Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 346 The Gambler's Doom

Tributary 67:

[The End of Gambling]

Gamblers who win frequently find it difficult to tolerate their losses, which is precisely their greatest weakness.

[The Möbius Serpent, repeatedly defeated by narrow margins in its clashes of fate, shattered its mental state. Forcedly struck by the Law of Immortality, its consciousness dissipated and its body crumbled, transforming into a twenty-sided cone of light. All of this was carried out with remarkable secrecy; even the "Myriad Manifestations Kun," extremely sensitive to ripples of fate, remained unaware of this turbulence—truly unbelievable.]

[Probability: 0.000009%]

0.000009%?

That probability is too low?
With Shi Ming's current strength, he has many ways to forcibly kill this sea beast, but the difficulty lies in how to kill it without alerting the Saint-level sea beast. The Myriad Manifestations Kun is presumably the name of this Saint-level sea beast with the Destiny attribute. Sea beasts of the same Destiny attribute must have an incredibly strong bond.

Wanxiang Kun?
It gave Shi Ming a sense of warmth, like meeting an old friend.

He shifted his focus to the long river of fate.

This subplot, titled "Gambling Dog's Apocalypse," is the most perfect ending Shi Ming has ever seen. Although the probability of it happening is extremely low, with the help of fate's predetermined course, even the lowest probability event will unfold as scheduled!
In his eyes, the power of destiny was concentrated.

Fate has been set! Initiate!
Like the sound of gears turning, or perhaps the sound of a surging river, the trickle of water that Shi Ming had chosen suddenly became dazzling, its meager flow suppressing the other robust tributaries, seemingly becoming the only one in the current river.

Shi Ming knew that his fate for the next 60 minutes was now sealed.

This time is unlike the first encounter with the Three-Eyed Golden Crow. With its current status as the Eye of Destiny, even a Saint-level sea beast cannot interfere!

……

The outcome has been decided.

But the "turn-based" game continues.

Next, it's Shi Ming's turn.

He gazed at the illusory serpent coiled around the Great Fortune. The serpent before him was connected head to tail, and in appearance it resembled a Möbius strip. However, at its core was a twenty-sided cone of light, which had the ability to manipulate probability to evade attacks.

As long as the dice land in the correct position, the Law of Immortality can be avoided.

For an attack to be effective, you need to use some abilities that cannot be dodged.

The "disorderly kingdom" of the Fallen Temple is just right.

Just play with it for a while.

This is just a warm-up.

Shi Ming unleashed his first Sanctuary skill, Fallen Sanctuary, and the blooming spider lilies reappeared in the cabin of this King-class drifting ship.

Two cones of light descended from the sky, and the result was revealed in an instant—

Shi Ming's score is 19!

The Möbius snake's score is 18!

By a hair's breadth, Shi Ming won with a "slight advantage," but gave Möbius the illusion that he was "almost there" to win!

This illusion is extremely dangerous.

The giant snake, however, was clearly unaware of this. Like a gambler at a card table, it felt a slight pang of regret, but then activated its cheating ability once more! Defying fate!

Five identical cones of light descended from the sky.

They landed smoothly in the world of light cones, giving the Möbius Serpent its first chance to defy fate. As long as the points from these five light cones exceed half and the total reaches 51 or more, the Möbius Serpent can reverse its destiny.

17, 8, 2, 10, 12!

49 points!
The Möbius snake's body stiffened for a moment!
It felt the cruel twist of fate!
Of the five cones of destiny, one has vanished.

It hasn't lost yet, it still has a chance, it can keep throwing! The remaining four dice continue to be tossed into the air and then fall down. Each time it fails, the Möbius snake can reduce one of the five dice and re-throw the dice with decreasing probability.

As long as it can have a total score of more than 50 at any one time, it can still win!
Of course, the probability of winning will decrease over time.

But all things considered, the win rate is terrifying!
Including the first throw, it has a total of 4 chances to win the "game"—

The first time, the two will compete fairly, each throwing a ball to determine the size of the dice, with a 50% chance of winning.

The second throw of five (a score greater than 50) yields a 50% win rate; the third throw of four (a score greater than 50) yields a 37.5% win rate.

The probability of winning by tossing three balls on the fourth attempt (scoring a total of 50 or more) is 16.6%.

There was no fifth time.

Overall win rate: 87%!

Fate will favor it just as it has before.

However, it underestimated the enemy it was facing.

Or perhaps it didn't expect that there would be humans on this endless ocean whose luck could crush it. Therefore, fate played two more tricks on it, and the next two dice rolls continued to yield results slightly below 50!
One time it was 46, and the other time it was 47.

This made it a little furious.

He chased geese all day long, only to have one of them peck his eye?

It's alright! It's just one failure!

The game has plenty of time, let's take our time! I don't even consider that bug a threat. Even if you, a human, tame it, in my eyes, it's just a scrap of fate!

Today, I'll show you creatures what a true "God of Gamblers" really is!
……

The judgment is complete; Shi Ming's operation is finished.

The Möbius Serpent could find no way to dodge Stone Inscription's attack.

The world began to tilt.

The crew members, who were seeing the chaotic divine kingdom for the first time, were astonished by the sudden arrival of the "land". However, they kept in mind the captain's order to "remain silent". While feeling the solidity of the illusory land, they adjusted their balance to adapt to its slow tilt!

The "Disordered Divine Kingdom" and the "Light Cone World" created by the Möbius Serpent overlap.
The world of light cones could not be immune to the tilt of the disordered divine kingdom and also began to reverse, but in the eyes of the great serpent, this was not something worth noting.

Flashy and colorful

No threat.

It's Möbius Snake's turn.

It decided to unleash its other trump card, the Reincarnation Ray.

However, in this peculiar place called the Light Cone World, its attacks also require rolling dice to be successfully launched. The two light cones, belonging to the human and the sea beast respectively, continued to fall from the sky. The one belonging to the serpent had a score of 9, and the one belonging to Shi Ming had a score of 10.

A slight advantage!

Still a slight advantage!

Shi Ming smiled.

Is this fate, or is it no longer something to act out?
No wonder the probability of this route is only 0.000009%!

The Möbius snake began to convulse.

White foam even appeared at the corners of her mouth.

It's like a lottery player who has bought lottery tickets several times in a row, and each time they were just a little short of winning the grand prize! After repeatedly missing out on the jackpot, it was furious and didn't cheat this time. Cheating is also limited in the number of times it can do it; it needs to use its opportunities at a more appropriate stage.

The Cycle of Reincarnation Ray failed to be cast.

Thirty seconds have passed.

The world has tilted 30 degrees.

But the Möbius snake didn't care.

In its eyes, it's a snake, and even if the world were turned upside down 180 degrees, it wouldn't affect its balance. This human's skills are flashy, yet they don't have the slightest bit of aggression? It's just a snake by the roadside!
The Möbius snake watched intently as Shi Ming made his next move.

Like a gambler who hasn't found an opponent in a long time, he's itching to win big in the next round!

Little did they know that the end of gambling addicts was about to unfold as scheduled.

(End of this chapter)