Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Gambling

Translator: 549690339

Song Jian looked enviously at the items all over the floor, his gaze falling on a scroll emanating a green glow;

“Potion Recipe: Weakness Potion; After using it, you can make Weakness Potion; Requirements: Mastery of Alchemy; Weakness Potion: Throw and attack any target within a 6-meter range, causing 10 true damage to target while weakening target’s defense by 30% for 60 seconds.”

“Where did you get this potion recipe…?” Song Jian asked, pointing at the recipe: “Dropped by a monster?”

“Recipe? Are you talking about this?” Li Ke’er picked up the Weakness Potion recipe, took a careless glance, and handed it to Song Jian: “1 won this in a bet.” “Won in a bet?” Although Song Jian felt a little embarrassed, he still took it. If it were something else, Song Jian might have declined, but the potion recipe was exactly what he had always dreamed of, so he blushed and studied it directly.

After meeting the usage requirements, Song Jian tore the scroll directly, turning it into a white light. Under the Alchemy skill, the words “Make Weakness Potion” appeared, and the required materials were listed as well;

To make a Weakness Potion, one must obtain a medicinal solution, two Zombie fangs, and a glass bottle. The medicinal solution and glass bottles can both be bought at the bar’s counter. Only Zombie fangs need to be obtained by killing monsters;

One Doomsday Coin can buy 5 units of the medicinal solution, and 5 glass bottles also require one Doomsday Coin. In other words, if there are enough Zombie fangs, making five bottles of Weakness Potion only requires two Doomsday Coins;

However, what surprised Song Jian was that there was one more item needed to create potions, which was the “Potion Crafting Table”, a special building item. For a moment, Song Jian did not know where to find that thing, so it looked like making the Weakness Potion would be postponed.

After thinking about it for a long time, Song Jian shook his head and put aside the potion-making, becoming very interested in the gambling Li Ke’er mentioned.

You have to know that such a potion recipe is worth at least 500 Doomsday Coins in the Doomsday Supermarket. Stores like the bar counter don’t even sell them. So one can imagine that the gambling Li Ke’er mentioned should be able to yield quite a few good things.

Song Jian believed that the ten or so blue and green items in front of him could not possibly all be obtained by Li Ke’er after fighting Elite Level bosses. Maybe some of them were earned through gambling.

“Little Cheap Brother, there is an underground casino at the back of this bar.” Li Ke’er said mysteriously in a low voice: “Many things are broken inside, but there is a working slot machine that can be used. 1 got this potion recipe from that slot machine.”

“Oh, really? Can you take me to have a look?” Song Jian asked curiously;

“Of course, but it costs 100 Doomsday Coins or one Zombie Nucleus to play once. I’ve used up all the Zombie Nuclei 1 got from killing zombies. Do you have any Zombie Nuclei on you, Little Cheap Brother?” Li Ke’er asked.

Hearing Li Ke’er’s words, Song Jian was shocked. 100 Doomsday Coins or one Zombie Nucleus? Does that mean a Zombie Nucleus is worth 100 Doomsday Coins by default?

What is the value of this Zombie Nucleus? Why is it so valuable? Is that Doomsday Supermarket membership card worth 1000 Doomsday Coins?

“I have six Zombie Nuclei on me now.” Song Jian looked at the inventory column and said.

“That’s good. You can play six times, and you should get one item.” Li Ke’er nodded and said: “I’ve studied this slot machine for a few days. There is no pattern at all. It’s all about luck. Sometimes you only need one or two Zombie Nuclei to get an item, and sometimes, even ten Zombie Nuclei don’t guarantee a drop.”

Song Jian frowned slightly and said, “So are my six Zombie Nuclei a bit too few?”

“It depends on your luck. Even if you don’t get any items this time, at least you’ve seen the slot machine. You can come and play often, Little Cheap Brother!” Li Ke’er laughed;

Song Jian suddenly imagined a scene where Li Ke’er was dressed up and holding a handkerchief, with a full smile on her face, standing at the door of the bar and waving to him: “Come on, bro!”

Song Jian shivered and banished the scene from his mind, then followed Li Ke’er towards the underground casino;

After going through a corridor and turning a corner, the two arrived at a staircase and went up to the second floor;

The second floor was not as glamorous as the hall, with cracks everywhere on the lime-covered walls. The walls were full of dark brown stains and various graffiti warnings, looking messy and repulsive;

There were several gambling tables in the second-floor hall, one of which was split in half by something, the rest were covered with a thick layer of dust.

Various gaming machines were placed around the walls, most of which were destroyed, but only one strange slot machine was still blinking with neon lights;

This slot machine looked no different from ordinary ones, with a liquid crystal display stand and a lever on the side. The only difference was that ordinary slot machines had three icons on the screen, while this one had four;

“Little Cheap Brother, this is the coin slot. You can put Doomsday Coins in here, or Zombie Nuclei.” Li Ke’er said excitedly, pulling Song Jian and pointing to the coin slot next to the slot machine;

After saying that, Li Ke’er looked at Song Jian expectantly, waiting for him to insert a coin, or rather, a Zombie Nucleus;

Song Jian smiled slightly, took out a Zombie Nucleus, and stuffed it into the coin slot. The four icons on the slot machine screen began to spin rapidly;

These icons included gold equipment, scrolls, Doomsday Coins, materials, and all kinds of other things;

“Pull this, pull this!” Li Ke’er pointed at the lever next to the slot machine and urged;

Song Jian laughed and saw that Li Ke’er seemed to be even more anxious than himself.

He grasped the lever and pulled it down with force;

“Clang-”

With a clear sound, the rotation speed of the four icons on the slot machine screen began to slow down, and finally came to a halt;

“Thank you for participating!”

Damn it! Why is there a ‘thank you for participating’? Was the fourth icon added just for these words? Song Jian’s smile froze as he pointed at the screen, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say;

Are you mocking me for not having played a slot machine before? Song Jian suddenly felt an urge to smash the slot machine’s screen;

“Keep going, keep going, Little Cheap Brother, keep going!” It seemed that Li Ke’er had seen this too many times and didn’t care. She excitedly shook Song Jian’s sleeve and shouted.

Song Jian took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and took out another Zombie Nucleus from his inventory and stuffed it into the coin slot;

Swish-

The icons on the slot machine immediately started spinning again;