This Text Adventure Game is Totally Poisonous

In the Tower of Order, the Order Balance blatantly helped Mu You cheat.

After confirming this fact, Mu You couldn't help but glance at the chaotic clone opposite.

However, the other party was indifferent and had no objection to the result. He even raised his head and cast an urging look at Mu You: Bai Zi, go first, it's your turn.

Mu You feels that this matter is not that simple.

It is impossible for the other party not to know that the Balance of Order belongs to his side. Despite this, the other party still offered to let the Balance of Order be the referee...

Mu You subconsciously checked the deviation value and suddenly understood.

At this moment, his deviation value is 5%, but before he came in, his deviation had been maintained at 0...

Mu You took a breath and finally understood that the reason why the other party was so nonchalant was because he was not afraid of him cheating at all.

Because every favoritism of the balance of order will increase his deviation value, and their next chessboard duel will actually compete with the deviation value: subduing the opponent's chess pieces can reduce the deviation, and if one's own chess pieces are swallowed up by the opponent, the deviation will increase.

Once the deviation value exceeds the limit, he loses.

Therefore, the chaos clone is not afraid of cheating on the scale at all, because every time it cheats, the deviation value will be returned.

Mu You breathed out and gave up his fantasy.

This is the Tower of Order, and it's his home court, but if you want to defeat the chaotic clone on the opposite side, you can't rely on these side tactics, but you have to win upright in a duel based on the rules.

However, in terms of rules, will I be the opponent's opponent?

Although he is a walker of the God of Order, he has only been a believer for only half a year.

Even if the other party is just a clone, he has been imprisoned in this tower for hundreds of thousands of years. Whether it is the thickness of the deviation value or the understanding of the law, he does not seem to have the conditions to surpass the other party...

During a pause in Mu You's contemplation, a countdown appeared on the side of the stone table: 30, 29, 28...

This is the time left for both sides to make moves. After the duel begins, each step of the two people needs to be completed within 30 seconds.

This is also a necessary rule, otherwise this game of chess will continue endlessly.

After struggling for a while, seeing the countdown reaching single digits in the blink of an eye, Mu You came back to his senses and felt his worries ease a little.

It is true that he became the Successor of Order only for a short period of time, but in order to compete with Caesar for the position of Successor of Order in the Mysterious Land of Lanterns, he also spent a full thousand years of stasis in the special training of the Pen of Order. Just now I have mastered the laws of order.

One thousand years of comprehension may not be worth mentioning compared to the time the opponent was locked in this tower, but things like law comprehension are often not directly proportional to the time spent.

Just like a budding sprinter, it only takes a short period of training to improve the time from 15 seconds to less than 11 seconds.

However, to increase from 11 seconds to less than 10 seconds, the time and energy required may easily reach hundreds of times.

From now on, for performance within 10 seconds, the effort required for every 0.1 second improvement cannot be quantified in time. Even once it reaches a certain limit, it is likely that it will not be improved for the rest of its life.

This is also true for understanding the laws. The higher you go, the more exaggerated the marginal effects will be. Even if the opponent has lived hundreds of thousands of years longer than him, his understanding of the laws may not be much higher than him.

Moreover, in this seemingly fair duel, Mu You actually has an invisible advantage, which is the time pocket watch.

The opponent only has thirty seconds to think about each move, which is equivalent to playing 'fast chess', but with the pocket watch, every move he makes can be made after careful consideration.

This extra thinking time should be able to smooth the gap between the two parties in understanding the rules.

Thinking of this, Mu You's worries disappeared. He took out the chess pieces from the stone bowl and placed them at one of the points on the border between order and chaos before the countdown ended.

The next second, the chess piece automatically dissipated, and from the perspective of order, several chaos runes at that position were quietly repaired into order runes.

As the chessboard changed, Mu You suddenly felt the scales beneath him begin to move.

The stone chair he was sitting on tilted upward slightly, while the chaotic clone opposite him landed at the same distance.

The entire balance has tilted slightly.

At the same time, the deviation value in Mu You's body also dropped a bit, reaching 2%.

Mu You's round ended, the countdown returned to thirty seconds, and it was the Chaos clone's turn.

The chaos clone counterattacked without any hesitation, assimilating the order runes at another point on the boundary line into chaos. The whole process took less than a second.

The scale moved again and finally remained in a horizontal position. Muyou's deviation value also increased, returning to 5%.

In just a few seconds, the two completed their first confrontation. The result could only be said to be a 50-50 draw, with no one taking advantage, and everything returned to the starting point.

Mu You was not surprised. The first few moves were all tests. The two sides had not yet formally interacted in the chess game. There was no room for the advantages and characteristics of the two sides to be used. A draw was inevitable.

However, as the battle unfolds, the two sides will soon engage in head-on combat, and the gap will gradually become apparent.

Next, the two sides come and go, round after round, staggered.

On the chessboard, the situation that had remained relatively calm gradually began to turmoil.

The balance of order was like a rocking car at the moment, swinging up and down with increasing amplitude as the two men engaged in battle.

After more than ten consecutive rounds, Mu You gradually found the feeling and regained his confidence.

Therefore, he has discovered that the other party is not as scary as he imagined. In terms of understanding of the laws of chaos, he seems to be about the same level as him, and is not significantly better than him.

On the contrary, as the battle situation fell into a tense situation, Mu You's pocket watch retroactive advantage gradually came into play.

The other party may be slightly stronger than him in understanding the rules, but with the sufficient thinking time provided by backtracking, Mu You can ensure that every step is perfect. This is enough to make up for the gap between the two parties, and even make a slight surplus.

In addition, the advantage he gained from Order Balance's cheating at the beginning was gradually coming into play at this moment.

In Go, there is a saying that "it is better to lose several pieces than to let one go first". This is because taking the initiative means attacking and taking the initiative.

Every time a piece is placed, the opponent will be forced to act at his own pace. This is called "taking the initiative." Unless the other side has the level of crushing, it will have a chance to take the initiative back.

But now, the level of the two is almost the same, so it is impossible for the first player to change hands easily, so from the beginning to now, the initiative has been firmly held by Mu You.

The chess game came to its fiftieth round in the blink of an eye.

After a series of trials and adaptations, Mu You gradually let go and began to gradually try some bold attacks.

Facts have proved that his feeling was right. After a large-scale attack, the opponent had limited thinking time, which led to several big mistakes in a row.

Mu You took the opportunity to expand his victory and chased and intercepted the Chaos Rune that was alone.

One hundred rounds...

Two hundred rounds...

Three hundred rounds...

…

As time goes by, more and more areas belong to order on the board, and Mu You's mentality becomes more and more relaxed. He only feels that his understanding of order has improved to a higher level, and his moves are more decisive and accurate.

Under constant siege and interception, a day passed quickly.

At this time, Muyou already occupied 90% of the blocks on the board, while the opponent was killed and only a few scattered chaotic areas were left, almost completely defeated.

…

At the same time, in the pet store.

A group of people gathered around the room, looking at Mu You who was lying motionless on the bed.

"The situation is good!" The Deng God felt the changes in the deviation value in Mu You's body and was a little surprised.

"What's wrong?" the watchman asked quickly, and everyone else also pricked up their ears.

"Chaos is not easy to deal with. I thought Mu You would definitely go through a fierce battle. Even if he wins in the end, the deviation value will definitely fluctuate violently. Unexpectedly, since the war started, his deviation value has always been maintained at a very low level. The level... This shows that Mu You has probably suppressed the opponent!" The Deng Shen laughed.

"Oh? The real body is so powerful!" The caller was surprised. Others were also surprised when they heard this.

It seems that it has been stabilized?

At this time, Vivian in the form of a crow quietly flew to Lin Xue's shoulder and looked at Mu You's right hand.

Ever since Mu You fell asleep, he had been holding the time pocket watch in his hand and never put it down.

Others did not find that the pocket watch had been used, because even if Mu You pressed the watch, others would not be able to observe Mu You pressing the watch after the time went back.

But Vivian has been following Mu You back in time throughout the whole process, so she is the only one in the audience who knows best. Mu You has been intermittently going back in time according to the watch since he fell asleep yesterday, and the further back he goes, the higher the frequency of backtracking.

Of course, she couldn't tell what this meant specifically, but she knew that the situation Mu You was facing was definitely not as easy as the Deng God said.

"Ouch, it's zero!"

At this time, the Djinn God observed that the deviation value in Mu You's body suddenly returned to its original point, and he was immediately happy: "It seems that he has completely suppressed the chaotic clone, and did not even give the opponent a chance to counterattack... Not bad, this one should be No problem...uh..."

The djinn was halfway through boasting when his expression suddenly froze.

Because at this time, the deviation value in Mu You's body suddenly jumped up, from 0 to 20%!

20% is actually still a figure that represents an advantage. However, this is the first time since the war began that Muyou has experienced such a big fluctuation.

Moreover, after that, the 20% did not drop for a long time, but began to slowly increase...

"Did something happen?" The djinn suddenly became worried.

…

Tower of Order.

Mu You looked at the chessboard in front of him, which was almost completely occupied by runes of order. He knew in his heart that he had forced his opponent into a desperate situation.

The chaotic clone on the opposite side occasionally exchanged a few words with him at first, but later became completely silent. Some rounds even timed out and skipped, as if he had been killed and lay down in despair.

The other party said before starting that he had been locked up in this tower until he had a mental breakdown. Regardless of winning or losing, he could accept both results. At this time, he was sure that he would lose, so it was understandable to give up early.

Seeing that victory was in hand, Mu You didn't waste any more time, and decisively prepared to continue chasing for a few more moves to eliminate the last three chaos runes on the board, and everything was considered done.

"So……"

Mu You picked up the white piece and brought it to the chessboard, just as he was about to place the piece.

Looking at the disk in front of him, he was suddenly stunned.

The chess pieces on the fingertips were wandering around on the board, but they could never find a suitable position to fall.

"..."

Mu You was a little frightened. The countdown next to him was still ticking. He hurriedly went back in time and tried all possible operations.

However, no matter how he moved, he could not trap these three sunspots.

Can't make a move?

This was something Mu You never expected.

It's obviously coming to an end, and we obviously have such a huge advantage, but we can't finish it?

Mu You continued to look back and observe the chess game, but sweat gradually began to form on his forehead.

He finally understood why he couldn't checkmate the opponent's last piece.

The way he came here to kill the chaotic runes was to use the characteristics of the Law of Order to continuously set up rules one by one to break the opponent's chaotic areas into pieces and then defeat them one by one.

However, the problem lies here: the rules he set, while restricting the other party, also restricted him step by step within countless rules and regulations.

In short, it wasn't the opponent who made some clever move that prevented him from making a move.

It was him who locked up his own mobility...

"Hehehe..."

Until this moment, the chaotic clone who had been silent on the other side suddenly let out a string of laughter, with a hint of contempt and teasing in it.

"Did you see that?"

"This is the gap between order and chaos, and it is also the reason why the God of Order lost to me in both head-to-head confrontations!"

"Order can never truly defeat chaos!"

Accompanied by these words from the shadow man.

Mu You's countdown reached zero, and he skipped a round for the first time since the match.

Immediately afterwards, the shadow man dropped the next sunspot on the board.

The situation on the chessboard instantly flipped.

There were only four lone black stones, but they seemed to be surrounded by hundreds of white stones.

The deviation value in Mu You's body suddenly increased by 20%!

"..."

Mu You had no time to pay attention to the chessboard, but looked at the opponent suspiciously: The God of Order has never won in the competition with the God of Chaos?

Although the Djinn God has mentioned it many times, chaos is the divine power corresponding to order. One is good and the other is evil, and the two have the same status.

But Mu You has always believed that chaos and order really depend on seniority, and the authority of order should be able to overpower chaos. After all, evil cannot defeat good.

But the result...

At this time, Mu You finally understood why the other party was so similar to him in understanding the rules before.

It's not because their level of understanding the laws is really evenly matched, but because the other party has been deliberately holding back. Perhaps the purpose is to guide him and let him see the dead end that leads to the end under the guidance of order, so that he can stop it. Psychological breakdown.

"What, you don't believe it?"

The shadow man seemed to know what Mu You was suspecting, and sneered: "I don't have to lie to you. This is a fact that has been verified many times in the head-on battle between the gods of order and chaos: the authority of chaos is higher than order!"

"Because the ultimate form of order is deathly silence!"

"A world that takes rules to the extreme must be a dead world. Everything in the world will be bound by the rules and regulations of order and become lifeless."

"In fact, the real world is always in the state of entropy!"

"Order is destined to be just a temporary accident. Chaos is the eternal normal state of this world!"

With a few sneers from the chaotic clones, the chaotic forces on the chessboard began a desperate counterattack. (End of chapter)