Chapter 35: The Origin of the Game
"Brush, brush, brush!
The five metal strings spun rapidly, and the earth was cut directly into slag, slowly collapsing downward.
Soon, a large circular pit appeared in the street, and Chen Qi opened a passage to the underground.
Although he didn't want to get into the sewer, for the sake of safety, Chen Qi had to take matters into his own hands and drag the big black dog out.
Perhaps because he had been out of the slum for too long and felt the familiar atmosphere again, Chen Qi was really a little difficult to get used to.
"Whoa, whoa!"
Chen Qi walked through the sewers and soon found the big black dog paralyzed on the ground.
"Wow!"
The big black dog stared at Chen Qi with a frightened expression, as if he recognized his identity.
"Scream, no one will come to your rescue if you cut your throat!"
Chen Qi shamelessly dragged the horn of the big black dog, it turned out to be real.
The big black dog's eyes were full of anger, but except for the dog's head, his body was completely immobile.
"We're old acquaintances, don't talk nonsense!"
"You honestly cooperate with me to do a few experiments, and I will let you go!"
Chen Qi teased the dog while carefully sensing the changes in the puppet's silk thread.
Although the big black dog didn't understand what the human was saying, it didn't prevent it from feeling undisguised malice.
At the critical moment, it tried to reconcile the two forces in its body according to its past instincts.
Seeing that the two forces were about to balance again, that hateful source of interference reappeared.
Under Chen Qi's control, the dog vomited blood directly this time and completely wilted.
"Forgive me for being a dog, and I don't know how to make bitter meat."
Chen Qi took back the puppet silk thread with satisfaction, and the conflict in the dog's body could not be calmed down for four or five days.
At this stage, it is like a dog on a board, only half a step away from being seated.
"Woo!"
The big black dog's eyes were full of pleading, but it was a pity that Chen Qi turned a blind eye.
He hadn't forgotten that when they first met, the dog stared at him, and his mouth was full of harass.
If it weren't for the fact that the dog's blood was poisonous, Chen Qi would have planned to remove one of its legs and taste it.
"Retley, you can come down and drag the dog!"
Now that the dog has completely lost the ability to resist, Chen Qi doesn't want to carry it out himself.
After ordering a few people on the ground, Chen Qi looked around boredly.
Although it was very dark in the passage, Chen Qi adjusted the focus of his pupils at will, and his vision became brighter.
At this time, Chen Qi had already practiced Kestrel boxing to the master level.
The "eyewitness" technique possessed by the martial arts master was transformed by Chen Qi and became his unique ability.
Now, even if he doesn't use his [Physical Control] ability, he can adjust his vision at will to achieve [Television] and [Dark Vision].
It's a pity that the dynamic capture ability has higher requirements for eye muscle manipulation, so I can only wait for the Kestrel to upgrade to the grandmaster level.
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"This seems to be the dog's lair?"
This sewer was unexpectedly clean, and even Chen Qi found a kennel not far away.
The kennel was built from discarded human clothing and sofas, which must have been built by the dogs themselves from an artistic point of view.
Chen Qi was very unkind to copy the kennel, but there was no surprise.
This dog is so Buddhist that he can't even take a bone into the nest.
Nothing but dog hair.
"Huh?"
Chen Qi's gaze swept over the wall next to the kennel and saw some scratches.
This seems to be the place where the dog polishes its paws, but Chen Qi is keenly aware of the handwriting left by humans in those scratches.
This instantly attracted Chen Qi's attention.
"Hate, hate, that bastard Gutave lied to us!"
The text seems to have been carved into the wall with a finger, and the handwriting is not full of hatred, but also mixed with dark blood.
"Interesting, there are really surprises!"
The nick uses the lingua franca of human beings, and after recognizing the word "Gutaf", Chen Qi knew that he had won the jackpot today.
"Why? Why is it different from what is said? ”
"After that game was played, we did gain [Jobs] and [Talents], but what we lost was lifespan."
"Hate, why are we aging at such a rapid pace? And Gutaf's bastard is rejuvenating. ”
"Everything is exactly as Moric said, this is a trap!"
"Gutaf has gained immortality, and we have become outcasts!"
"Hate hate, hate, why can't you kill him, the sky will die in the blue taro country!"
At the end of the nick, even the bone residue remaining in it can be faintly seen, which shows how much the person who wrote the last words hated it.
"Although I don't know who you are, I think you should be the hero who supported Gutaav's ascension to the throne, the original player of "Game of Kings"!"
This is information that is easy to guess, especially after Chen Qi obtained "that manuscript".
The one in the sewers probably survived the bloody coup, but for some reason he died here in the end.
The bloody coup took place 10 years after Gutaaf's accession to the throne, exactly more than 30 years ago, combined with the timing of the appearance of the "Dog of Death".
Chen Qi could easily come to a conclusion that the big black dog had mutated after eating this first-generation player.
"He" is the root of the birth of the dog of death!
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However, Chen Qi's most important gain is not to dig the old bottom of the "big black dog", but to know the truth about the "bloody coup".
Through the last words of this original player, Chen Qi can draw two conclusions.
First, before Game of Kings was born, or before Gutaf ascended the throne, he was just a mortal, otherwise he wouldn't need to enlist the support of others.
And he co-opted his subordinates' chips, in addition to power and money, there should also be [player qualifications].
If the gossip obtained by Plum 10 is true, "King Game" was originally only a production and operation game, then the [talent] possessed by the original players is most likely a certain [class] bonus.
For example, the [Prime Minister] card has a [talent] of "being good at coordinating various affairs".
And this point, Chen Qi also got a clear answer from the plum blossom 10.
It was also because he asked too many questions that the latter almost blocked him.
It can be seen that before "Game of Kings" was upgraded to a combat game, [players] did not have [superpowers] at all.
And this is also in line with another conjecture of Chen Qi!
That is, the operation of the game requires energy!
The most likely source of energy is the player.
That's why the first generation of players will be drained of lifespan, so they only have talents, not superpowers.
This is because the original "Game of Kings" was still very weak and needed "courtiers to serve the king".
And this may be the "hidden game rules" that Gutaaf did not explicitly inform [the original players]! ”
When the game runs steadily and covers the entire [Blue Taro Country], the energy to maintain the operation of the game is already a burden on all citizens.
At that time, the game was already very powerful, and only then did [superpowers] appear.
As for the second conclusion reached by Chen Qi, it is really a bit "shocking!" ”
The one who left the last words thought that Gutaf had gained immortality, but Chen Qi guessed how Gutaf had achieved immortality.
Gutaaf binds Game of Kings to the country of Blue Taro and the King to himself.
As long as the monarchy of the Blue Taro Kingdom does not perish, then "Game of Kings" will always run, and [King] will always be Gutaaf.
So Gutaf can live forever, 100 years, 200 years, 300 years, 500 years······
This is probably the "original intention" of the 68-year-old Gutaaf to create this game.
Although he doesn't know how he did it, Chen Qi is now sure that it can only be humans who created "Game of Kings".
Demons are the kind of myths and legends that exist like them, but they don't covet a mere lifespan of hundreds of years!