Chapter 246.2: Life and Death Casino (18)

  After the two of them finished eating, the time was just right. After tidying up a bit, they went to Area Two of the Life and Death Casino.

Most people had already arrived.

Ruan Qing subtly glanced at the partners a few people had found; all of them were players.

Without exception.

Ruan Qing looked at Su Zhen and Ning Wang standing very close to each other. His eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly for a moment, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

These two... teamed up?

There was no one else standing around them, and even the other players were standing quite far away.

Either their partners hadn’t arrived yet, or these two had indeed teamed up.

Ruan Qing’s heart sank a bit; the gamblers entering the maze could be killed at will.

And the teammates outside the maze were no exception.

If the teammates guiding from outside were killed, the ones inside the maze would also be unable to get out.

Moreover, this gambling game took such situations into account, prohibiting gamblers from killing each other within the first half hour of the game, whether they were inside the maze or guiding from outside.

In other words, the game provided a half-hour safety period for the gamblers to hide from others.

The maze was very large, and the surrounding area was equally vast, making it possible to find a spot to hide and guide while still seeing the maze.

But such spots were not hard to find.

After all, places where one could see the maze were around the periphery, making it easy to find someone.

Ruan Qing had considered this from the start. His hiding skills were not bad, so it wasn’t difficult for him to hide.

Furthermore, most of the players in the Life and Death Casino knew his situation, so generally, no player would dare to touch him.

Naturally, the possibility of someone looking for him was very low, let alone killing him.

But the problem was, if any of these people didn’t enter the maze, they would definitely come looking for him.

By then, he would surely be controlled and unable to guide Han Ze.

Ruan Qing lowered his gaze, hiding the expression in his eyes, and no longer looked at the others.

The participants in the gambling game soon arrived, a total of seven groups with fourteen people, and the cat-eared boy also joined in.

Moreover, Su Zhen and Ning Wang had indeed teamed up.

In this life-and-death gambling game, the stakes were naturally more than just whether Han Ze could follow Ruan Qing.

The real stakes were their lives.

But with Ruan Qing joining, betting their lives was impossible, and he couldn’t bet on himself either.

So the stakes on his side needed to be raised.

Ruan Qing really wanted to say that if he won, these people would give up on him or leave the instance.

But with Su Zhen as a previous example, Ruan Qing couldn’t say that anymore.

However, he had nothing else to wager.

Ruan Qing thought for a moment, then looked at the few people and said, “If I win, tell me your IDs.”

He didn’t want to take the tens of millions of points.

Because holding onto them would only cause trouble.

Ruan Qing had looked at the points panel and saw that points had been continuously increasing since he started the livestream, much faster than clearing instances.

Moreover, the system wouldn’t kill him for owing points; he would always find a way to earn points.

The few people understood Ruan Qing’s intention, raised their eyebrows, but didn’t oppose.

Betting in Area One of the Life and Death Casino, he indeed had the possibility of beating them, but this was Area Two.

Winning against them here wouldn’t be so easy.

As long as they killed that fool, he would surely lose.

Everyone was ready, the stakes were set, and the seven teams directly entered the gambling dimension.

Since it was already past six in the evening, the sky in the Life and Death Casino was starting to darken, but it was still broad daylight in the gambling dimension.

The sun was high in the sky, illuminating the entire gambling area, as if they had instantly gone from night to day.

Ruan Qing immediately looked up at the sky, squinting against the sunlight, causing his eyes to well up with tears and his vision to darken.

It was too real.

Not only was it glaringly real, but the warmth radiating on his body was also incredibly real.

Ruan Qing closed his eyes, and only after his eyes adjusted did he look around.

They had entered through a door into the Area Two of the Life and Death Casino, but now they were on a platform.

There was no door behind them, nor any boundaries.

In front of them, there was a huge maze below, so large that it seemed endless.

Eerie, dangerous, and mysterious.

The moment they saw the maze, an overwhelming sense of shock and fear hit them, making them instinctively hold their breath.

Even a feeling of terror arose from the depths of their hearts.

It felt as if the labyrinth before them was a terrifying monster, opening its gaping maw to devour everyone.

A sense of powerlessness and insignificance surged in the face of this colossal entity.

There was no way to resist, nor to escape.

The players chosen by several people felt their minds tense up and their spines tingle with cold the moment they looked at the labyrinth.

They even had a fleeting thought of wanting to run away.

However, their bodies did not obey them. Fear made them weak all over, making even the slightest movement extremely difficult.

Moreover, the longer they stared at the labyrinth, the more their heads ached.

It was a pain like needles pricking.

It felt like the headache that came after exhausting one’s mental energy.

The players were horrified and forced themselves to look away, focusing on other things.

After not looking at the labyrinth, the fear and terror diminished somewhat.

The players, after mentally preparing themselves a bit, looked back at the labyrinth again.

This time was much better; at least they weren’t so terrified that they couldn’t move at all.

Ruan Qing felt the same. He withdrew his gaze and reached up to rub his aching temples.

This gambling game was even harder than he had imagined.

He didn’t expect that not only was there danger for those entering the labyrinth, but even those guiding from outside would find it difficult to point out the correct path under such circumstances.

After all, they couldn’t even look at the labyrinth for long periods.

When he watched the labyrinth on video, Ruan Qing did not feel that dreadful fear, clearly indicating that one had to be in the game to experience it.

Previously, he wondered why the gamblers outside didn’t just kill other gamblers to increase their chances of winning, but none chose to do so.

Now Ruan Qing understood; just looking at the labyrinth had already drained all their energy.

The staff did not seem to be affected by the labyrinth. Once everyone had adapted to the fear, they distributed earpieces to each team member.

These were to be used for contacting teammates inside the labyrinth.

They also gave each team’s guide binoculars, cameras, tablets, and styluses.

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