136: The most satisfying thing is to buy everything

Swish, swish...

Several waiters, heads bowed, shoveled away the damaged tables and chairs on the floor, along with a pile of shattered flesh and bones...

"Ugh!"

Xiao Jiao leaned against the wall, vomiting in the corner, seemingly traumatized by someone's gruesome corpse.

Perhaps due to the influence of certain TV shows or movies, many people misjudged the power of a heavy machine gun, thinking it would only create a bullet hole in the body.

In reality, a single bullet from this thing can easily sever human limbs, and a hit to the torso will directly blast open a large hole, resulting in an instant GG without even a chance to twitch or struggle. Even if not directly hit, just being grazed can cause injury.

To illustrate further, the name 'tank' was initially just a code name, chosen to conceal its original purpose of invention.

Its true original name was 'machine gun bunker destroyer,' meaning that tanks were invented specifically to counter heavy machine guns...

From the scene just now, Wei Si indeed had excellent physical conditioning; his corpse was still recognizable. If an ordinary person had been swept by three heavy machine guns, they would probably be minced meat by now...

Cheng Zhen quietly observed Boss William and the various bettors, contemplating.

It seems that whenever a violation occurs, Boss William will give 'special attention,' the only difference being the severity.

For example, Lao Feng's ability to endlessly fire and bend bullet trajectories, while not strictly against Boss William's rules, severely impacted the normal ecology of other NPCs.

Everyone originally had a chance to die, to gamble for a big win. But if I'm playing against you with zero chance, then what's the point?

So, after Lao Feng used his ability multiple times, the NPCs below stopped playing with him.

This consequence led to him being unable to acquire tickets to the second floor through conventional means, so Lao Feng and Wei Si could only choose to obtain chips by violating the tavern's rules.

Through murder and arson, those two went to steal and rob, only then accumulating enough chips to go to the second floor.

Their actions and abilities should have already been known to Boss William, which is why the guns with right-deviating trajectories appeared.

From Boss William's words just now, it could also be seen that he was well aware that Wei Si was a type with high combat power, which is why he arranged for many lackeys to be on guard.

It seems that even in a three-star instance, the NPCs' intelligence is very high.

But it is precisely with such highly intelligent NPCs that all of Cheng Zhen's plans are facilitated.

The five reprieves were not for those two to live two more times, but to give them a reason why they absolutely had to act.

Cheng Zhen had already understood that those two were not people who would follow the rules, ever since they robbed the NPCs.

They temporarily abide by the rules because they feel they have a chance, but when they realize they cannot win and clear the instance through conventional rules, as before, they will only choose to go all out.

Five drinks down, they would most likely be doomed.

So, when all five chances were exhausted, they would definitely want to kill Xiao Jiao to snatch the staff, and then try to clear the instance by using force against the NPCs.

However, Cheng Zhen had not expected Boss William to act first and eliminate Lao Feng, leaving Wei Si isolated and helpless.

And Wei Si's violating attack was precisely what Cheng Zhen hoped to see.

If he could truly sweep through the NPCs, then Cheng Zhen wouldn't need to worry about such a weak instance BOSS; he would just sweep through it himself.

It wouldn't matter if he couldn't win; at least Cheng Zhen would get to see the NPCs' combat capabilities or if they had other abilities.

As a result, Cheng Zhen witnessed several heavy machine guns.

He looked at the scattered pieces of flesh being swept away, silently tapped the cyber wooden fish twice, thanking Wei Si for helping to reveal Boss William's trump card.

Cheng Zhen estimated that these heavy machine guns were Boss William's biggest trump card; he couldn't possibly bring out tanks and armed helicopters on the second floor, could he?

"My sincerest apologies for disturbing your enjoyment, esteemed guests."

Boss William was unaware of Cheng Zhen's thoughts. After the waiters cleaned the venue, he bowed slightly to the few people, then clapped his hands, signaling a waiter to present another tray.

"To compensate the six guests for their fright, I will add 6 more gold bricks to the prize pool! The last surviving winner can either share or claim all 16 gold bricks!"

The fresh bait stimulated the bloodlust of the hungry wolves. The few NPCs who had been terrified by the machine guns earlier now had their eyes turn red with the temptation of money.

"You two guests were startled just now; please rest here for a while."

Boss William had people bring over tables and chairs, and waiters served some fine wine and food.

Cheng Zhen was not polite; he calmly sat down. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched a waiter who was bending over to clean up the mess, then raised his hand and picked a few grapes to eat.

Xiao Jiao, on the other hand, was a bit restless due to the machine guns behind him.

"Don't panic. As long as you don't violate the rules, those bullets won't hit you," Cheng Zhen said, casually eating fruit, as relaxed as if he were in his own living room.

"Mm." Xiao Jiao nodded reservedly, then couldn't help but look at the other table where the cheaters were fiercely battling each other.

"Guangzi Ge... do you have a way to know the dice numbers?"

Xiao Jiao first asked, then quickly waved his hands: "I don't mean to pry into your ability, it's just that those cheaters seem to have a lot of tricks up their sleeves, and I really don't know how to cooperate with you..."

"No need to cooperate; just follow my instructions."

Cheng Zhen looked calm, his gaze fixed on the cheaters who were gambling.

Xiao Jiao said no more and waited quietly with him.

More than half an hour later, the other table also decided a winner.

Numbers 3 and 5 downed several drinks, and without another word, they were carried away.

Cheng Zhen and Xiao Jiao's opponents were confirmed: Numbers 1 and 2, the NPCs who had obtained gold chips earliest.

The four sat at a table, sizing each other up.

Cheng Zhen could vaguely sense that there wasn't much animosity between Number 1 and Number 2; they seemed more intent on targeting him and Xiao Jiao.

It seemed they also knew that Cheng Zhen and Xiao Jiao were teammates, so they had formed an alliance.

Xiao Jiao looked at the two NPCs and asked weakly, "Big brothers, if the four of us split sixteen gold bricks evenly, wouldn't that still be a lot?"

"It is a lot," Number 2 calmly nodded, "but it's better if I get all 16 by myself."

Number 1 didn't speak, but clearly thought the same.

Xiao Jiao sighed, his idea of clearing the instance directly was nipped in the bud.

This time, their seating was randomized, becoming Cheng Zhen → Number 1 → Xiao Jiao → Number 2.

Cheng Zhen was the first to call. He glanced at his dice: 22346.

"Five fives."

At the beginning, he definitely still needed to mislead the opponent, so Cheng Zhen deliberately called out a number he didn't have.

With 20 dice, it shouldn't be difficult to get a few 1s and 5s.

Unexpectedly, Number 1 merely sneered, then slammed the table—

"Liar!"