City C – a corner.

The white hall is full of glitz, the cylindrical space, the semi-circular dome extending upwards, and the deliberately carved recess have mechanical and aesthetic value – a design derived from the Pantheon in Rome, but not identical.

The top was sealed, and there was a sign with a pair of interlaced swords, one pure gold, the other inlaid with gold and precious stones.

The hall under the dome was devoid of frills, not even furniture, but it didn't look empty – it was almost surrounded by layers of turquoise blue screens, mostly streaming data at the top.

There is a chessboard in the very center -

It appeared to be only one man playing chess — a muscular man in a black T-shirt and baggy jeans, sitting cross-legged in front of the board, wearing a baseball cap with a Poké Ball motif on his head, as he looked down at the board in low light, and could only see the bottom half of his bearded face.

This doesn't seem to be a person who can play chess alone at all - I have the impression that this kind of person will either play a beautiful girl game in a small room full of figurines, or he should be pulling a few little brothers on the street with a few wine bottles to find something to do.

But who is alone, sitting under the hall built on the basis of the Pantheon in Rome, quietly ...... Playing chess alone.

…… Not alone.

I saw him pick up a chess piece on the chessboard, and it seemed that he had picked up something real, but at the moment of touching, the chess piece had an inaudible flicker because of the induction-

It's a chess game played on a PCI platform, and he's not without opponents......

"Tsk, this is really hard to play." At this time, the chess pieces opposite the man moved by themselves, looking at the chess pieces that fell in response, he couldn't help but complain when he realized his bad situation, "Can you change the game?!" ”

…… He's not a chess player.

His opponent was standing in the corner of the hall at the moment, and it was a place where he couldn't see people clearly, so he couldn't see this person clearly.

"Forget it then." The man said coldly, and the chessboard disappeared in an instant after speaking, "How's that plan?" ”

"The plan that the little ones came up with is quite interesting!"

"Deliberately let go of the two Ash Cubes, open up the A-class Ash World, and invade the Ash Department before they recover...... Take the opportunity to take a little bit of information? The man said slowly, "When did the Ashes make you so painstaking?" ”

The man in the baseball cap waved his hand: "I don't bother anyway - don't you think there are more and more chicks now, and you need to clean up a wave that doesn't need to exist?" Then let them peck at each other. ”

"There are unidentified people in the Ministry of Ashes." The man was silent for a moment, with a brief warning.

"Ha, then let's see what information we can bring back this time. Anyway, Zhou Jing is too cautious, and he won't make up his mind to deal with us without clear evidence and means. ”

There was silence.

These two men are obviously at the level of "boss" in King's Sword, but their personalities are very different.

…… I can't even play chess together, which sounds pretty miserable.

"Feel free to do so." In the end, the man in the corner seemed to have little interest and said, "But the Ash Cube is only a half-finished product, and the game system will judge it as a cheat, and it will be troublesome to fall on either side." ”

"Rest assured, the Guardians will not investigate, they will only destroy...... It's just a good cheer for the chicks, isn't it? Aha. ”

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In the world of ashes that turned blue, there is an "island" surrounded by the abyss of chaos, like the last refuge of mankind in the apocalyptic theme...... And there is only an old building called "Yongsheng Food Processing Factory".

There was a teenager standing in front of the building.

His flat-headed shape is really prominent, like a good student who is used as a template in the middle school student norms, but there is no "vigorous vitality" in his eyes, but he is gray.

It was also at this moment that a rustle sounded behind him.

"Gravel."

The girl jumped from one floating platform to this end - she was a beautiful girl with a long black straight, but even in this case, she had no expression on her face.

"You're really here, classmate Bai Chen." Fang Li said this, but his tone was calmer than ever.

Bai Chen fell silent.

In her impression, the teenager in front of her was as many people had commented on, and she had seen, stubborn, competitive, and self-righteous - but not once so calm as he was now.

He was so calm that he didn't seem to have gone through puberty, and the menopause was over, and he directly stepped into old age.

"That's where those guys hit and killed my dad with their cars, but they didn't go unpunished. Mom's illness is already dangerous, and we have no other way to go......" Fang Li looked at the ground, "Mom chose to commit suicide, not only because of the pain, but also because she knew that the final surgery would cost a lot of money and the success rate was also low—she knew that her sister would definitely agree to the operation." ”

Bai Chen didn't speak.

She knew it all—just when she "touched" the world of ashes.

"They hid a lot from me and tried to give me the best possible future, so I didn't even know my grandfather was alive." Fang Li continued, "I thought he went with him the year my father died, because my mother and sister didn't mention it until that ash world—you saw it, the old beggar in the factory. ”

Bai Chen suddenly understood.

Fang Silin didn't suddenly change her mind at that time, she just didn't dare to hurt the old beggar, even in the world of ashes - in reality, they had to give up on the old man.

"They didn't dare tell me, but what if I did? What if I get good grades? Many things are decided early in the morning, regardless of whether people are good or full of sin. Fang Li suddenly smiled, "Classmate Bai Chen, you have no idea what this game can bring to people like us-"

The young man turned his head and looked at the girl with no expression on his face, and his voice gradually became a little excited-

"It's a game created by AI, and they seem to be subverting reality, but they're actually sharing the power to control the world - just improve your sequence, and when you become the first, you can get the ability to control the world's AI."

"At that time you were God—that was the most powerful power in the world!"

Bai Chen fell silent when she listened, and she remembered......

[They are all trapped beasts who voluntarily join the competition. 】

"You have power in your hands, and you should calmly watch them compete. 】

[You are Caesar, you are Augustus, why are you fighting for the trapped beasts of the Colosseum?] 】

"It doesn't matter if you think it's ridiculous...... Anyway...... People like us, who have nothing, have only this last hope. ”

Fang Li was still calm when he said this, but as soon as he finished speaking, his expression changed suddenly-gritting his teeth, extremely hideous!

At the same time, he pounced!