readsfreenovel Chapter 722: Jiang Ran Arrives at Aisen Town
Chapter 722: Jiang Ran Arrives at Aisen Town
Half an hour to get there.The American beauty hostess began announcing the bet amounts placed on each of the ten lab rats.
"Lab Rat Number 1, Jiang Ran: 129 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 2, Huo Yun: 56.23 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 3, Zhu Hong: 517.42 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 4, Juliet·Lean: 333.9 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 5, S: 178 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 6, A: 123 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 7, Y: 166 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 8, Leon: 68.21 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 9, Arthur: 199 million USD."
"Lab Rat Number 10, Tabo: 77.7 million USD."
"The total bet amount for this special live stream is: 1.84846 billion USD!!!!"
The bet amounts for all ten lab rats had been revealed.
For the people of Hua Country watching the live stream, they clearly noticed a difference from the last special live stream on Macedonia Island.
Last time on Macedonia Island, since all participants had survived four rounds, the bets were based entirely on personal judgment.
The final betting results showed a massive gap—some had outrageously high amounts, others absurdly low ones.
The disparity in bet amounts was enormous.
But this time, it was different.
From the betting results, it was clear that viewers from all seven countries participating in this special live stream had followed a pattern: they based their bets on how many survival rounds each lab rat had completed.
It was entirely about strength, and strength meant survival rounds.
Whether you fought head-on in the apartment or hid in the shadows, the more survival rounds you had, the more it represented your ability.
For example, Zhu Hong with 16 rounds received over 500 million USD in bets.
Juliet with 12 rounds—the only female in this special live stream—ranked second in survival rounds. She wasn't disadvantaged or received fewer bets because of her gender or perceived weakness. Instead, she firmly held second place in bet amounts with over 300 million USD.
Next came Jiang Ran with 8 rounds, the three letter-named lab rats, and Arthur from France, all receiving over 100 million USD each.
The remaining participants—Huo Yun with 4 rounds, Leon from Germany, and Tabo from Nigeria—each received tens of millions but less than 100 million USD.
It was clear that the bettors were cautious, and the lab rats' survival rounds played a huge role.
In the Hua Country chat section.
Fairy Sister typed: [Strange. The number of online viewers in this special live stream is higher than the last one. So why is the total bet amount so much lower?]
On Macedonia Island last time, the total bet amount was over 4 billion USD.
But this time, it was only a little over 1.8 billion USD.
The gap was enormous.
Under normal circumstances, this special live stream should have far surpassed Macedonia Island, right? At least taken the lead?
Why was the difference so huge?
Someone in the Hua Country chat section posted the bet amounts from the last special live stream for comparison and found that the highest amount last time was 1 billion USD, while this time, the highest was only a little over 500 million USD.
Moreover, this time's highest amount of over 500 million USD would only rank in the top three from last time.
What was even more absurd was that last time, even the worst performer, Fang Xiao, received nearly 60 million USD in bets. All the others started at over 200 million USD, with some at 600 million and 500 million USD.
This time, aside from the 500 million and 300 million USD amounts, there were only the pitiful few with 8 survival rounds like Jiang Ran, each getting over 100 million USD. The remaining participants with 4 rounds got less than 100 million USD.
It was very strange. What was going on?
Why were higher survival rounds attracting far fewer bets than last time?
In the Hua Country chat section.
Middle-aged Uncle typed: [I've been reading the public chat section, and a lot of people are discussing how terrifying Aisen Town is. It seems this special live stream location really is out of the ordinary.]
[That's probably why these people don't dare bet too much. They're afraid it'll all go to waste.]
[Also, I heard what that American guy said. Apparently, they're insane—running several special live streams simultaneously. Different lab rats from different American Alice Apartments are in different special live streams.]
[That's probably another reason. Since they're watching multiple special live streams and betting on all of them, they naturally can't bet too much in one stream.]
Ultimate Rich Kid typed: [Even if all the lab rats this time get wiped out like those foreigners are saying, there's nothing to fear.]
[Anyway, the rules of the Far Neighbor game are simple: the last lab rat standing wins, whether it's alive or the last to die.]
While the public and national chat sections were buzzing with heated discussion.
Inside the broadcast studio.
The long-haired beautiful host from Hua Country announced that this special live stream had officially begun.
Special Live Stream, Day 0.
6:30 PM.
Day 0 was the day before the first day of the seven-day special live stream and wasn't counted in the actual stream duration.
By this time, most of the ten lab rats had probably already arrived in Aisen Town.
Jiang Ran didn't get carsick, which was a mercy considering the bus ride he endured. The driver was normal for the first half of the trip, but in the second half, it was unclear if he had eaten something he shouldn't have. After all, certain things were legal in foreign countries.
He was probably high.
He sped like crazy, pushing the bus to the point where it almost fell apart.
On top of that, the road was uneven.
Jiang Ran's backside suffered terribly.
Of course, that wasn't the worst part.
The worst part was Manager Wu Meiling had said this bus was a direct route to Aisen Town.
But it turned out it wasn't direct at all—it just passed by.
Since he didn't understand German or English, he almost missed the stop and failed to get off.
In any case, Jiang Ran still managed to arrive outside Aisen Town at 6:30 PM.
"Ah, I'm so tired!"
At that moment, he gazed at the small town he hadn't yet entered and sighed deeply.
Everyone said traveling abroad was fun and relaxing.
But for him, with the language barrier, he felt like a caveman in a foreign land.
Everything was difficult.
He was exhausted mentally and physically.
Other than that, the main issue was all the problems with the train. If not for that, he should have arrived here much earlier.
"At least I'm not late. I can make it to tomorrow's job orientation."
He took a deep breath from his dantian, let it rise through his windpipe, and exhaled it from his mouth.
Right now, he didn't want to do anything except rush to the hotel Manager Wu Meiling had booked for him, sleep, and drop dead from exhaustion.
But the moment he stepped into the boundary of Aisen Town, passing the metal orange sign with "Aisen Town" written in German, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind from the Danger Warning System.
[Ding! Detected host in a dangerous zone, Points +5! Points +5! Points...]