I became a member of the ancient gods

Chapter 181 Ancient God and Chess

"You don't know what will happen in the so-called 'return of the stars', so how do you know that you are destined to die?" Lin Zhi continued to ask.

"In his plan, I am the demigod candidate for the 'Emperor Species'. He will not let me escape this fate." Irene said slowly.

"What's wrong with being a demigod? This is what many people want." Lin Zhi frowned.

Even he had to admit that he was a little interested in this kind of thing.

"The status of the 'Emperor' species is different." Irene paused here and suddenly said out of nowhere, "Have you ever played chess?"

"Ah? Why are you saying this all of a sudden?" Lin Zhong frowned slightly.

"I have always felt that chess is a good metaphor for the power of ancient gods. They have a lot in common." Erin said, spreading her hands, "Imagine the chess board and chess pieces."

Lin Zhong just thought about it for a moment, and suddenly found an illusory-looking chess board in Irene's hand.

He was shocked, knowing that the moment he followed the other person's thoughts, the other party hypnotized him, causing him to have such an illusion.

He wanted to erase this hint, reminding himself that there was no chess there, but the originally illusory chessboard became clearer instead.It is difficult for people to control their own thinking. Sometimes the more you remind yourself not to think about something, the more you will strengthen your impression of it.

Fran looked confused on the side, she couldn't see anything.This is not only because Irene's hypnosis cannot easily work on her, but she also has no concept of chess in her memory.

"Hey, don't play tricks!" Lin Zhong stared at Irene, ready to ask Fran to interrupt Irene's ability at any time.

"Relax, I just want to make the explanation more interesting." Erin said and started to create chess pieces on the chessboard. "They control the spirit and life, the emperor and the queen. This is the core of the chess pieces."

The dark red chess pieces of the emperor and the queen immediately appeared on the chessboard, but the chess pieces had obviously been redesigned by Irene. Both the emperor and the queen had half-length portraits, but their faces had been erased, and the emperor was surrounded by a strange red mist. , as if there was a red ghost attached to it, the crown on the emperor's head was translucent and illusory, more like a part of the red mist, and the queen had several tentacles on her body.

"Then there are the bishop and the priest, who are in charge of energy and matter respectively. They can represent the two bishop chess pieces." Eileen continued.

Two different bishop chess pieces appeared. One was wearing a colorful mage robe, with no face under the hood, only a completely black sphere, and the other was wearing a priest's uniform and a strange top hat, with a blazing white light on his face.

"Then there are the Pioneers and Knights, who control space and time, and they serve as the two knight chess pieces. Finally, there are the Giants and Guardian Spirits who control the power and macro vectors. They are the chariots." Every time Irene said a paragraph, the corresponding position on the chessboard There are just more chess pieces, each one looks different and has been transformed into strange shapes.

"Eight ancient gods, eight main chess pieces, and now humans are the nameless pawns." Irene said again.

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of small humanoid chess pieces with different postures suddenly appeared densely on the chessboard. These chess pieces were obviously much smaller than those ancient god chess pieces. Several of them could even be placed on one grid. They were not pressed. The rules are arranged neatly, but are randomly scattered in front of the eight ancient god chess pieces, arranged randomly like a group of ants.

"The unknown pawn is the weakest chess piece and the most numerous chess piece. The most common fate is to be eaten by the main chess piece." Irene said as she moved a few ancient god chess pieces at will, and the ancient god chess pieces crushed those small human-shaped chess pieces. , the chess pieces were crushed and turned into pools of blood, making them look like killed mosquitoes.

"I don't see the significance of this far-fetched metaphor. Don't go too far." Lin Zhi frowned.

He didn't want to take the conversation too far. The conversation with Irene carried the risk of being hinted at, and he already suspected that Irene was using her words to lure him into a trap.

"I haven't finished speaking yet." Erin suddenly raised her hand and pointed at a human-shaped chess piece and placed it directly on the last row on the other side of the chess board. "The most interesting rule of chess is that if the pawn reaches the end, it can be promoted. Change. Just like humans can become superiors and then seize the authority of ancient gods, whether they are queens or knights, they can all change."

The pawn began to swell, and then changed shape constantly, sometimes as a queen, sometimes as a knight, sometimes as a bishop and a chariot.

"So what happened?" Lin Zhong asked.

"But a soldier can never become an emperor." Irene said suddenly, and the chess piece became the emperor's chess piece, but it shattered into dark red dust in the next second, "This, the ancient god's So is the location.”

"You mean, humans can't become demigods of the emperor's species?" Lin Zhong seemed to finally understand what Irene wanted to express by going around in such a circle.

"In the process of collecting information everywhere, I learned some secrets. There are traps in the spiritual power of the 'Emperor', because of the characteristics of the power itself, the consciousness of the ancient god who originally held the power is integrated with the power, immortal, and mortals Once you try to integrate this authority, you will be directly polluted by the will of the ancient gods. In other words, the ceremony of returning the stars, the person who becomes the emperor is destined to be a sacrifice, and the ancient god will be resurrected on that person. Father I was trained just to let me take this risk." Irene said calmly.

"The source of the intelligence?" Lin Zhong asked dubiously.

Of course, he wouldn't immediately believe Irene's explanation just because she was right. He would have to ask more questions to see if he could find out any contradictions.

A cryptic smile suddenly appeared on Eileen's face: "I spied on the Enji Society that you are currently working with, Brother Zhong."

"Intelligence from the Enji Society?" Lin Zhi frowned even more tightly.

"You can try to confirm with the nun. I think no matter whether she answers directly or not, you should be able to tell something, but I don't recommend you do this. It will arouse the nun's suspicion. Here's a tip for you A word of advice, don’t trust the Enji Society people too much,” Erin said.

"Your credibility with me is not enough to give me advice." Lin Zhong replied coldly.

Although he also felt that the Enzi Society seemed to be hiding something, but when it came to who was more trustworthy, the nun or Irene, the answer was obvious.

"So I won't say anything unnecessary. I can't provide any irrefutable evidence. If I say anything, you'll think I'm just throwing dirty water and sowing discord." Irene shrugged, "Getting back to the subject, I really want to kill my father. , Brother Zhong, you must have thought about it too, right? At least we have the same purpose in this matter, and this is my sincerity."

"But I want to kill you even more." Lin Zhi choked bluntly.

(End of this chapter)