Chapter393:TheTutorialofStarrySkyChessboard
TheappearanceoftheStarrySkyChessboardwasrandom.Thistime,itonlyopenedintheSkyTower,theGodTowerandtheDragonTower.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袧)
Rarely,peopleswarmedtowarditinthethreetowers.Theystrivedtostepontothestairfromdifferentstaraltars.
TheruleoftheStarrySkyChessboardwastoplayagamecalled"StarGo",whichwasrecognizedasthehighestcrystallizationofwisdomintheendlessgoddomainworld.
Itsprototypewasanoldgamecalled"Go",whichwasagameplayedwithblackandwhitepiecesonaboardof361crosses.However,"StarGo"wasfarmorecomplicatedthan"Go",itschesspieceswere"stars",andtheplayersneededtoplayinthechessboardwhichwouldchangecontinuously.
Itreferredtotheknowledgeofastronomy,geographyanddivination.Arguably,itwassocomplicatedthatevengodscouldn’tpredicttheresult.
Itwasagamethatonlybelongedtothewisestlegendrankedbeingsintheuniverse,mortalswouldn’tevenbeabletounderstandtherulesoftheStarGo.
InthemysteryworldoftheStarrySkyChessboard,"power"wasmeaningless,becauseonlythepeoplewhocouldcalculatequicklyandunderstandtherulesofstarshadtheopportunitytowinthisgame.
"Stars"werethechesspiecesand"starmap"wasthechessboard.Fromthefirstdaythisgamewasinvented,thereweren’tanychessboardsthatwerethesame.
Thestarmapwouldchangecontinuously,eventheappearingofthechangeswassuchthatnooneexpected.ThiswasthemysteryoftheStarrySkyChessboard.
Evenifapersonwasn’teagerfortherewardafterachieving100successivevictories,toplaychessherewasalreadyagreatopportunityforimprovingoneself.Therefore,everytimetheStarrySkyChessboardappeared,peoplewouldstrivetoenterintoitlikeaflockofducks.
However,theStarrySkyChessboarddidn’topentoeveryone.Onlythesmartestpeoplecouldsteponthestairleadingtothismysteryworld,andthiswasjustthebeginning.
Beforeformallystartingthegame,therewasstillahardtesttopass.
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"Thegradinggame?It闁炽儲鐛╱sedtotesttheplayer闁炽儲鐛⊿tarGostrengthandexplainthebasicrulesofStarGo?"
Lookingatthehugechessboardinfrontofhim,YunXiwasannoyed.
Oh,IneverheardaboutStarGobefore,howcanIachieve100successivevictories?
MaybetheStarGoisveryeasy,andIwillmeetalotofrookies,aslongasIcanunderstandtherules,Icanwin100timeseasily?
IsTeacherCasinaamaster-handofStarGo?Ifso,itexplainswhyshewassoconfidentthatIcanwinthefinalreward,theSoulJade.
Yes,thatmustbethetruth!Afterall,TeacherCasinaisthesixthSkySword,itisn’tsurprisingtoknowthatsheisgoodattheStarGo!
YunXiquicklyacceptedtheexplanationandstartedtolearntherulesofStarGo.
Ofcourse,ifhewasinthemysteryworldcalled"BattleGod’sChampionshipContest",hewouldfindthathehadbeenarmedwithgolden,sparklinglegendrankedweaponstotheteeth.
Mostpeoplewouldbescaredtodeathandlose90%oftheircombatpowerafterseeingCasina’sprojectioninthemysteryworldcalled"BattleGod’sChampionshipContest".
Afterall,CasinawastheabsoluteoverlordoftheBattleGod’sChampionshipContest.
Becauseshehadwonsomanytimes,therewardsshehadobtainedwerealreadyinnumerable,afterwearingtheequipmentshehad,herdefensepowerandattackpowerwouldbetentimesstrongerthananyone.
Evenifitwasalegendrankedbeingwhowasn’tinferiortoCasinaintherealworld,afterseeingherequipmentinthe"BattleGod’sChampionshipContest",theywouldimmediatelyturnawayandconcede.
IfYunXiwasinthe"BattleGod’sChampionshipContest",toachieve100successivevictorieswouldbeaseasyastravelingtothenearbytown.
Ofcourse,sincehehadenteredthemysteryworldof"StarrySkyChessboard",hewouldn’tbeabletoknowitnow.
HehadstartedtolearntherulesoftheStarGowithconfidence.
"Um-hum,oh,it’sprettyeasy!"YunXireadtherulesoftheStarGo.
Theplayersjustneededtoputchesspiecesonthechessboardcalled"starmap",occupyingtheterritoryonthestarmap,theonewhoobtainedtheabsoluteadvantageonthestarmapwouldbethewinner.
Therulesweresimilartothemortal’sgame,"Go",butthechesspiecesweredifferent.
EachofthechesspieceoftheStarGohadtheirownnature.Someofthemwerefiretype,justliketheplanetfulloflavaintherealworld;someofthemwerewatertype,justliketheice-coveredplanetintherealworld.
Thenatureofthechesspiecestoodfordifferentplanetsintherealworld.
Similarly,thechessboardcalled"starmap"wasthesame.Itwasthesimulationoftherealstarrysky.
Beforethegamestarted,bothsidesoftheplayerswouldn’tknowwhatthestarmapwasandwhatkindsofchesspiecestheywouldobtain.Itwasagreatchallengetotheircomputingpowerandunderstandingabouttherulesofthestars.
Now,infrontofYunXi,itwasthemostbasicstarmap,asimulationofaverysmallgalaxywithnineslots.
Intheboxbesideofhishand,therewere18chesspieceswaitingforhispicking.
"NineChessPiecesGo"wasthebasicoftheStarGo,itwasusedtotestthehandfeeloftheplayer.
Theoretically,allthe18chesspiecescouldbeputintothe9slots,butthenaturesofthechesspiecesandthenaturesoftheslotsweredifferent.
Basedontheslotsthechesspieceswereputin,thepowerthechesspiecescouldreleasewouldbevarious.