Not long after Xie Sen sent his message, he received a red envelope from the other party, a round sum of two thousand.
How generous! Xie Sen smiled and replied with a thank you, then went to the forum and anonymously placed a bet of two thousand Star Coins on the "go" side.
Soon after he placed his bet, the forum was abuzz. The reason was simple: the students betting on this particular hand were mostly there to watch the fun, and few placed bets over a hundred.
The sudden appearance of a bet of two thousand was quite shocking, especially since it was on a side where so few people were betting.
"Who is this Sanmu? Which rich, brainless idiot from our school?"
"Classmate, did you make a mistake?"
"Maybe it's because I'm rich and willful. The odds on the other side are so low, there's no reward even if I win."
"Who's here to win? We're all here to bet accurately, to win the title of Star City University's Luckiest Person of the Year." "
Yes, I'm all about the title."
Xie Sen observed the stream of responses and then glanced at the betting section. It turned out that every year, the forum selects the student with the most accurate bets based on the number and accuracy of their bets. They are awarded the title of Luckiest Person and receive generous rewards.
No wonder so many people were betting. Although each bet wasn't large, with almost no one on the other side, the odds shot up.
He finished his meal at exactly twelve o'clock, and the betting was closed at five past twelve. He simply sat in the far corner of the cafeteria, facing away, to avoid being seen.
He kept an eye on the clock. With half a minute left, the odds suddenly dropped. He was startled, then saw the forum explode again.
"Another person has bet two thousand on 'Go'! Is this too much?"
"I'm at the sparring arena now. Ah Meng is already here. I haven't seen Xie Feicai. I heard he handed in his paper half an hour ago, so he must have already fled the school. And now he's still betting on 'Go'? Are you stupid?"
Xie Sen looked at the information of the student who had recently placed a bet. His anonymous name was a provincial code, and his personal information was blank.
At five past twelve, the bet was closed, and the final odds for 'Go' were 128. Xie Sen mentally calculated: two thousand times one hundred and twenty-eight, a total of two hundred and fifty-six thousand!
He was stunned, as if he had won the jackpot.
He happily closed the bracelet, quickly left the cafeteria, and headed for the sparring arena.
There were four arenas in the sparring arena. He saw a large group of people surrounding sparring arena number one from a distance. As he walked in, he instantly felt countless eyes on him.
"Is it him?"
"It seems so."
"That's him! Xie Sen wore the same clothes when he took the exam."
"Is my eyes playing tricks on me? He actually dared to come."
"..."
As Xie Sen approached, all kinds of discussions reached his ears. He complained wildly in his heart, did he look so cowardly?
"I thought you went home and hid in your quilt and cried!" Ah Meng, with a maroon crew cut, folded his arms and laughed.
Xie Sen walked up the stairs to the sparring arena. The arena was very large, slightly higher than the ground, and the view was very good.
"There's still one minute left until the agreed time. I'm not late," Xie Sen said, his eyes glancing around him. "Where's your contracted beast? Don't forget, it was your contracted beast that fought me single-handedly."
Ah Meng snorted and pressed a button on his bracelet. The next moment, a wolfhound, about 1.3 meters tall, appeared beside him, rubbing against him frantically, its tail wagging rapidly.
Xie Sen looked surprised, "Where did it come from?"
Ah Meng scoffed, "You don't know about contracted spaces? No wonder. After all, you haven't even awakened your contracted beast, so it's no wonder you don't know the relevant knowledge."
Xie Sen didn't feel embarrassed, but remained astonished. This kind of contracted space definitely involved spatial dimensions, and he was completely clueless about high technology.
Laughter rose from the audience, "You don't even know common sense without awakening your contracted beast? Isn't this a required course? You're such a loser, you can't learn anything."
Xie Sen looked down at the audience. The man looked up at him, glaring at him. "What are you looking at?"
Xie Sen pouted speechlessly. When he looked back, he saw a tall figure and paused, wondering if even handsome guys like to watch the fun.
He could spot Maine among the crowd at a glance. It wasn't because Maine stood out so tall—after all, the males here were all very tall—but rather because no one was within half a meter of Maine, as if his aura separated them from others.
He smiled at Maine, secretly admiring the handsome man's charm, and the fact that no one wanted to crowd around him.
Maine nodded slightly, and Xie Sen withdrew his gaze and looked at A Meng.
A Meng frowned, "Do you know Maine Kes?"
"Who?" Xie Sen was stunned for a moment, feeling that he sounded very familiar. He quickly remembered that this was the villain boss in the novel he had read before the apocalypse.
He asked in surprise, "You know him too?" Could it be that the author of that novel has also come to this world?
Ah Meng rolled his eyes speechlessly. "Who in the school doesn't know him?"
"Surprisingly famous," Xie Sen was surprised. Thinking about it, the book's setting was indeed interstellar, perhaps even more suited to the tastes of the Beastmen. "Do you know who the author is?"
"What author?" Ah Meng frowned. "Are you stupid?"
"The author of Maine Cox's book? You're the stupid one!"
"What book? He's a person. Didn't you just smile at him?" Ah Meng was almost furious. "I don't talk to idiots. Time's up, fight! I'm so annoyed."
Xie Sen blinked and glanced in Maine's direction. "You mean his name is Maine Cox?"
"Nonsense! Not only him, but two other famous people in the school are here too. This fight I'm going to teach you a lesson will definitely make the school headlines." Ah Meng's eyes lit up. What a
coincidence, Xie Sen thought, the same name as the character in the novel. Easy to remember.
He looked towards the audience and saw that there were indeed two people in the same situation as Maine, with no one within half a meter.
One was a boy with black hair and a baby face. He stood at the innermost corner, bouncing around excitedly, his voice constantly shouting, "Start, start!"
The other was a handsome boy with long white hair. He stood quietly at the outermost edge, seemingly observing the scenery rather than the sparring. A half-meter of space remained clear around him.
"Woof!" The loud barking of a dog brought Xie Sen back to his senses. Ah Meng retreated to the edge of the sparring platform, and the wolfhound moved to the center. Ah Meng said, "Don't say I didn't warn you. It's starting. Focus."
Xie Sen looked at the half-man-tall wolfhound, his expression stern, as if he had been transported back to the beginning of the apocalypse. He quickly activated the system in his mind, looked at the exchange button next to the red pepper, and selected quantity 1.
[Do you want to exchange one energy for one pepper?]
[Yes]
Instantly, a red pepper sprouted from the tip of the longest branch of the pepper tree. Xie Sen chose to fight, and the pepper tree appeared beside his left shoulder.
At that moment, the wolfhound kicked off its hind legs and pounced on him.
As Xie Sen stepped back, he gave an order in his head: "Super spicy—a rain of chili powder, spray it on the wolfhound's face."
The branch with the red peppers suddenly stretched out and attacked the wolfhound's face like a phantom. The moment it approached, the red peppers exploded like firecrackers, and countless chili powders fell on the wolfhound's face.
"Woof woof woof..." The wolfhound fell to the ground halfway and kept howling. Tears were streaming down his closed eyes. His nose was red. He ran towards Ah Meng with his tail between his legs. "What happened?" After a while, someone came to his senses and asked the question that was on everyone's mind.