Chapter 924: Chapter 880: The Utterly Ruthless Chess Player
Gu Mian entered the two separate grids for the first time, seriously reading the information in the room.
[Two Separate Grids]
[You must break up! There is a ghost in the room that is jealous of its companions, unable to see others in groups. When there are two or more chess pieces in this room, only one can leave alive.]
[Please resolve your dear friends before the start of the next round, or the ghost in the room will randomly kill until only one remains.]
The information in the room was more specific than what 007 saw on the chessboard, even giving a specific deadline for killing teammates.
When Gu Mian entered this room, the ghost in the room first noticed not Gu Mian, but the timid black and white ghost shadow that came with Gu Mian.
Just as Gu Mian was reading the room introduction, the ghost in the two separate grids had already approached the Honest Ghost, completely attracted by the suddenly appearing companion.
Gu Mian heard the following conversation.
"I’m still here because I was caught back while trying to escape from Mian. Are you here for the same reason?"
"I’m still here because Gu Mian is watching me, it’s hard to run away."
"What? Weren’t you with the fourth group of chess pieces..."
"That’s right, I was watching it." At this moment, Gu Mian’s voice sounded behind the two ghosts.
Upon hearing this chilling voice, the already stiff body of the Two Ghosts became even stiffer. It struggled, turning its head with difficulty, only to see Gu Mian standing behind it with a wry smile.
Seeing this, the Two Ghosts quietly closed its eyes, pretending it was dreaming.
Gu Mian continued, "According to the rules of this room, only one of you can survive. I hope you can determine the winner before the next round starts."
Truly turning the world upside down, Liu Ruyan thought silently, but she loved watching.
Now Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan from group one had finished their actions and entered a new room. Next, it was group two’s turn to act. But group two was already completely dead, theoretically speaking, the third group should act immediately after that.
But for some reason, the third group had not taken any action, and nearly two minutes had quickly passed.
looked inquisitively at the initial room of the third group. Each Chess Player only had a minute countdown to decide the direction of the chess piece’s movement, but the third group’s hesitation time had exceeded a minute.
Looking at the previous rounds, the third group had a strong desire to survive, and they shouldn’t deliberately violate the rules. Furthermore, now it seemed the third group hadn’t violated any rules, as there was no system determination of a violation.
Could it be that the countdown was still on group two? Even if all of group two died, their countdown wasn’t skipped?
Speaking of which...
"Although it seems like all of group two is dead, I haven’t seen a death notification for group two." 007 looked at the cross marked on the Shared Death Square, "Previously, when the fourth group stepped into a trap square and died, there was a death notification."
But when group two died, there was only a cross marked, no death notification appeared.
Now looking at the countdown, it hadn’t skipped group two, could it be group two wasn’t entirely dead?
then shifted his gaze from the Shared Death Square to the lower-left corner, focusing on the number two in the initial room, where the little figure representing the Chess Player and chess pieces had also dimmed and was crossed out.
also felt this group died too hastily, but in the instance, it was like this, people who were alive one second could suddenly die the next, without any warning or foreshadowing.
But the current situation of group two indeed raised doubts.
Just now, Liu Ruyan finally sent a message in the group chat, saying the fourth group of chess pieces encountered in the previous room was an acquaintance.
As 007 wasn’t familiar with Hao Laoshi, Liu Ruyan didn’t elaborate on Hao Laoshi’s affairs, only roughly conveying the fourth group’s information and telling 007 that the room information seen was more specific than the information on the chessboard.
This 007 also knew, the trap square the fourth group of chess pieces stepped into in the first round was vaguely described on the chessboard, unclear until personally stepped into to know the specific situation inside.
Also, the Kuibu Square that Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan entered before, didn’t show they would be shackled on the chessboard.
So what’s seen on the chessboard is just a general idea, not the entirety of that room.
speculated there might be other contents in the Shared Death Square, but outsiders like them wouldn’t know, they must personally enter to find out the secrets within.
"Should Gu Mian go into the Shared Death Square to take a look?" 007 considered in his mind.
But the ghost in the Shared Death Square is a curse-type ghost. If Gu Mian enters, he himself might be fine, but Liu Ruyan and I might not be so lucky.
While 007 was pondering, the third group finally started to act, nearly three minutes had passed since Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan acted.
The three-round Kuibu Square buff on the third group’s chess pieces hadn’t disappeared yet, so in this round, they could only move one step.
Originally, they only needed to move two steps upwards to reach the fourth Chess Player’s room, but unfortunately, a trap square separated the third group’s chess pieces from the fourth initial room.
Seeing how quickly the fourth group’s chess pieces died in the first round, 007 knew this trap square was dangerous.
Above was a trap square, on the right was the edge of the chessboard, and they couldn’t move back either.
So the third group’s Chess Player could only move the pieces to the left, entering a room no one had been in before.
stared at the square on the left of the three groups of chess pieces, trying to see what kind of square it was.
But soon, she widened her eyes.
The square on the left took a long time to reveal its introduction because the three groups of chess pieces didn’t move left at all but instead stepped directly into the trap square.
opened her mouth, unsure of what the intention was of the chess player for the three groups.
"Could it be that the three groups of chess pieces have some means of absolute self-protection, allowing them to survive in an extremely dangerous square?" 007 speculated.
Soon, she realized she was wrong.
Information about the death of the three groups of chess pieces appeared in the trap square adjacent to the fourth initial room—
[Chess piece fell into trap, is dead]
What’s going on?
This doesn’t seem like an act to kill the fourth group chess player; rather, it seems like sending their own chess piece to suicide. If this round the chess player of the three groups could freely roll the dice, throwing a two and moving upwards would be understandable.
But this round, the chess piece clearly could only move forward one step, and the chess player of the three groups still unwaveringly let the piece step into the trap square.
Did he overestimate his chess piece? Thinking it could safely leave the trap square, thus letting it enter?
was puzzled.
She didn’t understand why the chess player of the three groups would send their own chess piece to die directly.
And it’s a death with no suspense at all.
The chess player for the fourth group was also clearly baffled, lingering in the room without making a choice.
Nearly a minute later, 007 saw the fourth group’s chess piece move one square left to exit the Kuibu Square, joining Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan in the same square.
That was unexpected.
The chess player for the fourth group had his chess piece stop in the two separate grids with Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan.
The Kuibu Square where the fourth group’s chess piece was located had an arithmetic square above, the previous square on the right which couldn’t be entered, and a trap square below.
The right and below are absolutely prohibited, the arithmetic square above is extremely dangerous, and the two separate grids to the left are three dead two.
certainly knew that with Gu Mian, no one would die. Did the chess player for the fourth group realize this too? Hence, confidently moving the chess piece to the two separate grids.
It’s worth mentioning that the trap square below the Kuibu Square is right next to the Shared Death Square where the chess piece for the second group is. Not far from Gu Mian and the others. 007 planned in her mind a route to room 605, wondering if Gu Mian could take a look at what’s in the Shared Death Square.
Below the Shared Death Square is a room 605.
007’s gaze shifted back and forth between the Shared Death Square and the room 605 below it, suddenly realizing something.
She now seemed to understand why the chess player for the three groups deliberately let the chess piece step into the trap square.
Because there’s something like the Shared Death Square on the field; once a chess piece steps in, the entire group dies, breaking the previous chess player’s safety theory, letting even those in the initial room feel the danger.
If the chess piece continued to move on the board, it might step into a Shared Death Square any second, leading to the entire group’s death, including the chess player in the initial room.
So the third chess player executed a direct severance for survival.
His initial goal was to kill other group chess players to monopolize the reward. But upon knowing such a dangerous thing as the Shared Death Square exists, he decisively abandoned the reward to save his own life.
As long as the chess pieces of the three groups were still moving on the field, there was a chance to encounter an unknown Shared Death Square. But once all the chess pieces are dead, there’s no worry about encountering a Shared Death Square.
So he directly sent his first chess piece into the trap. If guessed correctly, the next chess piece to appear will also be sent to the trap square by the chess player of the three groups following the same route.
The first chess piece has already explored the best death route for him, and as long as this route is followed, it will be easy to kill the second chess piece.
No...
Perhaps there’s no need for a second chess piece to appear at all.
quickly looked at the bottom right corner of the third initial room, where the chess player and chess piece unknown to her were stacked together, just like the second group before the instance began, the two were entangled with each other.
This war did not last long, and soon the victor was determined.
[Chess piece died in the initial room]—007 saw such message appear in the bottom right corner of the third room.
Truly ruthless.
Striving for maximum benefit when safe, but decisively killing others to ensure one’s own life safety when facing potential danger.
Could the chess player in the third initial room be Renle Mountain?
"Such a decisive person?" Liu Ruyan saw the message sent by 007 in the group chat, "I actually want to meet this chess player for the three groups, to make such decisions to kill two chess pieces in such a short time, all for a Shared Death Square that might not be encountered."
