Chapter 46
The six of them stripped the Safe House clean and left along another path. Perhaps because they had rested well, everyone’s spirits were quite good this time.
After walking for about an hour, they reached their second level. As long as they entered and succeeded, they would be one step ahead of the other teams.
Shen Shuyu wiped the fine sweat from his face with a tissue. He asked, “Shall we go in?”
Once they passed this level, even if the people behind caught up, they would have to leave.
Chi Yanxun pursed his lips slightly. He looked at the tablet again. The Blue Team wasn’t far from them on the tablet, as if they had been following them all along.
Shen Xili glanced at Chi Yanxun and immediately understood what he was thinking. He said, “It won’t be too late to come back and see who it is after clearing the level.”
Actually, Chi Yanxun had always wanted to see who exactly this Blue Team was. He vaguely had a team name in mind but wasn’t sure. Along the way, he had been looking for a chance to ambush them, but the path was all flat terrain with absolutely no opportunity to set an ambush.
Chi Yanxun put away the tablet. “Okay.”
Shen Shuyu stretched his limbs. Once inside, it would be a tough battle!
The other five also looked solemn, ready to face the challenge in their best form. The six walked in, but instead of the scene they imagined, there was a chessboard placed right in the center.
“This is… Gobang (Five-in-a-Row)?” Shen Shuyu was shocked. “P-Playing Gobang?”
Is it this simple?!
“Proceed with caution.” Chi Yanxun’s tone was heavy. He walked up first, his pheromones slowly filling the center of the chessboard. Alpha pheromones could also sense some danger.
Lin Xuyi frowned and said, “You can’t use pheromones anymore.”
As part of an Alpha or Omega, if pheromones were depleted, it would trigger a series of adverse reactions. Even if Chi Yanxun was a top-tier Alpha, he couldn’t abuse pheromones at will!
He had already used a lot of pheromones when fighting the Mutant Red Ant yesterday. If he continued using them unrestrainedly like this, big problems would arise sooner or later.
Chi Yanxun only replied indifferently, “I know my limits.”
Shen Shuyu was somewhat curious. He walked to Lin Xuyi and asked, “Why not? Don’t we always have pheromones?”
Lin Xuyi seemed at a loss for words. He looked at Shen Shuyu, thinking he was just joking, but unexpectedly saw genuine confusion in his eyes.
Lin Xuyi asked in surprise, “You really don’t know?”
Shen Shuyu nodded. “Don’t know.”
“This is the content of the first class after differentiation. You really didn’t listen at all.” Lin Xuyi paused. “But thinking carefully, your family doesn’t need you to exhaust your pheromones either.”
The Shen family was prominent on their planet. Although Shen Shuyu was brainless, when it came time for matching, there would surely be many people pushing their eligible Alphas forward.
Wonder what kind of Alpha he will find in the future.
Thinking this, Lin Xuyi asked, “Young Master, what kind of Alpha do you plan to find in the future?”
Shen Shuyu looked at him disdainfully. “Need you ask? My Alpha is only Brother Yanxun.”
Lin Xuyi made a zipping motion. Damn, I was abrupt! Why did I ask a question everyone knows the answer to!
This interlude passed quickly. Because of Lin Xuyi’s interruption, Shen Shuyu didn’t find out what would happen after pheromones were used up.
While he was thinking, Chi Yanxun picked up a white piece and placed the first move. The black pieces opposite responded. But when he prepared to place the second piece, he felt a resistance stopping him.
“What’s going on?” Chi Yanxun muttered. Applying a little force with his fingers, the white piece crumbled into dust in his hand.
He took another one, but the result was exactly the same as the second one.
Seeing this, Shen Shuyu leaned in. “Let me try.”
Saying so, he picked up a white piece and placed it in a grid adjacent to Chi Yanxun’s white piece. After the black piece landed, he went to pick up another white piece, but the outcome was exactly the same as Chi Yanxun’s.
He suddenly realized, “It should be asking us to take turns, one after another.”
Shen Shuyu turned his head. “Wen Jiafei, you come play.”
Wen Jiafei stepped forward. He picked up a white piece. Shen Shuyu pointed to a grid. “Place it here, place it here.”
Wen Jiafei looked at it. Just as he was about to place the white piece down, the piece crumbled into dust.
“No… why is that?” Shen Shuyu didn’t quite understand. He said, “Try again?”
Wen Jiafei picked up a piece again. After thinking, he placed it in another spot. This time, it didn’t crumble into dust.
Shen Shuyu understood. He said, “We can only play our own moves, no guiding or leading.”
This chessboard is really weird. Doesn’t even give a rule explanation; we have to test it one by one.
However, knowing the game rules, the others knew what to do. The fourth was Lin Xuyi; he quickly placed his piece, and the opposite black piece followed suit.
The group surrounded the chessboard and played for a while. Shen Shuyu frowned and said, “Black won.”
Unknowingly, the black pieces in the corner had connected four in a row. No matter where he placed the piece in his hand, it was too late to block.
Lin Xuyi said, “It’s fine, big deal we play another round.”
Shen Shuyu, however, had a faint premonition. Is it really just simply playing chess? His eyelid twitched, but he still said, “I just feel something is wrong. After this game, something we can’t control might happen.”
Chi Yanxun looked at him, genuinely surprised this time. He didn’t expect Shen Shuyu to be so keen. But he quickly understood; in this environment, it would be fake if there were no tricks.
“Play it,” Shen Xili said gently. “No matter what happens, we will protect you.”
This game was played by the six of them in turn. No one could be blamed.
Shen Shuyu pursed his lips and placed the white piece above the four connected black pieces.
As soon as the piece landed, a rumbling sound was heard. The entire world shook. Directly ahead, the originally tightly closed stone gate suddenly slid open to both sides, revealing what was behind it.
“It’s Zerg!” He Mingyue saw it first. “Step back!”
Three Mutant Red Ants walked into the arena from behind the stone gate. From under their bodies crawled out densely packed small red ants. The small red ants moved extremely fast, surging toward the six people in a dense swarm, making one’s scalp numb.
“Holy shit.” He Mingyue couldn’t help cursing. “This is too perverted!”
He finally understood why every Safe House had Red Ant antidote. Turns out these Mutant Red Ants were important NPCs!
Seeing the Red Ants approaching, Shen Shuyu made a prompt decision and climbed up a high platform nearby. Fortunately, these Red Ants wouldn’t climb up; they only milled around on the ground.
He raised his head, intending to warn the others, only to discover the chessboard had turned into a countdown clock.
2:18
2:17
2:16
…
It was counting down!
Shen Shuyu said, “Climb up, just last for two minutes!”
But there weren’t many high places. Wen Jiafei, who was closest to him, couldn’t find a high platform. Shen Shuyu squatted down and reached out to him. “Come here!”
Wen Jiafei didn’t hesitate. He immediately reached out and clasped hands with him. Borrowing Shen Shuyu’s strength, he easily stood up with him.
But the spot Shen Shuyu occupied could barely fit one person. Now that Wen Jiafei was also standing there, their bodies were pressed tightly together, as if in a tight embrace.
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