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Chapter 881 The Heartless Chess Player

Gu Mian entered the Two-Dimensional Space for the first time and carefully looked at the information in the room.

[Two-part structure/Honest structure]

[You must sever all ties! There is a jealous ghost in the room who cannot bear to see others together in groups. When two or more pieces remain in this room, only one can leave alive.]

[Please eliminate your dear friends before the next round begins, otherwise the ghost in the room will randomly kill everyone until only one person remains.]

Below is an introduction to Honesty, which is similar to what 007 sent them before, with no additional information.

The information in the two separate rooms is more detailed than what 007 sees on the chessboard, and it even provides a specific time limit for killing teammates.

When Gu Mian entered the room, the first thing the ghost in the room noticed was not Gu Mian, but the timid black and white ghost figure that had come into the room with Gu Mian.

Just as Gu Mian was looking at the room description, the ghosts from the two broken frames arrived next to the honest ghost, who was completely attracted by the sudden appearance of his companion.

Gu Mian overheard the following conversation.

"I'm still here because I was caught trying to escape and hide, is that what happened to you too?"

"I'm staying here because Gu Mian is watching me, so it's not easy for me to run away."

"What? You weren't playing with Group Four..."

“That’s right, I’m the one watching it.” Gu Mian’s voice rang out from behind the two ghosts.

Upon hearing this terrifying voice, the already stiff body of the Two-Broken Ghost became even stiffer. It struggled to twist its neck and turn around, only to see Gu Mian standing behind it, staring at it with a half-smile.

Seeing this, the two ghosts peacefully closed their eyes, pretending that they were dreaming.

Gu Mian continued, "According to the rules of this room, only one of you can survive. I hope you can determine the winner before the next round begins."

"This is truly going against the natural order," Liu Ruyan thought to herself, but she still enjoyed watching it.

Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan from Group One have finished their mission and entered the new room. Now it's Group Two's turn. However, Group Two is completely dead, so theoretically, Group Three should move in immediately.

But for some reason, the three groups did not take action for a long time, and nearly two minutes passed quickly.

007 looked at the initial room where the three groups were located with a puzzled expression. Each group of players only had one minute to decide the direction of their pieces, but the three groups had already hesitated for more than a minute.

Judging from the previous rounds, the three groups have shown a strong desire to survive, so they are unlikely to intentionally do anything against the rules. Furthermore, it seems that the three groups haven't violated any rules yet, as there haven't been any system-generated violations.

Is the countdown still with Group Two? Even if everyone in Group Two dies, will their countdown still not be skipped?

Speaking of which...

“Although I thought all the members of Group Two were dead, I didn’t see any death notices for them.” 007 frowned as he looked at the shared death square on the chessboard where Group Two’s pieces were located. “When Group Four’s pieces stepped into the trap squares and died, there were definitely death notices.”

However, when the two groups of people died, there was only an "X" mark on their names, and no death notice was issued.

The countdown hasn't even passed Group Two yet. Does that mean Group Two isn't completely finished yet?

007 then shifted his gaze from the shared death grid where Group Two was located to the second initial room in the lower left corner. The little figures representing the players and pieces in the initial room also went dark and were marked with an X.

007 also felt that the group died too hastily, but that's how it is in dungeons. People who are alive and well one second may suddenly die the next, without any foreshadowing or warning.

However, the situation of Group Two is indeed questionable.

Just now, Liu Ruyan finally sent a message in the group chat, saying that the four sets of chess pieces she encountered in the previous room were acquaintances.

Because 007 didn't know Hao Laoshi, Liu Ruyan didn't tell her much about Hao Laoshi. She just gave her a general overview of the information from Group Four and told 007 that the information she saw in the room was more specific than the information she saw on the chessboard.

This 007 also knew that the trap squares that the four sets of pieces would step into in the first round were vaguely and unclearly described on the chessboard, and one had to step into the trap squares to find out the specific situation inside.

Furthermore, the chessboard didn't indicate that Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan would be handcuffed upon entering the Kuibu Grid.

Therefore, what you see on the chessboard is only a general outline of the room, not the entirety of it.

007 guessed that there might be other contents in the Shared Death Grid, but as outsiders, they didn't know, and they had to go in and see for themselves to know what was inside.

"Should we let Gu Mian enter the Shared Death Grid to take a look?" 007 wondered.

However, the ghost in the Shared Death Grid is a cursed ghost. Gu Mian himself will probably be fine if he goes in, but things might not be so good for him and Liu Ruyan.

Just as 007 was pondering, the three groups finally began to act. Nearly three minutes had passed since Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan took action.

The three-round "one-step-at-a-time" buff on the three sets of pieces has not yet disappeared, so they can only move one step this round.

Originally, you only needed to walk two more steps up to reach the rooms of the four groups of players, but unfortunately, there was a trap square between the three groups of pieces and the initial room number four.

Seeing how quickly all four sets of pieces died in the first round, 007 knew that this trap square was very dangerous.

The top is a trap square, the right side is the chessboard border, and you can't move backward.

Therefore, this group of three pieces can only move their pieces to the left, into a room that no one has entered before. 007 stared at the square to the left of the three groups of pieces, trying to figure out what kind of square it was.

But soon, her eyes widened.

The left square was not shown for a long time because the three sets of pieces did not move to the left but instead stepped up and directly into the trap square.

007 opened his mouth, wondering what the three groups of players meant by this.

"Could it be that the three sets of pieces have some means of absolute self-preservation, allowing him to survive in an extremely dangerous square?" 007 wondered.

She soon realized she was wrong.

Three sets of pieces have died in the trap squares right next to the fourth starting room.

The piece has fallen into a trap and is dead.

what the hell?

This doesn't seem like he's trying to kill the four groups of players; it's more like he's sending his own group's pieces to commit suicide. If the three groups of players could roll the dice freely this round, it would be understandable if he rolled a two and moved on.

Even though the pieces could only move one step forward in this round, all three groups of players still recklessly let their pieces step into the trap squares.

Did he overestimate his piece? Did he think it could safely escape from the trap square, which is why he let it enter the trap square?
007 couldn't figure it out.

She didn't understand why the players in Group 3 would send their own pieces to their deaths.

And it's a death sentence with absolutely no suspense.

The players in the fourth group were clearly bewildered, and one of them remained in the room for a long time without making a choice.

Nearly a minute later, 007 saw that the fourth group of chess pieces had moved one square to the left, leaving the first square, and then entered the same square as Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan.

This was unexpected.

The four groups of players somehow managed to stop their pieces in the same two broken squares as Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan.

The four groups of pieces are positioned on squares that are above each other, and to the right are the squares they came from, which they cannot enter. Below them are trap squares.

The right and bottom areas are absolutely off-limits, the arithmetic grid above is extremely dangerous, and the two broken grids on the left are a two-out-of-three chance of death.

007 certainly knew that with Gu Mian around, no one would die. Did the four groups of chess players also realize this? That's why they were so confident in moving the pieces to the two gaps.

It's worth mentioning that to the right of the trap square below the first square is the shared death square where the two sets of pieces are located, not far from Gu Mian and the others. 007 was planning the route to room 605 in his mind, and wondering if he could have Gu Mian go and see what was in this shared death square.

Below the shared death box is room 605.

007 shifted her gaze back and forth between the shared death grid and room 605 below it, and suddenly she understood something.

She now seems to understand why the three groups of players deliberately let their pieces step into the trap squares.

Because there are "shared death squares" on the board, once a piece steps into one, the entire group dies. This breaks the previous theory of player safety and makes the player in the initial room feel the danger.

If the pieces continue to move on the board, they might step into a shared death square in the next second, at which point the entire group, including the player who started the game in the initial room, will die together.

Therefore, the third player cut off his arm to survive.

His initial goal was to kill other players and claim the prize, but after learning about the dangerous "shared death" square on the board, he decisively gave up the prize and chose to save his life.

As long as all three groups of pieces are still on the field, there is a chance of encountering an unknown shared-death square. However, once all the pieces are dead, there is no need to worry about encountering a shared-death square.

So he sent his first piece directly into the trap, and if I'm not mistaken, the second piece that comes out next will also be sent into the trap square by the three groups of players along the same route.

The first piece has already shown him the best path to death; as long as he follows that path, he can easily kill the second piece.

Do not……

Perhaps no second piece will even be needed.

007 quickly looked towards the bottom right corner of the third initial room, only to see that the player and the pieces in the third initial room had somehow ended up stacked together, just like the second group before the dungeon started, and the two were wrestling together.

The war was short-lived, and a victor was quickly decided.

[The chess piece died in the initial room] - 007 saw this message in room number three in the lower right corner.

That's ruthless enough.

Pursue the greatest benefit when you are safe, and decisively kill others to save your own life when you may be in danger.

Will Ren Leshan be the player in the initial room number three?
"Such a decisive person?" Liu Ruyan saw the message sent by 007 in the group chat. "I'm even a little curious to meet the player in this group. How could he make the decision to kill two pieces in such a short time, just for a shared death square that he might never have encountered?"

This is utterly inhumane!