Chapter 44: Halloween Chess Game (3)
After a short rest in the palace suite of the hotel, at near dusk, Li Mengxi and Hinata Nain set off again, and the destination was naturally the "Chess Command Wall" that Li Mengxi had said before.
Earlier, the content of the guide handed over to Li Mengxi by the hotel's waiter NPC was about the level boss, the second apostle of God.
There is a fundamental difference between the second apostle and the first apostle. The first apostle, the Black Ice Knight "Holzad", is an apostle with a physical body, while the second apostle, "Morfit", is an apostle without a physical body.
It is possessed by a chess game left by the gods in this city, and it is the game itself. Players must participate in the game to have a chance to beat it. But this god's chess game is not for everyone to participate in at will, and it has qualifications.
The key to qualification is the eleven pieces hidden in the Double Horn, each of which represents a person's eligibility to participate. Only when all the owners of the eleven pieces appear will the game of God be opened, and all of them are indispensable.
Of course, the gods didn't have a bad heart to let the players look for a needle in a haystack, and he left the corresponding eleven riddles. Each riddle is the location of a chess piece.
And the location of the riddle is the northern "chess wall" where Li Mengxi and the two went at this time. Because of the chess game, the god carved an oracle on this mountain wall, so it is called "chess oracle wall". This is one of the city's most beautiful features.
"So, what is the riddle?" asked Hinata curiously after listening to Li Mengxi's explanation.
"I don't know. Li Mengxi said helplessly, "That's why we have to go to the 'Chess Wall' to find out." ”
"It's a nuisance. Why don't they just print the riddles in the manual?"
"I don't know, maybe it's an oracle so they don't dare to transcribe it casually. There is no point in digging deeper. ”
That's right. Thinking about the guide, Hinata Nain's eyes couldn't help but look at a bookstore that happened to be passing by, but she accidentally found something. "Wait a minute, Dream Creek!"
"What's wrong?" Li Mengxi noticed that Hinata Naine suddenly stopped, so he had to stop and ask anxiously.
"Let's go to the bookstore first. ”
"Bookstore?" Li Mengxi looked around when he heard this, and it was easy to find it. "Can't you come back later!"
"Mengxi!" After saying a sharp word, Hinata Nain reached out and gently pulled Li Mengxi's head to make him meet his gaze. "Remember, don't just look ahead, look around? ”
Hearing this, Li Mengxi recalled the gray experience of more than a year, and took a deep breath to calm down.
"I remember, I'm sorry. ”
"The chess wall can't run away there. So, since we've arrived at the door of this store, why not go in and have a look?"
"Well, listen to you. ”
"Hmm. Hinata smiled happily and walked into the bookstore with Li Mengxi turned around.
As if she had a goal in mind, she walked straight to a row of bookshelves after entering the store and picked up a book from the bottom table that was not too thick.
"This is the book you're buying?"
Asking, Li Mengxi looked at the book cover behind Nayin Hinata. I couldn't help but be amazed to see that it read "Collected Papers of Golenville".
"What kind of book is this?"
Hearing this, Hinata Nain turned around and showed a helpless expression at him again.
"Alas, Gorenville, don't you think of anything when you see this?"
"I, should I think of anything?"
"Romaria's full name is none other than Romaria Gollenville. ”
Hearing Hinata Nain say this, Li Mengxi couldn't help but smile in disbelief.
"You mean, it's a book written by Lomaria!"
"What's incredible? She wrote, don't you have a dictionary too?" said Hinata and looked down at the book in her hand slightly, "However, this is probably not her handwriting." I don't know who compiled this book from her previous newspaper articles. ”
"Wait a minute. Newspapers, you say?"
"Yes...... Oh, I don't think I told you that. As he spoke, Hinata Nain manipulated the panel to materialize a newspaper and handed it to Li Mengxi.
"What is this?"
"It's a newspaper published by the players of First Leaf City themselves.,It's mainly a regular publication of what's happening around First Leaf City.,Occasionally, there's some news from afar.。 The scale is not very large, so you don't know and it should be. However, because this is the only public reading, Lomaria often gives her articles to them to publish and disseminate her new discoveries. And this book is a categorization of all the previous articles. It's valuable, and you'd better buy a copy too. ”
"Yes. What did Romania find?"
"Hmm...... By the way, let's just say something you would never think of, and I was quite surprised when I first saw it. Let's start with the skill category. ”
"It's very simple. First, it is divided into combat and life, and then the combat class is divided into martial arts, magic, and magic skills......"
"When!When!The question is, who came up with this classification?"
"Who suggested it? ”
Hearing this, Hinata smiled strangely, stretched out a finger and shook it.
"You can find a random skill now. ”
Looking at Hinata Nain's expression, Li Mengxi unfolded his list of skills suspiciously and flipped through them casually.
Charge: Combat, Martial Arts, Fixed Point (Variable Distance), General Purpose, Strength, Single Shot.
Seven Styles: Combat Class, Magic Skill, Single Object, General Purpose System, Power System, Burst (7), Growth Type.
Sideways: Combat, Martial Arts, Multi-Target, General, Strength, Single.
Star Thorn: Combat, Martial Arts, Multi-Objective (Directly Facing Weapon Length Limited), General, Agility, Single Shot and Multiple Hits.
......
"This, this is ......" Li Mengxi couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at these parameter items that appeared inadvertently.
"Well, I'm scared. ”
"What do you say to be scared, this is ......"
"The Great Discovery...... It's just outdated. In addition to the classification of skills, there are a lot of things that have changed a little since the big change. According to Romaria, it seems that the world has changed accordingly according to the wishes of our players. ”
"Speaking of which, I remember that the invitation I received at the beginning did say 'closed beta'. But isn't that just a trap to trick players in?"
"Romania often publishes research on these kinds of issues. How about this book is valuable? Then I'll get you a copy too. As she spoke, Hinata Nain turned around and took a copy and put it in her arms.
"Wait a minute, don't ...... it yourself"
Before she could finish speaking, Naine Hinata turned back with an unhappy expression.
"What do you want to say? You can't buy it! Lomaria is our friend! Even if you don't want to read it, you can buy a copy and make it popular!"
"I'm not saying I won't buy it, and besides, you're not saying it's not Roma ......" Staring at Hinata's sharp gaze, which obviously refused to defend, Li Mengxi had no choice but to lower his head. "I'll buy it, I'll buy it. ”
"Hmm!" Hinata nodded in satisfaction before turning and walking to the cash register. "That's right. Besides, you have that card and you don't have to pay for it yourself. ”
"That's right!" Li Mengxi suddenly realized, "How did I forget this." Nain, you can buy some more!"
Nayin Hinata, who was about to walk to the counter, stopped and glanced back. "I said, why do you always end up like this when you get money?"
"What can be done, as the saying goes, people are poor and short-minded. ”
Eventually, in addition to Lomaria's collection of essays, the two also bought a map of the city, thinking that they might be able to use it in solving puzzles.
Leaving the bookstore, they had no reason to stop, and soon came to the huge "Chess Wall" square with the last glow of the setting sun.
The atmosphere here is very different in the whole city, revealing the solemnity.
At the end of the simple square, at the end of the mountain wall, there is a shocking landscape like the Longmen Grottoes.
Eleven columns of text of varying lengths hang down like a hanging sword. Under the eleven riddles left by the gods, there are eleven statues of characters that are beautifully carved like Western chess pieces.
Some of the statues radiated brilliance from the inside out, while others were dull - Li Mengxi felt that this should indicate that the chess pieces already belonged.
After a brief pause, Hinata immediately took out a pen and paper and copied the riddle on the glowing statue's head.
But Li Mengxi took a few steps forward in a daze, and he stared intently at the huge statue in front of him wearing a cloak, holding a sword upside down in both hands, and a crown on his head. Then he moved his eyes up a little and read the riddle above in the dim light of dusk.
"The place where the emperor of the Western Expedition is buried, the position of the emperor of the Eastern Expedition, and the place where the true rays of Ziweixing meet. ”
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