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Chapter 1898: 842: God Bless You!
Chapter 1898: Chapter 842: God Bless You!
The atmosphere at the staircase turned tense.
“Can I not play?”
Gulis knew the basic rules of chess and had played it once or twice with friends, but that was just a fleeting interest. She wouldn’t win against even an amateur, let alone a professional.
To Gulis, since this little girl dared to compete in chess, her skills must be exceptional, and this was in God’s ruins; besides chess, there must be rules pollution attached, making it even more challenging.
The little girl looked at Gulis.
Gulis felt uneasy being stared at but still pleaded, forcing a smile: “I can’t play this; even if you give me half the pieces, I still can’t win!”
“If you can’t play chess, what meaning is there in living? Go die!”
After speaking, the little girl waved at the two Kings: “Send her on her way!”
Gulis felt numb all over and quickly pleaded.
“I’ll play, I’ll play!”
“Didn’t you say you can’t?”
“I’ll learn on the spot!”
Gulis smiled apologetically: “Can someone guide me?”
“No!”
The little girl impatiently urged: “Come on!”
Gulis turned around and looked, finally resting her gaze on Kreiser, hoping someone would step up and play the game for her.
Unfortunately, it was just wishful thinking.
Everyone was cautiously watching the sudden onset of rules pollution.
“Explain the rules to her!”
The little girl sat cross-legged beside the chessboard.
On the chessboard, on both sides, there was an hourglass.
The Black Queen pointed to them and explained: “After each move, you can flip the hourglass. If the opposing player hasn’t moved by the time the sand runs out, they forfeit the turn and can’t touch the piece again.”
This rule is to prevent someone from indefinitely dragging out the game.
Gulis lifted her right arm, wiping the sweat from her forehead: “What happens if I lose?”
“There are varying degrees of rewards and punishments based on the game’s outcome!”
The Black Queen didn’t give a straight answer.
“As long as I don’t die!”
Gulis knew she couldn’t escape and started bargaining for more benefit: “Can I have more pieces?”
“No, at most three!”
“But I haven’t played chess before!”
“Is it my fault you’ve never played chess?”
In such bickering, the little girl signaled for Gulis to make the first move.
The game began.
“It’s over, I’m dead!”
Wu Hongfu felt down: “If it were Chinese chess, I could play, but who knows this stuff?”
“I only know the Chu River and Han Border!”
Wang Qing spat.
“I can’t even play our own chess!”
Zeng Shuang was on the verge of tears: “I wonder if we can switch to Gobang?”
Actually, without needing a response, Zeng Shuang already knew it was impossible.
The happenings in God’s ruins couldn’t be compared with common sense.
Even if the opponent was a seven or eight-year-old girl, Gulis was doing her best, but there was no hope of winning. Before she realized it, she had already lost a rook, a knight, and from the looks of it, the Empress was in danger too.
Gulis broke out in a cold sweat, as if she had just been fished out of water.
“Do your best, and if you can’t win, at least don’t lose too badly!”
Kreiser advised Gulis to stall for time.
The hourglass runs out in two minutes; it sounds long, but in reality, it’s shorter, because barring any surprises, this game was the last bit of Gulis’s life.
“Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!”
The little girl crossed her arms, waiting impatiently.
“If you annoy it, maybe the punishment will be severe!”
Wu Hongfu reminded her.
“What should I do then?”
Gulis cried, sobbing: “Sea Emperor, what should I do?”
Kreiser remained silent.
Gulis stalled for over an hour, but still didn’t see any opportunity, and finished the game.
“You’re too slow!”
The little girl complained.
“I’ll try hard next time!”
Gulis looked at the little girl anxiously, wondering if she didn’t plan to kill her?
“People like you, without talent, even if you work hard your whole life, you’ll still be like this!”
The little girl shook her head: “Your chess skills are too poor; you’re not even fit to be my pawn!”
Gulis panicked immediately.
Was the subtext implying she was going to be killed?
“But for the sake of your looks, I’ll give you a chance to be a pawn!”
The little girl snapped her fingers.
The two Kings quickly walked over.
“Sea Emperor…”
Gulis was very nervous, wanting to run, but she understood that she couldn’t escape.
Each King grabbed one of Gulis’s arms, then simultaneously kicked her behind the knees.
Bang, bang!
Gulis fell to her knees directly.
The little girl jumped in front of Gulis, pressing her right hand on her head, and began muttering something incoherent.
Gulis felt nothing, but the others’ expressions suddenly changed.
Because the skin exposed outside of Gulis started turning white metallic, rapidly spreading throughout her body.
Soon, Gulis also realized something was wrong as her body became rigid.
“I…”
Gulis couldn’t even speak.
In just a few seconds, Gulis turned into a metal figure.
Snap!
The little girl snapped her fingers and casually ordered: “Stand by the side!”
Gulis stood up and silently walked to the wall.
“Next!”
The little girl returned to her chair, sitting cross-legged.
No one made a sound.
The little girl asked again and directly called out a name.
“You!”
The person chosen was a white man.
The game commenced.
Clack, clack, clack!
The white man moved at lightning speed, the pieces making crisp sounds as they hit the board.
“He seems good; can he win?”
Melanie felt a surge of hope.
“No chance!”
Kreiser lowered his brows: “For a regular person to beat a professional chess player, fast chess is the only option, because the less time the opponent has to think, the more likely they are to make mistakes.”