This is a dilapidated city, permeated with desolation and decay.
The building was dilapidated, with broken windows, faded signs, and walls covered in mottled cracks.
The streets were littered with garbage, and occasionally a few incomplete corpses could be seen, emitting a putrid stench.
Normally, it's rare to see pedestrians on the street, but today is an exception.
At a certain intersection, there was a long red table, and a person dressed as a clown sat beside it.
There were five people sitting opposite him, men and women, young and old.
There were four playing cards in front of the clown, three of which had already been revealed, and he was now slowly revealing the last one.
The five people opposite him stared intently at the card, trembling all over, sweat dripping from their foreheads.
When the cards were finally revealed, the Joker immediately grinned wickedly.
"Oh, it's only 18 o'clock in total. Let's see who will be my lunch this time."
He looked up at the card values of the five people opposite him.
Two of them, whose scores are above 18, will survive to the next round; the other three, whose scores are below 18, will become his food.
"You three are really lucky."
After saying this, the clown made a grabbing motion with his right hand, and three blank playing cards appeared in his hand.
With a flick of his wrist, three cards flew out and hovered above the three men's heads.
The three of them looked terrified and got up to run away.
Unfortunately, it was too late; in the blink of an eye, it was sucked into the playing cards, becoming a dynamic image on the cards.
They were like they were sealed inside a deck of cards.
The three cards flew back to the Joker automatically, and he glanced at them with satisfaction.
Then, gently pinch a piece between your thumb and forefinger and, with great elegance, slowly bring it to your mouth.
Click! Click!
It made a crisp sound, like eating potato chips.
"It's delicious!"
The clown squinted, a satisfied look on his face, then waved ahead, "Come on, let's continue!"
There were two people left at the table, but three more quickly joined them.
If you look up behind these five people, you will see a long, winding line that stretches far into the street.
There are probably several hundred people.
They were queuing up just to play this poker trick.
They didn't want to come and die, but they had no choice!
The surrounding streets had already been sealed off by dozens of ghost hunters, who were specifically watching them.
Anyone who dares to escape, anyone who dares to disobey, will be tortured and killed on the spot!
That was an extremely cruel and brutal killing; it wasn't a simple death.
Therefore, people would rather be eaten by monsters than fall into the hands of monster hunters.
At this moment, a few dozen meters to the right of the poker table, a young man in a white suit stood there, watching the situation on the gambling table with great interest.
There were several other people nearby, just like him, watching the gambling game closely.
At the same time, they are analyzing the death rules of poker tricks, trying to find a way to break them.
Not far behind these people, there was a spatial rift from which strange creatures kept emerging.
Fortunately, a team of monster hunters had already been arranged to guard the area. If they encountered a monster that they could defeat, they would capture it and keep it under contract.
If you can't defeat them, lure them away to avoid interfering with your operations here.
The Poker Ghost also emerged from the crack. Because it is a fierce ghost, it is very powerful, and the ghost hunter team cannot defeat it.
So they gathered hundreds of people and had them line up to test the rules.
Once we figure out how to break the rules, we can then negotiate with this sinister creature.
If he refuses to sign the contract, then spread the word around the world about how to break it, making it difficult for him to kill people using the rules in the future.
Threats are only the first step; many supernatural entities do not accept being threatened by humans.
So there's a second step: bribery.
They promised the supernatural that as long as an equal contract was signed, they would receive several thousand or tens of thousands of ghost money every month.
In addition, they would proactively offer him live humans to eat.
The monster came to the human world to eat people, and now it can not only eat people, but also get ghost money, and the best part is that it's stable.
Most of the more rational and clear-headed weirdos would agree to the contract.
This is a bizarre method of contract that is currently very popular.
It works very well, but it's extremely dangerous!
The poker game continued unabated when suddenly another team of poker hunters arrived.
They look quite aggressive.
The man in the lead strode up to the young man in the suit.
His face contorted with rage as he demanded, "Wei Tingchuan, what are you doing? How many people are you going to kill for this wicked monster?"
Wei Tingchuan smiled knowingly and said dismissively, "They were just ordinary people. If they died, they died. Why should Brother Wu take it to heart?"
Wu Yu was half a head taller than Wei Tingchuan, exuding an imposing aura. "Don't you have the Fierce and Strange skill? Just go and fight! Why waste lives?"
"Brother Wu, this is the end times. Human life is the cheapest thing, but my life is very valuable."
I won't act unless I'm absolutely certain. Why don't you give it a try, Brother Wei?
Wei Tingchuan showed no fear of Wu Yu, instead displaying a disdainful expression.
Wu Yu was so angry at these words that he wanted to hit someone, but he knew he was no match for them.
He had to soften his tone and continue to persuade, "These people usually burn paper money for us to earn ghost money."
Even if they haven't done anything meritorious, they've still put in the effort. If you force them to their deaths now, who will burn paper money for us in the afterlife?
“My dear Brother Wu, the most important thing now is to take down this vicious monster. We must strive to become stronger, otherwise we will be killed by an even more powerful monster sooner or later, or by someone else.”
No sooner had Wei Tingchuan finished speaking than Wu Yu heard someone shout something.
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