Chapter 340 Open! (Thanks to Mo Yu Ranqing for the leader

In the silent VIP room, the dealer was already in place, showing the freshly opened cards in his hand.

Rules of Texas Hold’em, the base bet is 10 million, with no upper limit.

“How about we try our luck first?”

Ling Zhou smiled and threw a stack of chips into the pot, then looked at Ji Jue. Ji Jue was flipping through the rule book he had asked the dealer for with one hand, and nonchalantly threw 10 million chips into the pot.

After the two hidden cards are dealt, the three community cards are revealed.

5 of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 2 of Clubs.
During the betting phase, Ling Zhou took a look at his hole cards and casually added 7 million, and Ji Jue followed suit. The fourth public card was the of Hearts, and Ling Zhou added another , and Ji Jue followed suit after looking at the instructions…

The fifth community card is the 9 of diamonds.

There was no stagnation or delay. After the first round was completed, both sides finally opened their cards.

Ji Jue has two pairs, 5 of hearts, 5 of spades, 2 of diamonds, and 2 of clubs.

Lingzhou also has two pairs, the Ace of Spades and the Ace of Hearts, the 9 of Diamonds and the 9 of Clubs.

“Hmm? Looks like I’m lucky today?” Ling Zhou smiled. After accepting the 50 million bet, he looked at Ji Jue and asked, “Do you want to change your deck of cards and try your luck?”

“No, I’ve almost figured it out.”

Ji Jue put down the rule book in his hand, looked up and smiled slightly, nonchalantly: “Go on.”

So, the second round continued.

But for some reason, the temperature in the VIP room seemed to be rising. Even though it had nothing to do with them, the silent bystanders couldn’t help but feel a sense of irritation and anxiety. At the same time, they all stared at the card table and the two people for any clues.

In the second hand, when Ji Jue’s first card was revealed, he discarded it directly and lost another 10 million.

“Two fingers are gone so quickly.”

Ji Jue sighed and looked over: “Do you want to chop it now?”

Ling Zhou still smiled: “No hurry, let’s save up enough for a pair first.”

In the third hand, Ling Zhou folded, and Ji Jue got back one thousand. The situation seemed to be improving. But in the fourth hand, three of a kind against a full house, he lost another 40 million. In the fifth hand, he won back 10 million. In the sixth and seventh hands…

The mountain of chips beside him seemed to be manipulated by an invisible hand, and it was rapidly decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

From the subtle sounds of the dealer dealing cards, even the breathing sounds in the entire VIP room became so clear.

The ninth one!
The last open card is revealed, the Ace of Diamonds.

In the dead silence, Ji Jue remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, he raised his head and looked at Ling Zhou. Ling Zhou held the chips in his hand and glanced at his numb look, showing undisguised mockery.

But then, Ji Jue’s voice was heard: “ALL-IN.”

“Are you sure?” Ling Zhou was slightly stunned and frowned.

“Well, the rules don’t allow it?”

Ji Jue glanced at the manual and smiled, “I’ve watched gambling movies since I was a kid, and everyone says this. Now that I’m here, I have to try it once, right?”

The dealer was stunned and looked at Lingzhou.

Until Ling Zhou turned his eyes away from Ji Jue and waved: “I’ll follow.”

I originally thought that this guy had some weird skills, but now it seems that he is just a fool who doesn’t know his place.

He is determined to get these hands today!

The pot and the raise, plus all the remaining chips of Ji Jue, the stakes on the table soared to 210 million in an instant!

“Open the cards——”

Ling Zhou stared at Ji Jue until the two black cards in Ji Jue’s hand were slowly opened.

Then, he stood there in a daze. In that moment of stagnation, he couldn’t help but stare, and the golden nanmu gambling table under his hand began to crack.

Ji Jue’s two hole cards are put together with the five community cards on the table.

4 of Spades, 5 of Spades, J of Spades, Q of Spades, Ace of Spades.

Flush!!!

On the other hand, Lingzhou’s biggest hand is only a straight!
In an instant, the situation was reversed.

“Phew, that was thrilling.”

Ji Jue raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face, and said to him, “Can you make so much money in one hand? Playing cards is really interesting.”

Ling Zhou remained silent and said nothing.

Look at him for a long time.

He sighed and nodded, “Yes.”

He glanced at the people beside him and waved to the dealer: “Go on.”

Everyone in the monitoring room was stunned. The foreman picked up the intercom and asked the other person.

But in the luxurious box, Cranje, the author of the Book of Ether, also stood up suddenly, looked at the images broadcast on the screen, turned around abruptly and looked at the table.

On the scarlet scale on the table, the weight remained the same, without any change…

But if there had been no changes, Ji Jue would have lost so much in that one game alone that he would have chopped off his hands!

Cranje remained silent, held his breath, and stretched out his hand tentatively… But before his palm touched the scales, the horizontal bar of the scales suddenly flipped over as if it had been rusted for a long time.

The weight of the silver-white weight suddenly increased and pressed down!

Fate and fortune suddenly changed?

At this very moment?!

Cranje sat on the sofa in a daze, and did not respond to others’ calls and urgings.

The pale pupils stared at the two ends of the scale. Countless thin lines in the whites of the eyes were entangled together and fell on the two weights. Suddenly, the colors of dozens of thin lines around the silver weights gradually changed, as if revealing their true appearance.

Clanjie twitched, raised his head suddenly, and looked at the bearded man with a pair of pale eyes:
“Tell Gao Yue to pay more! I want three times the amount!”

The bearded man’s face changed color. He walked to the side and made a phone call. After receiving a reply quickly, he turned around and nodded.

So, Cranje reached out again and pressed on the scale, scarlet blood and spiritual essence gushed out, irrigating. Screams suddenly sounded, and convulsions occurred.

In an instant, the old man became increasingly shriveled and was dying.

But the weight on the scale overturned again!

Soon, in the VIP room, Ji Jue’s luck, which had just returned, seemed to start to rapidly decline. After a few rounds, even with constant discarding of cards and constant temptation, he had lost tens of millions.

Until he sighed helplessly.

“ALL-IN!”

Ling Zhou’s smile froze on his face again. For some reason, all he could feel from that calm face was a wave of chills.

“Are you sure?” he asked, frowning.

“Of course.” Ji Jue smiled and looked at him: “Do you want to follow?”

Ling Zhou was silent for a moment and waved.

A mountain of chips is pushed forward again, 470 million!
“Open the cards.” Ji Jue said.

The cards were revealed in the dead silence and gasps.

凌洲——9、9、9、5、5，葫芦！
而季觉的牌：5、5、5、5、9……四条！！！
“Well, 5 is smaller than 9, but four of a kind should be bigger than a gourd, right?”

Ji Jue held the rule book in his hand, smiling broadly: “I think I won again?”

Ling Zhou didn’t say anything.

The entire Tianbo seemed to be left with only the sound of heavy breathing, and even the faint screams coming from the distance…

In the luxurious suite, Cranje, who was holding the scales tightly, suddenly screamed, wailed sharply, struggled, and twitched and squirmed all over.

A huge amount of blood gushed out of his body and was absorbed by the scale, as if it was scraping the bones and sucking the marrow out. On the scale, cracks appeared one after another, and the black weights that originally had the advantage collapsed in an instant and disappeared. On the silver-white chips, tiny cracks quickly opened up…

It was like being thrown into an invisible furnace in an instant, burning red and making a hissing sound.

And just behind the crack, sticky blood seeped out drop by drop, but it was not afraid of the high temperature and flowed as usual. After being washed by the blood, the silver light faded, and the weight turned into bone white in an instant!
Bang!
The crystal chandelier fell without warning and hit Cranje on the forehead. The old man twitched twice and fell backwards.

The great writer of the Way of Ether died suddenly without any warning.

——Destiny is overturned and fortune backfires!

“Raise!”

In the VIP room, Ji Jue waved his hand and looked at the few chips beside Ling Zhou: “Well, add 16 million.”

It was so precise, it was exactly the total number of chips left in front of Ling Zhou.

Ling Zhou had a blank expression on his face, his fingers tightly gripping the cards in his hand, veins bulging.

“……and.”

He said.

Open the cards.

Ji Jue has three, Ling Zhou has two pairs.

The outcome has been decided.

The dealer, with trembling hands, took the last chip in front of Ling Zhou and put it in front of Ji Jue.

ended……

Among the onlookers, countless people breathed a sigh of relief.

Bang!
Ling Zhou smashed the edge of the table with one punch, unable to control his anger any longer. After taking one last look at Chen Xingzhou, his gaze fell on the empty leader’s seat in front of Chen Xingzhou, and his eyes couldn’t help but jump.

In the end, he finally managed to squeeze out a voice from between his teeth: “Okay, I admit defeat. I admit defeat.”

“From now on, this debt will be written off!”

After saying this, he didn’t even bother to pretend to say hello and turned away.

But just behind him, Ji Jue’s puzzled voice was heard.

“Ok?”

At the gambling table, the young man who was still sitting upright propped up his chin and glanced at his back: “Is this the end?”

Ling Zhou suddenly turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and saw the smile on Ji Jue’s face…

It is still warm and gentle, vague and implicit, as if it is there and not there.

“The casino is open to welcome customers, but they are kicking them out before they even play half of the game.”

Ji Jue raised his finger and tapped the crack on the table gently, telling him, “Besides, I haven’t said stop yet.”

Ling Zhou’s face turned pale: “Mr. Ji, don’t be so stupid——”

“What do I want?”

Ji Jue was curious: “As I recall, it wasn’t me who wanted to talk like this, right?”

For a moment, Ling Zhou stood there in a daze.

“Isn’t this the condition for being witnessed by Huang Ji?”

Ji Jue looked at that face, his smile becoming more cheerful: “You made the request, you said the rules, and now we are halfway through the game, and you don’t want to play anymore——”

He said, “Mr. Ling, what do you mean?”

Ling Zhou was silent.

No words were spoken.

He raised his head and looked at Chen Xingzhou. Chen Xingzhou was also looking at him with a gentle smile, along with all the people behind him who were there to witness the event.

But his eyes were so cold.

There is no temperature at all.

Cruel gods and Buddhas like clay sculptures or wooden carvings.

Quietly waiting for the words that are about to come out of his mouth…

As he was suffocating, a drop of sweat slowly seeped out from Ling Zhou’s forehead. He opened his mouth to speak, but in the end, he said nothing. He gritted his teeth and returned to the gambling table.

“Come on, let’s continue.”

Ji Jue nodded with satisfaction, “Sit down!”

Ling Zhou sat on the chair with an expressionless face, and the chair made a whine. “Let’s go big this time, how about 90 million?”

Ji Jue suggested excitedly: “I’ve been in need of a spiritual operating table recently, and this is just the right time to make my dream come true. Thank you kind people… What is the dealer waiting for? Deal the cards.”

The dealer didn’t dare to move and looked at Lingzhou tremblingly.

Until Ling Zhou finally spoke in a hoarse voice:
“Dealing cards——”

It’s like raising your hands and letting the shackles wrap around you.

A biting chill ran up his spine, and he gasped violently as he watched the open cards flash before his eyes. For some reason, he was in a trance and trembling all over.

After two rounds, Ji Jue’s chips reached a new high.

Ji Jue said, “Continue.”

The dealer was sweating profusely and dared not move.

There are no chips left.

Ling Zhou’s expression changed, and he squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: “There is only so much liquid capital on the Tianbo, you’ve won it all, what do you want?!”

“Hmm? That’s all?”

Ji Jue raised his eyebrows in disappointment, then smiled: “It’s okay, do you want me to lend you some? But I think this boat is pretty good, how much is it?”

Ling Zhou didn’t say anything, his scarlet eyes stared at Ji Jue:

“Mr. Ji, don’t do everything…”

“It’s just unfortunate. I just love to do everything, to the extreme, until others have no way out.”

Ji Jue smiled and glanced around: “Is there no one here who can come and give an estimate?”

Chen Xingzhou waved his hand, and someone behind him stood up immediately.

He took out a pen and paper, pressed some buttons on a calculator, wrote the results on the mortgage form, and handed it to Chen Xingzhou, who took out a dragon head stick and stamped it.

Finally, it was delivered to Ling Zhou.

“Including the ship and the cargo, the fuel is fully charged to you. I won’t count the depreciation. I’ll just calculate it as if it was brand new from the factory – 240 million. Xiao Ling, don’t blame me for not taking care of you.”

Chen Xingzhou’s eyes were full of warmth and doting, but they left Ling Zhou speechless.

It felt like I was carrying a heavy weight on my shoulders, and even breathing required all my strength.

The finger stained with ink was suspended in the air for a long time, without the courage to press it down, until it lost all strength and fell, leaving behind a trace of its dying struggle.

The gamble continues.

“Licensing.”

Ji Jue said.

This time, the dealer didn’t dare to move anymore and collapsed to the ground.

Chen Xingzhou waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to drag him out, then he rolled up his sleeves, stood in the position of the dealer, opened a new pack of poker cards, and shuffled them skillfully.

“I haven’t done anything like this for a long time since I made my fortune in the gambling den.”

He dealt the hidden cards skillfully and gracefully, and said with deep emotion: “All of a sudden, it’s like returning to my youth. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to relive the old days.”

No one responded.

Deal cards, reveal cards, bet, raise, and open the cards.

“Ji Jue, gourd; Ling Zhou, two pairs.”

Chen Xingzhou swung the lever and easily swept through a pile of chips, and dealt the cards again without Ji Jue’s request.

“Ji Jue, three of a kind; Ling Zhou, still two pairs.”

Chen Xingzhou sighed: “Unfortunately, my luck is just a little bit worse.”

Move the lever and sweep again, and the chips will be distributed.

“Ji Jue has a flush, Ling Zhou, fold.”

Lever, chips.

“Ji Jue has two pairs, Ling Zhou has two pairs.” Chen Xingzhou shook his head: “The points are a little different.”

With such ease, he took away the last weight in front of Ling Zhou.

In the dead silence, the sweaty Ling Zhou seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed on the chair.

Ji Jue smiled: “Continue.”

“I’ll continue, you fucking bastard!!!”

Ling Zhou couldn’t help but roaring, like a beast cornered, ready to devour anyone he could find: “People, money, goods, and ships, they’re all yours! What else do you want!!!”

“Don’t say that, Mr. Ling.”

Ji Jue shook his head, raised his hand, pressed the revolver beside him, and suddenly smiled:
“Don’t you still have life?”

Just like that, he raised his hand and knocked, and immediately five mercury bullets fell from the magazine, leaving only one. Then, the magazine swung, rotated, and loaded.

Finally, it hit the table like a hammer.

Bang!
It was just a muffled sound, but it was like a soul-shaking roar that made everyone’s eyebrows twitch for a moment.

In Ji Jue’s hand, the pistol was slowly pushed to the middle of the table.
“Don’t be afraid.”

Ji Jue admired his appearance and comforted him softly: “If you bet 10 million and pull the trigger once, if you are lucky, it will be enough for you to play five times at least.”

Ling Zhou’s expression was distorted, as if he was about to roar.

But under the cold gazes of everyone, he was ultimately unable to move.

Only Ji Jue’s smile suddenly disappeared.

No more expression.

He said, “Deal.”

So, Chen Xingzhou dealt the cards.

Hole cards, three up cards, no raise, and finally, the draw.

“Ji Jue, gourd; Ling Zhou, two pairs—”

After Chen Xingzhou skillfully put together the cards on both sides with the lever in his hand, he raised his other hand and gestured to Ling Zhou: “Please, Mr. Ling.”

In the suffocating state, there was no blood left on Ling Zhou’s face, only a pale color, and his pupils were dilated and difficult to focus.

I raised my head and wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

Not only him, but everyone present fell into deathly silence.

Hold your breath.

At this moment, just around the card table, behind the blank plastic chair, an outline like an illusion emerged.

In the wilderness of blood and death, on top of invisible giant horns, mutilated wolf corpses swayed in the wind.

The majestic white deer lowered its eyes and looked down.

Witness from now on!

Ling Zhou’s fingers were cramping, and he stretched out his hand involuntarily, gripping the gun tightly. He raised the trembling barrel and pointed it at the head but hesitated… he didn’t have the strength to pull the trigger.

Chen Xingzhou shouted angrily: “Open!”

“open!”

Behind Chen Xingzhou, all the witnesses stood up at the same time, their faces flushed, their eyes red, and their expressions fanatical: “Open! Open! Open! Open!”

“–open!!!”

Snapped!
A crisp sound came from Lingzhou’s roar.

Empty gun.

“continue.”

Ji Jue said, “Deal the cards.”

So, continue.

“Ji Jue, straight flush, Ling Zhou, high card.”

This time, Chen Xingzhou didn’t need to speak again. All the onlookers who stood up shouted again in unison, ordering: “Fire!”

The trembling hand was raised again.

click!
“Go on.” Ji Jue said.

“Ji Jue, flush, Ling Zhou, two pairs.”

“open!!!”

The witnesses roared, their voices like thunder, echoing throughout this wilderness where the strong prey on the weak!
“Open! Open!! Open!!!”

Until the final loud noise…

Bang!
The pistol suddenly fell from Ling Zhou’s hand.

A bullet hole gushing out blood appeared on his forehead. It was clearly just an ordinary mercury bullet, but the blessing bestowed by the white deer had no effect at all.

The sticky brain matter slowly slid out.

“Save, save…”

Ling Zhou couldn’t help but slide off the chair, his hands and feet spasming weakly and pulling at Chen Xingzhou’s trouser legs, mumbling incoherently: “I…Sixth Master…was wrong…I must…”

“Brother Ling!!!”

The subordinates could no longer bear it and rushed forward to rescue him, but Chen Xingzhou looked back expressionlessly.

Then, they all froze in place.

The bone-chilling murderous intent descended from the sky and came from the distant sea, like a thorn in the back!
No one dared to move forward until the last drop of blood and life of Lingzhou on the ground was drained away.

No more sound.

At this moment, silence rises from death.

Ji Jue slowly stood up and looked around.

“It seems that we have reached an agreement today?”

No one responded.

Only scarlet blood filled the air, reflecting his indifferent face.

“Where’s the wine?” Ji Jue asked.

The waiter who was trembling and stunned in the corner holding champagne didn’t react. The golden-haired waiter stepped forward and snatched the ice bucket and wine glass from his hands.

This idiot doesn’t know how to taste wine. He filled the wine glass to the brim without leaving any room.

She took small steps, holding the cup in both hands, and placed it in front of Ji Jue.

Ji Jue tilted his head back and drank half of the champagne in the glass, then sprinkled the rest on the corpse on the ground.

The wine from Huangji was consumed by blood.

Here, the dust has settled.

“Now–“

Ji Jue glanced at Ling Zhou’s subordinates and told them, “You can get out of my boat now.”

At that moment, there was crisp applause.

Chen Xingzhou was bewildered and looked back in confusion. He had just raised his hand, but who could be so ignorant?

Behind him, everyone stood there in a daze, without reacting, their faces flushed with shock.

Only the crisp applause came from the empty leader’s seat at the front.

Full of appreciation and admiration.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xingzhou applauded without hesitation.

Suddenly, applause from countless people followed, like thunder and rain, resounding through the endless night.

(End of this chapter)