In the Life and Death Casino, there were not only areas that relied on luck and intellect, but also areas that depended on physical strength for betting.
However, most people entering the Life and Death Casino were ordinary people, and it’s rare for gamblers to venture into this area.
But the players were aware of this area, and most players with high combat abilities would choose it.
They couldn’t compete with the staff in terms of schemes and techniques, so they could only rely on their combat prowess.
Li Ruoshi and her teammates were such players.
Their team never joined any guild and supported each other to survive until now, considering each other as the most important family members.
But they didn’t expect to draw this dungeon.
Their team was not good at scheming, so they had to come to this combat area and choose to gamble their lives against the staff using their combat abilities.
In this gamble, their entire team could fight together, and it’s considered a win if they managed to take anything from a staff member.
Conversely, if a staff member killed all of them, it’s the staff member’s win.
Yes, this was a life-and-death gamble.
Moreover, it involved betting the lives of all their team members.
But they had no choice. Their team had five people, and for all of them to pass this instance, it would require fifty thousand gold coins.
For them, this was almost an astronomical figure, but they were unwilling to abandon anyone.
So, they kept buying time at the Life and Death Casino Mall, and now they didn’t even have enough gold coins to buy more time.
If they didn’t gamble with their lives, they would die just the same.
However, it seemed that whether they gambled their lives or not, tonight might be their inevitable death.
Their strength had been almost exhausted in countless battles, and even in a four-on-one fight, they were powerless.
They couldn’t even touch a staff member, let alone take anything from them.
Two of their teammates had long lost their fighting capabilities, lying on the ground, barely alive and unconscious.
Only two people were still fighting, and one of them was merely a support, enhancing the strength of their teammates.
Li Ruoshi was the useless support, only able to watch her teammates get hurt.
The only thing she seemed to be able to do was pray.
Li Ruoshi didn’t believe in gods; if gods existed, how could such a terrifying place as the Infinite Horror Game exist?
If there were gods, why didn’t they save them when they were struggling desperately in the dungeon?
But this time, Li Ruoshi, like others, longed for the existence of gods.
She knelt on the ground, holding her blood-soaked teammate, tears flowing uncontrollably, and spoke in despair and helplessness, “Please, dear god, please, please save us.”
“Please.”
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Ruan Qing, who was watching the gambling scene, seemed to sense something, turned around, and looked in a certain direction, scanning the area nearby.
A hint of confusion appeared in his beautiful eyes.
He seemed to have just... heard someone calling him?
But behind him were only gamblers; even if someone was watching him, they were doing so secretly.
It seemed no one was calling him.
‘System, did someone just call me?’
The system fell silent at his question, and just as the system was about to respond, a staff member who had been trying hard to ignore Ruan Qing spoke up with a smile.
“That area is the second district of the Life and Death Casino, which might not be suitable for you.”
The staff member also wanted to ignore the person behind them, but he simply couldn’t.
The young man’s presence was so fragrant that he couldn’t even focus on playing cards.
The calculations that used to appear in his mind had turned into a mess at this moment.
He even felt somewhat disinterested in playing cards.
Even if he continued playing, he played rather poorly.
So when the staff member noticed the young man looking in that direction, he immediately spoke up.
“The second district of the Life and Death Casino?” Ruan Qing was a bit confused. There was no memory related to the second district in the original owner’s memory.
But after all, the original owner had only been at the casino for three days, mostly mingling on the first floor, not even venturing to the second floor.
It was normal not to know about the division into districts.
Seeing that Ruan Qing’s attention was drawn by the staff member, the system didn’t answer Ruan Qing’s question again.
Because strictly speaking, that wasn’t a call to Ruan Qing.
It was just because the prayer was so close and sincere that it was heard.
The woman was not a believer of any god; she was merely hoping for a miracle at that moment, praying that a soft-hearted god might save her.
Such faith was not pure, merely a desperate struggle before death.
Many people, when they had no way out, choose to pray for divine salvation.
Just like outside the operating room in a hospital, or in the face of a disaster, they were only believing in a glimmer of a miracle.
Not in the gods themselves.
No god would heed such believers, because these people do not count as true followers.
Even among true believers, faith varied.
The purer the believer’s faith, the purer and stronger the power of faith generated.
Gods were always hypocritical and arrogant, never unconditionally loving humanity.
Moreover, gathering the power of faith was always very troublesome, and using it would take a long time for them to become strong.
Most deities would rather plunder the worlds and powers of other gods than respond to the expectations of their followers.
Soft-hearted gods were almost non-existent, so how could prayers be answered successfully?
“Yes, the Life and Death Casino has three areas,” the staff member nodded and explained with a smile, “We are in Area One, which relies mainly on luck and intelligence.”
“Area Two relies on luck and strength.”
“After all, not all gamblers are suited to relying on intelligence; Area Two is specifically for gamblers who rely on strength.”
The Life and Death Casino respected every gambler; both Area One and Area Two were available for gamblers to choose from.
Ruan Qing understood. No wonder the casino’s shop sold items to enhance strength.
Prohibiting the use of force only applied outside of gambling sessions; within the gambling sessions, the rules of the game didn’t apply.
Even killing was allowed under the rules of the Life and Death Casino.
The staff member could have explained while playing his cards, but he seemed to be addicted to explaining, holding his cards for a long time without playing.
The player next to him frowned and urged, “It’s your turn.”
The staff member instinctively threw a card.
However, he didn’t even glance at the card, his eyes constantly on Ruan Qing, not noticing that he had thrown another useful card.
ruan qing is gonna save them right?
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