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Chapter 887 007 vs. Stewed Chicken

Hao Laoshi listened with his mouth agape. He thought about it carefully, but he couldn't recall the "grid that could be reached within six steps" that Gu Mian had described in a short time. He felt a headache coming on.

“Yes,” Liu Ruyan, who was standing next to Gu Mian, had no communication barriers with her. “We can further eliminate the rooms that the second group can reach within three steps after resurrecting. If they can reach them within three steps, there is no need for the second group to kill our player in our initial room. That leaves only the third and fourth squares from left to right in the second row. But we didn’t actually go that way, and we are already far away from there. It’s too late to go back now. Under these circumstances, the second group has no reason to kill our player.”

"It's also possible that Group Two will turn right in the next round and not enter our starting room." However, Gu Mian felt that this possibility was extremely slim. Looking at Group Two's straight path, no one would believe that they weren't heading towards their starting room.

“There’s also a possibility that the second group’s player who wanted to kill us wasn’t afraid we’d get the treasure chest first, but simply wanted to kill us.” Liu Ruyan’s analysis was reasonable and well-founded. “Perhaps the second group’s player realized they had more than enough time to get the treasure chest within nine rounds, so they wanted to kill our group’s player for fun. Although it’s harmful to others and not beneficial to themselves, we can’t deny that there are many such people in the world. If it were me, I would probably kill other groups’ players for fun too.”

Hearing Liu Ruyan's perverted remarks, Hao Laoshi moved further away from her in fear, his face showing an expression that said, "I knew this person was a pervert."

"So, Group Two has been resurrected and is heading towards your starting room, right?" Hao Laoshi only understood this one useful piece of information after listening for a long time. "A few rounds ago, our group's player was threatened by Group Three's pieces. I didn't expect that after a few rounds, your group's player would encounter the same situation. Now Group Two's pieces are right next to your starting room, right?"

Gu Mian nodded; it was right next to their initial room.

In the next round, if the second group of pieces continues to move upwards, 007 will directly face the pieces from the second group.

Gu Mian asked 007 in the group if he was confident in facing the pieces of the second group. 007 remained silent for a long time before sending a message telling them not to worry.

The fat guy outside was still concerned about the situation inside the instance, paying close attention to the conversations between Gu Mian and the other two in the group chat.

[Fatty]: What's wrong? Is Miss 007 in some kind of crisis?
Gu Mian told him to go somewhere cool and stay there, and if he really had nothing to do, he could go downstairs and check on Xie Bi'an.

Although he didn't know why Gu Mian wanted him to go downstairs to see Xie Bi'an, the fat man still agreed and went happily.

Hao Laoshi, being a good person, was still worried about the situation of the chess player in Gu Mian's group: "Who is the chess player in your group? Can they beat the people in Group Two?"

"Who is the player in Group 1? Is it Xu Xingcheng?" Guigu was also considering this question in the fourth initial room.

He also saw the situation of Group 1 and Group 2 on the chessboard and wondered why Group 2 was causing trouble for Group 1.

The contents of the top row of grids have all been displayed. The treasure chest is not in this row, so it's pointless for the second group to go to the top row.

The pen-shaped real-time repeater has used up its three uses. Five players appeared during the three real-time repeats: Gu Mian, the beautiful woman talking to Gu Mian, the passerby who shouted that he was cheating, the chicken stewed in an iron pot who knew that a shared death grid would appear in the fifth round, and the mysterious Xu Xingcheng.

The random passerby who shouted "cheating" was clearly not a player from the same group. At that time, Gu Mian's group had passed through several empty spaces in a row, and then entered the arithmetic square. After entering, they not only failed to complete the task given by the ghost, but also seriously exceeded the time limit.

It was at this moment that Passerby A said "they're cheating," which shows that he and Gu Mian are not on the same side.

As for the guy who knew in the fourth round that there would be a shared death grid in the fifth round, Guigu originally thought he was from Group 3. But after the entire Group 2 was resurrected, he realized that this guy was a player from Group 2.

With those two ruled out, only the mysterious Xu Xingcheng remains.

Guiguzi actually cared a lot about this person. After the third round, the instance underwent emergency repairs. At that time, he was using a pen-shaped real-time repeater, so the repeater recorded the situation during the instance maintenance. After recording the instance maintenance situation, the message "Signal jamming, location interrupted" appeared immediately afterward.

During the third use of the pen-shaped real-time repeater, the phrase "Xu Xingcheng is determining the coordinates" appeared again. This was the first and only time that the name Xu Xingcheng appeared in the record.

Guigu always felt that Xu Xingcheng seemed to be looking for something, and the "location interruption" mentioned earlier probably described him as well.

I just don't know if Xu Xingcheng is actually part of the same group.

Just as Guigu was pondering, the break ended, and the tenth round began.

“In this round, if Group Two continues to move up, they will have to go to Group One’s starting room…” Gui Gu stared intently at the chessboard. If the player in Group One is killed, then no one will be able to command Gu Mian and his companion to move. For the rest of the time, the two of them will have to stay put.

However, the rules also state that pieces cannot remain in one room for more than ten minutes. If a group of players dies and the instance is still running after ten minutes...

Thinking about this, Guigu suddenly realized something.

"That's not right!" He frowned, noticing a very contradictory point.

At this moment, Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan, who were trapped in the trap, saw a door appear on the wall next to them, indicating that 007 had determined the route forward.

Liu Ruyan looked at the door in front of her: "After our operation is over, it will be the second group's turn. I wonder what choice they will make this time."

The most likely scenario is that the piece will continue to move upwards, which will lead to the room where 007 is.

They didn't know who the second group of chess pieces were or what special items they had. Although 007 said there was no need to worry about her, Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan still had some concerns about facing the unknown enemy of the second group.

Hao Laoshi didn't know what to say, so he could only force out a few words of comfort: "If you can hang out with us, your chess players must be strong, so don't worry too much."

As he spoke, he twisted his body and took a few steps.

Actually, Hao Lao should be the one most worried about now. Their group of players has already used up their designated number of moves. The next time they roll the dice, the number of moves will be completely random, and they may not be able to stay on the same square as Gu Mian.

In this round, 007 rolled a two again.

Gu Mian pushed open the door in front of her and looked up to see another door on the wall to the left of the door.

This meant taking two steps forward, but then turning a corner, taking one step forward and then one step to the right.

"This is the 'So Tiring Square,' another 'So Tiring Square.' We passed this square just two steps ahead last round." Liu Ruyan looked at the description in the room. "We passed this square again this round. Come to think of it, we've never stopped in this square before." Gu Mian had originally thought that if there was a ghost in this room, he could try to take the ghost with him, since he didn't know if Hao Laoshi would stop here in the next round.

But there are no ghosts here that he can take with him, though stopping here isn't dangerous.

Gu Mian looked up at the door on the left wall: "Go through that door and you'll find the third room, 605."

Is an evil god inside?
To be honest, Gu Mian has given up hope for room 605. He thinks he might need to use some special methods to find the evil god.

As for how to find the evil god, Gu Mian felt that she had grasped some clues in her mind, but they were vague and she couldn't connect them.

"Let's go." Gu Mian lifted her foot and continued walking towards the door ahead.

He quickly turned the doorknob, and the door was slowly pushed open, revealing the scene inside the room to the two of them.

The evil god is not here.

It's a gold coin slot.

Was he nowhere to be seen in the third room, 605 either...?

However, now is not the time to think about where the evil god is. Gu Mian stared at the group chat. Now that they had taken action, it was the turn of Group Two.

007 hadn't sent any messages in the group chat, and Gu Mian and Liu Ruyan didn't know how things were going on her end.

Also note that Guigu is on 007's side.

After Gu Mian finished his actions, he turned his attention to the square where the second set of pieces were located. Now, the second set of pieces only needed to move up one step to enter the room of the first set of players.

"Will the second group of players let the pieces continue to move upwards...?" Guigu stared intently at the chessboard in front of him.

Meanwhile, three groups of players were also keeping a close eye on the chessboard.

A female player stared intently at the location of the first starting room on the chessboard, with the corpse of another female player at her feet.

If Gu Mian were present, she would be able to recognize the identity of the female player who is still alive.

It is a fragrant orchid on the shore.

The two had met in a reality show dungeon featuring a sweet couple. As soon as An Zhi Ting Lan entered the dungeon, she killed another player in her group and swapped identities with him. When the fortune teller discovered the identity issue, An Zhi Ting Lan wanted to kill him to silence him. However, Gu Mian crawled out from under the bed in the house, which made An Zhi Ting Lan give up the idea of ​​silencing him and run away.

Now the two of them meet again in this instance.

However, they were separated by many rooms and fog, and neither of them knew that the other was in this instance.

Gu Mian thought that the three groups of players might be Ren Leshan.

Anzhi Tinglan felt that the group of chess pieces did not seem like people to be trifled with.

Meanwhile, the female player's corpse at Anzhitinglan's feet still had its eyes wide open, and a knife was stuck in its body.

Her nickname is "Junior Sister".

She also went through many dungeons with Anzhi Tinglan, but when Anzhi Tinglan felt that her life was threatened, she was willing to give up no matter how long they had been friends.

The piece she pushed into the trap square was called "Guo Daxia" (Hero Guo). After the "Shared Death" square appeared, he was immediately abandoned by An Zhitinglan.

This time, however, they gave up a little too quickly.

After the second group revived, Anzhi Tinglan realized that apart from the shared death grid created by the second group, there were no other shared death grids on the field. However, she did not regret the decision she made at the time. She understood that only decisive people could survive longer in this world.

Neither of the two pieces in the group looks like they're easy to deal with. Is the player in the group the same way?

If the two sets of pieces actually enter the first initial room, will the player in the first set decisively kill the opponent?

“The pieces and the player cannot communicate, and the two groups of pieces have been teleported twice, making it impossible to predict their routes. Therefore, he doesn't actually know which room he will enter each round. His information is blocked, and he won't immediately enter the attack state upon entering the initial room; he needs at least a few seconds to react.” An Zhitinglan looked at the chessboard. “This is the opportunity for the first group of players. As long as the first group of players ambushes near the door, they can strike and kill the second group of pieces as they enter.”

She saw the little figures representing a group of chess players already standing close to the wall below the room, clearly heading towards the "one-hit kill" scenario she had imagined.

What puzzled her was the player in Group Two.

Logically speaking, if you want your pieces to kill the opponent's piece, you shouldn't give the opponent so much time to prepare.

You should give the instruction immediately after a group of pieces has finished their turn, so that your group of pieces can enter the initial room.

However, the second group of players kept delaying, and now almost a minute had passed without giving any instructions. The countdown was about to end, and the first group of players were already fully prepared.

Just as Anzhi Tinglan was wondering, she saw the pieces in the second group finally move.

One minute left, Gugu is awesome!