Chapter 62: Ice Sea Chess Game

December 24, dusk, Atlantic Ocean.

On Deck A of the Titanic, the afterglow of the evening shines in, illuminating this luxurious corridor. A faint halo covers the cheeks of the young boy and girl.

Anson Lu and Asuka wandered around this deck for a while.

The Paris Café, first-class suites, gym, lounge, and Palm Tree Restaurant, each place exudes a sense of luxury, and the walls of most places are framed with dark gold wallpaper.

Uesugi Asuka yawned and said impatiently, "It's free exploration, or I'd better go to sleep."

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

"Cruel." Asuka narrowed her eyes.

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

"Let's go downstairs." Asuka said.

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

Asuka raised an eyebrow, "Not even close. I feel like reality isn't as pretty as a movie set."

“But it’s quite fun.”

"Are all otakus like you?"

"I'm just a movie fan, I'm trying to find some joy in this difficult situation. Okay, I'm trying to find some joy in this difficult situation!"

The two took the old light elevator in the middle of the aisle and went down. The elegant doors opened to both sides and they arrived at the D deck of the Titanic.

The A deck, B deck and C deck, these upper decks are basically for use by the wealthy, and the first-class cabins and special cabins are all arranged on these decks.

The D Deck, also known as the Saloon Deck, is composed of several large cabins. Starting from this floor, you can see some public areas shared by the third and second class cabins.

Asuka Uesugi hugged her shoulders and yawned the whole time. She followed Anson Deer and explored with the help of Anson Deer. A shocking scene occurred in a lounge on the D deck.

"ah--!!!"

Asuka Uesugi screamed and hid behind the weak and helpless Ansemulu.

"What the hell." Anson Lu was also shocked. "What the hell is this?"

In his dark brown eyes, two figures were playing a chess game in the lounge. They were dressed elegantly, but the skin exposed was hazy and transparent, as if they would disappear at any time like ghosts.

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

Anson Deer said disdainfully, "No, how could a dragon be afraid of a ghost? It really brings shame to the dragon."

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

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I will forget about this incident. No one was scared and screamed, and no one hid behind me just now." Anson Lu said sarcastically.

He didn't want to commit suicide with Xiong Haodong in the Atlantic Ocean. Please, the air in Hokkaido and Iceland was cold enough. Did he want to experience how biting the Atlantic Ocean water was in winter?

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

Anson Deer narrowed his eyes, and the two ghosts suddenly turned their heads, revealing a face full of holes and rottenness, with even the eyeballs almost squeezed out, and the corners of their bony mouths were slightly raised.

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

"I command you to stand before me."

"oh."

Anson Deer sighed softly and took a nonchalant step forward.

He really began to feel that the guy behind him was a little weak inside. It was obviously a dragon, but it was scared by something like this. The ghost warriors in Hokkaido were much more terrifying than this thing!

Even though Asuka is indeed very domineering, I have to describe how Anson Kazuka feels about Uesugi Asuka.

Her domineering level is at best like an arrogant penguin, who walks to your feet with arrogant steps, shaking her head, and pecks your feet hard.

It doesn't give anyone a sense of threat at all!

"How disgusting." Uesugi Asuka turned her face away and complained:

"How can it be so disgusting? I'm beginning 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.

"Hello, you." said the ghost.

Its eyeball suddenly protruded from its eye socket, fell to the ground, and rolled to Asuka's feet, with blood spurting out of its empty eye socket.

"Um?"

Asuka lowered her head and glanced at the thing that was touching the bottom of her shoe.

Next second.

"Ah——!!!" It was the evil dragon roaring.

Anson Lu held his forehead and sighed, his scalp tingling as he said:

"I say...why don't you just get out of here? This is much scarier than a ghost. I beg you. I'm going to get sick from all the scares you've put on me."

"Xiong, Xiong Haodong..." Asuka raised her tearful eyes. She bit her lips lightly, with a stubborn expression, "I'm waiting for you."

"Brother Dong has already swam back to Shangshi City. No one is here to swim in the Atlantic Ocean with me."

"Then you, swim back too!"

"I'll swim back and no one will be standing in front of you."

“…………”

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

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

"Okay."

Anson Deer turned around and said to the Eyeless Ghost:

"Excuse me, what are you doing?"

"We are playing chess, war chess. Do you want to play?"

An eyeless ghost with a creepy grin on his face.

[Trigger Event - Ice Sea Chess Game]

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

[Time limit for incident resolution: 12 hours]

"12 hours..." Asuka said, "So, is it really that difficult?"

Since the system has given a time limit of 12 hours, it means that this incident must be no simple matter.

"Let's play. I'm the best at chess." Anson Deer casually pushed the other ghost in the seat away and sat opposite the eyeless ghost. "How do we play? Western chess. It seems quite interesting."

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

Its head rolled to Asuka's feet.

Haha, it seems that this lady has been persecuted again... Anson Lu raised his eyebrows. This time he was smart 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. She stared at Anson Deer with tears in her eyes, as if to say -

'What are you looking at? I'm not scared this time.'

"That's good. Keep going."

Anson Deer gave him an encouraging look, then he retracted his gaze and looked at the chessboard with his brown eyes.

On it rest a number of beautifully shaped chess pieces, each half the size of a palm.

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

"How long will it take you?" Asuka Uesugi couldn't stay even a second longer, but she was afraid that Anson Lu would be slapped to death by this ghost.

"About ten minutes."

Anson Deer rested his hand on his chin and looked at a "chess game rules sheet" handed to him by the eyeless ghost.

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

"It takes three minutes to get started..." Anson Lu glanced at the rules of the game and said with a focused look, "It will take seven minutes to finish."

…………

…………

About nine minutes later.

Anson Deer moved the chess pieces representing the King, Crow, Red Dragon, and Swordsman forward one square at the same time, and calmly read out two words:

"Checkmate."

He said with his hand on his chin, glancing at the rule sheet and swearing.

"Well, I should have won, right? What a stupid chess game, no logic at all. An ice dragon is as powerful as seven or eight of my chess pieces. No wonder it hasn't been passed down to later generations."

At this moment, the 'Ice Dragon' chess piece on the Eyeless Ghost's side was suddenly torn apart by an invisible force and completely shattered.

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

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

The eyeless ghost stared at the chessboard blankly, covering its face with its bony hands. It wailed miserably in disbelief, mumbling ugly English:

"Impossible, this is impossible. What kind of talent does this person have to put together this combination in just one game?!"

“This is impossible—!!!”

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

Asuka Uesugi looked at Anson Deer in a daze. Even though she had been watching intently, she still hadn't figured out the rules until the end of the game.

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

Rather, he seemed to be studying while doing it, and he didn't really pay attention to it at all...

"Won?" Asuka asked.

“I won.”

Anson Lu curled his lips and continued to complain about the rules:

"I'm really pissed off. The more I think about it, the more stupid it gets! You know, it has a chess piece that I don't have, called the Ice Dragon. One chess piece is equal to the combat power of 10 chess pieces. It's totally unfair."

"It's a bit unfair. I saw that three or four chess pieces of yours were eaten in a row." Asuka Uesugi said lightly.

Anson Lu slammed the rule book on the table and said unhappily, "There is only one combination that can win, and you have to sacrifice the other two pieces to complete this combination. It's really incomprehensible, isn't it?"

"You still won." Uesugi Asuka curled her lips, "Is this the chess player from the old days?"

"The only time I lost a chess game was to an old man in the neighborhood, and that was because he was so angry that he wanted to hit me with a broom." Anson Lu shrugged and recounted his glorious history again.

[Completed special event - Ice Sea Chess Game]

[Special event rewards have been obtained - a special chess piece that belongs exclusively to the 'Old Chess Player Sequence', an extraordinary chessboard, and 500 experience points.]

"Chessboard, is this reasonable?" Anson Lu was stunned and nodded, "Yes, this is reasonable."

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