Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 175 Li Yu is playing chess, Ding Yumian is directing
"Hahaha……"

Li Yu's wild laughter could be heard from the small courtyard. From this wanton laughter, others might be able to hear a hint of relief.

Li Yu was seen holding an axe and walking towards the old man who was waiting with a smile.
"Senior, I succeeded!"

"According to what you said, two piles of firewood, not one less."

Recalling the process, Li Yu admired himself. In this place where he had no idea of ​​the length of time, his body would not get tired, and he was completely unaware of the passage of time, he split a piece of firewood step by step from using two or three boards to completing it in one go, and finally he could even split the firewood in two with a wave of his hand. The feeling of achieving a goal through unremitting efforts was no less than the progress of magic.

In response, the old man just nodded lightly and encouraged:

"The speed is good."

Just when Li Yu thought that the matter was over, the old man added,
"Now we can move on to the next step."

"Next step?"

"Yes, sit opposite me and play a game of chess."

Hearing this, Li Yu looked embarrassed.
"Senior, I don't know how to do that."

If he were asked to fight a demon with his physical body, he might just pick up a knife and go up to him. But if it was a game of chess... or an artistic activity like Go, Li Yu could only say that he was powerless.

"I didn't let you beat me."

The old man handed the arranged chess pieces and the box to Li Yu.

"Do you know the ground rules?"

Li Yu nodded.

“I have a general understanding of it.”

"I'll give you nine moves. As long as you can play with me to the end, I will tell you everything you want to know."

"Nine sons?"

Li Yu was stunned when he sat in front of the old man.

"Senior, are you serious?"

Although he is a Go novice, Li Yu knows how great an advantage it is to have nine stones. He does not require himself to win, but only to play to the end. With his brain, losing a few more times will probably be enough.

"I mean what I say."

"It's hard to chase a horse."

Go dry.

Then, when Li Yu actually started playing chess, he instantly discovered something was wrong.

There was nothing wrong with the chessboard, and there was nothing wrong with holding the chess pieces in his hand. However, when he placed the chess pieces on the board, Li Yu felt as if a mountain had suddenly fallen down on his head. The heavy pressure caught him off guard and he couldn't even grasp the position of the pieces.

"Oh no, I put it in the wrong place."

Although he put it in the wrong place, Li Yu didn't take it to heart. He was going to lose a few games anyway, so he just went with it.

"Little guy, cheer up."

"Please rest assured, senior. I can still hold on." Li Yu declared war after landing the first move.

In the middle of the game, Li Yu, whose vision was already blurred, tremblingly placed the black piece in his hand on the designated chessboard, but finally he could not hold on and fell headfirst onto the stone table in front of him.

"Oh!"

The sound of his forehead hitting the table was so crisp, and Li Yu's sleeping posture was exceptionally peaceful.

Seeing this, the old man smiled silently.
"I don't know how much time has passed. Are young people nowadays so stubborn?"

"But for a beginner to be able to reach this level is really good. It does not bring shame to our reputation."

It would be fine if it was just playing chess, but every time he made a move he would be under pressure as heavy as a mountain. This force would severely suppress one's thinking ability. Yet he could still play until the middle of the game before falling down. Apart from other aspects, Li Yu's will was initially recognized by the old man.

Of course, willpower alone could not gain the old man's complete approval. After an unknown amount of time, Li Yu woke up from the table in a daze and said in a daze:
"What happened?" The next moment, Li Yu was startled to see the old man in front of him looking at him with ill intentions.
"senior!"

The old man did not speak, but waved his hand, and a basin of icy water that was chilling to the bone poured down in an instant, chilling Li Yu to the core and making him shiver all over.

"Are you awake now?"

Li Yu nodded repeatedly. How could he not be sober?

The old man waved his hand again to dry the wet Li Yu.

Seeing the latter's surprised look, the old man said strangely:

"This is my home turf, so this little trick doesn't count, right?"

"Of course not." Li Yu shook his head.

"Okay, keep playing chess. I hope you can make some progress in this game."

"I will not let my predecessors down."

……

Outside, east city wall.

Chang Jiaxiang, the commander of the Military Intelligence Bureau, directed his subordinates to set up rows of sonars on the city walls according to the plan given by Ding Yumian. From the outside, many of them did not look brand new, but second-hand goods.

"According to your method, I requisitioned the sonars used for finding fish from several larger fishing companies. Some of them were dismantled from fishing boats, but they do not affect their use."

For Leicheng, which was in crisis, it was not difficult to obtain this batch of sonars. All they had to do was let various companies transport them to the bottom of the city wall, and then have the military magicians carry them up.

"only……"

Chang Jiaxiang was still a little hesitant.
"Is this really okay?"

He had always thought that the method to deal with troublesome sea monster groups like the Sea Gray Dolphin would be more sophisticated, but he never expected it to be so mediocre.

"The ability of the sea dolphin is not complicated. It uses the specific sound waves unique to its tribe to transmit information and cause the sea monster to resonate."

"In order to render their abilities ineffective, besides physically strangling them, we only need to disrupt this specific sound wave."

"Humans who are not sound mages and ordinary demons cannot emit this specific sound wave, but that doesn't mean special tools like sonar can't be used."

"As long as the frequency of the sound waves emitted by the sonar is adjusted to a specific range and the corresponding sound waves are diffused, the propagation and reception of the special sound waves of the sea dolphin can be easily disrupted."

In the face of Ding Yumian's eloquent talk, Chang Jiaxiang, whose theoretical performance was not excellent, said that he seemed to understand it, but not quite. Mages like them might have unique insights into the demonic phenomena and habits they often come into contact with, but they could not explain the underlying logic of these things.

Therefore, when meeting theoretical tyrants like Ding Yumian, Chang Jiaxiang's attitude was very clear. I couldn't understand it, but I was deeply shocked. Anyway, I just did what he said. I was already here...

right?

As Chang Jiaxiang's order was issued, this batch of non-lethal sonars that were deployed for the first time in the demon battlefield opened up a "second battlefield" outside the detection field.

Sounds that are impossible for human ears to capture spread through the air like ripples that disturb space and gradually merge into the battlefield.

When the sea dolphin in the sirens group habitually emitted sound waves, it was suddenly bombarded with a lot of strange information.

Their original meaning may be "the defense here is weakened" or "support is needed over there".

However, after some "bad seeds" interfered, the meaning might have become messages that confused the demons, such as "what to eat today", "your wife ran away", "there are bad people among the people".

You said the city gate tower listened to the hip axis.

For a moment, the Siren's formation was in obvious disarray. Chang Jiaxiang, who was always paying attention to the battlefield situation, excitedly patted the battlements of the city wall.
"It's done!"

While he was excited, Chang Jiaxiang did not forget to command his subordinates to take advantage of the Sirens' confusion to intensify their offensive, making the already disordered situation even more chaotic and greatly increasing the Sirens' casualties.

Especially because of the chaos of the sound waves, the attempt of the Gray Porpoise to boost morale again failed on the spot. The chaotic sound waves seriously interfered with the transmission and reception of sound waves. The Siren, who could not get the "chicken blood" bonus, also lost the ability to fight fearlessly.

After large numbers of its cannon fodder colleagues fell, the Siren began to feel fear and retreat. When the first deserter appeared, the situation was instantly detonated.

(End of this chapter)