The shadows of the whirling trees swayed in the wind, and beside the black and white stone chessboard, a figure stood motionless like a stone sculpture.
Those gray eyes reflected the position of each chess piece, and there was a faint light flickering in the depths of the eyes. Sometimes they were confused, sometimes they were clear, and they didn't know what they were thinking about.
"What did you see?"
A voice came from behind him. Lin Qiye, who was wearing a white coat, put his hands in his pockets and walked slowly to his side.
An Qingyu did not raise his head, but asked in confusion:
"Who are you playing this game of chess with?"
"【chaos】."
"No wonder……"
Lin Qiye's eyes fell on the dusty chessboard. This chessboard was left behind four years ago when he and [Chaos] were fighting for control of the hospital. It didn't have any special meaning. Later, [Chaos] seemed too lazy to
I have been playing chess here and have never moved it.
"What did you see?"
"It's so cluttered that you can't see anything."
Lin Qiye sat down on the other side of the chessboard, "When was the last time we played chess?"
"About four years ago." An Qing's eyes flashed with memories, "Back then we were at Beijing University, and I was still trying to recover from the trauma in my soul."
"It's only been four years... It always feels like it's been ten years."
Lin Qiye glanced at the chessboard and waved his hand gently. All the chess pieces automatically floated back into the two chess baskets, and the dust on the surface of the chessboard instantly dissipated.
"Next round?" he asked.
"Can."
"Just playing chess is a bit boring... How about we add some bonuses?"
An Qingyu glanced at him and said, "So, you came to me to get information."
Lin Qiye smiled and said nothing.
"Okay." An Qingyu said without much hesitation, "If you win, I can answer you a question...but not all questions will do."
"This standard is too vague. It's up to you to decide whether to answer or not."
"Then don't go down."
"...Okay, what if you win?"
"If I win, I want to go somewhere."
"Go somewhere?" Lin Qiye paused for a moment, "Yes, but not everywhere...and I want to go with you. If you do anything unnecessary, I will take you back directly."
"make a deal."
Whether intentionally or not, this time the chess basket in front of Lin Qiye contained sunspots... He picked up a sunspot with his fingertips and landed it somewhere on the chessboard first. An Qingyu followed closely.
The white stone falls next to the black stone.
Seeing this scene, Lin Qiye's brows rose slightly. He dropped another black stone in another corner of the chessboard, followed closely by the second white stone, which still landed next to it.
"Your chess game... seems to be different from four years ago." Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly.
"People always change."
The breeze blew through the shadows of the trees, making a crisp rustling sound, and the two of them just played chess in the courtyard in silence. Li Yifei on the side was holding tea and was about to step forward. Seeing that both of them looked extremely focused, after hesitating for a moment, they remained silent.
He walked to the stairs and sat down.
Unknowingly, the two black and white stones on the chessboard have become scattered and dazzling.
When Li Yifei suddenly woke up from his sleep, the two people beside the chessboard had already retracted their palms, as if they had ended the chess game.
Li Yifei immediately stood up and walked over, curiously asking:
"How was it? What was the result?"
"draw."
Li Yifei shrugged and said helplessly, "You guys have been here for so long and it's a draw in the end? It's really boring..."
Lin Qiye and An Qingyu looked at each other and fell into silence at the same time...
Their previous bets were all based on "win". Now since it's a draw, neither of them can get what they want.
"...Actually, a draw can also be regarded as a win for both sides." Lin Qiye said hesitantly.
"Agree." An Qingyu nodded immediately.
"In that case, you answer my question first." Lin Qiye looked into his eyes and said,
"Why did you betray Daxia?"
An Qingyu seemed to have guessed that Lin Qiye would ask this question, and said without any hesitation, "I refuse to answer."
"How does Cthulhu Mythos plan to deal with Daxia?"
"I refuse to answer."
"What's your trump card?"
"I refuse to answer."
"How to crack the maze of time?"
Hearing the last sentence, An Qingyu's eyes narrowed,
He stared at Lin Qiye closely, and after a long silence, he spoke in a deep voice:
"You... found the door of truth?"
"I'm asking you."
Under Lin Qiye's gaze, An Qingyu finally spoke:
"The time labyrinth is essentially the time field left around the wreckage after the [Key of the Door] has eternally slumbered... There, the boundaries between time and space will be broken, so any form of space movement will become
Dual changes in time and space.
If you want to crack the time maze, you either have to use a force stronger than the [Key of the Door] to directly destroy the time field, or you can only find the rules of the maze through constant trial and error and leave from it."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye frowned tightly.
To crush the time field with a force stronger than [Key of the Door], almost no one in this world can do it now... [Chaos], as the strongest frontal combat power among the three pillar gods, may be able to succeed. Except
Besides, the only one with hope is Zhou Ping in Jianlu.
The combat power of the Three Pillar Gods is much higher than that of the Supreme God Realm of the Earth. Back then, the three Heavenly Lords and Michael nearly killed the [Black Goat]. The sword that Zhou Ping used to break the sea showed that his combat power is very likely to be high.
Compared with Michael, but compared with the three pillars of God, it is hard to say...
Even if Zhou Ping could break through the maze of time with his sword, Lin Qiye would not let him do it. After all, doing so cost his life, and it would be a waste to use his sword on a maze.
"What's the difference between your answer and not saying anything?" Lin Qiye frowned.
"..." An Qingyu thought for a moment, "Generally speaking, these are the only two methods that are correct, but in fact, the second method also has a simpler way..."
"How easy?"
"Let's put it this way, the time maze itself is not a three-dimensional existence. It is made up of countless mazes from different times, stacked up and down. You can imagine it like a skyscraper. The first floor you enter is 'now', and the downstairs
All the floors above are the 'past', while the floors above are the 'future'.
Every time you take a step in this maze, you will be sent to the corresponding location on any floor upstairs or any floor downstairs. Generally speaking, people who enter cannot control which part of this skyscraper they will end up in after taking a step.
Floor, it's completely random.
But since it is a floor, there must be something similar to a 'safe passage'. As long as you find this 'safe passage', you can freely choose which floor to go to..."