WTYTIAAN Chapter 93

Yan Yunqing discovered that the muscle man’s health bar still had a sliver of life left, and the status bar didn’t show [Parasitism I], but [Parasitism II].

This guy is all shriveled up like this, he can’t still be alive, right?

Just as Yan Yunqing was thinking this, the [Parasitism II] status quietly changed. The shriveled muscle man was slowly but visibly re-inflating, like those inflatable tube men on sale outside supermarkets.

Starting with the limbs, it filled out very unscientifically, gradually returning to its original appearance. If Yan Yunqing hadn’t witnessed the muscle man turn into a shriveled corpse, he would have suspected that the whole thing was just his imagination.

[Parasitism III (Incubating)]

The seed has completely occupied the hotbed, a beautiful flower has broken through the soil, and the fruit is about to ripen and fall.

Seeing the (Parasitizing) mark added to the muscle man’s name above his head, Yan Yunqing could pretty much imagine what was filling him.

It definitely wasn’t his original flesh and blood, or air.

Yan Yunqing frowned and took a few steps back, disgusted by his own assumption. Then, he felt a burning gaze and cast a comforting look towards the source of the gaze.

Divic, without permission, subsided and didn’t rush in.

Yan Yunqing was cautious, but some people on the scene lost their minds because the scene was too terrifying. Relying on their not-low strength, they wanted to rush onto the stage and fight the black mask. Unfortunately, before they could approach the stage, they were stopped by the emerging black-robed people.

Only then did Yan Yunqing realize that, without realizing it, all the black-robed people in the venue had been replaced by level 70-80 powerhouses, with the lowest being level 60. Among the participants, apart from Divic, the highest level was a level 90 swordsman.

The level difference certainly allowed him to fight these black-robed people, but the black mask on the stage had unknown strength, plus the strange vines and blue flowers, the swordsman obviously didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble. Besides, he had a lot of chips in hand.

No one was willing to stick their neck out anymore. The fat man who started vomiting blood was running towards the pledge redemption counter while throwing up blood. He could feel his life constantly draining away, afraid that he wouldn’t get new chips before the ten minutes were up and be directly eliminated.

He didn’t want to become that terrifying monster!

The fat man was full of regret. He shouldn’t have recklessly participated in this competition just because he had some gambling luck. Fortunately, he still had some assets. If worst came to worst, he would pledge his title. He remembered that Mandy Pell even allowed titles to be pledged…

“What?!” The fat man couldn’t believe it. “You said you only accept what as collateral?”

Behind the counter, the ‘Manny’ wearing a fox mask had a sweet voice, but spoke chilling words: “Sir, we only accept participants’ own bodies as collateral to exchange for chips.”

Her voice, though with inflections, still had a strong mechanical feel, as if she were a puppet being manipulated. “Different parts of the participants’ bodies have different prices for chip exchange. Before the end of the competition, as long as you repay the debt with double the chips, we will not take away the collateral.”

The fat man exclaimed, “Didn’t you used to be able to pledge with gems?”

He took off a ruby ring from his right thumb and said anxiously, “This, this thing is a magic item. It can resist an attack from below level 70. Even in the auction house, it’s rare and priceless. This can be pledged for ten—no, five chips, right?!”

The fox-masked ‘Manny’ still had a melodious and sweet voice, but didn’t leave the fat man with a glimmer of hope. She said softly, “Sorry, this thing cannot be pledged to exchange for competition chips.”

The fat man was in pain. His collar was already stained red with his blood, and his face was somewhat distorted. “Then what about the title? I still have a title. Didn’t you used to allow titles to be pledged?”

“Sorry, sir, the pledge redemption counter in the competition only accepts participants pledging themselves.”

“Ahhhhhhh—” The fat man covered his head, and his eyes were bleeding bright red. It was pretty much a case of bleeding from all seven orifices.

Yan Yunqing took in this scene from afar. After seeing the fat man finally compromise and choose to pledge his left arm to exchange for 10 golden chips, he withdrew his gaze.

An arm is worth ten golden chips. A life is probably worth even less.

Yan Yunqing’s gaze involuntarily turned to the black mask on the stage. Was this person, suspected to be the mastermind behind Mandy Pell, killing so many people under the guise of a competition just for that parasitic fruit?

But he could have directly captured those people from the Mandy Pell Casino and parasitized them secretly. Why did he need to hold a competition with such fanfare?

After all, no one would care if one or two people disappeared from the casino from time to time. But this competition could only parasitize about a hundred people at a time, including many well-known nobles and swordsmen from the outside world.

If so many people disappeared at once, and all of them disappeared within Mandy Pell, did Mandy Pell have enough confidence to not be troubled by the forces behind these people?

The muscle man, who had returned to his full state, was carried down by the black-robed men. It was unknown where he was finally sent, but the information about his elimination was indeed made public. The words appeared on the semi-transparent crystal wall behind the masked man at some point.

One side showed the number of eliminated people, the other showed the number of promoted people, and in the center was a ranking, which was a personal ranking of the current chips from high to low.

The name Yan Yunqing registered with was Xavier. Naturally, Xavier’s name appeared on the list. Xavier, who hadn’t participated in a single game and still had ten chips, was actually ranked in the lower middle position. Below him were many people who had lost to the point of only having two or three chips left.

Yan Yunqing scanned around but didn’t see Divic’s name, knowing that Divic had also entered with a fake name.

Yes, Isabel had Divic come in to investigate the person behind Mandy Pell. It was impossible to honestly use his real name.

With Divic’s ridiculous luck, he probably didn’t have many chips left now. Yan Yunqing carefully scanned the names below Xavier’s name, but didn’t find a fake name that seemed like Divic’s for the time being.

Forget it, let’s ignore Divic for now. With his strength, he could quickly escape even if he encountered trouble. If he lost too much, he could just stop playing. Anyway, strength could overcome everything. Divic couldn’t be stupid enough to pledge his body to exchange for chips, right?

Yan Yunqing refocused his attention on the gambling table. At this time, the participants at the gambling table had changed several times. With a clear example of elimination in front of them, the participants would be more cautious when betting. After losing a few hands, they would leave the gambling table.

Yan Yunqing successfully squeezed into a seat. He had memorized the sounds of all the dice.

For the first three hands, Yan Yunqing was more cautious, only betting half of his stake on big or small, and didn’t even participate in odd or even. Although he won three hands in a row, he only gained a few chips.

Starting from the fourth hand, after verifying that his operation was fine, Yan Yunqing began to let himself go. Leaving only one chip as a bottom line so he wouldn’t have to pledge his body parts for chips after losing all his chips, he put all the remaining chips all in. Not only did he bet on big or small and odd or even, but he also bet on the points in the later stages.

He consciously controlled the number of times he won and lost, with both wins and losses, and didn’t attract too much attention. The other participants in the dice game only thought that Yan Yunqing was an extremely daring person who was also lucky.

In this way, Yan Yunqing’s chips slowly increased. Unknowingly, they had piled up into a small ‘gold mountain’ beside him.

The ‘dealer’ glanced at Yan Yunqing thoughtfully, seeming to notice that Yan Yunqing was intentionally controlling the game. He moved his wrist and continued to roll the dice.

At this moment, Yan Yunqing’s chips had reached 279. If he won 39 more chips, according to the rules, he would have to leave this gambling table and go to a new table to compete.

Xavier’s ranking was constantly rising. More than two hundred chips had already brought him to the upper-middle position.

“Bang—”

The dice cup was slammed on the table, and the ‘dealer’ signaled the players to bet.

Yan Yunqing frowned. Strange, when the ‘dealer’ was shaking the dice cup just now, he actually heard the sound of four dice. This suddenly added sound of dice broke the scene Yan Yunqing had constructed in his mind and disrupted Yan Yunqing’s train of thought.

The players at the same table placed their bets, leaving only Yan Yunqing who hadn’t placed his chips for a long time.

The ‘dealer’ looked at Yan Yunqing. There was some provocation in his eyes, as if saying: Can you still understand the points now?

Yan Yunqing twitched the corner of his mouth, randomly picked up a chip, and dropped it on the point he heard. “Then it’s this.”

The ‘dealer’ was stunned, and the other participants at the same table were also stunned. Before, Yan Yunqing had thrown a large pile of chips into the pool, at least nine, and now he threw dozens of them in together. How could he only bet one chip this time?

But betting one chip also complied with the rules of the game. The ‘dealer’ couldn’t interfere with how many chips the players bet on each game. He pursed his lips. Yan Yunqing could even hear the other party grinding his teeth faintly.

Yan Yunqing chuckled in his heart. Want to surround him? Since he wasn’t sure of the points, why would he throw most of his chips into the pool for nothing?

The dice cup was lifted, and the points were indeed different from what Yan Yunqing heard.

The ‘dealer’ glared at Yan Yunqing, who had thwarted his plan, without leaving a trace. However, Yan Yunqing had already started packing up his chips.

He couldn’t play on this table anymore. He had already been targeted by the ‘dealer’. Continuing would definitely lose more chips. It was better to cut his losses in time.

Seeing Yan Yunqing pack up his chips and prepare to leave the table, the ‘dealer’, in shock, couldn’t help but reach out and grab Yan Yunqing’s wrist. “You’re leaving?!”

Yan Yunqing looked back, puzzled. “What? Didn’t it say before that participants couldn’t choose to change tables on their own?”

‘Dealer’: …

It didn’t, but you just provoked me like that. Don’t you have any intention of winning back to slap me in the face?

Yan Yunqing smiled with a leisurely attitude.

If he knew what the ‘dealer’ was thinking, he would definitely tell him: Sorry, I really don’t.

He wasn’t stupid. In this situation of being targeted, he still wanted to die here. Did he have to lose all the more than two hundred chips he had won before he suddenly realized and began to fight back?

Sorry, he wasn’t some Dragon Pride protagonist, he valued his little life very much.

Yan Yunqing used a little force and shook off the hand that the ‘dealer’ was holding him with. He nodded lightly to him as a salute, “I think I’ve won enough on this table. I believe you understand the principle of not being able to chew more than you can swallow better than I do.”

His final note was raised, with full of teasing, “After all, I’ve already won so many chips from you. Oh, by the way, should I thank you for your kindness?”

Yan Yunqing shook the chips in his hand, and the participants at the same table suddenly realized: This kid clearly won and lost on this table, but in the end, he actually won so many chips?!

Wait, so the chips we lost all went into your pocket?!

The ‘dealer’ was even more flushed: He had already prepared to grasp the gambler’s psychology and win back those chips, but you patted your butt and left with so many chips?!