I have to say that Yuan Haochen, who opened a bet for the first time, was really lucky.

Nearly an hour has passed, and there are already two "slot machines" that are about to be squeezed dry by him.

Just when Yuan Haochen was feeding the "slot machine" quite energetically, at the card table not far away, Durunik, who played baccarat, almost lost all the cash he brought.

Although he was very reluctant, Durunik reluctantly left the table and walked towards Hara Chen.

"Durunik, have you gotten bigger?" Yuan Haochen saw Durunik with a vegetable-looking face, and naturally guessed that he had lost, so he deliberately ridiculed him.

“S~hit！ I'm really unlucky today, the dealer has to go against the sky! Durunik vented bitterness.

"This is what you call heaven on earth?"

"Heaven and hell are on the line!" Durunik smiled bitterly helplessly.

"It's still fun to eat slot machines, you can see my results." Yuan Haochen patted the mountain of coins in front of him.

"I think the slot machine is sick today, vomiting and diarrhea, and picking up a bargain for you?" Durunik said with a wicked smile on his face.

"Let's swap those coins for big-denomination chips and go play something else."

has been bursting the "slot machine", Yuan Haochen is also starting to feel bored, it is better to change to a fresh way to play. Anyway, their task these days is to pass the time, and NASA is calmer.

At the Washington command of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the two directors are no longer as calm as yesterday.

"Steven, IEA (Interstellar Exploration Alliance) scientists did not attend the technical exchange today." Thomas, head of NASA's space flight division, said speechlessly.

"They weren't here to attend the exchange in the first place, do you know where they went?" Steven, the current administrator of NASA, frowned.

"Listen to Robert, they went to Las Vegas to look at the project." Naturally, Thomas knew that the so-called expedition was just a façade.

"It seems that these two young people from the IEA are much more savvy than expected." Steven was silent for a while, and finally shook his head helplessly.

"Steven, why are we straining our relationship with the IEA?"

"The IEA has been asking us for scientific information about the Mars II Mars landing program for more than a decade, and they are bound to get it." Steven leaned back on the couch, moved his rounded hips slightly, and changed to a more comfortable position and continued, "So the president's office kept putting pressure on us to take this opportunity to exchange technical information on nuclear power with the IEA. ”

"Indeed, space propulsion technology has reached a bottleneck stage, and NASA urgently needs a technological innovation, otherwise we are likely to be overtaken by other countries." The development of space propulsion technology has become a scientific and technological problem all over the world, and Thomas, as the director of the Space Flight Department, naturally understands the difficulties that NASA is currently encountering.

"However, we have already agreed with the IEA on the exchange of technical data, so why should we stiffen the relationship because of some trivial things?"

"Nuclear power technology information is so crucial, and it may also involve military technology, that the IEA's information, while impossible to fake, is likely to be incomplete, just like the information we are preparing to provide for the Mars II Mars landing program. That's why the President's Office asks us to confirm the completeness of the information first. Steven explained.

"Has the IEA really mastered the technology of nuclear-powered spacecraft?" Thomas asked, somewhat unconfidently.

"According to reliable information, the IEA already has the technical capabilities to create nuclear-powered spacecraft, but it is not yet mature. They are preparing to push forward with new technological innovations. Steven was still very convinced of this, he thought for a moment and continued, "However, the technology that the IEA organization exchanged this time is limited to technical information on the efficiency of nuclear energy and the thermal dissipation of nuclear energy. ”

The use of nuclear energy on the ground can be done without considering volume and energy consumption, and cooling is also relatively easy.

But in space, it is limited by various conditions. Therefore, if you want to use nuclear energy in space, you must solve a series of technical problems such as the design, manufacturing, control, cooling, radiation shielding, exhaust pollution, and high-efficiency thermoelectric conversion of nuclear reactors.

In particular, the radiation produced by the nuclear reactor will pose a great threat to the health of astronauts, which requires the spacecraft to shield and protect the nuclear radiation to ensure that the astronauts are not affected by radiation and high heat from the reactor, but this will greatly increase the weight of the detector.

"Under the influence of political factors, scientific research is becoming less and less pure. It reminds me of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the last century. Thomas sighed and looked at Steven, "But IEA is a borderless organization that is involved in the fate of all mankind, and NASA's behavior is not too ungraceful?"

Steven looked out the window without saying a word, his brow furrowed

In a casino in Las Vegas.

After swapping all the coins for large chips, Hara and Trunik set out to find a new goal in the game.

There are many other games in the casino, such as: blackjack, baccarat, poker, roulette, craps, bingo, etc.

Trunik proposed to play blackjack, but Hara preferred to roll the dice with Chinese characteristics.

The gameplay of this game is simple and straightforward, and Hara has seen it more than a hundred times in the movie.

There are three dice in the game, and the points are randomly drawn. If it's three ones and three sixes, the dealer kills the whole game.

Gamblers can choose to buy sizes, such as (4-10) is small, and more than 11 points (11-17) is large.

Punters can also buy specific dice points. For example, if you buy a 3, if two of the three dice are 3, you hit twice as much.

In addition, you can also buy the sum of the specific dice points, and the odds vary depending on the number.

"Dice games are all about luck, unlike card games, which require thinking and strategy, and are perfect for you as a newbie." Durunik commented on the sidelines.

Yuan Haochen didn't say anything, just threw half of the chips to Durunik, and then bought a "big" hand at random.

Trunik was also not polite, took the chips and bought a "small" hand.

"Ding", the crisp and pleasant bell rang, and the hand (the service staff who threw the dice) pressed the table bell, which means that everyone should buy and leave the hand early, and the lottery will be drawn.

Yuan Haochen was engrossed in paying attention to the every move of his hand, and his ears were pricked up.

"2, 2, 4, 8 points small."

“YES！” Durunik shook his head and looked at him triumphantly.

Yuan Haochen didn't care, and without thinking, he bought another "big", and Durunik continued to disagree with him.

"Ding", the tablebell rings again, "1, 2, 6, 9 o'clock small." ”

"Hahaha~" Durunik became more and more proud, and kept letting out lewd laughter.

After more than ten rounds, Trunik's luck was obviously better than Yuan Chen, and the victory or defeat between the two was probably between seventy-three.

However, when it came to the fiftieth round or so, fortune began to tilt overwhelmingly in Hara's favor, and Durunik began to become nervous.

After more than a dozen rounds, Yuan Haochen's winning rate was as high as more than 80%!

"Oh my God, this is incredible, how the hell did you do it?"

After consecutive defeats, the chips in Durunike's hands are almost bottoming out again, where does he dare to continue to buy Yuan Chen's backhand.

"Chinese guys, I've decided to bet with you!"

"This will be the wisest decision you'll ever make tonight!" Yuan Haochen said confidently

“WOW~”“MY，GOD”“What，the，hell！ ”

Bursts of exclamations rang out one after another, and more and more people were attracted to the table where Yuan Chen and Durunike were located.

The chips like the city wall were neatly stacked in front of Yuan Haochen, and the people around him looked excited, and more and more people began to bet with Yuan Haochen.

"Almost, Durunik, if we keep playing, the casino will block us." Yuan Haochen looked at the sweaty hand and the casino waiter, and felt that it was better to keep a low profile.

"OK, you're the boss tonight, you decide!" Of course, Trunik has no opinion, he gambles just to enjoy the process of gambling, but he is not greedy for money, and the temptation of money to IEA scientists is limited.

So Yuan Haochen ended the game under the reluctant gaze of the surrounding crowd, and with the help of the waiter on the side, he pushed the chips like the city wall and left.

(To be continued)