Chapter 883: Bliss Bank
"White Sheep..." I thought for a long moment before finally asking, unable to hold back, "Is this the best game you've set up?"
"Oh?" White Sheep let out a puzzled sound.
Only then did I notice that the expression on his face had begun to cause the muscles of the sheep to twitch along with him. I finally realized that I was no longer speaking with a human.
"You've seen through my game?" White Sheep said.
"More or less..." I nodded. "You have the 'participants' bet on the 'victory or defeat' of each game, and then profit from it."
"Then you've only seen through the first layer," White Sheep said. "If my game were to be designed as a mere 'casino,' there would be no need to choose a bank."
"What...?"
White Sheep didn't answer me. Instead, he turned around and looked at Jiang Ruoxue.
"Next comes the purpose of the display screen," White Sheep said. "'Cause and Effect.' The logic of the display screen must be built upon the twelve statues."
"What do I need to do...?" Jiang Ruoxue said.
"The second layer of logic is this: at sunset each day, individually 'summarize' the number of times each 'Zodiac' lights up. If the red light has lit up more times within a day, it displays the word 'Red.' If the green light has lit up more times, it displays the word 'Green.' If it's a tie, death, or no one participates, it displays the word 'White.' Then, arrange the summaries of the twelve 'Zodiacs' in order, forming a sentence of twelve words based on the descriptions of 'Red, White, Green.'"
"I..." Jiang Ruoxue thought about it carefully, then nodded. "Although I don't quite understand, I'll just do as you say."
She dragged a chair over, stepped up onto it, reached out to touch the display screen above her head, and muttered a few words to herself.
As I watched the display screen flicker slowly, that familiar feeling came back again... Just when I thought I was beginning to understand White Sheep's behavior, he always managed to surprise me.
"What does this mean?" I asked.
"I'll let the 'participants' in later and explain in detail," White Sheep said. "Right now, we're pressed for time. Let's finish perfecting the game venue first."
It seemed White Sheep wasn't lying. If Jiang Ruoxue hadn't shown up today, his game would have been completely impossible to establish. These ordinary statues and the display screens that were only connected to a power source... probably wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything.
While Jiang Ruoxue was applying the 'Cause and Effect,' a statue of the 'Ox' that had been glowing white earlier suddenly lit up red.
It seemed the 'Earth Ox' closest to this location had won.
Although we hadn't seen that Earth Ox and didn't know what his game was, he had indeed won.
Jiang Ruoxue finished applying the 'Cause and Effect' and was about to step down from the table when White Sheep called out to her again, saying, "No need to come down. Next is the third layer of logic, which also needs to be applied to the display screen."
Jiang Ruoxue took a deep breath, steadied her conviction, then nodded. "What else?"
"One hour before the tenth day's cycle, 'summarize' all the 'summaries.'"
"Huh...?"
The expression on Jiang Ruoxue's face was clearly a bit flustered, and after hearing this, I wasn't very clear-headed either.
This 'casino' was about to turn into something I wouldn't recognize anymore.
"What does 'summarize all the summaries' mean?"
"The same principle as before," White Sheep said. "Each day's 'summary' is treated as a single light-up. Then, count which color of light appears more frequently over ten days and display the result as a final summary. If red lights up more times in ten days, the summary is 'Total Red,' and vice versa."
Ah...!
I think I finally understand...
What kind of stuff is inside White Sheep's head?!
If I'm not mistaken... he used these twelve statues and the simplest logic to design three games, and these three games are aimed at three different classes of people: low, middle, and high.
High-end people have high-end ways of playing, while I could only see the 'casino' as the most basic level of the game.
What's even more brilliant is that White Sheep entrusted the outcome of this entire game to the other 'Zodiacs,' without participating or interfering himself. This not only ensures absolute safety and windfall wealth but also makes it impossible for anyone to gamble their lives against him.
No wonder he chose to set up this game in a 'bank'... It's absolutely perfect.
Although Jiang Ruoxue didn't fully grasp what White Sheep meant, she still applied the final layer of 'Cause and Effect' to the display screen.
With everything ready, White Sheep's game venue had finally taken its complete form.
He signaled to us to let the 'participants' waiting outside come in.
And at that moment, his rules were fully revealed.
I had a feeling... that in no time at all, this bank would become as busy as a marketplace and become the largest storage site for 'Dao' in this place.
If 'Dao' really was currency, White Sheep would be richer than entire nations.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my game is called 'Bliss Bank,'" White Sheep announced to the crowd.
"Bank...? How does it work exactly?" a man asked.
"As for a so-called 'Bank,' its main business is naturally to hold deposits," White Sheep said. "But there are also some bonus games that allow you to quickly gain 'Dao.'"
He first introduced the first layer of gameplay, which was a gambling game suitable for all the common people: guessing the outcome of an 'Earth-level Zodiac.'
When the white light lit up, bets could be placed on 'Win,' 'Lose,' or 'Kill.' The winner would take the opponent's stake and pay one 'Dao' to White Sheep as a 'venue fee.' If the winner only won one 'Dao,' the 'venue fee' would be waived.
Additionally, if someone bet on 'Kill' and won, White Sheep would pay out of his own pocket double the amount on the table.
The crowd quickly became interested in this unique game of White Sheep's, but I knew things weren't over yet.
"This gameplay is called 'Bliss Gambling,'" White Sheep said. "Next, I'll introduce the second type of gameplay—'Bliss Lottery.'"
With that, he began explaining the function of the display screen.
Every day at sunrise, 'Bliss Bank' would sell lottery tickets at a price of one 'Dao' and conduct the 'draw' at sunset.
The content of the lottery ticket could be self-determined by the 'participants,' using 'Red,' 'White,' and 'Green' arranged randomly to form twelve characters.
If this sentence matched the 'drawn' content on the screen, the winner would take all the stakes from everyone else who purchased lottery tickets.
If no one matched, the stakes would be added to the prize pool, waiting for the next day's 'draw.' However, lottery tickets for the next day would need to be purchased again.
Although it seemed that White Sheep couldn't profit from this rule... after all, this was the 'Land of the End.'
After buying lottery tickets, many participants might end up dead in the streets or lose their memories. While the price of one 'Dao' seemed small, if many people wanted to take a chance on this lottery... the 'prize pool' would become enormous.
What's more, the actual size of the 'prize pool' would be entirely up to White Sheep to decide.
"But..." a woman spoke up at this point. "How do we know you won't cheat? What if you never let us win?"
"You are free to observe as you wish," White Sheep replied. "After all, what color these 'lights' shine depends on the performance of the nearby 'Zodiacs,' not on me. Even if I had extraordinary abilities, there's no way I could drag a dozen 'Earth-level Zodiacs' into deceiving you all together."
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