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Chapter 874 Who is that person?
It takes two to tango.

[Bonus Effect: Two pieces can be on the field simultaneously. Both pieces move the same number of spaces each round. The player does not need to roll two rounds of dice. The player can freely choose the movement direction of the two pieces. The two pieces can move independently.]

Originally, the two pieces had to be played one at a time, with the next piece only being able to play after the previous one died. However, with the "enemies are destined to meet" bonus, the two pieces can now be played together.

The other three initial rooms should also have bonuses, but since the four groups don't share information, Gu Mian doesn't know what kind of bonuses the other three groups received.

Even if the four groups can communicate with each other, they probably won't reveal what they drew, since the four groups are now in competition.

Nearly a minute had passed since the five-minute countdown began, and Gu Mian and the other two still hadn't chosen a player to play the game.

He saw that the fourth room in the upper right corner already displayed the words "Ready to go," indicating that the player and pieces for the fourth room had been selected.

Meanwhile, room number three in the bottom right corner also got ready, leaving only their room and room number two in the bottom left corner as choices.

"Who will play the game?" 007 looked at Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan.

According to the rules, the player who sets up the pieces is undoubtedly the safest position in the group. He only needs to stay in the initial room, roll the dice, and determine the movement path of the pieces.

The highest level of danger is the first piece to enter the game. If a piece finds a treasure chest hidden on the board during the first piece's turn, the instance will end immediately, and the second piece will not need to enter the game.

Therefore, most of the danger lies with the first piece to go out and explore. Normally, no one would be willing to be the first piece to go out, and they would have to sit down and discuss it for a while to refuse this most dangerous position.

Gu Mian was surprised that Room 4 and Room 3 were able to select positions and make preparations so quickly.

"Speaking of which, do you know what the trigger conditions are for this special instance?" Liu Ruyan, who was standing next to her, was also looking at the two rooms that were ready.

Gu Mian had no idea. He was discussing bus route 444 with the fat guy when he unexpectedly entered the dungeon.

I wonder if that bus-themed instance has been fixed yet.

007 shook his head: "Each special instance should have a trigger condition. Some are pulled into the instance by saying certain words or doing certain actions, while others are pulled into the instance through a special instance entry ticket..."

As she spoke, she looked at Gu Mian and the other person and said, "At that time, we didn't say anything special or do anything special. I only remember that Gu Mian jokingly wished to enter a dungeon that could teleport people away."

Could it be because Gu Mian made a wish? 007 wondered to himself.

“I know.” Liu Ruyan smiled. “While you were discussing, I saw the seeds in the flowerpot the size of a washbasin behind Gu Mian sprouting and growing rapidly, maturing almost in the blink of an eye.”

Mysterious Seed?

Gu Mian remembered that she had just pressed the seeds into the soil less than two minutes before Liu Ruyan and the others arrived, but she did not expect them to grow, sprout and mature so quickly.

Once the mysterious seed matures, it will produce random rare and special items. The fortune teller's [Omen Tablet] is a product of the mysterious seed planted by 007.

Gu Mian had a guess in her mind: "You saw it? What did it grow?"

“A chessboard, a chessboard. It’s too far away for me to see its panel. I only know that we entered a special instance the moment the chessboard fully appeared. I think that chessboard should be a special item entry ticket.” Liu Ruyan said, “I originally thought it would produce a normal special item, but I didn’t expect it to be an entry ticket.”

It turns out that the mysterious seed produced an entry ticket to the instance after it matured, which is why they were pulled into this place.

These seeds were brought out from the Ghost Expo instance, and they entered the Ghost Expo because of the admission tickets given by the evil god.

Is this chessboard copy also part of the evil god's scheme?

The entry tickets for this instance are grown from mysterious seeds, so the entry tickets for the other three groups may have been obtained in the same way. If the two groups that made their choices quickly were players who had successfully cleared the Ghost Expo before, then it wouldn't be surprising that they could make their choices so quickly.

Gu Mian recalled that the scorer had mentioned that several groups had used the "single suicide method" in the Ghost Expo dungeon. To clear that dungeon, luck, courage, and planning were all essential.

“There are three minutes left,” Liu Ruyan glanced at the countdown on the screen. “Let’s decide who will play the game.”

Gu Mian glanced down at the electronic chessboard on the screen again, and saw that Room 2 in the lower left corner had not yet made a decision.

Gu Mian certainly wouldn't take the position of chess player. The fortune teller said that the evil god would appear in this instance, so he had to go out and find the evil god instead of hiding in the house as the commander.

“If Liu Ruyan doesn’t want to be the one, then you can be the one.” Gu Mian looked at 007.

Before she could even voice her opinion, Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at Gu Mian.

Just kidding, Gu Mian would never let Liu Ruyan be the executive officer. Based on her past experience of sneaking into her house multiple times to turn on the gas cylinder, she knew that Liu Ruyan was unreliable.

When Gu Mian entered, he noticed that the room they were in had walls on all four sides and no exit. He guessed that the player must have set a route before a door to leave the room would appear. He figured that all the rooms on the chessboard were probably like this, requiring the player to make a choice before a path to move forward would appear.

He didn't bring any tools, so he couldn't draw the door by hand like he did in the amusement park. The player holding the chess piece had to open the door for him before he could leave.

Liu Ruyan was utterly unreliable; he even suspected that if she were the player, she would manipulate the moves to make him draw "S" and "B" shapes on the board.

In a pleasant discussion, everyone unanimously decided to let 007 be the player.

After their identities were confirmed, the words "Ready to Go" appeared on the chessboard in Room 1, where they were located. Room 2, however, was still hesitating. Gu Mian saw that the three humanoid figures in Room 2 were tightly huddled together, seemingly having a heated discussion, or perhaps even fighting over who would be the player.

Gu Mian quickly pointed to four squares for 007: "This map is very similar to the map in the match-3 game. Last time, the evil god appeared in room 605. This time, he may appear in the same location again. However, there is no standard room number this time, so we can only assume that the fifth room from the left in the sixth row from the bottom is 605. But the chessboard has four sides, so we cannot determine which side is 'down'. Therefore, according to my deduction, there will be four rooms 605 on the chessboard."

"Plan a route so I can explore those four 'rooms 605' as quickly as possible," Gu Mian said to 007.

007 nodded. That's easy.

If it were Gu Mian, she wouldn't need to consider whether there would be any dangers or traps in the unknown squares; she could just mindlessly move towards the goal.

"Are you planning to split up or go together?" 007 asked the two.

The description of "enemies are destined to meet" states that the two pieces can move separately or together.

Split actions will be more efficient and make it easier to find the treasure chests hidden on the chessboard and complete the dungeon.

However, 007 felt that Gu Mian's main purpose in this instance was not to find treasure chests.

“Let’s act together.” Gu Mian made the decision for Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan didn't have a chance to express any opinion from beginning to end before Gu Mian made the decision.

At this point, only one minute remained for preparation, and no decision had been made in room number two in the lower left corner.

Gu Mian saw three people huddled together in the room, moving around slightly.

"They've started fighting, haven't they?" Ru Yan also came over to watch the commotion. Although she couldn't see the specific situation in room number two, she was still very interested in the three little figures huddled together in the cubicle.

Ten, nine, eight...

With only ten seconds left in the countdown, the three people in room number two were still reluctant to part.

Now Gu Mian was certain they were fighting, so much so that they forgot about the countdown. He noticed that the people in the other two rooms had also gathered together, probably watching the commotion in room number two from the shop's chessboard.

Three, two, one.

As the countdown at the top of the screen gradually decreased, eventually becoming just the number one, a line of text appeared on the screen—

[Countdown ended. No player has been selected for Room 2. Player will be randomly appointed by the game... Appointment successful]

[With all room identities confirmed, the board game officially begins.]

[The player in room number one, please roll the dice. You have one minute to roll the dice and plan your route.]

it has started……

007 looked up at Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan, then reached out and tapped the die on the screen that only had the numbers one and two.

The dice on the screen spun for a while, then slowly came to a stop.

"One"

007 rolled the number one, which means that Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan can only move forward one step in this round.

Please draw the path you chose for the chess piece Liu Ruyan on the chessboard.

"Should we draw it on the chessboard?" 007 looked at the chessboard on the screen, then looked up at Gu Mian and the other person. "If we take our room as the top left corner, then we only need to move four squares to the right and then two squares down to reach the first room, number 605."

The numbers and text on the screen seem to have a spirit; they face the direction a person stands on, making it easier for them to see the content. If three people stand in different directions, the numbers and text will rotate periodically.

Therefore, it's impossible to determine the exact up, down, left, and right positions based on the orientation of the text, so 007 can only assume that their room is in the upper left corner for now.

Gu Mian nodded: "Let's go like this."

007 then placed his hand on square number one and drew a line to the right.

Then another line of text appeared on the screen.

Please draw the path you chose for your piece on the chessboard.

Who is who?

A question mark appeared on Gu Mian's face.

This definitely doesn't refer to Liu Ruyan, because Liu Ruyan had already planned her route.

007 also knew that "that person" was referring to Gu Mian, and she looked up at Gu Mian with a somewhat surprised expression.

"It seems that the name Gu Mian has been labeled as 'unlucky' by everyone," Liu Ruyan said, fanning the flames from the side. "Does mentioning these two words bring misfortune? It seems that people have deliberately replaced these two words."

"Thank you to them, but even though those two words have been replaced, misfortune still struck," Gu Mian said expressionlessly.

With the minute almost up, 007 did the same thing again, swiping his hand to the right.

Then Gu Mian saw a door appear on the wall in front of her. Sure enough, only after the player who played the game planned the route would a corresponding passage appear in the room.

Above the door is an LED display screen that shows the chess pieces have one minute to leave the room, followed by a 60-second countdown.

“Normally, after leaving this room, the pieces and the player cannot communicate.” Liu Ruyan looked at the door that appeared on the wall. “However, we have a group chat. I just tried it and it still works.”

This instance blocks special items that can be used for movement or teleportation, but it does not block special items that can be used for communication.

Gu Mian also opened the group chat and saw that Liu Ruyan had just sent a "1" in the chat.

Looking up, I saw a message from the fat guy.

[Fatty: Doctor, you, Miss Liu Ruyan, and Miss 007 are in another dungeon! It's like the seed you planted matured and grew into a dungeon entry ticket shaped like a chessboard, pulling you all in.]

The fat man even thoughtfully included a description of the special item on the chessboard he had seen—

"That thing was called the Terrifying Chessboard. It disappeared shortly after I finished reading the description. I don't remember the specific details very well."
"It's supposed to be a special dungeon entry ticket. There are four teams participating, and if four people have this thing, all four teams will be pulled in. But why didn't it pull me in? I also want to go into the dungeon with the doctor..."

What follows is just a bunch of fat nonsense.

Gu Mian selectively ignored them: "The chessboard that Liu Ruyan saw was indeed a copy of the entry ticket."

"Let's go first." Liu Ruyan had already reached the door. "I'm really looking forward to seeing what the next room will be like."

With the one-minute countdown almost halfway over, Gu Mian arrived at the door, ready to enter the next room.

He didn't care what would happen to him if he didn't leave the room after the countdown ended, but 007 and Liu Ruyan were still inside. It wouldn't be good if they exploded if he broke the rules.

Thinking this, Gu Mian reached out and grasped the doorknob, opening the door.

empty.

Gu Mian stepped into the room in front of her, and Liu Ruyan followed her in.

After the two entered the room, the door behind them began to disappear, and after two seconds it was completely gone. The room became like the initial room, with walls on all four sides, but the electronic chessboard was no longer there.

Liu Ruyan also noticed this: "There is probably only a chessboard in the initial room where the player is playing the game."

There was no chessboard, but there was an LED screen on the ceiling with a ten-minute countdown.

"The rules say that chess pieces are not allowed to stay in one room for more than ten minutes." Liu Ruyan looked at the LED screen on the ceiling. "This is to time us."

“However…” Liu Ruyan turned to look at the empty walls on all four sides, “The first room we entered was empty. I thought the chessboard would be full of surprises or shocks. Before opening the door, I even thought that I would see a treasure chest as soon as I opened the door. With your luck, it’s not impossible.”

Indeed, Gu Mian had also had this suspicion.

His main objective in this instance is to find the evil god. If he finds a treasure chest in the very first square, then the instance is essentially over, and he won't need to look for the evil god at all.

The moment Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan moved to the next square, 007 saw that the square they were currently on on the chessboard had changed.

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Unexpected, isn't it? There was neither surprise nor shock, but isn't the unexpectedness of this situation itself a surprise or a shock?

No, Gugu needs to stand up straight! We've only had one day of sex this month, we can't give up! Let's get our spirits up and get back on track!