The Labyrinth of the Monsters

Wu Dahai confidently adjusted his broom head, walked in a grand and shiny manner, and arrived in front of the slot machine.

"Each person has 10 coins, which is equivalent to 10 points. The game lasts for five minutes. Officer Huang, you keep track of the time. Be precise to the second."

"Alright." Officer Huang took out his phone and opened the stopwatch.

"The rules are simple. The one with the highest score within five minutes wins." Wu Dahai looked at Gao Yang. "Is there anything you don't understand?"

"No."

"Good! I'll go first!" Wu Dahai sat down in front of the slot machine and quickly inserted 10 coins to start playing.

Gao Yang stood behind him, activating his childhood memories of watching others play slot machines and refreshing his memory.

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This slot machine was the most common type on the market. It had a total of eight prizes: apple (5x multiplier), orange (10x multiplier), papaya (15x multiplier), bell (20x multiplier), watermelon (20x multiplier), double stars (30x multiplier), double sevens (40x multiplier), and BAR (100x multiplier).

Conversely, the probability of winning was inversely proportional to the reward multiplier. The first prize, BAR, was the most difficult to win and might not appear even after a hundred tries. Prizes like apple, orange, and papaya were easier to win, but the rewards were also smaller.

Wu Dahai started with 10 points. He spent 3 points, betting 1 point each on apple, orange, and papaya.

After five seconds, he hit the apple and gained 5 points, totaling 12 points.

In the second round, Wu Dahai bet 2 points each on orange, papaya, and bell.

After five seconds, he hit the orange and gained 20 points, totaling 26 points.

...

In the previous eight or nine rounds, Wu Dahai relied on casting a wide net and catching small shrimp, accumulating more than 80 points. There were several times when he missed, but overall, his score was increasing.

Wu Dahai was very proud. "Although slot machines are a game of luck, they still have certain rules and cannot achieve true randomness. Although I can't explain these rules clearly, after playing tens of thousands of rounds, I have developed a vague intuition. Generally, I can predict the next prize that might appear and hit it once out of three times."

"What's that called..." Wu Dahai said proudly as he pressed the buttons. "It's called being well-versed in Tang poetry. Even if you don't want to die, you can still recite it."

"It's poetry, not death." Gao Yang couldn't help but correct his pronunciation.

Wu Dahai was taken aback and glared at him.

"There's one minute left." Officer Huang reminded them.

"That's enough!"

Wu Dahai closed his eyes and muttered solemnly, "I feel like the double sevens are summoning me!"

The moment he opened his eyes, he bet 20 points on double sevens.

The result was a papaya. It was an unexpected outcome, but it didn't shake Wu Dahai. He continued to bet 20 points on double sevens.

The result was a watermelon.

Now he only had a little over 40 points left, but he didn't hesitate and still bet 20 points on double sevens.

The result was double sevens!

The slot machine flashed with a festive red light, and the music and mechanical electronic sounds echoed in the room. "Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!"

20 points multiplied by 40 equals 800 points!

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Wu Dahai stood up, stretched lazily, and there were still 30 seconds left in the competition, but he didn't plan to do anything else.

"Time's up." Officer Huang announced.

In the end, Wu Dahai's total score was 820 points.

One minute later, the slot machine reset to zero, and Gao Yang began his turn. After thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath and started betting.

At first, he imitated Wu Dahai's tactics, casting a wide net and catching small shrimp, focusing on betting on the three prizes: apple, papaya, and orange. He was like a diligent fruit farmer, working hard and after three minutes, he had accumulated 61 points. However, there was still a huge gap between his score and Wu Dahai's 820 points.

Next, he bet on the high-scoring prizes, but Gao Yang had no clue about double stars, double sevens, and BAR. He felt unfamiliar with them.

Finally, he made up his mind and decided to bet on the highest-scoring BAR!

He bet six times, 10 points each time, and hitting it once would give him 1000 points!

Aren't I lucky? Maybe I can really hit it!

Gao Yang bet 10 points on BAR.

Wu Dahai behind him laughed mockingly, "Bro, you're desperate! You've only played a few rounds, and you want to hit the BAR? I've played all night and still couldn't hit it once!"

"Beep beep beep beep beep!" The result was out, and he didn't hit it.

Gao Yang bet another 10 points.

After five seconds, the result was still a miss.

...

Soon, Gao Yang had only one chance left. With a flicker of hope, he gave it his all!

"Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep!" Gao Yang had a feeling that he might win this time. The time it took for the result to be revealed seemed to be two seconds longer than before.

"Click!"

He missed, and it was still a long way from hitting the BAR.

"Hahaha, you missed... You lost!" Wu Dahai laughed in a gloating manner. "Bro, you're still ten thousand years early if you want to beat me at the slot machine! Practice other games well and maybe you'll have a chance next month."

Gao Yang looked at his score: 1.

It wasn't time to give up yet.

"How much time is left?" Gao Yang turned around and asked Officer Huang.

Officer Huang looked at his phone. "There are still 30 seconds... 29 seconds..."

Gao Yang glanced at the buttons on the slot machine and locked his gaze on the two buttons for guessing big or small.

I don't care anymore!

Gao Yang closed his eyes and continuously pressed the "big" button ten times in a row!

"Thump thump thump thump..." The number in the score pool jumped from 1 to 2, from 2 to 4, from 4 to 8, from 8 to 16... and in an instant, it jumped to 624!

The whole process took less than 10 seconds.

Wu Dahai was dumbfounded. Among those who played slot machines, not many dared to bet on big or small. If you hit it once, your score would double, but if you lost, your score would be reset to zero.

It seemed very tempting, but as long as you dared to play, you would definitely lose. Especially when your score was too high, no matter if you bet big or small, it would most likely "swallow" your score.This Gao Yang, he actually bet big ten times in a row, and won every single time! What are the odds of that happening, with this kind of luck, he could go buy a lottery ticket?!

Officer Huang watched in shock, he continued to remind, "8 seconds left."

Gao Yang was also very shocked, is this the blessing of the Talent of Luck? No matter, let's do it again!

Gao Yang restrained his trembling arm and slammed down on "Big"!

"Thud!" The score of 624 jumped to 1248!

He won!

"Time's up!"

Wu Dahai was dumbfounded. He had played slot machines all his life, and this was the first time he had seen such a move. Could it be that the machine was broken? He stepped forward and pressed "Big" again.

"Thud!" In an instant, the score was reset to zero.

Wu Dahai was completely convinced, today he had witnessed what a real "Luck Emperor" was.

"You guys won, the assessment is passed." Wu Dahai said.

"It wasn't easy," Officer Huang was overjoyed, "After half a year, I can finally join the organization."

"Wait a minute! Don't misunderstand, this is just the first test of the organization." Wu Dahai said, "The organization has a second test."

"What?" Officer Huang was a bit surprised: "There's more?"

Gao Yang was not surprised at all, which organization would test an Awakened Being's gaming ability? This is not a recruitment for an esports team to compete professionally.

"Old Huang, you didn't really think that winning a game would allow you to join our organization, did you? The first test is just a warm-up, the real challenge is yet to come."

Wu Dahai snapped his fingers, and in an instant, all the arcade machines in the room shut down, and the ceiling fan stopped.

Gao Yang and Officer Huang stood in the darkness, looking at each other, not saying a word.

This Wu Dahai, he was not as simple as he seemed - he was very likely to have the Talent of "Electric Element", and in any game or film, those who wield "electricity" have high combat power.

He was indeed a big shot, playing the game of hiding his strength and pretending to be weak with these rookies. If he had really quarreled with Qing Ling just now, Qing Ling might not have been his match.

"Let's go, we'll talk outside." Wu Dahai put his hands in his pockets and casually walked out of the game room.