“One round to decide the outcome…?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia agreed. “There are still three rounds remaining, but I don’t want to be that troublesome anymore. I’m planning to decide the outcome with you in just this one round.”

“Oh…?” Earth Monkey reached up to scratch his head, seemingly considering the feasibility of this plan.

“Only I will participate in this round.” Qi Xia added. “We don’t need to use ‘Dao’ anymore either. I’ll directly bet the lives of all six of us.”

“You not only want one round to decide the outcome, but you also want to directly bet your lives here?” Earth Monkey asked.

“That’s right.” Qi Xia said. “This is also quite fair for you. After all, we currently have close to twenty chips. Once I win, the money accumulated will very likely allow three people to escape, and you’ll only obtain three lives.”

“How is this fair to me?” Earth Monkey asked in return. “If you bet six lives, then I also need to bet my own life.”

“Of course not.” Qi Xia shook his head. “If I win, you only need to supply us with enough ‘Dao’ to survive. The six of us will exchange our ‘lives’ for your ‘Dao.’ Isn’t that fair?”

Earth Monkey thought carefully for a while and felt that what Qi Xia said made sense.

If they really continued gambling normally, Qi Xia’s chances of winning weren’t small. After all, he had already seen through most of the rules. Even if he couldn’t guarantee everyone’s survival, keeping three people alive was more than sufficient.

But if he could win the next round, he might be able to obtain six lives all at once.

Getting three lives stably, versus taking a gamble for six lives—which should he choose?

“Heh… What other choice is there?” Earth Monkey slowly curved up the corners of his mouth. “Even if everyone else would choose three lives, I’m a ‘gambler.'”

“So…?”

“I agree.” Earth Monkey nodded. “After all, I just said that you’re simply lying. You don’t know what my ‘trump cards’ are, so your chances of winning will be infinitely reduced.”

“Good.” Qi Xia nodded. “But I also have a condition.”

“What condition?”

“If we draw, I win.”

“Draw…?” Earth Monkey was stunned. “You mean if our points are the same, you win?”

“Not just ‘same points.'” Qi Xia shook his head. “Even if we both ‘bust’ at the same time, I still win.”

“That’s not acceptable.” Earth Monkey immediately denied. “The chances of a ‘draw’ are already extremely low in this game. If you can win in a draw situation, wouldn’t your odds be too high?”

“Then let’s go back to gambling three normal rounds.” Qi Xia said. “But I remind you again, even though you have the advantage in three rounds, you only have a certain probability of getting three lives. If you lose any round, you lose everything.”

“I can’t lose…” Earth Monkey muttered softly to himself.

“Can’t lose?” Qi Xia asked. “You couldn’t even see through my scheme in the last round—what makes you think you won’t lose the next three rounds?”

Earth Monkey fell silent upon hearing this. After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth, “Fine, I can accept ‘if we draw, you win,’ but I also have a condition.”

“Go ahead.”

“If I lose, I lose.” Earth Monkey said. “Then if you lose, you also need to lose cleanly.”

“What do you mean?”

“Our game determines life and death.” Earth Monkey said. “If I lose, I’ll give you enough ‘Dao.’ But if you lose, the six of you must die here immediately. You’re not allowed to continue participating in other games, and you’re not allowed to look for loopholes in the rules.”

Qi Xia was silent for a few seconds, then nodded, “Fine.”

“So you really agree…?” Earth Monkey asked again.

“I agree.” Qi Xia said. “We’ll follow the ‘Full Moon’ rules for the final gamble. If we draw, I win. If I lose, the six of us will be executed by you immediately.”

“Then it’s settled.” Earth Monkey frowned and said. “I’ll accept my loss if I lose.”

“Good.”

“However…” Earth Monkey slowly raised his eyes. “I have one condition.”

“A condition…?” Qi Xia frowned, feeling something was amiss. “Let’s hear it.”

“I originally had a sure-win situation, yet I’m willing to make such a huge concession to play one decisive round with you. I also need to clarify the rules again.”

“What…? You want to change the rules again?” Qi Xia asked.

“Of course not.” Earth Monkey denied. “We’ll use the ‘Full Moon’ rules for the final gambling match, but I need to make it clear first—a ‘draw’ counts as my win.”

“A draw…?” Qi Xia’s nearly stopped brain rapidly calculated. “You mean… if our points are the same, you win?”

“Not just ‘same points.'” Earth Monkey shook his head. “Even if we both ‘bust’ at the same time, that also counts as my win.”

Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan, who had been silent on the side, finally couldn’t sit still upon hearing this.

“Damn it, Monkey Brother, aren’t you pushing your luck a bit?” Chen Junnan said. “Why don’t you just say that after we draw cards, you win?”

“Hey! Wait a minute!” Qiao Jiajin suddenly thought of something. He reached out to stop Chen Junnan. “Junnan boy, we might have all misunderstood Fat Monkey’s meaning. He said a ‘draw’ counts as his win. If it’s not a ‘draw,’ then it all counts as Liar boy’s win!”

“Whoa~~~!” Chen Junnan slapped his forehead. “Old Qiao, I love the way you think! So that’s what Monkey Brother meant?”

“Why wouldn’t it be?!” Qiao Jiajin also said. “Liar boy, hurry and bet with him! Your chances of winning are huge!”

Earth Monkey gripped the table with both hands, his eyes bursting with cold intent. “This must be your final struggle, right? After all, after this round, you’re all going to die.”

After saying this, he turned to look at Qi Xia and asked, “You decide for yourself—conduct this final gamble according to the rules I stated, or gamble through three normal rounds?”

Qi Xia knew that if he wanted everyone to survive together, this was the last chance.

If they gambled through three normal rounds, not only would each round require extremely strong ‘luck,’ they would also need very high ‘capital.’ At the same time, Earth Monkey absolutely couldn’t voluntarily concede. They had to make him put up more than ten chips in each round. If even one condition wasn’t met, someone among them would definitely be left behind.

A certain probability of everyone surviving, versus a hundred percent probability of saving three people—if it were Qi Xia, which would he choose?

“Unfortunately, I’m also a ‘gambler.'” Qi Xia said. “I agree. We’ll gamble according to the ‘Full Moon’ rules. If the two of us ‘draw,’ you win.”

“Haha! Straightforward!” Earth Monkey said. “We have plenty of people for this round. You pick someone to deal cards for us.”

Qi Xia thought for a moment, and Tiantian, who wasn’t far behind him, suddenly spoke up.

“I’ll do it.”

Everyone turned to look at her at the same time. Tiantian paid no attention and walked straight to the round table.

“May I?” Tiantian asked again.

Upon seeing this, Qi Xia slowly nodded, then looked toward Earth Monkey.

“Among my people, only she doesn’t understand gambling. You should feel at ease with her dealing the cards, right?”

“Of course, I’m comfortable with whoever deals.”

Seeing the two men’s eyes as if facing death, Tiantian could only carefully gather all the cards together, then carefully inspect them, wiping away all the blood spots on them.

Everyone’s lives were now bound to this gambling match—no mistakes could occur.

Qi Xia slowly stood up, then turned his face to look at Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan, saying, “You two, come with me for a moment.”

After speaking, he walked toward a distant table without looking back, and the two men hurried to follow upon seeing this.

Earth Monkey watched as the three people slowly sat down at a small table in the distance. Then Qi Xia’s lips moved slightly, saying something in a very small voice, while the expressions of the two men beside him changed repeatedly, as if they were hearing something extremely unbelievable.

“So you understand…?” Qi Xia’s voice returned to normal as he asked in a deep voice.

“I… I understand… I think?”

The two men looked at each other, their expressions very interesting.

“Then I’ll begin this round.” Qi Xia said. “Let’s fight side by side.”

Taking advantage of Tiantian’s shuffling, the three men sat down at the round table with different expressions. However, they adjusted their positions—Qi Xia in the middle, with Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan sitting on either side of him.

This move displeased Earth Monkey.

“I say…” Earth Monkey slapped the table. “Isn’t it supposed to be just you participating in the gambling match? What are those two beside you doing?”

“My assistants.” Qi Xia said without hesitation. “To prevent me from fainting, and to prevent me from not being able to see the cards clearly.”