Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch C.342 - 337: This Isn’t a Standalone Game?!

Chapter 341: Chapter 337: This Isn’t a Standalone Game?!

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“Camille Victoria?” Super Tomato looked uncertain.

“Could it be an Easter egg made by Lincoln? Putting players in the game?”

Such things had happened occasionally in previous games.

Although it was a bit strange in the virtual world, what couldn’t Lincoln do?

But before he could confirm, he was surprised to see that “NPC Camille Victoria” glanced at him, waved to him immediately, and greeted him:

“Tomato! Here! Here! I need your help urgently!”

As colleagues and having participated together in the early closed beta of “Traveler of the Wind”, they had known each other for a long time.

Although they interacted less with each other due to being on different platforms, their private relationship had always been good.

“Huh?” Super Tomato asked in surprise: “Are you… a real person?”

“Huh?” Camille Victoria also looked confused. “Otherwise?”

At this point, Super Tomato finally realized and looked around the spacious and luxurious casino, not knowing how many floors of the hotel it occupied.

“This is… a public space!”

“Oh.” Camille Victoria didn’t know if she was slow or had already discovered this, but she didn’t care and said, “That’s not important. Just come and help me, it’s an emergency!”

“What’s going on?”

Camille Victoria lowered her voice: “Look, I’ve got the aura of an expert, but the thing is, I don’t know how to gamble!”

Super Tomato glanced at her: “Why are you pretending to be an expert if you don’t know how to gamble?”

“Um, it’s a pity not to pretend when there’s a chance!” Camille Victoria looked a little embarrassed.

“So, what can you do?”

“Run fast? Draw turtles? Guess odd or even with dice?”

“Hmm…” Super Tomato thought for a moment. “Why don’t you just bet on odd or even? It’s simple!”

“That’s not cool! You have to help me!”

“The problem is I’m not familiar with it either.” The “Future Gambling King” of Night City, Super Tomato, had to awkwardly reveal the truth.

“Huh? Aren’t you a top student?” Camille Victoria was shocked. “I thought mathematicians could count cards and win until they get blacklisted by the casino?”

“There are indeed experts like that.” Super Tomato nodded but immediately said with regret, “The problem is that my math is not strong either… I’m not even a mathematics major… My brain doesn’t work, I can’t learn math.”

“Huh?” Camille Victoria was even more shocked as she looked at Super Tomato.

“It’s true.” Super Tomato explained to her, “Not to mention whether I deserve the title of a top student, math prodigies and those from other fields are completely different in concept…”

“So, why not just play odd or even, or try roulette or something?” Super Tomato consoled her, “If you’re afraid of losing face, I can go with you.”

“But don’t all the experts play cards?” Camille Victoria felt a little unwilling, “No one plays guessing odd or even? At least they should…”

As she said this, her expression suddenly changed, she raised her hand, and once again spun the chips in her palm a few times, looking like she had been enlightened.

“You mean, can I use the [Palm Extreme Sports] skill to play dice? Throw a 666 or something?”

As soon as Super Tomato heard this, his eyes lit up: “It seems… quite promising!”

The road to becoming a gambling king began?

“Let’s go, let’s try it!” The two of them couldn’t wait to find a table to play dice.

– Considering that Daxia players in reality rarely gamble, Cloud Dreamimplemented not only various projects in real-life casinos but also many small gambling projects for entertainment or private play when designing the casino.

You can find tables for shaking dice, as well as for comparing poker sizes.

Highlighting the excellent service attitude, they ensured that all visiting players had a good time.

If a player entered the casino and found that there were only a few games they could play, they would leave disappointed.

That would not be the player’s problem but the designer’s problem!

“Boom, boom, boom”

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The gambling table’s Super Tomato and Camille Victoria both looked up at the sound outside the casino entrance.

The roaring sound of motorcycle throttles and continuous gunshots echoed through the streets, causing a brief moment of silence in the casino.

But as the sounds quickly faded away, the casino became lively again, and everyone continued playing cards and betting as if nothing had happened.

Super Tomato and Camille Victoria were initially staring at the outside in amazement and planning to go out and see what was happening.

However, when they saw that everyone else remained unperturbed, they felt like they were overreacting and not fitting in…

Since the sound had already faded, they sat down and continued studying how to shake dice.

On the street, Hao was driving a stolen jeep and chasing his target desperately, feeling infuriated.

Oh, no, in the live broadcast, Hao should be called by his Game ID, “Pay-To-Win Lord.”

Before the preliminary selection of the “Assassin’s Alliance”, Pay-To-Win Lord, a somewhat famous player, also spent some money to invite experts. However, since there were only a few experts available, he was only able to get two.

Unfortunately, Chasing Wind relied on four experts to enter the group stage.

Hao only got two, so he lasted until the eighth round.

But, as the saying goes, blessings in disguise!

“If it weren’t for getting eliminated in the audition, I’d still be playing a live game. Who would have time for the closed beta? Hahaha!” That’s what Pay-To-Win Lord told everyone in the live broadcast room after getting the closed beta qualification.

The reaction in the live broadcast room was full of sarcasm:

“Hahahaha… I laughed so hard I cried.”

“I’m not sad, not… sad, not…sad, I suddenly burst into tears!”

“A wealthy old man swiftly shows up, sees through the fragility behind the anchor’s strong appearance and warms up his XX.”

Hao pretended not to see it and entered the game smoothly.

Then, under the command of the captain, he and his teammates attacked a beautiful house in the suburbs.

However, he was bewildered by getting shot and reborn on the roadside.

He looked around in confusion and quickly spotted the Continental Hotel. Not bothering to think too much, he went in, accepted a task, and started working.

Considering his easy death just now, he chose what seemed to be the simplest task – [Punish the rogue motorcyclists].

It looked simple – just some young people modifying motorbikes and racing on the streets, right?

Just grab and beat them, and they’ll give in! Simple!

Hao hailed a taxi and headed for their gathering place.

But he didn’t expect that these young guys had no sense of propriety. Before he even laid a hand on them, a few of them rode their motorbikes towards him at full speed!

Unable to dodge in time, Hao was hit squarely and left half-dead on the spot.

That wasn’t the end of it! Somehow, these guys rode back and slammed into him again!

They managed to deplete his health bar through repeated collisions!

After resurrecting at a nearby checkpoint, Hao, filled with rage, rushed back to the scene, pulled out his gun, and fired without hesitation!

As for the previous remarks to the audience about “young people not knowing better” and “just teaching them a lesson,” he threw them all out the window.

First, he shot the legs of two slow-reacting leather-jacketed young guys to ensure they were bedridden for a month or two.

Then Hao held his gun and hijacked a jeep, shouting, “You little punks, just wait!” while stepping hard on the accelerator, chasing the escaping sprightly young men on motorbikes.

During the pursuit, even more outrageous things happened: more and more lively young men and street racers, showing no fear, joined in the chase voluntarily!

Some people recognized the fleeing youngsters and fired a few shots at Hao’s jeep as soon as they caught up.

But most people seemed to enjoy the chaos, revving their engines and shouting incessantly.

The commotion caused Hao’s blood pressure to soar, and he felt his anxiety disorder kick in. He raised his gun and began to fight back.

As for collateral damage from stray bullets?

They had come this close, clearly not afraid of death, so why should he be worried?!

Hao became reckless and fought back even more ruthlessly!

In the intense chasing and fighting, several armed motorcyclists were shot by Yi, rolling and crashing on the highway.

Just as Hao thought he was surrounded, the situation was spiraling out of control, and the task was impossible to complete, an even more absurd thing happened—

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!”

The sudden gunfire rang out on both sides of the road, and whether it was a motorcycle or a car, including Hao’s jeep, all suffered a round of indiscriminate gunfire!

The scene was chaotic, with countless wrecked cars and casualties!

Even Hao’s jeep was hit in the gas tank, and he barely escaped a rebirth by quickly dodging.

However, just as he finished celebrating his escape, he saw a man in black clothes and pants, just like himself, walk out of a small shop across the street and immediately start firing at him.

It was as if he knew his shooting skills were poor; he fired almost half of a magazine towards Hao.

After resurrecting, Hao asked uncertainly, “Was that person another fucking player just now?! How did he appear?!”

“Could it be that ‘Speed Chase’… is not a single-player game?!” Hao was shocked.

“And why did he ambush me?”

The barrage quickly answered his question: “The Continental Hotel has refreshed a new task – [Quell the Street Chaos], you were the source of the chaos, who else would they target? Hahaha!”

“This game is indeed not a simple single-player game; I’ve seen quite a few players accidentally run into it.”

The information from the barrage came together, analyzing and guessing, finally roughly determining the game mechanics:

This game was not a single-player game, nor was it just like “Assassins’ Alliance” with a room host matching and invitation mode.

Instead, it was similar to “Light Encounter,” where being in close proximity or having related tasks could lead to unexpected encounters!

Hao couldn’t help but open his mouth wide: “Isn’t that chaotic?”

“Will there be opposing tasks in the future? One side has to kill the NPC, while the other side has to protect the NPC? And even cooperative tasks, with ambushes and shady characters…”

The more Hao thought about it, the more his head hurt.

Playing games, he had always been headstrong and never good at predicting things

In the end, he shook his head: “Forget it, I’ll take my revenge first!”

He stopped a taxi, pulled out his gun to chase away the driver, and drove towards the ambush location.

Hao’s gaming philosophy was all about never backing down!

Besides, they were all noobs; who was afraid of whom?!

On the other side, Yi arrived at his destination amidst an atmosphere of “It’s only awkward if I don’t feel awkward; the awkward one is the driver.”

However, he wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt that after the “pants-removal” incident, the driver took a different route.

Regardless, as soon as he got off the car, he pushed his doubts aside – the place in front of him was obviously shady.

Not only was the entrance barely wide enough for two people, but there wasn’t even a proper signboard!

How was this a welcoming establishment?

Obviously, it was not a regular place!

Yi hesitated for a moment and begrudgingly agreed to go in and check it out under the relentless urging of the live broadcast room audience.

And he described it nicely as: “I’ll go scout the way for you guys!”