Chapter 2771 Lao Shi and Star Chess

When Luigi disappeared.

Everyone was still thinking about what this poet who suddenly came and left did.

Dox moved faster than anyone else and picked up the mask on the ground at lightning speed.

In his opinion, the poet talked to him and asked him to solve the problem, so the things left behind should be his... Of course, Kael also contributed a little. Well, giving some help when he returns to the Sandworm Market can be regarded as making up for it.

Dox happily took the mask and looked through it, but soon his face darkened.

"What kind of rubbish is this?!"

Dox walked back cursing, hesitated for a moment, and handed the broken mask to Angel.

He really couldn't tell what this mask was. There was no trace of extraordinary. The only thing worth mentioning was that he didn't recognize the material of this mask.

Among the people present, the one with the best ability to identify materials was undoubtedly Angel.

Angel didn't understand what Dox meant at first, but after taking the mask and observing it carefully, Angel understood a little.

Angel: "This mask is carved from old stone."

Old stone? When Angel said this name, everyone present, including the Black Earl, looked puzzled, because they had never heard of this material.

Dox: "You mean, old stone?"

Old stone is a kind of stone material. The largest production area is located in the seventh state of the Shisang Dynasty, which is also the location of the Punk Theme Park. Old stone is generally used to increase the hand feel of alchemical weapons. After grinding it into powder, wipe the alchemical weapons with water-proof leather paper, which can make your alchemical weapons more handy in battle; in addition, the same method can be used to maintain extraordinary props.

For ordinary wizards, the role of old stone is dispensable. But for blood-side wizards who pursue fighting with weapons and breaking through the limits, old stone is still more useful.

The reason why Dox asked whether old stone is old stone is a problem of cultural tendency and expression.

In the Fan Continent, in addition to the discoverer and inventor, the condition of cultural advantage also dominates the naming right. For example, all the names related to steel gears and steam engines are dominated by Yirong, which has such a cultural advantage. Another example is the Wunong Principality, because it has more than 50% of the breeding flowers and plants in the Fan Continent, so the Wunong Principality also has an advantage in naming flowers and plants.

In addition to accepting such naming, countries with cultural disadvantages have another choice: creating new terms.

To put it bluntly, it is a self-comforting spiritual victory method.

This leads to some items having different names in different regions.

This situation is actually rare in the wizarding world, because most extraordinary items are rare, and the naming has its own rules. However, there are exceptions, that is, things that are not too rare, but can barely be regarded as extraordinary items. Such things will be subject to geographical cultural dissent tendencies and have different expressions.

In Dox's view, old stone is a very popular product. If translated, it seems that it can also be translated into old stone. Therefore, Dox asked this question.

But Dox forgot to consider that Angell was born outside the Fan Continent and was not "contaminated" by the cultural dissent of the Fan Continent. What he said was standard terms.

If the standard terms are also unclear, it can only be said that it is ignorance, and cultural dissent cannot be blamed.

Angell shook his head at Dox: "It's different."

After a pause, Angell sighed slightly: "In fact, this is also the first time I have seen the old stone. I thought the old stone was a legend before, but I didn't expect it to be real."

Angell saw the record of the old stone in the book in Margaret's secret compartment in the Nightmare Realm Naraku City.

In reality, Angell has never seen any record related to the old stone in any book. Therefore, he even suspected that the old stone was actually a legend.

But when the old stone was held in his hand, the "server" in the mind space was quickly activated. Through detailed analysis, Angell's dusty memory was opened, and the information about the old stone resurfaced.

"What is the old stone? Is it valuable?" Dox's eyes suddenly lit up. Since Angel saw it for the first time, doesn't it mean that the old stone is very valuable?

Everyone looked at Angel. Could this "ordinary thing" that seemed ordinary to them really have some great origin?

Angel pondered for a moment: "It is valuable, but it depends on how it is used."

"What do you mean by 'also'? Is there any prerequisite?" Dox said anxiously.

Angel: "It's not a prerequisite, but..."

Angel stopped talking halfway.

Dox didn't ask any more questions, because everyone present was no longer paying attention to the old stone, but looked at the left side of the corridor.

A hunched figure slowly emerged from the air.

"The usurper who wants to ascend to a high position, the whisper of the stars tells me that you are ready to fall into the abyss of the devil?" The old voice that seemed to come from ancient times reached everyone's ears.

As the words fell, an old woman with a cane, a three-pointed hat with a star and a moon, a long robe with a star and a moon, and skin as drooping as chicken skin, appeared in front of everyone.

This old woman had the same feature as the poet before, that is, she was wearing a mask, but her mask covered her left eye, which happened to complement the poet's mask.

After the old woman stood still, she raised her head and looked at the Black Earl with a slightly turbid gaze.

The old woman was not surprised that the Black Count had only one nose, but just watched him quietly.

Like the poet, the old woman did not take the others seriously, as if they did not exist.

According to the previous conversation with the poet Luigi, this old woman should be testing the Black Count?

"Falling into the abyss? What does that mean?" The Black Count said indifferently.

The old woman leaned on her cane lightly, and a special sun and moon pattern appeared on the ground, and above the sun and moon pattern, there were dots of starlight.

When everyone was puzzled by the old woman's behavior, the starlight quickly combined and presented a circular star disk in front of the Black Count.

The star disk was horizontally and vertically networked, and the light spots at the intersections appeared and disappeared from time to time.

When everyone saw this star disk, they were stunned. They were not unfamiliar with this star disk at all.

Rather than saying it is a star disk, it is better to say it is... a chessboard.

This is a kind of "entertainment" that prophecy wizards like very much, called star chess.

Each of the intersecting points is a star. Every time a chess piece is placed, both parties will silently think of an event, a question, or an item in their hearts. The specific type is determined by negotiation between the two parties.

After placing the chess piece, they will "guess" what the other party is thinking in various ways.

Of course, this is "guessing" to outsiders, but for the prophecy wizard, it is actually a kind of "interpretation".

The party that interprets successfully can let the other party place one more chess piece.

The more chess pieces are placed, the more likely it is to form a "star image" and let the other party interpret the final answer. And the one who interprets the other party's "star image" is the winner.

Therefore, avoiding placing chess pieces and misleading the other party's interpretation is the game in the process of playing chess.

The rules are roughly like this. It can be said that this is a game exclusive to prophecy wizards. Non-prophecy wizards, once they encounter this kind of star chess, basically have no chance.

"Play star chess?" The black earl's tail tone was raised.

You have to know that none of the people present are prophecy wizards, and playing star chess is basically blind. Before, Dox had Kael to help him, but if he played star chess, he would have to give up.

The old woman did not reply, but touched the ground with her cane again, and stars fell on the board.

The stars lit up one after another in the cross-sectional areas, and finally formed a row of stars like a rainbow bridge.

"Listen to the hum of the stars, usurpers who want to ascend to a high position." After the old woman finished speaking, she closed her eyes and did not speak.

This situation is the same as the poet before. When the question is given, he will not say anything. He will not speak again until you solve the question.

"It feels like a fake person, no matter what you ask, he will not answer." Dox whispered.

This is actually not just Dox's idea, but the same for others. The poet at least said a few words before, but this old woman was completely talking to herself, and she did not answer the question of the Black Earl.

Now that this star image is displayed, the meaning is also very clear.

She was not going to play a game with the Black Earl, but directly showed her own star sign and let the Black Earl interpret it.

Although it is still different from the real star chess, it is much simpler... But can a non-prophetic wizard really interpret this thing?

Everyone looked at the Black Earl with sharp eyes, and the Black Earl looked at the star sign on the chessboard in silence.

After a few seconds, the Black Earl called Wai over, then put his nose back in place, motioned Wai to stretch out his hand, and clicked the first star that lit up before.

Soon, a message appeared above the chessboard: the other side.

Then, the Black Earl clicked on the chess pieces that the old woman had placed one by one.

Each one is a place name, but it is different from the traditional place names.

For example: the other side, the horizon, the starry sky, the place where the sun sets, the sea reflected by the bright moon...

If these place names are played according to the normal star chess rules, they should be "interpreted" one by one by the Black Earl, but now the old woman directly gave the answer.

Now the Black Earl only needs to do one thing: interpret the meaning of the stars through the meanings represented by these chess pieces.

The Black Earl was very calm from beginning to end, which gave everyone a little confidence. Maybe the Black Earl could really interpret it?

However, not long after, everyone heard Wai ask in the mind band: "Dox, are you inspired? Come over and see what you think?"

Although it was Wai who said it, there is no doubt that it must be the Black Earl who signaled Wai to do so.

Dox wanted to say that he didn't understand it either. But he knew that this time it was not Wai's request, but the Black Earl's order, so he could only bite the bullet.

As time passed, Angel saw Dox scratching his head and ears over there, and Wai sighing repeatedly, and he knew that this star sign would probably be difficult to interpret.

In fact, Angel had a way to interpret it. He could go to the Dream Wilderness for help.

The answer interpreted by the help of foreign help would definitely not be wrong. However, it was difficult for him to explain how he interpreted it.

You can't say that he has practiced prophecy across systems, right?

So, Angel could only watch quietly.

He actually wanted to know what would happen if he didn't solve it. Angel looked at the old woman who closed her eyes and didn't speak, and secretly guessed in his heart, maybe she would never open her eyes?

No matter what the old woman ended up like, it was clear that if he couldn't solve it, the "surprise" mentioned by the wise master would definitely be missed.

This actually made Angel somewhat puzzled. Didn't the wise master know that there was no prophetic wizard among them? How could he arrange a test of astrological chess?

When Angel was silently waiting for the Black Earl to give up, a turning point appeared.

The Black Earl sighed softly: "Forget it."

Angel thought that the Black Earl was ready to give up, but the next sentence of the Black Earl made Angel stunned.

"The meaning of the astrology is... the evil god and the abyss."

As soon as the Black Earl finished speaking, the old woman opened her eyes: "The interpretation is correct. Since you have interpreted the evil god and the abyss, you should understand what I mean. This is my message to you."

After the voice fell, the old woman stepped back gently, and her figure began to slowly disappear.

At the same time, the old woman's last words came to everyone's ears: "The usurper who wants to ascend to a high position, please remember my name, the astrologer, Gleipnir."

The old woman disappeared, leaving only the broken mask she was wearing.

Wai walked over, picked up the mask, stepped back to the side of the crowd, and handed the mask to Angel.

From beginning to end, Wai did not speak.

Everyone was confused at this time, but the confusion was not why the Black Earl suddenly knew the answer to the astrology. The Black Earl had used prophecy before. Although he said that he borrowed the ability of others and had used it up, who knew whether it was true or not?

They were confused about what Gleipnir meant by the message he gave to the Black Earl?

Why was the evil god Moyuan a message to the Black Earl?

Judging from the Black Earl's silent attitude, this message seemed to have really touched the Black Earl?

Although everyone was very curious, looking at the silent aura of the Black Earl and Wai's bitter and daring appearance, in the end, everyone did not ask aloud, but turned their attention to Angel again.

Angel was holding half of the mask in his left hand and half of the mask in his right hand at this time. The masks represented the left eye and the right eye respectively.

He tried to put the two masks together.

It fits very well, it can be said to be seamless.

In other words, these two broken masks should be from the same source.

However, even if the two masks are now combined, there is still a part missing.

The missing part is the nose and the lower half of the face.

According to the previous rules, if there is no accident, it is estimated that the third "person" will appear soon, and this person should be wearing the remaining part of the mask.

Angel looked up at everyone: "Should we continue to talk about Lao Shi, or wait a little longer?"