“What the…” Xiao Cheng stared blankly at Qi Xia.

“Time was rather tight, so I only took these,” Qi Xia said. “Combined with what you have, it’s about thirty total. That should be enough for both ‘entry fees’ and ‘capital.'”

Xiao Cheng opened the cloth bag in disbelief and counted, as countless questions exploded in his mind.

Winning one game could only earn two “Dao,” yet this man had brought back a full sixteen. Could it be that within an hour and a half, he rushed to the game venue and then directly participated in eight games?!

Never mind whether there was enough time… could the Man-Monkey even gather eight batches of participants within an hour and a half?

“How did you do it…?” Xiao Cheng asked with a somewhat trembling voice. “Did you really go to the ‘Man-Monkey’s’ game venue?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia nodded. “Is something wrong?”

“But how is that possible? Where did you get the time to play eight rounds? Besides, you couldn’t even afford the entry fee for the first round…”

“Eight rounds…?” After hearing this, Qi Xia shook his head. “No, two rounds.”

Qi Xia’s brief words not only made Xiao Cheng furrow his brow, but also made Tiantian and Zheng Yingxiong on the side puzzled.

The Man-Monkey’s game was “No Cutting in Line,” and the reward for each game was fixed. How could he earn sixteen “Dao” in two rounds?

“I had relatively good luck today, there were more people,” Qi Xia said. “Each round had sixteen people participating.”

“But doesn’t that make it even more problematic…?” Xiao Cheng asked. “The more people in this game, the harder it is to win, because everyone won’t listen to what you say, so how exactly did you…”

“Win?” Qi Xia furrowed his brow and interrupted Xiao Cheng’s question. “Why would I need to ‘win’?”

“Huh…?”

“I, I really don’t understand…” Xiao Cheng felt he might have encountered a very formidable person, and even his tone softened. “Brother, can you tell me how exactly you did it?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia raised a pair of weary eyes to look at Xiao Cheng and answered, “I told the ‘Man-Monkey’ that I could act as an inside agent and guarantee one hundred percent that the ‘Participants’ would fail the game, but he had to split the entry fees with me half and half.”

After hearing this, Xiao Cheng was momentarily speechless, unable to say anything.

“Sixteen people participated, sixteen ‘Dao’ in entry fees,” Qi Xia continued to explain. “If the ‘Man-Monkey’ lost, he would directly lose thirty-two. Guess whether he would choose to just gamble, or steadily take eight?”

“This…” Xiao Cheng thought for a moment, then answered, “Even with only a fifty percent probability, he might still choose to gamble… After all, this is sixteen ‘Dao’!”

“So I acted very convincingly in the first round. I was just a ‘Participant’ who accidentally stood in the wrong position. I sincerely apologized to everyone and said I definitely wouldn’t make mistakes in the second round,” Qi Xia said. “As long as I gave the Man-Monkey a sense of sincerity for long-term cooperation, he would agree to cooperate with me for another round. This way, the same batch of ‘Participants’ would play the game again, and both he and I would steadily get sixteen each. One path is a fifty percent probability of getting sixteen, while the other path is a one hundred percent probability of getting sixteen. What do you think he would choose?”

After hearing this, Xiao Cheng slowly swallowed, feeling that just listening to this man speak was making his ears start to buzz.

His own thinking would always be constrained by the rules proposed by the “Zodiac,” but the purpose of everyone participating in games most of the time wasn’t to “win,” but to collect three thousand six hundred “Dao.” As long as one could ensure their own life was safe, they could think of every possible way to obtain “Dao.”

The person before him had opened up a completely different line of thinking for him.

Qi Xia covered his forehead and walked to the side, slowly sitting down, then began to rest with his eyes closed.

“Old Qi!” Chen Junnan took the opportunity to walk up to him and said, “This young master learned a lot about gambling knowledge last night. How about we partner up to cheat?”

“Right now, the urgent priority isn’t ‘cheating,'” Qi Xia said after looking at Chen Junnan. “That young man has four ‘Dao’ left on him, I brought back sixteen, added together that’s only enough for two people to get out. We’re still short forty.”

After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin also walked over. “Liar Boy, don’t we still have time? We have a whole day.”

“But I suspect people entering here won’t bring too much ‘Dao.’ Most are desperate gamblers betting everything,” Qi Xia said with a furrowed brow. “Assuming each person brings five ‘Dao’ into the venue, after subtracting the entry fee only three remain. We’d need to consecutively win clean the ‘Dao’ of at least fourteen people to possibly guarantee our entire team’s survival.”

“This…”

The two roughly calculated. Although they had confidence in Qi Xia, would fourteen people besides them enter this venue?

And would these fourteen people each have three “Dao” for them to win?

Qi Xia pondered for a while, then turned his head to look at the Earth-Monkey sleeping sprawled out on the seat.

“Since this is a ‘gambling house,’ there should be advanced play, right?” Qi Xia asked. “Did he mention any other ways to play?”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin shook their heads, but Tiantian in the distance thought of something.

“You can gamble with the ‘Earth-Monkey,'” she said. “But he said he plays really big, ordinary people can’t handle it.”

“That’s it.” Qi Xia said. “The purpose of this game isn’t to earn ‘Dao’ either. First is to stay alive, second is to bankrupt the Earth-Monkey.”

After hearing this, several teammates around Qi Xia all nodded. Xiao Cheng also widened his eyes on the side.

This person’s terrifying nature completely exceeded his imagination. He had confidently gone to the Man-Monkey to get a wave of “Dao,” and now he was going to directly challenge the “Earth-Monkey”?

“How’s that young man’s skill level?” Qi Xia looked at Xiao Cheng at this moment and asked the people beside him in a low voice.

“Normal level, I guess,” Chen Junnan said. “Although he can’t help much, he won’t cause trouble either.”

“Then let’s get ready,” Qi Xia slowly stood up. “Today we don’t need to wait for other ‘Participants.’ We can start directly.”

“Hey.” After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin smiled slightly. He turned to look at Qi Xia and then at Chen Junnan. “Junnan Boy, Liar Boy, this seems to be the first time the three of us are cooperating.”

“Look at how inexperienced you are, kid,” Chen Junnan said somewhat proudly, curling his lip. “This young master has seen plenty of scenes where the three of us cooperate.”

“Then it’s settled, Junnan Boy. Let me show off this time,” Qiao Jiajin loosened up his muscles and bones.

“Show off what? The Earth-Monkey isn’t going to fight with you.”

The two stood up one after another, expressions calm and composed on their faces, following Qi Xia as they walked toward the soundly sleeping Earth-Monkey.