Global Games: Old Chess Players

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

[You have been promoted to the ‘Second Level Old Time Player’. The attribute bonus of the second level Old Time Player is: Spirit +4. Your current total mental attribute is 40 points. 】

[Congratulations on becoming the first special sequence player in the world to be promoted to the second level! 】

"That's true..." Ansenlu said, "After all, at this point, no one else can reach level 15 except me."

He opened his personal panel and looked at the sequence skill changes of the second-level ancient chess players.

[Level 2 old chess players will obtain a brand new sequence skill. 】

[Sequence Skill Four, Chess Soul: Select a chess piece to make it immune to upcoming damage and control for the next 3 seconds, and increase the main attributes of the chess piece by 4 points (the value is affected by the spirit of the old chess players)

Attribute influence).】

[Cooling time: 1 hour]

Ansenlu raised his eyebrows, "My current energy level is 40 points. Did I only add 4 points to the chess pieces? Divide the whole number by 10. It's a bit less."

Fortunately, in addition to the useless attribute bonus, the "chess soul" can also make the chess pieces immune to damage and control.

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

"King Protector" allows the damage and control he receives to be transferred to the chess pieces, and "Chess Soul" makes the chess pieces immune to damage and control. The only way to describe the cooperation between the two is "flawless".

[The sequence skill of the second-level ancient chess player - King Protector, can be used multiple times (it can be used up to twice within ten minutes, and the interval between each time must be more than 10 seconds) (after using it twice, it will enter the cooling time, the cooling time

for 30 minutes)]

"Twice?" Ansonlu rubbed his eyes, "Really or not, then I will really not be afraid of assassins in the future."

He read it several times before confirming that he had read it correctly - yes, the Guardian can now be used twice within ten minutes. Although there is a 10-second interval requirement, it does not matter at all.

Now, the weakest 'survivability' of the old chess players has three guarantees: 1. The pocket storage of the extradimensional kangaroo, 2. The first use of the "King Protector", 3. The second use of the "King Protector".

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

[1. The right to purchase some exclusive products for ‘Old Chess Players’ in the store has been unlocked. 】

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

[3. After being promoted to the second level old chess player, if the chess pieces are 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 tiles allowed.

If it is 8 squares, then after the Anson deer has laid out a complete stone chess set and laid out the field once, the remaining 2 squares will only be enough to place the floating fish in the tank and the jellyfish in the tank.

But if it's 10 squares, Anson Deer uses a full set of stone statues to pave the field, and after releasing the duo in the tank, there are still two full squares left - at this time, he can let the extra-dimensional kangaroo and the Ice Ocean Lighthouse protect the two in the tank.

Group security.

This is a qualitative change in fault tolerance.

The third change is also very important. Originally, the cost of the death of a chess piece and the forced withdrawal of the chess piece were the same - it would take 30 minutes for the piece to be used again.

But now, the cost of forcibly recovering the chess piece has become that it can only be used again after 10 minutes, which is completely different from the cost of death, and this instruction has the meaning of existence.

In the future, as the chess library expands, there will only be more and more occasions when it is necessary to take back chess pieces and change tactics.

Ansonlu turned off the panel and whispered softly:

"Well, the promotion sequence is completed. Now I have to wait for my meeting with Lorenzo tomorrow. I have to discuss Yuliu's matter with him and see how the law enforcement team will arrange it. Otherwise, this hidden danger will only get worse in the future.

The bigger.”

After all, Yuriu is also the third best player in the world.

If he really went berserk, the harm he would cause would be much greater than David Kench's - his [Devouring Hand] sequence sounds much more powerful than [Infernal Ape].

Anson Deer was lying on the bed, staring at the yellowed ceiling, sorting out his next plan.

Suddenly, the face of the Icelandic girl flashed before his eyes.

After Yuri came to Shangshi, he basically didn't talk to her. The two of them did their own things. Since they agreed to accompany her to go skiing, they must not break the agreement.

After all, no matter how miserable it is to stay in Iceland, at least you can ski...

But Shangshi is in the east of China. There is no snow here. There is no trace of snow all year round.

Anson looked at the clock and saw that it was now 9 o'clock in the evening.

He turned on his mobile phone and searched the Sapporo International Ski Resort in Hokkaido to see if "night skiing" was possible there. The answer from Baidu was - yes.

It just so happens that the ski resort in Sapporo allows night skiing, so now I can go with her...

Moreover, you can directly use the travel voucher mechanism to come back tomorrow morning without delaying your meeting with Lorenzo.

Ansenlu got up from the bed, took a shower in the dormitory, put on a set of light blue winter clothes, opened the dormitory door, walked to Yuri's single 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 and tied behind her head.

Her clear eyes stared at the Anson deer's cheek without any evasion. Such an unambiguous direct gaze was not aggressive, like an arctic penguin curiously observing humans.

Anson deer waved his right hand wearing a plush glove, "Let's go night skiing in Hokkaido. It just so happens that you don't like crowded environments, and I don't like it either, so this is perfect."

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

The girl untied her hair card, and her snow-white hair fell down, hanging on the back of her fair neck.

"I have three, is that enough?" Anson Deer called up the luggage panel and turned to her.

"Um."

"Here, here's one for you."

Anson Deer initiated a transaction request and carelessly dragged a travel voucher towards the panel.

Yuri stretched out his slender fingers, clicked to agree to the transaction, and received a travel voucher.

She returned to her dormitory and picked up her skis. She didn't bring any other equipment because she didn't need it.

"I'll go there first, don't leave me alone at the ski resort." Anson Deer yawned, "Use the travel voucher for Hokkaido, Sapporo City, and Sapporo International Ski Resort."

“Use travel voucher, Sapporo International Ski Resort.”

The girl's voice fell, and her figure disappeared from the spot.

Ten minutes later, Sapporo International Ski Resort.

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

"I just asked the administrator for a set of ski equipment. Is it powerful?"

Anson stood in the shape of a deer, showing off the ski equipment on his body.

"Replaced for what?"

Yuri put his hand on his chin and examined his equipment motionlessly.

"15 Evolution Coins, that person is a player, so he gave it to me without thinking." Ansonlu shrugged, "Well. One Evolution Coin can be exchanged for at least 200,000 yen now."

"I was deceived. This set is up to 20,000 yen."

"It doesn't matter, we don't need such a little money."

"So stupid..."

"Yes, yes, let's ski." Ansonlu picked up his skis and made footprints on the snow. "This is my first time skiing. I am poor and have never left that small county."

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

"I'm just waiting for you to teach me, but if you can't skate me, don't hit me with an ice pick!"

"I would rather... build an ice wall in front of you."

"Forget it, I surrender."

On the deserted snow path, the snow-white forest leaves swayed in the wind like a sea tide, and the dim light fell down the slope, illuminating the boy's slightly clumsy figure slantingly.

In five minutes, the Anson deer fell at least 10 times.

Yuri was skiing next to him, telling him the secret of skiing in a cold voice.

She seemed to be very interested, always looking at him with the eyes of an Arctic penguin, unabashedly observing him - as if she wanted to remember this man's rare clumsiness in her mind.

Use it to laugh at later, or to recall later.

However, she doesn't have that much future left, so every minute and every second is very precious.

"No, I'm not really good at skiing."

Anson Deer abandoned his skis and fell flat on the snow. The cold snow caressed his cheeks and slipped into his back through the gaps in his coat, freezing him to the core.

Yuri put down his skis and gently sat down next to Anson Deer.

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

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

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

Anson Deer's breathing was almost buried in the snow, "I have to thank you. I slipped like this and you couldn'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.

Anson Deer averted his eyes, 39 seconds dropped to 38 seconds, and then dropped to 37 seconds.

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

"What's this?"

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

She didn't continue. Anyway, with Ansonlu's ability, he would probably understand.

Ansonlu suddenly felt that the winter in Hokkaido was so cold that it could bury people here. The administrator turned off the LED lights one by one, and the entire snow path fell into sudden darkness.

"Are you afraid of 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 a little red from the wind.

"Four months..." Anson Deer climbed up from the snow and shook the snow off his body, "Well, just before the World Boss arrives, at least you don't have to worry about the destruction of the world."

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

"He is really immoral, but I told others behind my back that he is just that, saying that he is an out-and-out master, and you have to stay away from him, otherwise he will fool you into getting sick." Ansonlu said nonchalantly.

explain.

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

"What point are you referring to?"

"I'm nice on the outside, but very cold on the inside. I feel like no one is important."

Ansenlu was silent for a long time, buried his hands in the snow, and asked softly:

"what you think?"

"Maybe you are this kind of person."

"Then are you disappointed? My behavior towards you is just to make the character I pretend to be logical and self-consistent."

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

"That'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.

Anson Deer shrugged his shoulders and said mockingly: "That's good. I feel relaxed when I get along with you, but it's different with others. I have to try to keep a distance from them."

"To put it this way, this is the first time for me..." Yuri tilted his head, "Because of the lack of emotion, people get closer to me."

"I like to be with people who are emotionless, because I am such a person myself."

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

"You don't need to understand me." Anson Lu exhaled a white breath, "I'm really bored. Ever since my parents died, I haven't been interested in anything. I just feel so bored.

Well, it's just plain boring.

When people approach me, I just pretend to be fooled like a fool. I feel relieved when they are happy.

What everyone thinks a savior should be like, then I can also be like that, what a leader should be like, calm, calm, tolerant, occasionally adjusting the atmosphere, and caring about everyone's emotions.

In fact, I feel in my heart that these are all boring. I don’t even know what the meaning of living is. It’s just that... if I die, the world may really collapse.

So, even though I’m very tired, I still have to put on a decent show and shamelessly lead everyone to save the world. Doesn’t it sound quite self-righteous?”

"I can't understand why you would say this to me without any defense." Yuri said softly.

"Well..." Ansonlu scratched his hair, "Well, because you have no emotions, I won't hurt you, so I can say it clearly... I am a fucking rotten person, don't get close to 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."

Ansenlu was stunned, "What kind of statement is this?"

"If I change, you will close yourself off to me, just like you do to everyone else," she said.

Sudden silence enveloped the two of them.

The snow in Hokkaido is falling endlessly, and the woods are rustling like a white ocean. The footprints left by the two people on the snow path are getting fainter and fainter, as if they have never existed.

"I killed a person. This is the first time I have killed anyone since I was born." Ansonlu suddenly said, "I also learned about this person's past from various angles.

He is a soldier who was abandoned by his country, lost his identity, couldn't find a job, and has been homeless. But even so, he remained kind for several years.

He would protect the boy who wandered with him and find food for him, but it didn't matter if he was hungry. Even though he was about to go crazy from the pain, he still smiled and treated the world tenderly."

"Do you feel guilty about him?" Yuri turned his eyes.

"No..." Ansonlu said calmly, "I don't feel any emotion. It's as if I wasn't the one who killed him. I don't even feel guilty at all. I just think I should do that."

"should?"

"A lot of the time, I simply rely on intuition to do things. For example, outside I play the role of a person who 'usually does nothing but stand up at critical moments and has a strong sense of justice and responsibility.'

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

"intuition…"

"Well, I've been like this since I was a child. My intuition is very powerful and I almost never make a mistake. It can help me fool a lot of things."

Ansonlu paused and whispered:

"I feel like a robot, acting according to a set program. Crow also said this about me. He said that I simply act according to the set 'values' but don't care about anything in my heart."

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

"Well, I don't care." Ansonlu lowered his dark brown eyes, "Just like I don't care about the person I killed, what will happen to whoever, I really don't care, everyone will die anyway.

Sooner or later, what's 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 will hurt you, then maybe I don't want to get close to you."

Ansonlu was stunned for a moment and said sarcastically:

"You are obviously an emotionless person, but you are still afraid of others being hurt and dare not approach because of this matter. Are you too arrogant?"

"When my kitten dies, I will feel a little... blank." Yuri whispered: "I think this kind of blankness is 'sadness' to others, and I don't want to be anyone's blank space."

"blank……"

Ansonlu raised his head and looked at the 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 will not bring a burden to me. You can approach me with peace of mind..." Ansonlu said mockingly:

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

"Well, that's right." The Icelandic girl did not deny it.

"I said, we are really a strange pair. We are weird brothers and sisters."

"Brothers and sisters... why can't they be siblings?"

"Because I'm the eldest brother."

"…oh."

"Please, don't accept these inexplicable things. I was just joking." Anson Deer fell on the snow and said helplessly: "Both of us are really twisted freaks."

"have no choice."

"What?"

"I'm observing and studying the emotions that normal people would show. Your emotion at this moment should be called..." Yuri closed the notebook and said calmly: "Helpless."

"Yes, I feel helpless to myself, and I also feel helpless to you."

"What about others?"

"numbness."

"Helpless, isn't it better than numbness?"

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

"Thanks."

"...You're welcome." Ansenlu responded helplessly.

Silence and coldness enveloped their ears. Yuri's eyes kept staring at the beating countdown. The numbers passed by minute by second, like snow passing by on the horizon.

"Do you feel lonely when you think about death?" Anson Lu suddenly asked.

"Won't."

"……oh."

"But trying to understand someone's feeling makes me a little lonely," Yuri put his hand on his chin. "I realized... that I still can't really get close to that person after all."

Anson Deer retorted, "Please don't attribute the problem to me. Even if I'm not here, you are still a hopelessly lonely person."

"Before, I never felt lonely."

"So, my presence makes you feel lonely?"

"……Um."

"What a weird logic."

"..."

"..."

“…”

"If time could stop..." Yuri fell into the snow and closed his clear eyes, "That would be great."

The countdown representing death was beating in the snow. The cold snow failed to stop the passage of time, but the white world seemed like a pair of big hands that were about to bury the young girl sleeping in the snow.

"There is no such thing as a good thing in the world..."

Ansonlu closed his tired eyelids, and everything fell into deep darkness.

"Good night." he said.

Their heads were next to each other, sleeping so close to each other, yet so far away as if they were separated by a galaxy.

"Good night." she said.

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