"Congratulations to the second player Degui for winning two consecutive games. According to the rules of the preliminary round, the points awarded are: one point."

Not far away, a Qian Yanjun spoke with a somewhat complicated expression.

He had also announced Natalie's victory before, but his mood at this time was very different from that time.

At that time, I was still filled with wonder, but now I only feel the pain of eating Qingxin fried slime congealed liquid.

Natalie used tactics to defeat her opponents openly, but this old man...

The young Qianyan Army soldier showed disgust on his face.

He actually used the cruel method of poisoning the medical center with chess pieces to win. This old guy Degui...

The most shameful thing about Qian Yanjun, who advocates integrity and purity, is his dirty tricks, but this guy Degui just took advantage of the loophole and used the "self-awareness" of the chess pieces to poison him, which is not even his fault.

.

All the onlookers at the scene saw Degui's strategy. They frowned for a while and quietly moved away from Degui.

But Degui didn't care at all, he even held his head high with ambition.

Looking at the points ranking list in the distance, he felt fully satisfied with the second-place ranking high above.

Some people around him who saw Degui's tactics also had a lot of thoughts, and each of them hurriedly looked for opponents, seemingly hoping to win a few games for themselves through this method.

But for some reason, the ending for these people who copied their skills from others seemed not to be happy. After just a few minutes, some opportunistic people lost the game and left the scene dejectedly.

Ningzhe, who witnessed all this, just shook his head slightly and sighed.

The most essence of Liyue Millennium is not the chessboard, but the chess pieces.

[Chess pieces] are self-aware, and at the beginning of making the chess pieces, Ningzhe added a logic base that was biased toward lawfulness.

In other words, if the chess player takes unconventional measures such as poisoning or massacre, the chess pieces will not follow the instructions. In some cases, the chess pieces may even resist the chess player.

Although I don't know what means Degui used to "persuade" the chess pieces, he did it after all. Others who intend to imitate will only end up in a disastrous defeat.

"..."

Ningzhe didn't think he would lose to such a despicable method as poisoning, but...it was too early to take action against Degui at this time.

Because...someone has already targeted Degui.

"Mr. Degui, I'm here at the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. I heard that the old gentleman is very capable, so I hope you can give me some advice."

As expected, Xingqiu walked up to Degui with a cold face and took out the points card in his hand.

Name: Xingqiu

Points: two points

It seems that Xingqiu has already won a game in the previous game.

"Young Master Xingqiu of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce... Hehe, when it comes to the word "teaching", how can I, old man, be so virtuous and capable?"

Facing Xingqiu's challenge, Degui remained calm and even looked at him with a smile.

"..."

Hearing this, Xingqiu became even more furious.

He had just finished the game and saw a Qianyan soldier with an unhappy look on his face. He was curious and went to ask.

After asking, I found out that there was actually an older man among the players who took advantage of a loophole in the chess game and used poisoning to win two games in a row.

Although Liyue Millennium is a game, as long as you can win, no matter how hard you use it, you can do it.

But this competition is for the Moon Festival. If you use this method on a day of family reunion... I'm afraid it's not appropriate.

Even if we don't talk about the reason for the festival, Xingqiu himself is also a chivalrous person, and he would never see such a thing in his life.

Therefore, Xingqiu directly approached Degui, hoping to eliminate this cancer for the competition.

Unexpectedly... Xingqiu's move played right into Degui's plan.

"Hey...since it's Master Xingqiu, I naturally can't refuse."

Degui sighed helplessly, then sat down at the chessboard, waiting for Xingqiu.

"..."

Seeing this appearance, Xingqiu also realized that he might have fallen into the old man's provocation.

"Okay." However, Xingqiu was not afraid at all and he agreed immediately.

"The red side in this round is Young Master Xingqiu, and the blue side is Degui Old Man. That's it, let's start."

Qian Yanjun also came to the chessboard and announced the start of the game.

Ningzhe also came after hearing the news and stood behind Xingqiu when he wasn't paying attention.

Well...it's just started, so it's quite timely.

...

It seems that God is not in favor of this game. The medical clinic that Degui has always paid attention to unexpectedly changed to Xingqiu's side.

Naturally, Xingqiu had a sharp eye and quick hands, so he immediately sent his chess pieces to acquire the medical clinic, and invested money to start developing medicines for his own power.

After that, Xingqiu purchased "workshops", "martial arts halls", "training grounds" and other places non-stop, and began to produce armed forces on a large scale.

Different from Xingqiu's smooth strategic intention, it seems that Degui was a little constrained by not grabbing the medical center at the beginning.

This old man sent a large number of chess pieces to carry capital and occupied the "granary" and "newspapers". In addition, he actually started to build fortifications on the spot and made no other moves.

"This noble man...tsk tsk, he doesn't know how to play without some dirty tricks? Looking at the stiff command, I guess Master Xingqiu will be able to kill him soon."

"Although it is necessary to capture the granary, without an army, what will happen even if you have more food than the entire Liyue? In my opinion, Degui's defeat is already certain."

When the onlookers saw this, they shook their heads and made comments one after another, as if they didn't think highly of Degui.

"..."

Ningzhe also held his chin, looking thoughtful.

Not setting up an army, just cultivating food and grass... From a tactical point of view, it is indeed not a wise decision.

However... the person who can get into the loopholes of the chess pieces cannot be someone who doesn't understand strategy at all. For a moment, Ningzhe couldn't figure out Degui's true intention.

With the efforts of the blacksmiths in the workshop and the teachers at the training ground, Xingqiu quickly gathered a fully formed and excellent army.

Immediately, Xingqiu waved his hand, and this excellent army marched towards Degui's defense line.

However, few people noticed that Xingqiu had a group of elite spies from martial arts schools who were quietly heading towards Degui's main city.

With a two-pronged offensive, one light and one dark, Xingqiu's approach was almost a textbook-level operation.

In contrast, although Degui's fortifications were well built, they suffered from the lack of well-trained soldiers stationed there, so it would only be very quick for them to be broken through by the army.

Xingqiu's army marched into Degui's territory in a mighty manner.

Sure enough, Degui's defense line seemed to have no other effect except that it looked very strong. It was quickly broken through by well-equipped troops.

"Um?"

Seeing this scene, Ningzhe had a trace of doubt in his pupils.

Even new recruits who have not been trained at all will not be able to be so overwhelmingly defeated by the army if the city defenses are strong and the food and grass are sufficient.

has a problem...

There is no fault in the solidity of the city's defense, and the number of soldiers stationed there is also full...

So... an idea suddenly flashed through Ningzhe's mind.

Where’s the food?!

Ningzhe quickly looked towards the battlefield and towards Degui's main city.

If Degui had not transported the grain and grass produced in the "granary" to the front line, then he would...

"What? Degui's main city actually caught fire?"

"This... this level of fire can be said to massacre the city indiscriminately!"

While Ningzhe was thinking, the onlookers around him suddenly exclaimed.

Upon closer inspection, Degui's main city was indeed ablaze with flames!

"What?"

Xingqiu was also extremely shocked. He sent this surprise attack team composed of elite boxers just to find out Degui's troop deployment, but he didn't let them set fire to massacre the city!

As the flames spread further, the battlefield on the front line was also affected.

Xingqiu's army discovered that the defenders, who originally had low defensive will, suddenly became even more depressed. Out of doubt, the chessmen captured a prisoner without authorization.

After asking, I found out that my commander actually sent people to set fire to the enemy's main city. The raging fire burned almost every ordinary household in the main city.

Among the innocent people who died in the fire were the families of the defenders.

It is obvious that the army can win the victory justly if they fight hard at the front, why does the coach still send people to prevent fire?

The army commander looked at the sad faces of the defenders and clenched his hands for a moment.
To be continued...