Chapter Three: Rules Do Not Protect the Greedy

He had done more than avoid a cost. He had raised the ceiling of what he deserved. At the press conference, Lu Chen placed Wei in the center seat and sat at the far end. A reporter asked whether he regretted losing five million. “There will be more money,” he said. “A player gets only one first game-winner.” The remark was shared twenty million times that night. Curiously, no lifespan fee appeared. Every conversation centered on Wei Xiaoshan, yet Lu Chen's commercial-search index rose four hundred percent. Su Tang waited in the tunnel with a live valuation report, her eyes bright. “You've found a loop. Shared victory raises life value. Once your life value rises, the same income costs less.