Chapter 11 - Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Shatter the Darkness with Thunder! (1/2)

Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Shatter the Darkness with Thunder!

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In the secluded room.

Old Zhang drew the curtains, locked the door from the inside, and after making sure his precious daughter wouldn’t discover him, he pulled out several brand new decks of playing cards from the drawer.

“Greed does not pay, let’s start with cutting the deck,”

muttered Old Zhang.

Turns out, after watching Lin Chuan’s “Swindler” tutorial, he couldn’t resist and decided to secretly practice card cheating techniques.

How could a gambler resist the temptation of cheating techniques?

Cut! Cut! Cut!

Old Zhang practiced cutting the cards like crazy.

For a while.

The large room was covered with playing cards strewn all over the floor.

But it wasn’t without success.

Old Zhang’s hands were nimble, and as he rapidly cut the cards, with a slight flick of his thumb, his sharp eyes caught sight of the corners of several cards.

After seven or eight repetitions, he had already memorized the sequence of the first dozen or so cards.

However, his technique would appear clumsy to an expert, and his speed was not fast enough; one glance and you could see the trick.

But having reached this level of skill, Old Zhang was overjoyed, thinking to himself with a gleeful chuckle, “Mr. Lin did not deceive me! Once I’ve mastered this, I will dominate the gambling scene!”

“Hahahaha!”

…

Unbeknownst to him, the outside world had already turned to dusk.

The setting sun cast a yellowish glow on the old city district, painting it with a golden coat, soft and warm.

Occasionally, a few swallows flew by, tracing a black arc in the sky.

Lin Chuan stretched lazily, got up to move his limbs around, and walked to the window, taking deep breaths of the fresh air outside. A smile hung on his handsome face.

At that moment, everything seemed to become more beautiful.

This, perhaps, was the charm of two Alliance Leader’s Treasure Chests!

Of course, the Popularity Value/Average Subscription had also increased quite a bit.

[Work: “Swindler”]

[Status: Uploaded.]

[Popularity Value (Average Subscription): 50/1000]

“This increase isn’t bad; wait until the platform does a round of recommendations, the average subscription should go up some more!”

Lin Chuan laughed.

The new book had just been released; recommendations wouldn’t come so quickly.

Dingdong–dingdong–

Lin Chuan’s phone rang.

“Old Wang, what’s the good word?” Lin Chuan answered the call with a laugh.

Old Wang, a colleague of Lin Chuan’s.

The two entered the business at the same time, and now Old Wang had written a hit novel, with hopes of making it big.

Lin Chuan would teasingly refer to him as an “almost influent Author.”

As soon as Old Wang opened his mouth, it was with the air of someone on the brink of success, “How did you find out that my book hit six thousand in average subscriptions?”

Lin Chuan’s face darkened: “…”

Fuck

He’s here to show off!

Three thousand average subscriptions for a hit.

Six thousand average subscriptions for a big hit.

“Old Lin, why aren’t you saying anything, is the signal bad?” Old Wang laughed.

Lin Chuan curled his lips, “Through the internet cable, I can still smell your arrogance.”

Old Wang burst out laughing, “I’m just sharing my joy with a good brother, how about you now?”

“Well, it’s not looking good.”

Lin Chuan sighed, “I only got two Alliance Leader’s Treasure Chests today.”

“I always said…” Old Wang suddenly paused, his tone surprised, “What did you just say, two Alliance Leader’s Treasure Chests?”

“Still a bit few.”

Lin Chuan grinned widely, unable to contain his happiness.

It was always Old Wang showing off to him, but this time, Lin Chuan finally had the chance to smugly rub it in Old Wang’s face!