"The sixth and final betting match begins. First, cards will be drawn, then bets will be placed, and finally, the details of the match will be revealed."
T10 drew the Queen of Spades, which reduces one of the abilities of one of the player's pieces. This is a significant weakening of Gu Lingxiao, but it is still within acceptable limits, because there is another Ace of Diamonds that will affect Gu Lingxiao later, which Black had previously saved.
In this final game, as long as they don't draw the Ace of Spades, they're fine. The Ace of Clubs has already been drawn by the Black side, but they still have it, meaning it will ultimately affect their pieces.
The enemy will have all their abilities sealed, while our side will regain all their abilities.
This imbalance greatly increases the chances of winning.
The aliens have given up hope; it's highly likely that the story will end in their complete defeat.
The second gambler drew the Ace of Hearts, restoring the full strength of his pieces, but he still had a Clubs piece he had saved. If he were to restore it, it would instantly revert to its original state.
The third gambler drew the Nine of Clubs, which, when applied to Gu Lingxiao, only weakened his previously increased strength by more than half.
The fourth gambler drew the King of Spades. Since he had no other capable pieces, he had to keep it.
The fifth draw was the 8 of Hearts.
The fifth gambler significantly increased Gu Lingxiao's strength.
Now the aliens were even more desperate.
I drew the 9 of diamonds in the sixth draw.
I drew the 5 of Hearts on my seventh draw, but it was useless.
"Let's end this ridiculous farce here," Poison Dragon chuckled, but his laughter soon faded.
"Red, the Red King?"
In an instant, all the gamblers present looked at Poison Dragon again.
"Great, great, luck is finally on our side!"
The Red Ace flew to the Fourth Gambler's side because the Poison Dragon had no pieces left, since only his pieces were still alive.
"Resurrecting the second gambler's piece" is the optimal choice, because the piece that is still alive is not as strong as the piece that was previously eliminated by the black ace.
The aliens instantly became excited.
"The draw is over. Now we'll start clearing out the remaining cards." T10 didn't keep any cards, but the opponent kept a lot more. Most of them were to strengthen T10's side. The only cards that weakened their own side were the Ace of Spades, the King of Spades, and the Jack of Spades. The other cards that weakened their own side were used on the Poison Dragon pieces.
The Poison Dragon's pieces also suffer misfortune when they follow the Poison Dragon.
The Ace of Spades was used on the fourth gambler's piece, instantly turning it into an ordinary creature. The King and Jack of Spades could only be used on pieces that had just been resurrected and regained their full strength. Reducing two abilities didn't have much of an impact, as this piece was originally carefully selected and was a dual-ability creature at the tenth stage of evolution.
After subtracting the two abilities that were previously added, the total number of abilities remained unchanged. In addition, the newly drawn cards that increased his strength were used on him, making him considerably stronger with the cards that were previously enhanced.
Black played the diamond cards one by one on Gu Lingxiao, and the King and Queen of Diamonds gave him two new abilities.
Two dice spun in front of T10. One landed on a 3, granting him a lightning elemental ability, while the other landed on a 6.
In an instant, Gu Lingxiao sensed an incredibly powerful ability.
When the Ace of Diamonds struck him, the long-lost feeling of power made Gu Lingxiao exhale.
Gu Lingxiao soon discovered that the increased card points were based on his original strength, meaning he was now at least ten times stronger than before he received the extra cards.
"Such a powerful feeling, yet still too weak, too weak. This kind of power, so easily bestowed or taken away by others, feels too fake."
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"Then let's begin placing bets," the black and white mist said.
Black moves first.
"Since things have come to this point, I will stake the lives of all of us who have been born, respect the object of our trust, and this crystal that can activate the power of the gambling." They have already lost everything else; the most valuable thing is this crystal of power, and they have staked everything on it.
When he reached T10, he tried to slowly increase his bets until all the chips he had won before were not enough. Even betting everything he had was not enough. In the end, he could only resort to throwing out mechanical creatures below T10 to stop preventing them from returning and even helping them gamble to make the bets equal.
Calculations show that betting all mechanical lifeforms below T10 would greatly increase the chances of the enemy losing the gamble by putting up their chips. However, there is an insurmountable barrier in their mechanical kingdom: they cannot make decisions about other people's lives.
In this respect, mechanical beings are not as adaptable as other beings.
"The stakes are equal, so let's begin reading out the terms of the bet."
"All pieces will be placed into three identical worlds. In each of these worlds, a zombie comparable to a Venerable One, a transcendent being, will hunt down the pieces. The piece that survives the longest wins."
"What? We'll just die the moment we meet? Let's see who can escape the fastest!"
“I have a question,” t10 said at this moment.
"When a chess piece dies in this gamble, is it truly dead?"
The cold, ruthless word "Yes" came from the black and white mist.
"Is there any possibility of change?" T10 continued to ask. He didn't want anyone to die, even if it wasn't a human. He didn't want his pawns to die either, because that would be sending them to their deaths. There was no other possibility, even if that person's strength was close to that of a superhuman being. That was a difference in the level of life.
The black and white fog continued to give a negative answer: "No."
"In lieu of my life?"
"no"
“Plus my backup data,” t10 continued.
“T10, isn’t it unnecessary?” Poison Dragon advised.
“No, when you choose him as a pawn, his life no longer belongs to him,” the black and white mist continued.
"The final duel begins," the black and white mist announced.
Gu Lingxiao found himself in a world filled with towering skyscrapers and dilapidated buildings, as if he had returned to the world he had left behind.
"I've been out for a long time and I don't know how Gu Lingchuan and the others are doing. Knowing his personality, he might come looking for me, which would be troublesome."
As soon as I arrived in this world, a phantom of T10 appeared in front of me. They were the ones who told the pieces the rules of this duel.
The black side didn't even show their faces, but only told the pieces the general rules, and even then, it was false information. For example, they had to last longer than the other pieces, otherwise, the zombies, comparable to Venerable Ones and extraordinary beings, would keep chasing them until all the other pieces were dead.
Meanwhile, T10 told Gu Lingxiao everything: "I'm sorry, I will find this place and get your body sample later. Now you can tell me all your memories, and I will make a copy and add all your memories. Theoretically speaking, this is equivalent to resurrection."
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