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Chapter 452: "Big Gamble" A Game That Can't Be Winned Perfectly
Ye Xiaojing's figure disappeared from Jiang Qian's sight.

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds...

Jiang Qian placed his hands on the table, his eyes fixed on the staircase leading to the 7th and 8th floors.

The call was still open, and the sound of light and even footsteps could be heard faintly, coming from Ye Xiaojing walking up the stairs.

At this moment, he remained completely quiet and trusted the other party completely.

There was nothing special about the stairs leading to the 8th floor, but Ye Xiaojing walked very slowly and carefully.

Until reaching the end of the stairs, Ye Xiaojing slowly opened the half-open fire door. With a slight "creak" sound, a beam of blue light passed through the dim room and projected onto her slightly surprised face, freezing her expression at this moment.

This is a monitoring room.

Despite the large opening, the interior furnishings were extremely simple, with only two screens on the left wall and an operating table covered with knobs and switches below the screens; and another elevator facing the staircase door where Ye Xiaojing was, with the elevator showing that it was parked on the 10th floor.

Ye Xiaojing looked around the room, his sharp eyes sweeping across the various wires and pipes laid on the walls until he refocused on the surveillance screen.

Then she took a step and walked towards the operating table below the screen.

"How about it?"

Jiang Qian's questioning voice came.

……

"I'm here." Ye Xiaojing replied after a moment.

And then nothing happened.

Vaguely aware that something was wrong, Jiang Qian considered it for a moment and reminded: "Teacher Bai is already approaching the 7th floor stairs. It won't be long before she catches up."

After a while.

Ye Xiaojing slowly gave the answer that Jiang Qian was expecting: "The 8th floor is the monitoring room."

"Monitoring room?" This answer surprised Jiang Qian a little.

If the functions of the 8th floor are synchronized with the safe house, then what is the purpose of setting up the copy like this?

"Yes," Ye Xiaojing continued, "the surveillance is on the 9th and 10th floors, the safe house."

Jiang Qian was stunned for a moment, then he sighed softly, the corners of his mouth slowly rising.

I see……

"So you can see what's going on in the room between me and Di Ting Wanjie now?"

"more than."

Ye Xiaojing's eyes moved and fell on the control panel. He said, "In addition to being able to see your situation, I can also decide whether you live or die."

Jiang Qian listened attentively.

"On the control panel here, there are buttons to activate the mechanisms in every room of the safe house, including the living room, the living room, the bedroom, the bathroom... Countless mechanisms, all clearly marked with prices! I roughly calculated that it would cost about 2 million to use all the mechanisms."

"And if they want to escape unscathed, the people in the safe house must be at least at the level of the fifth state or above... In addition, if the people in the safe house are not on guard, and the people outside are clever enough, it is not impossible to kill them with one sword."

While Ye Xiaojing was saying these words, Jiang Qian had already arrived at the entrance and started trying to open the door of the safe house - the digital door lock immediately emitted a "beep" alarm!

This is followed by a series of voice prompts: The access control will be automatically unlocked after the room is invalidated!
Room failure?

Doesn't that mean that I can't leave the room until the last gambling game starts?
"It's useless. The door is locked and can't be opened from the inside." Ye Xiaojing's voice came. At this moment, she could clearly see Jiang Qian's actions in the safe house.

Jiang Qian stopped and took two steps back: "Is the door also within your control?"

"Yes."

Ye Xiaojing nodded and continued: "There are some text descriptions here."

"What did you write?"

"It says: You can choose to release the beasts, or take their chips for yourself..."

"I see... Oh, no wonder."

Jiang Qian's thoughts raced as he finally figured out the rules of the game from hotel rooms to safe houses: two-way checks and balances, a zero-sum game!
Generally, those who can get the right to use the safe house either rely on their strength or have made key contributions to the camp. Either way, they are all strong people in each camp.

The high floor where the safe house is located is a symbol of placing the strong in a high place.

But it’s lonely at the top.

Those who get ordinary room cards must go through a tortuous search and climb upward to reach the "hub" where they can choose their destiny.

From top to bottom: Safe houses can monitor and intervene in the dynamics of lower-level players, but they cannot control their own freedom.

From bottom to top: The bottom players can avoid the surveillance of the safe house by overcoming all difficulties and reaching the hub level, and counter the safe house players! But the prerequisite is that he must have the opportunity to reach the 8th floor hub!
Interestingly, if the safe house player assists the allies from the lower level through indoor monitoring, it will definitely speed up their arrival at the hub. Once the opponent reaches the 8th floor hub, their own safety will be in the hands of the opponent.

On the other hand, if the bottom players easily trust the safe house players and follow their guidance, they may also be miserably plotted against and destroy themselves...

What’s even more interesting is that once the cooperation begins, either party can only see the other’s true intentions when they are betrayed! Often at this point, they have already lost any chance to fight back.

So how about another form of cooperation?

Jiang Qian has not yet discovered any means of communication between players in the safe house.

However, even if he can communicate with Di Ting Wanjie, at least one low-level player needs to reach the 8th floor first to see the full picture of the situation; thus returning to the unsolvable dead loop mentioned above.

But the lower-level players have the opportunity to unite, put aside the concept of faction, completely ignore the intervention of the safe house players, and rush all the way to the 8th floor!
Although this possibility is very small, it is definitely not impossible.

But then?
Do they happily take turns to "kill monsters" around the operating table? No one would believe his happy mood!
The bloody incidents that occurred during the first night of the slot machine robbery were not accidental...

Is there really no sure-fire strategy for victory?
Jiang Qian concluded regretfully: No. If the so-called "winning strategy" is a perfect victory without any risk factors, then the answer must be no.

Undoubtedly, this is a gamble on "trust"!

Since it is a "gamble", there is no such thing as a sure win.

"How ironic..."

Jiang Qian raised his hand to touch the sweat on his forehead and couldn't help but sigh:
"Everyone who chooses to believe may be betrayed in the most ruthless way; but who in a high position does not rely on the trust of others?"

Ye Xiaojing listened expressionlessly and pressed the button without hesitation.

……

Bai Xiaoxi, who was wandering on the 7th floor, was looking for the staircase leading to the 8th floor.

She climbed from the 3rd floor to the 7th floor and had already gone through four guest room "mazes". Although her mind and ability helped her solve most of the problems - including the two large chip gains, the long-term energy output still made her feel tired.

Therefore, after reaching the 7th floor, her exploration speed slowed down in order to accumulate strength for the final critical moment.

She understood: the closer she got to her goal, the more cautious she had to be.

She wants to be absolutely sure.

So, when Bai Xiaoxi appeared in front of the stairs leading to the 8th floor, she was ready to face any unexpected events.

"What will be on the mysterious 8th floor?"

An imperceptible smile appeared on Bai Xiaoxi's lips. She scratched her short hair and walked up the stairs one step at a time with light steps.

As she approached, two mice with rabbit heads, elk bodies and long tails like wings slipped into the room through the gap of the fire door one after another, and began to explore the room along the complicated routes of the corners and walls...

A few minutes passed.

The fire door made a slight creaking sound, and Bai Xiaoxi stepped into the open room facing the blue light scattered from the surveillance screen.

The elevator door opposite her was closed, and the floor it stopped on was 10.
Before she could continue walking, the two mice returned to her feet, crawled into her trouser legs, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Bai Xiaoxi walked towards the two monitoring screens and stopped in front of the operating table.

Her sharp eyes swept across the surveillance images and the knobs and buttons with clearly marked prices on the console, along with the text prompts, taking in everything.

The situation is not difficult to understand.

Bai Xiaoxi smiled slightly, facing the monitoring screen, and reached out to touch the control panel...

At this time, Di Ting Wanjie in the safe house on the 9th floor was sleeping soundly on the bed with his pillow fallen to the ground; while in the safe house on the 10th floor shown on another screen, Jiang Qian was lying in the bathtub, taking a bath accompanied by music.

The mist filled the entire bathroom, and the young man's back was faintly visible under the soft light.

"Haha, I see. So, you make the prison look like a safe house to restrict the performance of the masters, so as to adjust the balance of the gambling? I knew it would be like this..."

As she spoke, she adjusted the angle of the mechanisms in the rooms until the mechanisms in both safe houses were fully aimed at the target:
"With such a cunning copy, it's no wonder no one has yet completed it."

Then, Bai Xiaoxi seemed to be in hesitation.

Her hand was suspended in the air, hesitating for a moment. Finally, she decided to start from the 9th level of Di Ting Wanjie.

As the mechanism was triggered, the artistic lampshade on the bedroom ceiling suddenly cracked, and several hidden weapons were fired at Di Ting Wanjie who was sleeping soundly on the bed!

At the moment of life and death, listen carefully and all the worlds suddenly open their eyes!
However, he was too late to dodge, and the hidden weapon hit his chest, and his screams echoed throughout the 9th floor safe house...

Bai Xiaoxi watched the tragedy she had caused happen coldly through the screen.

She didn't even wait for the chips to come in, and immediately pressed the button on the 10th floor to kill Jiang Qian!
Blood immediately splattered in the misty bathroom. A figure staggered out of the bathroom and appeared in the living room covered in blood. Bai Xiaoxi smiled and touched the button of the living room mechanism...

However, her hand retreated in mid-air.

As she leaped up in time, she barely avoided the "bite" of the mantis sickle...

Bai Xiaoxi turned nimbly in the air, stepped on the edge of the operating table, flipped sideways, and landed easily a few meters away.

She had already guessed the identity of the attacker and raised her head calmly...

But when Bai Xiaoxi saw the other two figures walking out from behind Ye Xiaojing, his expression finally changed.

That’s right, the two people who appeared at the same time as Ye Xiaojing were the ones who “had been killed” and “were being killed” in the safe house - Qianlong Wuyong and Di Ting Wanjie.

The screams on the surveillance screen stopped abruptly, and the two bloody bodies on the screen gradually turned into clay terracotta warriors. Both were substitute props provided by Di Ting Wanjie as a thank you gift for being released from the cage.

"I almost got tricked by you again! Senior Xiaoxi..."

Listen carefully to the dissatisfaction expressed by the Ten Thousand Worlds:

"I heard that the Eternal Windsor gang has been eliminated? Since the opponents have been wiped out, the remaining ones are all our own people, why are you doing this?"

Hearing this, Bai Xiaoxi's eyes were filled with cold rationality: "Our special operations department also has to rank people based on seniority."

Seniority-based...

Di Ting Wanjie was stunned for a moment, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"What? Don't you want to earn more chips for yourself?" Bai Xiaoxi said with a smile.

Since seniority is the basis for ranking, whether it is a combat assessment or a joint fight against foreign enemies, every point counts.

If she could get the first kill of "Big Gamble" herself, she would never give it up.

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