Chapter 13: Playing with applause
Thick smoke slowly rose on Lin Ao's aircraft carrier, and the fire burned on the deck, with no sign of extinguishing at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info Because the ship was hit, the octopus shopkeeper's attack is not over.
"Torpedo, continue to attack A4."
BoomοΌ Sparks fly.
"Torpedo, continue to attack A5."
Torpedoes came from different places, through the water curtain, all the way to Lin Ao's aircraft carrier. From the hull of the ship to the stern, the octopus shopkeeper's attacks have not stopped.
"The torpedo continues to attack A6."
But in the last shot, the octopus manager did not attack the A1, and the torpedo grazed the stern of the aircraft carrier on fire.
Lin Ao's frowning brows finally loosened a little, but Eve and Ling didn't look at it that way, their expressions had become extremely nervous.
Ling asked Lin Ao in a low voice, "No...... You okay? β
"Yes." Lin Ao nodded.
Seeing that Lin Ao no longer had a domineering appearance, Eve simply flew to Lin Ao's side and asked in his ear, "Or I'll help you see his layout and come back to tell you?" This way you can hit him straight on. β
"Yes." Lin Ao nodded sullenly again.
"It's your turn, kid, stop muttering." The octopus store manager on the opposite side turned on the taunt mode, "Why don't you attack?" Do you feel like you're going to lose? So don't dare? β
Lin Ao responded with silence.
But the octopus manager continued to attack with words: "So, do you understand? Before the duel begins, be sure to understand all the rules before agreeing to someone else's duel. You ......"
"It's just a teaching NPC, you just don't say a few words, I understand the reason." Lin Ao suddenly and rudely interrupted the octopus store manager's words, and turned to look at the side of the field. "Eve, do you see anything?"
I saw the cat elf sticking to the ground, walking along the edge of the enchantment step by step towards the half of the octopus shopkeeper. Hearing Lin Ao shout like this, it flew up in fright, intending to rush to the sand table on the side of the octopus store manager, even if it looked at it, it would get some information for Lin Ao to come back.
But...... Before it could cross the curtain of water in the middle, a powerful force bounced its entire body back, and it fell to the ground, knocking it into a dazzling eye.
The octopus store manager saw it and smiled from ear to ear: "Hahahaha, do you want an elf who is not a servant to peek at my array?" It's naΓ―ve, it's a game of God as a judge. All of these situations that lead to injustice will be prevented by God. Everyone, including those who are not participants or servants, cannot reveal the layout of both sides by words, gestures, etc. The only way to know the coordinates of the opposing ship's ships is to find their way with attacks. β
The octopus manager's words were not wrong, this duel that should have surprised all the angels present was now silent in the store. It's not that they don't want to comment on the duel, it's that God has forced their mouths shut with force, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't say a word.
Lin Ao looked at the defeated Eve, and was not disappointed at all, and asked the octopus store manager: "Are you saying that you can only use attacks to find out the layout of the other party?" β
"That's right. Isn't that the fun of this game? β
"I think so, too, but I don't know if this pack is not included in the rules of the game?"
"Uh...... Inclusive. The octopus store manager was a little hesitant, but he still gave Lin Ao a definite answer.
"That's right. You...... Cheating, right? Lin Ao asked through the water curtain. Although he couldn't see the face of the octopus store manager, he could feel the embarrassment of the other party from the silence.
The octopus was a little confused by this sudden sentence: "What...... What a cheat! I didn't! β
"And how do you know the location of all my ships?"
"I'm just lucky."
"Luck? If I'm not mistaken, you have some tentacles to put in this war sandbox, right? β
"So what......
"The operation of the engines of a battleship causes vibrations on the surface of the water, and sound is transmitted underwater. As long as you stop your battleship completely, you can feel the layout on my side on the other side. As a human being, I can't use such a skill. But you're a sea creature, and it's not impossible to achieve such a skill, it's ...... It's the racial gap. That is, one of the most important propositions of this new world, racial superiority. β
"That'...... Then you'll ......."
"What will I do? Seven rules for dueling with New World? Can't use any method to interfere with the 'duel' with magic, and once discovered, it will be punished as "cheating" and directly sentenced to 'defeat'? Do you think I'm going to win this duel straight out of the 'Cheating Spotted'? No, I don't need ......"
Lin Ao couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "I will defeat you with dignity." β
"Then you can give it a try...... Don't come back to me for cheating if you can't beat me in the end! The octopus store manager on the opposite side was still holding on and saying cruel things, but in terms of momentum, it had been completely shaved down.
"Now it's my turn, right? Then I started, the aircraft carrier attacked the D6. Lin Ao commanded the crumbling aircraft carrier and launched an attack on the opponent's center.
Unsuccessfully, a splash indicated that Lin Ao seemed to be at a disadvantage. The octopus store manager had a blushing face anyway, but now it has become even more ruddy. His momentum finally regained a little.
"Now it's my turn......"
"Battleship, fire at E7." Before Lin Ao could start deploying the octopus store manager, he once again rudely interrupted the other party. "The cruiser is towards the F8, the submarine is towards the G9, attacking with all its might."
Lin Ao controlled almost all the ships to attack the octopus shopkeeper at the same time. The octopus store manager was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the opponent in front of him had been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
"Turns out you know the hidden rules! You know it's not a turn-based game at all! β
"Of course...... NAVAL CHESS, IN THE GAMECENTER, IS A STRATEGIC AREA. I've played all the games in the strategy zone, and I've written down all their rules, tips, and loopholes. β
Lin Ao pointed to his head: "THIS GAME FROM DECADES AGO, WHEN IT WAS PORTED TO GAMECENTER, IT HAD ALREADY CHANGED FOR THE SAKE OF PLAYABILITY. From a casual game of one-man bombing, naval chess has evolved into a real-time strategy game, where all warships can move and attack at the same time. But you also pretend that both sides can only attack once at a time, and say from the beginning that it will be your turn, and that's the trap you planted from the beginning! You see, in our magical enchantment, there is no round start at all, and there is no round countdown! It's okay for you to deceive those dumb-headed angels, lie to me? Heh......"
When the octopus shopkeeper heard this, his heart finally settled down: the human on the other side was too proud, but he just knew the rules, and it was nothing remarkable......
"You're right, but you can't win me on your own. Because you don't know where my ship is, and I, how can I know yours! Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right and Middle! All five of your ships are in the most remote locations! Aircraft carriers, attack A1, battleships, cruisers, etc., immediately and freely attack the four corners! β
Planes, shells, and torpedoes all passed through the water curtain in the middle, and for a time you came and went, and both sides launched the most fierce attacks. However, when Captain Octopus's attack reached its destination, he was stunned.
The water was empty, and all his attacks were in vain......
"How so?" He hurriedly inserted more tentacles into the water, and his spirit was more focused and delicate. But the vibrations that came from the chessboard on the opposite side completely stopped at this moment. Except for the water that flows down from the middle curtain to form a current, the water surface on both sides is as calm as a mirror, which makes the octopus store manager's heart cool by half.
"What's going on......"
"Don't you know all about the location of my ship?" Lin Ao said with a bit of sarcasm, "I thought that I had entered real-time strategy mode, and I would lose!" I didn't expect you to just scare me, the store manager. β
"Don't be complacent, you kid! It's just a little trick! Can't you see where my warship is! It's just a circle in the middle! Do you want to push my ship out step by step! I'm telling you, it's useless! β
The octopus store manager was right, Lin Ao was still drawing a huge, spiral-shaped circle with a cannonball in the middle at the moment. Starting from the very middle point, he expanded outward step by step, and had swept nearly a fifth of the map in the middle, but not a single shot had hit the octopus shopkeeper's boat.
Of course, Lin Ao's cannonballs were closely connected into a line one after another, and he was as coherent as a drawing, so far he had clearly drawn three arcs. For the opponent, you don't have to think much about it to know where he is going to play next.
But Lin Ao still had a calm expression: "What's there to be afraid of, keep sweeping out, sweep to the edge of the map, and you can destroy all your ships." β
Naive......
The octopus shopkeeper almost broke out, but he thought about it, what was the use of laughing at Lin Ao for him? It's better for you to use Lin Ao's current blind spot to redistribute the ship. With this in mind, he drove his ship to the place where he felt that Lin Ao would not attack.
From turn-based to real-time strategy......
Lin Ao's tactics of spreading from the center did have a huge flaw, that is, as he knew, all the ships in this naval chess game could sail on the water. In this way, the circle tactic cannot confirm whether the hit area is really "CLEAR".
For example, I bombarded the E5 grid and knocked it out, thinking it was "blank". But if the enemy sails the ship inside again, then my "chance" for confirmation will be abolished. In the end, it is very likely that Lin Ao has exhausted all the tiles, and he has not found Captain Octopus's ship yet.
But......
Calm......
There was only such a feeling left on Lin Ao's face, and he still carried out this strategy in his own way. For five minutes, neither side could hit the other ship once, and the duel was at a fever pitch.
Compared with Lin Ao's calmness, the mentality of the octopus store manager can be described as ups and downs. The occasional engine signal always put him in a state of euphoria, but when his shells hit him, it was always in vain.
The roar of shells was incessant, and the dive of the planes also gave off a beautiful melody......
Accompanied by the rollercoaster-like mentality of the octopus shopkeeper, from joy, to irritability, and finally annoyance, the octopus store manager finally couldn't help it: "You, what kind of magic are you using!" Did the angels help you hide the traces of the ship! β
"Magic, not needed." Lin Ao looked at the spirit beside him. The long duel, the endless explosions, had already made the angel a little in a trance, and he rubbed Ling's head with a little tenderness. "Get up, my master, I'm ready to win."
"Huh? How to win? You...... Aren't you completely down......"
"Have you ever heard of World War II?"
Spirit shook his head.
Lin Ao smiled and explained: "In the Second World War of mankind, there was a country called Germany, and the submarines they had, just like the weapons in front of us, directly passed through the opponent's defense line and entered the hostile country to sneak attack, without being discovered by the other party. At that time, the enemy had tentacles like the manager of the octopus store on the other side, and we humans called it 'radar', which could also detect the sound caused by the opponent's engine. But the German submarines were quite clever, they turned on their engines for a short time, and when they gained enough speed, they turned them off completely. Then follow the currents and waves, and let the ships float into the opponent's position. Now, do you see that? The curtain of water separating the two sides can create a huge ocean current, and the octopus shopkeeper keeps dropping bombs to disrupt the current. At this moment, he himself heard the sound of the engine at a certain level, but the momentary sound of hospitality made him unable to discern the direction of the ship, and could only hit the position where he heard it. Then in the next second, even I don't know where the boat will drift along the water, let alone him? So what you see on my side, he always hits my boat, but never hits. β
The octopus shopkeeper listened, and his heart felt like it was dripping blood. The killer weapon that he relied on for victory unexpectedly became the biggest weakness in his strategy, and he was also played with by the other party......