Chapter 121 A Tense and Exciting Game of Flying Chess on a Large Chessboard
"Wild instinct?"
Looking at her newly acquired title, Shen Dixin felt it wasn't exactly a flattering description...
On her skill tree, the first key skill node was lit up, marked with a claw mark, seemingly indicating her fighting style.
The activation of this node will awaken a unique title and corresponding skills for the player.
To unlock it, you must raise your base physical fitness and base resistance to level three, requiring at least seven potential points.
Therefore, until her death, Shen Dixin knew that there were still not many players with the title, and it was the only title that she could show to players.
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the unique title "Wild Instinct," which grants the passive skill [Survival Instinct: Increases the player's combat instincts and reaction speed.] Title owner: AAA Material Wholesaler Lao Shen]
Passivity requires almost no adaptation cost.
Chen Dixin relaxed and no longer worried about how to quickly familiarize himself with the skills and figure out the appropriate uses in such a short time.
We'll be going to the island soon.
This time, there was no critical hit, and Shen Dixin only got three potential points. After unlocking the title, she couldn't unlock any new passive skills, so she had to add one point each to basic physical fitness and basic resistance.
If a player can't get an S rating even once, they might not get the title even after a whole year.
Even if you are rated SSS level every time, it still takes a full three months.
A month ahead of schedule, the Critical Strike Talent truly lives up to its S-rank designation. Although the description is simple and unadorned, a critical strike at a crucial moment is absolutely exhilarating!
Without using any speed-up cards, Chen Dixin sailed the boat casually and arrived at the event island at noon.
[Dear player, welcome to Xuan Island. You will be automatically registered for the "Surprise Chessboard" competition upon arrival. Please arrive at the flying chessboard on the island within eight minutes, otherwise your level will be reduced by five levels.]
Suddenly, five or six players who had just landed appeared next door, including Luck Me and Tao Ling.
Time was too short. The group exchanged a knowing glance and ran towards the center of the island without looking back.
As she ran, she exclaimed, "Sister Chen, it's Ludo! I used to play it with my sister all the time at home, and she never beat me. This one's in the bag!"
Until she saw the two- or three-meter-tall "blue chess piece" baring its teeth and roaring at her, baring its claws but bound to the square beneath its feet.
Its massive body was squeezed in, looking quite aggrieved. Of course, I wouldn't feel sorry for it; I felt even more sorry for myself, who was about to face the giant beast!
"Good heavens..." She turned her head decisively, running as fast as she could before, and now hiding as far away as possible. "Sis, you better keep an eye on me later, or you'll become an orphan!"
"Little Yellow, Little Rainbow, Little White, come here quickly!"
As usual, Tao Ling brought a cheetah, a chameleon, and a snow eagle. Once her luck was on her side and she had her pets all around her, the white-faced man began to announce the rules.
Looking at the interested expression on her face, Shen Dixin knew that this pale-faced person had also broken free of restrictions.
"My name is Cangyue. Today I'm playing Ludo, a toy from the New World. I don't think anyone doesn't know the rules," she said casually, eager to start playing right now.
"Find your teammates, I'll take the blue piece, you can choose any faction and you can capture pieces."
The players present cautiously scanned their surroundings. There were fifteen people in total. Did Cang Yue not control the number of people when she asked others to play chess with her? Even if the players were to act as chess pieces, only twelve people would be needed.
Chen Dixin naturally joined her teammates, and Xingtu Wanli used a peace card to avoid a server-wide event.
Ever since he met a player with a talent for divination, he has become completely obsessed with metaphysics. He even had someone calculate the Star Chart event for the entire server, and it turned out to be extremely unlucky!
He was so scared that he bought up peace cards overnight. These weren't very expensive, because any player with a little ambition knew how profitable the event island was.
Moreover, the casualty rate has not been high so far. Even in the last battle royale, the elimination rate was not as high as that of a thunderstorm or storm.
The combat ratio wasn't actually that high as Shen Dixin encountered, and the tendency to encounter islands was actually positively correlated with the player's personal ability.
Before she was bound to Shen Dixing, most of the islands she encountered were dwarf islands and harbors.
Most importantly, people who think about buying these items to avoid war are not doing well in life. They can't afford the high prices, and if they spend all their resources, it's no different from dying on the island.
The star map was nowhere to be seen, but the five of them stood in a harmonious group.
Players who weren't properly assigned roles showed hostility; everyone wanted to be one of those who stayed. Who knows what might happen if someone was excluded? Directly judging a player as having forfeited and accepting punishment would be a huge loss.
They were just thinking that three of them were destined to be in a separate team.
Cangyue beckoned them to the chessboard, saying, "Five people per team, one person stays to play chess."
Yes, if someone is a pawn, then someone must control the pawn.
This caused an uproar. The idea of playing chess sounded easy and safe, and they couldn't wait to fight it out on the spot to decide who would play the game.
After discussing it, Shen Dixin decided to leave the fortune to me. Apart from the star map of Wanli, she was the one I couldn't fight.
Tao Ling was still a little worried, so she let the chameleon perch on her shoulder to prevent the news from being cut off, and Xiao Cai gradually disappeared.
Cang Yue wasn't exactly a mild-mannered person. Seeing the players dawdling, she immediately stepped forward and invited two players to play chess with her.
Perhaps it was a wicked sense of humor, but she seemed to always choose the strongest people in the crowd.
Shen Dixin paused for a moment, then saw that many familiar faces were also on the island. Spider Toast was gently comforting the players who had been left behind, while Feng Sheng Shui Qi sent her a message to say hello.
Spider Toast kept staring at her. Shen Dixin wondered why she kept winking at her, acting like they were very familiar. If anyone was familiar with her, it was Xingtu Wanli, who wasn't even there.
The four teams are red, yellow, blue, and green. The blue team, Cangyue, is playing with the Wild Beast chess piece; the red team, Chen Dixin, is playing with the Spider Toast; and the green team, Fengsheng Shuiqi, is playing with the Wind and Water.
[Blue Team's turn: Roll the dice to determine your action points.]
The system announcement came from who-knows-where: Cangyue could actually use this? It was the first time Shen Dixin had encountered high technology, and a hint of doubt flashed through her mind, but she quickly had no time to consider such details.
Because the insane Cangyue actually set each round to twenty seconds! Including the few seconds spent rolling the dice, there's almost no time left to think.
If you roll a six, you can roll it again, and the turn time is increased by five seconds.
She had good luck, rolling a total of ten. On her first roll, the number landed on a square of the same color, allowing her to jump to the next square of the same color and skip the three middle squares. This is the core rule of Ludo.
After moving the flying pieces on the miniature chessboard, the path in front of the beast with the number "1" floating above its head is unlocked, and fireworks appear behind it to drive it to the corresponding square.
The chess piece suddenly darted to the doorstep! Shen Dixin and the others stared at the wild beast through the transparent barrier, and the atmosphere became tense.
"Are you confident with 36 in physique, 23 in strength, and 21 in agility? Flying chess has the rule of capturing pieces, so there's a high chance of a fight breaking out."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Then let Xiaoyun make the decision."
Luckily, I didn't deploy my strongest fighters, Tao Ling and Shen Dixin. I hesitated between Coffee and Lu Mingang, but ultimately chose Coffee because of his more versatile abilities.
[The Red Team moves Piece #3, with action points of 6 and 4.]
Luck is on my side. I also roll the dice, but twice. Her 20-sided die will directly determine whether I can start. If the number is greater than ten, the game die will definitely roll a six.
In Ludo, starting a game is the most important part of the opening move; only the player who rolls a six can place their piece at the starting point.
After moving four squares, Lu Mingang will land on a square of the same color again. After jumping once more, Lu Mingang has already created a considerable distance between himself and the blue pieces.
"Each time you jump, you can draw a skill card at the end of the turn, which can only be used during your turn." Cang Yue gestured for her to draw a card, and he also drew one himself.
She turned to look at Cang Yue, "I can skip the jump, but can I still draw cards?"
The rules of Ludo are very flexible, depending entirely on how the player wants to play. However, rules such as whether pieces can be captured and whether pieces of the same color can be left unjumped have a significant impact on the game.
"Can't you not jump?" Cang Yue asked rhetorically.
"Of course, that would make the situation more unpredictable and interesting."
This statement coincided with Cangyue's idea. She built a large chessboard, selected players as chess pieces, and even added a card-drawing mechanism, all for the sake of fun!
Luck is irrelevant to my plans. As long as Cangyue is interesting, even if the game is lost, only the player will die. Her eyes held a naive cruelty, like a child plucking a dragonfly's wings and watching it struggle helplessly.
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