At 0:30 a.m., Chu Zihang slowly sneaked against the wall, the roller shutter of the subway station in front of him had been closed and locked, and the mobile phone vibrated in his pocket, Chu Zihang opened it and saw that it was a new text message: "Hello dear users, the mobile secretary reminds you that you will have lunch at Xia Mi's fellow student at 12:00 noon today, please arrange the time in advance."

Chu Zihang was not so idle to order any mobile secretary SMS reminder service, this text message came from Xia Mi, which was probably a little prank before she went to bed.

Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment and decided to return the same way. Time is not so tight that it can't tolerate a meal, according to Xia Mi's information, Caesar's group has not made any progress, he can write a report on tonight's findings and hand it to Professor Schneider, and then make thorough preparations, and go to Xia Mi's house tomorrow at noon to eat lunch and then study the source of the anomalous tremors along the subway line.

After agreeing to Xia Mi, Chu Zihang took the time to buy a set of clothes to go to Xia Mi's house for dinner, he is a person who is obsessed with keeping promises, these days there is only one thing on his schedule in addition to the usual task of calculating data, that is, "go to Xia Mi's house for dinner".

Chu Zihang turned around and walked up the steps lightly, the shadow of the fluorescent tube hitting the marble floor, and the sound of pouring rain resounded through the roof.

Chu Zihang stopped, there were no steps here, there should be an electric escalator behind him, and this subway station was on the second basement floor, no matter how heavy the rain outside was, it couldn't hit the roof above his head.

There was a burning sting on his shoulder blade, and he knew it was the dark red mark, the mark that had left on him that rainy night, shaped like a half-rotten tree.

The fluorescent tube emitted a flashing of poor circuit contact, and the sound of humming electricity could be heard, Chu Zihang turned around slowly, and not far behind him, a scarred Maybach stopped there.

Like a ghost that has been wandering on the Yellow Springs Road for six years, it has returned.

Chu Zihang put his hand into the tennis bag and held the handle of Cun Yu's knife, the roof suddenly began to leak, the cold rain wet Chu Zihang's hair, and left it down his face, he wiped the rain on his face and walked down the steps slowly.

"After waiting so long, I thought there would be no new people coming. Would you like to have a handful?" A faint sound echoed in the carriage.

Lu Mingfei looked at the source of the voice, and the hand holding the sword couldn't help but tighten, if it wasn't a little rude, he would probably call it out.

It was a skeletal, skeletal face, with deep-set eyes and droopy skin, in anyone's imagination of a zombie or a ghost.

Old Tang was not so polite, he exclaimed: "! Brother, are you a human or a ghost?"

The man reported his origins: "Kassel Academy Level 04, Alchemy Machinery Department, Gao Mi, is now a commissioner of the Executive Department."

"Level 05, Department of Mechanics, Wan Boqian." Another limp voice came from around the corner.

"It turned out to be two commissioners." Lu Mingfei also introduced himself, "Kassel Academy freshman, sophomore, dragon genealogy, Lu Mingfei, this is Old Tang, a hunter friend of mine."

"Two, we're new here, how about the rules here?" Old Tang said, "What do you mean by 'playing' just now?"

"How are you doing math?" Gao Mi asked suddenly.

Lu Mingfei and Old Tang glanced at each other: "Barely hanging."

Old Tang coughed, looked away, and said succinctly: "Hang up."

"There's probably no way to do it, and you probably won't be able to get out of here." Gao Mi sighed, "When I was in school, my math score was second in the college."

"Who's the number one?" Lu Mingfei asked involuntarily.

"Fingal von Frings, that's the name if I remember correctly."

Lu Mingfei was stunned, Senior Brother Waste Wood was a math expert when he was young, but thinking about it, he was still a good computer player, and he had never suffered a loss in accounting calculations, so this setting didn't seem so difficult to accept.

"It's an incredible place, and soon you'll be able to see its magic, it's a rare experience, and you might only get that once in a lifetime, you can experience it yourself

I said better." Gao Mi explained, "As far as I know, this seems to be a labyrinth constructed by alchemy, just like the labyrinth of the mythical Minos."

"The legendary Labyrinth of Minos, the only way to get out after entering is to kill the gatekeeper Minotaur "Minotaurs", and only the Athenian prince Theseus did this." Gao Mi said, "But this maze is not so exaggerated, it has its own unique rules, you can leave by playing cards, as long as you have good card skills or luck, you can leave."

"What happens if I can't get out?" Old Tang asked.

"It's going to be like us." Gao Mi pulled open his shirt, the skin inside was against his ribs, and he was scary, "The rules here are different from the outside world, even if there is no food and water, it will not age and die, it will only get drier and drier, and the worst thing is that it will not die, if you can't go out, you can only be endless, and you can't get rid of it."

"What are the rules for playing?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Texas Hold'em, do you know how to play?" Gao Mi said, "We're heading to the game now, and you can learn the rules in forty-five minutes."

"I will." Lu Mingfei said.

"The owner of this maze is quite trendy, and the rules are actually Texas Hold'em, what kind of gambler maze is this?" Old Tang complained.

"If you win the last chip from the dealer, you can leave, and if you run out of bets, you will leave the market and come back at the end of the game." Gao Mi said.

"What's the stake?" Lu Mingfei asked.

The eyes of the two were filled with despair and sadness, and after a period of silence, Gao Mi took a deep breath and replied, "This train is always moving forward, and if you keep riding it, the stakes will increase. The longer you endure loneliness, the stakes increase. Sadness and despair, the stakes increase. Never end."

"The loneliness of the heart is the stake here." Wan Boqian said.

No one spoke anymore, and all that remained in the carriage was the clatter of trains passing the tracks.

After a long time, the train arrived at the station, the door opened, the platform was quite ancient, the ground was cement, the edge was pasted with green tiles, the white gray wall peeled off to the ground, and there were four big characters "Fushouling Station" mottled with red paint. The platform was illuminated by an incandescent lamp, dimly lit and covered with cobwebs.

Gao Mi and Wan Boqian took the lead in getting out of the car, followed by Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang.

"That's the dealer over there." Gao Mi pointed to a figure in front of him dressed in dark brown linen cloth and said softly.

The dealer slowly raised his face, Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang were both startled, it was clearly the giant sickle that was staring at Lao Tang in the tunnel just now, the nine heads swayed left and right, and the cervical vertebrae were bent like old tree roots.

"Don't be afraid, dealers won't hurt anyone." Gao Mi said, "It won't fight back even if it's attacked, just treat it as a machine."

Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang glanced at each other, and they couldn't be sure if the giant sickle in front of them was the same one they had met in the tunnel before, but with Gao Mi as a guarantee, there must be no danger.

The four people sat around the dealer, the dealer's nine skulls stared at the gamblers in this gambling game, it threw two aluminum-shelled compasses and dozens of dark gold coins to Gao Mi and Wan Boqian, and threw five compasses to Lao Tang, when it was Lu Mingfei's turn, the dealer paused, looked at Lu Mingfei for a long time, and then threw an ancient silver coin over.

The ancient silver coin swirled and rolled in front of Lu Mingfei several times before it landed.

"What does that mean?" Lu Mingfei pointed to the ancient silver coin and asked, "Can anyone help me explain?"

"Ten antique silver chips can be exchanged for one dark gold chip, ten dark gold chips can be exchanged for a cigarette paper shell, ten cigarette paper shells can be exchanged for a compass, and ten compasses can be exchanged for an Arctic Ocean soda bottle cap." Gao Mi explained with envy and pity, "You have so little loneliness, you must have lived a very happy life, right?"

"Ah, this ......," Lu Mingfei scratched his head, "I didn't know that I was a sunny and cheerful boy?"

"I didn't know I was so lonely." Old Tang looked at the five compasses on the gambling table, and his face was complicated.

"It's okay, maybe you don't know what it's like to be lonely, but you'll know when the time comes to take the subway for a few laps." Gao Mi said.

"I feel like I'm being targeted......" Lu Mingfei said.

"It's not being targeted!" Lu Mingze's voice sounded in his ears.

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and looked at the elusive Lu Mingze, a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

In the sword steps, Lu Mingze smiled slightly: "Brother, do you remember what you do when you feel lonely?"

"Practicing swords, is there any problem?" Lu Mingfei said without thinking, "If you are tired of practicing swords, you won't feel lonely after sleeping."

"Correct." Lu Mingze said, "My brother has such a skill, which is really enviable in every way."

"Brother, all those loneliness of yours," Lu Mingze's voice was low, "all of them have been 'digested' by you......

"What do you mean?" Lu Mingfei frowned.

"If loneliness is a bargaining chip," Lu Mingze said, "my brother has squandered it!" My brother's loneliness doesn't bring anything anymore."

"Does that mean I can only play with minimal bets?" Lu Mingfei didn't really understand what Lu Mingze meant, but he was still clear about the current issues.

"I told you to take the first subway, you have to listen, there is trouble now, right?" Lu Mingze spread his hands.

"But I'm in a hurry," Lu Mingfei bit his nails, "or else...... Flipped the table?"

"Don't be so violent, brother," Lu Mingze smiled, "Although I like violent brother too, but if you want to flip the table, won't I come in vain?" Doesn't my brother want to enjoy the thrill of a winner-takes-all?"

"Can you help me?" Lu Ming looked at Lu Mingze suspiciously.

"Of course! With me, brother, you are invincible in the world, now Shohand!" Lu Mingze chuckled.

Shohand, which means to show your hand, and by extension, to press all the chips, for Chinese, it has another more familiar name, stud. In film and television works, when a big brother such as the God of Gamblers wants to carry out this operation, he will push out the mountains of highest-level chips that are piled up, which is particularly imposing.

But Lu Mingfei only has one chip, and if he wants to gamble on the table, he can only go all-in, which is not worthy of being called a stud at all, and there is no momentum at all when he says it.

Anyway, it's just such an opportunity, it doesn't hurt to let Lu Mingze try, Lu Mingfei asked, "That's okay, you can try, what is the code this time?" Shotheney？」

"You don't need any code," Lu Mingze patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder and said, "Gambling, card skills are important, but it's not the most important, fate is the most important, some people say that as long as you go to Las Vegas with a dollar, bet on odds and evens, and win every time, you can win the whole city twenty-eight times in a row." What kind of gambling skills win every time? Only fate favors you. Brother, believe me, you can win more than the whole city? You're going to win the whole world!"

"Now, then, it's all you need!" Lu Mingze said.

"All or nothing is a good word." Lu Mingfei muttered, "But it's appropriate."

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes again and smiled, "Let's start, I'll go all."

Gao Mi said in disbelief: "You still have to gamble with a chip?"

"yes, is there a problem?" Lu Mingfei smiled, "Here you are the best in math and have the greatest chance of winning, what? Can't afford a single chip?"

"I'm okay." Gao Mi shook his head.

The dealer doesn't care if they have an opinion or not, the gambler is in place, and the game officially begins, and it mechanically begins to initiate the cards.

Texas Hold'em is uncomplicated, with each player dealt two cards face down and five cards face up in the middle of the table. The dealer will turn over the cards face up three times, the first time with three cards and the last two times with one. In the end, the player chooses five of the seven cards from the two face cards in his hand plus the five face cards below, and whoever has the higher suit wins. Flush, straight flush, three of a kind, four of a kind are all big cards, and they must be raised every time they are turned over

If you don't have hope, don't follow, if you think there's hope, pile up chips, and don't raise if you go all-in. The dealer also played together.

Lu Ming is not all-in, and then he waits for the dealer to open the card, his face cards are a "4" and a "6", the dealer opens the first face card, which is a "9", and the last two are then turned over, which are "J" and "K".

Lu Mingfei couldn't sit still, his hidden cards are not very big, and the odds of winning are very low, so he can only hope that the next two open cards can open two "4" or two "6", or one can also be done, provided that others are not in pairs, can they form three of a kind? It's hard!

After a round of raising, the dealer re-opens a "6".

Lu Mingfei held his breath.

In the final round of raising, the last card is turned over, and it is another "6".

Lu Mingfei threw out his hidden cards, which made everyone's cards bad, and he suddenly came up with three "6s".

"Now I can continue playing." Lu Mingfei's face was full of red light, "I often say that back then, he Chen Daozi could win 37 million with 20 yuan, and I, Lu Mingfei, won 1,000 with one chip, it's not a problem!"