C51 Nineteen Flares

After Liu Xu emerged from the hidden door, the elderly woman methodically shelved the book and secured the door once more.

"Why are you out so soon?" she inquired, eyeing Liu Xu.

'Soon?' Liu Xu mused, having spent over two hours in that subterranean space. The rumors about Las Vegas lacking clocks might actually hold some truth. The house always wants gamblers to play incessantly