Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 184: Dual Legends, Complex Audition Rules, Let's Go! (4k)

"Brother Zhuo, what chess piece did you get..."

Rush's words still echoed in my ears.

Time in the real world barely passes... no, it just doesn't pass.

Was it that "Witch" who stopped time?

Original clear and pure thought.

——Or perhaps it is to speed up time countless times, and stretch 0.1 second or shorter time infinitely.

No matter which one it is, it can do this across such a long distance - even if it is only within his soul space.

[Witch] is undoubtedly worthy of the title of seventh rank.

And...the witch has more than one crown.

【Star】 and 【Legend】.

It turns out that the seventh rank can possess multiple crowns, which means that two crowns may not be the limit for a witch.

The brief thought passed in an instant, and Yuan Qingzhuo looked up and saw Rush holding the black [Queen] in his hand and asking him curiously.

Yuan Qingzhuo took out the shining, crystal-like "King" that he originally possessed from his soul and gently placed it in Rush's palm.

Juxtaposed with her black queen.

The girl's calm eyes showed a moment of panic. She turned her eyes away slightly, but moved them back the next moment.

Then he placed the chess piece in front of his eyes as if nothing had happened, nodded and said, "So this is Brother Zhuo's chess piece, the most crucial [King]..."

Rush smiled slightly: "As expected of Brother Zhuo!"

Yuan Qingzhuo took out the small crown that represented the "chess player" and touched Lash's horn: "Lash is also very powerful. There is only one queen, right? In this way, aren't we a perfect match?"

Hearing this, Rush's cheeks slightly blushed, and then he didn't react much: "Yes."

"King? Queen? What have you been talking about since just now?"

Caroline fiddled with the red [Soldier] in her hand, tilted her head and asked, looking very puzzled: "Is this some new type of house-playing game?"

Yuan Qingzhuo slapped his head.

Ah, I forgot Caroline is an idiot who has never understood chess.

Needless to say, Yuan Qingzhuo often played chess on his mobile phone before he traveled through time - he had reached almost the highest level in these games, just like playing Mahjong, Landlord and other time-killing games.

Therefore, the rules of chess are naturally familiar to everyone.

And in the cult, although no one knew where it came from, there were indeed many people who knew how to play chess - Rush had also heard of it and seen it, so he could naturally recognize what the chess pieces in his hand were.

But Caroline was different.

Not to mention recognizing it, she had never even heard of this word despite having focused on personal cultivation and language learning for so many years.

In Caroline's eyes, there is actually no practical difference between the words "chess" and "aminos".

I can’t understand it anyway.

"If this is a game of house, then you are just a soldier rushing into the opponent's face and giving yourself a head."

Yuan Qingzhuo pointed at the soldier in Caroline's palm with a smile, causing the latter to pout in dissatisfaction and wonder again: "What the hell!"

Rush, who couldn't bear to watch this scene, squeezed over and began to patiently explain to Caroline what "chess" was.

Christine, who was standing aside, looked at the three people in harmonious atmosphere and the chess pieces in their hands, with a hint of desire in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

I no longer have time to attend the Martial God Festival...

"Then you guys chat slowly, I'll be leaving first."

Kristen stood up and waved to the three of them with a smile: "I look forward to seeing you in the finals."

Christine didn't know that this year's Martial God Festival actually cancelled the "youth" and "adult" groups. If she knew, she would definitely advise them not to participate for the time being.

Because the gap that has opened up over years or even decades is really too big.

——For ordinary people.

After saying goodbye to Christine, it took Caroline another ten minutes to fully understand the general meaning of chess.

"So... I'm really just a big-headed soldier?!"

Caroline picked up the red soldier with her fingertips, grinned exaggeratedly, and stuck out her tongue in dissatisfaction: "What's the use of this?"

"You can't say that."

Rush, who had already read all the "rules of the game" transmitted by the chess pieces, said to Caroline, who had not yet started reading: "Even chess pieces with the same job description have great differences."

The devil girl slowly read out the rules: "Depending on the scores of the contestants, they will receive chess pieces of varying degrees of completeness."

"——Only after the chess pieces are officially completed can it be considered a breakthrough in the audition."

"what?"

Caroline carefully examined the red soldier in her hand - there was no doubt that it was flawless, like the most precious agate.

Then, Rush continued to read out the rules: "Even if you complete the chess pieces, if you want to gain an advantage in the next round, you still need to get complete chess pieces of the [same job] to improve the [quality] of the chess pieces."

"——The qualities are roughly divided into the following categories: ruined, bleak, ordinary, exquisite, epic, legendary..."

Caroline, who was already overwhelmed by what she had heard, opened her mouth slightly. After a moment, she pointed at the soldier in her hand and said, "So what is the quality of my soldier?"

Rush shook his head: "I don't know."

Because the rules do not mention how to check the quality of the chess pieces you own.

Rush guessed that this feature might not be unlocked until after the auditions.

After all, the Martial God Festival has not officially begun yet, so it is normal that the true function of the chess pieces has not yet been revealed.

So Caroline looked very upset.

Unhappy.jpg.

Although she did not hate the "soldier" itself, she still felt unhappy about suddenly becoming the least valuable and most numerous chess piece.

"about this."

After fiddling with the crown for a while, Yuan Qingzhuo spoke. He thought for a while and said, "Maybe I can let you know."

The Witch of the Groove actually only gave the crown and the rights to this so-called [chess player] without giving any instructions.

To make it clean, you have to start from scratch to explore its functions.

But fortunately, this is not too difficult for Yuan Qingzhuo... If it were given to Caroline, she might really be at a loss.

After solving the ninth ritual puzzle in the crown, Yuan Qingzhuo injected a small amount of spiritual essence into it.

Then Rush and Caroline instantly saw a virtual panel pop up above the chess pieces in their hands.

The two are:

Caroline

[Class: Soldier]

【Quality: Legend! 】

【Rush】

[Class: Queen]

[Quality: Epic]

And this is the panel that popped up above the "King" whose functions have been mostly replaced by the small crown in Yuan Qingzhuo's hand.

【Nameless Chess Piece】

[Class: King]

【Quality: Legend! 】

Rush's pupils shrank in fear, while Caroline looked at the panels that suddenly appeared with interest. She poked them with her fingers and found that they were indeed virtual...or rather, they were visualized images formed by insignificant spiritual essence.

"Why does this chess piece have the same name as me?"

Caroline muttered in confusion, and then saw the red soldier in her hand gradually change.

After a while, she saw that standing on the crystal pedestal was a miniature Caroline wearing heavy armor and with a delicate and heroic expression!

As a result, the girl's unhappiness disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by the love that could not let go of the thing.

"Wow, this is really beautiful."

Rush looked down and saw that the queen in his hand had turned into herself with spiral horns on her head, holding a scepter and with a cold face.

She leaned in closer and saw that every detail on the chess piece was lifelike.

Except that she can't move or speak, she looks just like the real her.

There was also a sound of fighting outside:

"Look, look, why did a panel suddenly appear on top?"

"Let me see...what does bleak mean?"

"Idiot! It means the rank of the chess piece. Hahaha, bro, I'm just an ordinary one!"

"How dare a mere soldier disobey the bishop! He deserves to be killed!"

The sound became farther and farther away, as if the boy holding the two chess pieces was running away.

"Can I just activate the chess pieces?"

Yuan Qingzhuo tried to infuse more than ten times the spiritual essence, but did not see any changes on the panel floating in the air.

——It seems that the crown that unlocks the nine-level ritual can only perform this most basic function.

If you want it to do more, you must solve more of the technical puzzles on your own.

That’s right, the witch was so careful to install a patch that can only be solved by Yuan Qingzhuo alone.

Otherwise, just go to Farandel and the crown will be torn apart in seconds.

Come to think of it, the witch really likes "tests".

Whether it was the invitation letter, the meeting with me, the slightly complicated audition rules, or this crown...

——Corresponding to this are the angels in the triple abyss who have names from various legends.

A vague guess emerged in Yuan Qingzhuo's mind, but he was not sure yet.

You will only know this after you have seen the triple abyss with your own eyes.

"Hmm? Why is there an extra paragraph under the chess piece's panel?"

Caroline's voice pulled Yuan Qingzhuo out of his thoughts, and he followed her gaze.

I saw the following words under [Quality: Legend!]:

[——All enemies have witnessed that this is the Red Knight, the Red Martial God.]

Rush blinked and looked at the words that he and Yuan Qingzhuo threw at her king.

[——The still immature demon king. ]

[——If you encounter hardship, call out his name. ]

Very accurate.

Rush swallowed silently - she had not mentioned her desire to become the Demon King even once after that Royal Court Council.

So how did the chess piece know this?

And if this brief introduction completely fits me, then Caroline and Zhuo Ge...

Wait a moment.

Rush noticed a detail.

That is, only his own chess piece is of [Epic] quality, while both of them are [Legendary] quality.

First, a subtle feeling of loss surged into Rush's heart, and then the girl's heart was filled with a feeling of determination and unwillingness to give up that was ten or even a hundred times greater than the feeling of loss.

Rush took a deep breath and was about to return the king to Yuan Qingzhuo, but was blocked by the latter.

"I don't need this chess piece anymore, so give it to Rush."

Yuan Qingzhuo smiled and pointed at the crown that was hung on the horns of his head as an ornament: "After I have this, that chess piece is no longer equal to me."

indeed so.

Only Yuan Qingzhuo's king has not changed into his appearance, still retaining the original chess piece appearance.

Rush nodded silently, without refusing, and accepted this precious chess piece in the Martial God Festival.

"Hey, you even praised me as a legend and a god of war."

Caroline waved her hands with a smug look on her face: "Everyone knows about this kind of thing. I'm so sorry that it has to mention it specifically. I'm so sorry..."

Although she said this, Caroline kept turning the panel towards Yuan Qingzhuo, and was almost about to put the chess piece directly on his face.

"By the way, Brother Zhuo."

Putting away the two chess pieces, Rush suddenly asked, "This chess piece should have belonged to you, right? Why did you suddenly get this crown?"

The girl stared at the invitation, wondering, "Is there an additional test that we haven't discovered?"

"A lot more sensitive than before."

Yuan Qingzhuo touched Lashi's head, and then spoke in a slightly serious tone: "This crown is an extra reward from the Martial God Festival that I just negotiated with [■■] of the Third Abyss."

The two were stunned and asked at the same time: "Who?"

Yuan Qingzhuo then spoke again: "【■■】."

Caroline was the first to react. She narrowed her eyes and showed an interested look: "The name that cannot be said is the seventh level."

"If there are no accidents, it should be the person from the Triple Abyss who hosted this year's Martial God Festival."

She spread her hands indifferently: "Forget it, little teacher, don't waste your energy. You can't say this name before you reach the legend."

But then, Caroline came over suddenly and said, "But I'm very curious, what did you do, little teacher, that made that guy not only give you a reward, but also tell you his real name."

“This is what I want to remind you of.”

Yuan Qingzhuo reached out and pinched Caroline's face, and said seriously: "Don't believe anything that guy says, even if it is the fact you saw with your own eyes."

"——Just treat everything it says as fart."

Rush said nothing and nodded silently.

Caroline blinked rapidly and calmly withdrew her body from leaning forward, but the excitement in her eyes was almost bursting out.

After all, she had just had a close contact with a seventh-level person, or the top of the seventh level, without realizing it.

"No wonder I felt my soul was slowing down just now... Is it because that guy stopped time next to me?"

Caroline looked down at the "Soldier Card" in her palm and whispered softly, "I can feel it."

Being able to feel it means being able to see the difference.

Even if the distance is immeasurable.

Very good, Carolyn.

Your practice of stagnating at the mercury peak for the past five years is not entirely useless.

She secretly clenched her fist and said to the two of them:

"Let's go, it's time to set off."

(End of this chapter)