Global Games: Old Chess Players

December 24, dusk, Atlantic Ocean.

On the A-level deck of the Titanic, the afterglow of dusk fell in, shining on this luxurious walkway, and a faint halo enveloped the cheeks of the boy and girl.

Anson and Asuka wandered around this deck for a while.

The Paris Café, the special suites, the gym, the leisure room, the Palm Tree Restaurant, every place exudes a sense of luxury, and the walls in most places are decorated with dark gold wallpapers.

Asuka Uesugi yawned and said impatiently, "It's free to explore, otherwise I'd better sleep."

"You can go to sleep, so that I can keep all the rewards I find." Anson Deer didn't care.

"Hard." Asuka narrowed her eyes.

Anson Deer shrugged, "There's nothing on deck A. I've also visited deck B, and there's nothing worth exploring."

"Just go down." Asuka said.

"Well, we have to go down, and there are still many decks to explore." Anson looked at his phone with great interest, "Don't you find it interesting? Haven't you seen the famous "Titanic"?

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Asuka raised her eyebrows and said, "It's far from it. I feel like the reality is not as beautiful as the movie set."

"But it's also fun."

"Are all otakus like you?"

"I'm just a movie fan. I'm going to enjoy my hardships. I'm going to enjoy my hardships!"

The two took the old-fashioned light elevator in the middle of the aisle and dropped down. The elegant gates opened to both sides and arrived at the D-deck of the Titanic.

Deck A, Deck B and Deck C, these upper decks are basically used by the rich. State cabins and first class cabins are all arranged on these decks.

The d deck (d deck), also known as the "saloon deck", is composed of several large cabins. From this level, you can see some public places shared by third class and second class cabins.

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Asuka Uesugi hugged her shoulders and yawned the whole time. She followed Ansendeer, relying on Ansendeer to lead the way to explore. In a lounge on the D deck, a shocking scene appeared.

"ah--!!!"

Asuka Uesugi screamed and hid behind the weak Ansonka.

"Fuck..." Ansenlu was also shocked, "W-what is this?"

In his dark brown eyes, two figures were playing a chess game in the lounge. They were dressed noble, but their exposed skin was hazy and transparent, like ghosts that could dissipate at any time.

"Oh, it's just a ghost." Asuka narrowed her eyes and regained her composure.

Anson Deer said disdainfully, "No, how could a dragon be afraid of ghosts? It's really a shame for dragons."

"The water in the Atlantic Ocean is very cold."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I will forget about this matter. No one was so frightened that I said "Ah--" just now, and no one hid behind me." Ansonlu said in a sinister manner.

He doesn't want to die in love with Xiong Haodong in the Atlantic Ocean. Please, the air in Hokkaido and Iceland is cold enough. Does he still want to try how biting the Atlantic water is in winter?

"Just forget about it, so these two people..." Asuka nodded with satisfaction and walked forward, "Ah——!!!"

Anson Deer narrowed his eyes, and the two ghosts suddenly turned their heads, revealing a face that was riddled with holes and rotten, even the eyeballs were about to be squeezed out, and the corners of the bony mouth curled up slightly.

Asuka Uesugi hid behind Ansenlu again, with tears in her eyes and a stubborn look on her face:

"I order you to stand in front of me."

"oh."

Anson Deer sighed softly and stepped forward nonchalantly.

He really began to feel that the guy behind him was a bit strong on the outside. He was obviously a dragon, but he would be frightened by such a thing. The ghost warriors in Hokkaido were much scarier than this thing, right?

Although Asuka is indeed very domineering, I have to describe Ansonka's feelings for Asuka Uesugi.

Her domineering level is, at best, like an arrogant penguin, walking arrogantly, swaying its head to your feet, and pecks the feet hard.

Completely, it doesn’t give people a sense of threat, okay?

"It's so disgusting..." Asuka Uesugi tilted her cheek and complained:

"Why does it look so disgusting? I'm starting to regret entering this dungeon, but it's actually not that scary. It just looks a bit disgusting."

"Hello." Anson Deer said to the ghost on the left.

"Okay." The ghost said.

Its eyeballs suddenly protruded from their sockets, fell to the ground, and rolled to Asuka's feet. Blood spurted out from the empty sockets.

"Um?"

Asuka lowered her head and glanced at the thing that touched the sole of her shoe.

The next second.

"Ah——!!!" It's the dragon roaring.

Ansenlu sighed with his forehead numb and said:

"I'm going... Why don't you, old man, go out quickly? This sudden surprise is much scarier than a ghost. I beg you, you will scare me into sickness even if I'm not sick."

"Xiong, Xiong Haodong..." Asuka raised her tearful eyes, bit her lip gently, with a stubborn expression unwilling to be outdone, "Waiting for you."

"Brother Dong has already swam back to Shangshi City, and there is no one to accompany me to swim across the Atlantic Ocean."

"Then you, swim back too!"

"When I swim back, no one will be standing in front of you."

"...."

"Do you really want me to swim?" Ansonlu tilted his head.

"Well, it's my fault..." Uesugi Asuka hugged her shoulders, she raised her pretty face, and gently tapped her arm with her trembling fingers, "Go on."

"okay."

Anson Deer turned his head and said to the 'eyeballless ghost':

"Excuse me, what are you doing?"

"We are playing chess, war chess, do you want to come and play?"

A ghost without eyeballs, grinning horribly.

[Triggering Event—Ice Sea Chess Game]

[Event goal—defeat the eyeless ghost once in a chess game]

[Incident resolution time limit: 12 hours]

"12 hours..." Asuka said, "In other words, is it so difficult?"

Since the system has given a 12-hour time limit, it means that this event is definitely not simple.

"Let's play, I'm the best at chess." Anson Deer casually pushed the other ghost away from the seat and sat opposite the eyeballless ghost, "How do you play, chess, it seems quite interesting."

The ghost pushed away by the Anson deer fell to the ground and shattered like a glass skeleton.

Its head rolled to Asuka's feet.

Damn it, it seems like this little dragon girl is being persecuted again...

Ansonlu raised his eyebrows. He understood this time and covered his ears in advance.

However, the familiar scream did not come out.

Asuka Uesugi covered her mouth, her face flushed, like a stubborn penguin, her stern eyes filled with tears, staring at Anson Deer, as if to say——

'What are you looking at? I wasn't scared this time.'

'That's good, come on.'

Anson Lu returned an encouraging look, he withdrew his gaze and looked at the chessboard with his brown eyes.

There are chess pieces of excellent shape and half the size of a palm parked on it.

From the appearance, you can roughly distinguish the types of these chess pieces - red dragon, crow, knight, warrior, archer, swordsman, king, leader, etc.

"How long do you have to wait?" Asuka couldn't stay any longer, but she was afraid that Anson would be slapped to death by this ghost.

"Ten minutes..."

Anson put his hand on his chin and looked at a 'chess game rule list' handed over by the eyeless ghost.

Asuka Uesugi tilted her head, "Just ten minutes?"

"Three minutes to start..." Anson Deer scanned the chess rules and said nonchalantly, "Seven minutes to solve."

........

........

About nine minutes later.

Anson Deer moved the chess pieces symbolizing the 'king', 'crow', 'red dragon' and 'swordsman' forward one square at the same time, and said in a calm voice:

"General."

He put his hand on his chin as he spoke. He glanced at the rule sheet and cursed:

"Well, I should have won, right? Let me go, what a stupid chess game, there is no logic at all, damn, the combat power of an ice dragon is equivalent to seven or eight of my chess pieces, no wonder it has not been passed down to future generations."

At this time, the 'Ice Dragon' chess piece on the side of the eyeless ghost was suddenly torn apart by an invisible force and completely shattered.

On the chessboard, only Anson Deer's five chess pieces remained.

[The winner of the chess game is - Anson Deer]

The eyeless ghost stared blankly at the chessboard, covering its cheeks with only its skeletal hands. It howled in disbelief and muttered ugly English:

"Impossible, this is impossible, what kind of talent is this? You can put together this combination in just one game?!"

"This can't be-!!!"

The next moment, its body disintegrated into ashes and disappeared.

Asuka Uesugi looked at Anson Deer in confusion. Although she had been watching with concentration, she still hadn't figured out the rules until the end of the chess game.

On the other hand, Anson Deer only took 30 seconds to master the rules.

Rather, he seems to be studying on the side and not paying much attention at all...

"Won?" Asuka asked.

"Won."

Ansonlu took a deep breath and continued to complain about the rules:

"Here I go, it really pisses me off. The more I think about it, the more stupid I become. You know, there is a chess piece there that I don't have. It's called the 'Ice Dragon'. One chess piece is equal to the combat power of 10 chess pieces. It's completely unfair."

!!”

"It's a bit unfair. I think you were eaten three or four pieces in a row." Asuka Uesugi said lightly.

Ansonlu slapped the rule book on the table and said unhappily, "Only one combination can win, and you have to sacrifice the other two chess pieces to complete this combination. It's just baffling, isn't it?"

"You haven't won yet." Uesugi Asuka pouted, "Is this the old chess player?"

"My friend only lost chess to the old man in the community because he was so angry that he almost picked up a broom and beat me." Ansonlu shrugged and recounted his glorious history again.

[Completed special event - Ice Sea Chess Game]

[Having received a special event reward—a special chess type unique to the ‘Old Chess Players Sequence’, an extraordinary chess board, and 500 experience points.]

"Chessboard, is this reasonable?" Ansonlu was stunned and nodded, "Well, this is very reasonable."