r18novel Chapter 380 The Chessboard
Chapter 380 The Chessboard
The ordinary people had already retreated into their cars, with the windows tightly closed, and even spoke in hushed tones.
They didn't know exactly what would happen, but the tense atmosphere was palpable even to the most oblivious person.
Tonight it was Chen Pei's turn to lead the night shift. He sat cross-legged in the RV, and the surrounding moisture condensed into countless tiny water droplets around him, suspended in mid-air, crystal clear like a still sea of stars.
Tashan's eyelids drooped, and he fell into a deep sleep.
Keeping watch was quite difficult for him.
Su Su's golden eyes were half-closed, and wisps of celestial mist drifted gently in the night breeze.
Jiang Li and several children stayed in the bus, where a protective barrier had already been quietly deployed, enveloping the entire vehicle.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Xiao Luo spread his spiritual energy, the immense exertion forcing him to force himself to stay alert.
If he doesn't come soon, his spiritual touch might not be able to maintain even the psychic barrier if he continues.
"They'll come, won't they?" Fu Xiaojian stood beside the Mengshi vehicle, his gaze sweeping across the darkness at the edge of the camp before returning to his own.
His voice was calm.
Actually, he wasn't sure either.
Perhaps Marriott Racing has really given up?
Perhaps what the sausage heard was just a smokescreen?
Perhaps that old fox Fu Wanhao was just trying to test their reaction.
I should have struck first; this feeling of striking back after being caught off guard is something most people can't handle.
Waiting is the hardest thing in the world.
However, it's better to wait all night in vain than to be ambushed when you let your guard down.
This is the law of survival in the apocalypse.
Perhaps the saying "better safe than sorry" is more applicable.
Xu Si sat on the roof of the Nirvana vehicle, leaning on his shoulder and clutching his collar with her little hands.
I don't know when it happened, but Yi Yi seems to really like this spot.
Xu Si would occasionally recall the cheeky steel badge myna bird on Captain Jack Sparrow's hat.
"What are you laughing at?" Yi Yi looked at Xu Si's profile with a puzzled expression.
"Ahem, I wasn't laughing at anything!" Xu Si naturally couldn't tell the truth, so he shook his head and didn't pursue the matter.
Time passed slowly.
The campfire crackled and popped.
Sparks flew everywhere.
One hour.
Two hours.
Three hours.
Just when everyone thought the night would pass peacefully like this.
Xu Si's brows suddenly twitched.
"Brother Dao!" Little Luo had obviously noticed him too.
At least five kilometers away from the edge of the stellar vein, faint energy fluctuations were observed.
It's not eerie, it's human.
And there's more than one.
"Here you are." His voice rang out in the shared spiritual connection, as calm as if he were saying that the night was nice.
Chen Pei and Liang Hong were also discovered at the same time.
The invisible water droplets and the small snakes hidden in the darkness are their eyes and ears.
All the people who were half-asleep opened their eyes at the same time.
Even Tashan, who snores loudly, woke up immediately.
The darkness at the edge of the camp seemed to deepen for a moment.
"Finally here." A slight smile appeared on Fu Xiaojian's lips.
He had waited far too long for this moment.
The night wind picked up, and the group approached slowly.
Xu Si frowned slightly because he spotted Fu Wanhao among them.
Could this old guy have been hiding something so well?
Could he be a hidden force in the combat sequence?
The campfire had almost gone out, with occasional sparks flying in the night wind, as if the last embers were being rekindled.
Xu Si stood up, and Yi Yi stood up on his shoulders at the same time.
The two remained hidden in the darkness, gazing at the darkness before them.
"There are twelve people, one Sequence 5, three Sequence 4, and the rest, the lowest rank is Sequence 2."
As they drew closer, Xu Si's judgment became more accurate.
"I can handle this all by myself!"
Tashan's fighting spirit was in no way inferior to Fu Xiaojian's.
"Don't rush, let's see what tricks they're up to!"
Since the play has already progressed this far, it wouldn't hurt to continue for a while.
In Liang Hong's black snake vision, the twelve people stopped about one kilometer away from the convoy.
"Have you soaked all the sleeping potions I gave you?" Fu Wanhao whispered to Misu.
Misu nodded.
"Have your butterflies spray sleeping potions first. After I've restrained Xu Si, you can then raid the Xin Train convoy!"
Fu Wanhao said this with a hint of heartache, because he really didn't want to use that thing.
The supply train fleet had many vehicles, many people, and many supplies; even rare items were readily available to everyone.
"Remember, do not take anyone's life!" Blade added.
Although Fu Wanhao scoffed at it, he didn't say anything.
But if a fight really breaks out, who will care?
Little did they know that everything they did was right under the noses of the salary train team.
"A sleeping potion?" Fu Xiaojian frowned; they had no defenses against that!
Chen Pei
Fu Xiaojian did not request Xu Si to assist him.
"clear."
Ronaldinho's shared insights are now practically the perfect tactical communication platform.
In the darkness where Xu Si couldn't see, his gaze remained fixed on Fu Wanhao.
Misu, acting as the vanguard, took down her easel from behind her back, and a string of ink-black butterfly phantoms silently appeared, their wings gleaming with a faint blue light in the night.
The butterfly flaps its wings.
No sound.
But Xu Si can see it, Chen Pei can see it, and Liang Hong can see it too.
Those faint lights must be the sleeping potion, right?
"My turn!"
Fu Wanhao stopped a few hundred meters away from the convoy and watched the paper butterflies fly into the camp of the firewood convoy.
Then, decisively, he took out something that looked like a chess piece.
Is this what can limit me?
"He presents himself on the chessboard, challenging Xu Si to a duel. The stakes are: traits—causal isolation and identity laundering."
Just as Xu Si was hesitating about whether to make a move, his figure was forcibly taken into a void space.
"You have been challenged. We have detected that you have no grounds for refusal. Please select one of your traits as a wager. Options include: Star Anchor, Star Eye, Seiya..."
Xu Si instinctively wanted to resist.
Starlight condensed in his palm, and star chains extended in his consciousness, but all the power was silently swallowed up when it touched the edge of space.
Unable to jump, unable to enter nested spaces, he was truly restricted.
"Don't bother." Fu Wanhao's voice came from the other side, carrying a hint of smugness and a touch of heartache.
The old man stood in the void, with a huge chessboard phantom beneath his feet that stretched as far as the eye could see.
"Ranked #21 of the rare items - the General's Chessboard. If you don't have a rare item ranked in the top ten or a sequence of 8 or higher, you can't avoid it!" Fu Wanhao said slowly, his gaze falling on Xu Si as if he were looking at a rare treasure.
It was as if he were looking at his defeated opponent.
[Odd item detected: Chessboard (Rules-based)]
[Ranking of Oddities: 21]
[Current Status: Challenge Mode]
[Mandatory Rule: Both players must bet on one trait. The higher the trait level, the stronger the piece's initial strength. Once a move is made, it cannot be taken back. The winner takes the trait bet by the opponent, and the loser permanently loses it.]
[Note: Within the chessboard, the rules are paramount. Unless you can find a loophole in the rules...]