hotmtlnovel 162-12 New wine in old bottles
162-12 New wine in old bottles
The three names are Sliced Dragon (the wall beneath the slices appears to have been covered), Alfedens, and Void Guidance - Frost's Wish.
Mo Bei pondered the names, then thought, "This Divine Dragon sounds powerful, Afeidens sounds weak, Aoshuangyi has style, but it's still not as good as that sliced Divine Dragon. So… maybe we can manipulate the slices? Never mind, just knowing it's powerful is enough." The passerby simply smiled after hearing Mo Bei's astonishing reasoning, but the Divine Dragon was indeed powerful, much to his liking.
Mo Bei arrived at the last room. There was only one table in the room, and on the table was something that looked like a chessboard.
Mo Bei leaned closer to the chessboard and saw that it was 21x21 in size. Just as he was looking at it, the passerby turned and sat down in the chair opposite him, saying, "This is the final level of the Lucky Stage. Whether you possess 'luck' depends entirely on this stage." (Mo Bei saw the passerby sitting down and started looking for a chair. The passerby saw this and raised his hand, and a chessboard appeared behind Mo Bei. However, Mo Bei found it magical and kept looking back and forth at the chair that had appeared out of thin air. The passerby gestured for him to sit down and listen carefully, but Mo Bei stared at the surface of the chair, squeezed it, and found it quite hard, so he didn't see it. The passerby could only lift him up and place him on the chair. Startled, Mo Bei obediently put his hands on his lap and listened.) This is the Dream Chess Emperor. Let me reintroduce the rules…" The passerby raised his hand, and a barrier-like object appeared in front of Mo Bei.
Both sides decided to go first
At the start of a player's turn, they can roll shards, randomly selecting one to five. When a player accumulates exactly five shards, a piece is formed. Once four pieces are formed, the player's turn begins. Afterward, the points gained from shards can be freely allocated for actions.
You cannot retreat during the attack; you can only retreat once after attacking.
Chess pieces can be stacked together, and their health and attack are both added together.
Winning: 1. Capture all of the opponent's pieces.
2. Arrive at the opponent's home base, which is where the game begins.
The passerby waited quietly for Mo Bei to process this. After a while, he nodded and said, "Um, bring it on, I'm not afraid of you. Hmm, this sounds pretty simple." Then he muttered to himself, "You can't win a fight, but you definitely can't beat me in a brain battle."
What followed was a true clash of men! The guest merely raised his hand, and a giant hand appeared in the air; Mo Bei, meanwhile, rolled up his sleeves, poised to strike, his gaze resolute.
"3...2...1!" Mo Bei threw a punch forward! Then he couldn't move anymore? It turned out the passerby had frozen time, then slowly walked up to the fist, adjusted the giant hand into a paper shape, and then went back to sit down in the chair. Honestly, if even rock-paper-scissors requires tricks, the game would be a complete mess.
Time flowed on, and Mo Bei, seeing that he had lost, stared in disbelief at his right hand. The passerby, however, paid no heed, casually tossing the chess piece aside. After it rolled, the number five appeared on it, and a chess piece landed directly above it.
Mo Bei's eyes widened upon seeing this, then he gripped the slide in his hand, shook it, and confidently tossed it. "Let's see the result!" he exclaimed. The numbers on the slide kept rolling, and Mo Bei pressed his finger against it, blowing on it and shouting, "5! 5! 5!" But the slide landed on a 3, and the passerby sighed.
The passerby made his move again, this time throwing out a 4. Just as Mo Bei was about to make his move, the passerby stopped him abruptly: "Wait a minute (What's with this stinky passerby always pretending, spouting nonsense)." Mo Bei looked over and saw the number on the slip jump to 5, then his jaw dropped in astonishment: "This works? No, is this open?" The passerby ignored him.
It was Mo Bei's turn. Mo Bei said, "There's something wrong with your plate. Dare to switch with me?" The passerby replied, "Sure." The plate flew to Mo Bei's face, and Mo Bei reached out and took it. The number on it still showed 5, and a sentence floated over: "I didn't do anything, just pure luck."
Mo Bei rolled the dice, and the result showed a 2. His world seemed to collapse again: "Impossible! Could it really be my fault?!" However, Mo Bei finally had his first piece, which was a good start, while the player opposite him seemed to be having a lot of fun.
The passerby rolled a 3 again, and now he had 3 pieces.
Mo Bei felt immense pressure and threw the dice with all his might. Finally, the dice showed a 5. After looking closely, he jumped up with joy: "Finally, yay, I finally rolled a 5!" This also taught him a lesson: great force can produce miracles!
The passerby casually tossed out a 5, and the piece slowly landed, completing the four-piece set! At that moment, all of the passerby's pieces on the board shone brightly, displaying their names and basic information: one each for health and attack, and named: Alfedens Palace, Sacred Relic, Pale Garden, and Returning Star. The passerby watched these pieces with amusement, while Mo Bei, sitting opposite him, cast an envious glance. Long-time fans already knew what this represented.
Mo Bei threw the disc downwards with great force. The disc showed a score of 5 and a thin crack. Mo Bei jumped for joy: "I told you brute force works!" The next second, the crack on the disc tore it in two.
Upon seeing this, Mo Bei looked apologetically at the passerby, who replied, "It's alright, just reroll." Mo Bei then said, "Ah, reset? I was just about to ask if it could count as two fives." The passerby, seeing the word "reset" in the novel's text, was amused and exasperated. He hadn't even been asked to lose a piece, just rerolling was already a good thing, and yet it counted as two pieces? But he was having fun, so he figured it was fine.
With a wave of his hand, the passerby conjured two chess pieces on Mo Bei's chessboard. The pieces shimmered with light, displaying their names and basic information: one each for health and attack (a plausible but copied and pasted combination). Their names were: Dragon Hall Squad X Empty Sand Squad, Li Changge's Idiot Team, Star Prison X Destroyer, and Flame Prison.
To avoid padding the word count and for convenience, we'll call the Dragon Hall Squad X the Empty Se Squad "Dragon Empty" (Mini World lawyer's letter warning), the Starry Sky Prison X Destroyer "Destroy Prison" (now you get it, I thought they were going to destroy the prison, what a disappointment), and the Li Changge Two-Idiot Team "Li Two-Idiot".
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