Since it was already midnight, there weren’t many gamblers in Area Two of the Life and Death Casino. Most of them were players who had followed from Area One and some gamblers with more courage.
At this moment, almost everyone was gathered around the gambling table.
After a few people appeared, the players didn’t dare to look at Ruan Qing’s cards anymore; instead, they stood behind the man.
The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, devoid of the usual noise and frenzy of the Life and Death Casino.
The gamblers who didn’t know these people felt a chill down their spines and instinctively lightened their breathing, fearing that making any sound would lead to terrible consequences.
This was an instinct and intuition for human survival.
The only person unaffected was the man staring seriously at his own cards.
From beginning to end, the man never looked up, seemingly unaware of the oppressive atmosphere around him, focusing intently on his cards.
It was just a simple game of “Fight the Landlord,” but the man acted as if he was facing an ancient and difficult problem, playing his cards extremely slowly and hesitantly.
He was clearly deep in thought.
His slow pace was torturous; the spectators were almost dying of anxiety.
After all, the results of his deep thought seemed to be the same, as if he were using his feet to think.
Originally, Lu Rufeng and the others thought that Ruan Qing was sure to lose this round, but when they saw the man playing an exceptionally bad card after a long consideration, their attention was instantly caught.
The atmosphere at the gambling table warmed up a bit.
With the man’s style of play, it wasn’t necessarily impossible to win.
After all, there were few people who, upon encountering a pair, wouldn’t break it up, but would rather break up a sequence.
If the man had broken up the pair to play the sequence, he would probably have won directly.
But by breaking up the pair, he ended up with a lot of single cards, making his good cards not so good anymore.
This gave Ruan Qing a chance to win.
Ruan Qing already knew the man’s cards when shuffling, so he was naturally aware that the man was very likely to play this way and wasn’t surprised at all.
So, he had a lot of scattered cards in his hand. Even if the man played his cards like this, Ruan Qing could subtly help him win.
But with a few people watching, it was impossible to deliberately lose, so Ruan Qing could only play in the most likely way to win.
Playing Landlord doesn’t take much time, and Ruan Qing hardly needed to think much about it. Soon, neither of them had many cards left.
Moreover, it had reached a critical moment.
Ruan Qing had only two cards left, a pair of nines.
This was the most likely winning combination he had calculated and analyzed.
The man had three cards left: a pair of sixes and a ten of spades, and it was now his turn to play.
Both the pair and the single card were small, but as long as the man played the ten of spades, he would win.
However, if the man played the pair, he would lose.
If someone was good at card counting, they could easily guess what cards Ruan Qing had.
But the man seemed unable to count cards or remember which cards had been played, so he couldn’t figure out what Ruan Qing was holding.
The man knew it was a critical moment, and his seemingly honest face showed hesitation as he wavered between the pair of sixes and the ten of spades.
The onlookers watched as the man pulled out the pair of sixes, and their hearts were in their throats.
They couldn’t quite explain their feelings, probably because the man had lost too much, and they somewhat wanted him to win this round.
Fortunately, the next second, the man put it back and drew the ten of spades.
The few people standing nearby narrowed their eyes slightly, showing a hint of danger.
It was as if they would kill him if he dared to play the ten of spades.
However, the man didn’t play it. He only pulled out half of the ten of spades before putting it back again, hesitatingly drawing out the pair of sixes.
This time he was ready to play it, but before he did, he glanced at the two cards left in Ruan Qing’s hand, hesitated once more, and put it back again.
It seemed like he was facing a major life decision and couldn’t make up his mind.
The man indeed couldn’t make up his mind. He knew that pairs were generally stronger than single cards, but the young man only had two cards left.
He feared they were a stronger pair than his.
But the ten of spades were too small; if the young man’s cards weren’t a pair, he would lose.
So the man was indecisive, not knowing which card to play.
The onlookers watched as the man hesitated between the pair of sixes and the ten of spades. Their initial tension turned into silence.
From the final silence.
But no one urged the man. After all, there was no time limit for this gambling game. Since the other party involved did not urge, they naturally wouldn’t either.
However, a few people nearby were growing impatient, their eyes filled with annoyance and displeasure.
It was hard enough to find someone, yet now they had to wait for the gambling game to end.
Even so, they didn’t urge him, and even managed to hide their murderous intent well.
Because whether it was speaking up or showing their intent to kill, it would easily alert the man.
Although the man might be too dull to notice, if their actions caused the man to win, they would be utterly frustrated.
Ruan Qing also couldn’t give the man any hints, just lowered his eyes and quietly waited for him to play his cards.
The man’s brows were deeply furrowed in contemplation. After a long hesitation, he finally drew a pair of sixes.
This time, there was no more hesitation.
The gamblers rolled their eyes, and the danger in Lu Rufeng and his group’s eyes disappeared.
However, just as the man was about to place the pair of sixes on the gambling table, a hole appeared in the casino door beside them.
It wasn’t opened; it was the collapse of the gambling game’s alternate space.
A powerful and terrifying force poured out from the door, rushing towards them with a world-destroying aura.
The mere appearance of that force startled everyone present, with some gamblers directly falling to the ground in fear. Their eyes filled with terror.
Although the force wasn’t aimed in Ruan Qing’s direction, Lu Rufeng and his group instinctively operated their powers to block the pressure and aura of the force.
Of course, while blocking, they also shielded the entire gambling table.
After all, the gambling table was close to Ruan Qing. If it got shattered by the pressure, Ruan Qing might get injured.
Since only a sliver of the force leaked out, any one of them could block it, let alone all of them instinctively blocking it together.
However, the men on the other side had no intention of blocking it, letting the force attack the man.
wtf why is there a random force now
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