(Three surprises in a row! Today's extra-large Pro Max! A one-shot ending!)
Lying on his back atop the building, feeling the sunlight of reality wash over him, Cheng Shi felt a lucky sense of having survived a disaster.
He had never expected this method to actually work!
Having won another desperate gamble with his life and fortune on the line, Cheng Shi couldn't help feeling that his luck with gambling really was flourishing.
He took the Dice from his pocket and held it up against the glaring sunlight. The one pip on it became dazzling in the reflection.
"Predetermined Destiny? Heh, bullshit."
Cheng Shi chuckled and casually tossed the Dice away. It rolled rapidly across the rooftop, then came to a stop after several turns, with the brilliantly shining one pip still facing upward, unchanged.
It was as if it were protesting against Cheng Shi for denying it, or mocking him for being powerless to change it.
Cheng Shi didn't look at it. He merely closed his eyes as everything he had experienced over the past five days surged through his mind. He carefully sorted through every detail, conducting a review of how he had cleared the trial.
There was no such thing as everlasting good luck. It was merely the result of secretly working hard.
After every trial, he reviewed every move made during it, striving to sharpen his instincts, keep his nerves tauter, and make his deceptions more natural.
That was Cheng Shi's path to victory.
But all that effort was exhausting, far less practical than just being a freeloader.
So Cheng Shi's ultimate dream was to cling to someone powerful and coast along.
Unfortunately, he always ran into all kinds of idiots during trials, and rarely got the chance to coast through an entire game.
This trial