Fallout 4: The Wasteland Life of a Pillager

Chapter 309: The prosperous gambling city and the downtrodden 76 merchants

The next day, outside the casino area.

Yi Beiwang carried two thousand bottle caps and walked step by step towards the city entrance guarded by robot guards.

The postman was originally coming along, but he suddenly said he had something to do halfway through and asked Yi Beiwang to go to the casino alone.

This reason is really poor and can be seen as fake at a glance.

Yi Beiwang wondered if the postman had lost badly in the gambling district and that was why he was too lazy to come play again.

Poor postman, he was so cheated by the gambling district that he doesn't want to come anymore.

When you win big, ask the postman to come here and have some fun, after all, we are all good friends.

Thinking of this, Yi Beiwang obediently handed the bottle cap to the guard in the gambling area. The guard weighed the bottle cap and let him in.

Yi Beiwang skipped into the gambling city, hoping to broaden his horizons here.

A few minutes later, the postman came slowly over.

He took out a black and gold chip and showed it to the robot guards at the door. After scanning the chip and the postman's face, the guards said respectfully, "Boss, the Jiuchongtian Casino has been operating very well recently, and the bottle caps we earned have been stored."

"Mr. House has been waiting for you for a long time. Please go to Lucky 38 Casino immediately."

The postman nodded and told the guard, "Keep a close eye on the Dragon guy who just came in. If he dares to touch the loan shark, kick him out."

"Also, if he gets too excited about gambling, kick him out and help break his arms and legs."

After saying that, the postman walked straight into a small path and headed towards the Lucky 38 Casino.

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In the gambling district, Yi Beiwang, who came here for the first time, was like Liu Laolao, amazed and curious about the things here.

The gambling district can be said to be the largest and most prosperous settlement that Yi Beiwang has ever seen since his travels through time, and it stretches as far as the eye can see.

The world inside and outside the wall are completely different. The gambling city inside the wall is just like the prosperous city before the time travel. It is simply the most dazzling pearl in New Vegas.

There are also many people here wearing various faction costumes, scavengers, pillagers, NCR soldiers, legion soldiers, etc.

Just like the postman said, there are casinos everywhere here and everyone is a gambler, either gambling or on their way to gambling.

Even the internal and external environments are different. Yi Beiwang saw the long-lost green plants on the roadside, which seemed to be used for decoration.

Outside the wall, people are willing to kill for clean water, but inside the wall, even dogs on the roadside can drink pure water.

Yi Beiwang even saw robot guards pulling several carts filled with valuables such as bottle caps, gold bricks, and fusion cores.

It is truly a den of debauchery and extravagance.

There are a lot of gambling options here, including playing cards, dice, slot machines, etc., which make Yi Beiwang a little dazzled.

In fact, these are not so common. What caught Yi Beiwang's attention the most was a group of young ladies in ragged clothes.

There were also several dealers wearing black silk bunny girl suits, walking around the small casinos to maintain order.

To be honest, the founder of Las Vegas has a really good vision. I really want to have a good chat with him about life if I have the chance.

If Yi Beiwang was a native of the Fallout world, he would probably be shocked by this place.

But he had also seen truly prosperous places, and there was still some difference between this place and the place in his memory.

Yi Beiwang was just amazed and was not dazzled.

I just don’t know when I will be able to build a city like this.

Don’t think too much about it, just have some fun first. It’s a rare opportunity, so you might as well take a gamble.

But before that, you should find a guide who is familiar with the place.

You can't just run around like a headless fly, or else others will laugh at you.

At this time, Yi Beiwang saw a zombie who had lost all his money and was left with only his underpants squatting outside a small casino, picking up cigarette butts and smoking. He looked extremely embarrassed.

You haven't stopped even after losing so much money. It seems that you are an experienced gambler and should know something about this place. I have decided that it's you!

Yi Beiwang walked up to the corpse ghost, took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to him.

The corpse ghost did not take the cigarette immediately, but looked at Yi Beiwang in surprise and asked, "Hey, is this the boss from Dragon Country? You haven't seen him often in the past few decades. Do you know me?"

Yi Beiwang shook his head and replied, "I don't know you, but I think you have a unique character and look like a talented person. I just happen to be in need of a guide, and I think you are a good fit."

"But I'm also curious, how did you lose like this?"

When the corpse ghost mentioned the matter of losing so much that he had to sell his pants, he felt like crying but had no tears.

He took Yi Beiwang's cigarette and started smoking. After taking a deep puff, he introduced himself: "Thompson Dugan, just call me Thompson."

(Thanks to group members: ordinary sensei, William Afton for designing the character.)

"Don't think I'm in such a bad state now, but I'm also the captain of a caravan called the Light of Hope."

"As for the current situation... I think this is your first time in Las Vegas. Have you heard about the situation in the Las Vegas area?"

Yi Beiwang thought for a moment and said, "I have some idea. There are casinos everywhere. Cheating is tolerated, but if you are caught cheating, it will be very miserable. I don't know anything else."

Thompson nodded and said, "This is the situation. I wanted to sell some high-end goods in the gambling district, but I was cheated by the gamblers here and the goods were taken away by someone who set me up."

"Fortunately, a postman went on a killing spree here in the first two years, and since then all violence has been banned in the gambling district. Otherwise, I think my life would have been taken away as well."

Hearing this, a picture emerged in Yi Beiwang's mind.

The postman, who lost everything but his underpants, was furious and started to fight here with a kitchen knife.

The picture is so beautiful that I dare not think too much.

Yi Beiwang shook his head, shook off these messy thoughts, and continued to ask: "Then have you been picking up cigarette butts here? Won't you be expelled from the gambling district?"

Thompson pointed to a place with food and water nearby and said, "Food and drinks are free in the gambling area. The two thousand bottle caps of tickets are for this purpose."

"But there are some rules in the casino, such as you have to gamble every day, no matter you win or lose, you have to spend or earn at least 100 bottle caps."

"Large casinos like Jiuchongtian and Shanghaojia even have a rule that you must win or lose tens of thousands of bottle caps every day, otherwise you are not eligible to stay there."

"You came at the right time. I just sold my pants today and made a bet with someone, but I lost. If you had come a day later, you wouldn't have seen me."

"What do you mean, do you want to lose everything like me, or do you want to leave here quickly and just think of it as spending two thousand bottle caps to come here and see the scenery."

Yi Beiwang did not answer immediately, but took out a white suit and put it on.

Then he took out a bottle of hairspray and fixed his hairstyle. Then he put on sunglasses and looked like a certain gambling saint.

Yi Beiwang even took out a few pieces of bitter chocolate and answered while eating: "I choose to win big and win special."

"I'll give you 500 bottle caps. Take me around here. I'll also show you what the West Coast Gambling Saint is!"

Toot-toot-toot~ Toot-toot-toot~ (The ditty of the Gambler.)

In a trance, Thompson seemed to hear a burst of exciting music, as if some big shot was about to appear.

I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway. If I don't make some bottle cap flowers, I'll be kicked out. I can't sell my pants too, right?

Thinking of this, Thompson nodded and agreed to be Yi Beiwang's guide.

Before setting off, Yi Beiwang asked casually, "By the way, where did your caravan come from?"

Thompson replied, "To the east, in a plain called Appalachia."

"There is a Shelter 76 over there. We made our fortune there. Back then, there was a group of Shelter 76 guys who were so powerful there that they even ignored aliens."

"It's a pity that two hundred years have passed. The 76 boys have long since disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only the land that they destroyed beyond recognition."

"If you think the caravan name is not nice, you can also call me 76 Merchant. It's simple and easy to remember."