Far Eastern Stars

The extreme northern wilderness, the frozen continent.

The land here is so barren that not even a blade of grass can grow, but it has the most luxurious casino in the Far East.

The steam train slowly drove into the platform. A thin young man was shivering from the cold as soon as he got off the train. He couldn't help but tuck his chin into his scarf.

"Sir, where are you going?" asked the coachman warmly.

"Manning Casino." The boy stepped into the car with the suitcase.

The coachman was not at all surprised by this answer.After all, if it wasn't for gambling, who would take the train from the bustling imperial capital for several days and nights to come to this ghost place.

The casino is not far from the train station, and it takes 10 minutes to arrive. Compared with the surrounding snowy fields, the appearance of the Manning Casino is simply resplendent—even in the imperial capital, it is difficult to find such a luxurious complex of buildings.

"Good luck!" The coachman took a big bill from him, obviously in a good mood, so he kindly advised, "Nine out of ten bets, it's best not to take it too seriously." I have seen too many gamblers In the scene of losing red eyes and committing suicide in front of the casino, the coachman really does not want this generous and beautiful young man to go down this road of no return.

"Thank you!" The boy thanked in a low voice, but still walked towards the entrance without any hesitation.This time he has no way out, whether he wins or loses, he can only resign himself to fate.

The casino was buzzing with people, and there were many people at the exchange desk at the front desk. The boy took off his scarf and mask and stood at the end of the line.

"Hello, how many chips do you want to change?" Miss Leopard Ear habitually asked the following customers after sending off the previous customer.

"These... all." The teenager put the suitcase on the counter.

The young lady opened the lid of the box, looked up in surprise, and confirmed: "These? All?" If she remembered correctly, the other party should be here for the first time, and he had not been introduced by anyone.There are only three possibilities for a rookie to make such a generous move: the first stunned young man, the second master, and the third thousand.

The first type of person is obviously the most welcome in the casino; the first type is not welcome but it is not annoying, after all, every casino will have a master; as for the third type, according to Far Eastern law, once caught cheating in gambling , can be dealt with directly by the person in charge of the casino without reporting to the country—because there are many casinos in the Far East Empire, this law was implemented in order to reduce the government’s troubles.

After all, if you dare to do something wrong, you must have the awareness to bear the consequences.

However, no matter how strict the law is, under the temptation of huge economic interests, there will still be countless people who want to get rich overnight and join the upper class, so it is not uncommon for casinos to make money.

"Sir, I suggest you change some less and play first." Miss Leopard Er kindly reminded.

"No, all, thank you." The boy's face was a little pale but his eyes were firm.

"Okay." The gambler insisted, and of course the casino would not do more to stop it.Miss Leopard Ear raised her eyebrows, and took out a large stack of golden chips from the cabinet, "I wish you a pleasant trip."

"Thank you." The boy turned around and walked towards the "eleven o'clock" table with the chips in his hand.

There are many types of gambling, but only "eleven o'clock" is the least easy to cheat, because its rules are so simple that there is basically no way to win.And as long as you have super high computing power, it is not impossible to keep winning, so it is of course the favorite of people with high IQs and mathematicians.

Because it was a completely unfamiliar newcomer face, several supervisors kept watching the movement at this table intentionally or unconsciously.

In just a few hours, the chips on the boy's table had doubled several times, obviously he was lucky.

"I won't play anymore." After the last hand, he dropped the poker in his hand, he was obviously relieved, and some blood returned to his face.

Running away after winning money is the most despised behavior by most gamblers. Some losers on the table began to swear, but the young man insisted on leaving the table. It's expensive, but it's safe.

On the first day and the third day, the boy came to play "Eleven O'clock" on time. Although he occasionally lost, he won most of the time, and the bets became bigger and bigger.By the fifth day, he had already won a considerable amount of wealth, almost hundreds of times the principal he brought on the first day.

"Sir, you're lucky." Miss Leopard Ear took the chip from him, "Sorry, I don't have enough liquid cash to exchange it for you, it may take half an hour."

"No need." The young man handed her a chip, "This is your tip and the rest of the trouble, help me exchange it into currency, and I can go back to the Imperial Bank to collect it."

"Are you leaving?" Miss Leopard Ears was surprised.

"Yeah." The boy nodded.

"Wait a moment." Miss Leopard Ear pressed the call button, and not long after, several tall orc security guards came over.

"Sir, our boss wants to talk to you." Miss Leopard Ear said.

The boy nodded, and obediently followed the orc security guard upstairs—as a new face, it was abnormal for him to win such a huge amount of wealth in the casino in five days.

Because he was prepared in his heart and the casino was always fair, although the boy was nervous, he didn't panic.

"Boss." The orc said respectfully at the door, "He brought it."

The black door opened slowly: "Come in."

The boy took a deep breath, picked up his feet and stepped into the room.

The tall man turned from the window with a knife in his eyes.

"General Ke Lei." The boy looked at him, although he tried his best to relax, but his clenched fists revealed his inner anxiety.

"Play three games with me, and I'll let you go if you win." Ke Lei sat at the table with a cold tone.

The boy agreed and rolled up his sleeves to show that he did not cheat.

Although he was so nervous that he was almost suffocating, but this gamble was about his life, the boy still forced himself to concentrate on it.With three hands down, the winning rate is [-]%.

"Well, it seems that you are really good at mathematics." Ke Lei threw the rest of the cards on the table, and raised his mouth, "People in the Liuyun family are indeed calculation geniuses."

Hearing the words "Liuyun Family", the boy's face seemed even paler.

"Perhaps I should apologize to you." Ke Lei leaned back in his chair, "During these five days, I investigated your origin and background."

"Why?" The boy's eyes were obviously full of puzzlement.Although I did win a considerable amount of wealth, for this casino, it can only be said to be a drop in the bucket. If the other party spends a lot of time investigating my identity because of this, it is a bit too unreasonable.

"You're very smart." Ke Lei didn't answer the question directly, but looked at him thoughtfully, "But this money doesn't seem to be enough to repay the debts owed by the entire Liuyun family."

The boy shook his head: "I can only do so much."

"You can do more." Ke Lei's lips slightly raised, "Why don't you think about it and make a deal with me?"

"What deal?" the boy wondered.

"I want to build a fleet, and I need a math genius." Ke Lei rolled his fingers, "It will last for one year, are you interested in joining?"

"Where are you going, what do you need to do?" the boy asked.

"Go to Artis Sea and look for gem deposits." Corley replied.

The boy in the "Artis sea area" was surprised, "It's a forbidden area under the convention."

"So?" Ke Lei smiled playfully.

The young man was dumbfounded, how could he forget that international conventions and rules were never worth mentioning to the man in front of him.

"Think about it." Ke Lei glanced at the wall clock, "But forgive me, you only have 3 minutes, Master Liu Yunchen."

The second hand moved by one frame at a time, but the time seemed to be so long that it was solidified by glue.It seemed that after a long time, Liu Yunchen nodded: "Okay."

"Then, happy cooperation." Ke Lei shook hands with him, not surprised by the result.

In the Far East Continent, no one would not know the famous Liuyun family.The founder, Liuyun Mingfeng, started from a bank in the imperial capital, and gradually established his own huge financial empire. After hundreds of years, the accumulated wealth has been immeasurable.However, some time ago, due to a series of wrong decisions made by the current leader, it seemed that this family shrouded in glory had fallen into a precarious situation.

"One year, I believe that with the abilities of your father and brother, it should be enough to survive."

Ke Lei smiled, "At that time, you will not only get a huge amount of treasure, but also get a letter signed by me, and re-establish a family network in the imperial capital."

"Thank you." Liu Yunchen said in a low voice.

"Go down and rest." Corey sat back on the chair, "Someone will tell you what to do."

Liu Yunchen nodded, turned and left the office.

"Are you sure you want to take him out to sea?" After Liu Yunchen left, another man in uniform came out from the suite. He had a handsome and beautiful right face, but there was a dark red hideous scar on the left.

This person's name is Nan Ming, and he is Ke Lei's most capable lieutenant general. The relationship between the two is not so much a subordinate, but a brother.

"Why not?" Corey asked.

"There are a lot of math geniuses, maybe you can consider others." Nan Ming poured himself a glass of wine, "And seeing his pale and thin appearance just now, I don't think he is suitable for going to sea, let alone Artis."

"Yes, there are indeed many mathematical geniuses in the Far East." Ke Lei shrugged, "but he is the only one belonging to the Liuyun family."

"You..." Nan Ming paused when he heard this.

"Believe me, this voyage will be very interesting." Ke Lei smiled, "As for physical fitness, it shouldn't be a big problem to strengthen the training in the early stage."

"Okay." Seeing that the other party obviously didn't intend to change his mind, Nan Ming could only sigh, "I hope he can survive."

In the hotel suite, Liu Yunchen sat at the table and wrote a letter, put the currency circulation note he had won in an envelope, and handed it to Ke Lei's guard captain, asking him to send it back to the imperial capital on the way.

The waiter delivered the meal on time, and politely told: "Please have a good rest tonight. General Ke Lei will accompany you tomorrow morning to the military academy for a preliminary physical fitness test." "What are you going to test?" Liu Yunchen asked curiously.

Looking at his thin body, the waiter was full of sympathy, and then squeezed out a bright smile, "Don't worry, maybe it's just...running or something? Uh, I don't really know, but a large number of people pass by every year. It shouldn't be difficult." "Thank you." Liu Yunchen paid him the tip and smiled gratefully.

Probably to take care of tomorrow's test, there is a lot of beef, bacon and sausage in the dinner, as well as a large glass of local specialty rye beer, and there are very few vegetables and fruits.Liu Yunchen reluctantly ate a piece of bread, then lay on the bed with all his clothes on, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

The Artis sea area was mentioned by the teacher in class before, but it didn't leave much impression in my mind, I only knew it was a forbidden area under the convention.As for the reason, some people think that there are huge gem deposits in it, and some people think that there are evil monsters that can devour life in the deep sea. There are different opinions, and no one can determine which is the real answer.

Sleepiness gradually hit, Liu Yunchen closed his eyes tiredly, and temporarily threw himself into the darkness.

The dream was endless, as if it never stopped for a moment, his chest seemed to be pressed by a huge stone, dull and dull pain, and the moment he finally woke up, his whole body was covered in cold sweat.

"Good morning." Ke Lei leaned against the door, looking at him amusedly.

"Morning..." Liu Yunchen felt dizzy.

Ke Lei frowned slightly, stepped forward to test the temperature of his forehead, it was very hot.

"Sorry, I hope I'm not late." Liu Yunchen scratched his hair, and was about to get out of bed after throwing off the quilt.

"Now that you look like this, let alone taking the test, whether you can arrive at the military academy in the wind and snow is a problem." Ke Lei shook his head, "Lie back, I'll call the doctor to help you check."

"Sorry for wasting your time." Liu Yunchen was in a daze. "It doesn't matter, the sailing time is three months later." Ke Lei poured himself a glass of wine, "Before then, you have enough time to rest."

After taking the medicine, he slept for a while, Liu Yunchen felt much more comfortable all over his body.There is a new newspaper delivered today on the bedside table, and the front page is about Liuyun's family's financial crisis, accompanied by a huge photo of his father, with a haggard face and gray hair.

"Every family will encounter a bottleneck, and all of this will eventually pass." Ke Lei took the newspaper away from him. "As for the reporter, you can only trust [-]% or less."

"But my family." Liu Yunchen stretched out his hand, "At least I have to read it."

"If you're bored, maybe you can do something else." Ke Lei pressed the call bell, "Meet your new partner in the future."

"New partner?" Liu Yunchen was puzzled.

"That's right." The corners of Ke Lei's mouth rose slightly, "You won't be so naive as to think that I only need to take you alone to conquer the whole Attis?"

Ten minutes later, the door of the suite was slammed open without warning, and then a big man rushed in. Although it was snowing outside, he was still only wearing a tight T-shirt, and his muscles were almost bursting. Come out: "Hello, my honorable general!"

"Hello." Ke Lei raised his eyebrows, "It seems that Yi Na didn't teach you to knock on the door before entering the house."

"I swear I taught him more than ten times." The glamorous woman in a sexy costume leaned against the door, her chest was about to come out, her high heels were 5 inches high, "Hello, cutie."

Liu Yunchen was puzzled for a moment, and then realized that this "cute"

Not referring to Ke Lei, but himself.

"Where's Ming Chuan?" Ke Lei asked, "Why didn't you come here with you?"

"Boss has an order, why doesn't he come." The beautiful woman stepped aside to get out of the way, blinking coquettishly, "Just you know, he always walks slowly."

Liu Yunchen looked out curiously, and after a full 5 minutes, he finally heard the sound of footsteps and a desperate cough.

"Don't worry, cutie, Ming Chuan's body is actually very good, it's just... a little short of breath."

The glamorous woman stretched out her hand and pulled her into the suite.

"Hello, I...cough cough...respect...cough...general...cough cough..."

The sallow-faced man was holding on to the table, as if he was about to faint in a second.

"Dude, cheer up!" The muscular man slapped him heavily on the back.

Ming Chuan lay on the ground with a "plop", half dead and dying.

Liu Yunchen opened his mouth wide in shock: "Are you all right?"

"Yina, Ares, Mingchuan." Ke Lei introduced one by one, "There is one more person, but it may take a month to arrive."

Ming Chuan was still coughing desperately, Ares wanted to help him pour a glass of water, but ended up knocking over the kettle, throwing debris all over the floor, Yi Na folded her arms to watch the show, and had no intention of going up to help at all.

Liu Yunchen couldn't bear it anymore, and gave Ke Lei a very, very, very suspicious look—are you sure?

Bringing a violent man, a hot supermodel and a sick man?

To sea?! To forbidden land?! To Artis?

"Don't worry." Ke Lei smiled happily, "They are geniuses just like you."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..." Ming Chuan couldn't catch his breath, and he passed out.

Ares threw him on the sofa, obviously relieved; "It's finally quiet."

Liu Yunchen swallowed hard, in this case, call a doctor immediately, right?

"Okay, let's all go back and rest." Ke Lei ordered, "The primary test will be moved to next week."

"Okay boss." Yi Na put the lipstick back into her bag, and winked at Liu Yunchen again, "Goodbye, cutie."

Ares carried Mingchuan on his shoulders, and also turned around and left the suite.After the door was closed, Liu Yunchen asked Ke Lei: "Shall we take a physical fitness test together?" "You? No." Ke Lei shook his head, "They have already passed all the tests, and you are the last one."

"Really?" Liu Yunchen obviously didn't believe it. Ares could still understand it, but Yi Na was already very reluctant, let alone Ming Chuan.

"Of course, I won't bring people on the battleship who have not passed the test." Ke Lei spread his hands, "So you have to work hard, otherwise you may be eliminated."

Liu Yunchen replied from the bottom of his heart: "I think I can definitely pass." Maybe there were some doubts before, but since Mingchuan can pass, then... there should be no one who can't pass, right?

"It's good to have this confidence." Ke Lei raised his eyebrows, "Well, take a good rest and see you at the military academy in a week."