First Player

Chapter 114 · "TE·Seal it with me (3)"

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

The light fell on the chessboard, and eight people appeared in the second row of the chessboard.

E2's Changge stood directly in front of Su Ming'an. This is the first time that Chang Ge appears in front of Su Ming'an in a physical form. In the past, Chang Ge possessed Su Ming'an as a night player.

Su Mingan clearly saw Chang Ge's back, which had short black hair and a slender figure. Changge was shivering while leaning against the chess pieces. He probably had been freezing for eight or nine days and still hadn't recovered.

"Chang Ge!" Su Mingan shouted, intending to see Chang Ge's appearance.

But Chang Ge refused to look back. The other seven people all looked at him, but they were too far away to see Chang Ge's face clearly.

All you can hear is the trembling sound of Chang Ge:

"The real chilling is not making a fuss..."

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[All the chess pieces of both sides have been put on the field. 】

[Finally, please invite the escorts from both sides to come on stage. 】

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The red light flashed, and Noel appeared next to Su Ming'an, which Su Ming'an had just chosen.

But Noel can only stand in the E1 grid and cannot move freely. The accompanying person should be positioned like a "strategist who provides advice to the king", commonly known as "a bystander who advises the old man who plays chess in the park" and is not a chess piece.

But...who is Dieying's accompaniment?

"This guy probably doesn't have any friends." Noel pointed at Dieying from afar: "I see that none of Dieying's eight soldiers have appointed generals, and they probably don't have any accompanying people."

Su Mingan stared into the distance.

At this time, a blue light bloomed on the far side, and Dieying's companion appeared - a shadowy figure standing beside Dieying, wearing a veil.

"It turns out Dieying has friends." Noel was shocked.

"Is there actually..." Su Ming'an always felt that Dieying was alone, otherwise he wouldn't have been floating in the starry sky for a thousand years.

Dieying seemed to be communicating with his companions, but Su Mingan and Noer had nothing to communicate with. It was their first time seeing this scene.

Noel leaned on the throne and looked at the beautiful starry sky around him.

The sky is bright and the stars are dazzling. The chessboard with the sky as the background is floating in the air. Billions of creatures are looking up. People are nervously and excitedly covering their hearts. One end of the silk thread is connected to their hearts and the other end is connected to the chess pieces in the sky.

Seven billion silk threads shot straight into the sky, like a grand and brilliant meteor shower. Everyone knows that their destiny is closely related to this civilized chess game.

Even the eight people in front of Su Mingan have their hearts connected to their respective pawns.

The causal line of this chessboard involves everyone, and no one can stay out of it.

Noel lowered his head, held the rose cane, and pointed it at the thread in his own heart. He seemed to be thinking about what would happen if the thread was cut off, but he did not put it into practice. You know, it probably won't end well.

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[Both sides please be prepared to play chess. 】

[Note, please do not play chess with inherent thinking. This chessboard is actually a cause-and-effect showdown between the civilizations of the old world and high-dimensional beings, not real chess. Simply presenting this cause-and-effect battle in a gamified form, all the rules of chess may not apply. 】

[The victory condition is that the king will die. (Note that the actual meaning of "King will die" is not the death of Duying or Su Mingan. For the red side, the failure condition is that the source of the world represented by the "King" chess piece is captured. For the blue side, the failure condition is that the "King" chess piece "The invasion of words represented by the chess piece was dispelled.)]

【Similarly. All chess pieces cannot be truly captured. Both sides can restore their own pieces (to protect their own cause and effect) or attack the enemy's pieces (to disrupt the enemy's cause and effect) at any time by changing the cause and effect (that is, playing chess). The layers are peeled off, eventually resulting in the situation of "the death of the king". 】

[Every chess move you make actually involves the causal line of the relevant meanings of the chess pieces, causing a series of butterfly effects and chain reactions in the world. Even taking one step can cause dominoes to fall. Please exercise caution. 】

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Although the distance between the grids is very far, the sound is not affected by the distance. Su Mingan heard Yamada Machichi's voice on the edge of the chessboard:

"I don't understand. What are you talking about?"

The sound is loud and impactful.

The next second, Yamada Machichi immediately covered his mouth: "Holy crap!"

He thought only he could hear it, but he didn't expect that as soon as he spoke, the sound was amplified countless times, and even the whole world below could hear it. This was really embarrassing and reminded him of his tragic incident of not turning off the microphone during online classes.

People on the ground looked at Yamada Machichi blankly. They originally thought that a man with top-notch intelligence must be chosen by the gods to fight alongside him on the chessboard... But what did the A2 general say?

Due to the oracle's prior requirements, most people are busy with the task of transporting resources, resisting the front line, and dispersing the black fog. Almost no one is idle. After all... when the chess game begins, no one can stay out of it.

Even the residents who were still sleeping could not sleep when a thread suddenly appeared from their heart and shot straight into the sky. Many people ran out in their pajamas, and the streets were crowded with people.

In Daoyacheng, Su Luoluo looked at the sky: "Who is this? You don't even understand the rules, you might as well choose me."

Xia Jiawen, who was next to him, shook his head: "No, this must be a trick. The A2 general must have said this deliberately to show the enemy's weakness and lure the high-dimensional people to attack him... Lord God is really far-sighted and knows how to Braking with stillness..."

"Su Ming'an, I don't seem to understand... well." At this time, Lu Shu's loud voice came from H2. He would not stop talking just to save face. If he didn't understand, he didn't understand. He had to tell Su Ming'an in time.

For a moment, the expressions of everyone on the ground became extremely exciting. Su Luoluo and Su Wensheng glanced at Xia Jiawen: "Teacher Xia, is this also a psychological attack?"

"This... this must be the same!" Xia Jiawen insisted: "Those eight generals are all powerful men on the top of the world, how could they not understand the rules..."

On the chessboard, Su Ming'an didn't care whether his companions understood or not. After all, the rules were very vague, and you only know them after you get started.

Noel leaned against the throne and stared at the bright stars in the sky, blue-green fluorescence flowing in his eyes.

After staring at it for a long time, he suddenly said coldly:

"Su Ming'an. We have seen this scene before."

"In the first world."

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[Under the vast sea of ​​stars, there is a huge black and white chessboard. 】

[Aini, who has almost gathered the attention of the whole world, stands on the black and white chessboard, standing at the end of the blue side. He was wearing a gorgeous dark blue robe with wide velvet trim. 】

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Su Mingan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he also thought of this. In an instant, all kinds of déjà vu came to mind.

He looked at the distant shadows and raised his voice:

"Die Ying, before the war begins, I want to ask - does the world chessboard level in the first world have anything to do with you?"

"Or...is it related to high-dimensional beings? As early as that time, you, or you, were already...targeting me?"

Su Mingan has long wondered why a chessboard in the world under the sea of ​​stars suddenly appears in an apocalyptic world, a level that is incompatible with the apocalyptic style of painting?

Moreover, at that time, his overall combat strength was only over 200, but he had to face Aini's team with a combat strength of 800. It's not right from a fairness perspective, it's not like a normal matching mechanism.

It's like...some kind of "being" intervened.

Today, a very similar scene appears before our eyes. Although the mechanisms and rules are very different, they are all the same star sea, the same chessboard, and the same confrontation between the red and blue sides. It was just like an unfinished product at that time, but now it was a mature product that had been tested several times and was brought to him.

...In the first world, when he was on the chessboard, did he look up?

If he had looked up—could he have seen a profound glimpse of a distant being above the sea of ​​stars?

Dieying blinked and showed a smile. He put his fingers to his lips, as if comforting, but also mocking:

"……you guess?"

Su Mingan's eyelashes trembled.

…That’s it.

Press your palms on your chest to calm your heartbeat. He felt as if he was in a huge loop. As long as he pulled out a little thread, he would definitely find the corresponding tail, no matter how long it spanned or how far apart it was. This feeling... is exciting and scary.

...Have you been following him since then?

He lowered his eyelids, vaguely aware of a terrifying thing, but he didn't dare to touch it or expose it. As the heartbeat gradually calmed down, it was buried deeper and deeper.

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[The countdown begins below. 】

[When the countdown ends, please both sides start playing chess. 】

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At this time, Su Mingan felt that his right hand was feeling hot.

The white perfect clearance pattern shone with dazzling light, and he slowly raised his right hand, like an oath. Billions of threads were floating around him at this moment, as if they were advancing and retreating with him and sharing his fate.

Below him, everyone on the ground raised their heads high, and the threads on their chests began to heat up, as if telling them that the last moment was coming.

The duplicate image on the other side also raised his hand, and a wisp of pure white light danced in his palm - this should be all the power he had accumulated over the past thousands of years, all the civilizational resources he was ready to invest in the new world.

His expression was also solemn, which was rare.

——Both sides bet everything.

Bet on the comrades around you, everyone behind you, the life and future of civilization.

Bet on the end of the Millennium Plan, bet on the joys and sorrows of hundreds of millions of creatures.

Betting on the old world that has matured. Betting on a new world that has yet to take shape.

Bet on each other's wisdom, strength and luck.

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【ten,】

【Nine,】

【eight,】

【……】

Countdown to war.

Dieying and Su Ming'an didn't move, looking at each other in tacit understanding.

"...I like...sunflowers very much." Dieying said suddenly.

"Oh." Su Ming'an always treated it as rubbish before the battle, so as not to disturb the morale of the army.

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【five,】

【Four,】

【three,】

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"Next time, let's go see the sunflowers all over the mountains and plains together." Dieying laughed softly. I don't know whether it was a sincere invitation or a pre-war temptation.

"No." Su Mingan said calmly. In any case, I won’t go to see it with Dieying.

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【one,】

【zero. 】

[Both sides start playing chess. 】

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“Swish, swish, swish—!”

At this moment,

It seems as if reality and dreams suddenly intersect, with threads hanging upside down and countless scenes floating high in the sky.

Different timelines, different world lines. The Heavenly Generation is 72 years old, the Heavenly Generation is 102 years old, the old day is 0 years, the old day is 512 years, and the 82 lines of the old day are blooming and overlapping at the same time.

Su Mingan saw countless figures at this moment, looming out from under his feet - him stepping into the Golden Phoenix Pavilion, driving a steam airship, making wine under the peach blossom tree, falling into the lake under the blue moon, him in the Nine Netherworld He is sleeping, he is working as an anchor with Su Luoluo, he is working as a civil servant in Daoya City...

"C2, move forward two spaces!" Su Mingan didn't care to observe more and directly shouted the order. Because Dieying had already issued an order, but the light was too bright and it was difficult to see what Dieying had done.

Su Ming'an has never experienced this kind of decisive battle mode, and even the gods have not taught him this. This is the game mode chosen by Dieying. According to common sense, Su Ming'an should have unsealed Jiuyou on the ground, gathered the three elements to become a god, and Dieying invaded the old world and killed humans until the Utopia was established and Dieying was driven away - this is normal process.

But in this case, both sides will suffer heavy losses.

Dieying stepped in and came up with this decisive battle method. I don't know if it was planned for a long time or just a sudden thought. But just changing the form of the decisive battle should not make much difference. If nothing else happens, the process will still be the same in the end. It's just that Su Mingan needs to get used to how to play chess.

His first move should have been to move the C1 elephant representing the "Millennium Project", allowing the soldiers already stationed at the gate of Jiuyou to enter Jiuyou and bring General Qin's life hard drive with him. But he had a vague feeling that Dieying must have some countermeasures for this.

——Since Die Ying had predicted which move Su Ming'an would make as his first move, and used it to block the line of cause and effect, Su Ming'an couldn't do what he wanted.

So, Su Mingan moved C2 first. Most of the small war games represent a certain type of human beings, such as ancient martial arts families, believers, teachers, farmers... They will not suddenly affect the overall situation from a high macro perspective, causing the terrifying effect of domino collapse.

The first row is full of big boys, and any movement will affect the overall situation and even produce a series of unknown chain effects. The second row is all small soldiers, and they move from shallow to deep, and they are linked together.

At the same time, among the eight people, Su Mingan would feel more at ease when he chose Su Lin in C2. Su Mingan didn't know whether the command "advance two squares" was valid and what it meant. Whether it was really moving two squares on the chessboard, or how Su Lin would affect the world situation. But now we can only take one step at a time.

...If it doesn't work, regret it and start over. Su Ming'an didn't have any chess skills. If he was a bad chess player, he would have to go back and start over infinitely. There would always be a chance if there was a think tank named Kong Ming next to him.

only……

Su Mingan raised his eyes and looked up.

The young man with blond and black hair sat on a dark blue throne, and the seat was covered with sunflowers. The military advisor stood quietly behind the throne, unable to see his face clearly.

He seemed to be smiling.

It was freezing cold.

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[(TE·Sealed by Me) Perfect clearance progress: -85%]

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