Chapter 451: Confidence Flowing!

Federal Calendar 7709, January 6th, early morning hours.

Outside the Main City of the Radiant Flow Star Domain, the boundless Nature Reserve.

Inside a hidden technological fortress deep within the dense forest.

The recreation area inside the technological fortress.

Twelve Legendary-tier robots, one Legendary-tier human, and one Demigod-tier dragon were engaged in a high-quality, multi-species card game.

A full fourteen powerful figures were seated around that enormous gambling table.

This card game had already lasted an entire night.

At the start, only Loren and the twelve robots were participating. Later, Miss Silver Dragon, who had been soaking in the hot spring, heard the clinking of Spirit Stones and leisurely awoke.

Then, the card game gained another participant: an Ancient Silver Dragon with gleaming eyes.

The sound of Spirit Stones colliding was far too tempting for a dragon...

After the game had continued for an entire night, the metal floor of the recreation area was now piled with fourteen mounds of Spirit Stones of varying sizes.

It was clear that every participant in this game had come prepared with a generous stack of chips.

Due to Loren's reputation as the "Gambling King of the Jadeite Star Domain," which was far too "scary for robots" and "terrifying for dragons,"

every participant who directly faced Loren in last night's game had been extremely cautious.

This also meant that after a grueling battle lasting an entire night, Loren hadn't won too many Spirit Stones.

Last night, he had only won a paltry 1.24 million Spirit Stones!

To put it simply, Hans's twelve robot companions, upon advancing to Legendary tier, had also noticeably improved their gambling skills.

They had clearly learned to give up and make choices, instead of blindly believing in probability.

They could even decide whether to fold based on the subtle, expressionless movements of Loren.

...

As for Miss Silver Dragon, who joined the game midway, she was more like a seasoned hunter at the table.

Her several stunning plays even made Loren, sitting at the gambling table, secretly suspect that this old timer might have spent most of the past few thousand years either robbing people or on her way to a casino.

After all, dragon gamblers who could decisively fold four 9s weren't exactly common...

It went against the dragon's innate greed!

"To fold a hand like that, you'd succeed at anything you do!" Loren had muttered with a deep, resentful complaint at the time, holding four Aces himself.

That round, Loren only won Miss Silver Dragon's 50,000-chip base bet.

That had made him quite unhappy.

...

It was also because all the participants in the card game were gambling masters.

This game had entered an endless phase of probing and tactical play.

Every bet was a small, harmless wager—not a single big bet was made!

At the most dangerous moment, the disadvantaged side would always keenly abandon its losing position.

With great patience, they left the possibility of victory for the next hand!

After battling it out until now, everyone had roughly understood each other's skill levels.

This also meant that any unconventional bet on the table would instantly lose all opponents.

Loren had finally witnessed the spectacular sight of thirteen consecutive gamblers folding!

No one was willing to become prey.

The situation at the gambling table had entered a stalemate that the dealer, Hans, couldn't understand.

For a low-quality gambler like him, he couldn't grasp the high-level play of decisively folding four 9s.

Thankfully, he had enough self-awareness.

From the very start of the game, his robot companions had exiled him to the position of "dealer."

So he could have a dignified sense of participation.

And also to avoid the predetermined outcome of him losing this technological fortress.

Now, all participants in this card game were waiting for one opportunity.

An opportunity no one could refuse!

A critical opportunity that would decide this card game!

An opportunity that would determine who the final winner was!

As the game progressed to this point, every participant at the table had a clear premonition.

That opportunity was coming soon.

A truly critical card game often began when all participants received a good hand!

No confident gambler would be willing to give up an absolute good hand in their grasp; they would all think it was a blessing from "Fortune."

And the probability of this scenario appearing was getting higher and higher!

The game that had lasted all night, and Loren's uncanny luck, were both accelerating the explosive collision of these absolute good hands.

...

A somewhat drowsy Hans, yawning, shuffled the cards and then mechanically dealt card after card from a tall stack.

Due to the large number of participants, the cards used in this game were a "deck" mixed from fourteen separate decks.

This operation also greatly increased the game's fun and fairness.

In theory, a royal straight flush in spades could appear for all fourteen players.

At that moment.

When the bored and sleepy dealer, Hans, dealt the final card,

the man who had been yawning just a few seconds earlier suddenly froze!

His gaze then instantly sharpened!

"Did I deal this?!"

Hans murmured to himself, his tone laced with surprise.

On the gambling table.

In front of every figure lay a hidden hole card!

And the four exposed cards in front of them all formed straight flush faces!

A full fourteen straight flush faces!

At that moment, every figure at the gambling table instantly sat upright!

That opportunity! Had arrived!

That's what every figure was thinking!

Miss Silver Dragon, seated in the first position, smiled at the corners of her lips and directly slammed the table with her slender hand, exuding an overwhelming aura!

A special word escaped her lips:

"All-in!"

After a brief moment of silence!

Thirteen consecutive shouts of "Call!" rang out one after another!

...

Confidence radiated from the eyes of every figure!

As all participants at the table chose "All-in!"

The scene fell into absolute silence!

Fourteen figures, all radiating confidence, sized each other up!

No one chose to reveal their cards first!

After a peculiar round of mutual observation, the dealer, Hans, took the initiative to exercise his supreme authority!

"Everyone! Please reveal your cards simultaneously!"

As his words fell!

Every figure took a deep breath! Even the twelve Legendary robots did the same!

An inexplicable excitement coursed through everyone!

They hadn't lost control, but desire had quietly crept into thirteen of them.

Fourteen mysterious hole cards were flipped open at the same time!

The outcome of the card game was fully revealed!

Thirteen royal straight flushes! One spade royal straight flush!

After a brief silence of two seconds!

The reactions at the table varied!

Miss Silver Dragon, a few thousand years old, burst into loud sobs!

"Mr. Loren, you're bullying a dragon!"

"I'm never gambling again! Can you give me back my Spirit Stones?!"

...

As for the twelve Legendary robots, they all slumped back in their chairs!

"No!!! These are the Spirit Stones I've been saving for so long!!"

"Impossible! I must be hallucinating!"

"Hahaha! Damn the Mechanical Civilization!! There's no future!!! Long live Human Civilization!!"

"Repairman! From now on! You must supervise me! I've decided to quit gambling!!!"

"Hahahaha! Fake! It's all fake!!! My program must have an error!!"

"Waaaaah, I was planning to upgrade my Energy Core... My Spirit Stones!!"

"As expected, I shouldn't have gambled with Mr. Loren!! In this field... the opponent is terrifying!! Waaaah!"

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Two of the Legendary robots even had tiny sparks shooting from their heads!

It seemed they couldn't quite accept this outcome for the moment.

Faced with these wailing reactions!

Loren, sitting calmly at the gambling table, simply revealed a very elegant smile.

"My apologies, everyone."

"It seems these Spirit Stones will be temporarily stored with me."

"I look forward to you coming to collect them next time."