Global Games: Old Chess Players

Chapter 164 "Since we will say goodbye in summer, let's meet again in autumn."

On the morning of February 2, the corridor between the fourth car and the fifth car.

The sky was clear, and the winter sea breeze carried a damp and cool breath. Through the windows in the corridor, it caressed the cheeks of the boys and girls, and lightly wet their skirts.

Five lazy figures flitted across the corridor, with two girls in front and three teenagers behind. Their goal was compartment 3, where the sequence of events occurred.

An Senlu put his hands behind his head and said contemptuously: "Student Crying Baolong, can you remember better next time, because you said something wrong, we moved all the fish in the aquarium car out of the tank !"

"Isn't that a problem with your quality?" Asuka hugged her elbows and snorted coldly.

"It's better to say that there is a problem with thinking." Yuri also commented sharply. She didn't expect that because Asuka said the wrong car where the sequence of events happened, the three of them directly turned over No. 11 car (aquarium car) .

"Just say that they are mentally ill." Asuka sighed softly, thinking of the mess in carriage 11: the fish tank that fell to the ground, and the salmon bouncing around on the ground, her mood was very complicated.

The most outrageous thing is that in order to trigger the hidden event, Ansen Deer summoned the floating fish in the tank and let it enter the reservoir to interact with those marine animals. The ending... ended with the floating fish in the tank evolving into a shark and eating all the fish in one bite!
"The heads of these three guys are so off-line that they can't be off-line anymore! Especially Chu Qimo, I thought he was the only normal boy in the union." Asuka whispered.

"Everyone is abnormal..." Yuri also responded in a low voice, "That's why it's a weird family."

"Well, even you think so." Asuka rubbed her forehead with a headache.

Ritsu Urushihara took a sip of coffee, and said slowly: "Miss Asuka, this is clearly your problem, if it wasn't for your slip of the tongue, we wouldn't have checked it to that extent."

Chu Qimo nodded with his sword bag on his back, "At least you should contact us earlier through the friend panel after you find out that you made a mistake."

"That's really sorry, the friend panel is disabled in the first part of this dungeon." Asuka curled her lips.

"Okay, everything is over." Ritsu Urushihara casually threw the disposable drinking cup into the trash can in the aisle, "The key point is the sequence of events in the third car, which one of us belongs to."

"Car No. [-] is the library car." Yuri was deeply impressed by this. Rather, she had hyperamnesia, and she wanted to forget it.

"The library carriage, needless to say, must have belonged to an old chess player." President Lu was inexplicably confident.

"Mr. Lu, I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry, the answer will be revealed later."

"Crow, so how long have you been drinking this cup of coffee?"

"It's not about the amount of coffee, it's about drinking it for a long time."

"Drink a cup of coffee all morning, let's talk about sickness."

Soon, the five people came to the No. 3 car after passing through the No. [-] car where the national costumes of various countries were displayed, and across the corridor where the sea breeze was blowing and the white flag was fluttering.

This carriage is 50 meters long, with an aisle in the middle, and rows of book shelves on both sides. Books from all over the world gather here. The classification of the bookshelves is very detailed and complete. It can definitely be called a reading hobby. the Gospel of the

Even Rurui Urushihara and Yuri, who have a terrifying amount of reading, can often see unfamiliar works on the bookshelf.

The most important thing is that the player's eyes have a built-in language translation function, and there is no need to consider the translation issue at all-the game system will use the most advanced and context-appropriate technology to translate the text in the book, and the effect is perfect.

"So." Anson Lu narrowed his eyes, "Where is the sequence of events you mentioned?"

Uesugi Asuka put her hand on her chin and looked around.

Soon, she walked to the fifth book shelf on the right, stretched out her white hand, and held the fifth book in the fifth row. It was a book in autumn yellow, and the cover pattern was - dusk, fallen leaves, walking on Two figures from the back of the path in the forest.

An Senlu took a closer look and found that the title of the book was "Autumn with Falling Snow".

"It should be this book. After I picked it up, a sequence of events was triggered." Asuka said lightly.

You Rui was looking around and observing other books in the library compartment. She was not very interested in the sequence of events; Chu Qimo was just taking off the sword bag on his back. The incident happened in such a place, and there was probably no need to fight.

An Senlu stared at the book in Asuka's hand, raised his eyebrows: "Huh? So what about the sequence events?"

"you guess?"

"It looks like..." Ritsu Urushi shrugged and guessed, "It has to be opened."

"Yes, you guessed it." Asuka said, "Are you ready?"

"It is recommended not to talk nonsense, life is limited." An Senlu yawned.

"Oh."

Asuka Uesugi frowned slightly, and opened the book "Autumn with Falling Snow" in her hand.

The next moment, the system notification sounded in the ears of the five people in the car, and the icy sea breeze came suddenly, greedily and cruelly blowing against their silhouettes, and the whole car was chilled.

[Event Name: Falling Snow. 】

[Event description: Within 3 minutes, read the book specified by the event, and answer five questions about the content of the book accurately. 】

[Event requirements: a specific sequence player is present (the presence of the player is detected, the sequence name - Snow Country Walker). 】

[Limited number of participants: two people]

[Note: During the event challenge, the two players will block external sounds.Moreover, the rest of the players cannot enter the carriage, and cannot interfere with the challenge by any means]

[Number of available challenges: 0/1 (If you fail, you will not be able to perform sequence events again)]

"Mr. Lu, it seems that both of us made a wrong bet." Ritsu Urushi saw this, and said in a flat tone, "This sequence of events belongs to the 'Snow Country Traveler'."

"However, other people can also participate, as long as Yuri is present." An Senlu shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Let's see what the rewards are."

"Snow Country Traveler." Uesugi Asuka raised her eyebrows and looked at Yuri, "It means that Yuri must be included in the two players, and it doesn't matter who the other is."

Yuri was expressionless, as if his mood was not fluctuating at all, he just quietly looked at the event panel.

[Event reward: 10000 experience points; randomly select a player to participate in the event to acquire the skill—time is like a leaf The higher the damage done) (skill disappears at the end of May). 】

As the "Event Reward" was displayed on the panel, the five of them were silent for a few seconds, and everyone had a thoughtful look on their faces.

Anyone can obtain this reward, as long as the event is completed.

However, the content of the event is very demanding. After reading a book within 3 minutes, you have to answer five questions correctly. According to Anson Lu, there are only two people in the union who can complete this event: Crow and You Rui.

Ritsu Urushihara has a short-term memory formed through a lot of reading and deliberate practice-if you try your luck, you might be able to read this book in 3 minutes and answer the five questions correctly.

If it were Yuri, the nature would be different—Ancaches Syndrome brought her hypersensitivity syndrome, and she has a photographic memory, and it is not a problem to read a book within 3 minutes.

An Senlu glanced at the three words 'countdown' on the panel again. The sea breeze blew his hair, and the messy and dark locks covered his eyes.

He opened his mouth slightly, and remained silent for a moment.

"Sure enough, it's Yuri's incident." He finally said.

"Isn't this nonsense, the sequence names are all displayed." Asuka was speechless.

"This skill sounds very strong, but the World Boss will only come in June, and this skill will disappear in May, so it won't be useful at all." Chu Qimo commented shallowly.

"Sure enough, the book can't be opened." Asuka Uesugi showed the "Autumn Days of Falling Snow" in her hand, "Unless the people who participate in the event are selected, this book will be stuck with glue and cannot be opened at all. "

"If you can't read it in advance, there is no such thing as cheating." Chu Qimo said.

Ritsu Urushihara looked around the crowd, "Then, who is going to participate in this event?"

An Senlu raised his eyebrows and said without hesitation: "Crow, your short-term memory is comparable to Yuri's. Three minutes is too little time. You two can cooperate."

"If you have to say it, Ms. Uri can do it alone." Ritsu Urushi shrugged and said lightly: "It stands to reason that it's not my turn to play at all."

"That's true." Asuka put one hand on her hip, "Then it's the same for everyone, Yuri can complete this incident by himself."

"That's right." Chu Qimo nodded, "It doesn't make much sense for anyone to read it, because there is only one book, and it is impossible for two people to read it separately, and the reading efficiency will not be improved; and in terms of memory, no one can compare Got Miss Urie."

"Then, let Ms. Uri decide who will come." Urushihara said while taking out another bottle of drink from somewhere, which was bottled Nescafe coffee.

The taste is average, but at least it can satisfy his caffeine addiction.

Yuri heard their words and put down the book he was looking at.

"What?" she asked in a deadpan voice.

"Choose someone to be your teammate." Asuka said.

Yuri was silent for a moment when she heard this, she turned her cheeks and stared at An Senlu without blinking her clear eyes.

An Senlu didn't speak, but put his hands in his pockets and curled his lips.

"As expected." The crow smiled.

"Then let's go out and wait outside first." Chu Qimo said, "During the incident, other players cannot enter the carriage."

Asuka Uesugi was the first one to walk out of the carriage. She handed the book "Autumn with Falling Snow" to Yuri, and said without looking back:
"come on."

Soon, the three of them walked out of the carriage.

An Senlu shrugged and asked, "Why did you choose me?"

"With you by my side, I can calm down."

"Okay, then I won't bother you when you read. Try to read as fast as possible. The time given by the system is only 3 minutes."

"it is good."

Yuri raised his snow-white hand and reached out to touch the event panel; An Senlu also reached out to touch the panel, their hands were very close.

【Number of players: 1/2】

【Number of players: 2/2】

[The players who have confirmed to participate in the event are An Senlu (old chess player) and Yu Rui (Snow Country Traveler). The sequence event has officially started, and the permission to open "Snow Falling Autumn" has been unlocked. 】

[Please read within 3 minutes, after 3 minutes you will start asking questions and the book will disappear. 】

Ansenlu and Yuri stood against the wall of the carriage, Yuri opened the book and looked down at the book; Ansenlu quietly stared at the ceiling, and glanced at Yuri from the corner of his eye from time to time, her snow-white hair covered her profile, Can't see her expression clearly.

However, she should be serious.

Anson deer estimated from the thickness of the book—this book has about 200 pages. According to the system requirements, 3 pages can be read within 200 minutes, that is, more than one page per second.

Yuri moved her clear eyes, and every time she looked at a page, she stretched out her white fingers and quickly turned to the next page. At the end, she turned the pages faster and faster, and she turned the pages after just one glance. .

An Senlu heard from her that she doesn't like to read books like this. Even if she has a photographic memory, she still hopes that she can immerse herself in the process of putting each line of text into her mind instead of one page at a time. Infused with undigested knowledge.

[Reading countdown: 2 minutes and 33 seconds...]

[Reading countdown: 2 minutes and 20 seconds...]

[Reading countdown: 1 minutes and 10 seconds...]

An Senlu didn't say a word, and didn't want to disturb her. The number of challenges in the sequence event is only once, and if it fails, it's gone. Yuri is very competitive and doesn't like losing games that can't be played again.

[Reading countdown: 55 seconds...]

In a state of high concentration, she didn't say a word, she just quietly flipped through the book, the sea tide beat the train track slowly, and the cries of seagulls lingered in her ears.

[Reading countdown: 20 seconds...]

So far, Yuri's reading progress has come to an end. She has read more than 180 pages, and only a dozen pages need her to solve.

However, her fingers suddenly stopped. It was near the end of the page. The girl's beautiful eyes, like the Icelandic aurora, were quietly staring at a line of text.

An Senlu turned his head, wanting to ask her what's wrong, but after thinking about it, forget it.

Following her gaze, he also saw the line of text - [We have gone through winter, spring, and summer together, but autumn is always something I can't touch. ]
[Reading countdown: 9 seconds...]

[Reading countdown: 8 seconds...]

Time was still passing, An Senlu was about to speak to remind, but Yuri took the first step, she opened her lips slightly, and said in an emotionless voice: "It's okay."

Afterwards, she turned to the next page and read through the remaining pages at a very fast speed.

At the same time, the countdown is coming to an end.

[Reading countdown: 0 seconds...]

[Next, the question-answering session will begin. 】

The five questions raised by the system are: 1. When did the boys and girls in the book meet. 2. Where did the boys and girls ski in the book for the first time. 3. In Nice, France, when the two were looking at the Mediterranean Sea, what did the boy say. 4. When in Norway, the girl gave up her skiing plan for some reason. 5. At the end of the book, what is the ending like?
An Senlu didn't speak, and didn't look at Yuri, but just watched her from the corner of his eye - he knew Yuri quite well, if she wasn't sure, she would just put her hand on her chin and start thinking.

Yuri closed the book and hid the book and his hands behind his back.

She lowered her eyes, her snow-white strands of hair swayed gently under the sea breeze, and her answering voice was as soft as mosquitoes buzzing in her ears.

"June."

"Hokkaido."

"You can cover my eyes, if you don't see it, maybe you won't be sad."

"Skiing becomes boring because that person is no longer around."

"In autumn, in the snowy forest, in the elevated corridor, they hold hands and chat."

She answered the five questions one by one, fluently, but her voice was so low that An Senlu could hardly hear what she was saying, and she didn't seem to want him to hear it.

[Sequence of events—the snowy autumn day has been completed. 】

[Event evaluation: SSS level (flawless)]

[The two players who participated in the event have obtained 10000 experience points; in addition, the sequence player "Snow Country Traveler" has obtained a time-limited skill - "Time is like a fallen leaf". 】

A few seconds later, An Senlu shrugged his shoulders and gave a thumbs up to the Icelandic girl next to him: "Perfect, as expected of a girl with hyperamnesia in our geek family, she really finished reading a book in 3 minutes! "

You Rui didn't speak, the book she hid behind her slowly disappeared, melting into her palm like falling snow, she didn't look at it, but there was a cold touch in her palm, and it disappeared in a flash .

"What's the matter? The book is so beautiful, with endless aftertaste?" An Senlu asked.

Yuri still didn't speak, just lowered his head, the train passed an island and entered a tunnel, the world suddenly darkened, and all the light was swallowed by this tunnel.

Only the rumble of driving still rang in my ears.

The dim light on the side wall of the tunnel shrouded the cheeks of the boy and the girl, and time seemed to pass slowly. An Senlu stood beside her quietly, without saying a word.

The train was nearing the end of the tunnel, and a ray of light from the sky shone in, as if piercing the dead world.

The sea breeze blew the girl's snow-white hair.

Yuri's small face was shrouded in a faint halo.

A line of tears slipped invisibly from the corners of her reddened eyes. She stretched out a pale hand from behind and gently stroked the tear stains on her cheeks. Her expression was a little puzzled, but her face remained expressionless.

An Senlu stared at her blankly.

This is, tears?
Can an emotionally deprived person cry?
In the ten years recorded in that Icelandic document, no matter how oppressive her life was, from beginning to end, she never shed a single tear.

Once, never cried.

"Autumn." Yuri said softly, her clear eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of mist.

"What?" An Senlu asked blankly.

"I will walk through winter and spring with you, and when summer comes, I will say goodbye to you." She said, "Autumn is an untouchable thing for me."

An Senlu was stunned for a long time, a little speechless, her throat seemed to be stuck by something, the sudden sea breeze faded away, snow-white strands of hair fell down, covering her eyes.

But the Icelandic girl's eyes were still shedding tears, and her snow-white skin was soaked in water.

An Senlu knew what he seemed to have to say, but his thoughts were really confused, and Yuri in front of him was extremely strange—a person who couldn't feel sadness, but shed tears.

His brown eyes were drooping, his hair was messed up by the wind, the two of them were silent in the quiet carriage, no matter how loud the roar of the train was, they couldn't cover up their silent thoughts.

After a long silence, Anson Lu raised his head and said incoherently:
"Farewell is actually nothing to be afraid of."

Yuri still lowered her head, with her hands behind her back, she stood there like an ice sculpture, her snow-white hair fluttering in the wind, gently scratching her snow-white ear tips.

"Yuri, since we will bid farewell in summer, then..." After a pause, An Senlu took a deep breath and said softly, "Let's meet again in autumn."

At this moment, the train leaves the tunnel and enters the sea again. The surging tide beats the tunnel violently, the roar of the engine seems to tear people's eardrums, the bright sun burns the sea, and flocks of sea birds fly across the sky, clattering Shed her white feathers.

Under the snow-white strands of hair, a gleam of light flashed through the girl's eyes shrouded in mist.

"Okay," she said, "see you again in the autumn."

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