Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Gambling 3

"That's not certain. She might not be able to pass the tutorial."

"So, we did a good thing. We helped her realize her own abilities. After all, not everyone is cut out for mecha piloting."

"Hahaha."

There was a burst of mocking laughter in the small group.

…

The VX-89 body spun neatly in the air and killed two more blind spiders.

Tao Ying glanced at the time. Forty-five minutes had passed and the kill count was 6/10.

The next four blind spiders are the toughest ones to deal with. They are more intelligent and can work in groups.

Tao Ying's body was beginning to feel tired, so she found a safe area and rested for five minutes.

After the break, Tao Ying was attacked by two Zergs and forced out of the safe zone.

As he dodged downward, his right hand lost strength, sweat dripping, and his grip on the joystick slipped. In the corner, a mantis-like Zerg raised its sickle-like hand and chopped off the cab.

...How come a rare monster was randomly calculated?

Suddenly, everything went dark in front of her eyes. The cockpit exploded, flames burned before her eyes, and heat waves hit her face. Tao Ying's pain nerves were stinging wildly. Ten seconds later, she reappeared in the resurrection area.

Tao Ying was covered in cold sweat, and after five minutes, the burning sensation on her body gradually dissipated.

There were still two minutes left before the ninth inning. Tao Ying massaged her aching right hand and lay back on the chair for a while.

She had been playing for six hours straight.

But my mental state is still good.

If she had done the same intensity exercise outside the game, she would probably have been gloriously admitted to the medical cabin before the first game was even finished.

When she couldn't practice on a real machine, "Spark" was a very good training tool for her.

…

During the gambling game, curious spectators kept passing by and entering the room.

[What's going on? Is this a small tournament organized by someone?]

[It doesn't seem like two newcomers are betting.]

[They're all newbies? It's over. Are they those same idiots who specialize in scamming newbies? Back when I was young and naive, I started gambling with them and ended up in debt of a million. I deleted and reopened my account so many times just to start playing and make money. I almost vomited.]

[But at least I can delete my account and start over... Wait, why did this newbie even bet her mecha?! Is she crazy?!]

[It's just a few VX-89s, what's the problem?]

After deleting your account and restarting, the system will automatically select the highest-valued mech from the previous game. This will be your starting mech for new players. If you didn't have a mech in your inventory before deleting your account, you'll start the game empty-handed.

[So for a newcomer! Once she loses this mecha! It means that after deleting her account and reopening, she will face the Zerg being torn apart by hand!]

[Add to that their one million debt, and this account is completely ruined! ]

After watching the conversation in the room, Lin Biege let out a hiss.

Nan Gua clenched his fists: "That Shuttlecock Head is indeed not a good person."

This scam has been going on for years, so those who fell for it seem like they're new to the game. Hopefully, this won't give them a bad impression of the game.

[There's nothing I can do. Haitai Technology has been on a downward spiral in recent years, and many people have left. My friend said it's lucky Huozhan is still operating. It's not making any money, and it's even losing money. There's almost no one maintaining it.]

In the tutorial for beginners, the protagonist's health bar will never be reset to zero, as long as you finish the game within the specified time. However, this newbie actually had to restart the game seven times in a row because of the timeout.

Her limit should be killing eight. She definitely can't win.

The ten jury members began to sigh for Tao Ying in advance.

Nan Gua opened the chat window and retorted, "What makes you say she will definitely lose?"

Lin Biege also spoke in the room to defend Tao Ying, but she was also nervous.

"What if Shadow really loses?"

Nan Gua: "My intuition tells me that Xiaoying wouldn't make a bet on something she wasn't sure of. She's so calm and confident, it seems like..."

Lin Biege continued, "It seems like you're planning something immoral?"

Nan Gua nodded.

As the jury said, Tao Ying didn't even increase her kill rate by one in the ninth game.

Still 8/10.

Everyone judged that her physical strength had reached a bottleneck and she was doomed to lose the bet.

Tao Ying prepared for a long time before the start of the tenth game, and everyone was a little impatient.

Let her just admit defeat. If she had known, she wouldn't have signed up for the judging panel.

I'm in the 8 time zone. I'm going to have a meal first and then check the results when I get back. 88.

I'm in the 12th time zone, I'll take a nap first. She'll call me when she's ready.

In the Chester time zone where Tao Ying and the others were, there were only seven or eight people left watching the game.

Lin Biege was unconvinced and said, "It's not the end yet."

Jury: "Well, sometimes admitting one's shortcomings is also a part of progress..."

However, at the beginning of the tenth game, Tao Ying's route was completely different from the previous nine games.

The judges were all a little sleepy, but when they saw her unconventional route, they suddenly stood at attention.

[She's going downstairs? Is this a change of strategy?]

[Wait, that move she just made was completely different from the previous ones! She chopped off two blind spiders! Amazing!]

Before anyone could be surprised, they saw the Taoying mecha clinging to the light energy panel of the space dock, turning around and cutting the three blind spiders into two halves!

And at this time, only five minutes had passed.

In five minutes, she killed five E-level blind spiders!

This means that she only needs to kill the other five in the remaining fifty-five minutes to win!

Everyone gradually became excited.

【There's a chance! Go for it!】

It's on fire.

[Wait, she's backing off! Why? This is a great spot to attack!]

The next second, Tao Ying's actions gave the answer.

She blasted away the gravity ring of the space dock and kicked the semicircular debris over.

Killed three more!

The remaining two blind spiders suddenly lost their balance due to the lack of the gravity ring.

Tao Ying used the reaction force of the outer wall of the dock to bounce into space.

The red VX-89 streaked across the sky and landed between the two blind spiders.

She raised her hand and slashed with a knife.

When they were retracted, acid burst out from the abdomens of the two blind spiders.

【Kill count 10/10.】

【You have completed the tutorial. 】

[Congratulations on obtaining the hidden achievement: Complete the novice tutorial in less than ten minutes in Constitution E mode.]

[Achievement Rewards: 500,000 Spark Coins, 1 Logbook Fragment, 1 Special Item: Key from Somewhere.]

"Huh." Tao Ying glanced at the time in the upper left corner.

Ten minutes.

This is the limit of her physical condition.

Tao Ying tapped the headset: "Time to call it a day, teammates."

audience:"……"

What just happened?

Constitution E, she actually passed the tutorial in just ten minutes!

So why did she keep dawdling and couldn't pass the level until the time limit expired? Was it fun?

Someone on the jury excitedly said, "Did anyone just record a video? Send it to me! It works!!"

"I have, I have."

"Private me, private me."

After receiving the video, the man excitedly opened the Star Network Live Broadcast, entered the game area, found the anchor he followed, and sent a SC.

This anchor is a big shot in the mecha game area.

I ranked third in the personal ladder list of "Fire", so I named myself the Eternal Third. I have changed many circles over the years, but I still keep this ID.

Although the system and theme of "Spark" are very fascinating, the mecha are updated very quickly. "Spark" has been suspended for many years and can no longer keep up with the times.

The third one is playing other mecha games.

He read: "Thanks to user Xiao Yugan for posting a message: 'Old Third, someone has completed the Fire Starter tutorial with a physique of E.' ...?"

The live broadcast room was playing other mecha games, and suddenly the words "Spark" appeared, leaving the audience confused.

The third brother's tone was a little helpless.

"Constitution E is such an old meme. I thought you were a new viewer, but your fan card says you've been a 'long-time fan'. What kind of person are you?"

Xiao Yugan was anxious: "No, Lao San, someone really passed, I'm not kidding, and he's a newcomer. Check the private message, I sent you a video!"

"How is that possible? According to the data, the probability is one in a billion."

Unless the manipulation is extremely precise.

But even the top two players on the ladder leaderboard might not be able to do it, let alone a newcomer.

Lao San didn't believe it at all, but Xiao Yu Gan was an old fan, and Lao San also wanted to see what video he had posted, so he paused the game and opened the private message from the fan.

He didn't take it seriously at first, but after watching for two minutes, his brows gradually furrowed. When he saw Tao Ying chop the abdomens of three blind spiders with one knife, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

“It’s actually true??”

This video is sure to go viral!

The third brother thought about it and quickly put the video into the live broadcast room.

Sure enough, two minutes later, the screen was filled with question marks, and a large number of new viewers flooded into the live broadcast room.

【WTF, is this reasonable? ? 】

[I must be hallucinating because I stayed up late today.]

【Is this video photoshopped? 】

[No, I want to dig out the fire that has been sealed for many years and take a look.]

A group of viewers crowded into Tinder's small server and almost overwhelmed it.

However, because the bet was over, "User S" was still in the novice protection period and could not use props to lock the position. So they failed to find the legendary "newcomer".

Everyone felt very sorry.

At night, it is the time when everyone falls asleep after watching the live broadcast, but now they can't sleep.

The video quickly spread and was played continuously in the live broadcast rooms of major anchors in the mecha game area.

A group of people began to analyze whether this video was fake, and which big shot on the leaderboard this "User S" in the video was actually an alias of.

Tao Ying knew nothing about this. She went to the novice hall and high-fived her teammates.

The jury's decision was a success. 10:0. Side A wins.

[Users "S", "Pumpkin", and "Linbig" received a Mecha Morrowind and three million Spark Coins.]

The words +300 0000 Tinder Coins popped up above their heads.

The team also had an extra mecha in their backpack.

They had no use for the Morning Breeze, a sniper-type mech. Tao Ying quickly put it on the market for 100,000 Spark Coins. Then she selected some mech weapons and equipped the team.

When he looked up, he saw Jianzitou staring blankly at his account balance. When he looked at Tao Ying's face, he was so angry that his teeth were broken.

Tao Ying showed a devilish smile, as if she had anticipated this result.

She smiled and patted the shuttlecock head's shoulder.

"Thank you. Starting out with a debt of three million Spark Coins must be a very unique experience. Good luck."

Her encouragement sounded like a mockery to Jianzitou.

“Ding Di——”

The alarm rang and Tao Ying and the others quit the game.

And the shuttlecock head in the game is still going crazy.

Because he just found out that according to the Spark system rules, if you lose the default mecha in the gambling game at the beginning, you will have to tear the Zerg apart by hand the next time you delete your account and start over!

His account is useless.

"That user named 'S' suddenly suggested betting on both teams' mechas. She must have known the rules and did it on purpose!!!"

"This person is no ordinary person. We shouldn't have treated her as a newcomer and let our guard down from the beginning."

“How vicious!”

There was a lot of cursing in the small group.

They are losers in real life and cannot beat others in the game, so they can only enjoy bullying newcomers, causing many newcomers to delete their accounts and even suffer mental trauma.

Now that someone has retaliated against me in the same way, I can’t stand it.

But they don't realize there's anything wrong with this behavior.

So Jianzitou thought, no problem. He had plenty of accounts, so he could just change his ID and get revenge on user "S".

But the next day, Jianzitou opened the group and found that everyone’s account in the group had been blocked.

The president of the company that owns "Spark" actually issued an announcement.

@伊琳娜: I received an email last night. The sender said there's a group of people in Spark who are maliciously ostracizing and deceiving new players, and they're enjoying it. Many people have complained, but the problem remains unresolved. I'm surprised this still exists in a game that's been around for so many years. We've had our technicians ban all of their accounts today, and they've also locked their StarNet addresses. They'll be banned every time they see you. No more worries, everyone. [heart] [red wine glass]

The comment section was full of applause.

【Ahhh, it's finally been dealt with, President, you're alive, I've reported them so many times! 】

[Whoever sent the email to the president, I want to give her money! ]

[I guess they're from the industry? Anyway, it's really satisfying!]

@伊琳娜: Oh, and here's another thing, I'm sure everyone knows, but I'll share it anyway. *shares video* Yesterday, a new player, with a Constitution E, beat the tutorial in ten minutes! They even got a hidden achievement! This is practically impossible given the numerical design of our game. I didn't expect someone would actually beat it after all these years. I'm truly moved.

@Irina: Oh, sorry, I talked too much, maybe I drank a little today.

@伊琳娜: We were a very small team when we first started Spark, and we all came to make games with a dream in mind.

@Irina: The main programmer of "Spark" has passed away for many years, and I miss her very much.

Irina posted many messages in a row. Although Haitai Technology is not as powerful as before, Irina, as the president of Haitai Technology, is still a top star in StarNet.

These posts of hers directly became a hot search on Star Network.

#Irina misses the main programmer of "Fire"#

Lin Biege turned her head curiously: "Whose program is she talking about?"

Tao Ying paused and nodded: "Tao Ying."

Lin Biege: "Ah! You're talking about Tao Ying!"

Tao Ying asked curiously, "You know?"

I feel that the information that Lin Biege can obtain on the Star Network is definitely not positive... Most likely it is "plagiarism of subordinates' research results" or "illegal sale of confidential data."

But Lin Biege's answer was somewhat beyond her expectations.

"I know that Tao Ying and Irina are friends."

…

Friends. Such a simple and sincere word.

But it can’t be said to be wrong.

Irina was indeed one of the few friends she could trust.

She actually owns some shares in Haitai Technology.

As for the production team of Fire, at the beginning it only consisted of her and Irina.

Maybe it was because of what Irina just said that Tao Ying really missed that time.

Tao Ying's eyes became somewhat kind, and she asked Lin Biege: "But how do you know they are friends?"

Lin Biege said nonchalantly, "Irina said it herself! She said she and Tao Ying knew each other back in college. Their story was quite legendary. They both climbed over the wall to leave the school on the same night and just happened to bump into each other."

"She also said that Tao Ying climbed over the wall that day to buy a birthday present for her first love... Hey Yingzi, why do you look so strange all of a sudden? Xiaoye? Xiaoye, why are you offline?"

Tao Ying and Ye Xinghui: "..."

Ok, now they are not friends anymore, thank you.

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Author's words: Hidden achievement get [scatter flowers]

Yes, our Xiaoying is the main programmer of "Fire" (nods