Chapter 110

1121L [OP]: After that, Gong Ting was the dealer, and Bai Xuechao was also giving them hints, I believe everyone can see that.

Screenshot! [If you don't know what to choose, just choose big.jpg]

He opened the dice cup for Gong Ting, then changed Gong Ting's dice numbers, turning his three sixes into six-six-three (big), so that all three of them won this round.

He actually didn't need to hint to Brother Hao and Ling Feng. After all, if all three of them won, the game coins would have to be split evenly. Wouldn't it be better for him to take it all?

So Bai Xuechao was intentionally helping Brother Hao and Ling Feng.

Although his motive is still a mystery, he did indeed help Brother Hao and the others. Let's judge his actions, not his intentions.

1122L: Axue made me faint from his handsomeness here. My wifey is the best! (spinning) (leaping) (with my eyes closed) (throwing confetti)

1123L: OP, your wifey is the best. (devil's whisper) (handing over a green hat)

1124L: At least they had a life-and-death friendship at the Marine amusement park. (doge emoji)

1125L: Whose life was on the line, Ling Feng's? (doge)

1126L: Hahahahaha it could also be Brother Hao's life, here's a picture! [Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng being hung by vines outside the Raging River Rapids boat.jpg]

Anyway, nothing happened to my wifey. (doge emoji)

1127L: Actually, it could also be that Axue wanted Gong Ting Jade Liquor to lose to the three of them? To knock Gong Ting Jade Liquor down a peg?

1128L: Hah, anyway, no matter what, wifey helped Brother Hao and Ling Feng maomao.

When he made that hint, he couldn't have not thought about the outcome. He's so smart, it can only be said that he did it on purpose.

1129L: Indeed, regardless of Xuexue's true purpose, he did help the male lead and the others.

1130L: (pushing up glasses) I think what's worth noting here is that Bai Xuechao can cheat, and his cheating skills seem to be even better than Gong Ting's.

1131L: [Gong Ting: My card shark skills have reached a state of perfection.jpg]

1132L: Ahhhh OP, you're trying to kill me with laughter!

1133L: [Gong Ting: This victory is too easy.jpg]

1134L: Hahaha I can't be sure about other things, but I'm sure that Gong Ting has been nailed to the pillar of shame. His status in the world of card sharks has plummeted. (doge)

1135L: Gong Ting's thoughts in this chapter are really hilarious, like an old general on a stage, with flags planted all over his back, and then he gets his face slapped crazily by Axue.

1136L: LMAO, 'world of card sharks'.

1137L: It's time to bring out this picture of wifey! [I won't lose.jpg]

1138L: Alright, congratulations to Bai Xuechao for winning the King of Gamblers and King of B-kings tournament against Gong Ting, and for receiving the limited edition honorary title of "I won't lose"!

1139L: Oh my god, OP, you're making me laugh to death.

1140L: Hahaha King of Gamblers and King of B-kings, 1138L made me laugh like a lunatic, my mom almost sent me to the hospital.

1141L: QAQ Am I the only one whose focus is entirely on wifey saying he got tired of card shark skills as a child?

What did he go through as a child? Why are his card shark skills so amazing? (sobbing)

1142L: You're not alone, OP!

1143L: Could it be that, like Gong Ting, he also had a scumbag dad who forced him to learn...

1144L: No way! He still has an older brother and sister! They would definitely protect him!

1145L: His sister... is missing... (choking up)

1146L: Axue dragged his sick and weak body all the way to A Port for what? Could it be that he wanted to make a fortune at the Dream Game City and then buy information about his sister?

1147L: Hiss, the OP's idea is not impossible.

1148L: 1146L's imagination is really something.

1149L: A qualified reader has already learned to stab themselves with their own knife. (smoking emoji)

1150L [OP]: Let's talk about Bai Xuechao and the others last. Let's talk about Ling Feng and the Dream Game City first!

Rather than saying Ling Feng exchanged his eyes and hands, it's more like he exchanged his marksmanship, because everyone has eyes and hands, they wouldn't be worth much.

What's valuable are the skills associated with them.

But from this, we can also see that the Dream Game City is also an intelligence machine.

First of all, Ling Feng himself has a misunderstanding in his thinking. It might be intentional, or he might have thought it through wrongly. In short, he could have directly chosen to exchange "marksmanship," just like he chose to exchange "special ability" before, but he chose to exchange the organs corresponding to his marksmanship.

Then the Dream Game City gave the combined value of his eyes and hands, 80 million game coins, which is equivalent to 800 million yuan. This is an exaggerated number.

But I'm thinking, why is Ling Feng's marksmanship worth 80 million game coins? We've all seen Ling Feng's shooting skills, he never misses. But if never missing is worth this much, does that mean other expert marksmen who never miss are also worth this much?

How exactly does the Dream Game City estimate value? I saw someone in the manga's bullet comments mention "Pawnshop No. ●," and I think it might be something similar to that.

By the way, I recommend "Pawnshop No. ●," it's super good-looking! I've even watched the ancient, low-resolution version!

Seeing this, Bai Xuechao's fingertips tapped lightly on his leg twice.

This OP's idea had some omissions.

When readers read the manga, they first see Ling Feng's thought of wanting to exchange his marksmanship, feeling that the most valuable things on his body are the eyes and hands corresponding to his marksmanship. So the subconscious thought is that Ling Feng's marksmanship is worth 80 million game coins, which might also include the value of the eyes and hands themselves, but not much.

But when Bai Xuechao was in the Dream Game City, he could only see that Ling Feng chose to exchange his eyes and hands, valued at 80 million game coins, and thus began to think, why were the other party's eyes and hands worth 80 million game coins. Later, when he saw the content of the manga and learned that Ling Feng felt his eyes and hands were valuable because his marksmanship was good, he still felt something was wrong.

Because Ling Feng exchanged "eyes and hands," not "marksmanship," when the Dream Game City estimated the value, it was also estimating the value of the eyes and hands.

So the question he was thinking about was: Was Ling Feng's marksmanship so excellent that the system deemed it worth 80 million game coins? Or did the marksmanship only account for a part or even most of the value, while Ling Feng's eyes and hands also possessed other skills that were included in the value? How was the value of 80 million game coins estimated, was it based on the value it could create in the future?

Bai Xuechao felt that this 80 million game coins should include the value of the two organs, the eyes and hands themselves, the marksmanship, and the value of other skills corresponding to the organs, and perhaps something else.

In short, Ling Feng's marksmanship was definitely not worth 80 million game coins.

This OP had omitted the value of other skills corresponding to the organs. Besides that, there was another problem, which was the belief that "everyone has eyes and hands, they wouldn't be too valuable." But there must be a difference in value between the organs of an ordinary person and those of a special ability user.

Let's see if anyone in the later posts can figure it out.

Speaking of which—

Bai Xuechao asked Xiao 6 with a bit of curiosity, "'Pawnshop No. ●' is a work from the high-dimensional world, right? What's it about? Similar to the Dream Game City where you can pawn things on your body?"

He had seen it in the bullet comments before, but he didn't ask.

This simulated world did not have this work.

"Mmmhmm, more or less!" Xiao 6 explained, "This is a classic work from our side from decades ago. It's been remade into several versions. The basic setting is that any wish made by people in this pawnshop can be fulfilled, but they have to pay a price equivalent to the wish, for example, pawning their kinship, love, lifespan, children, soul, and so on."

I see.

But you can even pawn your children? How ridiculous.

Bai Xuechao continued to ask, "How does this pawnshop estimate value?"

The author, Bai Guzi, is a person from the high-dimensional world. When creating the setting, she might have been influenced by works from the high-dimensional world.

Xiao 6's code-like little hands scratched its non-existent head: "I'm not too sure, but I can give you an example. In the story, a designer pawns her sense of taste for a good figure, and pawns her kinship for fame. Later, her child turns out to be a design genius, but they were separated long ago."

Bai Xuechao thought about it for a moment.

This was similar to the "value that can be created in the future" he had thought of before.

The value of the sense of taste corresponded to the taste of food for the rest of her life, and the value of kinship corresponded to her design genius child.

1151L: Oh yeah, Ling Feng maomao didn't exchange his marksmanship.

1152L: Could it be that he felt that marksmanship was too abstract, so he specified the organs?

Although special ability is also quite abstract, it's a skill that can be manifested, not much different from an organ.

1153L: His thought at the time was "if there's anything else of value on my body," which means his line of thought was about things on his body. It's not a problem to consider special ability an "organ," in essence, it's just the special ability cells or special ability molecules in the body or something. (bushi)

1154L: Is it possible that there are very, very few people who can hit the bullseye every time, so the value of Ling Feng maomao's marksmanship skill is high?

1155L: If we follow the setting of "Pawnshop No. ●," Ling Feng's marksmanship will definitely be very useful in the future, so it's very expensive. (firmly believing) (nodding)

1156L: Special ability guns! Special ability guns!!

1157L: Speaking of which, did Ling Feng exchange his complete marksmanship? Shouldn't marksmanship have something to do with the brain? Should he have exchanged his brain too?

1158L: The person above has a strange train of thought, you've stumped me.

1159L: Hey, that's right. This brings up the discussion of which organs are needed for shooting.

1160L: Actually, Ling Feng himself probably isn't sure if what he exchanged was marksmanship, right? He just thinks his marksmanship is good, so his eyes and hands are valuable.

1161L: It's definitely marksmanship. How can you shoot without eyes and hands?

1162L [OP]: The reason why I say the Dream Game City is an intelligence machine is because the value it gives is really thought-provoking.

I've compiled the currently confirmed "item" values (in game coins):

Brother Hao's special ability: 300 million.

Ling Feng's special ability: 200 million.

The condition to release Xia Xiaoxi: 200 million.

Bai Xuechao's special ability: 500 million.

Bai Xuechao's life: 800 million.

1163L: Looking at it this way... my wifey's special ability and life are so valuable! According to the Dream Game City's exchange rate, that's equivalent to 5 billion and 8 billion!! (about to faint) (pinching my philtrum)

1164L: Just looking at the value, it feels like Axue's special ability is so powerful. Sob sob, this power-chaser in me is ecstatic! (rubbing hands)

1165L: Wait, I thought about it. The value of releasing my daughter should be equivalent to... my daughter's life?

1166L: Holy crap, I never thought of the idea of the person above.

1167L: Ah! That's right! If Gong Ting doesn't release Xiao Xi, she might die, so this condition is equivalent to letting Xiao Xi live, which is equivalent to Xiao Xi's life. Weren't we joking before that Xiao Xi's value was 2 billion?

1168L: No... if that's the case, then there's a problem! Axue's value = 4 Xiao Xis?

1169L: Wait? Are net worth and life the same concept?

1170L: How many? 4?

1171L: =A= It seems to be that way... (holding a bowl, stunned)

1172L: Does the value of a life include special ability? Could it be that because Bai Xuechao's special ability is valuable, his life is also valuable?

1173L: You guys are accepting it too quickly! It's not confirmed yet that my daughter's life is worth 200 million game coins!!

1174L: That's not right. Ling Feng's elemental special ability is worth 200 million game coins, and Xiao Xi is also elemental, so their value should be similar, right? Then her special ability is 200 million game coins, and her life should be a bit higher than 200 million game coins, right?

1175L: Instead of guessing here, we might as well pray that in the next chapter, Gong Ting really listens to Axue and exchanges his life. That way, we'll have a reference.

1176L: Although there's nothing wrong with what the person above said, it sounds so demonic hahaha!

1177L: [Gong Ting: You think I'm crazy.jpg]

1178L: Seeing the meme from the person above reminds me, my wifey is the real crazy one, directly playing with his life. (smoking emoji)

1179L: A little psycho, who wouldn't love that! (ecstatic)

1180L: I just love this kind of psycho fun-loving person!!

1181L: Beautiful young man + white hair + sickly + fun-loving person + high IQ + psycho, all the buffs I like are stacked. Who gets it! I'm already lying in the pit and not planning to come out!

1182L [OP]: I also want to mention Gong Ting and the leader of the Apocalypse Society.

[My special ability became the shackles that bound me.jpg]

On December 31, 5026, Gong Ting played a game with the leader of the Apocalypse Society and said he "lost his freedom."

If I'm not mistaken, when they entered the game, Gong Ting exchanged his "freedom" for game coins, so after he "was defeated in card shark skills," he would become the "most loyal" subordinate of the leader of the Apocalypse Society. The word "loyal" is in quotation marks in the original text, which should be a hint that it was not Gong Ting's own intention.

From this, we can also see a little bit that the "freedom" in the Dream Game City should be a bit different from our understanding of freedom.

Gong Ting lost his freedom, so besides being able to control his freedom, the leader of the Apocalypse Society should also be able to issue some commands, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to become the "most loyal" subordinate.

In addition, regarding the leader of the Apocalypse Society.

[The card shark skills you're so proud of are nothing special.jpg]

Seeing how miserably Gong Ting lost to Bai Xuechao in this chapter, and thinking back to how he won against Brother Hao and Ling Feng in the previous chapter, and then thinking about how he could be invincible and get everything he wanted by relying on his card shark skills, his skill level must be very high.

So I speculate that the leader of the Apocalypse Society is either also very good at card shark skills, or he's another high-IQ character.

I'm quite looking forward to him clashing with Bai Xuechao.

1183L: Damn it, speaking of which, I just remembered that I still don't know the name of my new hubby, sob sob.

1184L: New hubby? The leader of the Apocalypse Society?

1185L: I'm also quite looking forward to Axue facing off against him. It would be best if they fight, fight! (waving glow sticks frantically)

1186L: A white hair-con is truly ecstatic! Bai Xuechao is my wifey, and this leader of the Apocalypse Society who appeared later is my hubby. (hugging one on the left and one on the right.jpg)

1187L: Nothing wrong with that! (thumbs up) Monogamy, meaning one husband and one wife. (doge emoji)

1188L: Very good, I'm also monogamous now.

1189L: If he's also a high-IQ character, then Axue, Ling Feng, and this leader of the Apocalypse Society, can the three of them play Fight the Landlord, oh no, I mean play a strategic game.

1190L: Thank you for your affirmation of Ling Feng maomao. Our maomao is indeed smart, but I dare not say he's a high-IQ character. (covering face)

1191l: Don't be afraid, at least he's the only brain in the protagonist group. (doge)

1192L: OP, you hahaha, damn it, I'm going to call the police on behalf of Brother Hao and Xiao Xi to arrest you!

1193L: When will I be able to see the 'brain of the protagonist group' meme without laughing ahhh!

1194L: Speaking of which, Gong Ting Jade Liquor was also quite miserable as a child (.)

1195L: For Gong Ting, I can only say #The importance of one's original family in shaping one's values#. There's a reason he became a villain.

1196L: I feel like for Gong Ting to grow up to be like this after being raised by a scumbag dad who's a drunkard and a gambling addict is already considered good. At least he doesn't have a mouth full of profanity like his dad, nor does he seem like an alcoholic. (not trying to whitewash Gong Ting) (madly stacking armor)

1197L: He's also illiterate. (quietly)

1198L: Indeed, a kid who didn't even finish his nine years of compulsory education.

1199L: Well then, speaking of Gong Ting, let me digress a bit—

Family! We must refuse to gamble! Remember that gambling dogs have no good end! If you don't believe me, look at Gong Ting! He doesn't even have his freedom! (bushi)

1200L: Then let me also shout, gambling dogs will eventually have nothing! (shouting my lungs out!)

...

1218L [OP]: Finally, let's talk about Bai Xuechao.

Here's a summary of his performance in the Dream Game City so far:

He helped Brother Hao and Ling Feng, both overtly and covertly.

He's very skilled at card shark techniques, proficient in both dice and poker, and claims he got tired of them as a child.

He pretended to cheat to tease Gong Ting.

He really cheated once, but Gong Ting couldn't find any evidence.

He proposed that Gong Ting exchange his life for game coins and revealed that his own game coins were exchanged for his life.

His information is already on the table. He's a high-IQ, psycho, fun-loving person who plays with Gong Ting, and Gong Ting can't do anything about him.

Although I don't promote him, Xue fans must have had a blast watching this chapter. The highlights were basically all on him.

I think the most noteworthy piece of information is that his life is worth 800 million game coins.

Assuming that a person's life value includes their special ability, subtracting the 500 million from his special ability's value still leaves 300 million, which is the same price as Brother Hao's special ability.

If it doesn't include the special ability, or if the special ability doesn't have a great impact on the value, then it's even more worth pondering.

His life is so valuable, his background must not be simple.

Even without mentioning the 800 million game coins, the fact that he can bring a bodyguard to A Port shows that he's not ordinary. Who would an ordinary person bring a bodyguard?

Although this bodyguard doesn't look very old (.) he's clearly a special ability user. The appendix didn't introduce Ji Chuanze's special ability, and currently, we only know that he can see through things.

Regarding his family composition, we currently know that he has an older brother and an older sister. The sister is missing, and we don't know any other information.

Xiao Xi said before that her brother disappeared last December after giving her and their mother a large sum of money.

The specific amount of that large sum of money was 10 million. (highlighting the key point)

Bai Xuechao's sister disappeared along with Xiao Xi's brother. Combined with the memory of Xiao Xi's kidnapping, it should be that they offended someone or some organization when they went to save Xiao Xi, which is why they disappeared.

Disappeared doesn't necessarily mean dead, it could also mean they're in hiding.

I'll boldly guess that the money the brother sent home was provided by Bai Xuechao's sister.

Because Xiao Xi said that her brother used to work at a security company, being a bodyguard for others to earn money, and would send tens of thousands of yuan home every month, but 10 million is obviously not something her brother could come up with at once.

Speaking of which, it's a bit thought-provoking.

Xiao Xi's brother is a special ability user and has worked as a bodyguard. The bodyguard Bai Xuechao has with him now is also a special ability user.

Is it possible that the brother and Ji Chuanze were in the same security company? (imagination running wild)

(sudden realization) Bai Xuechao came to the Dream Game City, could it be that he's continuing to investigate his sister's whereabouts?

Bai Xuechao couldn't help but laugh after reading this thread, the corners of his lips turning up slightly.

The imagination was indeed wild.

I wonder what this OP's reaction would be when he saw in the later plot that he said, "all my relatives have passed away"?

But it could also be imagined that he learned that the deaths of all his relatives were related to the Apocalypse Society, and then he investigated and found that the Dream Game City was related to the Apocalypse Society, so he came to the Dream Game City.

This script seems to be plausible?

As long as he puts on an act during his time in the Apocalypse Society and says one or two ambiguous things when he's alone, he can confirm this point and make the readers mistakenly believe that he came to the Apocalypse Society for the sake of his brother and sister. When his villain identity is exposed in the future, the readers will have a sudden realization that he came to the Apocalypse Society to gather intelligence for the Dark Organization.

Killing two birds with one stone, that works.

Bai Xuechao continued to read downwards, wanting to see what the readers' attitude was towards this OP's speculation.

The first few floors were still discussing the previous topic, they probably hadn't seen the OP's new content yet. The topic didn't change until the 1225th floor.

1225L: Holy crap, the OP discovered a blind spot.

1226L: Axue's purpose might really be to investigate his sister.

1227L: There shouldn't be many special ability user security companies, right...? Maybe Su Zhao and Ji Chuanze really did work at the same security company.

1228L: Who is Su Zhao?

1229L: Xiao Xi's brother is called Su Zhao! I'm punishing you to read the manga again!

1230L: That's not right. Bai Xuechao is investigating his sister's whereabouts, why would he go to the Dream Game City? What does his sister's whereabouts have to do with a casino?

1231L: Before the manga explicitly mentions wifey's reason for going to the Dream Game City, I think the OP's speculation is very possible, more reliable than 1146L's speculation. Otherwise, there's really no way to explain why he would travel thousands of miles to A Port. It can't be just for fun... right?

1232L [OP]: Answering 1230L, maybe his sister's disappearance is related to the Apocalypse Society.

1233L: The OP has really convinced me!!

1234L: Yay! I'm 1234L!

1235L: Assuming the sister's disappearance is related to the Apocalypse Society, Axue wanting to investigate the Apocalypse Society and thinking of starting with the Dream Game City is very logical!

1236L: He wanted Gong Ting to bet his life so that he could control him after winning and get intelligence on the Apocalypse Society?

1237L: Genius! It should be like this!

1238L: I think the OP's speculation is just one possibility, but I can't think of a more reliable speculation than the OP's. For now, let's just assume that Bai Xuechao's purpose in coming to the Dream Game City is to find his sister's whereabouts.

Bai Xuechao read dozens more floors.

Most of them still agreed with the OP's speculation. Only a small portion felt that the OP's speculation was unreliable, believing that Bai Xuechao should have other motives, or that he was just a fun-loving person coming to play.

It seemed that the script I just thought of was plausible.

Bai Xuechao exited this thread.

There were a few more threads related to "Special Ability × Food Chain" on the forum's homepage.

【Report—! Axue's popularity ranking is now 13th! Keep up the good work, sisters!!】

【The first day without my daughter Xiao Xi, I miss her QAQ】

【1-hour speed draw of an Axue fanart! High-coolness warning ahead!! [HOT]】

Bai Xuechao's gaze fell on the last HOT thread.

"Another reader has drawn a fanart?" Xiao 6 hugged a red heart and said excitedly, "Host, hurry in and take a look! High-coolness warning! It got HOT so quickly, there must be something to it!"

When Bai Xuechao saw the words "fanart," he was reminded of the person who drew him as a magical girl transforming last time. His fingertips hesitated for a moment.

But he still clicked in.

【Theme: 1-hour speed draw of an Axue fanart! High-coolness warning ahead!! [HOT]】

OP: Hello everyone! Last time I did a 30-minute quick doodle of Axue's magical girl transformation. This time, after reading the update, I was inspired to draw, and I drew so passionately my screen was about to catch fire!

Bai Xuechao: "..."

It's this OP again!

1L: Ahhhh I remember the OP! The 30-minute doodle last time was so beautiful, I'm looking forward to this time's drawing! (heart gesture)

2L: Hurry hurry hurry hurry! (anticipation) (star eyes)

The OP then posted a video and a picture.

The video was a screen recording of her drawing this picture. The video was sped up and was about five minutes long.

Bai Xuechao didn't watch the video and looked directly at the picture the OP posted.

First of all, it wasn't a girl's outfit.

Secondly, it was really handsome.

It was a picture of Bai Xuechao sitting on a throne.

The background of the picture was black, with poker cards falling like a heavy snow.

The white-haired youth wore a golden crown and sat on a throne with a dark red and gold backrest. He was wearing the suit he wore in the Dream Game City plot. The top was a white shirt with a stand-up collar and ruffled edges, a suit jacket with a spliced design of pure white and red-and-white plaid. The pants were pure white suit pants. One long leg was crossed over the other, his posture transcendent and unrestrained.

His left hand rested on the armrest of the throne, and his right hand held a poker card between his index and middle fingers. The red JOKER on the card faced outwards, covering his lips, revealing a pair of smiling, beautiful red eyes.

A golden light shone down on him from above. In the darkness, the crown on his head sparkled, and his body was enveloped in a hazy golden glow, divine and noble.

7L: Ahhhh such beautiful light and shadow!

8L: (kneeling) This atmosphere is amazing, I'm kneeling to the OP! Axue is so beautiful!

9L: Eeee sob sob sob, OP, you are my god! Why is there water on my screen? Because I shed tears when I saw the OP's drawing!

10L: Oh my god, wifey is so yummy, so yummy, he looks like the king of the poker kingdom! (red heart) I love it to death! The OP is so amazing! Your artwork is a masterpiece! (screaming)

11L: Hmph, so-so. (wiping drool)

12L: Just average. (pulling up pants)

13L: Sob sob Axue is so handsome, I'm feeling a certain way, let me have a go at him! (bushi) (shy)

14L: [Pants flying.jpg]

15L: I'm not wearing these pants anymore! Haha! May I ask where I can get an Axue like this!

16L: Wow! (dodging a pair of pants) You sisters are all so excited! (stepping over the pants on the floor) This light and shadow is amazing! A god descending to earth! (gets hit in the face with a pair of pants) (taking off the pants) Wifey Axue is so good-looking! It feels like he's sitting on a throne and looking down at me with a smile! (joining the ranks of those throwing their pants)

17L: (twisted) (crawling) Hehe, I want to press wifey down on the throne and do this and that. (delirious)

The subsequent floors followed a familiar style, with dirty talk everywhere.

Bai Xuechao was silent for a few seconds, then closed the thread.

Xiao 6 lit a cyber cigarette and sighed, "The readers in our high-dimensional world are so enthusiastic. It's shocking no matter how many times I see it."