Chapter 64 I am a Human, Not a God
"How is this possible!" The fat man stared at the cards on his table with a ghost-struck demeanor.
The onlooking gamblers also widened their mouths in disbelief.
Lin Tian grinned slightly, propped himself up on the table with both hands, slowly rose to his feet, leaning forward slightly with a smile and looked at the fat man, "You've lost!"
"Phew!" The fat man gasped heavily, his face still marked with incredulity.
235!
His cards were actually 235!
The smallest hand among all the cards!
Even smaller than Lin Tian's 236!
"We can announce the results now, right?" Lin Tian said with a grin, looking at the female croupier who was somewhat in a daze.
"Ah? Oh!" After being startled for a moment, the croupier snapped out of it and hurriedly announced, "Player number three wins!"
"Hehe..." Raising an eyebrow, Lin Tian looked at the small mountain of chips in the middle of the table with a smile, feeling very excited.
Ten million!
So much money!
"He won! He actually won!" Wang Tao muttered incredulously at the side, his hands rubbing together uneasily, feeling both excited and nervous.
"Damn! Even a 236 can win! This guy's luck is too good!"
"There's got to be over ten million there!"
"What dogshit luck!"
After a moment of stunned silence, the spectators started to discuss enviously and resentfully. The fat man who lost the money still had a disgruntled look with an expression of disbelief.
Lin Tian chuckled and, without paying attention to them, turned his head to the female croupier and said, "Ask someone to exchange my chips for cash and deposit the money into my card."
Startled for a moment, the female croupier nodded, "Sir, alright."
Since Lin Tian had won so much, the female croupier's attitude towards him had become much more polite.
Just as the croupier was about to call someone to collect the chips, suddenly a man in a black suit named Lai Flying Dragon approached.
Seeing Lai Flying Dragon coming over, the surrounding gamblers made way for him.
Lai Flying Dragon headed straight for Lin Tian.
Lin Tian glanced at him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and made no other movement, calmly waiting for him to approach.
Lai Flying Dragon arrived in front of Lin Tian, gave a slight nod, and with a calm expression said, "Our boss heard there's a master here who might wish to play a game. Are you interested?"
"Oh?" Lin Tian paused for a moment, then smiled, "Sure!"
"Then, please!" After saying that, Lai Flying Dragon turned his head to the croupier, "Have someone bring this gentleman's chips up."
After that, Lai Flying Dragon led Lin Tian upstairs; Wang Tao hesitated for a moment but then followed.
Eventually, Lai Flying Dragon brought Lin Tian and Wang Tao into a private room.
"Tap tap..." Lai Flying Dragon knocked gently on the door and whispered, "Boss, I've brought the person."
"Come in," came a calm voice from inside the room.
"Creak!" Lai Flying Dragon pushed the door open and then bowed slightly to Lin Tian, "Please!"
Lin Tian smiled faintly and walked in.
Upon entering, Lin Tian swept his gaze around and noticed the room was about fifty square meters in size.
The interior was luxuriously decorated, with a red mahogany table and luxurious leather sofas. A 70-inch ultra-large LCD TV was placed on the side.
In the corner there was a wine rack. Bottles of red wine were displayed there; Lin Tian did not recognize them, but they looked very high-end and classy.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lin Tian's gaze swept across the room before finally resting on a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa.
On seeing this man, a hint of surprise flashed through Lin Tian's eyes.
Contrary to his expectations, the middle-aged man exuded a refined elegance, akin to that of a Confucian scholar.
Wu Bin also showed a hint of surprise when he saw Lin Tian, standing up with a smile and extending his hand, "Young brother, you're quite young!"
"Age doesn't define ambition," Lin Tian extended his hand, smiling in response.
"Heh..." Wu Bin chuckled lightly, gesturing toward the sofa next to him, "Please have a seat."
"Thank you!" Lin Tian sat down without ceremony.
Wu Bin glanced at Wang Tao behind Lin Tian, smiling as he said, "This brother should sit too."
"Ah? Oh! Thank you, thank you, Boss Wu!" Upon hearing Wu Bin's words, Wang Tao seemed flattered and a bit nervously excited as he sat down.
Lin Tian glanced at Wang Tao, who was both excited and tense, guessing that Wu Bin must wield significant power. Otherwise, Wang Tao wouldn't be so nervous.
Wu Bin ignored Wang Tao's nervous demeanor, turned his head, and with a hearty smile, looked at Lin Tian, "I hear you're quite skilled, young brother. Shall we have a game?"
"Sure, what shall we play?" Lin Tian was indifferent; he wanted to see what trick the other party was planning.
"How about Blackjack?" Wu Bin tentatively asked.
"Alright," Lin Tian nodded with indifference.
After Lin Tian agreed, the door to the private room opened once more, and two scantily clad women entered, each carrying a tray.
Wu Bin had the trays put down, pushed one toward Lin Tian with a smile, "Here's fifteen million, this is your stake."
Lin Tian glanced at the large chips on the tray, slightly surprised. His own chips totaled only about one million two or three hundred thousand, and he hadn't expected the other party to directly offer him fifteen million.
"Then let's begin," Wu Bin said as he picked up a new, unopened deck of cards from the table.
Removing the jokers, Wu Bin shuffled the cards with a rustling sound.
Lin Tian observed Wu Bin's hands to be delicately smooth and agile, resembling a woman's. At the same time, Wu Bin's shuffling technique was quite a spectacle, as if performing a vaudeville act.
After shuffling, Wu Bin pushed the cards forward, "Do you want to check them?"
Lin Tian shook his head, "No need."
Asking me to shuffle? Don't be ridiculous; my own shuffling is too unrefined, it's rubbish compared to Wu Bin's.
It's better not to embarrass myself.
Anyway, I have my superpower, so I'm not afraid of any tricks he might play.
"Alright then," Wu Bin wasn't surprised. Smiling at Lin Tian, he asked, "Shall you deal, or shall I?"
"You do it," Lin Tian said nonchalantly. It made no difference to him.
"Alright!" After shuffling again and having Lin Tian cut the deck, Wu Bin began dealing the cards.
Once the deal was complete, Lin Tian instantly activated his clairvoyant ability. And upon looking, he was taken aback.
In the other's hand was 20 points, while in his own was 18 points; if he were to call, the next card would be 4 points.
To call would bring him to 22 points, busting outright.
Not to call meant defeat, and to call would mean busting and defeat either way.
"Place your bets, there's no limit," Wu Bin said with a smile, looking at Lin Tian.
Lin Tian curled his lip and casually tossed over ten thousand, "Ten thousand it is."
"Do you want a card?"
"No."
"Let's reveal."
"You have eighteen points; I have twenty, I win."
"Another round."
Wu Bin then dealt the cards again, asking Lin Tian to cut the deck before dealing another round.
With his clairvoyant ability activated, Lin Tian was surprised to find that this time his opponent had 20 points again, and he himself had 19 points, and the next card was actually a 3.
Once again, not calling was death, but calling was still death!
"Ten thousand!" Lin Tian threw ten thousand over directly.
Several times in a row, Lin Tian found himself in the same situation.
Lin Tian had already realized that the other party had tampered with the deck.
The deck was normal, and all these moves had been made while Wu Bin was shuffling.
Even though Lin Tian had cut the cards at the end, Wu Bin was still able to deal the card he wanted when the time came to play it.
Wu Bin moved quickly and covertly; even with Lin Tian's clairvoyant ability activated, he couldn't fully grasp the other's technique.
Knowing that he was bound to lose, Lin Tian each time symbolically threw ten thousand over.
After four or five rounds like this, Wu Bin looked at Lin Tian somewhat unexpectedly.
After that, he shuffled and dealt the cards again.
"Place your bet."
As Wu Bin spoke, Lin Tian activated his superpower again. Upon seeing his hand, Lin Tian was slightly startled, finding it to be somewhat unexpected.
This time, his opponent still had 20 points, and surprisingly enough, so did he.
Activating his clairvoyant ability, Lin Tian looked through the deck and saw that the next card was an Ace.
Which meant that if he called, he would win.
But who in their right mind would call with 20 points! Unless they had lost their mind!
"Place your bet," Wu Bin said again.
"Five million!" Lin Tian threw five million over directly.
"Hmm?" Wu Bin looked at Lin Tian curiously. He paused for a moment before speaking, "Do you want a card?"
Pretending to look at his cards, Lin Tian then said, "Hit me!"
This time Wu Bin was truly stunned.
He knew what cards Lin Tian held—20 points. But he could not fathom why his opponent would dare to ask for another card at this point.
This time Wu Bin was just testing Lin Tian's skill, but to his surprise...
"Deal the card," Lin Tian said with a smile, reminding the momentarily dazed Wu Bin.
"Ah?" Wu Bin paused for a moment, then coming back to his senses, chuckled and shook his head, surprised that he had let his mind wander. Then Wu Bin dealt Lin Tian a card.
The card was exactly an Ace.
20 plus one point, making it exactly 21 points.
Lin Tian slowly flipped his cards over—21 points!
Watching Lin Tian reveal his hand, Wu Bin shook his head with a wry smile and turned over his own cards: 20 points.
He had intended to keep that Ace for himself, but Lin Tian had taken it.
Despite having lost, Wu Bin did not become frustrated. Instead, he looked at Lin Tian with a smile, "Young man, you've got skills. I'm impressed!"
"Not bad," Lin Tian smiled back.
Wu Bin pushed his chips over to Lin Tian, then turned to Lai Feilong, who was standing behind him, "Bring me a bottle of red wine. I want to have a drink with this young man."
"No need, it's late, and I still need to get some sleep," Lin Tian refused directly, not wanting to waste time with Wu Bin.
"Uh..." Hearing the refusal, Wu Bin was stunned. It had been a long time since someone in Wuya City had directly refused him like this.
Wang Tao was visibly taken aback by Lin Tian's direct refusal of Wu Bin's invitation.
After a moment of disbelief, Wu Bin shook his head helplessly and stood up: "Well, then, that's all right. Young man, come over when you have time. This is my business card."
As he spoke, Wu Bin handed over a gold-embossed business card to Lin Tian with a smile.
Lin Tian casually took it, glanced at it, and noted that the back had just a name and a number, very concise.
"Alright," Lin Tian casually pocketed the business card.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving," Lin Tian said, thinking that it was time to leave.
"Sure, come by when you have time. Ah Long, see him out," Wu Bin said with a smile.
As Lin Tian was about to leave the private room, Wu Bin couldn't help calling out, "Young man."
"Hmm?" Lin Tian turned his head, looking perplexed at Wu Bin.
"I heard there was a confrontation with someone earlier. They wouldn't dare do much in the casino, but outside, it's not necessarily safe."
"Thank you," Lin Tian said, looking at Wu Bin with some surprise, not expecting him to actually offer a word of caution.
"Do you want me to have someone escort you?"
"No need," Lin Tian shook his head, looking around before saying to Wu Bin, "I'm quite capable."
"Hmm?" Wu Bin looked puzzled at Lin Tian.
Lin Tian walked over to a wall, knocked on it with his hand, and smiled, "You don't mind if I use this wall for a second, do you?"
"Go ahead!" Wu Bin was curious about what Lin Tian was up to.
Hearing Wu Bin's permission, Lin Tian's eyes narrowed, his muscles tensed instantly, and he shouted, "Hey!"
Whoosh!
Air whooshed as Lin Tian's foot kicked up!
Bang!
Lin Tian's foot struck the wall fiercely, and with a loud noise, dust billowed!
Rumble~!
Clods of dirt flew out, and in an instant, a one-meter-wide hole appeared in the wall!
"Uh..." Wu Bin stared dumbfounded at the sudden hole in the wall, his expression one of disbelief.
"What's happening?" The sudden loud noise startled everyone on the floor, and soon, many security guards clad in black suits rushed over.
The guards were just as stunned by the new hole in the wall.
Seeing the guards, Wu Bin gestured for them to leave.
After sending the guards away, Wu Bin still stared blankly at the hole in the wall, then, turning to Lai Feilong, he asked in astonishment, "Ah Long, could you do that?"
Lai Feilong was speechless: "I'm human, not a deity!"
A thirty-centimeter-thick wall, that's not something a human could do!