Chapter 161 - Martial Arts Master Possession Card
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
The third deal made Shi Lei gain a better understanding of Yu Banzhi's character. This man really didn't sell those things for a living and definitely wouldn't bait him. The incense he sold to him was somewhat profitable, but the profit was basically negligible. However, the Black Card still gave him the difference according to the normal market price.
Of course, merely four hundred yuan was nothing. Even if it was part of his own funds, it didn't make too much of a difference. The only thing that could be said was that it was better than getting nothing. What Shi Lei valued was the chance to draw a prize.
But he doubted that giving the Xingyue Puti to Wei Xingyue was connected to seeing her naked. Wei Xingyue didn't take off her clothes for Shi Lei because he gave her a chain of Xingyue Puti.
"I understand the barbeque and beer part. I treated her and she therefore went to my apartment and we kissed unknowingly. But the Xingyue Puti and her naked back shouldn't have a direct relation. Not to mention that she took it after I saw her naked. I didn't even give it to her. She snatched it."
"Stupid marmot! If you didn't happen to buy that, did you really think that Wei Xingyue would've let you off that easily? That object helped you far more than you thought. If you didn't have that with you, she would've at least broken your leg and according to my evaluation, with her personality, it was more likely for her to dig out your eyes."
Shi Lei was shocked. Holy shit, wasn't that a bit too exaggerated? I saw her naked back for a moment and she would dig my eyes out? Is this a mafia movie?
Fine, fine. If that was case, then he shouldn't ask more. Shi Lei felt chills shooting up his spine.
"Can I draw the prize now?" Shi Lei asked. In reality, from what he knew about the Scepter's personality, it should've made the spinning wheel appear already, so Shi Lei thought that its inaction was strange. He hadn't expected that when he mentioned it, the Scepter would become extremely irritated.
"Stupid marmot, why are you in such a hurry? I already told you that I would give you one chance at it. Do you think I'd forget about that?"
I was just asking, why are you so angry? Shi Lei thought. It had basically explained everything else, so the only thing left was drawing the prize. They were just doing things in the Scepter's usual order, so why was it acting like this? Why did it seem like it had taken the wrong pills or Shi Lei had stepped on its tail?
He didn't dare to make a sound as he waited for the Scepter to display the wheel in front of him.
He waited for a solid five minutes before the wheel which Shi Lei saw before appeared in front of him again. It was still divided into thirty-six fan-like shapes, and was about the same as last time. Shi Lei glanced at it and could understand the meaning of no more than five of the rewards.
This time, Shi Lei didn't hesitate and pressed the button immediately.
As soon as he pressed the button, the needle began to spin crazily. Shi Lei looked as hard as he could but couldn't see any pattern in the needle's spin.
Without a choice, he tried his luck and pressed the button again.
The needle slowed down and gradually, Shi Lei could see where it was going.
A few seconds later, the needle eventually stopped in a grid at about ten o'clock.
Shi Lei saw that it said "Ancient Times' Martial Arts."
Of course, Shi Lei knew what these four characters meant, but not so much the meaning of the whole phrase.
There were rumours about how strong martial arts were in ancient times, but it was gradually lost through generations. The study of martial arts now was definitely not as powerful as before, and a meditation and spiritual practice called "neigong" had even died out in some places.
But if he drew this, then perhaps he could use this reward to learn it?
This seemed of little importance and it was meaningless to learn. Although it would give him a greater ability to defend himself, Shi Lei thought that it would be more appropriate to hire a few bodyguards with guns as protection instead. After all, it didn't matter how strong the human body was. It couldn't be stronger than bullets. The movie scenes where people dodged bullets was an extreme that was impossible for actual humans to achieve.
The point was that if anyone wanted to learn martial arts, they needed a large amount of time to learn and practice and Shi Lei definitely didn't have the patience for it.
And for the time being, he really didn't need strong combat skills. When he reached the level at which people would go after his money, he could just hire bodyguards.
"The prize of Ancient Times' Martial Arts will generate an app in the level two employee's phone. The level two employee can use this card twice per month. To use this, you only need to open the app and select any of the options, and you will be possessed by a martial arts master. After you are possessed, it will last for thirty minutes.
Shi Lei blanked out for a second. Hearing this explanation, he thought that it wasn't too bad anymore. First, he didn't have to learn it. And second, its usage was to be possessed by a martial arts master, which meant that Shi Lei could use it twice for thirty minutes and change himself into a master. As for the ability and skills he would have, they shouldn't be weaker than special force soldiers. Since they could be addressed as "master," the strength of the human flesh would at the peak, as would be the skill.
"How good is this master?" Shi Lei asked.
"The perfect combination of strength and speed, and they possess at least one specific martial arts skill," the Scepter replied.
"This explanation is too unclear. I want to know the specific fighting strength. For example, could these martial arts masters easily defeat boxing champions?"
The Scepter considered for a while as if it was searching for data, and then replied, "If it is modern combat without restrictions or rules, then the martial arts master can face three of the boxing champions you mentioned at the same time without being at a disadvantage."
Although it was still rather unclear, Shi Lei had figured out the basics.
Without restrictions or rules meant that he could use both feet and hands, and he could aim for any body part. He could also continue to fight after taking the opponent down. It was basically like MMA, but with less restrictions, or the same as MMA but without limitations on the hands and feet, and some of the rules would not apply. Under this kind of situation, it was rather scary to win a 1v3.
But he could definitely be able to deal with the expected. As long as no one wanted to kill Shi Lei, he didn't have to be scared of a sudden incidents.
"You need to open the app on your phone every time you use it. This is too…" Shi Lei couldn't help but to complain. For example, if he was threatened by a robber, he had to take out his phone, open the app, then click on an option while facing the knife of the robber. If it was really a dangerous situation, it would be useless.
"You can control the application by voice. Even when the phone is locked, you can still activate it. As long as the level two employee commands the application with a clear voice, he can operate it."
That's better. Even if it was stupid to shout a few words out, at least it was more convenient than taking out his phone and clicking.
But why wasn't it the intimacy card!? At the end of the day, this was still not as good as that.
Shi Lei didn't have many questions left and planned to eject the card and leave.
But the Scepter suddenly said, "Level two employee, please draw the prize!"
Huh? Draw again? Didn't I only have one chance?!
Chapter 162 - Amazing Luck
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
Shi Lei was confused. Did the Scepter malfunction? He only had one chance and he used it already, so why did the Scepter tell him to draw again?
Although he wanted to and even reached out to press the button, he hesitated.
It was fine if the Scepter only malfunctioned, but what if he finished drawing only to have it say that he broke the rules? Whether it was a malfunction or not, Shi Lei didn't have the power to make another draw. If the Scepter was going to punish him for that, wouldn't Shi Lei be wrongly accused in the worst way possible?
He should still ask. When facing black technology that possessed super powers, it would never hurt to err on the side of caution.
Shi Lei took a deep breath and asked, "Didn't I only have one chance? Oh, I still have two, but I have to wait until I do it with Yiyi! Don't lie to me!"
"If I told you to do it, then do it! Don't talk so much!" The Scepter replied coldly.
Shi Lei became even more suspicious, even taking a step back. "No, you must tell me clearly. I don't have the guts to make the draw if you don't. This thing affects my life!"
"You stupid marmot!" The Scepter became frustrated again. "Don't act like this when you're earning something from me! How can someone as noble as myself possibly scam you? I'm letting you do it because you have one more chance! No, three chances! As you said, the other two will be eligible when you do it with Sun Yiyi as per the agreement. And now, you have one more!"
"Just tell me clearly. Where did I get this chance from?" Shi Lei frowned and asked nervously.
"Stupid marmot, you are really annoying! Last time, you drew the prize that doubles your chances. Because you didn't finish using those chances at the time and you didn't want to proceed onto the second half of the process yourself, that card's effects will continue until you finish drawing the prizes for the five star consumption."
Shi Lei was shocked but quickly became overwhelmed with joy. He hadn't expected something like this to happen and laughed loudly.
This was a bug. This was definitely a bug. Shi Lei, who had a certain understanding of computer programming, quickly understood what created it.
Because of Sun Yiyi, he gained two chances to draw prizes and the first one he drew doubled his reward. Hence, the command "double" was added to the program and would activate whenever he drew a prize. This command was obviously set when he had the chance to draw as part of the first half of the agreement and would end after he had finished the total reward of four draws.
But because the Black Card set it this way, if Shi Lei wanted the other two chances, he had to wait until after he had sex with Sun Yiyi. The time limit was one year. Because of this, the command "double" was kept. He still couldn't use the other two chances to draw a prize at the moment, so now that he received another chance to draw, due to the existence of the "double" command, his chance was automatically doubled!
Which meant that as long as he didn't use those two chances, every time Shi Lei received a chance to draw a prize, it would be doubled!!
Hahahaha, how could Shi Lei not be happy?
He suddenly understood why the Scepter was so gloomy when it reminded him earlier to come again at midnight!
And the entire time he was talking with it about leveling up, it had acted like an angry bird. Shi Lei knew that he hadn't offended the Scepter, and yet it was behaving so strangely.
And now, Shi Lei finally realized why the Scepter was so irritated. It was because of the existence of this bug.
Hahaha! Shi Lei was so happy that he could die. Receiving another chance to draw wasn't the main cause of his elation. It was the Scepter's unhappiness! The key point was that as long as Shi Lei didn't complete the agreement, then his chances would be doubled. Although it could only last for a year at most, it had only been two months, and Shi Lei had already gained three chances. There were ten months left. During these ten months, if Shi Lei gained another three or four chances, then he could have double that amount!
"So you were angry because of this!" Shi Lei stopped laughing crazily and teased the Scepter.
The Scepter was helpless and could only clench its teeth. "Hurry up and draw the prize, you stupid marmot!"
Alright, the Scepter's vocabulary was really limited. Saying "chipmunk" was definitely exceeding that limit.
Shi Lei tried to contain his laughter and smashed the button on the screen. Then he pressed it again.
This time, the needle gradually stopped and a shocking scene occurred. Another burst of crazy laughter exploded in the self service bank.
Except this time, it wasn't Shi Lei who was laughing, but the Scepter.
"Hahahaha, stupid marmot! You thought you received another chance to draw a prize! Hahaha, you idiot! You drew Ancient Times' Martial Arts again! Hahaha, this, at most, doubles the chances you can be possessed by a martial arts master per month. Hahahaha, congratulations! Now you have four chances to be possessed by a martial arts master! Hahaha, this noble Scepter is about to die from laughing!"
Shi Lei felt as if he had been struck by lightning and was on the verge of a breakdown.
What the hell!? What kind of luck was that? Picking the same grid twice?
No, Shi Lei wouldn't let it go easily. "No! This won't do!" He yelled hysterically. "This doesn't count! I already drew this option, so you should take it away and replace it with another one, according to the rules. But you didn't!"
The Scepter suddenly stopped laughing. It was indeed a problem. The Black Card's prize-drawing system made it so that the prize that was drawn had to be replaced.
But a moment later, the Scepter burst into a fit of laughing that was even more violent than before.
"Stop laughing!" Shi Lei yelled furiously. "What the hell are you laughing about? Why are you laughing this time?!" Shi Lei thought that he had found a loophole and could draw again, but now that the Scepter was laughing like that, he knew it was a bad sign.
"According to the system, after the level two employee drew the option of 'Ancient Times' Martial Arts,' this option would be deleted and replaced by a new, random option. But the level two employee's luck really is amazing, and after it was randomized, the same card appeared. Hence, what the level two employee drew this time abides perfectly by the rules," The Scepter explained in between laughs.
Shi Lei's face turned dark. Was his luck supposed to be considered unbelievably good or unbelievably bad? Although he didn't know how the system randomized it, the Scepter said that it didn't break any rules, so it shouldn't be a lie. The Scepter couldn't lie, meaning that Shi Lei could only accept this outcome.
"Stop laughing! Why are you so happy? I have ten months left to gain more chances and have them double. Hmph, I don't believe that I will be this…er…lucky every time!"
The Scepter suddenly stopped laughing again. Shi Lei only lost one chance to draw a prize. He would have more in the future.
"Anyways, at least you didn't get anything useful this time!" The Scepter managed, with difficulty, to laugh again.
Chapter 163 - Investment Opportunity Brought by the Soccer Lottery
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki llikia
Shi Lei didn't want to talk to the annoying Scepter anymore, so he pressed a button and the Black Card was ejected. The screen returned to its normal display and the Scepter disappeared.
Before it vanished, it huffed, "No manners…" Shi Lei's face turned dark when he heard its words and he promptly ignored it.
After he returned to his apartment, Shi Lei checked his phone and, as expected, two new apps were added on it. One of them was the "Lottery Card," which was the reward for levelling up. Through this card, he could obtain a number, and the number could help him to win a prize of seventy-six thousand yuan after taxes were deducted. Shi Lei tapped open the app and saw that it included all kinds of lotteries available in the country, including sports and welfare.
As he scanned through these options, he suddenly realized a problem.
The soccer lottery!
The soccer lottery's prize was generated according to an odds ratio. In other words, if Shi Lei wanted to use two yuan to win seventy-six thousand yuan, he had to to make a long series of bets. So it was impossible to win seventy-six thousand yuan in a single match. Then once Shi Lei chose the option of the soccer lottery, this app would give him the results of at least seven or eight games.
This allowed Shi Lei to know the results of the majority of the games, and at the moment, the matches of the five European Leagues were in full swing. Now that Shi Lei could predict the results of these matches, there would definitely be unpopular options that he could bet on with his own money.
For example, if one of the results was unexpected and involved extremely rich and powerful teams, such as Basaar or Real Madrid, and if Shi Lei made a bet with someone, wouldn't he gain more self-owned funds? As long as he used his own money to invest, the Black Card shouldn't be able to do anything about it, right?
Shi Lei's eyes shone brightly. This was definitely a way to become rich. Although it would be rather difficult to find someone who was willing to be deceived because of their generosity, there were plenty of gambling websites out there on the internet. As long as Shi Lei, who knew what the unpopular options were, invested on them…
Private funds, here I come!
Shi Lei was over the moon. Sports lotteries were different from welfare lotteries in that it wasn't as simple as a series of numbers. Every number in this chain of numbers had a precise meaning.
He clicked the option for the soccer lottery. After a moment of hesitation, he chose to bet with two yuan and the app quickly generated a long list. Besides a chain of numbers made of zeros, ones, and threes, there was also detailed information on the matchups for the games.
Zero meant that the home team would be defeated, one meant a draw, and three meant victory.
Although he had yet to know the details for the score, these games were all from the European Leagues and Shi Lei had entirely grasped the outcomes.
After a careful look, the game with highest lose ratio had reached 7.02, and without a doubt, it would be an upset. There was also another game with a ratio of 5.86, which would also be an upset.
With these two games, Shi Lei could almost see money waving its hands at him. The point was that he could use his own funds to invest on foreign betting websites, create a few strings, and easily reach more than forty-one times the loss rate. If he spent ten thousand yuan…
The thought was too beautiful and Shi Lei didn't dare imagine it!
He first bought a lottery with merely two yuan on the official website for the soccer lottery and immediately started looking up information on foreign betting websites.
He had just started researching and seemed to find a website that had been in business for quite a few years with a rather high reputation and guarantee.
Clicking into the website, Shi Lei breathed deeply, found those two upset games, and combined the two strings into one. He hesitated over the amount of money he should bet. Although he only had about ten thousand yuan of private funds, he also had a one million yuan consumption sum with seventy-six thousand yuan of prize money after this lottery closed. Today just happened to be the weekend, and majority of the games scheduled to be played were in these two days, so it should be fine if he made up for the money he spent after receiving the prize on Monday.
After a long moment of hesitation, Shi Lei eventually decided to bet ten thousand yuan. Since that damned Scepter didn't allow him to borrow money from the one million yuan sum, it would be troublesome if it determined that he invested using that money, and he had to spend all the profits he earned from lottery.
Seventy-six thousand yuan times more than forty. That was close to three million, and higher than this month's sum.
He checked his own funds. Thirteen thousand yuan. Shi Lei decided to bet ten thousand. This way, ten thousand times forty-one, he would have four hundred and ten thousand yuan.
Shi Lei realized that he was accustomed to spending the Black Card's money and he wouldn't care about a mere ten thousand yuan. However, when he had to spend his own money, it was only ten thousand yuan and his hands were shaking.
Finally, he successfully charged the money and Shi Lei bet ten thousand yuan on this string. If nothing went wrong, then after the game results were revealed next Monday, he should receive the reward of four hundred and ten thousand yuan.
After Shi Lei finished spending a large portion of the money that belonged to him, his heart thumped loudly.
He composed himself and pushed everything about the lottery aside, then began to examine the app which was labelled with "Ancient Times' Study of Martial Arts."
Because it could be controlled verbally, Shi Lei purposely put the phone in his pocket. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Click on the Ancient Times' Martial Arts app." He waited for a while and realized that nothing had changed, so he took out the phone. The initially locked screen had been unlocked and entered the options page.
There were three avatars, hand-drawn without a real photo. But it was normal, since they didn't have cameras at the time. Their names were written beneath their icons and naturally, Shi Lei had never heard of any of them before. He clicked on one of the icons and thought that he could see the details of this master, but there was nothing except a dialogue that popped up asking if Shi Lei was sure he wanted to be possessed by this person. He quickly pressed "No."
Obviously, he wouldn't waste a chance right now. Although he had four times he could be possessed by a martial arts master, he couldn't just waste it like this!
But Shi Lei now knew about the process of choosing the options. He exited the app and locked it, putting it back into his pocket.
Then, he said, "Click on Ancient Times' Martial Arts app." Three seconds later, Shi Lei said, "I choose the first martial arts master!" There was no detailed information so it shouldn't make too much of a difference.
He took out his phone and as expected, it was the same dialogue that had popped up earlier, except the three martial arts masters had changed to another three and Shi Lei still didn't know any of them.
He was clear that once he said "confirm," the martial arts master placed first would possess him. He wanted to keep experimenting with it, and decided to try it in an empty place tomorrow to see how sick the martial arts master really was.
After he closed the app and turned off his laptop, Shi Lei thought about the whole process of getting possessed by a martial arts master. He laughed out loud, feeling like he was watching a cartoon from his childhood. In the cartoon, before the people started fighting, they would always shout out some sort of catchphrase. Some would shout the name of the attack while others may shout something like "Please grant me powers. I'm XX." Shi Lei couldn't comprehend that before but easily accepted it now.
Except what he had to yell still sounded way less dramatic and definitely not as cool as "Diamond Stars Fist" or "Rozan Ascending Dragon!"
Chapter 161 - Martial Arts Master Possession Card
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
The third deal made Shi Lei gain a better understanding of Yu Banzhi's character. This man really didn't sell those things for a living and definitely wouldn't bait him. The incense he sold to him was somewhat profitable, but the profit was basically negligible. However, the Black Card still gave him the difference according to the normal market price.
Of course, merely four hundred yuan was nothing. Even if it was part of his own funds, it didn't make too much of a difference. The only thing that could be said was that it was better than getting nothing. What Shi Lei valued was the chance to draw a prize.
But he doubted that giving the Xingyue Puti to Wei Xingyue was connected to seeing her naked. Wei Xingyue didn't take off her clothes for Shi Lei because he gave her a chain of Xingyue Puti.
"I understand the barbeque and beer part. I treated her and she therefore went to my apartment and we kissed unknowingly. But the Xingyue Puti and her naked back shouldn't have a direct relation. Not to mention that she took it after I saw her naked. I didn't even give it to her. She snatched it."
"Stupid marmot! If you didn't happen to buy that, did you really think that Wei Xingyue would've let you off that easily? That object helped you far more than you thought. If you didn't have that with you, she would've at least broken your leg and according to my evaluation, with her personality, it was more likely for her to dig out your eyes."
Shi Lei was shocked. Holy shit, wasn't that a bit too exaggerated? I saw her naked back for a moment and she would dig my eyes out? Is this a mafia movie?
Fine, fine. If that was case, then he shouldn't ask more. Shi Lei felt chills shooting up his spine.
"Can I draw the prize now?" Shi Lei asked. In reality, from what he knew about the Scepter's personality, it should've made the spinning wheel appear already, so Shi Lei thought that its inaction was strange. He hadn't expected that when he mentioned it, the Scepter would become extremely irritated.
"Stupid marmot, why are you in such a hurry? I already told you that I would give you one chance at it. Do you think I'd forget about that?"
I was just asking, why are you so angry? Shi Lei thought. It had basically explained everything else, so the only thing left was drawing the prize. They were just doing things in the Scepter's usual order, so why was it acting like this? Why did it seem like it had taken the wrong pills or Shi Lei had stepped on its tail?
He didn't dare to make a sound as he waited for the Scepter to display the wheel in front of him.
He waited for a solid five minutes before the wheel which Shi Lei saw before appeared in front of him again. It was still divided into thirty-six fan-like shapes, and was about the same as last time. Shi Lei glanced at it and could understand the meaning of no more than five of the rewards.
This time, Shi Lei didn't hesitate and pressed the button immediately.
As soon as he pressed the button, the needle began to spin crazily. Shi Lei looked as hard as he could but couldn't see any pattern in the needle's spin.
Without a choice, he tried his luck and pressed the button again.
The needle slowed down and gradually, Shi Lei could see where it was going.
A few seconds later, the needle eventually stopped in a grid at about ten o'clock.
Shi Lei saw that it said "Ancient Times' Martial Arts."
Of course, Shi Lei knew what these four characters meant, but not so much the meaning of the whole phrase.
There were rumours about how strong martial arts were in ancient times, but it was gradually lost through generations. The study of martial arts now was definitely not as powerful as before, and a meditation and spiritual practice called "neigong" had even died out in some places.
But if he drew this, then perhaps he could use this reward to learn it?
This seemed of little importance and it was meaningless to learn. Although it would give him a greater ability to defend himself, Shi Lei thought that it would be more appropriate to hire a few bodyguards with guns as protection instead. After all, it didn't matter how strong the human body was. It couldn't be stronger than bullets. The movie scenes where people dodged bullets was an extreme that was impossible for actual humans to achieve.
The point was that if anyone wanted to learn martial arts, they needed a large amount of time to learn and practice and Shi Lei definitely didn't have the patience for it.
And for the time being, he really didn't need strong combat skills. When he reached the level at which people would go after his money, he could just hire bodyguards.
"The prize of Ancient Times' Martial Arts will generate an app in the level two employee's phone. The level two employee can use this card twice per month. To use this, you only need to open the app and select any of the options, and you will be possessed by a martial arts master. After you are possessed, it will last for thirty minutes.
Shi Lei blanked out for a second. Hearing this explanation, he thought that it wasn't too bad anymore. First, he didn't have to learn it. And second, its usage was to be possessed by a martial arts master, which meant that Shi Lei could use it twice for thirty minutes and change himself into a master. As for the ability and skills he would have, they shouldn't be weaker than special force soldiers. Since they could be addressed as "master," the strength of the human flesh would at the peak, as would be the skill.
"How good is this master?" Shi Lei asked.
"The perfect combination of strength and speed, and they possess at least one specific martial arts skill," the Scepter replied.
"This explanation is too unclear. I want to know the specific fighting strength. For example, could these martial arts masters easily defeat boxing champions?"
The Scepter considered for a while as if it was searching for data, and then replied, "If it is modern combat without restrictions or rules, then the martial arts master can face three of the boxing champions you mentioned at the same time without being at a disadvantage."
Although it was still rather unclear, Shi Lei had figured out the basics.
Without restrictions or rules meant that he could use both feet and hands, and he could aim for any body part. He could also continue to fight after taking the opponent down. It was basically like MMA, but with less restrictions, or the same as MMA but without limitations on the hands and feet, and some of the rules would not apply. Under this kind of situation, it was rather scary to win a 1v3.
But he could definitely be able to deal with the expected. As long as no one wanted to kill Shi Lei, he didn't have to be scared of a sudden incidents.
"You need to open the app on your phone every time you use it. This is too…" Shi Lei couldn't help but to complain. For example, if he was threatened by a robber, he had to take out his phone, open the app, then click on an option while facing the knife of the robber. If it was really a dangerous situation, it would be useless.
"You can control the application by voice. Even when the phone is locked, you can still activate it. As long as the level two employee commands the application with a clear voice, he can operate it."
That's better. Even if it was stupid to shout a few words out, at least it was more convenient than taking out his phone and clicking.
But why wasn't it the intimacy card!? At the end of the day, this was still not as good as that.
Shi Lei didn't have many questions left and planned to eject the card and leave.
But the Scepter suddenly said, "Level two employee, please draw the prize!"
Huh? Draw again? Didn't I only have one chance?!
Chapter 162 - Amazing Luck
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
Shi Lei was confused. Did the Scepter malfunction? He only had one chance and he used it already, so why did the Scepter tell him to draw again?
Although he wanted to and even reached out to press the button, he hesitated.
It was fine if the Scepter only malfunctioned, but what if he finished drawing only to have it say that he broke the rules? Whether it was a malfunction or not, Shi Lei didn't have the power to make another draw. If the Scepter was going to punish him for that, wouldn't Shi Lei be wrongly accused in the worst way possible?
He should still ask. When facing black technology that possessed super powers, it would never hurt to err on the side of caution.
Shi Lei took a deep breath and asked, "Didn't I only have one chance? Oh, I still have two, but I have to wait until I do it with Yiyi! Don't lie to me!"
"If I told you to do it, then do it! Don't talk so much!" The Scepter replied coldly.
Shi Lei became even more suspicious, even taking a step back. "No, you must tell me clearly. I don't have the guts to make the draw if you don't. This thing affects my life!"
"You stupid marmot!" The Scepter became frustrated again. "Don't act like this when you're earning something from me! How can someone as noble as myself possibly scam you? I'm letting you do it because you have one more chance! No, three chances! As you said, the other two will be eligible when you do it with Sun Yiyi as per the agreement. And now, you have one more!"
"Just tell me clearly. Where did I get this chance from?" Shi Lei frowned and asked nervously.
"Stupid marmot, you are really annoying! Last time, you drew the prize that doubles your chances. Because you didn't finish using those chances at the time and you didn't want to proceed onto the second half of the process yourself, that card's effects will continue until you finish drawing the prizes for the five star consumption."
Shi Lei was shocked but quickly became overwhelmed with joy. He hadn't expected something like this to happen and laughed loudly.
This was a bug. This was definitely a bug. Shi Lei, who had a certain understanding of computer programming, quickly understood what created it.
Because of Sun Yiyi, he gained two chances to draw prizes and the first one he drew doubled his reward. Hence, the command "double" was added to the program and would activate whenever he drew a prize. This command was obviously set when he had the chance to draw as part of the first half of the agreement and would end after he had finished the total reward of four draws.
But because the Black Card set it this way, if Shi Lei wanted the other two chances, he had to wait until after he had sex with Sun Yiyi. The time limit was one year. Because of this, the command "double" was kept. He still couldn't use the other two chances to draw a prize at the moment, so now that he received another chance to draw, due to the existence of the "double" command, his chance was automatically doubled!
Which meant that as long as he didn't use those two chances, every time Shi Lei received a chance to draw a prize, it would be doubled!!
Hahahaha, how could Shi Lei not be happy?
He suddenly understood why the Scepter was so gloomy when it reminded him earlier to come again at midnight!
And the entire time he was talking with it about leveling up, it had acted like an angry bird. Shi Lei knew that he hadn't offended the Scepter, and yet it was behaving so strangely.
And now, Shi Lei finally realized why the Scepter was so irritated. It was because of the existence of this bug.
Hahaha! Shi Lei was so happy that he could die. Receiving another chance to draw wasn't the main cause of his elation. It was the Scepter's unhappiness! The key point was that as long as Shi Lei didn't complete the agreement, then his chances would be doubled. Although it could only last for a year at most, it had only been two months, and Shi Lei had already gained three chances. There were ten months left. During these ten months, if Shi Lei gained another three or four chances, then he could have double that amount!
"So you were angry because of this!" Shi Lei stopped laughing crazily and teased the Scepter.
The Scepter was helpless and could only clench its teeth. "Hurry up and draw the prize, you stupid marmot!"
Alright, the Scepter's vocabulary was really limited. Saying "chipmunk" was definitely exceeding that limit.
Shi Lei tried to contain his laughter and smashed the button on the screen. Then he pressed it again.
This time, the needle gradually stopped and a shocking scene occurred. Another burst of crazy laughter exploded in the self service bank.
Except this time, it wasn't Shi Lei who was laughing, but the Scepter.
"Hahahaha, stupid marmot! You thought you received another chance to draw a prize! Hahaha, you idiot! You drew Ancient Times' Martial Arts again! Hahaha, this, at most, doubles the chances you can be possessed by a martial arts master per month. Hahahaha, congratulations! Now you have four chances to be possessed by a martial arts master! Hahaha, this noble Scepter is about to die from laughing!"
Shi Lei felt as if he had been struck by lightning and was on the verge of a breakdown.
What the hell!? What kind of luck was that? Picking the same grid twice?
No, Shi Lei wouldn't let it go easily. "No! This won't do!" He yelled hysterically. "This doesn't count! I already drew this option, so you should take it away and replace it with another one, according to the rules. But you didn't!"
The Scepter suddenly stopped laughing. It was indeed a problem. The Black Card's prize-drawing system made it so that the prize that was drawn had to be replaced.
But a moment later, the Scepter burst into a fit of laughing that was even more violent than before.
"Stop laughing!" Shi Lei yelled furiously. "What the hell are you laughing about? Why are you laughing this time?!" Shi Lei thought that he had found a loophole and could draw again, but now that the Scepter was laughing like that, he knew it was a bad sign.
"According to the system, after the level two employee drew the option of 'Ancient Times' Martial Arts,' this option would be deleted and replaced by a new, random option. But the level two employee's luck really is amazing, and after it was randomized, the same card appeared. Hence, what the level two employee drew this time abides perfectly by the rules," The Scepter explained in between laughs.
Shi Lei's face turned dark. Was his luck supposed to be considered unbelievably good or unbelievably bad? Although he didn't know how the system randomized it, the Scepter said that it didn't break any rules, so it shouldn't be a lie. The Scepter couldn't lie, meaning that Shi Lei could only accept this outcome.
"Stop laughing! Why are you so happy? I have ten months left to gain more chances and have them double. Hmph, I don't believe that I will be this…er…lucky every time!"
The Scepter suddenly stopped laughing again. Shi Lei only lost one chance to draw a prize. He would have more in the future.
"Anyways, at least you didn't get anything useful this time!" The Scepter managed, with difficulty, to laugh again.
Chapter 163 - Investment Opportunity Brought by the Soccer Lottery
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki llikia
Shi Lei didn't want to talk to the annoying Scepter anymore, so he pressed a button and the Black Card was ejected. The screen returned to its normal display and the Scepter disappeared.
Before it vanished, it huffed, "No manners…" Shi Lei's face turned dark when he heard its words and he promptly ignored it.
After he returned to his apartment, Shi Lei checked his phone and, as expected, two new apps were added on it. One of them was the "Lottery Card," which was the reward for levelling up. Through this card, he could obtain a number, and the number could help him to win a prize of seventy-six thousand yuan after taxes were deducted. Shi Lei tapped open the app and saw that it included all kinds of lotteries available in the country, including sports and welfare.
As he scanned through these options, he suddenly realized a problem.
The soccer lottery!
The soccer lottery's prize was generated according to an odds ratio. In other words, if Shi Lei wanted to use two yuan to win seventy-six thousand yuan, he had to to make a long series of bets. So it was impossible to win seventy-six thousand yuan in a single match. Then once Shi Lei chose the option of the soccer lottery, this app would give him the results of at least seven or eight games.
This allowed Shi Lei to know the results of the majority of the games, and at the moment, the matches of the five European Leagues were in full swing. Now that Shi Lei could predict the results of these matches, there would definitely be unpopular options that he could bet on with his own money.
For example, if one of the results was unexpected and involved extremely rich and powerful teams, such as Basaar or Real Madrid, and if Shi Lei made a bet with someone, wouldn't he gain more self-owned funds? As long as he used his own money to invest, the Black Card shouldn't be able to do anything about it, right?
Shi Lei's eyes shone brightly. This was definitely a way to become rich. Although it would be rather difficult to find someone who was willing to be deceived because of their generosity, there were plenty of gambling websites out there on the internet. As long as Shi Lei, who knew what the unpopular options were, invested on them…
Private funds, here I come!
Shi Lei was over the moon. Sports lotteries were different from welfare lotteries in that it wasn't as simple as a series of numbers. Every number in this chain of numbers had a precise meaning.
He clicked the option for the soccer lottery. After a moment of hesitation, he chose to bet with two yuan and the app quickly generated a long list. Besides a chain of numbers made of zeros, ones, and threes, there was also detailed information on the matchups for the games.
Zero meant that the home team would be defeated, one meant a draw, and three meant victory.
Although he had yet to know the details for the score, these games were all from the European Leagues and Shi Lei had entirely grasped the outcomes.
After a careful look, the game with highest lose ratio had reached 7.02, and without a doubt, it would be an upset. There was also another game with a ratio of 5.86, which would also be an upset.
With these two games, Shi Lei could almost see money waving its hands at him. The point was that he could use his own funds to invest on foreign betting websites, create a few strings, and easily reach more than forty-one times the loss rate. If he spent ten thousand yuan…
The thought was too beautiful and Shi Lei didn't dare imagine it!
He first bought a lottery with merely two yuan on the official website for the soccer lottery and immediately started looking up information on foreign betting websites.
He had just started researching and seemed to find a website that had been in business for quite a few years with a rather high reputation and guarantee.
Clicking into the website, Shi Lei breathed deeply, found those two upset games, and combined the two strings into one. He hesitated over the amount of money he should bet. Although he only had about ten thousand yuan of private funds, he also had a one million yuan consumption sum with seventy-six thousand yuan of prize money after this lottery closed. Today just happened to be the weekend, and majority of the games scheduled to be played were in these two days, so it should be fine if he made up for the money he spent after receiving the prize on Monday.
After a long moment of hesitation, Shi Lei eventually decided to bet ten thousand yuan. Since that damned Scepter didn't allow him to borrow money from the one million yuan sum, it would be troublesome if it determined that he invested using that money, and he had to spend all the profits he earned from lottery.
Seventy-six thousand yuan times more than forty. That was close to three million, and higher than this month's sum.
He checked his own funds. Thirteen thousand yuan. Shi Lei decided to bet ten thousand. This way, ten thousand times forty-one, he would have four hundred and ten thousand yuan.
Shi Lei realized that he was accustomed to spending the Black Card's money and he wouldn't care about a mere ten thousand yuan. However, when he had to spend his own money, it was only ten thousand yuan and his hands were shaking.
Finally, he successfully charged the money and Shi Lei bet ten thousand yuan on this string. If nothing went wrong, then after the game results were revealed next Monday, he should receive the reward of four hundred and ten thousand yuan.
After Shi Lei finished spending a large portion of the money that belonged to him, his heart thumped loudly.
He composed himself and pushed everything about the lottery aside, then began to examine the app which was labelled with "Ancient Times' Study of Martial Arts."
Because it could be controlled verbally, Shi Lei purposely put the phone in his pocket. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Click on the Ancient Times' Martial Arts app." He waited for a while and realized that nothing had changed, so he took out the phone. The initially locked screen had been unlocked and entered the options page.
There were three avatars, hand-drawn without a real photo. But it was normal, since they didn't have cameras at the time. Their names were written beneath their icons and naturally, Shi Lei had never heard of any of them before. He clicked on one of the icons and thought that he could see the details of this master, but there was nothing except a dialogue that popped up asking if Shi Lei was sure he wanted to be possessed by this person. He quickly pressed "No."
Obviously, he wouldn't waste a chance right now. Although he had four times he could be possessed by a martial arts master, he couldn't just waste it like this!
But Shi Lei now knew about the process of choosing the options. He exited the app and locked it, putting it back into his pocket.
Then, he said, "Click on Ancient Times' Martial Arts app." Three seconds later, Shi Lei said, "I choose the first martial arts master!" There was no detailed information so it shouldn't make too much of a difference.
He took out his phone and as expected, it was the same dialogue that had popped up earlier, except the three martial arts masters had changed to another three and Shi Lei still didn't know any of them.
He was clear that once he said "confirm," the martial arts master placed first would possess him. He wanted to keep experimenting with it, and decided to try it in an empty place tomorrow to see how sick the martial arts master really was.
After he closed the app and turned off his laptop, Shi Lei thought about the whole process of getting possessed by a martial arts master. He laughed out loud, feeling like he was watching a cartoon from his childhood. In the cartoon, before the people started fighting, they would always shout out some sort of catchphrase. Some would shout the name of the attack while others may shout something like "Please grant me powers. I'm XX." Shi Lei couldn't comprehend that before but easily accepted it now.
Except what he had to yell still sounded way less dramatic and definitely not as cool as "Diamond Stars Fist" or "Rozan Ascending Dragon!"
