Ning Buwen was peeling walnuts while staring blankly at Cheng Yuxue.
To be honest, if Cheng Yuxue hadn't asked, he would have almost forgotten what happened in the past.
To be honest, it wasn’t that long, just four or five years.
But to Ning Buwen, it seemed like a century had passed.
The world that has been dominated by Pandora, and those worlds that you don’t know whether they are real or fake, really give people the illusion of "being in a different world".
"There's nothing much to say." Ning Buwen sighed, "Maybe I just wasn't very sensible before."
"The youngest gambling champion, this is not something that an ignorant person can achieve." Cheng Yuxue replied, "But I think that city constrained you, and now Pandora has given you the biggest platform."
This statement may seem very "unjust", but what Cheng Yuxue said is true.
To many people, Pandora is a demon and something that brings despair.
But for many people, especially advanced players, it provides them with the best stage to display their talents.
In peacetime, it is not easy for people like them to have a good status and a good career.
People who can become advanced players in Pandora are more or less different from ordinary people in character.
Real ordinary people would only try to buy an escape card, instead of willingly shuttling back and forth between life and death like them.
Regardless of whether they are the survivors or the members of the Legion, their lives and personalities have long since departed from the realm of normal people.
The reason they can still maintain their human appearance is thanks to the fact that they live with ordinary people.
Because of the presence of these ordinary people, they can tell the difference between the copy and reality.
The survivors don't want Pandora to be cleared and everything to return to the starting point. Besides because they might die, they are also afraid of losing everything they have now.
Even if they have a way to escape death, what can they do if they abandon everything and start over like Cheng Yuxue
They have been "inhuman" for much longer than these 18th generation players.
The players of the 18th generation still remember how to be an ordinary person, and have the opportunity to return to normal life after Pandora leaves, but these survivors have forgotten how to be an ordinary person.
"Solomon once said that I don't look as young as my actual age." Ning Buwen changed the subject, "I think it's probably because I burned out all my youthful blood in one go."
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"Don't ask. Do you really want to participate in that gambling contest?" A boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes couldn't help but persuade him, "You are crazy. In our time, those who can open casinos are not ordinary people. Orphans like us who came from an orphanage may be killed by others without knowing it."
In 2218 AD, technology has developed to an unimaginable level. Humans have completed the transition from internal reproduction to external reproduction, and the boundaries between men and women are getting smaller and smaller. Naturally, the atmosphere in certain matters has become particularly open.
In this era, material things can no longer meet people's needs, and spiritual entertainment has become the focus of everyone's pursuit. Although sexual relations are primitive, they are no longer restricted in this era, and have become as simple as eating and drinking. It doesn't matter if you are pregnant, you only need a small operation to take out the fertilized egg in the body. If you are willing, you can raise it yourself. If you don't want to, you can directly hand it over to the country and let the government raise it. There are many children born like this, especially in cities where entertainment is paramount.
No one cares about what responsibility is.
Las Vegas was already a world-renowned gambling city before the rapid development of technology, and has now become an entertainment mecca. Gambling has been classified as adult entertainment that needs to be subject to certain restrictions, in other words, it is an activity that is on the edge of the law. After several major changes, Las Vegas has not disappeared, but has become even larger, which shows that there are many forces involved.
Ning Buwen was born in an orphanage in Las Vegas, where he met all kinds of people since he was a child.
Even if they grow up in an orphanage, it doesn't mean they have to live in the orphanage forever.
Surveillance cameras are everywhere. As long as these children wear the welfare home's unique badge when they go out, they can be sent back no matter where they go. Therefore, no one prohibits them from seeing the world they live in.
However, because they have lived in this city since childhood, many children in welfare homes have developed a dislike for gambling, because a large part of the reason they were abandoned by their parents is due to the atmosphere of this city.
Enjoyment comes first, responsibility is ignored.
According to an inaccurate survey, more than one-third of the people serving in the gambling patrol team in Las Vegas come from welfare institutions.
It's a simple truth. The people in this city abandoned them, but the government raised them. So it's natural that these children would have a bad impression of this city when they grow up.
But Ning Buwen is one of the outliers.
While his peers were choosing to become policemen, teachers or doctors, he rejected the invitations from the mathematics and psychology departments of a top university and chose to return to the city where he was born to participate in a gambling competition.
Such a choice naturally cannot convince Ning Buwen's friends.
They all thought that Ning Bu Wen must have been stimulated by something to act like this. He was giving up his good life. A person who had never been to a casino said that he wanted to participate in some gambling competition and make a living from it. Anyone would think that he was acting on impulse.
"I've thought about this a long time ago." Ning Buwen understood his friends' feelings very well, but he had already made up his mind and it was impossible to change it. "I want to see what kind of charm this city has that can attract so many people. I also want to know why this ancient form of entertainment has been preserved until now?"
You know, from the development of science to the present, various forms of entertainment have emerged.
People don’t have to worry about not being able to find things to play. Many old things have been eliminated, but gambling seems to be rooted in this land and has never been eliminated.
This ancient, simple and pure activity of testing luck, courage and wisdom, the longer it lasts, the more irresistible its charm becomes.
How can you destroy something if you don't understand it first
Ning Buwen was extremely curious about this.
It's not that he had never been to a casino before, he just disguised himself and went to see it secretly. He saw those people around the gambling table, no matter they were dressed plainly or elegant and steady, they would lose their manners for a small dice, and saw the crazy expressions on those people's faces, the kind of madness that would put everything on the line.
Ning Buwen knew at that time that he could not adapt to ordinary life.
He also wanted to feel this excitement.
Maybe it would be best to go to college like everyone else, find a good job, and live a peaceful life, but that was just relative to ordinary people.
For Ning Buwen, he has no parents asking him to do this, nor does he have the pressure of supporting a family, so naturally he can do whatever he wants.
Ning Buyun had always been practicing this subconscious idea, but he had never seriously thought about it. Therefore, when he met Cheng Yuxue, who carried out this idea to the end, he was quickly attracted.
People who are similar in nature cannot stop this natural attraction even if one of them is covered with thick disguise.
When he was in the welfare home, Ning Buwen realized that he was more sensitive to numbers than his friends, and he was bolder and more accurate in guessing people's psychology.
He was somewhat out of place among these ordinary kids.
But those who don't fit in will never be well taken care of. Ning Buwen suppressed himself for a long time and tried to walk on the same path as everyone else. But when he was about to become an adult and leave the welfare home, Ning Buwen felt that such a life was meaningless.
Do I have to take a smooth path that everyone has taken
No, I have other choices.
Live another exciting life full of surprises.
I have the ability!
Therefore, after realizing that his talent would allow him to thrive in this entertainment activity, Ning Buwen began to think about making a living in this city.
However, he must be the one playing this gambling game, not the game playing it.
The reason for choosing this competition is to enable myself to join this city as quickly as possible.
What's the point of being the lowest person in this city? He gave up the opportunity to go to another city for further studies, not to start from scratch.
This gambling city has its own system and in many respects still maintains ancient customs.
For example, even though they have high-tech machines, they still rely on human instinct to play games.
Cheating is not prohibited in the casinos in this city.
In order to maintain its own characteristics, the city has kept everything the same as it did a few centuries ago. The anti-cheating equipment here is all high-tech, and the cheating methods that people can come up with through certain training or modification are all valid as long as they are not caught on the spot.
This feature of completely abandoning high technology has driven many people crazy.
The gambling competition is a large-scale competition jointly organized by several large casinos in this city. It does not prohibit men, women, young, old, nationality, or religion, and everyone can participate. No matter what method you use, as long as you are not caught and enter the finals of this competition, you can become famous in one fell swoop. If you can get the first or second place, you can also become a worshiper in a large casino. The salary is calculated by the hour, and one hour's salary can be equivalent to an ordinary person's work for a month, and it also comes with various superior benefits.
The champion of each year's competition will immediately appear on the list of young rich people in the following year.
Therefore, every year's competition attracts a large number of people to participate. The ticket fees for this competition alone bring a large amount of income to the city, not to mention those who have become famous in the competition. What awaits them are all kinds of exciting lives.
With such attraction, naturally, specialized professions have emerged.
"This kind of competition in Las Vegas has a history of half a century. You don't know how many people who come to participate every year have relatives who have made a name for themselves in this competition, and how many have been taught by various teachers since childhood. Take the mathematics department of the X University that admitted you, for example. There was once an ace professor who wanted to shine in this competition, but he didn't even make it to the finals. Here, being good at math is not enough to get you by." The friend persuaded earnestly.
My friend has already been admitted to the patrol team, so he naturally knows how deep the water in this city is. Otherwise, why doesn't the country take care of it? Because this city has become a force that is difficult to interfere with internationally, this gambling competition has also attracted geniuses from various countries.
Ning Buwen wanted to participate in this competition, but he would only be wasting his time.
"I never thought that I could rely on math alone in this city." Ning Buwen smiled and rejected his friend's kindness, "I have always relied on luck."
Luck is the most illusory yet most practical thing in this city.
The little friend shut up.
He realized that Ning Buwen had made up his mind.
"Forget it, you will go to school obediently after you lose. Anyway, with your intelligence, delaying one or two years is nothing." The friend sighed, "Then I won't bother you anymore. I hope you can survive the first audition."
"When I stand in the finals and compete for the championship, I will definitely give you two tickets so that you and your girlfriend can watch together."
"Haha, it's not dark yet, you can't dream so fast." The friend ignored Ning Buwen's wishful thinking, "If you lose, remember to call me. I can't come over, but I can still buy you two sets of clothes."
After saying goodbye to his friends, Ning Buwen quickly packed up all his belongings and went to register.
The auditions for the competition are the longest, taking almost a month.
No matter how many people sign up, the registration fee is only one thousand yuan, and only one thousand people will pass after the auditions.
Last year, the number of applicants exceeded 900,000, and the registration fee alone covered the initial expenses. As last year’s winner became more famous, the number of applicants this year is likely to exceed one million!
Ning Buwen entered his identity information and soon got a number plate, which meant he was the 870221st contestant.
The rules of the auditions are simple.
Just bring your number tag, go to any ten of the city's affiliated casinos, and then get the certificates issued by these casinos.
The number of places is limited, first come first served.
To get the certificate, you must first win a million chips in the casino of your choice, and then compete three times with the big players sent by the casino. You can get the certificate if you win one game.
Therefore, in order to pass the auditions, you must first defeat the ten big players.
Almost all those who are invited by casinos to become big players have achieved excellent results in gambling competitions.
In this way, those who want to participate in the competition must first gamble with their own money, and they must win. If they lose, they must continue to gamble. It is easy to imagine how big the profit margin is. Therefore, the early stage of this competition project has already included all the casinos that want to make a fortune. One by one, they can't wait to join the alliance, all wanting to make a fortune.
As more and more gambling venues open, naturally various forces will come in.
Generally, newcomers will undoubtedly choose the casino where the giants are relatively weak, and these casinos are naturally overcrowded. It is also possible that some casinos will invite some casinos with mediocre strength to come to the scene to make money. However, there are still few casinos that do this, because if the final statistics are taken, the casino that has issued the most certificates will be challenged by the newly opened casino. The last-place elimination system ensures that the participants of these alliances have a certain strength to avoid being dragged down.
Ning Buwen just picked ten at random.
He didn't have much wealth, and after registering, he only had 5,000 yuan on him.
Ning Buwen is not the kind of person who would put himself in a difficult position.
When he was able to make money, he tried his best to make himself live the best life possible, eating and wearing much better than the average person. This kind of dress also gave Ning Buyen some more protection in the early stage, and many people thought that he was the young master of a rich family who came out to play.
At the beginning, no one realized that this sunny and handsome young man would become the dark horse of this competition.
The media and the audience are chasing after those who have a strong family background in learning.
For example, the younger brother of the last competition champion, the son of the tycoon of xx casino, the daughter of the boss of xx casino, etc.
All of these people have received relevant training since childhood and are familiar with the gameplay.
Although there seem to be some outsiders who pass the preliminaries every year, in fact, those who can really make it to the finals are almost all proven to have a family background in the sport.
Occasionally, there is someone who can make it to the finals by luck, and they are almost always the European emperors.
Therefore, Ning Buwen is just the most inconspicuous one among these many contestants.
The first casino was not as difficult as Ning Buwen had imagined.
If you work to earn a million, it is actually a difficult goal. Even if you are a genius who starts your own business, it takes a certain amount of time. But in this casino, it only takes less than an hour to go from 5,000 yuan to 1 million yuan.
This is also the charm of this place.
Become rich overnight and lose everything overnight.
Ning Bu Wen was clearly at the gambling table for the first time, but he was so skilled that it seemed as if he had played here countless times.
He won one million in the shortest time without any hesitation and successfully attracted everyone's attention.
This competition is broadcast live around the world.
Although most of the audience went to watch the games of those dark horse candidates, it does mean that no one was watching him. As long as he won, everything would be fine.
Ning Buwen didn't attract many people's attention when he won his first casino.
When he won three casinos in a row in one day, obtained certifications from ten casinos in just seven days, and became the 341st pure amateur player to pass the auditions, he completely attracted attention.
No one would have thought that an ordinary boy who had never been taken seriously by anyone could be so powerful
Judging from his appearance, he seems to be underage!
In this casino, no one cares whether you are male or female, old or young, because luck and talent are the same for everyone.
Naturally, Ning Buwen was visited by many powerful people.
Aren’t these people here to make things difficult for Ning Buwen? They are here purely to win him over.
There are always some forces that want to stand out in this competition, some casinos that want to improve their rankings and become the top casinos hosting this competition, and some that want to attract some geniuses to help their children.
The conditions they offered were better than the last, and the gifts they gave to Ning Buwen were more expensive than the last.
With just a simple qualifying round, Ning Buwen had already obtained several high-end apartments, more than a dozen luxury cars, and various jewelry and cash in this city.
In other words, Ning Buwen has already obtained wealth that many people in this era cannot obtain in their entire lifetime.
When Ning Buwen donated a large sum of money to the welfare home, even the director of the welfare home was shocked.
I never expected that a child who had just been out of the orphanage for less than half a year could donate so much money to them.
Even Ning Buwen's friend looked surprised.
A month ago he was still advising his friends not to be stupid, but now it seems that he is the one who is stupid. Look at the wealth Ning Buwen has, the people he knows are all people you can only see on TV.
Ning Bu Wen has such talent, but he never showed it before
An Buli and Ning Buwen originally left the orphanage at the same time, and he also went to a university that gave him an admission letter. He originally secretly laughed at Ning Buwen for being crazy and refusing to go to school, but now Ning Buwen has almost achieved success, while he is still just a freshman undergoing military training!
Is the difference so huge
An Buli later embarked on the path of crime and fraud, and it has to be said that he had to take some of the blame even if he didn't ask.
It’s better not to ask about this person. He just came out of the orphanage and was full of ambition and success.
He accepted all the gifts that were sent to him, but his answer was always "I'll think about it first." He didn't want to make a decision so quickly, and he didn't want to be restricted in any way.
Ning Buwen's way of dealing with things would naturally be seen through by those old foxes.
"If you never accept sponsorship from any force, it will be difficult for you to advance to the later stages. Among the thousand people participating in the competition, you are not the only choice."
"But among these 1,000 people, there are only a few with clean backgrounds like me." Ning Buwen didn't care at all. "I have no relatives or friends to burden me. I'm alone, but I still have a certain audience base. You can't do anything to me. The competition also prohibits you from threatening the candidates with violence. The government is trying to catch you."
Ning Buwen can be said to be fearless.
"I don't want to offend you, but as for the specific cooperation, let's wait until I win the championship of this competition." Ning Bu Wen replied proudly.
“Oh, everyone wants to win the championship, but in fact, many people have already reached the peak after passing the qualifiers.”
"That was someone else, not me." Ning Bu Wen was full of confidence, "I came here just for the championship. I will break the record for the champion's age and become the youngest gambling champion in Las Vegas!"
The author has something to say: I saw many readers asking whether Cheng Yuxue will die after completing the game or why he suddenly appeared on the leaderboard. Well, this is because they did not read the article carefully.
If the survivors are willing to give up everything, they can give up everything and start from the beginning of reincarnation, that is, to re-stimulate the physique and collect prop cards again. It's like when a new server is opened in the game, you abandon the old server ID, create a new small account and start again. The survivors are unwilling to give up the big account that is almost the king, and they don't want the game to close, so conflicts naturally arise. Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the [grenade]: Master, you dare to snatch one from me;
Thanks to the little angels who cast [Landmines]: Yanse, Zhaozhao, Star Stone Fragment, and 1 Chongchongxi;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:
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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!