A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 938 - 924: Chips

The entire airship is massive, and it's bustling with people. As soon as you enter, you can see many entertainment venues.

Dance halls, casinos, there's even a ballpark and more. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Quite a few people have already begun playing.

"Sir, we offer free masks here. Would you like one?"

A bunny girl approached with a tray full of various masks.

Providing masks.

This is to protect each passenger's privacy, after all, many people on this airship do not want to reveal their identities.

Baiyu casually picked one up and entered the airship.

He didn't trust Tie Hao and the others; after all, they had just met, and Baiyu couldn't believe their words easily.

The encounter was simply too coincidental.

However.

If they were indeed here to rescue Machima, Baiyu would naturally have no objection, making it easier for him to deliver the items to Machima.

As long as the items are delivered, the rest is none of his concern.

Baiyu wandered around the airship.

Apart from some work locations on the airship, his actions here were almost unrestricted.

The level of freedom is high.

Here, all consumption requires money, and he currently has a hundred thousand chips, which was determined upon entry.

According to the two bunny girls.

Everyone's initial chips are different, and Baiyu speculates that it may relate to their identities or possibly the entrance fee paid beforehand.

In any case, Baiyu now only has a hundred thousand chips on the airship.

If he wants more.

He must go to the chip exchange center to exchange.

It takes approximately five days and nights to travel from Storm City to the Central City of the Free Federation. During this time, people on the airship must pay a residence fee daily.

It's not much.

A thousand bucks.

If you can't come up with a thousand bucks, you'll be expelled from the airship.

Of course, they won't just throw you off; instead, they use a small passenger airship to send people to the nearest city, which has always been Changzhi Shuyuan's humane policy.

Faced with gamblers who've lost everything, he also provides them with basic fare to return home.

Baiyu soon wandered to a gambling table.

Four people at the table were playing mahjong, a game from Changzhi Shuyuan's hometown called Sparrows.

This game used to be unknown, but within the Free Federation, Changzhi Shuyuan, as the sole heir of Changzhi Longgang among the ten congress members, successfully introduced Sparrows to the high-end noble circle, quickly creating a market.

The four were intensely engaged in their battle.

But among them, two already looked quite pale, appearing to have lost significantly.

Baiyu paused for a moment and discovered more details. Firstly, the Sparrows game, whether it's the table or the tiles, was made from Living Iron!

In other words.

The Extraordinary Abilities of the Extraordinary cannot affect the Sparrows game. They can't cheat in the game using Extraordinary Abilities.

This ensures relative fairness in the game.

But only relatively.

Many Extraordinary can influence others' minds, thoughts, and even peek into others' ideas, so simply relying on Living Iron crafted gambling aids cannot completely prevent cheating.

Apart from these.

Surrounding the table were several cameras.

These cameras offer complete coverage, monitoring the entire game, which adds another layer of difficulty to cheating.

Yet there's also the game's referee.

This referee is evidently carefully chosen by Changzhi Shuyuan, not only as an Extraordinary but also as a seasoned gambler.

These three safeguards.

Make cheating in the airship's gaming sessions exceedingly difficult.

However.

Baiyu astutely noticed that almost every gambling table had a red warning sign on the surrounding walls, written in three major languages: "If you're caught cheating, you will lose all your chips."

In other words.

Being caught cheating on the airship might cost one their life.

But.

The sign doesn't forbid cheating.

If not caught, then nothing happens.

Even if others know you're cheating but can't catch it, there's nothing they can do.

Soon.

The game at the table concluded, and a rotund middle-aged man, looking as if he'd lost everything, stood up, sweat soaking his clothes.

"You cheated, bastard, you definitely cheated just now."

He grabbed the victor of the game emotionally and said, "You know what happens for cheating on the ship, right?"

The man being grabbed remained expressionless and coldly said, "Sir, if you're claiming I cheated, provide evidence. Losing chips is nothing; you can earn them back, but losing face is truly pitiful."

The man shrugged off the rotund middle-aged man and left without looking back.

The referee beside him made no objections.

This attitude also suggests either the man didn't cheat or cheated without being discovered.

The rotund middle-aged man could only stand helplessly in place, staring blankly.

"Sir, would you like to exchange chips?"

At this moment.

A bunny girl approached.

The rotund middle-aged man said blankly, "I've lost all my chips on the airship; can I still exchange them?"

"Of course. Our exchange here is very humane, and you can convert everything into chips here. Are you comfortable sharing your identity information? I can assist in estimating the value.

On the airship, there's nothing you can't win back.

In fact, some have turned around with their very last chip and won wealth they couldn't spend in a lifetime."

The bunny girl said smilingly.

The middle-aged man, like a gambler who'd lost everything, hesitated for a moment but quickly regained his fighting spirit: "Okay, I'll go with you to estimate."

Seeing this.

Baiyu shook his head silently.

It's feared this man might end up losing everything, family and all.

He turned his gaze elsewhere and quickly spotted the squad members.

The Divination Master wore a black and red mask, sitting at the card table with a few poker cards in hand.

In front of him.

A mound of chips had already accumulated.

Baiyu unassumingly approached the card table, where only three sat. Besides the Divination Master, the other two wore masks, but Baiyu could sense their inner tension.

He figured they were losing badly.

"I bet ten thousand."

The Divination Master checked his cards and quietly tossed a ten thousand chip.

The other two hesitated.

Their cards were decent, but their chips were running low. If they followed and the Divination Master increased the bet, they'd face a difficult situation.

After contemplating.

One of them gritted his teeth and threw in ten thousand.

The other shook his head and chose to fold.