Chapter 388: The world is like a chess game
In a simple thatched cottage outside Yancheng, Bu Ma sat on the ground.
At the other end of the tribal chess piece was the humanoid Holy Wish [Chess King] formed by armor. It was crossing its arms, staring at the sheepskin chessboard with its nonexistent eyes in its helmet, thinking hard.
a long time.
“…I lost again. I lost again.”
The chess king's iron fist smashed the dirt ground, leaving an unwilling fist mark.
Buma comforted him, "You are amazing to have held on until now. You will definitely win next time."
“…”
The chess king turned around and sat cross-legged facing the wall, setting up the chessboard and entering the review mode.
Buma was used to this.
Although he is called the Chess King and his ability is [The World is Like Chess], his level in tribal war chess has never been high.
The reason is that it never uses its abilities in actual chess games.
In the words of the chess king.
“Clan Wars is a fair contest, with both players relying on limited chess pieces and brains to fight against each other with equal strength. This is its charm and classicism.”
"Using special abilities to cheat is a blasphemy and a stain on the chess game. I disdain it."
"Life is like chess. Don't regret your moves. The key is fairness!"
Apart from the chess king's own personality, there is actually another reason.
【Life is like a game of chess】The growth of your abilities depends on playing chess.
This ability is more like a kind of entity of the chess king. Facing a chess player weaker than himself, the chess king cannot gain any growth at all. After five games, he can judge the opponent's level by the victory or defeat.
No win in a game: noob.
More losses than wins: mediocrity.
Slightly better: a strong player.
Total crush: master.
At least in terms of tribal war chess, Buma is like a mountain against the chess king, which is still difficult to climb.
This is also the key to the contract between the Chess King and Buma. He hopes to further hone his chess skills from Buma and evolve [The World is Like Chess].
In addition to Buma, the chess king also met other masters. However, those masters were not as pure and humble as Buma, and pleasing to the eye was also a very important selection criterion.
After getting rid of the chess king, Buma flipped open a stack of papers.
On the paper were sketches of the many cultural relics and antiques he had seen in the museum today.
Whether he mastered carpentry or painting, it was all for the sake of war chess.
Buma's ancestors were weavers, but after he came here, he became addicted to tribal war chess.
This classic Yao national game was created by the great inventor Mu Ke. Since then, it has evolved into many versions of maps, rules and chess sets. Every few years, new versions and supplementary packs appear in various stores.
As a young boy, he was addicted to cloth horses, but he had no money to buy the endless new products, so he learned to make them himself with wood, and later became a carpenter apprentice with the help of these years of foundation.
Therefore, he practiced sketching, drawing and carving techniques diligently since he was young. Although he was unskilled in both painting and carpentry, he had a good level of proficiency.
Looking at the sketch on the paper, Buma suddenly had an idea: "Chess King, Chess King, what if I made those ancient artifacts in the museum into small wooden sculptures that can be held in one hand... just like the characters and chess pieces in the tribal war chess, do you think people would buy them?"
"...No, no, we need to fight in a team here, and the single-lane advantage is not big enough."
"If you can't break through the defense line, the best way is to control the neutral resources... Make strategic deployments around the resources first."
The chess king talked to himself, completely immersed in reviewing the game.
"That's right, that's right! That's it!"
"This will solve the problem of pulling! I understand, I understand!"
A strange laugh came from the chess king's armor.
"As long as I do this, I will definitely be able to complete the counterattack..."
Seeing its demonic state, Bulma decided to think about it himself.
He dug out his chisel and file, found a piece of pine wood, drew lines on it with a quill, and began to work.
As the debris and wood ash continued to fall off, the fist-sized piece of wood gradually changed its appearance.
The figure carved on the wood is a savage covered in animal skins, with hard hair covering his entire body. There is only a sunken hole in the skin where the head should be, making him look a bit eerie.
Buma used black smoke ink to dye most of the wood carving black, and then painted red eyes in the depression of the head, just as the relevant historical records show.
Then apply an even layer of transparent resin to ensure that the color does not fall off while retaining the original texture of the wood carving.
After waiting.
The wooden statue of the ancient demon god Jack is restored! Buma holding the wooden sculpture, the more you look at it, the more you like it.
If we were to talk about the most popular place in the museum, it would definitely be the Old Gods Showcase.
The exhibition hall displays the remains of old gods, which were enemies destroyed by the god Yao. Archaeologists restored them using stone and clay to complete the statues.
Gods are symbols of mystery and power. People always want to get closer to gods. Yao is too distant and dazzling, so everyone focuses on the fallen old gods. Discussing and teasing the old gods are topics that everyone enjoys talking about.
If you only need to spend a little money to buy an old god and put it at home, and play with it however you want, would you be willing to do so? Buma thinks it is feasible.
Just one question that needs to be confirmed.
"Chess King, Chess King, listen to me, answer me a question, and I'll play with you again."
Hearing that there was a chance to fight again, the chess king, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, turned quickly on the ground like a spinning top: "Speak."
"If I sell these old sacred tree statues in Yancheng, will I be arrested for blasphemy?"
Looking at the sacred wooden statue of Jack in Buma's hand, the chess king said, "No."
As the shadow guard of the temple and a temple warrior who follows the apostles, the chess king's loyalty and piety to the gods are unquestionable, and his judgment is also crucial to Buma.
It said: "In the oracles of Lord Yao, the existence of other gods has always been acknowledged, and the role played by other gods in different civilizations and histories has been recognized. In the outside world, there are Ghost God and Bamboo Reed King who maintain a cooperative relationship with the Yao clan."
"The old gods displayed in the museum were once participants in the historical process of this world. It is impossible to talk about the Yao clan without mentioning these old gods. Even in theology, there are scholars who specialize in studying the old gods, and the temple will praise and encourage this."
When talking about gods, the chess king became serious and solemn.
Buma only understood one thing.
You can do small business selling old sacred tree statues!
The next day, Buma set up a stall outside the city and displayed the three wooden sculptures of the god Jack.
Before he started shouting, a soldier came over and questioned him.
"What do you look like?"
"Jack God."
"Devil Jack? It's actually the statue of the evil god!" The soldier's eyes suddenly changed.
"..." Bulma's heart tightened.
The soldier picked up the wood carving, looked at it from left to right, and lowered his voice: "This is so accurate...how much is it?"
"...60 seashells for one."
"I want it."
The soldier paid and put away the old idol, a smile on his face: "Do you have any other ones? Like the three-limbed god, or the god Xiao? I prefer the wilder ones."
"There will be sometime later."
"Please make more. I need one of each of these two. Can I get them tomorrow?"
The business of old god wood carvings is unexpectedly good.
Although the people who like to collect old idols are a minority, many of them are willing to spend money. Most of them are scholars, soldiers and businessmen, and most of them are young people.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Next, Bulma launched the Nine Old Gods series, including Jack God, Qi God, Ming God, Yangwu God, Haili God, Tao God, Three-limbed God, Xiang God, and Xiao God.
Then, he began to think about whether the system of old gods could be added to the tribal chess.
As a loyal fan and veteran player of war chess, Buma has been playing it since he was a child, and has also seen many different new versions on the market.
No matter how it changes, Clan Wars is always based on the two elements of [Tribe] and [War].
This war chess game designed by the great inventor Mu Ke is based on the ancient period before the Yao calendar, when the Yao clan was still the garlic tribe.
But after going through the Supernatural Age and the Fire Age, the tribal system has long been a footnote of history, and it should also be in line with the current era of supernatural powers being popular.
Buma thought about this question when he was a child: Is it possible to make a real revision of the game and integrate it into the contemporary era?
He conducted repeated deductions with the chess king.
[Life is like a chess game] played a crucial role in this attempt.
It took Buma and the King of Chess two and a half years to create a brand new version [Clan Battlegrounds: Seal of the Old Gods] based on the classic [Clan Battlegrounds].
In the new version, elements of the nine old gods will be added.
Each hero chess piece held by the player can open the seal of the old gods and obtain the props left by the old gods through luck or treasure.
The Old God items come with special abilities, including allowing dead heroes to resurrect and return to the board, making heroes invisible for a short round, completing fixed-point teleportation on a large map, and more.
If you can use the old god items properly, you can complete a stunning comeback even in an extremely unfavorable situation. This system gives the war chess more uncertainty and greatly enriches the tactical system.
The chess king was ecstatic: "Great, great, this is my version!"
It didn't have much fun for long, as Bulma played tricks on it on the chessboard again and it was forced to reflect on its mistakes.
Buma used [The World is Like a Chess Game] and repeatedly confirmed that there were no problems before he officially sold it to the public by setting up a stall.
Initially, most people bought the new version of the chess to collect the statues of the Nine Old Gods. But soon, chess friends realized that this major revision was completely different from the past, and it quickly became popular in Yancheng.
Even the inventor of Tribal Tactics, the great inventor Mu Ke, came all the way from the ghost city of Saniro to discuss this version with Buma and gave him high praise and commendation.
With Mu Ke's strong promotion and public appearance, this generation of Clash of Clans was vigorously promoted in the city and was officially named "Clash of Clans 2".
Buma, who has gained both fame and fortune, feels that everything is like a dream.
He had a big house in Yancheng, a garden with roses, and a lot of money, so he no longer had to worry about food and drink. Now he found that his favorite thing was still playing chess and carving chess pieces.
One day, Mu Ke was carving a steam cannon carriage when the chess king next to him suddenly stood up and looked up at the sky.
"[Pyro] sent a distress signal."
The chess king said: "A high-level flower armor beast hunted the Dulu beast herd, causing the herd to escape and destroy a village, killing two villagers. If they are not dispersed and gathered, the two villages behind will not be spared."
Buma put down the wood and carving knife: "Then go and help."
This was the first time that Buma had participated in the true duties of a Templar.
He and the chess king quickly reached the front line.
[Fire Man] is a tall knight wearing heavy red armor, with a long and vigorous flame floating on his head, like some kind of long red hair.
Its contractor was an armored soldier, but the skin under the armor was as black as ink, and his features could not be seen clearly, but Bulma felt a heavy sense of oppression.
Black skin, armored warrior, the aura of a powerful extraordinary being...
Buma asked tentatively, "Mr. Prophet Blackforge?"
The Black Demon Black Forge nodded to him and said, "I heard about you from Mr. Longji. I didn't expect you to be so young. You are really a young man to be feared."
The Fire Man exhaled a puff of black smoke and said impatiently, "There's no time for small talk. If we don't stop the beasts ahead, all the nearby villages will be destroyed. It's hard to tell where they're running. The Flower Armor Beast has stopped, but the frightened Dulu Beast is still running wild."
The biggest problem of this crisis was that the attack of the Flower Armor Beasts caused panic and confusion among the Dulu Beasts. These powerful copper beasts were like glass fragments shattered by a hammer, flying everywhere, which was a disaster for ordinary people.
Bulma's eyes gradually became dull and dazed.
He seemed to have leaped into the sky, overlooking the every move of the numerous lives on the ground.
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After a moment, Bulma's body swayed slightly.
He said: "Mr. Black Forge, please go to the bushes on the east side to stop the beasts first, and don't let them cross the grass area. Chess King, you go to the stone hill area in the north to attack the flower armor beast, delay it, and it's best to force it to move west..."
"The beast herd is blocked in its southeastern direction, and will eventually make a detour to escape behind the flower-armored beasts, thus changing its escape direction and returning to the area they are familiar with."
Blackforge said, "Do as he says, Fireman."
The Flame Knight then quickly rushed to the east.
The chess king then launched an attack on the armored beast.
The entire battle situation was just as Buma had described in advance. The beasts began to turn, detour, and escape, while the Flower Armored Beast was driven to the preset position by the Chess King.
Hei Duan looked at the young man, somewhat surprised: "The judgment and deduction of [The World is Like a Chess Game]... is really an amazing ability."
"No wonder the chess king chose you as the contractor. You do have a unique talent."
Bulma was a little exhausted at this time and forced a smile.
Just when he felt sleepy and tired, he suddenly felt his body surrounded by some vast and warm power.
Buma's tired body quickly regained spirit and vitality, which surprised and delighted him.
"Why don't you thank Lord Yaoshen quickly?"
Hei Duan reminded: "This is the recognition and power bestowed by the gods."
God... God Yao! Buma quickly knelt on the ground and looked up at the sky: "Thank you so much for your blessing and gift, Lord Yao, thank you for allowing an ordinary person like me to have power that I dare not even think about..."
He said devoutly: "I will continue to study chess, cooperate well with the chess king, fulfill the holy mission you gave me, and complete the duties of a temple warrior."
(End of this chapter)