Night is falling, the lights are dim, and the beginning of the month is rising.
Under the street lamp, in front of a chess stall, Ji Xing twisted the second-line cannon with three fingers, turned over the middle pawn and knocked out the red-side seven-way pawn. He raised his head and said: "Uncle, that horse just now shouldn't have been eaten. Now I'm driving the cart."
, you can only hide from the rook. If you hide from the rook, you will lose the base bishop.
The artillery is like a general. You can only use sergeants. I will move the artillery again. The heavy artillery is a sure kill. You can only use veteran generals. If you use veteran generals, you will not be able to defend. I have two cannons and one car at the bottom. In a few steps, you can
Checkmate."
This is a conventional method of abandoning the horse and flying knives (chess flying knives, referring to the layout of traps, most of which use lost stones as bait to gain the upper hand or quickly attack and kill) in the second-hand screen knight start. Ji Xing has been through no less than a thousand games, and is familiar with it.
I can even do it with my eyes closed.
As the saying goes, it is better to lose a son than to lose an ancestor.
He was hit by a flying knife, and even Zhuge Liang and his second uncle couldn't save him.
Seeing the gray-haired old man opposite him staring at the chessboard in silence, and the people watching chess beside him shaking their heads, Ji Xing said again: "If you abandon the rook and save the elephant, you can still hold on for a while, but... you see it's getting late, I
We are also preparing to close the stall and go home. We value peace. If we plan to draw, I won’t take your money. How about that?"
The sign next to the chess stall reads: 'RMB 5 per game for broken chess, 50 back for cracking, 10 yuan per game for chess, 50 back for winning, 20 yuan per game for guided chess, break down the details, small business, no credit.
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"Okay, Lao Zhang, don't think about it. You can't even beat me, so why are you playing with Xiao Ji?"
"The first two games were obviously against you. Do you really think you have a chance to win?"
"Xiao Ji, that's interesting. I won't charge you for this game. You only lost 20 yuan. Just consider it as tuition. Go home, go home."
The chess players nearby also advised Uncle Zhang.
But Uncle Zhang never said a word.
Ji Xing glanced at him strangely, and saw that the old man's eyes were red, he was breathing heavily, and in addition to the deep wrinkles on his forehead, even the veins were broken out.
Are you so angry after losing two games of chess?
Ji Xing was stunned for a moment, and his expression changed drastically.
Broken, I was hit by a flying knife!
After winning 20 yuan in three games of chess, the old man lay down on the ground. Even 200,000 yuan may not be enough!
He said hurriedly: "Uncle Zhang..."
Stab!
A sound of tearing cloth interrupted Ji Xing's words. Opposite him, Uncle Zhang could see his fingertips extending with black nails, his arms swelling and thickening, tearing open his sleeves, and thick black hair growing out!
His ordinary old man's face was torn and twisted, and while a fishy smell filled the air, he transformed into a black-haired monster over two meters tall!
"Oh shit!"
Ji Xinghun'er was almost frightened. He pushed the chess stand against the monster's face, turned around and ran away.
The monster swung its sharp claws, tearing the chessboard into pieces, and ferociously pounced on Ji Xing.
"It's a monster!!" The chess players watching the chess game also ran away while Uncle Zhang transformed.
Maybe it was because he took revenge for losing the chess game. "Uncle Zhang" only had Ji Xing in his eyes. He moved his big black-haired legs very fast and closed the distance in an instant.
At the critical moment, a crescent moon passed by in mid-air. The head and neck of the running demon separated. It followed the inertia and ran another two meters. It fell down and black blood sprayed out.
Ji Xing ran for more than ten meters before he dared to look back and saw that the demon was dead. A handsome young man of sixteen or seventeen years old wearing black clothes was standing aside with a knife. He let out a long and rapid breath.
"This is the first time I've seen a stupid demon who was exposed because he lost a chess game..." The young man waved to Ji Xing: "It's okay, we will handle it here, and the hunters will protect everyone."
Ji Xing took a deep breath and gave the boy a thumbs up: "Great!"
"Huh?" The young man had seen many people who were frightened by monsters. He was a little surprised by Ji Xing's reaction. He was stunned for a moment and then smiled shyly.
Ji Xing looked at the demon's corpse and the chess stall that was not necessary to close, and walked home with lingering fear.
The town is quiet and peaceful at night. People returning home from get off work have smiles on their faces. There are still smoke rising from cooking fires in the distance. They are just a street away. The appearance of the monster does not cause any trouble to people.
Some acquaintances asked Ji Xing: "Is the stall closed?"
Ji Xing replied: "It was accepted."
After walking all the way home and locking the door, Ji Xing cursed in a low voice: "Damn this world, I scared daddy to death."
He is a time traveler.
It has been almost a month since I traveled from modern society to this ‘demon continent’.
In this demon continent, demons and humans have coexisted since ancient times.
Demons feed on human brains, eat their brains, inherit their memories and identities, change their bodies and hide in human society to prey on them.
Uncle Zhang just now is an example.
Obviously, the demon has even inherited Uncle Zhang's habit of playing chess, and the uglier the better, and will even break his defense when he loses.
Without being exposed for some reason, it is almost impossible to see through the disguise from changes in personality and habits.
When it comes to chess, Ji Xing feels strange about many places in this world.
It was obviously not the same as the historical development of the world before time travel, but there were chess games such as chess, military chess, and Go. However, the inventor and the time of invention could not be verified, which made him suspect that there were people in the distant past who had the same time travel as him.
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The town he lives in is called "Yangliu", and there are different races of people living there. There is Uncle Zhang and Uncle John, but they all speak Chinese with smooth accents, even some detailed diction habits.
They are all almost the same, and even a few dialects occasionally pop up, and everyone is used to it.
The overall level of science and technology was probably at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, but as far as 'Ji Xing' knew, it had been maintained at this level for at least several hundred years.
Maybe the conditions in the two worlds are different?
There were no demons before the time travel, or perhaps the larger cities had already used certain high technologies, but this remote town had not yet come into contact with them?
Ji Xing hasn't had the chance to visit other places yet. He heard that the wilderness is the territory of demons, and he doesn't have enough money or strength to travel.
He has just traveled through time for a month and is still in the stage of adapting and surviving. He has no time to think about anything else. All that his predecessor left him was a bare-walled house.
He is still unemployed and has no family or friends.
If you don't make money, you will starve to death.
Before Ji Xing traveled through time, he was just an ordinary person. This world also had soap and glass. He didn't know where to start if he wanted to make some inventions, not to mention that this world has extraordinary power.
It is impossible to work part-time.
After thinking about it, he found that perhaps his greatest strength was playing.
Before time travel, Ji Xing loved to play and knew how to play.
He has a high level of proficiency in various online games and board games. He is also famous for football, table tennis, and badminton. He is also a good player in the emerging board games and escape rooms.
Most of them were useless. After two days of inspection, he chose to make a temporary living by setting up a chess stall and accumulate his first fortune.
There is no urban management in this world.
He knows how to accept things when they are good, and if the charges are appropriate, he thinks it should be safe, and he has indeed accumulated a small amount of wealth in a month.
I never thought that setting up a chess stall could be a human opponent. This world is too dangerous!
Although there are demon hunters patrolling the town, it is still impossible to take precautions in case of emergency.
Just like Uncle Zhang, wasn't he replaced by the demon that sneaked in and quietly ate his brain?
Even if he was just on the street, if Ji Xing had reacted a little slower and run a little slower, he would not have been able to wait for the rescue of the demon hunter!
In that case, I'm afraid he...
With lingering fear in his heart, Ji Xing looked in the mirror, stretched out his tongue and licked the sweat beads on his forehead.