57: Ignorance is fearless

“What kind of strange hobby? Do you like to cut off people's heads and kick them around like a ball?”

Lin Chuan walked over slowly, weighing the Arena ID card in his hand.

Chen Jingtian was in high spirits, and the moment he saw Lin Chuan, his eyes were full of disdain:

“You’re the waste boss these two wastes were talking about? This is not passing…”

He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly saw the ID card in Lin Chuan’s hand!

That was…

An Arena ID card!

Chen Jingtian’s pupils instantly widened, and he changed his words very quickly: “Is he going to cut off my head and kick it around like a ball? Come on, you cut it.”

Saying that, he deliberately stretched his neck out long.

“…”

Lin Chuan only recognized him when he saw his face—

Was this guy Chen Jingtian, who was known as the “King of Trash Talk” in his previous life?

This guy was shameless and often relied on the fact that he wouldn't truly die in Paradise to trash talk everywhere.

Some newcomers didn't understand the rules and were truly provoked into attacking him in public.

As a result, those who made the first move would be punished by Paradise's Guards.

After all, Paradise prohibits private duels.

Lin Chuan rolled his eyes at Chen Jingtian and calmly said, “If you really want to fulfill your promise to cut off your head, why don't we go to the Arena?”

“Alright! If it’s the Arena, then it’s the Arena!” Chen Jingtian replied very readily, even trying to hide his wild joy in his eyes!

The surrounding onlookers looked at Lin Chuan with disdain and mockery, their eyes as if they were looking at a clown who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth!

On this street, Chen Jingtian said he would cut off his own head.

But if they really went to the Arena, it was still uncertain whose head would be cut off!

And their free customers would receive rewards for winning battles in the Arena!

It had to be said that although Chen Jingtian was shameless and had a foul mouth, he did have some brains.

Many people, with the mentality of watching a show, followed Lin Chuan and the others, heading towards the Arena.

Hu Shilong and Alvin were led by Lin Chuan, and still had to pay 1 carefree points to enter the Arena.

Lin Chuan paid this fee for them.

The two were flattered and swore to find a way to repay him.

Lin Chuan waved to them, lowered his voice and said, “I've already thought of a way for you to repay me. Here are 98 carefree pointss, you each take 49 points. I'll open a Ring Match (challenge match) later, and you bet on my 20 consecutive wins.”

Hu Shilong and Alvin, being new, had no concept of 20 consecutive wins, but they still obediently nodded.

Alvin was a little confused: “Isn't one person enough for this bet? Why do you want both of us to do it?”

“Because the odds in the Arena are like paying taxes before the apocalypse, they are divided into stages.” Lin Chuan thought for a moment and gave an example, “For example, in a simple win-loss game, if you bet 110 carefree pointss on my victory, the odds might be calculated like this—”

“The odds for betting 10 points are 1 to 10; for the portion greater than 10 points and less than 100 points, it's 1 to 5; for the portion greater than 100, it's 1 to 2.”

Alvin nodded thoughtfully, “That means, for the same amount of money, two people betting can earn more!”

Hu Shilong even drew a parallel with the pre-apocalypse tax system: “This is equivalent to, if one person earns a million, they pay a large amount of tax; but if two people earn it, the amount of tax paid will be significantly reduced!”

Lin Chuan patted them both on the shoulder: “You’ll know the specific rules when you place your bets later. Remember, no matter what people around you say, you must bet on 20 consecutive wins as I told you!”

“Got it!” The two immediately swore.

Lin Chuan nodded and then separated from them, heading towards the backstage.

The Arena was quick to set up the challenge match.

However, to attract spectators, the Arena took some time to promote him.

The gimmick was “Training Ground Newcomer Challenges 20 Consecutive Wins in the Arena”!

This gimmick almost instantly spread throughout all the Arena's combat rooms!

Some big shots were used to various gimmicks and, seeing that it was a “Training Ground” match, had no interest at all.

Of course, many people were still attracted and rushed to the challenge match room.

Chen Jingtian's group was almost the first to arrive.

Seeing Lin Chuan in the center of the Arena, the group of people mocked:

“This kid really doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth! He just signed with the Arena and dares to set up a challenge match! He couldn't possibly think the Arena is a charity, allowing him to 'sell himself' and then 'redeem himself' on the same day, could he?!”

“Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter! Which of those newcomers who signed with the Arena didn't first train for three to five months before daring to fight in a challenge match! Then they lower their level and boost their attributes, spending three to five years, just to have a chance to luckily achieve ten consecutive wins! This kid, he really…”

“Wait, don't you think it's a bit strange? In previous challenge matches, the challenger's goal was ten consecutive wins, but why does the Arena's advertisement for this guy say '20 consecutive wins'…?”

Chen Jingtian frowned: “It's probably because the newcomer has no reputation, so the Arena deliberately created a gimmick, right?”

“That's true, if he, an unknown newcomer, wasn't advertised with '20 consecutive wins,' there probably wouldn't be any spectators.”

As time passed, more and more spectators were attracted by the “20 consecutive wins”.

The Arena, as usual, set up a betting game.

Chen Jingtian and the others exclaimed when they saw it: “Good heavens! There are actually odds for 20 consecutive wins… Hiss… 1 to 1000! This is probably the highest odds in Arena history!”

“Wait!” A subordinate next to Chen Jingtian suddenly widened his eyes, looking incredibly disbelieving, “Young Master Chen, look! The odds for this guy's ten consecutive wins are only 1 to 10! These odds are way too low, aren't they?!”

In previous challenge matches, the odds for ten consecutive wins were mostly over 100!

But for this newly signed newcomer, the odds for his ten consecutive wins were only 10!!

What did this mean?!

This meant that the Arena was very optimistic about this newcomer!

This meant that the Arena believed that the probability of this newcomer achieving ten consecutive wins was much higher than that of previous challenge match challengers!

It wasn't just Chen Jingtian and his subordinates.

Other spectators also noticed the unusual odds!

And through the odds, they all speculated that Lin Chuan's strength might not be simple!

But some also felt that deliberately lowering the odds might be a trick played by the Arena!

After all, many people have a habit of judging a person's strength by the odds.

What if the Arena was deliberately guiding people to bet by exploiting this psychological tendency?

Chen Jingtian and his subordinates were all a bit indecisive.

They all looked at Chen Jingtian and asked: “Young Master Chen, should we bet or not? How should we bet?”

Chen Jingtian was deep in thought when he suddenly saw the two people he had mocked earlier also placing bets!

He had a subordinate follow them to peek, and soon after, he heard his subordinate say in his ear, shocked:

“Those two bumpkins actually both bet on 20 consecutive wins!”

“What?! Bet on 20 consecutive wins?! Are they crazy?!”

“No! Not crazy! They are fearless in their ignorance!”

Chen Jingtian's eyes darkened, and after a moment of contemplation, he suddenly asked his subordinate again: “Did you see how much they bet?”

“They both bet 49 carefree pointss each!”

Chen Jingtian's pupils instantly constricted!