Midnight has passed, and the "highest game" is still in full swing.

Whether it is the dignitaries who are accustomed to the nightlife, or the gamblers who survive in the dark all year round, they will not feel tired at such times; Rather, this is the time period when their physical and mental excitement is at its peak.

At this moment, Ryunosuke and his party are staying in the cabin of a game called "Note Roulette".

There are two differences between this game and regular roulette: first, the ivory balls used in this game are thrown by machinery rather than humans, and the dealer is only responsible for maintaining order on the table and settling chips; Second, before each round of betting, a computer connected to the roulette table plays a random melody that ranges in length from two or three seconds to seven or eight seconds.

Although it is not written in the rules, anyone can see it...... This setting makes it clear that the outcome of Note Roulette is determined by the computer, and that the outcome of each round is indicated in the melody played in advance; As long as you can decipher the correlation between the melody and the result, the game will not be difficult.

So...... Not surprisingly, the program also has a "maximum winning" to prevent players who have cracked the secret from swiping up their points here without limit.

For this game, Sakaki is not very good at it; As a professional gambler who came out of middle school to "get a job", "music" must be his knowledge blind spot, even if he knows some basics, it is not enough to help him solve this puzzle.

However, Ah Xiu seems to know this very well and is very good at it; When he saw that there was a project with the word "note" in its name, he offered to take a look at it, and said that when he encountered a related puzzle, he could explain some music knowledge to everyone.

Anyway, the roulette field is relatively free, there is no rule that you have to bet on every round, you can just stand by and watch. In case you can't see anything famous in the end, it's a big deal not to bet away.

So, Ryunosuke followed Axiu's advice and came to this cabin.

Although Sakaki doesn't know much about music theory, he knows everything about roulette.

Roulette is a form of gambling that is very beneficial to the banker; Cheating aside, this is a pure luck contest with no skill to speak of, so a simple probability calculation will give you a chance to win on both sides.

Take the number 36, you can bet on red and black, odd and even, and the standard roulette wheel as an example, in addition to the numbers on the wheel from 1 to 36, there are two additional numbers of "0" and "00", a total of 38, and the probability of opening any number is 1/38, so the banker's expected value is 1×1/38+1×1/38+1×35/38-35×1/38=2/38=1/19≈0.0526; That is, for every $10,000 a customer bets here, they lose 526 of them, and the longer the gambling goes, the more this amount accumulates.

It is rare for a guest to bet on only one number, and bet on winning and winning, with a probability of only 1 in 38; Even if it happens...... As long as there are enough customers at the roulette table and play long enough, the overall advantage of the dealer remains the same.

It's just that...... The vast majority of guests don't bother to count these things; People who gamble with the mentality of "just playing" and "trying their luck" often only see those "good luck" who win by chance, but cannot see the big picture.

Professional gamblers, on the other hand, are different.

More than ninety percent of the people in this industry participate in every gamble with the idea of "never lose"; They don't have the pleasure of "gambling all or nothing", because the money is their life, and running out of money is like death to them. With the exception of a handful of madmen, no one would find any joy in this kind of staking their lives on the table.

Casual guests can complain about "bad luck" after losing all their money, and then go back silently.

But gamblers ...... There is no place to "go back", and the table is where they live.

In order to survive, they must force themselves to do things that ordinary people can't; For example, memorization, calculation, and deduction are the basic abilities that can be applied to all gamblers...... People who can't even calculate the probabilities in the "game of chance" don't need to talk about assessing risks, capturing fortunes, and winning.

There is no doubt that Sakaki is outstanding in all three areas, with his knowledge of roulette and his constant communication with Ashu...... After fifteen minutes of observation, Sakaki and Ashu left the crowded table and went to the corner to whisper for a while.

After a while, the two looked at each other and smiled, revealing a relaxed look.

Seeing this, Ryunosuke understood at that time...... The two men had discovered something, and even had come to a conclusion.

Sure enough, Sakaki immediately came to Ryunosuke's side and quietly told him the rules of this game - to put it bluntly, this is a "reasoning" and "quick calculation" project, and after speculating on the algorithm, it can be done in one hand.

And the hint about the algorithm is actually hidden in the name of the game; Why is it called "Note Roulette" instead of "Music Roulette" or "Melody Roulette"? No matter how you look at it, it's a bit out of place to describe this game with the concept of musical notes, right?

This point of dissonance is to make players notice that ...... "notes" are the key to this game.

Everyone knows that the melody before betting hints at the outcome of the round, but how do you convert the melody into numbers? Naturally, everyone else tried to solve it, such as replacing the scale CDEFGAB with 3456712 or 1234567, respectively, and then doing some conversion with the number of seconds that the melody lasts; Or the difference between the scales, the number of whole chromatic semitones, and so on.

Pity...... That's not right.

The correct solution is to combine the type of "note", that is, to rely on "auditory" and "music theory knowledge", listen to the difference in the melody is a few notes, and then multiply it with the corresponding scale, and finally add up each number.

Of course, it's still wrong to think just about this layer...... The answer is not that simple.

Suppose that if a quarter note encounters a scale such as 3 or 7, the fraction will appear after multiplication, and this value appears in the equation where the answer must be an integer, indicating that there is an error in the directionality of the solution.

At this point, Sakaki and Ah Xiu were also stuck for a long time, and finally Ah Xiu repeatedly pondered the melody he had heard before, and then solved the mystery - don't think of the scale as 1 to 7, but as a key on the piano, and that's it; For example, if the last key on the piano is do, the solfège should be 1 or 3 according to the idea of the scale, but in this case, it should be considered "88".

Ah Xiu came up with this pattern after thinking about it many times and realizing that all the notes that appeared in the previous melodies were "white keys" on the piano, and they were all even numbers in the eighty-eight bits.

Once you've found the right idea, things are easy to do.

In the next few rounds, each time the melody sounds, Axiu, who is in charge of "listening", immediately announces the numbers to which the scales and notes refer, and Sakaki immediately converts all the numbers into a final result. This level of mental arithmetic can also be done by elementary school students, and it is something that can be done in a few seconds for them.

As a result, they guessed the answer in four consecutive rounds.

However, in these four rounds, they were just experimenting, and they didn't let Ryunosuke take the money to bet; Because according to their puzzle solving ideas, the three numbers "0", "00" and "1" are impossible to appear, and the probability of 2 to 5 appearing is also very small...... This is a doubt; This means that there is something in the puzzle that they have not fully figured out, which is "risk".

So, Sakaki and Ashu made further observations, and finally, after guessing for the sixth time in a row, an "abnormal melody" appeared, that is, a melody that "the whole number could not be derived with the method they thought of to solve it".

And when this anomalous melody appeared, the number "0" was opened in that round.

When they learned this, they were relieved; They don't have to solve the melodic formula for the numbers 0, 00 and 1 anymore, they just need to know that there are signs when such outliers appear.

In the next round, a normal melody sounded, and at Sakaki's signal, Ryunosuke directly bet on the stack of chips he had exchanged at the door (note roulette is gambled by exchanging points for chips) on a single number, making the bet 36 times in one fell swoop...... Because he hadn't bet before, that is, he hadn't lost a dollar...... Therefore, there is no doubt that this round of betting has made his profit exceed the winning limit of this project.

By the time he left the game cabin, Ryunosuke still had little idea about the theories that Sakaki and Ashu had said, but he didn't care; By now, he has 200% trust in Sakaki, and he firmly believes that the man next to him is the strongest gambler, and even if Sakaki asks him to bet all the points in one go in one go, he will not hesitate to do so.

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At two o'clock in the morning, taking into account the season, it was about three hours before dawn.

The highest game is also getting white-hot.

Those who have lost all their lives and are watching from the wall, those who still have hope and are struggling, and those who think they can win and make the final sprint...... The closer we get to the "end", the more the charm of "gambling" makes people unable to extricate themselves.

By this time, most people had seen through it...... For those projects that bet against the dealer, each of them has a "strategy method"; In fact, there have been a number of actions that have taken advantage of this.

For example, use the strategy of a certain project that you have mastered to exchange it with the strategy of another project that someone else has mastered, or use the "method" to directly exchange it for a scorecard.

Take "virtual horse racing" as an example, you can offer to ask someone to exchange several points (less than or equal to the maximum number of points that can be won in the event) in exchange for a "strategy method"; If the other party agrees, you can easily get the points card at almost zero cost, and although the other party loses a few points cards first, but after mastering the strategy method, you can quickly win more back, and after you win, you can sell the same method to others again...... That's still earned.

But among them, there are many points to watch out for: what if someone else uses a fake strategy to deceive you? Or the other party himself is also half-understood, or even deliberately reserved key information to you...... Then you can lose miserably.

Taking a step back, the person who can sell you the information means that he has already scored points ahead of you in this event, and you give him points...... Even if he doesn't lie to you, the gap between you and him will only get bigger.

To sum up, those who are still running around the "capped game against the dealer" have little chance of winning.

The players who really have a chance to win the final victory have accumulated enough "capital" at this moment and have gathered in the game cabins of those "confrontation projects" one after another...... launched a good show of embezzling and fighting with each other.

Ryunosuke and the others finally came to the game cabin with the theme of "mahjong", ready to show their strengths.

That's how things happen in this world...... As they reached the door of the cabin, Eric and his two bodyguards, as well as Hopkins, the "Star County Gambling King", arrived here.

It can really be said that enemies can meet for thousands of miles, and true love does not meet each other.

Ryunosuke and Eric didn't even need to say a word, and as soon as they entered the cabin, they sat across from each other at the same table, glaring at each other; The smell of gunpowder between the two of them...... It seems to blow up the entire ship.

A few seconds later, a black suit quickly walked over and said, "Two, are you going to enter the game?" ”

"Ah...... Of course. Ryunosuke replied.

"Heh......" Eric sneered, lighting himself a cigar, "that's right. ”

"Hmm." The black suit nodded, "Although the rules at the door are written, I need to emphasize here that in this game, I am only circumstantial evidence, for the situation of 'out of a thousand', even if I see through it, I am not obliged to point it out, to 'catch the current', you must catch it yourself." ”

"Simply......" Sakaki replied in his ruffian tone, "everyone has their own ability, and the one who is fooled...... You can only blame yourself for being stupid. As he spoke, he sat down on Ryunosuke's left side.

......On the other side, Hopkins also sat on Eric's left hand side with his scheming smile, "This 'winner' little brother...... You seem to be quite confident. ”

"'Confidence'?" Sakaki repeated those two words and laughed dryly, "Huh...... It doesn't matter if you have that kind of thing or not. As he spoke, he gently touched the countertop with his palm, "I want to win...... It depends on 'strength'. ”