Chapter 199

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Chapter 199: Expert Ning

This thing is called the "Dark Treasure," and it is a popular gambling tool in the coastal regions of the country. It has a history of at least several hundred years.

On the surface, it looks like a metal cube, but it actually has a nested structure inside. If you open the top cover, you will find a "treasure’s core" that resembles a dice. Each face of the dice is marked with red and white colors and the words "Treasure Log".

The gameplay of Dark Treasure is very complicated. When Chu Jiang was a child, he used to watch adults play it, but by the time he started junior high school, this thing gradually disappeared.

"What thing?" Liu Xuewen instinctively leaned over to take a look, then he said, "Oh, this? It’s a gambling tool used by gamblers. I don’t recommend you choose it."

Chu Jiang glanced at the written instructions and also felt that this thing indeed had more side effects than benefits.

Dark Treasure has four sides: In, Out, Dragon, and Tiger. There are five ways to play: Same, Through, Angle, Sticky, and Flip.

If you want to use this seal, you must pay a price, and gamble with ghosts, with the ghost as the banker.

The things you can pay are many, like your hand, your leg, your eye, your life; even the lives of your family members.

If you win, the gambler in Dark Treasure will help you once, the level of assistance depends on how much price you paid.

But here’s the problem, Chu Jiang, being someone who grew up seeing the Dark Treasure gambling, naturally knows that this thing is rigged. Its rules are inherently in favor of the banker, so if you gamble for a long time, you will definitely lose.

And the ghost can lose once, can lose twice, can lose ten times, how many times can you lose?

Chu Jiang simply passed on this thing and looked at other things.

Most of what he looked at were level one seals, while the level two ones were put aside to be looked at later.

The other seals were not lacking in some peculiar effects.

For example, a special Ghost Mirror, when you pick it up, it won’t reflect yourself in the mirror, instead, strange and colorful scenes will appear.

These scenes are somewhat clear, somewhat blurry, somewhat normal, somewhat extremely distorted, making it difficult for people to understand their meaning.

Then comes the crucial part, it occasionally reveals to you a precious hidden treasure spot, or a hidden path that leads to the place you want to go.

At this point, if you truly believe in this ghost, then you’re doomed. It will use various methods to kill you, and you won’t even notice it.

For example, you see that someone has buried a very powerful seal in a certain place. Obtaining it could enable you to defeat anyone in the world!

So, excitedly, you rush to dig it up, only to uncover an extremely terrifying ghost that kills you instantly…

Another example is when you see a hidden passage that can actually lead directly to the place where they keep the Level Zero seal at the research institute!

However, if you truly dare to act according to the information on the image, you are 99% likely to be killed by the research institute’s defense mechanisms. That passage doesn’t even exist.

So what is its purpose? It’s very simple. Based on the research conducted by the institute for a long time, some of the displayed images are potentially, note, potentially real.

But the specific location of these images is generally unknown to anyone, and the Ghost Mirror won’t give you any hints. So, this aspect is quite disappointing.

There are many other things, like a ghost-calling banner, an accordion, a wishbone, an eyeball, a sniper rifle…

Yes, a sniper rifle. The ghost inside it was originally sealed in a certain longbow, but later transferred to a certain sniper rifle. It has a terrifying long-range killing power.

But on the other hand, its recoil is also very scary.

This recoil not only causes physical harm, but can instantly obliterate a person’s soul and consciousness.

…………….

Chu Jiang saw that there were also some seals with unclear effects or huge side effects. They were written in an unclear way, and some even had no pictures.

So he looked up and asked, "Can I actually see those seals? Especially the ones at the end of the catalog."

"Um…" The deputy minister pondered for a moment. "I’ll give you a note, and you can ask Expert Chen to take you to see them."

"Okay." Chu Jiang happened to be at headquarters again and wanted to see Chen Yehua.

"By the way, before you officially become the captain, you need to go through another physical examination and a psychological test. It’s a standard procedure that everyone needs to do, I hope you don’t mind."

"No problem," Chu Jiang didn’t really care about this, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Wait," Liu Xuewen called out to him, "For the medical examination, Expert Ning from the research institute hopes to be in charge of it. How do you feel about that?"

Chu Jiang was a bit puzzled, "Who is Expert Ning again? Wasn’t I always taken care of by Expert Chen?"

The deputy minister cleared his throat, "She is a female expert from our research institute. Do you remember, when you first joined, two experts were interested in your profile and hoped you could become their research assistant."

"One of them is Expert Ning."

"Later, you chose to become the leader, and the personnel department arranged Expert Chen to provide a customized solution for you, so you didn’t have much interaction with the other one."

"But she still showed interest in you, especially after you solved the S-class event."

"Due to Expert Ning’s significant contributions to the research institute, after she made this request, we also wanted to hear your opinion."

"If you don’t want to, then Expert Chen will still be in charge; if you want to, then Expert Ning will do it."

"Why is even a medical examination so complicated?" Chu Jiang shook his head repeatedly. "What did the person named Chen say?"

"It seems like Expert Ning has already convinced him, so now it’s up to you to decide."

"Then I’ll meet Chen Yehua first," Chu Jiang still felt a bit strange.

Could it be that the female expert recognized him as a descendant of Chu’s Jiang lineage? After all, Chu Jiang’s video is now everywhere, and it can even be downloaded from some special foreign websites…

"Alright," Liu Xuewen continued, "Although we skipped the award ceremony as you requested, we still need to announce it. Do you have any objections to that?"

"No, go ahead and announce it." Chu Jiang casually agreed and left the office.

As for writing a note, that’s just a verbal expression. In this day and age, Liu Xuewen will naturally communicate electronically to inform Expert Chen, which is also convenient for record keeping.

As Chu Jiang walked out of the door, Chen Yuting was still waiting, which surprised him. "Why are you here to be my tour guide today?"

Chen Yuting nodded slightly and said, "The research institute is very big, with many different areas inside. If you tell me where you want to go, I can guide you."

While they were talking, they suddenly heard a broadcast announcement, "Announcing a personnel change. Due to the development needs of the research institute, Chu Jiang has been officially promoted to the position of captain."

Hearing the clear voice of the announcement echoing throughout the institute, Chu Jiang was speechless. Was this what they called "announcing"? Couldn’t they just send a notice? Why use a broadcast…