The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 163 Battle of wits and courage with the air!
"Death Roulette?!"

"My parents didn't lie to me. Gambling can really cost you your life!"

“Dream Building is really creative. It must be exciting to play this game with VR!”

"Come on, come on, Aki, you're not good at shooting, but you can't be bad at playing cards too, right?"

……

The netizens started to make a fuss.

The heroic sniper was also eager to try: "Don't be ridiculous, can my level be summed up with just one word 'not bad'?"

"I watched my parents play cards when I was 1 year old, I sat at the card table when I was 3 years old, I was unbeatable in the kindergarten when I was 5 years old, I swept the Baitashan Primary School after-school casino when I was 7 years old, and I won the Guangming Community Weekend League Junior Group Championship when I was 8 years old!"

"If I hadn't quit to study, I would be playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas now!"

Netizens couldn't stand someone being so boastful and started to complain.

But the brave sniper didn't continue chatting with the netizens. He stood beside the table and watched the whole game carefully.

He quickly figured out how to play this card -

There are 20 cards in total.

6 Queens, 6 Kings, 6 Aces, and 2 Jokers.

At the beginning of the game, the dealer will randomly draw a suit from Q, K, and A as the [target card] for this round.

Then give each person 5 cards.

After that, everyone throws out 1 to 3 target cards in their hands with their backs facing up.

You can play real target cards or use fake target cards to confuse the audience.

——Joker can be used as any card and is always a real card.

If the next buyer doesn't question it, then you can get away with it.

If the next player questions it, then check the cards that have just been played.

It was a fake card, and the person who played the card shot himself.

It’s the real deal, and those who doubt it will give themselves a shot.

There is only one bullet in the revolver, and whether or not you kill someone with the first shot depends entirely on luck.

In the luckiest case, each person has six chances to cheat or make a mistake.

Once someone questions the card checking, no matter what the result is, the current round ends and the next round begins immediately.

Until all three are dead, leaving only the final winner.

"…Isn't this just bluffing?" The Heroic Sniper said calmly, "I completely understand!"

"Next, watch me take away every penny in their pockets!"

The game at the card table was over, and three people fell on the round table with blood gushing out of their heads.

Only the final winner was left blowing out the non-existent smoke from the muzzle of the gun and proudly holding up a cigarette.

Behind him, several people reached out and lit his cigarettes at the same time.

The scenery is infinite.

The dealer divides the thick stack of banknotes in his hand into two parts, half for the winner and the other half for the onlookers who have made successful bets.

Several people came forward and dragged the three dead players away.

The bartender took out a dirty towel and wiped the blood off the table.

The table top under the blood was not clean either, full of scratches and dark red marks, as if the blood had seeped into the table top.

But the dealer can't wait to start the next game -

"New recruit! How about a game?"

"I can advance the bet for the first game for you. If you win, it's yours, and if you lose, it's mine!"

A pop-up window appeared in front of the heroic sniper.

[Would you like to play Death Roulette?]
[Participate]/[Refuse]——
The brave sniper couldn't wait any longer, so he accepted the invitation and sat down at the card table.

The dealer immediately announced loudly:
"Everyone! Look!"

"A young new poker player steps onto the Death's gambling table!"

"Let us welcome this brave man!"

All the customers in the tavern stopped what they were doing and cheered loudly, almost blowing the tent off their heads.

There was constant applause, cheers and whistles.

Many people came over and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.

The heroic sniper is extremely vain.

But he also felt a little regretful: "This kind of welcome ceremony should be an exclusive treatment for the first game, right?"

“If you play it wearing a somatosensory suit and VR glasses, the experience will be amazing!”

But it’s too late to say anything now, I can only look back and see if I can delete the file.

"Come on, come on, don't keep our heroes waiting for too long!" the dealer urged.

Three soldiers quickly walked out of the crowd, threw money to the dealer, and sat down one by one.

The crowd watching also took out money and continued to place bets.

He was still shouting about "newbie's luck" and betting heavily on the brave sniper.

"Then, all players gather together and the gambling begins again!"

Four revolvers and four bullets were placed on the table.

Players load their own bullets, rotating the magazine to randomize the placement of the bullets.

The dealer shuffles the cards.

Although there are only 20 cards, the dealer still uses gorgeous cutting techniques.

After cutting, he randomly pulled out a piece and showed it to everyone, while announcing loudly:
"[King]!"

The cards are put back again, cut again, split into four parts and sent to the four players.

"Use the space bar to look at the cards?" The brave sniper looked at the prompt on the UI, a little confused.

He pressed the space bar to see his cards.

But the character in the picture just raised his hand and put it down again.

"?" The brave sniper was stunned.

He held down the space bar again, and the character finally held the cards in front of him.

"No, do I have to keep pressing the space bar to see the cards?"

“Why is it designed like this?”

"Can't you just hold it in your hand all the time?"

He didn’t understand and planned to give DreamZhu its feedback after the live broadcast.

After complaining, he checked the five cards in his hand, which were:
[K], [Q], [A], [Q], [Joker]
"Two target cards, okay, average."

——No matter which target card you draw, there will be 6 cards + 2 Jokers, exactly 8 cards, an average of two cards per person.

"Let our new guy play first!"

"Me first?" The heroic sniper found that the character automatically raised the card, the space bar became selected, A/D switched targets, and E played cards.

At the same time, a 30-second countdown starts at the top of the screen.

"Play one first, for safety?"

"No, the probability of being exposed at the beginning should be lower, so let's try something fake first."

He selected two Qs and threw them out.

Sure enough, the next player ignored him and threw out two cards. Then the next player threw out two more cards.

The fourth player also has two cards.

Once again it's the turn of the heroic sniper.

He looked at the K and Joker in his hand, then at the 8 [K] on the table, and felt something was wrong.

I turned my head to look at the person above me, and he looked like a Frenchman.

The "gaze" of the heroic sniper seemed to make him feel uncomfortable: "Play your cards, why are you looking at me?"

After saying that, he looked away.

The heroic sniper immediately asserted: "He's escaping from my sight! He's guilty!"

The next second he pressed the [X] key, questioning the previous player's move.

The character in the game then slammed the table and said, "You're lying!"

The dealer opened the cards and checked, and it was indeed an A and a Q.

The boss glanced at the heroic sniper, picked up the revolver in front of him, depressed the hammer, and pointed it at his chin.

The air seemed to be stagnant, and everyone was looking at him.

The brave sniper heard the sound of a deep breath in his quiet headphones.

Then--

"Click."

Empty gun.

"Oh oh oh!!"

"Escaped!"

"Hahaha, the first shot, the probability is very low."

The crowd cheered and some raised their glasses to congratulate him.

The dealer reshuffles the cards.

The brave sniper proudly began to impart his experience:
"Let me tell you a trick: Even a game company like DreamCraft that has plenty of money still has to consider the cost of developing a game. It's impossible to design too many expressions for these casual players."

"So I guess they only have a limited number of expressions, actions and lines."

“When they play fake cards, the reaction must be different than when they play real cards!”

"When I was watching the card game just now, I have already figured out the pattern!"

The fans immediately asked a series of questions in the live broadcast room:

"This technique??"

"Wow! Who says psychology isn't a gambling technique?"

"I don't think this is psychology, is it? Isn't this just using the game mechanics to steal the chicken?"

"What kind of stealing? This is a reasonable use of the game mechanism!"

"You don't have the spirit of a gambler at all! Someone like you is not worthy of being the king of gambling!"

……

The brave sniper didn't take these words to heart at all.

The second round continued with this set of techniques, using “watching” and “analyzing the lines” to determine truth or falsity.

At this time, he only regretted that he had not yet obtained the physical sensing software, as there were too few operations that could be performed using the mouse and keyboard.

If he were to play with a motion sensing suit, he would want to try to snatch cards from his opponent!
Or point the revolver not at your own head, but at the opponent to see if you can shoot him.

……

——He had a lot of ideas, but they were restricted by the keyboard and mouse and could not be realized.

Compared to those outrageous ideas, now it's just a matter of making rational use of the game mechanics and sprinkling some water.

He even had the mood to complain about his opponent for show effect:
"Shoot him! He keeps looking at the next player after he plays his cards. This glance shows that he is guilty!"

"Take the initiative to let the next party test it? Then test it! This is just bluffing!"

"I'm going to throw away the last two cards first. You guys can play slowly."

……

The brave sniper quickly gained a clear advantage by using some tricks.

The player in front of him got three out of four hits and was sent away on the spot.

The new player lasted until the fourth round, but was still defeated by him.

In the final peak showdown between the two, each of them had taken five bullets but it was not over yet.

The heroic sniper pursed his lips and stopped talking nonsense. Unconsciously, he became tense.

But in the tavern in the game, everyone was having a great time, and every time the gun missed, there would be a lot of enthusiastic booing.

In the last round, the heroic sniper judged that the opponent had dealt a fake card based on the fact that the opponent closed his eyes for 3 seconds after dealing the cards.

"lie!"

"Check the cards!"

This is what happened after checking the cards.

With a "bang", blood splattered everywhere!
The last opponent also fell under his own gun.

Passionate victory music sounded in the headphones, and a large amount of banknotes were thrown around, falling like a heavy rain.

The dealer announced loudly:

"Let us congratulate this new player for becoming the ultimate winner!"

"From now on, you are no longer a newbie, but a professional poker player!"

"Cheers! Today the god of death is also toasting to you!"

Wine glasses clinked and cheers broke out in the pub.

With such a strong atmosphere, the brave sniper couldn't help but feel proud.

"see it?"

"I told you I'm the gambling king!"

"You must use everything you can and use all your wisdom to win at the gambling table!"

……

He stood straight and gave his victory speech in high spirits.

A large number of barrages of comments appeared crazily in the live broadcast room, so fast that it was difficult to see the content.

The brave sniper excitedly talked about "winning skills", "card playing experience", "game thinking" and other topics, and then stopped with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

Until this time, the house manager, who had been silent all this time, finally posted a striking message:

[Aki, do you think there is a possibility...]
"?" The excited and brave sniper was stunned for a moment, and suddenly some uneasiness emerged in his heart.

"What's possible?"

The housing management department issued a second eye-catching message:

[“The first game is a tutorial, 90% of the players can win to the end”.]
The brave sniper in the picture suddenly froze in front of the camera.

It was like the picture was stuck and remained motionless for quite some time.

The barrage of “Hahahaha” instantly swept the live broadcast room!
After a long while, the heroic sniper finally came back to life, staring at the eye-catching message and retorting loudly:
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)