After gathering the remaining Spirit Stones from the floor, Loren walked out of the starship lounge with a relaxed expression.

The long-pressured weight of the accumulated Spirit Stones was finally completely released!

Upon arriving at the ship's cockpit, Loren saw Hans, looking extremely excited, playing cards with two robots...

"Hahaha! It's my turn to harvest you all this time! Everything I lost before, I'm taking it all back today!!"

Hans's triumphant shouts echoed throughout the cockpit!

Hans, caught up in the excitement, didn't notice Loren had arrived behind him!

Loren, who had arrived quietly, tilted his head slightly and took a peek at Hans's hole cards.

Hans's hole cards were a pair of Aces, a pretty good hand.

Then, Loren glanced at the chips at Hans's feet.

Hmm... about 170,000 Spirit Stones. It seems Hans's luck was good today... Loren thought silently to himself.

Then, Loren, with a rather mischievous sense of humor, manipulated a wisp of "Misfortune" and quietly attached it to Hans...

Soon, the hole cards of all three parties at the table were revealed together!

Hans's voice, filled with frustration and despair, rang out sharply:

"Ah!! No way?! How could I lose like this?!"

"My hole cards were a pair of Aces!!! My hard-earned Spirit Stones!!!"

A massive wail resounded through the starship's cockpit...

At this, Loren couldn't hold back and laughed out loud!!

The utterly deflated Hans turned to look at Loren and greeted him with a feeble, lifeless tone. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Mr. Loren, good morning..."

After the greeting, Hans pulled out a brand new black and gold portable computer from his chest pocket and handed it to Loren.

"The portable computer is finished. I saw you were in the lounge, so I didn't disturb you... sob sob sob... Mr. Loren! You must avenge me!!"

Poor Hans, his voice sounded like it was about to shatter.

Loren, with a smiling face, reached out and took the portable computer Hans offered. After giving it only a brief glance, he tucked it into his own chest pocket.

Right now, Loren had more important things to do!

"Don't worry, Hans, I will avenge you."

Loren softly comforted the gambling-loss-stricken Hans, the smile on his face growing even brighter!

Hans stood up, giving his seat to Loren, while he found another chair to sit in, taking on the role of the dealing dealer...

Having just lost everything, he obviously couldn't join this card game...

"Mr. Robots, I hope we can all have a pleasant game today."

After sitting down in his seat, Loren greeted the two familiar "card-playing friends" opposite him with a beaming smile.

"Mr. Loren! Bring it on!"

"Ever since I lost to you last time! During this period, I've downloaded some extremely advanced mathematical concepts from the Federation network!"

"I am not the same anymore!! I have evolved again!!"

One of the robots declared confidently, issuing his pre-battle proclamation.

Loren nodded slightly, acknowledging it.

Then, Loren turned to look at the other, relatively more composed robot, wanting to see his efforts.

"Mr. Loren, be careful."

"I not only downloaded some advanced mathematical concepts from the Federation network but also downloaded some related psychological knowledge."

"I have evolved too!!!"

The relatively more composed robot also showed Loren his progress.

"Oh? Really? Well then, Mr. Robots, this truly is an eagerly anticipated game..."

Loren's tone also subtly became more vivid.

2 hours later.

Inside the cockpit of this starship.

At this moment, there wasn't a single robot operating the ship from the pilot console.

The ten robots who were originally focused on piloting the starship had all gathered around to watch this thrilling card game after it began.

A card game between a human and robots!

The ultimate contest between mathematics and luck!

As for the starship, after being programmed with its course and destination by those robots who wanted to watch the game, it entered autopilot mode...

On the card table.

Loren still wore that mysterious smile tinged with a hint of oppressive pressure.

The two robots sitting opposite him, however, visibly showed signs of tension on their mechanical faces...

Behind the two robots stood ten other robots, all praying with their hands clasped!!

Clearly, these robots no longer placed much faith in mathematics; they now believed more in luck...

"Mr. Robots, I'm all in. Will you call?"

Loren asked with a mysterious smile.

Upon hearing Loren's question, the two robots at the table simultaneously clasped their hands together, closed their mechanical eyes, and began frenzied calculations!!

After a short while, just as Loren felt the temperature in the cockpit had risen by one degree!

The two robots at the table opened their eyes almost simultaneously!

They stopped the calculations in their minds!

Exchanging a look of perfect understanding!

"For the glory of mechanical civilization! I choose to call!"

"The essence of machinery and mathematics! Grant me undefeatable power!!"

After giving themselves this pep talk!

They both chose to go all in!!

This also meant the pot for this hand had reached a staggering 960,000 Spirit Stones!

The ten spectating robots and Hans, who was acting as the dealer, all collectively gasped in shock!

"Go, Mr. Loren! You must avenge me!!" This was Hans's heartfelt thought.

"Go, two brethren!! Show him the wisdom of mechanical civilization!!" This was what the ten spectating robots were thinking at this moment.

After a brief silence!

The hole cards of Loren and the two robots were revealed simultaneously!

One had a straight!

One had a straight flush!

One had a royal straight flush!

"No!!"

"My reserve energy!!"

"Sigh... This broken mechanical civilization really has no future! I want to join human civilization and shine with heat!"

"Help... Mr. Loren's luck is so outrageous!! Has he been blessed by the Gods??"

...

"As expected of you, Mr. Loren!! Well done! You really avenged me!!"

Loren stood up with a smile. Amidst the chorus of robot wails and Hans's cheers, he waved his hand grandly and collected the pile of 960,000 Spirit Stones from the floor!

"I! Loren! The Gambling King of the Jadeite Star Domain! The Federation's Lifetime Honorary Ambassador for Gambling Abstinence!"

"Pitiful gamblers! Face me! I shall be your strictest father!!"

Loren silently bestowed upon himself this rather apt evaluation.

After storing all 960,000 Spirit Stones into the "Crimson Tear," Loren asked with a gentle expression:

"Mr. Robots, do you still have any Spirit Stones? The journey is still very long..."

"What I mean to say is, you haven't lost those Spirit Stones; you've merely deposited them with me temporarily..."

"If you don't continue gambling, then you two will truly have lost those Spirit Stones, you know..."

Loren's deliberate temptation, like the whisper of devils, precisely struck at the emotional core code of the two robots...

It nearly drove the two robots to a state of frenzy!

"No! Let go of me!! I still have emergency power!!! I can still gamble!!"

"That's right! You let go of me too!! Not gambling is the real loss!! I can definitely win once! I can win this time!"

The struggling voices grew fainter...

The two robots who had gambled themselves into a frenzy, their emotional core code out of control, were forcibly dragged away by their ten mechanical brethren...

Regarding this, Loren could only express with considerable regret:

"It seems we'll have to wait until next time then..."

"Remember! You definitely have a chance to win! I'll help you keep those Spirit Stones safe for now!!"

"You must work hard to earn Spirit Stones! Do your best! Mr. Robots!"