CH 35.2

Just like the previous stone gambling battle, in order to ensure the fairness and justice of the challenge, this game will also be broadcast live in holographic mode on the Stone Gambling Association’s StarNet site.

In 30 minutes, from hundreds of pieces of jadeite, choose two pieces of jadeite that can produce good jade. How easy is it really? In addition to having excellent eyesight and rich experience in selecting jadeite, contestants also need a certain amount of luck.

The arbiters of this challenge are still Wang Xun and Qian Sen, the president and vice president of the Kipola Branch of the Stone Gambling Association.

“The beginner rank stone gambler Chen ZhiGang challenges the beginner rank stone gambler Lin Luo. The winner will get 10 points, and the loser will be deducted the corresponding points.” After Wang Xun finished, he looked at the two of them. “Are you clear on the rules of the game?”

“Yes.” The two replied at the same time.

“Now I announce that the challenge has begun!” Wang Xun said loudly.

The huge timer on the wall started counting down, and Lin Luo and Chen ZhiGang walked towards the pile of jadeite at the same time.

These jadeite should have come from vein layers deep beneath the earth’s surface, and the degree of oxidation shown was relatively light. Due to this the color was relatively dark and the pieces ranged from brown to dark red to gray-black.

This dark-colored jadeite is not conducive to observing the condition of the matrix. In such a short period of time, it is easy to miss some concealed indicators on the matrix.

Lin Luo took a fancy to a piece of jadeite with a jet-black skin. There was an obvious pleasing green pine flower on this piece of jadeite, which performed quite well at first glance. When Lin Luo was about to reach out to this jet-black fur, he was suddenly blocked by someone.

“I’m sorry, little brother, I like this piece of jadeite.” Chen ZhiGang had already taken the piece of jadeite into his arms first. Although the words are polite, the hint of mockery on his face shows that his actions are quite deliberate.

Lin Luo wasn’t angry, but just reached out and patted the jadeite, smiled and said, “Then let it go to you.”

After speaking, he stopped looking at Chen ZhiGang, and walked towards the rest of the jadeite.

Half an hour passed quickly, and both of them chose their own challenge pieces.

Lin Luo chose a piece of red sand matrix and a piece of black-gray matrix, while Chen ZhiGang chose two pieces of black matrix, one of which was the piece he had snatched from Lin Luo. It’s a pity that the jadeite is actually not as good as it looks on the surface. Lin Luo took the opportunity to spy on the inside of the jadeite with special abilities. The light contained in it was very dim. Either the texture was bad or the jade was destroyed. In short it must be a piece of jadeite that would be considered a failure.

“The stone selection time is over, please start cutting the stones now!”

Lin Luo and Chen ZhiGang each took the jadeite they selected and walked to the ring, preparing to use their machines to cut the jadeite they selected.

Lin Luo first decided to cut the jadeite with the red sand matrix. From the outside, this jadeite is nothing special, but its matrix stone is relatively fine, and there are a few subtle pine flower marks, indicating that possibility is great that there is jade in it. The piece of jadeite that Chen ZhiGang chose to solve first also did not look bad. There were a lot of pine flowers around the python belt. It was the baby he found in the last ten minutes. He believed himself to have picked two pieces of jadeite that would preform well in a row, and Chen ZhiGang’s face began to show some colors of pride.

Because Lin Luo’s piece of jadeite is not big, he directly chooses to start grinding the stone from the place where the pine flowers showed.

The matrix of red sand skin jadeite are usually thin, and most of them don’t have a fog layer, so Lin Luo directly ground out the jade.

“My God! It’s green!”

“Its gaining value? Isn’t this luck too good?”

The audience close to Lin Luo’s area has already begun to exclaim. From the window Lin Luo opened, you can see the green color, but this green color doesn’t look very bright and has a gray tone. Although the dark color is not bright enough, the transparency is not bad. It should be a melon skin green. If there is more jade in this piece of jadeite, it would be fine to sell for more than 100,000 credits.

At this time, Chen ZhiGang also ground out the jade. It was a mint green hibiscus jade. Although the color was lighter, the texture was good. Judging from the performance of the window, he rose in value more than Lin Luo.

“Wow, hibiscus in mint green, it looks like that young brother is in a bit of trouble!”

The result of the game is judged based on the value of the jade, so now it’s up to whoever has the bigger jade.

In the end, Lin Luo successfully revealed a 2 kilogram [1] piece of melon skin green jade, worth about 80,000 credits.

The mint green hibiscus jade that Chen ZhiGang revealed was slightly smaller than Lin Luo’s, but was still was worth about 100,000. Therefore, from the current situation, Chen ZhiGang was still in the lead.

But the charm of rock betting lies in its uncertainty. Until the end, no one knows who the victory will belong to.

Of course, except for Lin Luo and Xing Mo…

Lin Luo was able to predict the result of the game in advance because of his special abilities that went against the sky, while Xing Mo simply trusted Lin Luo. He believed that the victory must belong to Lin Luo.

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1] 2 kilo = 4.4 lbs = 3.3 catties