Chapter 240.3: Life and Death Casino (12)

  The two of them maintained their playing posture from beginning to end. No matter how fierce the fight became, they never actually laid a hand on each other.

Just as the two forces were locked in an intense struggle, the staff at the gambling table pushed over their cards, slightly curled their lips, and revealed a perfect smile.

“Mahjong.”

Su Zhen: “???”

The boy maid: “???”

The onlooking players and gamblers: “???”

What???

Mahjong?

Who won?

The staff won?

Doesn’t that mean both Su Zhen and the boy maid... lost?

The onlooking players were dumbfounded when they saw the staff’s winning hand, an outcome no one had expected.

This round was a gamble of life and death. Losing meant losing one’s life.

In other words, both Su Zhen and the boy maid would lose their lives?

The terrifying forces dissipated as soon as the staff declared their win, and the entire Life and Death Casino fell into dead silence.

The players instinctively looked at Su Zhen, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

A top player on the leaderboard lost his life so easily? No one would believe it.

However, Su Zhen had a lot of points, so he could definitely afford to exchange them for a substitute puppet to avoid death.

But Su Zhen had just found the person he was looking for, and within less than half a day of entering, he had already lost two rounds.

And now he had to die and leave the instance.

This...

The players glanced at each other and quietly retreated to a safer distance.

This way, if Su Zhen and the casino staff fought, they wouldn’t get caught in the crossfire.

People like them had no power to resist if they lost, but Su Zhen was obviously different.

The possibility of him wrecking the instance was far greater than the possibility of him dying and leaving it.

Ruan Qing glanced at the staff member’s badge and wasn’t surprised at all. He subtly curled the corner of his mouth, but the next second, he returned to normal.

He continued to act as a quiet background character, as if the entire situation had nothing to do with him.

No one could tell that the staff member’s victory was related to him.

It’s always difficult to deal with one psychopath, because their attention was entirely on you, and any action you take was easily noticed.

But when there were two psychopaths, their attention could shift, and their target would become each other.

This kind of situation had always been the most advantageous for him.

However, if only one of them died, the remaining person’s attention would definitely return to him. So, the best outcome for him was for both to die.

After Su Zhen and the boy maid realized they had indeed lost, they glanced sideways at the young man next to them, who seemed unrelated to the situation.

No matter how innocent someone pretended to be, both of them knew exactly who was behind this.

Heh.

The atmosphere in the casino was extremely oppressive, and no one dared to make a sound. Even their breathing was quieter.

They were afraid of getting involved in the next second.

Unexpectedly, Su Zhen and the boy maid showed no intention of resisting, allowing the victorious staff member to approach them.

Losing meant being settled and becoming the ‘food’ of the Life and Death Casino staff.

However, the staff did not devour humans piece by piece. Instead, they used their power to absorb certain things from humans.

The staff member looked at the two and unhesitatingly activated his power. A golden thing condensed in his hand and then flew towards them.

As the power approached them, the staff member stopped.

His power told him that he couldn’t devour these two.

The staff member tried but couldn’t devour anything from them. His power was even afraid.

Afraid of these two people.

Their race did not feed on human flesh but on human existence and value. Yet he couldn’t devour anything from these two.

The staff member gave up. If he couldn’t devour them alive, then he would do it after they were dead.

Gambling with one’s life and losing naturally led to death.

The staff took out two bottles of black liquid and placed them in front of the two individuals.

It was obvious that they were meant to end their own lives.

Ruan Qing cast a discreet glance at the bottles. They contained a highly toxic substance from the Life and Death Casino’s store.

Bone-Corrosive Water.

After ingestion, the poison would dissolve one’s internal organs and even bones.

Ultimately, nothing would remain—not even ashes or blood.

Without purchasing an antidote from the Life and Death Casino, even those with powerful regenerative abilities would die without a doubt.

After all, regeneration requires at least the condition of being alive and having a body.

Su Zhen and the boy maid seemed ready to accept their loss. After a casual glance at Ruan Qing, they picked up the bottles and drank the contents in one gulp.

Ruan Qing’s heart tightened under their gaze, and he subconsciously pressed his lips together.

The poison took effect very quickly. Within five seconds of drinking it, blood began to ooze from the corners of their mouths.

Su Zhen was dressed in a black trench coat and black shirt, making the blood less noticeable on his clothes.

However, the boy maid was different. He wore a black and white maid outfit, making the bloodstains very prominent.

Everyone could clearly see that the blood was not bright red but had a dark tinge, and it even seemed to be wriggling.

It looked extremely dangerous and ominous.

The surrounding people recoiled in horror, afraid of coming into contact with even a trace of it.

The two individuals’ breaths grew weaker, and eventually, it seemed they couldn’t even stand, collapsing to the ground.

Dark red blood spread beneath them, as if the poison had corroded their bodies to the surface.

Were they really... about to die?

The players stared in disbelief at the blood spreading under the two, feeling a sense of unreality.

After all, that was Su Zhen, a top-ranked player!

But the truth was right before their eyes; the two were indeed growing weaker.

Ruan Qing sat in his chair, eyes lowered to the mahjong tiles on the table, waiting for the two to stop breathing.

As long as they were still breathing, he couldn’t feel at ease.

The boy maid could make Su Zhen unaware of his presence during the gamble, but Su Zhen discovered him in his room.

He did it on purpose.

Knowing that Su Zhen was not weak, he deliberately let Su Zhen notice his presence.

It could be seen that this boy maid was even more terrifying than imagined.

Ruan Qing’s peripheral vision fell on the two people lying in the pool of blood, anticipating their deaths.

Their breathing... disappeared.

Completely disappeared.

A fleeting light passed through Ruan Qing’s eyes, but in the next second, his expression froze.

Because the two people who had died for less than ten seconds opened their eyes, and then both stood up again.

As if they had died, but resurrected.

Dead, yet not completely dead.

Ruan Qing’s beautiful eyes were filled with shock. After looking at the boy maid and then at Su Zhen, a trace of bewilderment appeared on his delicate face.

Obviously, he hadn’t reacted yet.

What happened to betting on their lives...?

Su Zhen lightly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, looked at the dumbfounded Ruan Qing, and chuckled softly, speaking slowly and gently.

“What are you expecting?”

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