Chapter 54.1 (2/2)

This lucky egg machine looked no different from the usual claw machine. Whether it’s the buttons or the joystick, it’s all exactly the same as the claw machines in supermarkets. The only difference was that the usual plushies were replaced with colorful eggs.

Looking into the egg machine through the glass, the colorful eggs inside were about the size of a grown man’s hand. But though the eggs were fairly big, because they were elliptical, you could tell at a glance that it would easily slip through the claws.

Fortunately, there were a ton of eggs inside the machine and a lot were also near the hole. Since something closer should be easier to grab, Xiao Tangqiu stared at the green egg near the hole for a while before deciding on it.

Xiao Tangqiu desperately recalled the tricks Tang Mianmian taught him. But when he started the claw machine, his mind went blank from nerves. In the end, he dropped the claw during this confusion and the claws came up empty.

…He didn’t catch anything.

“Alright, next person!” The clown said as he stood on the side, grinning.

Xiao Tangqiu sighed. Although he hadn’t expected to be able to grab it on his first try, but he still should’ve touched the edge of the egg! At this rate, he wouldn’t be able to grab an egg within three tries!

Tang Mianmian reached out and patted Xiao Tangqui’s shoulder before rolling up his sleeves, full of confidence. “Just watch me!”

He walked self-assuredly towards the lucky egg machine, and it was obvious how familiar and skillful he was when manipulating the claw’s direction back and forth. His target was a red colored egg. He confidently lowered the claw — the claws successfully grabbed the egg. But when the claw started coming up, it suddenly relaxed. The egg fell.

Tang Mianmian also didn’t manage to get it. But his situation was much better than Xiao Tangqiu’s. At least he managed to grab the egg.

“Alright, next person!” The clown spoke with a grin.

The last person in the first round was the geek. He took a deep breath and walked in front of the lucky egg machine. His skills couldn’t compareto Tang Mianmian’s at all, it could even be considered clumsy. It’s obvious he rarely or even never played with claw machines before.

The geek’s expression was complicated. Although he was full of confidence in his luck, he was also filled with doubt since he had never played this sort of game before. Especially after hearing all the tricks and advice about claw machines that Tang Mianmian told Xiao Tangqiu… his expression was part confident, part self-doubting — it was extremely conflicting.

He roughly manipulated the joystick of the egg machine, letting the claw stop above a blue egg.

On the side, Tang Mianmian whispered in Xiao Tangqiu’s ear, “This angle is definitely impossible! Unless he…”

The geek hesitantly lowered the claw. The claw dropped, grabbed that blue egg without dropping it, and steadily delivered the blue egg to the hole.

The body of the lucky egg machine immediately lit up with all sorts of colorful lights and began blasting a celebratory BGM at the same time, “Congratulations on the successful grab! Congratulations on the successful grab!”

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian were shocked, the geek was also frozen in shock for a few seconds before finally reacting. He quickly squatted down and took the blue egg out of the hole.

He stared at the blue egg in disbelief, and it took a few more seconds before he got excited, “I got it! I actually got it!”

At this point, Tang Mianmian dumbly finished his sentence, “…Unless he gets a strong claw.”

“Fuck! He really actually got a strong claw! This guy must’ve been the illegitimate son of the king of luck in his last life! He could even run into the strong claw!”

Tang Mianmian could practically wash his face with his tears. He had bitterly studied the claw machine for over ten years, but in the end he still couldn’t compare to a first-timer geek. Where was he not good enough? Isn’t it just he wasn’t as lucky! The point was that they had completely different starting points!

Xiao Tangqiu was once again shocked by the geek’s luck. Tang Mianmian and he hadn’t gotten it yet but the geek got one in one go. And it happened to be the strong claw. What was the probability? What kind of luck was this?

“Congratulations to our first lucky player to get the lucky egg!”

The clown spoke with a grin, “You can choose to give up the next two chances, or you can choose to continue!”

The geek who was caught up in the joy of getting the colorful egg in one try, finally focused again, immediately asking the clown, “What happens if I get a few more? Are there any benefits?”

The clown spoke with a smile, “Perhaps, perhaps not.”

It was clear that he wasn’t going to tell him. The geek hesitated before finally being tempted by the thought of ​​possibly having benefits with more eggs. He gritted his teeth and made up his mind, “Try! I want to try two more times!”

The clown nodded with a smile, “Alright, next person please!”

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian exchanged a look and couldn’t help but laugh bitterly, especially Xiao Tangqiu. If he hadn’t learned about the probability from Tang Mianmian, he could’ve still held onto the attitude of ignorance and fearlessness. But after learning about it, he knew that since the geek came across the strong claw, the chances of them coming across the strong claw was basically none.

They could only rely on skill.

Xiao Tangqiu sighed deeply and decided to try the “trapped claw” Tang Mianmian mentioned.

He tried to get the claws stuck at an angle and the claws actually grabbed an egg. But it still loosened midair.

Xiao Tangqiu’s second attempt was another failure.

“Next person!”

Tang Mianmian patted Xiao Tangqiu’s shoulder, and then he took a deep breath. Let’s go!

This time, Tang Mianmian seemed to be using the “swing claw”. He toggled the joystick like crazy when he dropped the claw, making it swing. The claw actually grabbed the egg when it dropped down and then swung forward!

The claw released! The colorful egg fell into the hole!

“Congratulations on the successful grab! Congratulations on the successful grab!”

Accompanied by the joyful BGM, Tang Mianmian also finally got a colorful egg!