At this moment, there are still 800,000 to 900,000 masked people in the capital, and the voice of the Chess King is heard in their ears once again.
"Factional Showdown, Phase Three Begins. All masked figures are divided into two factions, red and white. Killing members of the opposing faction will grant them all of the opposing faction's battle merits, including any merit points already exchanged and consumed."
Killing civilians from your own faction grants double battle merits, while killing civilians from the opposing faction grants ten times the battle merits.
The first two masked men to earn a million battle merits were promoted to 'General' and 'Marshal' respectively, and were rewarded with a Ghost General-level Skeleton Puppet and the chance to achieve immortality.
Along with this sound, a great river appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the capital.
The lush green river rushes down from east to west, bubbling and gurgling, with occasional blurry figures rising and falling.
The river comes from nothingness and flows back to nothingness, yet it divides the entire capital city in two.
One phrase popped into everyone's mind—the Chu River and Han Border!
This is the dividing line on the chessboard.
As the river appeared, the color of the mask on the masked man's face also changed.
Previously, the initial mask was white, and it would only turn red after killing more than ten people.
Suddenly, things changed; some red turned white, and some white turned red, dividing them into two camps based on the different fonts.
This sudden turn of events left everyone stunned.
A Skeleton Puppet of the Ghost General level, with the chance of immortality—the reward is simply too tempting to resist; just thinking about it makes one go crazy.
But when I think of Xia Tianqiong's monstrous strength, even if someone reaches the level of a general, he would still kill them.
So people's excitement didn't last long before it cooled down.
There were still quite a few masked people registering at various registration points, and it seemed that the number had not decreased even with the start of the third phase.
However, the three-day deadline has passed, and it is roughly estimated that there are still over 100,000 masked people who have not shown up.
Moreover, the increasing number of civilian casualties indicates that some masked individuals have resumed their mass killings.
Du Fuwei stood beside Xia Tianqiong, looking anxious. "Commander Xia, why haven't you made your move yet? Find the rest of the masked men and kill them all!"
Xia Tianqiong gazed at the distant green river, her brow furrowed, the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.
"Ordinary people, for the sake of their own lives, will no longer easily wear masks. The masked people are now few in number and can no longer cause any trouble."
In other words, the number of masked people will not increase significantly, and the capital will not fall into widespread chaos as a result.
The chess master must have thought of this, so why did he still initiate the third stage? Was it simply to cultivate generals and commanders?
Upon hearing this, Du Fuwei frowned and pondered, "Some desperate criminals will definitely kill for the reward."
"With your abilities, killing them all wouldn't be difficult. The chess king's actions are indeed somewhat unnecessary."
"wrong!"
Xia Tianqiong's eyes suddenly lit up. "There are two people I can't track down. It will be a bit difficult to kill them."
"You mean the person who threatened you with tens of thousands of people a few days ago, and the one who burned hundreds of people to death at the wedding?"
"That's right, it's the two of them. It could be one person, or it could be two people. The capital will never be at peace until these two are found."
At this point, Xia Tianqiong suddenly remembered half of what Old Huo had told him: "Your time is running out, don't waste it on..."
Before Old Master Huo could say what he was wasting his time on, he was interrupted by the chess king.
What could it be?
He was constantly catching masked people, trying to control the spread of the masks.
Is it really unnecessary to do this?
The fact that the Chess King knew the masked men wouldn't increase rapidly still indicates that he likely didn't care about the numbers.
If you don't care about quantity, then you probably care about quality.
This seems to explain why promotion to the rank of general or marshal brings such great benefits.
A Skeleton Puppet of the Ghost General level, with the chance of immortality—this reward is too high! Would the Chess King be so generous?
Was his ultimate goal not to devour as many people as possible, but to cultivate masked generals and commanders?
Thinking about this, a brilliant idea flashed into my mind.
Xia Tianqiong suddenly turned around and ran towards the Imperial Capital General Bureau building.
Du Fuwei shouted from behind, "What's wrong, Commander Xia? What's the rush?"
Xia Tianqiong replied, "Go visit the Chess King and have a talk with him."
Du Fuwei couldn't help but mutter, "Talk to him again? We didn't get anything out of it last time either!"
...
Top floor conference room, Beijing General Bureau.
Xia Tianqiong pushed open the door and strode towards the Chess King.
The chess king's body was now more solid, and his appearance could be vaguely seen; he looked like an old man with a white beard and white eyebrows.
Xia Tianqiong stood beside him, looked him over carefully, and suddenly laughed, "Chess King, you haven't fully descended to the mortal realm yet, have you?"
The chess king didn't say anything, but his body clearly stiffened for a moment.
The eerie cannot lie to humans, so he chooses not to answer.
But not answering is also a form of answer.
Xia Tianqiong smiled, her confidence growing. "It seems I guessed right. By activating different stages or by continuously upgrading the masked man, it will help you gradually descend to the human world. The fact that your body is gradually transforming from illusory to real is proof of that."
The chess king remained silent, then turned to look at him and slowly said, "You have a bit of cleverness, but even if you knew that, you couldn't stop me from coming."
If the passage between the human world and the realm of the undead were not still unstable, I wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths.
"Chess King, the first time you took the initiative to meet me, it wasn't to advise me not to meddle in other people's business, but to mislead me."
You wanted me to think you were going to go on a killing spree in the capital and devour everyone; I was indeed misled by you at the time.
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