Chapter 46: The Corrupt Official and the Crooked Casino

  The roulette wheel is at the center of the entire casino, which is also the most lively place in the casino. Many handsome men and beautiful women sit on high stools, their eyes fixed tightly on the rapidly rotating wheel in front of them, with different expressions on their faces, very colorful.

  The croupier was a slender, attractive middle-aged woman with ear-length hair and sharp eyes, wearing a professional smile on her face. She moved quickly and skillfully, holding a silver alloy scoop to collect the chips from the customers who were placing bets, deftly sliding them onto the corresponding numbers.

  Just in time, without waiting for Yin Tianlong to invite him, Li Yang sat down. Just in time, the previous round was about to end, a middle-aged man with a bald head next to him stared nervously at the rapidly rotating white ball on the roulette wheel, whispering: "Six! Six! Six!"

  The men and women next to him were also calling out their own numbers, the small ball in the roulette wheel was rolling slower and slower, just when it was about to land on number six, its speed almost came to a stop. The bald man next to him exclaimed: "It's really number six! Haha, I won!"

  His words fell to the ground, and the ball stopped for a moment before rolling forward again, this time towards number seven! The bald-headed man's face turned pale as he slumped down like a deflated balloon, not saying a word. Suddenly, his body sank and he collapsed to the ground.

  Li Yang hastily stretched out his hand to pull him, but it was too late. The man fell to the ground like a broken sack, his face ashen and his eyes rolled back, completely unconscious.

  "Come on! Drag this dead pig away! If you can't afford to lose, don't gamble. This Li boss is really something!" Yin Tianlong shouted angrily.

  Two black-clad men holding walkie-talkies quickly stepped forward and dragged the bald-headed man away.

  "He seems to be having a heart attack, he should be carried to the hospital on a stretcher, delaying will worsen his condition!" Li Yang stood up and said urgently.

  Yin Tianlong's face sank, and he ordered: "Did you hear that? Brother Lei has given orders, find a stretcher to lift him up and quickly send him to the hospital!"

  The two men in black nodded and threw Xie Ding's head to the ground, hastily leaving. After a while, they really found a stretcher, put Xie Ding's head on it, and quickly lifted it away.

  Watching the man being sent to the hospital, Li Yang finally put his mind at ease. With this interlude, what happened earlier in the roulette wheel floated into his mind. He saw that the small ball had clearly stopped, but for some reason it rolled forward another grid in a very strange way.

  Li Yang had a faint feeling that there was something fishy going on here!

  "The dealer's clear voice rang out: 'Everyone, place your bets quickly, a new round is about to begin!'"

  Li Yang thought for a moment, grabbed a stack of chips beside him and shouted: "50 million, bet on number 6!"

  He thought to himself, "Just now Xie Tou lost with number six, I'll try this number six myself."

  "Wow! A bet of 50 million, and you're only betting on one number. You're a big spender, little brother!" The croupier sister said with a light smile, as she efficiently pushed Lei Yang's chips to the sixth region without missing a beat.

  The gamblers around were shocked, their bets were mostly in the hundreds or thousands, and the highest bet was over ten thousand, which was considered a big gamble. Li Yang's initial bet of 50 million made them break out in cold sweat!

  Yin Tianlong's voice was trembling with excitement, and he whispered beside the small microphone on his collar: "Old mom, Li Yang has taken the bait, and just one shot is 50 million!"

  Qiao Qian smiled in the office, watching the closed-circuit surveillance: "Hmmm, Tian Long you did a good job! Li Yang this kid is a born gambler, it seems that tonight we may not need Wu Shu to make a move, and we can take care of this kid."

  A moment later, including Li Yang, there were six people who had placed their bets. The croupier started the roulette wheel and the small ball began to spin rapidly inside it.

  Watching the rapidly spinning small ball, Li Yang felt a bit indignant because he saw through the metal and wooden materials that made up the roulette wheel that the beautiful croupier had secretly pressed a mobile phone-like keyboard with one hand, even the numbers on it were clearly visible, she pressed 5!

  In less than a minute, the ball slowly came to a stop, right on the number five. Li Yang lost 50 million!

  Li Yang thought to himself, "Indeed there is a ghost, if I continue to gamble like this, it's strange that I would win!"

  The roulette was indeed fast, and the 50 million was lost in no time. Li Yang's mouth twitched into a bitter smile as he took out another stack of chips from his tray and called out: "50 million, betting on number six again!"

  "Wow! The young man is quite ordinary in appearance, but he's really bold when it comes to betting!" exclaimed a bespectacled onlooker.

  A middle-aged woman with a kind face and elegant attire came over, patted Li Yang's shoulder and said: "Young man, why don't you bet on an even number? Although the odds are 1 to 36, the winning probability is too low. You're betting so big, it's better to bet on odd or even numbers, although the odds are only 1 to 2, but the winning rate is much higher! If not, you can also bet on two numbers, which can be 1 to 18, and the winning rate is twice as high as now!"

  "Ah, Auntie, six is my lucky number, I want number six!"

  The people around him were all whispering, thinking that Li Yang was generous with his moves, but at a glance, he was just an amateur.

  Roulette betting emphasizes small bets, multiple openings, and relying on calculations and luck to make money. Like Li Yang, who suddenly uses 50 million to bet on a single number, is simply playing with a big cannon, the hit rate is too low, and there is almost no chance of winning.

  But Li Yang was clear in his mind that no matter how many numbers he bet on, if the other party didn't want him to win, he would definitely not win. The winning odds of one number and eighteen numbers were exactly the same.

  He watched others place their bets while thinking about how to crack the dealer's remote control.

  "Flyer brother, can you help me destroy this holographic remote control?" Li Yang communicated with Xing Nao through his consciousness.

  "Li Yang, you're not focusing on mining properly, and instead doing these meaningless things. I really don't know what to do with you!" Xing Nao said disapprovingly.

  "We'll talk about mining later, this customs officer's broken remote control is too hateful!"

  "I saw it, but I couldn't help you. If we were outside, my purple light could burn out the power source of the remote control, but now that you're in the basement, if I wanted to do that, I'd have to destroy the building above us, and you wouldn't want me to do that, would you?"

  "I'm going to faint! You mustn't do such a thing! If the house blows up, my life will be gone too!"

  "I'm helpless then. This is a remote control, not a mobile phone. There's no way to hack it through the internet either. You got yourself into trouble, you figure out a solution yourself. I'm unable to help."

  "You're an all-powerful flying saucer! Think of a way for me!"

  "You can turn a mining ship into a bullet and fly over at high speed, directly killing this dirty customs officer."

  "Ugh, this is too bloody, don't you think killing people will get you killed?! Forget it, I'll just take care of myself. If all else fails, I'll just lose the 260 million and leave with a clear conscience, as if I never came here."

  The game between Li Yang and Xing Nao has ended, the ball stopped at number 16. The man with glasses had bet 1,000 yuan on 16 and 9, with a payout ratio of 1:18. He got his principal back and also received 18,000 yuan in chips, he couldn't help but jump for joy. Some people around him also made some small gains and cheered along with him.

  And Li Yang's five thousand ten thousand waves were calm and lost again.

  He knew in his heart that even if the flying disc could destroy the remote control, the probability of winning by pressing a number was only one in thirty-six. It was very likely that he would not win a single game even after betting hundreds of times, so he became secretly anxious.

  Mining ships can suck mahjong and dice into their belly in an instant and then spit them out again, because the speed has reached hundreds of times that of light, so they can deceive human eyes, even high-speed cameras.

  But the roulette is a machine operating with a plastic ball rolling, separated by thick bulletproof glass, even if you use an excavator, there's no way to take out or put in the small ball, or interfere with its movement. What can be done?

  Li Yang stared intently at the roulette machine in front of him, noticing a small stain about the size of a sesame seed on the plastic part below. Suddenly, he thought to himself, "What if I could shrink the mining ship down to the size of a needle tip and dig a small hole from this stain into it? Could I then turn the mining ship into a plastic ball and make it so that whatever number I want is the one that comes up?"

  Give it a try!

  As soon as the idea was certain, Li Yang used his consciousness to give orders to the mining ship. Suddenly, the ring on his finger disappeared, and a small bright spot the size of a needle tip appeared on the stain below the roulette machine. It flashed once and then disappeared.

  In the next moment, the mining ship had already appeared inside this gambling machine. In less than one ten-thousandth of a second, it had completed the trick of switching the cat with the prince, and now the plastic ball inside the roulette machine was actually Li Yang's mining ship transformed.

  Sensing the information transmitted back by the mining ship, Li Yang's heart was greatly settled. Looking at the complacent Dutch official in front of him, he thought to himself: Let you be arrogant, this time let you cry until you can't cry!

  It's time to place a bet again. Li Yang took out all the remaining 100 million chips and shouted: "One hundred million, still betting on number six!"

  Yin Tianlong poured two glasses of red wine and turned around, smiling at Li Yang: "Li Yang, have a drink. If you lose this time, I'll let the waiter bring you 500 million chips, how about that? Since we're playing, let's play to our heart's content. Life is short, we should make the most of it, right brother?"

  Li Yang took over the wine glass with a skeptical expression and said: "Let's talk about it after this round is over, I think we can win this one!"

  As someone pressed a billion chips, the crowd around the roulette wheel burst into cheers! Many gamblers who were playing small bets nearby stopped and gathered to watch. If it weren't for the casino's strict ban on carrying mobile phones, cameras, and video recorders, someone would definitely take a close-up shot of Li Yang's majestic scene.

  "Then wait and see, since you're so confident, I'll be watching with bated breath as you win this round!" Yin Tianlong said with a sly smile.

  After finishing speaking, he turned his back and nodded at the smiling customs officer, making a beheading gesture on his own neck, indicating that she would definitely get the 100 million yuan from Lai Yang!