Chapter 181: Money Game (18)

One shocking piece of news after another—some inspiring envy and jealousy, others giving people a spectacle to enjoy—instantly stirred the emotions of everyone on Money Planet.

That day, almost everyone on Money Planet was talking about "City A Casino."

It was a place where someone could become rich overnight, a place that could change a person's fate, and also a place where people could witness tycoons go bankrupt.

Cheng Zhao looked at the news and abruptly stood up.

Ten billion in a single night?!

That so-called casino could actually move ten billion in one night?

He Yu's name had only just appeared on the wealth rankings, but Cheng Zhao was already extremely tense.

He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and began thinking rationally.

The casino could handle ten billion in a single night, and that was only its first day of business. Although He Yu's assets had increased by only one billion last night, with his intelligent mind, he could definitely win all ten billion for himself!

He Yu's casino had only just appeared on Money Planet, and the people of this world valued money more than their lives. Naturally, they would throw themselves into the casino one after another, sending their money straight into He Yu's wallet.

—Perhaps they would realize what was happening after a long time.

—But by then, He Yu would already have completed the instance and left Money Planet.

If He Yu left Money Planet alive, Cheng Zhao would die.

His expression instantly turned solemn. He strode toward the room beside him, thinking of many possibilities along the way, such as spreading rumors to convince people there was something wrong with the casino, or joining forces with other tycoons to "encircle" He Yu financially...

In the end, however, Cheng Zhao abandoned every one of those ideas.

He wanted to compete fairly against He Yu for once.

Just as He Yu had not interfered with his Combat Power Enhancement Course, he would not interfere with He Yu either.

They would each work hard in the direction they had chosen and decide the winner fairly.

When Cheng Zhao reached the room, he happened to hear the servants working for him talking—

"When we get a day off, let's go check out the casino."

"Hahaha, of course we should. What if I'm lucky and win a few hundred thousand?"

"Do you know how to play yet? There are rule tutorials online."

"I've only learned two of the simpler games. As for the more complicated ways to gamble, I'll slowly study them later."

...

Cheng Zhao's expression darkened.

Even the servants here had been tempted. What about everyone else on Money Planet?

He took a deep breath.

"Keep working. The new course must be released before the day after tomorrow."

"Yes—"

Cheng Zhao went over to help as well.

At this moment, it felt as though a fire was burning in his heart.

Before, He Yu had remained completely quiet. Although Cheng Zhao had been pleased, he'd also felt faintly uneasy.

Now He Yu's methods had finally appeared.

He was beginning to exert his strength.

While Cheng Zhao was faintly afraid, he was also extraordinarily excited. A fierce fighting spirit surged from the depths of his soul.

This was what it felt like to compete with a true expert.

He Yu was undoubtedly an opponent worthy of great caution.

Even with a combat power of 2, he was still unquestionably strong!

—Cheng Zhao looked forward to seeing how well he would perform.

—And he looked forward to defeating He Yu once.

—

City A Casino became famous.

Countless people swarmed toward it.

Even tycoons who had originally refused to go because they lacked an invitation could no longer restrain themselves. In the end, they got into their vehicles and headed for the casino.

Tycoons who had received invitations but hadn't gone ordered their subordinates,

"Find the invitation. We'll go take a look tonight."

Five and a half billion!

That was a figure capable of tempting anyone at any time.

The people of Silver City were especially affected.

Only yesterday, they had watched Heng Duan leave Silver City in disgrace.

Today, he returned in a luxurious flying vehicle, rich and triumphant.

Heng Duan's high spirits and extravagance made the people of Silver City red-eyed with jealousy.

His story had already spread across all of Money Planet!

Yesterday, he had been a bankrupt pauper who could only sleep on the streets from then on.

But because of a single invitation, because of City A Casino, he had won five and a half billion overnight and returned to the wealth rankings.

He returned to Silver City in grand fashion.

His vehicle drove directly to the home of the wealthy man who had mocked him the day before.

He shouted loudly—

"Kang Ming, didn't you say you were going to dump garbage on me? Why haven't you come out?"

Kang Ming's gates remained tightly shut.

He didn't dare open them.

Although Heng Duan had not yet returned to his former glory, five and a half billion already made him wealthier than Kang Ming.

If Kang Ming dared show his face, Heng Duan would dare kill him.

Kang Ming remained huddled inside his home, not moving at all.

Outside, Heng Duan sneered.

"Just wait. Once I've finished dealing with what I have on hand, I'll definitely take your life!"

His gaze was icy, and his face was full of malice.

There were no good people on Money Planet.

Kang Ming had dared to mock Heng Duan while he was down.

Now that Heng Duan had climbed back up, he naturally intended to kill Kang Ming's entire family to vent his hatred.

He would wait a little longer...

He still had too little money.

Once he won another few dozen or even several hundred billion tonight, he would kill Kang Ming's entire family tomorrow.

Heng Duan snorted coldly, climbed back into his flying vehicle, and left.

Kang Ming's teeth chattered.

It was impossible to tell whether he was angry or... afraid.

His son looked terrified.

"What do we do? Father, what do we do now?"

Kang Ming suddenly stood up.

"We're going to the casino too. Right now!"

The casino seemed to have become their final lifeline.

They immediately packed their belongings and rushed toward City A Casino with their money.

—As for the way they had mocked the casino yesterday?

Oh, that was already in the past.

They simply acted as though it had never happened.

—

He Yu stood in a small room on the fourth floor of the casino, looking down through the window.

Below, people constantly entered and left the casino.

Some wore expressions filled with anticipation and greed.

Some were dragged outside while crying.

Of course, there were also people who walked out laughing.

Far more cried than laughed.

The crowd surged.

Some people who had lost everything cursed outside, but were quickly swallowed by the flowing crowd.

People in ordinary clothing were thrown out.

Others wore luxurious clothes, yet were still driven outside after losing everything.

He Yu held a playing card in one hand, calmly watching the chaos below as he turned it over and over between his fingers.

His gaze lifted.

The luxurious hotel in the distance now belonged to him.

Rimless glasses rested on the bridge of his nose.

Sunlight fell across them, making the lenses gleam.

Yet his eyes remained completely calm, as though everything below had nothing to do with him.

He resembled a jade Buddha, without sorrow or joy.

Little Stone stood behind him, watching scene after scene as well.

He Yu suddenly spoke, his cool, magnetic voice ringing out.

"Do you see? This is gambling. No gambler can escape. Any temporary gains are nothing more than false prosperity. Cherish your life and stay away from gambling."

Little Stone paused, then slowly nodded.

He Yu turned and started walking.

"Let's go. We should keep our guests on the fourth floor company. Tell the people delivering invitations to leave immediately."

"Understood."

The one who answered was not Little Stone, but He Yu's new secretary.

—

On the second day after the casino opened, Cheng Zhao's assets stood at thirty billion, while He Yu's assets stood at one billion.

The difference was enormous.

That night, the fourth floor was even livelier than the night before.

There were three large rooms hosting ten-person high-stakes tables alone.

Everyone was intoxicated by the sensation of throwing money around, leaping back and forth between heaven and hell.

That night, the situation underwent an earth-shattering change.

The Nan family went bankrupt.

Following the Shu family, the second-greatest family in City A had also gone bankrupt.

Patriarch Nan was not a fool.

He had a limit in his heart.

When his assets fell to one billion, he knew he had to stop.

No matter how badly he wanted to recover his losses, he had to earn enough money outside before returning to make a comeback.

—That one billion could not be touched.

—That was his bottom line. It was registered under the name of his only son and was the foundation of the Nan family's survival.

But to his complete disbelief, his notoriously foolish son had secretly been gambling behind his back and lost that one billion.

Patriarch Nan became so furious that he vomited blood on the spot and slapped his son viciously across the face.

For the Nan family, this upheaval was a world-shattering disaster.

But on the casino's fourth floor, among the tycoons, it caused almost no reaction at all.

Hardly anyone even paid attention to them.

They were watching someone else.

The Gold City magnate had lost.

He had suffered a catastrophic loss of eight billion.

His available cash was gone, and he'd mortgaged many assets.

Had He Yu not "persuaded" him to stop, he still would not have left the table.

That was gambling.

The money lost was real.

And the losses were enough to change a family's status and reshape the entire situation.

When they had money, they too had humiliated other wealthy people.

Now their fortunes had fallen below those of the people they had once mistreated.

Those people could take revenge at any moment.

They no longer dared leave the table.

They only wanted to desperately win back what they had lost, then stay far away from the casino!

But once they treated "winning" as their last lifeline, not only did they fail to reverse the situation, they continued sliding downward, falling into an endless abyss from which no one could pull them back.

The more they lost, the less they dared to leave.

A vicious cycle.

Heng Duan, who had wanted to win even more money, failed.

Instead, he lost more than three billion.

His assets instantly dropped to only two billion.

That money had all been winnings, but Heng Duan only became even more unwilling to accept it.

His gaze turned increasingly crazed.

That night, He Yu won three billion.

It attracted little attention.

Mr. Kuer won six billion.

A Qian City tycoon won five billion.

And a minor wealthy man, whom no one knew had been brought upstairs by whom, won seven billion.

That man's total assets had originally been only one hundred million.

He had not even qualified for the wealth rankings.

After a single night, however, he entered the rankings!

All of these people had won more than He Yu.

Their stories were also more dramatic than his.

In addition to He Yu's three billion in winnings, there were the casino's commissions, the profits earned by the casino bankers downstairs, and other income.

Together, it came to four billion.

On the second day after the casino opened, Cheng Zhao's assets stood at thirty-one billion, while He Yu's assets stood at five billion.

The difference remained enormous.

Yet the latter's momentum was fierce.

That same day, the story of "A Minor Tycoon Wins Seven Billion at the Casino and Lands in the Middle of the Wealth Rankings Overnight" attracted the attention of everyone on Money Planet.

More and more people poured into the casino.

Of course, the Patriarch of the Bray family still viewed the matter differently from everyone else.

He stared with wide eyes in shock—

"What?! The Nan family went bankrupt too?!"

Damn.

The two great families once known alongside the Bray family as the Three Tycoons of City A had both gone bankrupt just like that?

It had only been two days.

Wasn't this far too insane?!

The butler looked excited.

"Yes, they're bankrupt. From now on, they can no longer compete with us. The entire Money Planet is reporting on the casino. It's unbelievably exciting. People become rich overnight and go bankrupt overnight."

The Patriarch of the Bray family glanced at the eager expression on the butler's face and immediately shouted,

"You're not allowed to gamble! You only see people winning money and great families going bankrupt. Why don't you look at the people entering the casino? Most of them come out crying!"

The butler fell silent.

He knew that.

But he still wanted to try.

As long as he controlled himself, he would only lose a little.

But if he won...

The Patriarch of the Bray family pinched himself to keep his mind clear.

Thinking of the two bankrupt families, he muttered with immense relief,

"He Yu doesn't count as someone from City A. Now that the Nan family and the Shu family have gone bankrupt, I'm the only tycoon left in City A."

At that thought, he became happy again.

The Patriarch of the Bray family said proudly,

"As expected, staying away from the casino was the right decision. I'm truly impressive. The Bray family will also grow stronger and stronger, rising step by step until we monopolize City A... Hahaha!"

While the Patriarch of the Bray family was basking in his pride, his three sons secretly returned to the Bray family estate.

All three wore ashen expressions.

The moment they arrived home, they immediately gathered in the Third Young Master's room and began "plotting" together.