The aroma of various dishes in the cafeteria mixed together, making people’s appetites increase. They couldn’t help but want to have another bowl of rice.

It was lunchtime, and the cafeteria was almost full of students. However, there were fewer people on the west side because there was a shop selling snail noodles.

I don’t know if it tastes good, but it smells a bit stinky.

The phone rang five times before being answered.

“Mom, have you eaten?”

Lin Baici took a bite of the steamed bun.

“I’m eating. What about you?”

Lin’s mom didn’t expect Lin Baici to call her at this time and was a bit worried. “What’s wrong? Do you miss home?”

“I’m eating too!”

Lin Baici pondered for a moment and said, “I want to tell you something!”

“Okay!”

Lin’s mom put down her chopsticks.

“A few days ago, during the military training performance organized by the school, a crazy dog ran into the playground and bit several people. I happened to be the flag bearer at that time, and I had a steel pipe with a flag hanging on it in my hand. So I rushed up and killed the dog!”

Before Lin Baici could finish speaking, he was interrupted by his mom.

“Are you okay? Did you get bitten?”

Lin’s mom’s voice was urgent, filled with deep concern.

“No, I’m a big guy. Dealing with a crazy dog is nothing. When you finish work tonight, we can video chat, and I’ll show you. Don’t worry, I’m really fine!”

Lin Baici continued to comfort her for a few more sentences and then got back to the main topic. “The reporter from Haijing TV station was also there at that time. If this matter becomes big, it will damage the reputation of Haijing University. Plus, I saved a student at that time, so the school gave me a reward for bravery.”

“A total of 200,000 yuan!”

Lin Baici didn’t dare to mention too large of an amount. After all, it was just killing a crazy dog. Even if he was given 50,000 yuan, it would be considered a lot.

“Are you really okay?”

Lin’s mom was still worried.

“I’m really fine. How about we video chat now?”

Lin Baici smiled. “By the way, I can show you our school cafeteria.”

“Forget it if you’re fine. It will waste data!”

Lin’s mom refused. Lin Baici had never lied to his parents since he was young, so he was a child that his parents could trust.

“Mom, don’t work overtime anymore. It’s tiring. Give me your bank account number, and I’ll transfer the money back to you!”

Lin Baici was a bit worried. What excuse should he use next time to give money to his mom?

With 10 million yuan in his possession, he couldn’t directly give it to his mom. It was really frustrating.

But thinking about his profession, if his mom found out, she would probably make him quit!

“Okay, but you don’t have to give me all of it. Leave 10,000 yuan for yourself. You’re in university now, you need to make friends and buy some nice clothes. It all requires money!”

Lin’s mom didn’t have the ability to provide Lin Baici with a lot of tuition fees. She felt guilty and worried that he would be looked down upon at school because of his poor clothing and food.

As for not working overtime, Lin’s mom didn’t pay much attention to that. How else could she save money to buy a house and get married?

“Don’t worry about me. I’m doing fine!”

Lin Baici chatted with his mom for a few more sentences and hung up the phone.

He finished eating the steamed bun, drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, and then opened the text message to count the zeros.

Do I really have 11 million yuan?

Such a small bank card can actually hold so much money?

How should I spend it?

Lin Baici had wanted to buy a GoPro sports camera and the latest flagship smartphone before, to record videos. But now that he wasn’t a video blogger anymore, it seemed unnecessary.

Oh my god!

I’m so used to being poor that I don’t know how to spend money even when I have it!

Lin Baici remembered that his phone had been breaking down frequently recently, so he decided to buy a few more as backups. He had already confirmed that electronic products placed in the Black Altar Bowl in God’s Ruins wouldn’t break as long as they weren’t taken out.

Thinking about it, Lin Baici opened JD.com and searched for smartphones.

There were too many models, some with high cost-performance ratios, and some were just bad products.

Lin Baici didn’t understand much about phones, but it didn’t matter. He had money now, so he just needed to buy the latest flagship model. If even the flagship model wasn’t good, then the brand’s quality would be questionable.

There had been ongoing debates online about which system was better, Android or iOS. This time, both Huawei and Apple released new models, so he would personally test them.

Lin Baici clicked and added them to the shopping cart.

Next were the self-proclaimed cost-performance king, Xiaomi, and the Blue-Green Factory, each with one model.

What else?

Laptop!

Lin Baici searched and found that the best laptop for gaming seemed to be Alienware.

Oh my god!

RTX3080Ti, I7, 32G, 240Hz high refresh rate, over 32,000 yuan.

So expensive!

Lin Baici clicked and added it to the shopping cart. He bought it!

Oh, and headphones!

Lin Baici chose a wireless noise-canceling headphone from Audio-Technica, costing over 2,000 yuan.

That’s it.

The total price was 75,000 yuan, not even reaching 100,000 yuan.

Lin Baici clicked to pay.

Soon, a text message from the bank came.

Lin Baici checked it and saw that there was still a lot of money in the account. After spending over 70,000 yuan, the remaining balance didn’t seem to have changed much.

“Did I go overboard?”

Lin Baici spent so much money at once for the first time in his life. He felt excited, nervous, and a little regretful.After all, after eighteen years of frugal living, the most money Lin Baici had in his pocket during high school was only three or four hundred.

But Lin Baici quickly put these thoughts aside.

It’s time to enjoy life!

Being a divine hunter is quite dangerous. He might end up freezing to death inside the next God’s Ruins he explores. It would be a shame if he hasn’t eaten, played, or enjoyed himself before that.

He also needs to find a girlfriend quickly.

It is said that O-men cannot enter heaven.

Lin Baici originally planned to go to the internet cafe to edit and upload the audio files of the “Diamond Sutra”. But now he doesn’t need to.

He’ll do it when his computer arrives tomorrow.

After finishing a day of classes, it’s time for free time.

Fang Mingyuan went to the basketball court after eating, Qian Jiahui seemed to be on a date, Xu Daguan was strolling around the campus, doing outdoor live broadcasts.

Hu Wenwu went to the library, Liu Yu went to the self-study room with books in his arms, and he had already started sprinting for the scholarship.

Lin Baici looked at the empty dormitory and suddenly realized that he had entered a life of slacking off.

This won’t do!

He still needs to study.

In the future, when exploring God’s Ruins, he might encounter divine hunters from various countries, so it is necessary to master one or two foreign languages.

Let’s start with English today!

Lin Baici took out an English book and prepared to memorize vocabulary.

“Hey? Baici, are you the only one in your dorm?”

Zhang Zhixu, who looked like a sorghum stalk, pushed open the door and glanced inside.

“What’s up?”

They were all in the same class. During military training, Lin Baici was even side by side with him.

“Let’s play cards, join us!”

Zhang Zhixu beckoned. “Hurry up, we only need one more person!”

“I’m going to memorize vocabulary for a while!”

Lin Baici shook his English book.

“Why memorize vocabulary so late at night? Do it in the morning, I’ll call you for morning self-study.”

Zhang Zhixu urged. “Let’s go, let’s go!”

“What are we playing?”

Lin Baici closed the book, locked the door, and went to the next room to play cards.

“Double promotion!”

The game began.

Lin Baici and Zhang Zhixu were on the same team.

An hour and a half later, unless they were dealt particularly bad cards, Lin Baici and Zhang Zhixu never lost.

“Damn, it’s so fun today!”

Zhang Zhixu happily rubbed his hands together. Although it was just playing cards and there was no prize, winning was definitely satisfying, especially when they won so smoothly.

“Come on, let’s change seats, the luck is bad on this side!”

Chen Kaiwei attributed the losses to luck.

“No change!”

Zhang Zhixu refused. He hadn’t had enough fun yet.

“Damn, I don’t believe it!”

Chen Kaiwei lit a cigarette. “Let’s play again!”

He had lost too much and was a bit frustrated.

“Baici, can you remember all 108 cards?”

In addition to the four playing cards, there were four or five idle people watching and passing the time. One of them wore glasses and looked scholarly. His name was Zhou Jing. He suddenly spoke up and asked.

Everyone paused for a moment and looked at Lin Baici.

“I can’t, right?”

“If I use my brain, I can remember 54 cards, but with so many, it’s too mentally taxing!”

“Baici might really be able to remember them. Did you guys notice? Especially in the last few rounds, his card plays were particularly accurate!”

Everyone thought about it and realized that it was true. Lin Baici and Zhang Zhixu only won because Lin Baici played his cards well.

“Baici, can you really remember them all?”

Zhang Zhixu was astonished.

“I can only remember a few!”

Lin Baici smiled faintly.

“Don’t be modest, I was watching from the sidelines, so I could see clearly. In many rounds, your cards were similar to theirs, but you played them so well, especially in the last few rounds. It was like you had a god’s perspective. In short, you were able to perfectly outplay your opponents!”

Zhou Jing, who had the highest score in the software engineering college entrance examination, was bored and watching everyone play cards to pass the time. Little did he know that after watching for a while, he noticed something extraordinary about Lin Baici.

This kid was memorizing the cards.

With Chen Kaiwei’s reckless playing style, it was basically giving away points.

“Baici, do you have a photographic memory?”

Zhou Jing was curious. He had a high IQ. If he hadn’t performed poorly in the college entrance examination this time and didn’t want to study for another year, he wouldn’t have come to Haijing University of Science and Technology at all.

“No!”

Lin Baici thought to himself that he didn’t have a photographic memory, but he could recite things after hearing them.

Playing cards was just for entertainment, and Lin Baici didn’t want to memorize the cards. But the problem was that these people would announce what cards they were playing, so he couldn’t help but remember.

“If you ask me to fully concentrate and remember dozens of cards, I can probably do it, but after playing for over an hour, I can still remember them. That’s impressive!”

Zhou Jing envied him.

“No, I believe Baici can remember the cards, but even if he remembers, it doesn’t necessarily mean he will win, right? After all, he doesn’t know what cards the opponents have left.”

Chen Kaiwei was puzzled.

Zhou Jing looked at Chen Kaiwei suspiciously, his eyes clearly asking, “How did you get into Haijing University of Science and Technology?”

Did you use connections?”There is a pattern to follow. As long as you start playing your cards, you will start revealing the remaining cards in your hand. For example, if you play an A, then you either don’t have any A’s left or you have a pair of A’s. After a few rounds, observe whether you play a single or a double. How you play will determine what you have left.”

Zhou Jing explained, “The fewer cards you have left in your hand, the higher the accuracy of Old Bai’s deduction of what cards are left!”

“Of course, to achieve this, you need to remember every card played by each person, the sequence of the cards, and even the habits of the players. The more you play, the more familiar Old Bai becomes with you, and the less likely you are to win, unless you get a good hand and don’t make any mistakes!”

Everyone was stunned and looked at Lin Baici.

“Do you really play like this?”

Everyone was curious.

“It’s not as exaggerated as Old Zhou said!”

Lin Baici admitted that it was indeed like that.

It was probably because of eating the meteorite and divine remains that Lin Baici’s brain capacity increased, or it was like upgrading the CPU. Anyway, when he calculated all of this, he didn’t feel tired at all and handled it with ease.

“Damn, heartless!”

Zhang Zhixu was dumbfounded. It turns out that it wasn’t just his luck today!

“…”

Chen Kaiwei opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn’t know what to say.

“Old Bai, you’re done. No one will play cards with you anymore!”

“That’s right. It’s just the beginning of the semester, and I’ve lost the right to play cards for four years!”

“Just kidding, you can go and dominate people from other majors. This building is so big, you can directly dominate from the first floor to the top floor, a clean sweep!”

Everyone was arguing and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

But in the future, Lin Baici definitely couldn’t be the opponent of the game.

“Old Zhang, move aside quickly. I want to team up with Old Bai and have some fun too!”

Chen Kaiwei urged, got up directly, and pulled Zhang Zhixu to the side. “I’ll treat you to breakfast tomorrow!”

“I want to eat tofu brain and fried dough sticks, salty.”

Zhang Zhixu quickly ordered his food.

“Okay, okay!”

After Chen Kaiwei sat down, he immediately asked everyone to get the cards and start quickly.

“Or do you guys want to play?”

Lin Baici wanted to leave, but everyone disagreed.

They played until after ten o’clock because after Zhou Jing’s explanation, everyone consciously observed Lin Baici and found that Zhou Jing was right.

Every time Lin Baici played the last few rounds, it was like he had a third eye and knew what cards the other three players had in their hands. It was simply amazing.

By the time the lights were turned off, Lin Baici had a new nickname.

Gambling God!

It only took one night, three hours.

…

In the morning, when the first ray of sunlight sneaked into the dormitory balcony like a thief, Lin Baici woke up hungry.

Everyone else was still sleeping.

Fang Mingyuan had a match with another department yesterday and was very tired. Otherwise, according to his usual habits, he would have gone to the basketball court early.

Lin Baici got up, washed up, and went downstairs to have breakfast. But he found that it was too early and the door was not open yet.

He felt helpless.

He could actually go outside the campus to eat, but Lin Baici didn’t want to walk that far, so he hesitated for a moment and started jogging towards the sports field.

Fang Mingyuan said that there were many girls who exercised in the morning, and many of them wore yoga pants, which was very eye-catching.

On the rubber track, there were students running, including a few girls wearing tight sports pants, sweating and looking youthful.

It seemed that there were also members of the school sports team practicing short-distance running.

On the football field with a lawn, some people were playing volleyball, badminton, and even throwing rugby, leaving a group of football players crowded in one corner.

Lin Baici liked playing on a big field because it felt too suffocating to run in such a small place. So he took a few glances and went to the basketball court.

There weren’t many people because it was too early.

There was a guy wearing a Lakers blue jersey with the number 24 who stood out. He was probably about 1.9 meters tall, wearing wristbands, and had half-long hair styled into a ponytail, looking cool.

Next to him was a beautiful girl with a small tiger tooth watching him play.

If we talk about skills, this Lakers guy was great. Lin Baici stood beside him and took a few more glances, and then, because of these few glances, something happened.

Due to the nourishment and strengthening of his body from the meteorite and divine remains, Lin Baici experienced another growth spurt and grew three centimeters, reaching 188.

His body shape, muscle lines, and body fat percentage were all perfect, evolving towards the state of a top predator.

Not to mention, he also had a handsome face.

So the girl with the small tiger tooth couldn’t help but take a few more glances at Lin Baici.

Number 24 had a strong possessiveness. When he saw his girlfriend, who was almost in his hands, looking at another guy, he felt unhappy.

“Hey, wanna play basketball?”

Number 24 spoke and forcefully passed the ball to Lin Baici.

Snap!

Lin Baici caught the ball and looked at it. “Sorry for interrupting your game!”

“The basketball court belongs to the school. Anyone can play!”

The girl with the small tiger tooth smiled.

Lin Baici passed the ball back.

Snap!

Number 24 caught the ball and effortlessly made a three-point shot.

Swish!

A beautiful hollow shot.Number 24 ran over, grabbed the basketball, dribbled it twice, and passed it to Lin Baici. “Come on, one-on-one.”

“…”

Lin Baici was speechless.

Even a fool could see that number 24 was planning to use him as a foil. If he refused, who knows what they would say about him behind his back. He would definitely be labeled a coward.

“Come on!”

Number 24 clapped his hands.

“Feng Qin, he might not know how to play basketball!”

A girl with small tiger teeth tried to persuade him.

“What’s he doing here if he doesn’t know how to play basketball? Is he here to watch the girls?”

Feng Qin’s words made Lin Baici frown.

Number 24 had already started to attack him personally.

If he walked away, they could say he was right. But if he didn’t, it would imply that he knew how to play basketball, so why wouldn’t he accept the challenge?

Was he just afraid of losing? The title of a coward who was afraid of losing would definitely be thrown at him immediately.

What a damn day!

What does it have to do with me if your girlfriend is looking at me?

Do you believe that if you provoke me, I’ll sleep with your girlfriend?

Lin Baici’s face darkened. Did they really think he was a pushover, without a temper?

“Feng Qin, what are you talking about?”

The girl with the small tiger teeth was unhappy. It seemed like Feng Qin was implying that the boy had come over to watch her, which made everyone feel awkward.

“How do we play one-on-one?”

Lin Baici aimed at the basket and focused on his shot.

Swish!

The basketball brushed past the net but didn’t go in.

“Haha!”

Number 24 burst out laughing. It was obvious from his shooting posture that he hadn’t practiced before. How dare he accept the challenge? “Let’s do this, I’ll score ten points, you score five. Whoever finishes first wins!”

Number 24 picked up the ball and passed it to Lin Baici. “You go first!”

“No need, just ten points!”

The two of them played half-court, with Lin Baici starting from the midline.

Number 24 bent over, closed in, his sharp eyes fixed on Lin Baici, exerting a great pressure.

In order to get into a good university, Lin Baici had no time to play basketball except during PE class. He was just at a basic level.

Because of his height, long legs, and strong body, he was the main player in the class team during the school basketball tournament. But no one took it seriously, it was just for fun. Now, as he faced off against number 24, Lin Baici realized that the other’s skills were really high.

He tried to break through, but there was no chance. He almost lost the ball.

After all, Lin Baici’s dribbling skills were just average. Coupled with his lack of experience, he was far behind number 24, a member of the school basketball team.

Gu Qingqiu woke up very early every day. Due to her physical condition, she didn’t jog, but just walked around the playground to breathe some fresh air.

Today, she unexpectedly saw the flag bearer, and followed him to the basketball court, watching from a distance.

“Oh no, he doesn’t know how to play basketball!”

Gu Qingqiu suddenly became worried. The flag bearer was going to lose.

She had seen number 24 several times. He was a minor celebrity. During the games, many girls would come to watch.