Luo Pu had a strange feeling, and he couldn't explain why. He just felt that, based on his understanding of Jin Shu's personality, she should look like this.
Do you like this face?
Jin Shu's sudden remark made Luo Pu's ears turn completely red.
"Everyone likes beautiful things, don't overthink it."
"Okay, I won't think about it."
Jin Shu walked straight into the underground exchange. Luo Pu looked at the tall and slender figure in front of him, slapped himself hard, and then followed her with a flushed face.
Luo Pu has his own set of communication skills when it comes to things like underground black market exchanges.
He quickly came over with two passes and handed one to Jin Shu.
"The underground mecha competition is about to begin. Follow that person in front of you. When you get there, you don't need to say anything, just pay and go in."
The two followed the person who was completely covered up to a rather secluded and inconspicuous small door. After pushing open the door, they walked through a long corridor and finally arrived at an iron door guarded by someone with a gun.
Jin Shu handed them the cash, a total of two thousand interstellar coins. After receiving the money, the iron gate slowly opened, and a deafening roar of cheers came from inside.
This was a venue larger than a football field. The stands were crowded and chaotic, with everyone crammed together, pushing and shoving their way in, their eyes fixed on the ring in the center with intense and frenzied gazes.
Standing on it, Jin Shu could clearly see everything on the arena.
In the heated arena, two modified mechs stood in the center of the ring. One was a mimicking giant snake, its black metallic scales covered with patches of red spots. As the giant snake slid across the ground, the spots reflected a cold, eerie light like scarlet eyes. Behind the two enormous snake eyes on its head was the cockpit. The underground illegal mech warrior was now controlling the giant snake, opening its massive maw and arrogantly firing flames at the audience. In an instant, the audience erupted in cheers, and the men's roars nearly lifted the roof off.
Opposite the giant serpent was a steel-armored earth dragon, its incredibly hard armor complementing its massive, heavy tail, the tip of which was a stone hammer covered in spikes. It raised high and then slammed down, instantly causing the entire ground to tremble.
The ground here is made of a professional impact-resistant material; otherwise, just these two steel behemoths walking around here would have cracked the ground.
These are all ground combat mechs. Their most notable features are their weight, pressure resistance, and strong attack power. When they fight each other, the friction between steel and iron sparks fly, and heat waves sweep over. Accompanied by deafening shouts from the surrounding stands, the entire underground area resembles a giant steel furnace, with hot air rolling and boiling.
Luo Pu leaned close to Jin Shu's ear and shouted loudly.
"You can place bets on who will win."
Jin Shu nodded and continued to watch the exhilarating duel before her with rapt attention.
Who do you think will win?
"Snake Armor".
"Really? I see most people are betting on the Earth Dragon. The power difference between these two armors is too great. The Snake Armor seems to have no chance of winning."
Jin Shu didn't say anything, but went straight to the betting point and threw in 100,000 Star Coins.
"Bet on snake armor and you'll win."
All the spectators who had placed bets turned to look at the generous young woman, and some burst into laughter and mockery.
"You can't just squander money like this! The snake's tail is broken off; it'll be smashed into a pie in less than ten minutes!"
Jin Shu plopped down on the gambling table and smiled helplessly.
"I'm a newbie and don't know anything about this. I just thought this big snake looked powerful and was a formidable opponent."
"Hahaha, I knew you were a clueless sucker! But it's fine this way, it's 100,000, so we can get a bigger share!"
The people who had placed bets with Jin Shu were already sighing with their heads down.
Luo Pu looked at the match on the stage, which seemed to have already been decided, and then followed Jin Shu without hesitation and placed a bet of one thousand yuan.
Amidst the laughter and everyone was about to start dividing the money, an incredulous scream suddenly erupted from the stands.
"Ah!! What on earth happened?!"
Everyone turned around, and as soon as they saw the situation on stage, one or two of them instantly ran back to their seats, their expressions all showing the same shock.
"What's going on?! Why is the Earth Dragon Armor being constricted?!"
"Damn it! No way! We were about to win and he still got entangled!! Useless!!"
"The snake armor had just cut off its tail to survive, and without its tail, it moved even faster. The heavy earth dragon armor seemed to have the upper hand, chasing after the snake armor and beating it mercilessly. In reality, the snake armor had already taken this opportunity to surround it!"
Now the earth dragon's tail is also entangled, and it can't get free at all!
Just then, the snake armor, which had been conserving its energy, forcefully contracted its body. Its scales were incredibly hard. The entangled earth dragon armor struggled furiously, but the snake armor did not budge. The snake armor exhausted the earth dragon armor's strength.
The outcome is decided.
Snake Armor wins.
The gamblers below angrily smashed the things in their hands, then watched helplessly as Jin Shu pocketed most of the money.
"The snake armor actually won!"
The gamblers, who had initially given up all hope, were now overjoyed, holding their money and crowding around Jin Shu to inquire about her.
"This little girl doesn't look like she's from our planet. Where did she come from? What's she doing here?"
Jin Shu put the money away and stood up leisurely.
"I'm a tourist here. I've never been to a place like this before, so I just came to take a look."
"You can just casually glance at something and place a bet of 100,000? Are you too confident in yourself, or is 100,000 interstellar coins just a small amount of money for you?"
Luo Pu could clearly feel the ill-intentioned gazes coming from all directions.
In such places, there are desperate criminals, crazed gamblers, and people who love to watch the drama unfold.
There was excitement to be had, so everyone gathered around. When they heard that everyone's money had been won by a little girl from another planet, not only those who had placed bets, but even those who hadn't bet joined in the commotion.
"Isn't this just a troublemaker? Why should an alien like you win all the money from our planet?"
These mechs are maintained with our own money. What about you? Did you even pay for them? How dare you take our money like that?
Once someone started, everyone else found a pretext and surrounded Jin Shu, pressuring her to hand over the money.
Luo Pu hadn't expected the people on this planet to be so fierce, and that it was full of sore losers.
He pulled Jin Shu aside and whispered.
"Anyway, you're not short of money, just give it to them, consider it charity to beggars."
One hundred thousand is an astronomical figure for them, but for Jin Shu it's just the price of a set of clothes.
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