Global Games: Old Chess Players

Chapter 114 "It would be great if time could stop."

[You have been promoted to the 'Second Tier Old Chess Player', the attribute bonus of the second-rank old chess player: spirit +4, your current total spirit attribute is 40 points. 】

[Congratulations on becoming the first special sequence player in the world to be promoted to Tier [-]! 】

"That's true." Anson Lu said, "After all, whoever can reach level 15 except me at this point."

He opened his personal panel and looked at the sequential skill changes of the second-tier old chess players.

[Second-rank old chess players will get a brand new sequence skill. 】

[Sequence Skill 3, Chess Soul: Select a chess piece, make it immune to the damage and control it will receive for the next 4 seconds, and increase the main attribute of the chess piece by [-] points (the value is affected by the spirit of old chess players property impact). 】

[Cooling time: 1 hours]

An Senlu raised his brows, "My current spirit is 40 points. I only added 4 points to the chess pieces. Divided by 10, it's a bit less."

Fortunately, in addition to the tasteless attribute bonus, "Chess Soul" can also make chess pieces immune to damage and control.

Moreover, he could tell at a glance that this sequence of skills was matched with "King Protector".

"Guardian" allows him to transfer the damage and control he receives to the pieces, and "Spirit of Chess" makes the pieces immune to damage and control. The combination of the two can only be described by the word "flawless".

[Second-rank old chess player’s sequence skill - Guardian, can be used multiple times (within 10 minutes, it can be used at most twice, and the interval between each time must be more than 10 seconds) (after using it twice, enter the cooldown time, cooldown time for 30 minutes)]

"Twice?" An Senlu rubbed his eyes, "Really or not, then I really won't be afraid of assassins from now on."

He read it several times before confirming that he was not mistaken - that's right, the King Guardian can now be used twice within 10 minutes, although there is a 10-second interval requirement, it doesn't matter at all.

Now, the weakest "viability" of the old chess players has triple guarantees: 1. The pocket storage of the different-dimensional kangaroo, 2. The first use of the "King Guardian", and 3. The second use of the "King Guardian".

In addition, there are many changes after being promoted to the second level.

[1. The right to purchase some 'Old Chess Player' exclusive items in the store has been unlocked. 】

[2. The number of grids available for second-tier old chess players has been increased from 8 to 10 grids. 】

[3. After being promoted to the second-tier old chess player, if the chess type is forcibly withdrawn, the recovered chess pieces can be used again after 10 minutes. 】

The most important of these is undoubtedly the change in the number of occupied chess pieces allowed.

If it is 8 squares, then after Ansen Deer arranges a full set of stone chess sets and lays out the field once, the remaining 2 squares are only enough for floating fish and jellyfish in the tank.

But if it is 10 grids, Anson Deer uses a full set of stone statues to complete the field, and after releasing the duo in the tank, there are still 2 full grids left - at this time, he can use the different-dimensional kangaroo and the ice ocean lighthouse to protect the duo in the tank Group security.

This is a qualitative change in the fault tolerance rate.

The third change is also very important. Originally, the cost of the death of the chess piece is the same as the forced withdrawal of the chess piece-this chess piece can only be used again after 30 minutes.

But now, the cost of forcibly withdrawing the chess pieces has become 10 minutes before they can be used again, which is completely different from the cost of death, and this instruction has meaning.

In the future, with the expansion of the chess library, there will only be more and more occasions where chess pieces need to be withdrawn to change tactics.

An Senlu turned off the panel and murmured softly:

"Well, the promotion sequence is complete. Next, I will meet with Lorenzo tomorrow. I must discuss with him about Juliu and see how the law enforcement team will arrange it. Otherwise, this hidden danger will only become more and more serious in the future. Bigger."

After all, Juliu is also the third player in the world.

If he really went berserk, the damage would be much greater than that of David Kench—his [Hand of Devouring] sequence sounds much more powerful than [Ape of Purgatory].

Anson Lu lay on the bed, staring at the yellowed ceiling, sorting out his next plan.

Before his eyes, the face of the Icelandic girl suddenly flashed.

After You Rui came to Shangshi, he basically didn't talk to her much. The two of them were doing their own things. Since they agreed to go skiing with her, they must not violate the agreement.

After all, no matter how aggrieved I am in Iceland, I can at least go skiing.
But Shangshi is in the east of China. Where there is snow here, there is no shadow of snow all year round.

An Senlu glanced at the clock, it was 9 o'clock in the evening.

He turned on his mobile phone, searched the Sapporo International Ski Resort in Hokkaido, and checked whether "night skiing" was allowed there, and the answer from Baidu was-yes.

It just so happens that the ski resorts in Sapporo allow night skiing, so I can go there with her now.
Moreover, you can also use the travel coupon mechanism to come back tomorrow morning, without delaying your meeting with Lorenzo.

An Senlu got up from the bed, took a shower in the dormitory, changed into a set of light blue winter clothes, pushed open the dormitory door, walked to Yurui's single-use dormitory, and knocked on the door.

"Are you there?"

"exist."

The door opened quickly, and the girl's snow-white hair was tied into a ponytail behind her head.

Her clear eyes stared at the cheeks of Ansen Deer, without the slightest dodge in her eyes, such unambiguous direct gaze, but not aggressive, like a penguin in the Arctic observing human beings curiously.

An Senlu waved his right hand wearing a plush glove, "Let's go skiing at night in Hokkaido. It just so happens that you don't like crowded environments, and neither do I. This is just right."

"But... I don't have a travel pass."

The girl untied the hairpin, and her snow-white hair fell down, hanging behind her fair neck.

"I have three, is that enough?" An Senlu called out the bag panel and turned to her.

"Ah."

"Here, here's one for you."

Anson Deer initiated a trade request and casually dragged a travel roll towards the panel.

You Rui stretched out his slender fingers, clicked to agree to the transaction, and obtained a travel coupon.

She went back to the dormitory, picked up the skis, and didn't bring the rest of the equipment because she didn't need it.

"I'll go there first, don't leave me alone at the ski resort." Ansen Lu yawned, "Use the travel pass, Hokkaido, Sapporo City, Sapporo International Ski Resort."

"Use the travel pass, Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort."

The girl's voice fell, and her figure disappeared in place.

10 minutes later, Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort.

It was dim at first, but LED lights suddenly lit up on the white snow slope. These lights were specially prepared for night skiing. The light was a little hazy under the caress of falling snow.

"A set of ski equipment I just asked the administrator for, isn't it powerful?"

An Senlu stood in big characters, showing off the ski equipment on his body.

"What to replace it with?"

Yuri rested his hand on his chin, examining his equipment motionlessly.

"15 evolution coins, that person is a player, so he gave it to me without even thinking about it." An Senlu shrugged, "Uh, now one evolution coin can be exchanged for at least 1 yen."

"I was cheated, this set is up to [-] yen."

"It's okay, there is no shortage of such a little money."

"So stupid."

"Yes, yes, let's go skiing," An Senlu picked up the skis and made footprints on the snow. "It's my first time skiing. I'm poor, so I've never been out of that small county."

Yuri looked at his penguin-like walking posture, "I'll teach you."

"Just waiting for you to teach, but if you can't skate me, don't hit me with an ice pick."

"I'd rather put a wall of ice in front of you."

"Forget it, I surrender."

On the deserted snowy road, the snow-white forest leaves swayed in the wind like a sea tide, and the hazy lights hung down the slope, slantingly shining on the slightly clumsy figure of the young man.

In 5 minutes, Anson Lu fell at least 10 times.

Yuri was on the snowboard, following him all the time, telling the secret of skiing in a cold voice.

She seemed interested, always watching him with the eyes of an arctic penguin looking at a human being, unabashedly observing him—as if trying to engrave into her mind the rare clumsiness of this man.

For future ridicule, or future memories.

However, she doesn't have so many days left, so every minute and every second is very precious.

"No, I'm really not a skier."

An Senlu threw away the snowboard and fell down in a big shape on the snow. The cold snow caressed his cheeks and slipped into his back through the gap of the jacket, freezing him to death.

Yuri put down his skis and sat gently beside Anson Deer.

Her strands of hair seemed to be integrated with the snow, her plain white cheeks were still shining brightly in the snow, and her eyes, as clear as the aurora, stared at the sky.

In winter, there are not many stars in the sky of Hokkaido.

"Thank you for skiing with me." The Icelandic girl whispered.

An Senlu's breath was almost buried by the snow, "I still have to thank you, I've been skating like this, and you can't even have fun."

Yuri opened a panel, and a series of countdowns jumped on the panel - 4 months, 17 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes, 39 seconds.

An Senlu glanced away, 39 seconds dropped to 38 seconds, and then dropped to 37 seconds.

He knew what this series of numbers represented, but he still asked:

"what is this?"

"Snow Country Walker's fourth skill sequence is a countdown."

She didn't continue, anyway, with Anson Lu's ability, she would probably understand.

An Senlu suddenly felt that the winter in Hokkaido was so cold that people could be buried here. The administrator turned off the LED lights, and the whole snow track fell into sudden darkness.

"Are you afraid, death?" he asked in a low voice.

"I lack that kind of emotion." Yuri's voice was emotionless, and the tips of his ears were reddened by the wind.

"Four months." An Senlu got up from the snow and shook the snow on his body, "Well, just before the arrival of the world boss, at least I don't have to worry about the big event of world destruction."

"Very good." Yuri paused, and suddenly said: "The crow said, the closer you are, the easier it is to find your indifference. If you don't keep a distance from you, you will be sad when you are pushed away."

"He is really immoral, but I also tell others behind my back that he is just that, and that he is an out-and-out master stick. You have to stay away from him, or you will be fooled into illness by him." An Senlu said nonchalantly Say.

"So, did you agree with what he said?"

"Which point are you referring to?"

"The surface is very good, but the heart is very cold, and I feel that no one is important."

An Senlu was silent for a while, buried his hands in the snow, and asked softly:
"What do you think?"

"Perhaps, you are such a person."

"Then are you disappointed? My behavior towards you is just to make my disguised character logically self-consistent."

"Even so, you are the first person to approach me." Yuri said, "And it doesn't matter if it is like that. I don't have the emotions of 'sadness' and 'disappointment'."

"It's true, because you are like a robot, so I won't hurt you."

"Robot?" The Icelandic girl put her hand on her chin, as if examining herself.

An Senlu shrugged his shoulders and said mockingly: "This is good. I am very relaxed when I get along with you, but it is different with others. I have to try to keep a distance from them."

"In this way, it's the first time for me." Yuri tilted his head slightly, "Because of the lack of emotion, people are closer to me."

"I like being around people who are not emotional, because I am one of those people myself."

"I have thought about trying to understand you." Yuri picked up a notebook and opened it gently, "But it's like I can't understand my mother, I can't do it."

"You don't need to understand me." Anson Lu breathed out, "I'm really bored. Ever since my parents died, I've never been interested in anything, so I just feel bored.

Well, it's just plain boring.

Everyone approaches me, then I will pretend to be fooled like a fool, and I will be relieved when they are happy.

Everyone thinks what a savior should look like, so I can also be like that, what a leader should look like, calm, calm, tolerant, adjust the atmosphere occasionally, and care about everyone's emotions.

In fact, I feel in my heart that all these things are so boring that I don’t even know the meaning of being alive, but if I die, the world may really collapse.

So, even though I am very tired, I still have to put on a decent appearance and lead everyone to save the world with a cheeky face. Does it sound self-righteous? "

"I can't understand, that's why you said this to me unpreparedly." Yuri said softly.

"Well." Anson Lu scratched his hair, "Well, because you have no emotions, I won't hurt you, so I can clearly say that I am a fucking rotten person, don't come near me."

"So, is it a good thing for you that I have no emotions?"

"No."

"I'm studying, studying the emotions that normal people should have, but that seems to make me farther away from you."

An Senlu was taken aback, "What's that saying?"

"I change, and you close yourself off to me, as you do to everyone else," she said.

A sudden silence enveloped the two of them.

The snow in Hokkaido fell endlessly, the woods rustled like a snow-white ocean, and the footprints left by the two on the snowy road became fainter and fainter, as if they had never existed.

"I killed a person, the first time I have killed a person since I was born." An Senlu said suddenly, "I also learned about this person's past from various angles.
He is a soldier who was betrayed by the country, lost his identity, couldn't find a job, and has been wandering all the time, but even so, he has maintained kindness for several years.

He will protect the boy who wanders with him, find food for the boy, and it doesn't matter if he is hungry. He is obviously tortured by the disease and is about to go crazy, but he still smiles and treats the world gently. "

"You feel guilty about him?" Yuri turned his eyes away.

"No," Anson Lu said calmly, "I don't feel any emotion, as if the person who killed him wasn't me, and I don't even feel guilty at all, I just think I should do that."

"should?"

"A lot of times, I simply rely on my intuition to do things. For example, I play outside as a person who is 'normally idle, but will come forward at critical times, with a sense of justice and responsibility'.

Then my intuition will tell me what kind of judgment and behavior such a person will make when facing a certain situation, and then... I will do that. "

"intuition."

"Well, I have been here since I was a child. My intuition is very powerful, and I almost never make mistakes. It can help me fool a lot of things."

Anson paused, and said in a low voice:

"I feel like a robot, acting according to the set procedures. The crow also said this to me. He said that I simply acted according to the set 'values', but I didn't care about anything in my heart."

"It's impossible to care about me." Yuri's snow-white hair swayed gently.

"Well, I don't care." An Senlu lowered his dark brown eyes, "It's like I don't care what happens to the person I killed. I really don't care. Everyone will die anyway. Sooner or later, what is there to care about?"

"That's good." Yuri said without emotion:
"If you don't care, you won't get hurt. I approached you on the premise that I would die. If my leaving would hurt you, then I might not want to approach you."

An Senlu froze for a moment, then casually sarcastically said:

"You're obviously an emotional person, and you're still afraid of getting hurt by others, because you don't dare to get close because of this matter. Are you too arrogant?"

"When the kitten I raised died, I would feel a little blank." Yuri said in a low voice, "I think, such a blank is 'sad' in other people's place, and I don't want to be anyone's blank."

"blank."

An Senlu raised his head and looked at the vast white sky. If one day, his memory of Yuri was only blank, would he feel sad, or would he still be so numb?

"Speaking of it, it's quite funny. I don't care about everyone, so your death won't bring me a burden. You can approach me with peace of mind." An Senlu said with self-deprecation:

"Because you have no emotions, my indifference will not cause you any harm, and I can stay by your side with peace of mind."

"Well, that's right." The Icelandic girl didn't deny it.

"I said, we're really a strange pair, it's true that we're good brothers and sisters."

"Brothers and sisters. Why can't they be sisters?"

"Because I'm the eldest brother."

".Oh."

"Please, don't accept these inexplicable things, I'm just making a joke." An Senlu fell on the snow and said helplessly: "The two of us are really twisted freaks."

"have no choice."

"what?"

"I'm observing and studying the emotions that normal people would show. Your emotions at this time should be called." You Rui closed the small notebook and said calmly: "Helpless."

"Yes, I feel helpless for myself, and I feel helpless for you."

"What about others?"

"numbness."

"Helpless, is it better than numbness?"

"Yes, congratulations. You are indeed very special in my heart. You are an existence so inexplicable that it makes me helpless. Unlike others, all you can bring me is pure numbness."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Anson Lu responded helplessly.

Silence and coldness enveloped the ears of the two, and Yuri's eyes kept watching the beating countdown, and the numbers passed by every minute and every second, like snow passing by the sky.

"Would you be lonely when you think of death?" An Senlu asked suddenly.

"will not."

".Oh."

"But wanting to understand the feeling of a person made me a little lonely," Yuri put his hand on his chin, "I realized... I still can't really get close to that person after all."

An Senlu retorted, "Please don't attribute the problem to me, even if I'm not around, you're still hopelessly lonely."

"Before, I never felt alone."

"So, my presence makes you feel lonely instead?"

".Um."

"Strange logic."

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"If time can be stopped." Yuri fell into the snow and closed his clear eyes, "That would be fine."

The countdown representing death beats in the snow, and the cold snow fails to stop the passage of time, but the white world is like a pair of big hands, about to bury the teenager and girl sleeping in the snow.

"There is nothing like that in the world"

An Senlu closed his tired eyelids, and everything fell into the deep darkness.

"Good night," he said.

Their heads are next to each other, they sleep so close together, yet they seem so far away from each other by a galaxy.

"Good night," she said.

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(End of this chapter)