"Mr. Zhuo, two unfamiliar faces have arrived, and they've already won money at several gambling tables!" In the monitoring room, a staff member hurriedly reported to Mr. Zhuo.
Today, Chen Yaohui was not guarding the casino; Ah Zhuo was in charge of everything.
"Huh? Is someone coming to cause trouble again?" Azhuo didn't dare to be negligent and went straight to the computer to take a look.
Coincidentally, Cone and his accomplice had already won 2 million at a baccarat table, and then moved to a blackjack table where they won another 2 million.
"Slow down the footage!" Azhuo stared intently at the computer screen. "He's a pro! Sure enough, another gambling expert has come to our casino to make money!"
Under the staff's "operation," the shrewd middle-aged man's gambling movements, which were the helper of the awl, were slowed down several times.
With an extremely professional eye, Ah Zhuo analyzed the shrewd middle-aged man's gambling skills.
After analyzing for several minutes, Ah Zhuo's facial muscles twitched a few times, and his eyes were full of seriousness. "This person's gambling skills are far superior to mine. I'm afraid we'll have to get Brother Jianfei to handle this!"
Ah Zhuo immediately took out his phone and dialed Chen Yaohui's number...
Chapter 125 An Important Inquiry!
Chapter 125 An Important Inquiry!
Lake City. Inside the Emperor Casino in Dongxing.
The assassin, Awl, and his accomplices operate discreetly within the casinos. Well, "discreet" refers to their attitude, but their winnings are incredibly high-profile. They typically win 1-2 million at one table and immediately move on to another. They never stay at the same table for long.
Speaking of Awl's accomplice... "Genius." His nickname and code name is "Genius." However, for someone who wanted to make a name for himself in the gambling world and establish his authority in the assassin world, but failed in both, this code name is extremely ironic.
However ironic it may seem, there's no problem with the genius wanting to make some money off the Dongxing casino.
Inside the casino's monitoring room.
The manager, Azhuo, frantically dialed Chen Yaohui's cell phone... "Brother Yaohui, the casino is in trouble again! A gambling expert has come to swindle money. According to the video analysis, that expert's skill... is quite strong! At least much stronger than mine! Also, Brother Yaohui, through observation, I discovered that the expert is proficient in many types of gambling games. He doesn't limit himself to one table. In half an hour, he has already switched to 9 tables, taking 100...200 million from each one. The casino has lost a total of 13 million. Brother Yaohui, why don't you immediately notify Brother Jianfei to handle this... Uh, wait, Brother Yaohui, he's already left. After exchanging his chips, he left the casino directly."
"He's gone?" Chen Yaohui's tone on the other end of the phone was extremely serious. After three seconds, he continued, "However, I'm sure he'll be back tomorrow. If this kind of person is just trying to make money, they only need one table. He switched to nine tables in a row, playing nine different games. Obviously, he's showing off his gambling skills. If I'm not mistaken, they came specifically to deal with Jianfei. Ha, 'People are afraid of becoming famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat,' that saying is indeed true. Jianfei has only just become famous, and someone has already come to challenge him. Interesting, very interesting. Okay, Azhuo, let's leave it at that. I'll contact Jianfei tomorrow and have him come directly to the casino to oversee things."
After Cone and Genius left the casino, Cone said to Genius, "We should be able to take action tomorrow. By the way, Genius, you're a good gambler, why don't you become a gambler? Making money that way is much better than being an assassin."
The genius said very seriously, "Brother Cone, the most laughable thing about the gambling world is those gamblers whose skills are mediocre. They are suppressed by high-level gamblers ahead and challenged by sharp-edged gamblers behind, becoming stepping stones for their debut. My teacher who taught me gambling lost so much that both of his hands were chopped off. It was truly tragic. Therefore, being an assassin is safer than being a gambler. At least I can choose which missions to take. As a gambler, there is no way out and no choice."
That evening, Gao Jianfei and Chen Xian invited Yan Kui and his daughter to stay at their house.
The house has five bedrooms, three living rooms, and two bathrooms. It's spacious enough, and although it doesn't have the kind of open-air garden and swimming pool found in villas or high-end hotel suites, it's more than enough for four people.
Yan Kui and Xiao Xiao both loved the house; it felt warmer and more homey than a hotel. The father and daughter chatted happily in the living room, with Chen Xian acting like a virtuous hostess, keeping them company. In fact, the house was originally bought by Gao Jianfei for everyone to live in, so there was no real distinction between host and guest. However, subconsciously, Chen Xian felt the role of the hostess.
Gao Jianfei, on the other hand, hid in his study to surf the internet.
"Phew. It seems I was overthinking it." Gao Jianfei breathed a long sigh of relief upon receiving this answer.
This also made Gao Jianfei realize something... The kind of stories you see in novels or on TV where the male protagonist does it for the first time and wreaks havoc, going at it for hours, leaving the woman a lump of mud, unconscious with a blissful aftertaste on her face, is pure bullshit!
At least 90% of men in the world cannot last long the first time. It's extremely short!
After letting go of his psychological burden, Gao Jianfei went online to chat with some classmates and friends from his hometown. Most of his friends asked how he was doing, whether he had earned money working in other places, and whether his work was tiring. Moreover, they were all concerned about Gao Jianfei's family situation, expressing indignation and sympathy for his mother's plight, and verbally condemning the Zeng family.
Gao Jianfei only gave casual answers to these questions, without revealing any of his current true situation.
I took a shower and went to bed at 11:30 p.m.
Lying in bed, Gao Jianfei opened the virtual display screen and scanned it; the exorcism point had returned to "765".
Gao Jianfei is not in a hurry to reach level 2 Ghost. He doesn't really have any goals for the time being. Although he wants to become an elite in a certain field, he hasn't decided which field he should explore yet.
However, after tossing and turning for a while without being able to fall asleep, Gao Jianfei had a sudden impulse and entered the ghost's den.
In the den of ghosts.
"Dear user, welcome to Ghost Den." The AI program's voice rang out faithfully.
"Okay, I'll go check on Tang Long." Gao Jianfei casually greeted the intelligent program, then went straight up to the second floor and opened room 2-9.
Rooms 2-9 are Tang Long's blacksmith shop.
At this moment, Tang Long, Hua Rong, Zhu Cong, Ke Zhen'e, and Du Dajin, these five level 2 ghosts, were sitting around the stove, drinking large gulps of Jiannanchun liquor that Gao Jianfei had brought them, and roasting raw pork by the fire.
"Ha! Little Gao is here? Come and have some drinks!" These level 2 ghosts were very enthusiastic when they saw Gao Jianfei, and kept greeting him.
"I won't drink, I'm trying to sleep. I couldn't sleep, so I came over for a stroll." Gao Jianfei walked over with a smile. "By the way, Master Tang, where's the hidden weapon you made for me?"
The question had barely left his lips when Gao Jianfei noticed two baskets next to Tang Long's stool, their contents gleaming brightly. Following their gaze, he saw that one basket contained dozens of darts, while the other held a small pile of iron spikes.
"Xiao Gao, 61 steel darts and 82 iron darts. A total of 28 jin of iron was used. You can check it." Tang Long said with a laugh while drinking.
"Good! Thank you, Master Tang!" Gao Jianfei was overjoyed and reached into the two baskets to pick out a steel dart and an iron tassel.
The hidden weapons felt heavy in my hand. Each one weighed about two ounces. Their blades were sharp, and they gleamed with a cold light. These hidden weapons truly possessed something terrifying… a murderous aura, and a deadly, bloodthirsty terror!
"Excellent! Master Tang's skills are superb!" Gao Jianfei exclaimed. He thought to himself, using these hidden weapons against an enemy, combined with his own skills in using them, would basically be on par with the shooting power of a regular gunman! Moreover, hidden weapons are sometimes more difficult to defend against than firearms!
Now that he had hidden weapons, Gao Jianfei wanted to carry them with him to play with, as they might actually come in handy in dangerous situations.
Du Dajin handed Gao Jianfei his personal leather pouch. This leather pouch was specifically designed to hold concealed weapons; it was small, exquisite, and practical. It was worn around the waist, similar to a modern belt, or rather, it could replace the function of a belt.
Gao Jianfei was overjoyed. He took off his belt and threw it away, replacing it with this leather pouch, which was indeed very useful. He could put his hidden weapons inside, and it was very convenient to retrieve them. His clothes didn't need to be tied up, so the leather pouch could be completely covered, and his waist wouldn't look bulging.
This is great!
Gao Jianfei couldn't help but ask the intelligent program, "If I want to take Du Dajin's leather bag out of the ghost den, how many ghost-repelling points will I need to pay?"
The intelligent program immediately replied, "Dear user, you need to pay 500 exorcism points. Are you sure you want to take the leather bag out of the ghost's den?"
"500 exorcism points?" Gao Jianfei gasped in shock!
The items in that haunted house are far too expensive!
It's basically a leather pouch for storing hidden weapons. Although it's exquisitely made and very practical, it's way too expensive! To be honest, 500 exorcism points are enough to buy a level 2 ghost similar to Zhu Cong!
Gao Jianfei gritted his teeth and thought for a few minutes. He really liked it and needed the leather pouch, so he finally made up his mind and said, "Alright, I'll take it. This leather pouch!"
Soon, Gao Jianfei's exorcism points were directly deducted by "500".
Thinking that a large portion of his exorcism points, which he had recovered after a day, had been easily deducted, Gao Jianfei felt sullen.
He picked out 10 steel darts and 10 iron darts from his two baskets used for storing hidden weapons, put them into his leather bag, then greeted Tang Long and the other level 2 ghosts before leaving the second level of the ghost den.
Ghost Den, Level 1.
Gao Jianfei was still somewhat frustrated. He directly asked the intelligent program, "By the way, I have a question. I calculated that if I want to upgrade to a Level 3 Exorcist, it will basically take half a year, which is undoubtedly a long time for me. Also, I have to pay a huge amount of Exorcism Points to take any item from the Ghost Den, while the Exorcism Points I automatically recover each day are only around 700...800. In that case, isn't the software design a bit unreasonable? I want to ask, besides the automatic recovery of Exorcism Points, are there any other ways for me to obtain Exorcism Points?"
Chapter 126 The Ghost-Searching Instrument's Mission System!
Chapter 126 Ghost Ritual's Mission System!
"Well. To be frank, I just want to know if the designers of this Super Ghost Instrument software have considered providing users with methods to speed up the recovery of exorcism points. After all, you have to understand, I'm only a Level 2 exorcist right now. If I were to level up step by step to become a fully-fledged Level 10 exorcist, how much time would that take?" Gao Jianfei stated the facts. "By then, I'd probably be in my seventies or eighties, right?"
"Oh..." The intelligent program paused for a moment, then explained, "Dear user, it's like this: because the inventor of this software, Master Zhuoyue, lives on the Ocean Planet where the average lifespan is 500 years, which is much longer than the lifespan of you Earthlings. Therefore, the design of this Super Ghost Device clearly has a significantly different concept of time compared to Earth. For players on Ocean Planet, this speed of acquiring exorcism points is quite reasonable. But for you, an Earthling, it might really seem a bit long."
Gao Jianfei was sweating profusely!
It turns out that humans on ocean planets live to be 400 or 500 years old. So, if they restore hundreds of exorcism points every day, they wouldn't think it's too slow; in fact, they probably would think it's too fast!
"This...this is ridiculous!" Gao Jianfei said with a furrowed brow. "So, I, an Earth player, have to upgrade my software according to the time system of humans from an ocean planet? Oh well, I'll see if I can become a Level 10 Exorcist when I'm eighty!"
Gao Jianfei was somewhat disappointed.
"This... Dear user, you seem quite down. Please don't be like this! By the way, when the outstanding designer invented the Super Ghost Instrument software, they set up a quest system. Players could not only gain exorcism points and experience by capturing ghosts, but also by completing quests. However, the outstanding designer later felt that adding the quest function made the upgrades of this Super Ghost Instrument software a bit too fast, which reduced its playability..."
"A mission system? I can gain experience points and exorcism points by completing missions?" Gao Jianfei was overjoyed upon hearing the AI program's words! Could there be anything better? "Then why didn't you tell me about missions sooner? And what kind of missions are they? I want to complete missions to gain exorcism points and experience points, so please help me quickly!"
A barrage of questions.
Very eager.
Immediately afterwards, the intelligent program said in an apologetic tone, "I regret to inform you, esteemed user, that Master Excellence was not very satisfied with this Super Ghost Instrument's mission system. He considered it to be a useless feature, and therefore deleted it not long after he designed it!"
Deleted?
Originally, Gao Jianfei was very agitated, but now it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head!
My whole body was ice cold.
"Then what did you say all for nothing? It's all deleted, so there's no point in talking about it anymore. You made me happy for nothing." Gao Jianfei was very dissatisfied.
"Oh... esteemed user, although Master Excellence has deleted the mission system from every Super Ghost Instrument, I can repair some parts based on certain data traces. Would you like to begin the repair now?" the AI program's voice said directly.
"Huh? It can still be repaired! I have to say, you're unbeatable!" Gao Jianfei said without even thinking, "Start the repair right away!"
"As you wish, my esteemed user," the intelligent program immediately replied.
Soon, a large screen appeared above the ghost den, displaying a progress bar... "0%...1%..."
"Dear user, repairing is a rather troublesome task, so you will need to be patient," the intelligent program said solicitously. "You will have to wait for a while."
Gao Jianfei glanced at the progress bar; indeed, the reading was quite slow. It was even slower than when piecing together the ghost.
However, being able to repair the mission system, find a way to quickly replenish exorcism points, and speed up the software upgrade was already quite satisfactory to Gao Jianfei. He wasn't a picky person; since repairing the mission system would take some time, he would just be patient and wait. He smoked a cigarette in the ghost den, then left.
Gao Jianfei lay on the bed, playing with the steel darts and iron rhombuses crafted by Tang Long, thinking that once the intelligent program finished repairing the Super Ghost Instrument's mission system, his path to upgrading this heaven-defying software would be much wider.
That's a really great find!
Flower market.
The hotel suite that Hu Zi booked.
Hu Zi had been in a very irritable mood for the past few days. Wu Youcun's failure had completely ruined his series of plans.
However, Hu Zi did not leave the flower market or G province because of this. Gao Jianfei, who had repeatedly thwarted Hu Zi's plans, instead became a source of excitement for Hu Zi.
Hu Zi had come to regard taking down Gao Jianfei as a challenge, or rather, an extremely interesting game. An extremely interesting opponent.
Coincidentally, Hu Zi is someone who really enjoys challenges and games.
Based on the information Hu Zi has, regarding Gao Jianfei… 1. Gao Jianfei is likely one of Fei Long's men. Fei Long secretly placed him in Huashi and then infiltrated Hushi. Fei Long's painstaking efforts are likely aimed at the entire underground power structure of G Province. That's a huge prize; 2. Gao Jianfei is a skilled gambler and deeply accomplished in martial arts, capable of throwing knives, but he has never been seen using handguns or other firearms; 3. Gao Jianfei's origins are unknown, and his identity is mysterious; 4. Gao Jianfei has a deep connection with Chen Xian of Alice Company; 5. Gao Jianfei is with Yan Kui and Xiao Xiao.
This is all the intelligence that Hu Zi had gathered and analyzed!
Of this intelligence, Hu Zi believed that some of it was of useful value.
For example, Chen Xian.
In fact, Hu Zi had already identified Chen Xian as a key breakthrough point. A crucial breakthrough point!
"Gah, undeniably, Gao Jianfei has always done a great job. He's an excellent opponent. But he really shouldn't have left me with such a huge opening! Gah! I'm Beard, and I'm good at exploiting every weakness of my opponent to launch a full-scale attack! I like to play by any means necessary! Gah!" Beard sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and smoked a cigar.
At that moment, the suite door opened, and several men dressed in short-sleeved shirts—the kind of training gear boxers wear in the summer—entered the room. This identified them as boxers from various martial arts schools in G province, recruited by Hu Zi with high salaries. They then led in a middle-aged man who was actually quite handsome.
The middle-aged man was dressed very simply, with a lewd and obsequious expression on his face and shifty eyes; at first glance, he didn't seem like a good person. After entering the suite, his eyes began to dart around. He looked somewhat like a thief.