Recaps

Ling Yi defeated Chai Zhiwei and Gao Yuntian, discovering that his passive skills responded to his intent and avoided vital spots when he only wanted to teach someone a lesson. Wu Hong then had Bai Hai test Ling Yi by firing ten Magic Bullets at him, and Bai Hai launched them all.

• Ling Yi dodged Chai Zhiwei's double Savage Charge and knocked him down with a flurry of punches triggered by Infinite Combo, then promised him barbecue.
• Ling Yi challenged his classmates, and Gao Yuntian attacked him with Battle Qi.
• Ling Yi evaded Gao Yuntian's strikes and used repeated kicks to disrupt his Battle Qi, ultimately sending him flying.
• Ling Yi realized that Infinite Weakness and Infinite Combo could target small weaknesses and avoid vital spots when he intended not to cause serious harm.
• Wu Hong called on Bai Hai to challenge Ling Yi, and Bai Hai agreed to fire ten Magic Bullets for Ling Yi to dodge.
• Bai Hai cast one Magic Bullet and immediately launched the other nine at Ling Yi.

Ling Yi demonstrated his evasive and combat abilities to Wu Hong, who concluded that he was an ability user and recommended he apply to Yue City Taibian University. After treating his classmates to barbecue, Ling Yi spent the night grinding skills and raised Infinite Dodge to a 103% chance.

• Ling Yi dodged Bai Hai's magic bullets and stopped his combo-powered punch just short of Bai Hai's nose, prompting Bai Hai to surrender.
• Wu Hong tested Ling Yi with spiritual pressure, a Spiritual Qi lock, an invisible attack, and his serpent soul ring; Ling Yi dodged some attacks and struck the serpent's weak points until Wu Hong recalled it.
• Wu Hong identified Ling Yi as an ability user and recommended Yue City Taibian University, where Wu Hong said he had graduated.
• Ling Yi treated his classmates to an expensive barbecue made from level-two Demonic Beast meat, then went to the slaughterhouse to grind monsters with the fat boss.
• Ling Yi gained nearly thirty thousand experience overnight and raised Infinite Dodge to level 19, with a 103% chance to dodge all attacks.

Ling Yi and the other students from No. 12 Middle School traveled by flying boat to the Neiping Wasteland for the martial examination. After learning about the dangers of the region, they disembarked and waited until the practical combat trial officially began.

• Nearly two thousand students gathered at Red City No. 12 Middle School, where Ling Yi examined his monitoring bracelet before boarding a flying boat with his classmates.
• Teacher Wu Hong told the students that a suspected tier-5 black hole had made Wangchuan Forest unsafe, and briefed them on the monsters in the Neiping Wasteland.
• Ling Yi memorized the supplied monster information and wondered whether a hidden force was behind the black holes appearing across Blue Star.
• Ling Yi and the other No. 12 Middle School students disembarked in the Neiping Wasteland, where the flying boat left to drop off students from other schools.
• At six in the evening, the middle-aged man's voice instructed all examinees to activate their monitoring bracelets, officially starting the practical combat trial.

Ling Yi and his classmates began the practical trial exam, formed a team, and set out to find food in the Neiping Wasteland. After Ling Yi narrowly dodged a black hole that formed beneath him, a purple-grade black hole stabilized and strange green monsters emerged.

• Ling Yi agreed to team up with Gao Yuntian, Lin Xiaoxiao, Liu Hang, Bai Hai, and Chai Zhiwei, then rejected Song Qi's attempt to recruit Lin Xiaoxiao.
• Song Qi left with Zhao Sihai and Li Siyun after Ling Yi's group walked away, and Ling Yi's team entered the forest.
• Ling Yi told Lin Xiaoxiao that working at a slaughterhouse may have exposed him to false soul power and awakened his ability.
• Ling Yi instinctively dodged as spatial cracks opened where he had been standing, forming a black hole that changed color and stabilized as purple-grade.
• Ugly green monsters carrying wooden clubs emerged from the black hole.

Ling Yi and his companions fought Goblins pouring out of a black hole and discovered that killing them counted toward their college entrance exam scores. As they gained levels and Ling Yi rapidly strengthened his passive magic-bullet skill, the Goblins’ spawn rate eventually fell behind their killing pace.

• Ling Yi fought the Goblins alone at first, triggering Infinite Heavy Fist and gaining the mutated passive skill Infinite Magic Bullet after killing one.
• Ling Yi noticed his exam bracelet awarded points for Goblin kills and sent Lin Xiaoxiao to bring Gao Yuntian and the others.
• Lin Xiaoxiao, Gao Yuntian, Bai Hai, Chai Zhiwei, and Liu Hang joined the fight after Ling Yi explained that the Goblins targeted only him and were vulnerable at the neck.
• After more than an hour of fighting, Liu Hang and the others leveled up, gaining stronger bodies and a new energy that Ling Yi recognized as a good sign.
• Ling Yi’s Infinite Magic Bullet reached level 11 as the group continued grinding, and two hours later the group leveled up again while the skill reached level 17.
• The Goblins’ respawn rate finally became slower than Ling Yi and his companions’ killing rate.

Ling Yi waited for the red-grade black hole’s next wave while examining his new Infinite Charging skill and the system’s limited skill slots. Overhead, Xiang Hongyu warned Xiang Wanxiong that invading rules would soon make Spiritual Cultivation the only viable path, as other cities sent flying boats to investigate the black hole.

• Gao Yuntian boasted about the black hole, and Bai Hai explained that its grade indicated duration rather than stronger monsters before the group prepared for the next wave.
• Ling Yi reviewed his system, learned that the side quest had awarded him another skill slot, and bound Infinite Charging to Infinite Magic Bullet.
• Xiang Hongyu told Xiang Wanxiong that invading rules would fuse within ten years, leaving Spiritual Cultivation as the only workable system before a second stage threatened Blue Star.
• Xiang Wanxiong said he would return to Taibian College with Xiang Hongyu after the assessment and deal with corrupt people before leaving.
• Flying boats from Ling City, Great Wind City, and Red Leaf City headed to the Neiping Wasteland, while Ling Yi and his companions resumed fighting monsters.

Ling Yi and the others farmed monsters through the night, gaining skills and experience as Ling Yi discovered that leveling remained unusually difficult. At dawn, four flying boats arrived over the purple-grade black hole, and three figures emerged from the woods.

• Ling Yi killed hobgoblins, tree demons, and Zakums, collected their mutated skill books, and stored several skills instead of learning them.
• After five hours of farming, Ling Yi had gained over 350,000 experience but still could not reach level 2, while Lin Xiaoxiao and the others each gained four levels.
• The group discussed why monster corpses vanished and whether absorbing experience had side effects before a new wave of stone giants appeared.
• Ling Yi farmed stone giants, gained the Magic Shield skill book, and equipped its mutated passive, Infinite Shield.
• As dawn broke, Chai Zhiwei spotted four flying boats, and Bai Hai explained that City Lord Xiang Wanxiong had already arrived to oversee the black hole.
• Three figures walked out of the woods after startled cries rang out in the distance.

Ling Yi and his companions returned to the stable purple black hole, where he began slaughtering the spawning goblins while the others learned they might gain permanent usage rights to the site. Song Yanqing withdrew Song Qi and his accomplices from the exam and revealed their family’s downfall, while Ling Yi ended the chapter with 758,577 EXP and wondered whether even a million would be insufficient to level up.

• Song Qi, Zhao Sihai, and Li Siyun approached Ling Yi after the stone giants died, but Ling Yi left them behind with a warning look.
• Song Yanqing learned the purple black hole was grade eight, then rescued Song Qi’s trio from goblins and withdrew them from the exam, explaining that Song Qi’s crimes had cost their family its position and fortune.
• Ling Yi and his companions returned to the black hole and saw thousands of lesser goblins pouring out as Song Qi’s trio fled.
• Bai Hai and Lin Weiwei explained that the Ancient Country granted permanent usage rights to the first people who discovered and contacted a qualifying purple black hole.
• Ling Yi charged into the goblin horde, using Infinite Magic Bullet and Infinite Black Dragon Summoning to kill monsters and gain EXP.
• Ling Yi checked his system status, saw that he had accumulated 758,577 EXP, and wondered whether even a million EXP would fail to raise his level.

Ling Yi and his companions continued grinding monsters as observers from all twelve major cities gathered around the black hole. After Ling Yi reached level 2 and gained a major boost to his physique and skills, the black hole stopped spawning monsters for hours before a gigantic, many-eyed creature began emerging.

• Jiang Yan and the other city leaders watched recordings of Ling Yi’s monster kills, and people from all twelve major cities arrived as Ling Yi’s group finished a Goblin wave.
• Bai Hai reported the group’s kill counts and analyzed how leveling improved strength, mental power, or agility; Ling Yi explained the world’s three classes and speculated that monsters might eventually drop skills and equipment.
• Ling Yi told his companions he planned to attend Taibian University, and Bai Hai explained that it had become the mysterious Taibian College after Eastern Peak City fell.
• Ling Yi reached level 2, gained a new skill-replacement option, an extra skill slot, and a tenfold increase in physique, then quickly killed stone giants and collected Infinite Shield skill books.
• After Ling Yi’s group defeated a wave of Zakum and waited two hours without another spawn, a gigantic creature with a huge mouth and four eye-tipped tentacles began emerging from the black hole.

Ling Yi fought and killed the Sea Demon Hydra, a powerful boss, while Xiang Wanxiong confronted Zhao Tuohai over his remarks about copying Ling Yi’s skills. The victory earned Ling Yi experience, ancient coins, and several drops, including a mutated skill.

• Ling Yi recognized the level 74 Sea Demon Hydra and sent Lin Xiaoxiao and the others retreating while he faced it alone.
• Ling Yi’s passive skills triggered as he dodged the Hydra’s attacks, blocked its lasers, and repeatedly bombarded it with magic bullets and black dragon waves.
• Xiang Wanxiong threatened Zhao Tuohai after the old man suggested copying Ling Yi’s skills with a Skill Inheritance Stone.
• Ling Yi felt inexplicable disgust toward Zhao Tuohai and the situation, then continued attacking the Hydra.
• After a prolonged fight, Ling Yi killed the Sea Demon Hydra and received 500,000 experience, 300,000 ancient coins, Infinite Blink, Undine - Excellent, a Golden Dou Shi Summoning Stone, and an MU Brand.

Ling Yi used the MU Brand to unlock a controllable passage to the MU World, then helped his group grind monsters until the college entrance trial ended. Back in Red City, Xiang Wanxiong gave Ling Yi a recommendation letter to Taibian College and told him to leave the next morning if he chose to attend.

• Ling Yi learned that Infinite Blink let him choose among randomly marked teleport coordinates, found that the Yellow Turban Dou Shi Summoning Stone did not match his class, and inspected the MU Brand.
• Ling Yi used the MU Brand, and the system added an Instance Worlds module with an option to open or close the MU World passage; he chose to leave it open.
• Ling Yi and his companions kept grinding monsters, and returning examinees and powerful visitors saw that Ling Yi could defeat monsters faster than they could.
• Ling Yi reached level 3 before the trial ended, and Xiang Wanxiong ordered the examinees to return to Red City for the arena tournament.
• Xiang Wanxiong told Ling Yi to stay behind and handed him a recommendation letter for Taibian College, saying he could skip the arena tournament and leave the next morning if he chose the college.

Ling Yi accepted Taibian College’s unusual offer and prepared to travel to Eastern Peak, while Xiang Wanxiong and Wu Hong discussed political threats and the mystery behind his powers. After the system added an Enemy and Friend List and Ling Yi tested his skill control, he invited his friends to come with him to Taibian College.

• Xiang Wanxiong told Ling Yi that he had to reach Taibian College in Eastern Peak within three months, and Ling Yi chose to attend despite the risk of losing eligibility for other universities.
• Xiang Wanxiong and Wu Hong discussed the ambitions of Zhao Tuohai, Jiang Yan, and Gao Qicheng, then speculated that Ling Yi wielded borrowed dimensional power.
• Chai Zhiwei’s failed sneak attack triggered Ling Yi’s passive skills, and the system responded to Ling Yi’s complaints by adding an Enemy and Friend List with automatic favorability-based sorting.
• Ling Yi tested his control over his skills when Bai Hai punched him, while Chai Zhiwei backed away from trying it himself.
• Ling Yi told his friends that he was leaving for Taibian College and could bring them along, and Lin Xiaoxiao and Gao Yuntian agreed to go.

Ling Yi and his companions traveled toward Eastern Peak City, fighting monsters along the way, while Ling Yi persuaded the system to improve how skill books worked. Their journey paused when two wolf kings appeared, and Lin Xiaoxiao unexpectedly attacked one of them.

• Ling Yi’s group fought several packs of monsters near Red City and gained levels as they traveled.
• The system adjusted its rules so skill books could become skill experience and Ling Yi could retain skills dropped by bosses.
• Ling Yi reviewed his improved skills and continued traveling with his companions toward Eastern Peak City.
• A white wolf king appeared, and Lin Xiaoxiao asked whether the group could tame it.
• A scarred gray wolf king arrived, and Lin Xiaoxiao raised the Aquagold Crossbow and fired at it.

Ling Yi killed the White Wolf King, gained two swordsman skill books, and forced the beast to submit as a pet. At camp, Gao Yuntian and Liu Hang chose different skills, while Ling Yi prepared to clear out his system inventory and complete a side quest.

• Lin Xiaoxiao attacked the White Wolf King, but Ling Yi killed it with a single slap and received the skills Rapid Speed Slaying and Bleeding.
• Ling Yi demanded the White Wolf King submit, and it lay down in surrender; its favorability reached 100 and it joined his Friends list.
• The White Wolf King led Ling Yi and the others to a valley where they set up camp for the night.
• Ling Yi offered the two swordsman skill books to the group, and Gao Yuntian chose Bleeding while Liu Hang chose Rapid Speed Slaying.
• Ling Yi told the group that the White Wolf King knew of nearby bosses and that they would hunt them for more skills; Lin Xiaoxiao objected to his naming it Little White.
• After everyone went to sleep, Ling Yi opened his system interface to clear out his skill books and complete a side quest.

Ling Yi raised Infinite Blink to level 16 and learned that unused teleport coordinates remained permanently, while a new side quest required him to reach level 10 to unlock the Dragon Radar Map. During a boss hunt in the ruins of Cheng City, he obtained skill rewards and used a Brand Stone, which automatically integrated its origin power into the MU Brand world.

• Ling Yi saw that Infinite Blink had reached level 16 and permanently retained unused coordinates, while the refreshed side quest required him to reach level 10.
• Ling Yi and the others followed Little White toward Cheng City, where Little White silently doubted that humanity could withstand the coming invasion of the Myriad Worlds.
• Ling Yi killed the iron-armored lizard and obtained the Hard Skin skill book for Chai Zhiwei.
• Ling Yi defeated the illusion ink butterfly and obtained a Phantom Clone skill book and a Brand Stone.
• Ling Yi wondered how his companions could improve their skills, then inspected his Skill Stone and the Brand Stone’s origin power.
• Ling Yi used the Brand Stone, and the system automatically integrated its origin into the MU Brand world.

Ling Yi led Lin Xiaoxiao and the others through a day of defeating fifty-two BOSSes, gaining skills, pets, imprint stones, and a powerful summoning item. After discovering new uses for Infinite Blink, he learned that Lin Xiaoxiao and the others wanted to train independently and become true companions rather than rely on his protection.

• Ling Yi and the group defeated fifty-two BOSSes, collected fifty-eight skill books, and assigned skills suited to each person's fighting style.
• Ling Yi subdued a BOSS pet for each of his five companions and kept a flying vulture that could locate BOSSes across a wide area.
• Ling Yi used twelve imprint stones and three skill stones, upgrading Infinite Blink to three stars and discovering that its coordinate points could be manually moved onto people.
• Ling Yi saw that MU World's progress had reached 13% and become summonable, and he obtained a single-use Horn that could summon a black hole of a chosen tier and grade.
• Ling Yi failed to move a stone with Telekinesis and remained frustrated that his high constitution did not let him fly.
• Lin Xiaoxiao told Ling Yi that she and the others wanted to face dangers on their own, develop their abilities, and become his true companions.

Ling Yi used his two-headed flying vulture to grind MU World bosses and Brand Stones, then briefly reunited with Wu Hong and Xiang Wanxiong at Taibian College before leaving without enrolling. With MU World's progress at 75% and thousands of stones still needed, he began looking for a way to find bosses faster.

• Ling Yi gave Lin Xiaoxiao and the others healing potions and coordinate-marked stones, then flew off to grind MU World with his two-headed flying vulture.
• Ling Yi defeated a centipede boss, collected a skill book and two Brand Stones, and shook the mischievous vulture until it recovered.
• Ling Yi spent the next half month roaming for bosses before arriving at Taibian College, where Wu Hong and Xiang Wanxiong were waiting for him.
• Ling Yi reassured Wu Hong that Lin Xiaoxiao and the others were safe, explained that he had subdued the vulture by beating it, and flew away without enrolling.
• After another ten days, Ling Yi reached 75% MU World progress but realized he still needed thousands of Brand Stones, so he decided to search for a boss nest.

Ling Xiaoxiao’s five-person squad fought through a horde of magic beasts in an abandoned building in Eastern Ji City while the Greedy Goblin watched. After the boss unleashed Gatling guns, the squad retreated upstairs, leaving their summoned Huangjin Dou Shi destroyed and the Greedy Goblin enraged.

• Ling Yi considered using his horn to open a black hole in a game world, then sensed that Old Gao and the others were in danger and vanished to help them.
• Lin Xiaoxiao, Chai Zhiwei, Gao Yuntian, Bai Hai, and Liu Hang fought third-tier goblins and ground squirrels while the Greedy Goblin watched from the stairs.
• Bai Hai used Firestorm to kill many monsters, and the five leveled up, restoring their strength and making the Greedy Goblin realize its plan to wear them down was failing.
• The Greedy Goblin deployed two Gatling guns, forcing Bai Hai to shield the squad as Lin Xiaoxiao slowed the boss and the others cleared a path upstairs.
• The five retreated to the third-floor stairway, where Lin Xiaoxiao’s summoned Huangjin Dou Shi blocked their pursuers before the monsters tore it apart.
• The Greedy Goblin killed the ground squirrels responsible with its Gatling guns and angrily shouted at its confused underlings.

Ling Yi rescued Lin Xiaoxiao and her companions from a monster horde, defeated and subdued an eighth-tier goblin prince who specialized in forging, and brought everyone to the goblin’s underground forge. He ordered the goblins to clear the space so he could summon a black hole, then prepared to use a horn.

• Gao Yuntian used a stone to summon Ling Yi, who identified the greedy goblin as a late eighth-tier BOSS.
• The goblin transformed his iron box into Gundam armor and attacked Ling Yi, but Ling Yi’s passives overwhelmed the suit until the goblin surrendered and became his friend.
• Ling Yi learned the goblin could control the surrounding monsters and ordered him to lead the group to his underground forge.
• The goblin repaired his damaged armor, and the group reached an underground supermarket connected to subway tunnels.
• Ling Yi ordered the goblins to move their belongings and demolish the supermarket’s interior to make room for his black-hole summoning.
• Ling Yi took out a horn and closed his eyes to prepare, while the goblin and the others wondered whether he could really summon a black hole.

Ling Yi summoned a red-grade black hole to the Three Kingdoms general-summoning world, where White Boars dropped experience, items, and summoning runes. As Ling Yi and his allies farmed the bosses, Red-browed King Kong confronted Bloodthirsty Bat over the pets’ duty to protect Ling Yi’s friends and demanded to know why they had come to this world.

• Ling Yi chose the Three Kingdoms summoning world and used Horn (Divinity 00009) to open a red-grade black hole, which filled the underground supermarket with White Boars.
• The White Boars dropped equipment, Brand Stones, and summoning runes, prompting the system to add a Legend page to Ling Yi’s interface.
• Ling Yi summoned Dian Wei and Lü Bu, learned that they could revive after an hour and drew their strength from him, then equipped nine female generals.
• Lin Xiaoxiao, Chai Zhiwei, Bai Hai, and the others joined the farming while the goblin prince tried it in his Gundam battle armor.
• On a mountain outside Eastern Ji City, Red-browed King Kong warned Bloodthirsty Bat that Ling Yi’s friends were their friends, then demanded that the bat explain how they had come to this world.

Bloodthirst Bat explained that black holes began appearing after powerful beings carrying data rules entered other worlds, and that the rules originated with someone named Ling Yi. After two months of farming bosses, Ling Yi had reached level 6 and acquired two dungeon worlds, then closed the Mir black hole and took his companions to report to Taibian College for a break.

• Bloodthirst Bat told Red-Browed Vajra and the others that black holes appeared in their worlds 375 years earlier, after his grandfather discovered powerful invaders carrying data rules linked to Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi and his companions farmed bosses in the underground supermarket, and Ling Yi reached level 4 while his Mir World progress rose to 10%.
• Ling Yi gave Liu Hang, Chai Zhiwei, Gao Yuntian, Bai Hai, and the goblin prince equipment, skill books, and summoning runes, allowing them to build powerful sets and summon generals.
• Over the next two months, Lin Xiaoxiao and the others reached level 60, while Ling Yi reached level 6 and raised his constitution to 400,000.
• Ling Yi closed the Mir black hole, said he needed a break from farming, and set off with his companions to report to Taibian College.

Ling Yi and his companions arrived at Taibian College, where Wu Hong explained the school’s wealthy admissions and gave them phones before the entrance trial. Ling Yi theorized that a technologically advanced black hole world’s rules were dominant on the college grounds, then delegated phone lessons to Zehou so he could skip the trial.

• Wu Hong told Ling Yi and his companions that Taibian College accepted students with powerful connections for large fees, and explained its enrollment and tuition figures.
• Wu Hong led the group into the college, housed them together, and gave them fasting pills and expensive phones to use before the entrance trial.
• Ling Yi recognized the phones and told Bai Hai and the others that technological rules likely dominated Taibian College because a nearby black hole connected it to a technological world.
• Ling Yi suggested Zehou combine goblin forging with technological research, then taught his companions to play the phone games.
• After the others struggled to learn the games, Ling Yi handed the phone to Zehou and told him to teach them instead of attending the trial grounds the next morning.

Qin Xuan, Taibian College’s hidden and immensely powerful principal, joined Ling Yi’s group under a false identity to investigate him and the worlds’ strange changes. The entrance trial sent the group into a zombie-filled world, where they reached a rooftop and Ling Yi spotted a familiar logo on a distant office building.

• Qin Xuan told Wu Hong that Ling Yi was abnormal and ordered him to place her in Ling Yi’s group for the trial.
• The principal opened a red-grade black hole and sent the students into a month-long survival trial; Qin Xuan joined Ling Yi’s group as Wu Hong’s supposed niece.
• Ling Yi used his system to assess Qin Xuan’s enormous combat power and discovered that his own combat power was twenty million.
• Ling Yi led the group through the black hole, where Bai Hai coordinated their escape to a rooftop as summoned generals fought the zombies below.
• The group surveyed the dangerous zombie-filled city, and Ling Yi noticed a familiar logo on a distant office building.

Ling Yi discovered that the black hole over the Resident Evil world connected to the Bridge of Karmic Luck and his powerful Marvel Universe clone, then altered the world’s laws before returning home to plan his next transmigration. His clone remained behind with Qin Xuan, whose Heavenly Dao avatar had grown into a young woman and declared her interest in him.

• Ling Yi flew to a survivor base, where Alice and the others waited as zombies stared at the sky.
• A huge black hole revealed the upside-down Bridge of Karmic Luck and Ling Yi’s Marvel Universe clone, unlocking his memories of centuries of events there.
• Qin Xuan appeared as the avatar of the world’s Heavenly Dao, but Ling Yi left a clone behind and returned to Taibian College and then his home in Red City.
• Ling Yi reflected on his rapid growth and repeated Marvel transmigrations, then changed the world’s laws so invading laws could coexist and evolve together.
• Qin Xuan grew into a young woman and flirted with Ling Yi’s clone, who blinked away despite having only Ling Yi’s memories and not his strength.

Ling Yi transmigrated into The Tricky Master as Deaf Five, an ugly trainee priest, and tested the system’s invisible camera before heading to a casino. He began learning the dice game with his last two hundred dollars, unaware of how unlikely its biggest payouts were.

• Ling Yi discovered that he had replaced Deaf Five in The Tricky Master and complained about his face and role.
• He recalled receiving the Movie Extra Roleplaying System from a bald man, which let him enter Master Sing movie worlds without changing their plot timelines.
• Ling Yi checked the system and found The Tricky Master already at twenty percent plot progress, then decided against wearing Deaf Five’s red skirt.
• He tested the invisible camera and found it could change size, pass through walls, and strike people while also providing him with audio.
• Ling Yi went to the Great Joy Joy casino, exchanged his last two hundred dollars for chips, and learned the dice table’s rules.
• Ling Yi remarked that the game’s 200-to-one payout seemed like easy money, prompting other gamblers to regard him as an idiot.