into the inherent enchantment. Because now, Lin Ao can't turn back, and the options of "accept" and "reject" are already standing in front of him. Fighting with their lives, this pressure like a torrent will overwhelm many newcomers at this moment. With such a strong pressure, how can you make the right judgment in gambling? If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that I would have been in a hurry and at a loss.
But Lin Ao is different, unless it is a hand-to-hand combat like the golden giant bird, in the battle of wits, he has already cultivated a state of mind that will never fluctuate. He even felt that this little trick was a little ridiculous in the face of Gambo, but it also showed that the old man was quite confident. To deal with this kind of cunning, he can only respond in a way that he doesn't expect.
Lin Ao put on a friendly gesture: "Hello, Uncle Ganbo." My name is Lin Ao, and I will agree to this duel, but I ask for a change of rules. β
"Change the rules? Oh? Scared? Are you afraid of losing your life? β
"No, my bet is still on the fifty years you said. But I want to ask for a change in your bet, I don't want fifty years of life. β
"And what do you want?"
"Fifty percent of the magic in you."
"Huh?" Gambo couldn't believe what he was listening to. "What do you mean?"
"Is it too much?" Lin Ao shrugged, "Magic is a good thing in this world, right?" As a member of the human race, I don't have much magic in me, which is quite a loss in this world. So, I don't want lifespan, just magic, if 50% is too much, I'll choose 30%. β
"This ......," the old man Gampo was blinded all of a sudden, "It's not that I don't want to give it, it's just that most of this magic power is innate to the race, and if you want me to give it to me, I can't give it to me." β
"Nope! No! No! Lin Ao shook his fingers and said contemptuously, "Don't forget that this is already a world created by God, as long as you are willing to make a bet, there is nothing you can't give." I thought, are you scared? I only have two minutes left to accept it, and if you delay too long, I'll have to assume you're a coward. β
"Cut, unforgiving boy. I'll change it, okay? The old man Gambo swiped his fingers in annoyance, and a holographic screen appeared in front of him, and with a few taps, the consciousness that flowed into Lin Ao immediately changed.
Rule 3: Special rules, in this round of duel, Lin Ao needs to use fifty years of life as a bargaining chip, while Gambo uses 30% of his body's magic power.
Good! Very good!
Lin Ao was almost roaring in his heart. In this way, Lin Ao was able to determine two things. First, the rules of the inherent enchantment can be changed at will before the duel begins. Second, Lin Aoneng can really obtain magic power that was not in the original racial talent through duels.
It seems that this time, it is not just for the sake of not being deprived of his own life. For the sake of magic, for the power that can turn the tide of battle, Lin Ao must also win.
"That'...... This is where our duel begins, right? Young man, Lin Ao. β
Old Man Gambo's hands were still clasped in front of his chest, and a triumphant smile was already on the corner of his mouth.