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The casino contained all the most common games, the only difference being that the chips each gambler wagered were their own brooches, and the countdown on those brooches represented their entire life's stakes.
There was never a shortage of overnight-riches stories here, despite the continuous failure of many, still drawing people like moths to a flame.
What they had in common was that most of the gamblers had little life left, Zheng Liu and Xing's 6 hours and 50 minutes were even considered lenient here; along the way, Duan Mingyuan encountered many whose countdowns had less than five minutes left, b ut still their eyes were bloodshot, convinced they could turn things around.
Unfortunately, the odds of turning things around were not favorable; he roamed the casino for a while, not encountering anyone who had successfully changed their fate, but he did see five or six people like that man who had been drained of Life Energy and dragged away.
"These people are all insane."
