Pre-death assessment

After leaving the chemical plant, Liu Ruyan arrived at the top of a building some distance away from the plant.

Then, she raised her jade-like hand and pointed far away in the direction of the chemical plant.

Flames condensed at her fingertips, growing larger and larger into a fireball.

Finally, she flicked her finger.

Wow!

The enormous fireball shot towards the center of the chemical plant like a falling meteorite.

Finally, with a deafening bang, the entire chemical plant was completely engulfed in flames.

She didn't look back at the explosion; instead, she transformed into a fire phoenix and flew away into the distance.

Now, by destroying this chemical plant, there will be nothing left to threaten us.

"Is it really unnecessary? Let's see if it's really necessary next time we meet!"

At this moment, Liu Ruyan was filled with anger.

Ling Wu said there was no need to use superpowers to deal with her.

As it turned out... he really managed to outwit her without even using superpowers.

She's definitely very unhappy and resentful right now!

When they meet again, she will definitely trample Ling Wu under her feet and utterly humiliate him to vent her hatred.

Of course, she didn't know that Ling Wu didn't have any superpowers at all.

She didn't know that even in a chemical plant, she wouldn't be disfigured at all.

Even if the explosion releases a large amount of toxic chemical gas, the actual harm to her would be negligible.

Unfortunately, Ling Wu's words about being disfigured terrified her.

She was indeed invincible, but she was just too concerned about her appearance.

The more a person cares about something, the more likely it is to become their weakness!

Liu Ruyan soon arrived at the Armed Police base.

She didn't approach, but stood on the top of a building not far away, watching from a distance.

At this point, she could see that more and more people were choosing to join Alice's "harmonious family".

Everyone who comes to the Armed Police base must first sign a contract and register.

Contracts and the like are obviously useless here.

Alice did this simply to make these people feel more at ease living in the community she had arranged in advance.

Let them feel that they can truly spend their later years in peace and enjoy their final moments here with me.

Liu Ruyan watched from the shadows, a slight smile curving her red lips.

As someone who had been to the pre-death assessment space before, she was well aware of Alice's purpose.

Alice clearly wanted to gather a thousand people and then wipe them all out at once.

In this way, you can directly obtain a complete set of chess pieces.

"That's a good idea, but it's too slow, so I'll help you."

Liu Ruyan sneered.

The reason she's setting fires everywhere is to increase the sense of survival crisis among those useless people.

The stronger the sense of crisis, the more people choose to join Alice's large family.

And after Alice had gathered a thousand people...

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

Alice will then have a complete chess set.

As for myself, I'll just kill her and take it from her.

Summoning type: Summoning corresponding items based on the chess piece.

In her view, whatever is summoned in a chess set is irrelevant.

They could never be my opponent.

One's own raging fire can burn everything.

But the other party... couldn't possibly hurt him!

After laughing, Liu Ruyan turned around and continued to set fire to the city.

Now, Alice's place is like a giant net, waiting for fish to swim in.

Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan was outside, trying to drive the fish as close to the net as possible...

……

Under Ling Wu's arrangement, Li Ming and the others kept a low profile.

He usually just goes out and wanders around, and if he's lucky, he might occasionally find a chess piece.

If you're unlucky, you won't lose anything anyway.

Avoid places with people as much as possible.

Firstly, they didn't want to kill indiscriminately, and secondly... they certainly didn't want to be killed either.

As time went on, the total number of people in the assessment space continued to decrease.

Although a considerable number of people do not want to fight each other, they just want to survive this last year.

Unfortunately, many of them had ulterior motives.

After all, given the chance, most people... would still hope to survive!

A large building not far from the Armed Police base.

Alice held her binoculars and looked at the spot where the bald man had died from afar.

The bald man and his teammate's bodies are now long since decomposed.

Unfortunately, no one has gone to retrieve the chess piece yet.

And of course, she didn't dare to take it rashly.

"That guy... hasn't shown up yet?"

Alice's face darkened.

During this time, she had been waiting for Ling Wu.

She thought Ling Wu would come to her and form an alliance with her.

Unfortunately, more than half a month has passed, and Ling Wu still hasn't shown up.

She never knew who the guy who shouted that day was, or what he looked like, since it wasn't his first time entering the pre-death assessment space.

Moreover, the opponent did not attempt to retrieve the pieces.

It's obvious that even now, the other party still doesn't believe her.

"Captain, something's happened!"

Just then, a teammate suddenly walked up from behind.

"Someone committed suicide in the neighborhood. This is the suicide note they left before they died."

As he spoke, he handed over a note.

Alice frowned, took the note, and looked at the last words on it.

In this life, I have cancer and have spent all of my family's savings.

My whole family has been frugal and hardworking for my sake.

In the end... I died in agony on my hospital bed.

I used to lie in bed and think, what is the purpose of life?

I gained an extra year before I arrived here.

I thought I could spend these last moments happily.

I thought I could enjoy these last moments.

But... when I was lying in the bank's vault, surrounded by countless banknotes and gold.

My heart, however, felt so empty.

If I could bring this money back to the present world, I would be the richest person in the world.

Unfortunately, here, it's just a piece of waste paper that no one would pick up even if it were left on the street.

In this world, all the time and effort we put in is just worthless paper.

I don't know what the meaning of life is.

I don't know why I'm alive...

The last words were filled with the person's confusion about themselves and the world.

From the very beginning, we ask ourselves, "What is the purpose of human life?" to the very end, we ask ourselves, "Why do people live at all?"

Finally, unable to bear the confusion and emptiness any longer, he chose to end his own life…

Alice frowned as she looked at the suicide note.

It's understandable that he felt hurt when he discovered that the meager sum he had earned by risking his life was nothing more than worthless paper to others...

When his various pleasures and extravagance came to an end...

What remains is a profound emptiness and a complete bewilderment about the meaning of life.

Therefore, since his mind was not mature enough, he could only choose death.

"Living too comfortably in good times is definitely not a good thing."

Alice tore the suicide note to shreds: "Try not to let anyone else know about this. This kind of behavior... can't get out!"

Many people feel empty inside after indulging in things they've never enjoyed before in a retaliatory way.

Now, everyone in the entire neighborhood under their team's control will gradually enter this state.

When they have more money than they can spend, they find that the money is useless.

When they have endless wealth and luxury, they find that it all is meaningless.

Then gradually, the heart will die.

If the heart is dead, a person will naturally not want to live.

Another interpretation of "born in hardship, die in comfort" is this:

How many people currently live in the community?

Alice then asked.

"981!" the teammate replied.

Indeed, many people have joined their harmonious family one after another during this period.

We are now very close to our goal.

"It's almost there."

Alice took a deep breath: "We can't let the rest of us die."

If you're hiring people while people are dying, wouldn't all your efforts be in vain?

Therefore, news of someone committing suicide must never be spread.

We must stabilize the situation now; just a few days, or even a day, will suffice!

"clear!"

The teammate nodded, then quickly turned around to do it.

Dispose of the body and suppress the news.

The neighborhood isn't very big, so we have to be very careful about this kind of thing.

Otherwise, once the news gets out, everyone will know about it in no time.

……

Inside the steel-walled, black-walled base.

Li Ming and his team are currently organizing all the chess pieces they have acquired over the past two weeks.

Now, they have a cannon, four soldiers, a clerk, a minister, and a chariot.

There are eight people, and each of them has a chess piece.

Now, they've found another horse!

"How useful can this thing be?"

Li Ming stroked his chin: "Summoning a horse? A Ferghana horse? An armored warhorse? Those don't seem very useful, do they?"

How useful is a horse in modern times?

He was shot dead!

The Xianghe Shi and the like can still have some use.

For example, you could summon a brilliant prime minister from ancient times, and then strategists, assassins, and even scholars could be considered as advisors.

It's a horse, but it doesn't seem to be of much use!

As for mounts, they already have vehicles.

"There is still potential for improvement among chess players."

Ling Wu smiled and then said to Li Ming, "Here, try it and see what effect it has."

Li Ming nodded, and then proceeded with the blood oath ceremony.

As the chess piece merged into his body, his eyes lit up slightly: "Holy crap, it can do that?"

"How is it?"

Li Qingxue and the others looked at him with curiosity.

"They can be used together!"

Li Ming quickly said, "For example, if I have a cannon inside me right now, and also a horse, I can use the ultimate move... a 'cannon after the horse has bolted'!"

"Hindsight...what does that mean?"

Jiang Luo didn't quite understand, since she didn't even really know the rules of chess.

"On the chessboard, a checkmate by the knight and cannon means leaving the opponent's general with no way to move."

Li Ming continued, "And the only hindsight strategy I can use now is... to lock onto the enemy!"

Yes, he could feel it after the two chess pieces merged within his body.

The cannons I use in the future can directly lock onto the enemy.

In other words, no matter what kind of cannon it is, adding a horse will make the cannonball turn.

Lock onto the enemy.

"There are many types of checkmates in chess; with enough pieces, you can launch all sorts of checkmates!"

Ling Wu said slowly.

Now we can certainly guess the potential abilities of the pieces.

A coordinated attack is the decisive blow; what's the point of iron bolts, double wagons, or heavy artillery...?

"That's interesting. What would those decisive moves on the chessboard look like in real life?"

Li Ming and the others were all very interested at this moment.

The chessboard is the chessboard, and reality is reality.

What would things on a chessboard look like if they were materialized in reality?

I'm really looking forward to it!

"Time is almost up. Next... we should be able to quickly search for pieces."

Ling Wu then stood up.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked completely bewildered.

What does that mean?

Whether they can find the chess piece depends on luck, since there are only so many of them.

How can I find it quickly?

Ling Wu didn't explain further; they would find out soon enough.

Because... Alice's situation is almost settled!