Whispering Verse

Chapter 3180 The Door on the First Floor

The bald man in the tuxedo is certainly not a normal living person. He is a mixture of memories, shadows, spirits and other things that Shade cannot explain.

Facing the other party's question, Xia De opened his mouth hesitantly. Combining the current situation, he could only come to one conclusion:

"I'm sure that before I came here this time, I wasn't looking for a change in my fate. I was just waiting for the arrival of a very important guest. So, there is a hidden door leading to this place on the first floor of my house?"

The bald man smiled and asked:

"Is this what you want to win from the casino this time - the answer to this question?"

Shade looked around:

"If I don't want to gamble, can I just leave?"

"Of course you can. This casino run by the God of Destiny is all about fairness. If you don't want to gain anything, just turn around and walk into the depths of the white fog to leave. There is only one thing you need to pay attention to here - don't be too greedy. After all, the gift of fate always comes at a price."

Xia De really wanted to know what was going on. It wasn't that he couldn't accept having another door in his house for a short period of time. He just couldn't accept that the door was out of control:

"If I want to know why I came here from my home, what do I have to bet on?"

Because he was going to meet Miss Gode, he did not bring any other valuable items except the key and badge hanging on his chest.

And for the answer to this question, it is certainly not worth risking these two items - Shade is not arrogant enough to think that he will definitely win.

The bald man replied:

"So what about time? If you lose, you will lose two hours. When you leave here, you will find that two hours have passed in the outside world."

Compared with traveling through time and trying to return to 1854, the cost this time is certainly not worth mentioning. Although everyone says that time is precious, Shade is still willing to take a gamble just for the answer.

But now the question is:

"Isn't this just too much of a coincidence? I tried every possible way to avoid going out and getting into trouble today. This morning was going to pass peacefully, but something happened in my own home. Even if I'm stupid, I can still feel that something is wrong, right?"

The bald man held the edge of the gambling table with both hands, still smiling:

"What if this is fate?"

"Are you saying this was planned by someone else?"

The bald man who had come here to place bets in some unknown era said softly:

"Does your understanding of fate only superficially believe that it is some kind of predetermined arrangement? I know that I am not myself. I am just a memory, a shadow, and a series of echoes, but I still want to remind you -

Fate is by no means an invisible hand that arranges everything in the world. Inevitability gives rise to chance, so chance is inevitable. Everything in the world has a trace, including your presence here now. Maybe you already know why. "

"Are you a fortune teller?"

Shade judged from the other party's tone of voice, and the bald man drew the circular holy emblem of "Ouroboros" on his chest:

"The beginning is also the end, and the end is also the beginning. Everything that happens is like this. Fate is not only a trajectory of chance and necessity, but also a self-circulating, endlessly repetitive process. Yes, I am a fortune teller. So, do you want to gamble?"

Of course he wouldn't gamble if he was rational. He was almost certain that if he agreed to stay, he would most likely not see Miss Gold again this year.

But at this moment he did not turn around and leave. [Destiny Casino] did not seem to be dangerous, and he had lived there for a year and a half, and this was the first time he encountered a problem. However, staying at home was ultimately an unstable factor.

Especially the girls who will come to celebrate the festival tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will arrive one after another. Even if the probability is very low, Xia De must help them eliminate the hidden dangers. The space left by the ancient gods is only extremely low-risk for a divine being like him. He cannot guarantee whether other people will be subconsciously attracted to the gambling table and make crazy bets once they appear here.

Xia De actually didn't think about what had inevitably led to the current "inevitability". He only knew that he actually had no choice:

"Two hours? Of course. Can we play cards this time?"

He asked, and the bald man put his right hand on the card table. When he took his hand away, a pile of cards appeared on the table:

"Of course, how about a simpler game this time?"

He picked up the deck and shuffled the cards skillfully:

"I will keep drawing cards from the deck, but every card is hidden. You can stop me at any time. If the total number of all the cards at this time is not a bust and is an odd number greater than 10, then you win, otherwise I win."

As he spoke, he flicked his thumb and two cards flew out of the deck. After landing in the discard area on the green tablecloth, they turned over to reveal the king and queen:

"These two cards don't count, we only play with numbers."

Although it is different from the normal rules, every card this time is hidden, but the conditions for winning are also simplified, and the points required to win are reduced to 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, and 21. When all 52 cards are in the hand, it is possible to calculate which card has the highest chance of winning when it is suspended.

Sylvia had praised Shade for his strong mental arithmetic ability. This was certainly not a witch deliberately boasting to her lover. The foreigner was really good at math, a skill he brought from his hometown. Coupled with the improvement of physical and mental strength brought by the promotion of the ring wizard, he only thought for a few seconds and came to a conclusion:

"When the cards are suspended, there is only one card. Among the cards, only the points 11 and 13 meet the requirements, a total of 8 cards, and the winning rate is 852≈4%; when the cards are suspended, 2 cards are drawn, a total of 1326 combinations, and 464 combinations that meet the six winning numbers are exhausted, with a winning rate of 0%; when the cards are suspended, 3 cards are drawn, the total number of combinations is 22100, and the winning combination is 5696, with a winning rate of 569622100≈8%"

This made the situation even more complicated, especially since Shade had no idea which numbers were still there. There was no need for him to calculate any more:

"Take 10. You draw two and it's over."

As he said this, the bald man counted out 10 cards and put them in the discard pile, then took out two more cards, pressed three fingers on the back of the cards and applied light force, and the two cards moved across the table one by one and stopped in the rectangular box on the tablecloth in front of Shade.

"You come and open the cards."

Xia De nodded and turned over two cards in turn. He had already thought that he would lose this time, but after opening them, he saw that the number was 11 for flowers and 2 for stars, which added up to 13 points.

He looked at the other party suspiciously:

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"I won?"

The bald man asked curiously:

"Yeah. Why, you don't want to win?"

Xia De took a deep breath. He really felt that he would lose and miss the meeting with Miss Goder. But in order to know the secret, he was willing to waste a few more hours and gamble a few more times here:

"Well, I won. I've won a lot of poker games, but this one feels the weirdest. At least I won."

He shook his head:

"So about this incident."

"Number 6 Saint Teresa's Square that you own is a very special place. You already know that before you owned the house, there was a door leading to the [Space Maze] in the basement. You also know that there was once a 'life and death edge' in the corridor on the third floor. You also know that the orb that was once stored in Room 2 on the second floor was the cause of a mass suicide."

He smiled and said to Shade:

"Now I can tell you that there is also a problem on the first floor of your house. Although the [Destiny Casino] is open to mortals who are eager to change their destiny, it does not mean that this is the only way to enter here.

The casino still has some fixed doors, located in the hidden corners of the material world, and one of these doors is hidden on the first floor of your home."

This is completely consistent with Xia De's guess:

"Then why did I suddenly enter here today? I have lived in this house for nearly two years. Even if I have heard the sound of dice in the past, it was never as specific as today."

The bald man continued to answer:

"Two reasons. On the one hand, there are already seven stable doors in your home. Although these doors come from different ancient gods, you should know that they are connected to each other. This white mist is the proof. Too many doors resonate with each other, causing the hidden casino's door to become active."

This explanation is too reasonable:

"What about the second reason? You're not going to say that I'm destined to come here today, are you?"

The bald man laughed and said:

"It's best not to destroy the stability of the house you hold, otherwise some things will inevitably be disturbed. You can think of it as some kind of clever fate. And when someone tries to do this, the casino in the house will be pulled by the ups and downs of fate and will naturally show its power. So all coincidences are inevitable accumulations. Who made you want to tear down the wall?"

"It's related to that incident, so where is the door and how can I control it?"

But this time he got no answer:

"The bet you placed this time only allows me to explain to you the reason why you are here, without including more detailed information about the [Destiny Casino]. If you want to know, you can continue playing this game. But if you want to know everything, it will take more than two hours.

Few people in the material world know better than you the value of the space left behind by the ancient gods."