Gene Unlocking: I Evolve Every Day

Chapter 182: Chapter 165: Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body

Perhaps they just couldn’t figure out how Lu Li was cheating.

Left with no choice, Cheng Rong had to instruct his fifteen VIP lounges to no longer entertain Lu Li.

In other words, he put Lu Li on the blacklist.

There’s nothing else to be done. Lu Li not only managed to escape the siege of five cheats unscathed but even walked away with over six hundred million. No casino would dare host him again unless someone was tired of having too much money.

It’s important to note that Cheng Rong has fifteen VIP lounges. It could be said that any casino of a certain level in Macau has his VIP rooms.

And so, the news of Lu Li being blacklisted spread like wildfire across all casinos in Macau.

Although there is competition between the casinos in Macau, blacklisting someone is a largely unanimous decision.

The first to hear the news was naturally the City of Dreams, where Lu Li won the money.

”What? Someone won six hundred million Hong Kong Dollars in Cheng Rong’s VIP room?”

”What game were they playing?”

”It’s said to be Texas Hold’em.”

”Hiss, to win six hundred million Hong Kong Dollars in Texas Hold’em overnight? Which Gambling God is this? Johnny Chen? Could it be Phil Helmuth?”

The top brass of City of Dreams were utterly shocked, even speculating that this top-tier player was the number one in the Texas Hold’em world, Phil Helmuth, or perhaps the second-ranked Johnny Chen, both legendary names in the game.

Now, these casino executives thought the person who pulled off a six hundred million Hong Kong Dollar win overnight was a god in the industry. Imagine how shocked they were!

”None of them. I heard it was a young man from the mainland, by the name of Lu Li.”

”I heard the gambling session was quite bizarre, and the other side seemed to be cheating, but even the high-speed cameras at Cheng Rong’s table couldn’t capture anything specific.”

”The high-speed cameras weren’t able to catch any cheating action? If what you’re saying is true, this guy called Lu Li is quite terrifying!”

”Quickly contact the boss and tell him we’re preparing to blacklist Lu Li! Otherwise, if he comes to our casino one day, he’ll absolutely sweep us clean!”

The owner of City of Dreams, He Long, had just gotten up and was brushing his teeth.

Before he could finish brushing his teeth, his phone rang.

He Long frowned, wondering who would call so early in the morning.

He quickly rinsed his mouth, picked up his phone, and saw that it was a call from the casino.

He Long didn’t pay too much attention at first and casually pressed the answer button, saying: ”President He, something so early in the morning?”

The president of City of Dreams, He Fang, said: ”Boss, something big happened last night.”

He Long was taken aback, ”What big thing?”

He Fang quickly recounted, in great detail, what had happened at Cheng Rong’s VIP room last night, and how Cheng Rong, President Zhu, and others couldn’t find any flaws even after analyzing frame by frame.

After listening, He Long took a deep cold breath, ”Zhang Jianmin, Zheng Ya, Zhao Haizhe, and those cheating masters all failed to corner him, and even the high-speed cameras couldn’t catch any cheating actions from Lu Li?”

He Fang’s tone was heavy: ”Yes, that’s why I’m calling you. We’re preparing to put this Lu Li person on the blacklist.”

He Long decisively said: ”This kind of top-tier cheating master must be blacklisted. Otherwise, no matter how much money we have, it wouldn’t be enough for him to win. By the way, also blacklist Qin Liang, who is with him.”

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Golden Sands Entertainment.

”Something big happened at City of Dreams last night!”

”What happened?”

”Someone won more than six hundred million Hong Kong Dollars in Cheng Rong’s VIP room overnight!”

”Oh my god! Over six hundred million Hong Kong Dollars in one night? Tell me what happened.”

”I don’t know the details either, but I got a tip that the master’s name is Lu Li, and he’s already been blacklisted by Cheng Rong.”

”Lu Li? I’ll remember that name. Since Cheng Rong has blacklisted him, we should too. Otherwise, if such a master comes to play at our entertainment venue, it will surely be a disaster!”

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Wynn Casino.

”Boss, something’s wrong; there’s been an incident at City of Dreams!”

”What? Did someone really win six hundred million Hong Kong Dollars overnight?”

”Blacklist him! Quickly put that person on the blacklist!”

Venice!

Pengdu Entertainment!

MGM Entertainment, and so on, and so on!

Almost every casino in Macau received this shocking news!

Though they didn’t know what had happened in such a short time, just hearing that someone won a massive six hundred million Hong Kong Dollars overnight at Cheng Rong’s VIP room nearly scared them senseless. Each and every one of them cried out to put Lu Li on the blacklist!

Why are these casinos reacting so intensely?

Keep in mind that in 2019, the total revenue of the six casinos in Macau was 231.9 billion in soft sister currency, yet the net profit was only 37.6 billion. In other words, on average, the annual net profit for one casino is just over 6 billion.

And now Lu Li single-handedly won about six billion Hong Kong Dollars in Cheng Rong’s VIP room in one night. If this trend continues, and he plays at an entertainment venue for ten consecutive nights, wouldn’t he wipe out that casino’s entire annual net profit?

Naturally, who wouldn’t fear such a super gambling master?

Moreover, Cheng Rong’s side has privately expressed that this person Lu Li was cheating, but they couldn’t find any evidence, not even captured by high-speed cameras. So almost all casinos in Macau are now extremely wary of Lu Li.

Everyone unanimously agrees that Lu Li, this cheating master with no trace of cheating, is a nightmare for any casino in Macau... no, in the world!

Scared to death!

Although Lu Li was sleeping in the hotel, his deeds had spread to the ears of those gambling companies, thoroughly scaring the senior executives of these companies!

Lu Li, still sound asleep, was completely unaware that he had become famous throughout Macau overnight. It wasn’t just gaining sudden fame, but truly renowned!

Yes, of course, while Lu Li was being bestowed with the huge title of Gambling God, he was also swiftly blacklisted by major gambling companies.

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The next morning, waking up.

Perhaps it was because he’d expended too much spiritual power the previous night.

After sleeping, Lu Li felt unprecedentedly refreshed.

He didn’t get up immediately to familiarize himself, but instead lay in bed sensing his physical condition, something he had to do every day.

”Something feels strange today.” Lu Li blinked at the ceiling, ”The Little Golden Man, for the first time, actively conveyed a message to me, indicating I might have evolved the ability for limb regeneration.”

He felt a bit odd; in the past, he had to discover whatever superpowers he developed himself. This time, the Little Golden Man unexpectedly informed him of his evolved ability?

Lu Li was uncertain if he truly evolved the superpower of limb regeneration, as this kind of thing can’t be tested—who would amputate a limb to see if they’ve evolved a superpower?

It would be fine if he did evolve it.

If he hadn’t evolved it, wouldn’t he become disabled?

Although he couldn’t confirm if the message from the Little Golden Man was accurate, one thing was certain: the Little Golden Man must have unintentionally evolved; otherwise, it wouldn’t actively transmit consciousness.

Lu Li was curious if the evolution of the Little Golden Man would bring him additional superpowers.

He tried to communicate with the Little Golden Man, wanting to see if he could obtain the evolution status from it.

The next moment, the Little Golden Man indeed conveyed feedback once more.

After receiving this consciousness, Lu Li roughly understood what abilities the Little Golden Man had after evolving.

Consciousness projection.

This function was somewhat similar to astral projection.

He could use the Little Golden Man to project a consciousness outside his body, and then, with the shaping of spiritual power and energy rays, he could condense an ”avatar” exactly like himself.

Of course, if he actually wanted to condense an ”avatar,” according to the consciousness transmitted by the Little Golden Man, he would need to utilize an extremely abundant amount of energy.

Obviously, given either the current intensity of his spiritual power or the concentration of energy rays, he couldn’t meet this requirement.

”However, I can temporarily condense a shadow, just like the primordial spirit’s projection described in Taoist scriptures.”

Lu Li read the information conveyed by the Little Golden Man, ”This shadow can not only use all the kinds of spiritual power superpowers I can, but it can also enter another person’s body, thus achieving control over them.”

This made Lu Li feel very peculiar.

Previously, he thought he needed to develop the superpower of ”mind control” to control others.

Unexpectedly, after the Little Golden Man’s upgrade, the developed consciousness projection ability could also control others.

Of course, after careful comparison, he found that controlling others through consciousness projection was far less straightforward than mind control.

Nonetheless, Lu Li was still very curious about what consciousness projection felt like.

He decided to give it a try.

With that thought, Lu Li attempted consciousness projection.

The next moment, he felt as if all his senses were being stripped away, accompanied by spiritual power flowing out of his body.

At the same time, the energy rays in his body poured out as if a reservoir’s gates had been opened.

Under the influence of these two energies, the seemingly sealed room felt like it was swept by a gust of eerie wind.

Soon, something marvelous happened.

Even though Lu Li felt that his consciousness was still inside his body, there was also a consciousness outside.

Moreover, he could sense that the external consciousness seemed to be forming his likeness, but due to insufficient energy or because he couldn’t see shapes with the naked eye, it remained indistinct.

To verify whether his senses were incorrect, he immediately opened his microscopic eyes.

As soon as the microscopic eyes opened, Lu Li saw a blazing figure three feet away.

This figure was about a foot long, looking exactly like him, and even his ”clothing” seemed to be replicated.

”Oh, I really have experienced ’primordial spirit projection’?”

Lu Li was amazed, although he knew this was somewhat different from the primordial spirit projection recorded in Taoist scriptures and wasn’t actual primordial spirit projection.

According to Taoist scriptures, once the primordial spirit projects, the body enters a ”near-death state.”

In reality, after his consciousness projection, his body still possessed awareness and could control itself.

Overall, although consciousness projection bore some similarities to primordial spirit projection, it was more akin to a consciousness ”avatar.”

Both independent consciousness entities were under his control but could independently complete different tasks and think. The main consciousness’s thinking could influence the external consciousness, whereas the external consciousness’s ”thinking” wouldn’t affect the main consciousness.

The most unbelievable part for Lu Li was that the external consciousness’s ”thinking” speed seemed to be hundreds or even thousands of times that of the main consciousness.

Additionally, the external thinking had a ”stereoscopic” function, capable of simulating concrete images.

It was as if this external consciousness were like a supercomputer.

Any scenario he could imagine could be simulated and calculated by the external consciousness to reach a conclusion.

Lu Li’s heart couldn’t help but stir, ”Since the external consciousness can function like a supercomputer, can I use it to simulate engine development?”

If he could indeed simulate engine development, it could save one or two billion in development funds!