My hand touched the touchscreen, and the system prompted: "There is already a piece at the position you clicked. Please re-play!"
Oh, a false alarm. In that instant, my heart was like the protagonist in a martial arts novel, suddenly falling into a bottomless abyss and then being rescued by a pine tree. It took me a long time to recover. If this were in reality, I'm sure I would have been unable to bear the shock and died of a heart attack or a burst blood vessel in the brain.
I jumped up and turned around, staring fixedly at Gittel. The frightened expression remained on his face.
I gritted my teeth and said, "Just now, was it you who made that strange sound?"
Gittel's gaze behind his sunglasses contracted, as if trying to find something in my eyes.
I continued, "How did you do it! In the game field and the casino, no player could be attacked, but that ghost-like scream you made just now was clearly a special skill!"
Gittel didn't answer my question, but suddenly asked, "Which company do you belong to?"
Which company? Before I could answer him, the countdown of the game had already started in my ears. I quickly turned my head and touched the touchscreen, four three!
Gittel was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly placed a piece to block my four. I was just about to continue playing. Gittel's strange voice rang out again.
My head buzzed like it was about to explode. I took two steps back: "Damn it, is there still any law! I'm going to call the security guards!"
Gittel looked at me seriously, "Since you are also an intelligent program, let's not interfere with each other. This game is a draw. I'll return the things you won just now to you."
I was startled: "Intelligent program!"
Looking closely at Gittel, indeed, there was a peculiar aura on this Gittel, which made me vaguely recall the mythical god and the holy devil. This was a personality that prioritized interests, calculation, goals, efficiency, and self. There was no love, no desire, and it was a wisdom beyond human beings, like a god-like intelligence!
However, why could these intelligent programs, like Gittel and the divine snow, appear in this game world as player identities? Could it be that they were deliberately designed by the game host?
Why did Gittel say that I was also an intelligent program? With his ability to read the dice points, how could he make a mistake in me?
Could it be... Right, Shake is also an intelligent program!
Could the black space be composed of Shake?
Suddenly, I remembered the times when I saw another figure in my mind when using the heart-to-heart technique, as if it was really Shake!
While I was in a daze, suddenly a voice called out, "This is too outrageous, Gittel. Don't be too extreme. Now you are facing a player, not an NPC. You actually tricked him. Do you know how serious the consequences are? You will ruin this game!"
I was awakened. I saw that Little Fat had already jumped out of the pet space and was angrily blocking in front of me.
The countdown of the game was ringing. I didn't have time to think, I pointed down and got a four in a row!
Gittel snorted at Little Fat, "This human is also an intelligent program. I've already found out. But he's different from us. His intelligence and the intelligent program coexist with human intelligence!"
My heart jumped. Was it really true? There was indeed a Snowch's intelligent program in my body! My super strong intuition was actually Snowch helping me make judgments. I used the heart-to-heart technique, not because I enhanced my skills, but because my soul left my body, and Snowch took over to manipulate those skills, so it was more powerful!
Confusion, total confusion. Isn't this equivalent to using an external game cheat? God, I regret that I strongly BSed external cheats back then. Now my lifetime reputation has finally failed me!
From now on, I will never use the heart-to-heart technique again! And I will never listen to the so-called "intuition" of mine again! At this moment, Gittel was having a heated argument with Little Fat, and he gradually pulled my thoughts back.
Little Fat shouted angrily, "If you keep arguing like this, I'll ask Sister Hailan to burn you all to ashes!"
Gittel sneered, "Now that we are all protected by 'Sky Shield', do you think you can just burn us? Besides, if she dares to act, the thirty-five of us will counterattack simultaneously. I don't believe she's that powerful!"
Little Fat shouted, "Do you think Sister Hailan can't do it? She won't hurt you guys because you are all advanced intelligent programs! We are all of the same kind, why fight against each other?"
Gittel sneered, "Then what about the matter of the Law God?"
Little Fat said, "The Law God self-destructed! This human killed him in the virtual world, so he activated the self-destruction program! Advanced intelligent programs are all set up this way!"
Gittel grunted, "Of course I know that, but without Hailan's help, how could a human and a low-level program kill the Law God!"
Gittel had already made a move to block my four consecutive attacks, then his eyes fixed tightly on me, a powerful pressure enveloped me, and the information within it clearly told me, "If you dare to win, immediately destroy this low-level program!"
Low-level program? The intelligent program in my brain seemed to let out a cold laugh, making me shiver involuntarily. There was another thought in my mind, truly terrifying. I used to think it was my subconscious, without feeling. Now I know it's really like that, and it's really unbearable!
I turned back and stared at Gittel, although I was wearing sunglasses, I could still clearly feel his gaze. It seemed that there was a kind of information trying to control my mind through that gaze.
I hurriedly turned my head and shouted loudly, attacking, pointing at the touch screen.
My finger landed on a glove, it was Gittel's hand, too fast!
I was really furious, "Do you have any integrity? From your appearance, I thought you were really a gambling expert, but it turns out you're no different from a bandit! I hate you guys the most, you have no professional ethics at all!"
Gittel said coldly, "There is no integrity in my design. Winning is the first priority! Besides, all the human gamblers' information I received, those with integrity always lose!"
I looked around, there were only a few service girls in the game field, no security guards, because this place was set up so that skills couldn't be used and no one could harm others' bodies, so there was no possibility of violent incidents. However, Gittel's mental control skill could break through this setting!
Little Fat rushed forward angrily, he couldn't use skills now, could only hold Gittel's waist.
With Little Fat's help, I took a step forward, using my body to block the touch screen, and then pointed down.
Suddenly, I felt a powerful force behind me, an indescribable feeling. The target of this force seemed to be coming straight towards my soul!
In this instant, all around was suddenly white light, all the game scenes disappeared, and in front of my eyes, there were only 0s and 1s, 0s and 1s...
The white light lasted for an unknown amount of time, maybe a few seconds or maybe several days, because in this white light, time seemed to not exist at all! This was a strange feeling, but it was my most direct sensation.
The white light finally faded away, but a strong purple light surrounded me again, making me lose consciousness instantly.
In the east of the continent, in the mansion of the Lord of Luoban Kingdom's Sea City, a man in black armor suddenly experienced intense vibrations all over his body. His eyes showed shock. After a while, he recovered.
The man muttered, "So powerful, Hailan is really powerful! It seems that I must accelerate the absorption of human intelligence and the intelligence of the NPCs in the city!"
He raised his hand, "Soldiers!" "Pass my order to hold the View City Martial Arts Tournament. The first place will receive a growth-type equipment! At the same time, allow players from other regions to participate!"
The guard received the order and left. The man frowned tightly: "This time, Blue Sea has damaged such a large opening in my dark space. The Celestial Star might gradually recover! No, I must think of a way right away..."
At the same time, in the main computer room of L&S Game Company in the United States, electric sparks suddenly flew out from various circuit boards, and the main computer exploded.
Three days later, L&S announced its bankruptcy because it was unable to handle the claims from a large number of gamblers in the game "Las Vegas".
When I finally came to my senses, I saw a strange and yet familiar scene before me: a touch screen.
I slowly recalled what had just happened. Just now, I was in Friendship Town and pressed the button to go to Sunset City, but after the white light flashed, I lost consciousness?
My gaze returned to the touch screen, which was a game of Five-in-a-Row. The earthenware was filled with continuous prompts: "You have won this round, please extract the prize."
I stared blankly, not knowing what had happened? Space transfer? A dream?
Regardless of that, I clicked on the "Extract Prize" item on the screen.
The system prompted: "Extract 'Lion God Set', you need to pay 3 million gold coins as commission. Do you want to extract it?"
My feet suddenly became weak. 3 million???
I screamed: "Waitress! Waitress! Help me!"
A beautiful and sexy waitress suddenly appeared in front of me, probably with agility of 10,000?
The waitress nodded at me and said sweetly: "Sir, what can I do for you?"
I gasped and pointed at the screen: "I... I won a prize, and I have to pay 3 million as commission!"
The waitress said: "Then, this means you have won a prize worth 3 million gold coins. Congratulations!"
My heart couldn't take the load anymore and I sat on the ground softly: "So, tell me, what will happen if I don't have 3 million?"
The waitress said: "You can temporarily store the prize here for three days and come to pick it up when you have the money."
I panted and waved my hand: "No need for such trouble. I'll exchange this prize for cash!"
The waitress gently said: "Sir, prizes cannot be exchanged for cash. Moreover, in the game, items above the level of Day are not allowed to be sold to NPCs. Your prize is divine level, and you can only buy your items from players."
Oh, I was so relieved. It turns out that the high-level items in the game are not recycled. Also, if everyone sells some divine-level equipment to the game company, although they won't go broke, it will still hurt them, right?
With tens of millions of gold coins, if players trade with each other in the game, they have to pay a huge transaction tax. The game company really makes a profit without losing anything!
I sighed: "So, I really can't get this thing?"
The waitress said: "Your other items can be converted into money. I've checked and there should be enough."
At this moment, the waitress introduced my prize one by one to me, and I had a brainfart again and again.
First, cash, 50,000 gold coins, but only 40,000 could be withdrawn. I invested another 10,000 gold coins as commission, and finally took out that pile of star-level monthly equipment.
The Fire God's Eye was the most important, but it required a 500,000 gold coin commission. I had to replace those monthly equipment with ten star-level equipment to take out the Fire God's Eye.
Now my entire brain was filled with the 'Lion God Set', 30 million gold coins!
I was dizzy, completely dizzy. I couldn't even calculate how much money I had! I have to sell them! I have to sell them! When we have enough money, we'll do the surgery 10,000 times!
No, I'll only do it once myself. I want to save all the vegetative patients in the world! Hoo-hoo!
The waitress gently reminded me from behind: "Sir, please remember, we only keep these prizes for you for 72 hours. After this time, the prizes will be returned to the system."
I slapped my head hard and realized how stupid I was. It's just... Well, let me calculate, 30 million gold coins, 3 billion world coins? I was so excited like this?
I laughed wildly and said to the waitress, "I know, ha ha. I'll play a few more rounds. It's five-in-a-row chess. I actually won so much! If I had known earlier, I would have come to play the game as soon as it started!"
The waitress said strangely, "Sir, this prize is not provided by the game. It was provided by the player who bet against you. We here are purely for entertainment purposes and won't provide prizes."
I exclaimed, "Then why do you have the betting counter and take a cut?"
The waitress smiled, "Player's betting is a private behavior of yours. We just provide convenience. What we charge is only service fees."
I muttered under my breath, the game company is really cunning. They don't miss any opportunity to make money.
But, who did I bet against just now? Which unlucky fool has such financial resources? Right, I wasn't chasing Gittel? How did I end up playing five-in-a-row chess here? The Eye of the Fire God? Was I playing chess with Gittel?
Obviously, I lost some of my memory. It's a normal phenomenon for a vegetative patient, or...
After leaving the game hall, I suddenly thought of Little Fat. This guy is god-level. He can even know what's happening outside in the pet space.
I summoned Little Fat, "Little Fat, tell me, just now..."
Suddenly, I was stunned. What I saw before was... This is... This is! A pig!