"Gulp."
Lv Mingxuan swallowed in shock.
So far, the number of bets in this round by the three of them exceeded the total of all previous games combined.
On the gambling table, the chips were piled high; a rough glance estimated no less than sixty thousand.
Even more shocking to Lv Mingxuan was that from the start of the game until now, Lin Sizhi had already thrown nearly seventy thousand chips.
These chips were with him from the very beginning.
Where did he get so many chips??
Even more terrifying, the game wasn't over yet. All three had already thrown too many chips on the table, and under such circumstances, no one would fold before revealing the cards.
If they couldn't see the result, they would probably die with regrets.
Time ticked by second by second.
Lu Xinyi looked at the chips in front of her and, in the last second of the countdown, pushed out a stack of 2000-point chips.
"Raise, 20,000!"
By now, the mountain of chips in front of Lu Xinyi was almost gone.
Previously, Lu Xinyi got 36,000 chips through blood draw, won 32,000 chips in the game against Jiang He and the others, and then won about 13,000 chips during the bet against Lin Sizhi.
But in this game, she had already thrown out 43,000 points.
Lv Mingxuan was a little worried, as he had already folded in this game and thus had no influence.
But from Lu Xinyi's expression, she didn't seem to have lost her reason.
The reason for raising 20,000 was because she determined this to be the maximum limit of Lin Sizhi's chip pool.
Even if he risked his life for a blood draw and was lucky enough to win against the Chips Exchange Machine two or three times, he could only get this many chips.
At this moment, if Lin Sizhi's remaining chips were less than 20,000, it would be time to reveal the cards.
If Lin Sizhi's remaining chips exceeded 20,000, it would mean something abnormal happened, forcing her to consider whether to fold and stop the loss.
Lv Mingxuan turned his gaze to Lin Sizhi, then his heart sank.
Because Lin Sizhi once again pulled out 20,000 chips from his pocket.
Not only him, Qin Yao also pulled out 20,000 from her pocket.
"Raise."
"Raise."
Lu Xinyi seemed drained of all her strength in an instant, her whole body froze.
She checked her remaining chips, only 38,000 points left.
Lv Mingxuan opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
If it were him, he would continue to raise at this time, because after throwing out more than sixty thousand chips, there was no reason to stop here.
However, in the last second of the countdown, Lu Xinyi squeezed out two words from between her teeth.
"Fold."
Lin Sizhi was a bit surprised, "Oh?"
He chuckled, "Not bad, a rational choice."
He once again pulled out a 2,000-point chip from his pocket, "Raise."
Lu Xinyi then stared at Qin Yao.
Because she knew, after she folded, Qin Yao had no reason to keep raising. And as long as Qin Yao decided to call, the cards would be revealed.
At that point, she would be able to see what Lin Sizhi's hand actually was.
Even if it turned out to be a bluff with a small hand, she could admit her loss with conviction.
And Qin Yao was certain to call, because the chips on the table had already piled up to more than 100,000!
Whoever won could take all the chips.
In the game against Jiang He, Lu Xinyi already knew Community 17 was different from them, without a tightly knit organization. They called it cooperation, but in fact, everyone was fighting for themselves.
Thus, facing more than 100,000 chips, Qin Yao choosing to reveal the cards and take a gamble was very likely.
However, Qin Yao simply tossed her hand on the table.
"Fold."
"Swish."
The mechanical arm started up, sweeping all the piled-up chips to Lin Sizhi's side.
Lu Xinyi's heart sank completely, and her desire to see the cards vanished entirely.
The mechanical arm collected all the playing cards, discarded them into the recycling slot inside the gambling table, then brought out a new deck to continue with the shuffling and dealing process.
Lv Mingxuan looked at the chips before him.
Since he hadn't participated in the divine clash last round, most of his chips remained, with more than forty thousand still left.
He somewhat understood why Lu Xinyi folded.
Because if Lu Xinyi didn't fold and instead bet all her remaining 38,000 points, upon losing she would be wiped out and forced to leave.
With only Lv Mingxuan left alone, the chances of winning the remaining two rounds would greatly decrease, and he would have to leave after just losing the ante.
Lu Xinyi kept her final 38,000 chips, in case she got a strong hand, she could team up with Lv Mingxuan to recover as much as possible.
After all, on the gambling table, heaven and hell were just a thought away.
Besides, there was another reason—Lu Xinyi judged that Qin Yao would inevitably call and reveal.
So even if Lu Xinyi folded, she would still see what Lin Sizhi's hand was.
But Lu Xinyi hadn't expected that Qin Yao would straightforwardly abandon the chips worth more than 100,000, losing the chance to see Lin Sizhi's hand entirely.
It's hard to say whether this decision is right or wrong because the hand that Lin Sizhi is holding could indeed be a very big one.
Lv Mingxuan glanced at Lu Xinyi, only to see her bowing her head, lost in thought.
Looking at Lin Sizhi again, although he had so many chips, he still didn't show much expression, didn't even stack the chips like others, just let them pile messily in front of him.
"There are still two rounds, we still have a chance to win back." Lv Mingxuan consoled.
The mechanical arm had already dealt the cards, but Lin Sizhi didn't flip them open.
He looked at the countdown on the big screen: "You seem to have not figured out the current situation.
"The most important thing for you now is not to think about winning, but to figure out how to quickly give all the remaining chips to us."
The corner of Lv Mingxuan's eye twitched: "Saying this kind of trash talk is meaningless."
Lin Sizhi shook his head: "No, this isn't trash talk, it's a reminder.
"Lu Xinyi, if you're really a smart person, you should know what I'm talking about now.
"Of course, if you're fools, I don't mind continuing to waste time with you."
Lu Xinyi slowly raised her head, her eyes becoming more confused.
She had many puzzling questions earlier, and now, after hearing Lin Sizhi's "trash talk," she was even more puzzled.
"Raise."
Lin Sizhi was the dealer, and this time he only slowly threw down a 1000 chip as the countdown was about to end.
Suddenly, Lu Xinyi seemed to think of something, her gaze passed over Lin Sizhi and looked towards the rest area of the Community 17 players, where Jiang He and Su Xiuqin originally sat on the sofa.
However, at some point, the two of them were gone.
At this moment, the problems Lu Xinyi couldn't understand instantly connected, sounding a tremendous noise in her mind!
The game hadn't ended, and Jiang He and Su Xiuqin had nowhere to go; the only explanation is that they re-entered the compartment of the Chips Exchange Machine area.
Where did Lin Sizhi and Qin Yao's chips come from?
They could only have been won from the Chips Exchange Machine.
Originally, Qin Yao only had 8000 chips in hand, but in this game, she and Lin Sizhi almost seemed to have an unlimited number of chips. All of this could only be because in those ten-plus minutes in the middle of the two games, she entered the Chips Exchange Machine area again.
The problem that had been bothering Lu Xinyi instantly had an answer.
"The Chips Exchange Machine has a problem!
"Lin Sizhi found some loophole in the Chips Exchange Machine, so he got a lot of chips!"
Lu Xinyi hurriedly looked at the big screen, where the countdown showed 17 minutes remaining.
"So much time has already passed!"
Lu Xinyi was shocked because before the start of this round, there were still 46 minutes left.
In a six-player game, according to the usual progress, it could end in about 15 minutes.
But now, nearly half an hour had passed, and the gamble had only reached the eighth round.
This was not just because the previous big bet involved repeated thinking and raising, consuming a lot of time, but also because Lin Sizhi had been deliberately stalling from the beginning.
Now thinking back, many times when it was his turn, he almost always took the full 1 minute of thinking time, which greatly increased the time for this game.
"Is this part of your plan too?" Lu Xinyi's heart sank.
Originally, she planned to research the Chips Exchange Machine in the remaining half hour, but now there's only fifteen minutes left.
Qin Yao had already chosen to raise, still only raising a thousand based on Lin Sizhi's chips.
Lu Xinyi immediately said, "Fold!"
She then looked at Lv Mingxuan: "You fold too!"
Lv Mingxuan was taken aback because he had a pair, and his hand was not bad.
But Lu Xinyi's attitude was firm: "Fold, now."
Lv Mingxuan didn't understand why but still chose to fold.
Lu Xinyi then waved to the other two players from Community 3 sitting in the rest area.
"The Chips Exchange Machine might have some loophole, you can gain a large amount of chips, go try it immediately!"
The two were shocked, but without asking further, they quickly entered the compartment.
Lu Xinyi looked at the big screen again, her brain racing.
"If it goes smoothly, finish the gamble in one minute, and there are still 15 minutes to find the loophole in the Chips Exchange Machine..."
She had already guessed what this loophole might roughly be.
Since the probability of winning is not high, the only way to steadily and significantly win a large number of chips from the Chips Exchange Machine is when you have a big hand, using some method to earn unlimited chips.
10 minutes, no, with luck, it only takes 5 minutes to multiply the chips in hand several times.
However, when the one-minute countdown on the table ended, Lin Sizhi slowly picked up another 2000 chip and placed it in the betting area.
"Raise."
"You..." Lu Xinyi was stunned.
She suddenly realized that she was back to the original problem: as long as Lin Sizhi and Qin Yao kept slowly raising, it would be enough to use up all the time.
If in the last round, Lu Xinyi really bet all the chips and lost, she would be free at this time.
Going to the Chips Exchange Machine to sell 200ML of blood and leveraging the already known loophole, she could earn a big pile of chips again.
But now, these remaining more than thirty thousand chips turned into her stumbling block.
Because the game rules were clearly stated: once a multi-player table opens, either complete ten rounds of games or run out of chips, otherwise, they cannot leave the field.
Lin Sizhi looked at the countdown on the big screen: "Time is running out, shall we talk about the ransom issue?"