Chi Yao successfully snatched the large bed, but he couldn’t fall asleep until past 1 AM and was becoming more and more awake.

His terminal vibrated, but he ignored it.

Half a minute later, it vibrated again.

He reluctantly opened it.

As soon as he clicked on the voice message, an angry roar exploded in his ears.

“You brat, you’re something else. You go to the Cetus System to gamble, and you win tens of billions? Why don’t you just win the entire casino?”

“The stolen money will be confiscated, and if you hand in a 10,000-word self-reflection within three days, I might be able to forgive you.”

Chi Yao: “…”

That old man.

Who needs your forgiveness?

Fearing that the old man wouldn’t be able to sleep and would bombard him with messages, Chi Yao replied.

[Don’t message me at ungodly hours. I need to sleep, unlike you old men.]

The other side replied quickly.

[So, is it a ghost replying to my message now?]

Chi Yao: “…”

After a few snarky remarks, Chi Yao came to his senses and deeply reflected on why he was up in the middle of the night, bickering with a seventy or eighty-year-old man.

Just as he closed his terminal, he suddenly heard a very faint metallic clinking sound.

If it were daytime, he might not have even noticed it.

Chi Yao tilted his head to listen.

It was coming from inside the wall.

He silently got out of bed, feeling a slight sense of weightlessness.

In the dark, his vision was almost completely unaffected.

He followed the wall to the balcony. The bottom of the heavy curtains was swaying slightly, which was hard to notice without careful observation.

He wanted to pull back the curtains, but his hand stopped halfway and retracted.

“Little Wolf Head.”

The AI understood, and a virtual screen expanded in the air.

[Local signal is blocked. Successfully connected to backup network. Signal is unstable.]

The window showed Chi Yao’s satellite positioning, which was moving rapidly at the moment.

Chi Yao made a gesture, switching to the holographic map mode.

When he saw the state of the room, even he was a little surprised.

The five suites were like five containers, separated from the winery and were being hoisted and loaded onto a spaceship.

Interesting.

Chi Yao tilted his head to look at Jing Xi, who was still lying on the sofa. He quietly walked over, ready to mess with his rival.

But as soon as he got close, the other person opened his eyes, and his beautiful eyes looked at him sharply.

Chi Yao pulled his hand back, very disappointed. “Do you have to guard against me like I’m a thief?”

He dared to sleep in such a dangerous environment, but he woke up as soon as Chi Yao got close.

Jing Xi was about to retort when he immediately sensed the abnormality in the room.

He quickly got up, took the hair tie from the tea table, and tied up his long hair.

“Are we moving?” Jing Xi asked in a low voice.

Chi Yao sat on the sofa and switched the virtual screen to public mode.

“Guess where they’re taking us?”

Jing Xi quickly scanned the holographic map and said with a poker face, “We won’t leave N9.”

The probability of not being discovered during a long-distance move was too low.

Chi Yao toyed with the metal ring on his middle finger.

“The scent in this room has a hypnotic effect, so we won’t be discovered even on a long journey.”

Jing Xi opened the side of his terminal and took out a tiny, mung bean-sized object from a slot.

Chi Yao glanced at it. It was a miniature robot.

This kind of technology was currently monopolized by the military and couldn’t be bought on the black market.

Jing Xi rolled the small robot between his fingers, then released it a moment later.

The robot flew into the air, quickly turned into a small bee, and slowly drilled out from under the curtains.

He opened his terminal, and the situation outside the room was clear at a glance.

The little bee flew out of the ship’s cabin through a vent and finally stopped in front of the monitoring camera of the cockpit.

The two on the sofa watched the spaceship fly along its route toward the sea.

A giant submarine surfaced on the coast, and the hatch on top slowly opened.

The five suites were smoothly lowered into it one by one.

Were they going to take them to the bottom of the sea?

Chi Yao switched to the message page, found a certain small group that was always lively, and sent a message.

[Check out what’s going on near the N9 North Sea in this location [location]]

But after he sent the message, it didn’t go through for a long time.

The signal was blocked, and now that they were getting further and further from the sea surface, the backup signal was no longer working.

The submarine descended to two thousand meters underwater, and a light appeared on the pitch-black screen.

In less than ten minutes, the light gradually grew bigger.

When he saw it clearly, Jing Xi’s eyes narrowed slightly, and his face became serious.

Under a transparent protective shield, there was a huge underwater amusement park.

After 8 o’clock, there was a knock on the door.

Chi Yao waited for two minutes, then got up to open the door.

“Hello, we have arrived at our destination. Please move to the dining room for a meal. The game will begin in an hour,” the black-clad man standing at the door said respectfully.

Chi Yao pretended to be surprised. “Didn’t you say we would depart today?”

Black Mask: “This is also a surprise our boss has carefully prepared for all of you.”

Chi Yao nodded unhurriedly, his tone flat. “That’s a really—nice surprise.”

“Let’s go.”

Jing Xi changed his clothes, fastening his cuffs as he walked over.

The furnishings outside the room were exactly the same as in the winery, but everything outside the courtyard was much wider.

Chi Yao looked up. The protective shield was a hundred meters high, and the lighting was very well-placed, highly restoring the feeling of daylight.

Above this was the deep sea.

Large mutated sea beasts swam overhead from time to time. When they looked down, there was always a feeling that they would smash the protective shield and rush in.

He chuckled. “In this kind of environment, a survival game would be very exciting.”

No matter who won or lost, no one could get out.

Jing Xi walked past him with a cold face. “We’re civilized people, don’t talk about fighting and killing all the time.”

Chi Yao: “…”

That sounded so familiar.

The restaurant was next to the winery, and the other four bosses who had been invited had already arrived and were talking enthusiastically.

“I’ve been to N9 so many times, and this is the first time I’ve known there was a place like this!”

“Gambling here would be much more exciting, hahaha.”

“Whoever loses gets thrown out to feed the fish?”

Chi Yao sat at the other end of the long table, and a server quickly brought him a hearty breakfast.

“Guess what we’re playing later?”

Jing Xi: “What are we betting on?”

Chi Yao rejected a bunch of flashy items, snatched the half-peeled boiled egg from Jing Xi, and took a big bite. “You say it.”

In the blink of an eye, only the eggshell was left in Jing Xi’s hand. Jing Xi clenched his fingers, and the eggshell shattered.

“If I win, you have to film a short video of you in a dancer’s outfit for me.”

Chi Yao almost choked on the egg.

“Cough—I didn’t realize you had such good taste.”

This closeted scoundrel had been coveting his body for a long time, as expected.

He took a sip of fruit wine to moisten his throat, then asked, “What if you lose?”

Jing Xi: “Then I promise not to post your short video.”

Chi Yao: “…What’s the benefit for me in making this bet with you?”

He was going to have to film a short video either way?

Jing Xi peeled another egg, ate the white, and threw away the entire yolk.

“Didn’t you want to make a bet?”

The two of them talked nonchalantly, their peripheral vision scanning their surroundings.

Seeing the security captain standing at the door, Jing Xi’s eyes flashed, and he turned to look at Chi Yao.

Just as he was thinking about how to hint, the other person also turned his head, and their eyes met directly.

The commotion on their side was seen by the four people on the other side, but it took on a completely different meaning.

“Where are those two from? I’ve never seen them before.”

“They’re all over each other, but they don’t look like a couple. They look like they’re cheating.”

“Although they’re not particularly good-looking, their bodies are really great.”

“The one with long hair on the left, it’s a shame he’s not an Omega, or he would be delicious, hehehe—Ah!”

Hearing this, Jing Xi’s hand holding the fork paused, and he threw the fork on the table with a cold face.

The giggling middle-aged Alpha was hit on the forehead by a decorative walnut. He touched it and found it had a big lump.

He slammed the table and stood up suddenly. “What are you doing, kid?!”

Chi Yao also stood up. “Who gave you the guts to speak disrespectfully to my little Jing Jing?”

Hearing “little Jing Jing,” Jing Xi’s scalp tingled, and he got goosebumps on his arms.

Middle-aged Alpha: “So what if I said it?! Don’t think you’re a big deal just because you won some money! You’re nothing!”

Chi Yao’s face sank. He walked around the long table, and his long legs took him a few steps to the man. “Say that again?”

The middle-aged Alpha only reached his chin and was forced to look up, so his momentum was greatly reduced.

“This is N9! With the money you have, you’re only slightly better than a beggar here!”

Chi Yao’s fingers clenched, and his knuckles cracked.

The middle-aged Alpha cautiously backed away. “What are you doing? You want to hit me?”

The situation here quickly caught the attention of security. The squad leader and three black-clad subordinates rushed over.

“Private fights are prohibited in the underwater casino. Violators will be sent back.”

Chi Yao raised his hand, ready to throw a punch. “So what if I’m sent back? Playing games with trash like you will only dirty my hands.”

The middle-aged Alpha was called trash, and he was so angry that his face turned red and his neck swelled. He pointed at Chi Yao and cursed.

Neither of them would back down, and their voices were getting louder and louder.

The security captain stood between them, and seeing that the situation was getting out of control, he was about to use force to suppress them. His arm was suddenly grabbed from behind.

Jing Xi said indifferently, “I’m sorry, he only listens to me. Let me handle it.”

The security captain quickly assessed the value of these two people in his mind and silently gave up his position to him.

“Alright, stop making a scene. It’s rare to come to such an interesting place. It’s not worth it to be sent back.” Jing Xi pulled Chi Yao, his eyes sweeping over the middle-aged Alpha. “This kind of person just has a dirty mouth. He doesn’t have any real ability, so arguing with him is beneath you.”

Middle-aged Alpha: “You—!”

Was he here to mediate? He was clearly here to add fuel to the fire!

Chi Yao, however, was persuaded in a second.

“Jing Jing is right.”

The middle-aged Alpha was fuming from their continuous humiliation.

Just as he was about to lose it, the restaurant door suddenly opened, and the black-masked man from yesterday walked in.

“I imagine everyone has had breakfast and is eager for the next game. Please follow me now.”

Chi Yao and Jing Xi exchanged a look, and the latter nodded slightly.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Jing Xi had placed two miniature robots on the security captain.

These robots could be disguised as fabric on clothes or attached to buttons and had listening, surveillance, and positioning functions. They could also be used as weapons when necessary.

Walking out of the restaurant, a luxurious car was parked on the side of the road.

A moment later, the car drove outside a very large venue.

Jing Xi glanced at it.

The exterior was about the size of a typical stadium.

They were led back into a private room, where they could see the oval-shaped field below through the floor-to-ceiling glass in front of their seats.

A virtual screen descended on one side of the glass, showing close-up shots of the field from various angles.

At exactly 9 o’clock, the black-masked man’s voice came through the loudspeaker.

“Welcome to the Underwater Arena. The number one contestant for today will soon be appearing. This round will use blind betting. Please select an option from the choices that appear in front of you. The smallest betting unit is one hundred million.”

As soon as he finished speaking, two options appeared in front of them—win and lose.

They didn’t know what the game was or who the so-called number one contestant was, but they had to bet. Was this the excitement the rich sought?

Jing Xi casually chose “win” and bet one hundred million.

Chi Yao saw it and scoffed, “You’re getting the hang of the rules here very quickly.”

Jing Xi said with a poker face, “If I can accept your existence, is there anything I can’t accept?”

Chi Yao: “…”

The betting time was only five minutes. When the time was up, the options disappeared.

A commotion broke out on the field below. A moment later, a level two mutated mantis shrimp, dozens of times the size of a normal one, about the size of two people, ran out from the right side.

It could smash a person’s head with one claw.

So “beast fighting” meant watching two mutated beasts fight?

A question flashed through Jing Xi’s mind.

So this mantis shrimp was the number one contestant?

Soon, a person walked out from the right side of the field. He was wearing a black vest with a number “1” on it.

When he saw the person’s face, Jing Xi’s expression changed.

It was Chen Yao?!

Chi Yao picked up the teacup, leisurely scraped the tea leaves, and his peripheral vision caught Jing Xi’s expression. He took a sip and put it down, looking down.

A simple metal net separated the man and the beast.

With a whistle, the metal net was removed.

The level two mantis shrimp, which had locked onto its prey, immediately pounced on the man.

Chi Yao watched the fight, his eyes showing no emotion.

Such a familiar scene.

It was just that he wasn’t sitting up there back then.