I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 153 Are you crazy?

Yin An's sarcasm wasn't just directed at the two favorites to win the championship on the big screen.

After belittling the two individuals, she then took the opportunity to bring up the issue of match-fixing:
"Hmph... In my opinion, the organizers of this Purgatory Beast Hunting Arena have definitely hired a lot of C-level players to fix matches and run a gambling business. Caesar is just one of their dogs. These people have no shame in their pursuit of money."

"Where is the casino?" Cao Yu asked.

"What, you want to bet on yourself to win?"

Yin An curled his lip:
"Don't even think about it. The hunting grounds have been in business for so many years. All the ways to make money have already been explored and blocked."

The list of players betting on the winners and losers will only include names of 'familiar faces'. Even if you bet on Caesar and Wanting to lose, the odds won't be high.

Of course, if you're very confident in your abilities and can completely control the competition, then you could take a gamble... betting on rankings, scores, etc. As long as you can control the outcome, you could potentially make a profit. However, this is almost impossible.

Even she wasn't confident she could achieve that level of skill.

After all, Caesar and Wan Ting, these two favorites to win the championship, are not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry.

Wan Ting possesses a level 10 aptitude and has mastered a classic-level cultivation technique—her ability to maintain the highest daily competition score during this year's competition is not due to luck, but to her hard-earned strength.

Caesar is a superhuman player, and his superpower is number 73, Crimson Decree. This level of number would rank among the top in the entire 09 node, which means he is no ordinary person.

Competing against these two, trying to control the entire arena and make the pace of the competition exactly as you expect... while not entirely impossible, the difficulty has undoubtedly skyrocketed.

"and,"

Yin An continued:

"The forces behind the hunting grounds are not simple. You can gamble small at the casino, but when it comes to big bets... Hmph, anyone who dares to come here and cause trouble always ends up in a miserable state. The darkness of this world is far beyond your imagination."

"I think the real darkness lies in your mental state..." Cao Yu said. "Let's go register first. After we register, you can take me to the casino."

"Why should I take you?" Yin An sneered.

"I can consider the matter of your family trying to win me over," Cao Yu said.

Even considering it for a second is still considering it.

He wasn't lying when he said that.

"Really?" Yin An confirmed.

"Hmph, I disdain lying."

Cao Yu imitated Yin An's tone and began to snort coldly.

"Alright then." Yin An nodded. "It seems you're quite confident in your abilities."

"Same to you. But you..."

Cao Yu chuckled and said:

"I remember someone saying that she was just casually making connections on behalf of the family to complete their mission, and even told me 'take it or leave it.' I thought she really didn't care. Turns out she was just pretending not to care?"

"...Add it or not, it's up to you!" Yin An snorted coldly.

……

Cao Yu wasn't actually very interested in casinos.

Even if Yin An hadn't reminded him, he knew that placing large bets at the casino and trying to disrupt someone else's business by "controlling the game" would inevitably lead to a difficult situation from which he could not extricate himself.

Behind the Purgatory Beast Hunting Grounds, there are A-level players backing it up.

And there is likely more than one.

He doesn't want to provoke a force of that caliber at this stage.

If you want to make money, just rob the Li Ren family next; there's no need to cause trouble at the hunting grounds.

However... a big gamble is not an option, but a small gamble is fine.

He had already made up his mind to make a big splash in the competition—if he wanted to leave a deep impression on the players in the audience, he had to do something big.
Since the outcome is already decided, it's necessary to make some money through small bets.

It's just something that comes handy.

The two quickly completed the registration process.

The fact that registration was free earned Cao Yu's approval.

To his surprise, not many players signed up for the competition, far below the maximum number of participants set by the organizers.

The monthly competition offers even more generous rewards, which should theoretically attract many players.

Even though the first and second place are almost guaranteed by Caesar and Wan Ting, the reward for third place is just as good. Is it really that unattractive?
Cao Yu posed this question to Yin An, and soon received an answer.

"You're too naive. I've told you before, the darkness of this world is far beyond your imagination."

Yin An replied with a cold laugh:
"Why do you think the tickets for the hunting grounds are selling so well? If there weren't some exciting things to see, why would these psychopaths come here to support us?"
While the hunting competition doesn't prohibit players from killing each other, the threat from players is only a secondary one. The real danger lies with the monsters in the arena; each one is quite powerful and is full of malice and aggression towards the participating players.

Today is the monthly grand competition, with even richer rewards and more dangerous monsters. The organizers might even have included monsters of B-rank strength.

After a pause, she concluded:

"The organizers aren't doing charity. The players hunting monsters is the highlight, but the reverse... is also a highlight, and even more exciting. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."

Cao Yu: "..."

So what if the monster is also very strong? Why is the Abyss Gaze here... He discovered that this little girl really liked to pretend to be profound and discuss the darkness of the world, and she could bring up darkness in everything.

Cao Yu thought of an idiom—cynical and disillusioned.

Moreover, this person immediately started belittling Caesar and Wan Ting... I don't know if she has a grudge against these two, or if she simply enjoys putting people down.

After a moment's thought, he tentatively asked:

"While this Purgatory Hunting Grounds may be dark, it has also boosted the local economy and brought more benefits than harm. What do you think of the initial creators of the hunting grounds?"

"You mean Prisoner? Just a selfish guy." Yin An sneered. "Boost the economy? More benefits? I don't think so. The gap between rich and poor in Beast Hunting City is huge, and it's quite chaotic. Violent crimes happen from time to time. The root of the chaos is that there are too many outside players... Have you seen Prisoner do anything about it? He only cares about making money..."

She started by talking about the hunting grounds and regional development, then moved on to the root causes of the chaos, the residents' happiness index, the Cage's methods of accumulating wealth, and its moral character... In just a minute or two, she degraded the Cage to morally corrupt garbage.

Hearing this, Cao Yu understood—this girl clearly had no grudge against Caesar or Wan Ting; she just attacked everyone she met!

Generally, only people who are extremely unhappy in real life have such a lot of negative energy.

Judging from Yin An's tone, she was clearly quite strong, which shouldn't be the case... Although Cao Yu was puzzled, he didn't press her for details; everyone has their own secrets.

Let's just consider it another encounter with a lunatic.

As they spoke, Yin An led Cao Yu to the "Beast Hunting Casino" set up beneath the hunting grounds.

Those who participate in beast hunting gambling are mostly players, so the currency is mainly evolution points.

Evolution Points cannot be traded online; they can only be used to conduct offline payments and transactions by opening real-world casinos. Not all players have the ability of the Lord of No Return City to ensure that every No Return Token is bound to the transfer function of Evolution Points, thus enabling seamless online transactions.

Yin An explained the casino's rules to Cao Yu.

Cao Yu took out 20 evolution points and placed bets on various projects, including betting on the ranking of the winner and betting on the specific number of points.

When asked how many points the winner would receive, he chose the "100 points" option. Every hunting competition releases 100 monsters, and the monthly grand competition is no exception.

The meaning of betting on "100 points" is self-evident.

The highest score record in the daily competition is 51 points set by Wan Ting – which means that in a hunting competition, in a melee among players, she suppressed dozens of players and killed more than half of the prey, which can be described as creating a miracle.

This is the record before Caesar appeared.

After Caesar appeared, Wan Ting had an opponent and intense competition, and she never scored so high again.

But Cao was betting on "100 points"... Damn it, even if it was a fixed match, no one would dare to let that score record appear.

A record of "100 points" has never been set since the Hunting Grounds were established.

After all, players who can sign up for the competition and are not afraid of life-or-death crises are all very confident in their abilities and cannot be weak.

Who can withstand the pressure from other players and kill all the monsters in the arena?
Even if all the other players stand still and let one person kill the monsters, how could one person possibly take down 100 monsters alone? Many times, the hunting competition will turn into a battle royale competition, and the monsters are not so easy to deal with.

This action not only surprised Yin An, but also attracted the attention of others in the casino, quickly causing a small sensation.

Many people suspect that Cao Yu is an idiot who came here specifically to give away money.

Of course, some people have started to take it seriously.

For example, when the casino manager learned of this, his expression became more serious—he suspected that a dark horse had emerged and was trying to make money off him.

Fortunately, many powerful players have done this before, but the casino rules have been changed again and again. Nowadays, it is basically impossible for any player to make a lot of money in this way. This rule is not aimed at lone wolf players, but mainly at preventing other large forces from sending C-level players with considerable strength to cause trouble.

Even if a perfect score of 100 were achieved, Cao Yu would at most earn less than a million.

The person in charge reported the matter, which quickly attracted the attention of the organizers.

"Bet 100 points? Hah... Even if it's fake, they wouldn't dare to fake it this badly."

"If he bets 60 points or less, I might suspect that another dark horse has emerged in the hunting grounds. Bet 100... never mind, let's ignore this clown."

"Just a show-off. If a perfect score of 100 were to actually happen, I'd eat up all the gambling tables in the casino right there and then!"

……

After leaving the casino, Yin An frowned slightly and looked at Cao Yu, asking:
"Are you crazy?"

"Just playing around," Cao Yu said. "Didn't you also bet on a high score?"

"Can you compare them? Hmph, I'm just within reasonable limits, betting on whether I can surpass my limits," Yin An sneered. "And you're a lunatic."

Cao Yu smiled but didn't explain anything.

This competition is a rare opportunity to gain reputation points.

Moreover... he has many secrets. If he stays in the hunting grounds for a long time and participates in the competition, attracting the attention of A-level players who come to contact him... this is not a good thing for him.

Therefore, this is probably the only opportunity we'll have today.

He needs to be a little crazy and make a big move.

They harvested the crops and then ran away.

Seeing Cao Yuhun's indifferent expression, Yin An remained silent for a few seconds before finally speaking up to remind him:

"I have to remind you, even if you are confident that you can suppress Caesar and Wanting, the 20 you just bet will go down the drain."

"Oh?" Cao Yu asked, "How do you know?"

"You don't think I'd let you win in the competition, do you? Or do you think I'm bragging?" Yin An said proudly, "Although I really want to recruit you for the family, that's a different matter from throwing the game. The family is the family, and I am me, hmph... Let me tell you the truth, I'm the kind of person who, when playing card games with friends, will use cheats to get a winning streak!"

"...Is this something to be proud of?" Cao Yu was a little speechless, but still said, "You're overthinking it. From the very beginning, I never intended for you to go easy on me."

"You'd better be." Yin An stopped talking.

The two walked through the corridor to the contestants' preparation area.

The hunting competition officially begins at 4 PM.

There's only half an hour left until the start of the competition—registration has already closed.

Cao Yu looked around the contestants' preparation area and found that all 47 other players participating in the competition had arrived.

Caesar and Wan Ting, two popular players, stood in the front area, and almost all the players' eyes were focused on them.

Many players formed small teams and discussed the matter while using soundproof barriers.

Even if Cao Yu couldn't hear them, he could guess what they were discussing.

It's simply a matter of working together to eliminate the biggest threats, Caesar and Wan Ting, after the match starts.

If things don't look good, then abandon the targeted plan and make winning third place your primary objective.

Cao Yu observed Caesar and Wan Ting briefly and noticed that they showed no sign of tension despite being under the gaze of over forty opponents. Caesar's eyes were calm, while Wan Ting slightly raised her chin, her eyes filled with contempt, as if she were looking down on everyone... Cao Yu admitted that Yin An's previous derogatory remarks were somewhat true; Wan Ting's demeanor made one want to kick her, and even he couldn't resist the urge.

After turning his gaze away, Cao Yu changed the props—replacing the "Hundred Mile Soul Lock" with the "Moonlight Spirit Sword".

In the beast hunting competition, the organizers only restricted the players who could register to have an evolution level below B, but did not restrict the use of items, which was a good thing for him.

He wasn't worried about players bringing in B-grade items to bot the game.

Players who follow the three evolution paths will experience two significant power spikes in the early to mid-game: a C-level starting point represented by 31% evolution progress and a B-level starting point represented by 51% evolution progress.

At these two evolutionary junctures, in addition to mastering the extraordinary characteristics of their respective paths, players will also experience a significant boost to their mental and physical abilities.

Only by obtaining higher base attributes can one be adapted to use higher-level items.

Simply put, B-grade items are not designed for C-grade players.

If a C-level player were to forcefully use it, the energy consumption would undoubtedly be enormous. They might be completely drained of their mental energy after just a few uses.

The entire beast hunting competition will last for 1 hour, and the monsters in the arena are extremely dangerous... Under such circumstances, every participating player must consider the possibility of long-term continuous combat, and basically will not equip B-grade items.

After all, there's no need to work desperately in a short period of time.

Time slowly passed as we waited.

Soon, half an hour passed.

Boom——! ! !
A tremendous roar and tremor followed, and the entire preparation area for the athletes began to shake.

Cao Yu and Yin An looked ahead at the same time and saw a huge jungle rising from the ground and expanding outwards, as if a god was creating the earth, giving people a strong visual shock... This is the power of an A-level item?

Suddenly, the roars of numerous monsters mingled together and echoed through the dense jungle—only fierce roars could be heard, but no monster could be seen. The unknown brought fear, and everyone present felt their hearts pound, even the players in the audience.

The next second, Cao Yu felt a pulling force coming from his body.

He did not resist, allowing the power to envelop him and begin the teleportation.

His vision blurred for a moment, and after everything stabilized, he found himself back in the jungle environment he had just seen.

(End of this chapter)