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"Mom..."

"That's a very intrusive thing to say"

The audience across the screen shook their bodies and bared their teeth to express their opinions.

The three of You Yunran who heard such a sentence at the scene felt deeper than the audience.

As a result, Daxiu fell into a wordless silence, and John didn't seem to be much better.You Yunran consciously assumed the role of negotiation, and asked, "Where is Miss Annie now?"

The man took a sip of tea slowly, closed his eyes and thought about it for a moment, and said calmly: "She is in the room behind me now. The room is locked, and I have the key. Do you want it?"

You Yunran said calmly: "Of course."

The man laughed lightly, and said to You Yunran, "At what price?"

You Yunran asked, "What do you need?"

With a smile in his eyes, the man said to You Yunran: "I found a mirror from that lady." He turned over the small metal mirror placed on the table, and said to You Yunran and others: "You should There are also."

"You want this?"

The man didn't answer directly, and said to You Yunran: "There are four of you, so there should be three mirrors?"

"To be precise, there are two sides." You Yunran looked back at the housekeeper and said, "There is still one side in his hands."

After Fangcai Daxiu got the mirror, he became angry with embarrassment, and threw the mirror at the butler's feet, and the butler took it over.

"Oh?" The man raised his eyebrows and said helplessly, "Then it looks like he won't hand it over."

You Yunran heard from it that the man and the housekeeper might not be on the same side, and said to the man, "Aren't two sides enough?"

"It's not enough, but it's better than nothing." The man smiled and said, "However, as a replacement for the third mirror, you need to promise me one request."

"That depends on what your request is." You Yunran said cautiously: "And, from your tone, the mirror should be a very important thing, and it may even determine the fate of all of us. We can't In order to save Annie alone, I will give you all the mirrors."

The man nodded in understanding after hearing this, stood up, and signaled You Yunran and others to follow.He opened a door of the side room of the living room, revealing the appearance inside, and said to You Yunran: "Don't worry, my request is not too much, you can definitely do it."

After finishing speaking, he walked into the room, sat at the round table, and said to You Yunran and others: "You just need to play a game with me, and you can make any request and bet. I only need the mirror in your hand."

You Yunran walked into the room, looked at the things on the table, analyzed and said: "That is to say, we have three chips including your request, and you have Annie and a mirror, Is it right?"

"That's right." The man sat in front of the table, laid out the chess pieces slowly, and smiled at You Yunran and others, "Who's coming?"

Daxiu immediately said: "Chess? You want to bet with us with this thing?"

After the man heard this, his expression became very ugly: "Be careful what you say!"

The moment he spoke, the temperature in the room immediately dropped several degrees.Frost covered the surface of the room unknowingly, and many decorative surfaces were covered with a layer of hoarfrost.

Before You Yunran saw this, before he could say anything, the man's gaze touched the chessboard frozen by ice and snow, and his expression immediately changed, becoming very distressed, and regretfully said: "My chess!"

After finishing speaking, the temperature in the room rose again to the temperature suitable for the human body—this time it may be the temperature suitable for the chessboard. The man was dissatisfied with Daxiu and said: "You vulgar person who doesn't know how to play chess!"

Daxiu was so angry that he was gearing up, wishing he could hit him quickly.

John said with difficulty: "But we don't know how to play chess?"

Although I understand the most basic rules, that is, soldiers can only move forward and cannot retreat; queens can move horizontally, vertically, and obliquely, and the number of steps is not limited, but they cannot overstep.The ultimate goal is to eat the opponent's king while protecting one's own king, etc., this is the most obvious level.How to use the rules to play chess flexibly, and even win against the guy in front of him who seems to love chess like crazy, has to be embarrassing.

You Yunran said to Da Xiu: "Can you play chess?"

Daxiu said in a bad mood: "Why don't you play chess when you have nothing to do? Is the game not fun, or is work not busy enough?"

Looking at his appearance and what he said just now, does he look like a person who can play chess?

You Yunran said: "In this case, let me try."

The man looked at You Yunran, and said with a smile, "Is it really you? I just felt that you should be the most suitable opponent."

You Yunran smiled and said, "Liao praised."

The butler stood aside and said coldly, "I advise you not to."

You Yunran pulled out the chair and sat down, looking back at the housekeeper.

The steward said: "He is a guest invited by the master. He is the most powerful chess master in the country. No one can win against him."

The man smiled proudly and said: "Although you are obstructing me, I don't hate your compliment."

The housekeeper continued: "You are sending the mirror in front of him for nothing."

After hearing this, Daxiu and John both showed troubled expressions on their faces.You Yunran's expression didn't change much, but there was a faint emphasis on it, and he turned to look at the man and said, "Human, we must be saved."

After the man heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face, he nodded in satisfaction, and said in praise: "That's right, I haven't found anyone to play a game of chess with me for a long time, and this time I can finally have a good time."

You Yunran listened silently, arranged the chess pieces in front of him one by one, and said to the two behind him: "I will use this mirror of mine to try to play a game with him. If I win, that would be great. If If we lose, we still have the one in John’s hand, so it’s not too bad.”

After hearing this, Daxiu and John thought it was okay, so they didn't express their opinions.After all, Annie was still trapped in the room right now, so she couldn't be left alone.If they really planned to abandon Annie, they would have turned their heads and left the castle a long time ago, so why did they go all the way here?

But Daxiu said: "Can you play this kind of chess?"

What Daxiu meant was asking, would you, a human being who has just left the earth not long ago, play this popular board game in the interstellar world?How to compare with a guy who is obviously not bad at chess.

You Yunran thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let's understand a little bit."

In a place unknown to everyone, netizens across a screen discussed one after another:

"Chess..."

"I only know a few kinds of chess in our country, and I don't even know the rules like this..."

"Although You Yunran knows a lot of knowledge, he must also know the rules of chess very well. But 'knowing' and 'proficient' are completely different things."

"Wooooow, my poor goddess Annie must be very scared now."

The man sitting in front of the game table couldn't wait to say: "Come on, hurry up, white moves first."

You Yunran raised his finger and took a step forward with the "soldier", and said with a smile, "Please enlighten me."

"The style of chess is quite stable..." The man has rich experience, and he said to himself when he saw this: "Hey, it's not fun to play like this."

You Yunran replied: "I don't know your style yet, so come on with mediocrity."

"Hmph..." The man snorted dissatisfied, and took two steps forward with his pawn.

Seeing this, Daxiu immediately jumped out and said, "Hey, hey! Why do you go two squares at once! Are you kidding me!"

John immediately explained: "No, the rules originally said that you can move two squares at once."

After Daxiu heard this, he was puzzled and said: "...then why did he only move one square?"

John didn't really understand the specific reasons, but he still understood some things: "That's why this gentleman just said that our chess style is stable."

"Oh..." Seeing this, Daxiu forced himself to be quiet.

John saw that You Yunran and the others were playing chess in an orderly manner, and he was a half-baked and layman on his side, so he asked the housekeeper for help, "Do you know how the chessboard is going now?"

The butler had no expression on his face—in fact, there was no expression on the face that seemed to have been soaked in sulfuric acid for three days and three nights—and he said indifferently: "I'm just a servant, how can I understand such an elegant art?" .”

Daxiu muttered softly: "It's really useless..."

It wasn't just John who couldn't understand, but most of the netizens who watched the game through a screen didn't know anything about it.

"What's the matter? Who's doing better?"

"I see You Yunran took several chess pieces from that guy at once, is it true that he is actually very powerful?"

"It just looks like..." After all, some people who are proficient in chess came out to speak: "You Yunran captured a few pawns of the opponent, and he was captured by a bishop. It is clearly a loss."

"The opponent's chess style is very flexible, and his thinking is very clear. He is said to be the number one in the country... and he is indeed of this level. Although it may not be enough in StarCraft, he can definitely be regarded as a master. "

"However, in front of this kind of opponent, You Yunran is not too weak to be eaten by only one bishop within a dozen steps."

If Daxiu was able to surf the Internet at this time, he would definitely use the network communication function impatiently to ask the netizens loudly who has the greater chance of winning in this situation.

But even if he himself couldn't ask, many straight-hearted people who like Daxiu, whose personality and style are exactly the same as Daxiu, immediately asked: "Then who can win? Don't say so many have nothing, give me some advice Talk!"

The chess masters replied, "What's the rush?"

"When it comes to playing chess, even the top masters in the world cannot guarantee that they will definitely win."

"In fact, our current chess champion, so far, has only a 70.00% winning percentage, which is already remarkable!"

"That is to say, there is a one-third chance of losing every game? Then, the so-called champion is nothing special..."

"You don't even look at who the champions are competing with. They are the most powerful and top-notch people in the interstellar world! These people's level is not much different, and there will be troughs and peaks, and there will be ups and downs in strength. No matter what A powerful person will definitely encounter setbacks when he encounters the opponent's peak state during the trough period..."

"We mean to say that even if the opponent's skills are very high, it's not 100% impossible to beat him."

"However, if the level difference between the two sides is too large, then even if this person is in a low state, ordinary people will not be able to beat him."

Netizens roughly finished reading these explanations, and muttered: "...So, is this guy in a good state now?"

The man sitting in front of You Yunran suddenly frowned and said, "Tsk, it's really..."

You Yunran smiled and said: "It seems that my luck is pretty good today."

He stretched out his hand to pick up the queen, and captured the knight of the black side, and said cheerfully: "I'm not welcome."

The man was depressed, but he didn't really care about it: "It's been a long time since I played chess with others, I didn't notice it for a while, I didn't think about it so thoroughly."

Seeing this, Daxiu thought he was about to win, and said excitedly, "How is it? Can he beat it? Is this guy bragging?"

You Yunran played with the black horse casually in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's just luck, I caught a small negligence and ate a horse. Overall, this one has the advantage."

"Huh..." Although You Yunran spoke very modestly, based on the man's qualifications, it would be a great shame for him to be caught by You Yunran for an omission and easily eaten by a horse.Therefore, the man snorted unhappily, and his style suddenly became full of aggression. He kept pressing and attacking several times in a row, and You Yunran could only barely cope with it, tired of defending.

Daxiu observed the expressions of the two, and said anxiously: "Hey! Can you do it? I'm so nervous watching this!"

Obviously, You Yunran didn't have enough energy anymore, so he reluctantly said, "I'll do my best."

After finishing speaking, his chess playing style became cautious and conservative again, and the entire "battle camp" was shaped by him into a "turtle shell" with impenetrable defenses and extremely hard defenses. , do not leave easily.

Netizens who love chess all said clearly, "Come here."

They popularized science for other netizens: "This is one of the most famous extreme moves nowadays. Even if you change the master to play chess, I'm afraid it will take some effort."

"The offensive power of this tactic is not strong, but the defensive power is definitely not weak."

"The 'ancient people' faced with the latest tactics nowadays, I am afraid that they will also suffer a dull loss."

"You Yunran was lucky, and took advantage of the chasm of the times to find a coincidence."

After the man who had never seen such a style of play fought with You Yunran for a few moves, he immediately understood the insidiousness of the formation in front of him, "gritting his teeth" and said: "Sly fellow."

You Yunran smiled and said, "That's what you said, I think you seem very happy?"

The man snorted, and said with a half-smile: "Although this kind of play is not enjoyable, it is more or less novel."

Meaning, he was actually having a good time.Even in the face of a tough nut to crack, no matter how hard he attacks, it won't work, but he is willing to spend his time and try again and again.Even though this attempt may have made him fail a hundred or eighty times, and he failed, he would never tire of it.

Time passed silently in this long temptation of you attacking and defending.

For the audience in front of the screen, it was only a matter of turning the camera and blinking twice, but for the few people present, it was an extremely long two hours.

Daxiu never dreamed that a game of chess would take so long.

Just when he was walking around the room anxiously like an ant on a hot pot, he finally couldn't restrain himself and rushed forward, slapped it on the table, and shouted angrily, "Have you done enough?" .

You Yunran suddenly picked up the queen unexpectedly, and from an angle that no one could have expected, came obliquely in front of the black chess king, and gently pushed him down to the ground.

"…………"

The man suddenly opened his eyes wide, and You Yunran looked relieved. He wiped the sweat from his forehead wearily, and smiled at the man: "It seems that my luck is really good today."

The man immediately understood the reason, figured out exactly where he made the mistake, glared at Daxiu angrily, and said, "It's you!"

Daxiu first saw You Yunran's movements, his face was happy, he raised his hand and patted You Yunran's shoulder in joy, and praised him "You are great!" Then he raised his chin and challenged the man: "What's the matter? ? You still don’t admit that you lost, right!? How shameless!”

The man turned red with anger, and said to Daxiu: "Playing chess requires a very quiet and focused environment. You have been walking up and down like this, and just now you are gearing up for me and making small moves behind my back to distract me. If it weren't for you I looked up at you, how could I take the wrong 'car' and forget to block this road!"

Because of his negligence before, he accidentally lost a horse, and now it is another negligence, accidentally making a wrong move.With just these two bad moves, facing You Yunran, who is defending from all directions and has no chance to make mistakes, whoever reveals his weakness first will lose.

In addition, Cai Daxiu did a lot of small movements like hyperactivity, and he assumed a posture that he would overturn the chessboard and fight with men in the next second. normal.Fortunately, this is an occasion for private competitions. If it was put in a formal competition, Daxiu would definitely be the first type to be kicked out by the staff.

When netizens saw this, they all expressed their delight: "Hahahaha, I never thought Daxiu's violent temper would come in handy in this kind of place."

"Huh... I'm so nervous to see it. It's really not easy for You Yunran to make it this far..."

"I was almost beaten by that guy several times."

"This man is really miserable. If it were me, he would definitely be pissed to death."

You Yunran said to the man: "Okay, I narrowly won this game, let Annie out."

The man's face was ashen, and he was suffocating in his heart.He fought patiently for more than two hours, enduring Daxiu's interference all the time, trying to find the idea of ​​"breaking the formation" time and time again.Now he finally found a way, but lost the chessboard for such a reason, how could he endure such humiliation!

The man said angrily: "No!"

You Yunran's complexion changed, and he said to the man: "Admit the bet and admit defeat, as a chess player, don't you even have the courage?"

After the man heard this, his face turned red with embarrassment, as expected, he couldn't stand this kind of heart-pounding provocative words.But let him stop the game like this, he is really not reconciled.

In addition, although he was a bit restrained and disturbed in the game of chess just now, it was still a fun process.After being lonely for so many years, it is rare for him to meet an opponent with a decent level. How could he be willing to stop in the next round!

So he blushed and said to You Yunran: "I, I admit defeat! But, I didn't say anything, my bargaining chip in the first game is Annie, and I will exchange this mirror for you!"

He casually threw the extremely precious mirror in front of You Yunran, and said to You Yunran, "One more game, if you win this time, I will release Annie."

You Yunran was silent for a moment, then took the mirror helplessly, and said to the man, "I hope you mean what you say."

Daxiu immediately shouted: "Hey! Is this the compromise?"

While laying out the chessboard, You Yunran said, "It is true that we didn't make it clear to him just now that after winning this game, he will let Annie out. He just said, 'his chips are here. The mirror, and Annie' that's all."

Daxiu was suddenly furious, he hated this kind of nonsense word games the most!

John is still very talkative, whether it is to his own people or to his enemies, he has never lost his temper.Faced with the obviously unreasonable behavior of the chess player, he would only have a little daughter-in-law mentality of "I'm not good enough, I didn't think clearly", and worried about You Yunran: "It will be very hard for you... "

Facing such a powerful enemy just now, You Yunran racked his brains and exerted all his energy to play chess for more than two hours.In terms of mental and physical strength, the burden is undoubtedly very huge.Concentrating all the pressure on You Yunran alone, John felt a little sorry.

With a little tiredness on You Yunran's face, he comforted John: "It's okay, I can handle this level."

Netizens who saw this scene on the Internet said one after another: "I feel sorry for You Yunran, this is too tiring..."

"This man is really shameless"

"I'm furious"

Some fans of You Yunran couldn't help but say:

"John is so warm, he knows how to be considerate of my family"

"Suddenly I don't hate him so much."

The man knew that his behavior was a little shameless, and said to You Yunran: "Well, this is the inconvenience of the human body. Let's take a step back, you don't use the method just now, and I won't learn from you to use the method just now. As for how to play, we set a time limit and finish a game of fast chess within an hour, how about it?"

You Yunran said: "Then what if after an hour, the two of us won't win?"

The man curled his lips and said, "Do you think you will have this chance?"

You Yunran smiled and said, "Okay, let's start the second round."