The Path Toward Heaven

This old man with a hat has a relatively rudimentary artificial intelligence, and should be the host of the Shen family's old house formation.

Tong Yan often played chess with Qing'er when she was a child, so she is very experienced in this kind of existence and this kind of situation.

The old man in the hat took out a chess box, took out the chess pieces and set them up.

Tong Yan found out that it was the space military chess that she had thought of, and without hesitation picked up a heavy armor and moved forward a step.

It didn't take long for the chess game to end. The old man in the hat grumbled and pressed the password, opened the alloy door leading to the depths, and led him to the next chess game.

Such a simple and boring level was repeated eight times, the clouds and mist gradually thinned, and the old house of the Shen family was faintly visible in the distance. Tong Yan and the old man with a hat came to the chess pavilion in the mountain.

Since it is called a chess pavilion, chess has already been set up in the pavilion.

The chessboard is very huge, with 365 lines vertically and horizontally, and not only the intersections of lines, but also black and white chess pieces are placed in the grids.

The old man in the hat said: If you can solve this game, then all rudeness will be forgiven.

When the voice fell, the black and white chess pieces on the huge chessboard flew up, quietly hanging in the space under the pavilion, forming an extremely complex three-dimensional structure.

Looking at this scene, Tong Yan naturally thought of the chess game played by Jing Jiubu on Chaoge City and Qipan Mountain many years ago.

At this time, he still didn't know that Jing Jiu had arranged a bigger chess game on the Lieyang battleship.

No matter how powerful Mr. Dan's intelligence channels are, he can't extend his tentacles to the 857 base.

Tong Yan looked at the old man with hat and said, Do you know what my purpose of coming here is?

The old man in the hat said: No one knows where the young master is, and you can't find any clues here.

Tong Yan said: If Shen Yunbu is really like what the information says, even Jing Jiu admires and loves him, then he must be a very smart person, just like me.

The old man with hat said: Of course the young master is the smartest person in this universe, but if you can break this chess game, you will be smarter than him.

Tong Yan ignored his words and continued: Since he is so smart, it is impossible for him to enter a desperate death situation, and he will definitely leave a glimmer of hope.

Yes, he came to the Shen family's old house to find the glimmer of life that Shen Yunbu had left for him.

The old man in the hat said after a moment of silence: If you can solve this chess game, you are eligible to enter the old house, maybe... what you are looking for is inside.

I can't solve this chess game in a short time. Maybe I will do it later, but now I need time.

Tong Yan put the luggage bag in her hand on the chessboard, and immediately knocked down hundreds of chess pieces.

In the crisp sound of crackling, he stared into the eyes of the old man with hat and said, Take me into the old house, or I will blow up this planet.

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Tong Yan didn't know that Jing Jiu had faced a similar chess game before, and it took him a long time to break through a small area, but he had his own way of breaking the game, which seemed rough, but actually concealed a lot of information analysis and judgment, and it was a real cosmic flow.

Jing Jiu didn't know that he had solved this kind of chess game before, or even knew that he had played chess before, otherwise how could he have signed up for the chess interest class.

Sitting on a small bench, he looked at the black and white pieces on the chessboard, frowning, looking particularly distressed.

Those chess pieces are not round, but various tiny models. There are five levels of warships, several types of mechs, and various weapon platforms.

Yes, what he was playing at this time was the simplest space military chess, and his opponent was an eight or nine-year-old boy.

After a long test, he finally picked up a chess piece representing the formation of heavy armor, and jumped diagonally upwards.

Discussions, jeers, and arguments filled the room.

The eight or nine-year-old boy looked at him with a contemptuous smile and said, Ryan, you dare to play chess with me at your level? Go home and practice again!

After saying this, he picked up a main laser cannon, destroyed the formation of heavy mechs, and killed the commander in Jing Jiu's base at the same time.

The laughter in the room grew louder.

Jing Jiu stared at the chessboard seriously, and it took him a long time to confirm that he really seemed to have lost. He scratched his head, got up and gave up the position to another kid.

Accompanied by the laughter of the children, he walked towards the door. It was originally an activity after the interest class, and if he lost, he would of course go home.

Huaxi hugged Xue Ji and followed. She didn't know how to play chess, but Xue Ji didn't care about these things at all.

Ms. Eve stood outside the door and couldn't help laughing at this scene. She stroked Jing Jiu's hair and said, Playing chess is inherently difficult. Don't worry, just learn it slowly.

Jing Jiu wanted to say something but didn't say anything in the end, bowed his head to express his gratitude, took the pastry from Eve's hand and said goodbye to her.

The family carried the pastries across the street from the administrative center and down the subway.

He sat quietly in the chair, seemingly unaffected by today's failure.

The advertising light outside the window emits various lights, illuminating his calm face.

When the subway arrived at Zhishanzhan, there was a clear and melodious station announcement. He slowly raised his head and said to himself, Am... am I really wrong?

What Teacher Eve said is right, space military chess is indeed too difficult, mainly because the rules are too complicated, and there are many places that violate common sense... Is it called common sense? How could a laser cannon kill someone?

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Back at home in 720, Huaxi carried the cakes to prepare for steaming. Jing Jiu habitually went to the window to prepare to play the piano, but suddenly found that the cover of the piano could not be opened today. He turned around and saw Xue Ji sitting on the sofa with a game of chess in front of her.

You... When did you buy it? Jing Jiu went to sit opposite her, looked at the lifelike warships and armor on the chessboard, and asked curiously.

Han Chan flew to his shoulder and performed a few cheerful dance moves, expressing that she got it in the mall and wanted to get his praise.

These days, when Xue Ji is in a good mood, she doesn't care much about Han Chan trying to please Jing Jiu. But it was obvious that she was in a very bad mood today, so the next moment Han Chan turned into a lump of ice and fell heavily to the ground.

Of course Xue Ji is in a bad mood, her own cub can't even give birth to a child, it's too embarrassing.

Since that child wants Jing Jiu to go home and practice, she must practice Jing Jiu well.

The Chilling Cicada struggled out of the shattered ice lump, and clearly sensed Her Majesty's consciousness, so it dared not be careless, and recalled the few mosquitoes monitoring the atmosphere near 714 as quickly as possible.

Those mosquitoes are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye, but the sound they make when rubbing their limbs is very bright, and their pronunciation is very standard, exactly the same as the announcer on the subway.

Space Army Chess is a puzzle board game popular among the people of the Galaxy Alliance. It is divided into six ways to play, suitable for children aged six to twelve...

Accompanied by the mechanical standard broadcast tone, Jing Jiu started the arduous special chess training.

The reason why it is said to be difficult is because Xue Ji's education is very simple and rough, as long as he takes a wrong step, or has inexplicable self-thoughts about the rules, she will be beaten hard by her.

Her round hands are very cute, but in fact, she is the only person in this universe who can beat Jing Jiu with her hands.

Huaxi was startled when she heard the thunderous voice in the living room. She ran over to take a look, and was relieved to find that it was Xue Ji who was beating her. She stroked her chest and said, Be quiet, it's noisy, neighbor.

no neighbors.

So Xue Ji still hit with the same force.

Not long after, Jing Jiu couldn't take it anymore, looked up at her and said seriously, Eat.

There was a strange smell of steaming pastries in the kitchen, and it was indeed time for dinner.

Xue Ji raised her little finger and pointed to the warships and armor on the chessboard, just like a queen who rules the world and commands millions of troops.

Han Chan sensed her will, and said with a mosquito: No eating.

The time for eating was saved, and the process of the special training sped up again. Huaxi held the bowl and watched curiously. It didn't take long for the space military chess tutorial to end.

Jing Jiu's clothes were shattered into rags, hanging down pitifully on his body, and the small crack at the corner of his eye that had disappeared long ago reappeared at some unknown time.

Xue Ji was very satisfied with her means, and signaled that today was over.

Huaxi returned to the kitchen, glanced at the empty steamer, shrugged a little embarrassedly, thought for a while and handed her bowl to Jing Jiu.

After dinner, Jing Jiu rubbed his sore shoulders, went to the window and started playing the piano.

After playing the Scorpion Tail Nebula Dance, he closed the piano cover, took a pen and paper and began to write poems.

The end of that pencil has been bitten off, so one can imagine how difficult it is for him to write poetry.

Huaxi went to the next room.

The flowers in the room were still in full bloom, almost like the sea, she wandered among them, with a cheerful smile on her face, picking off a flower from time to time to taste a few.

She stopped dancing suddenly, slowly came to the window, opened the black curtains, tilted her head and looked at the stars gradually appearing in the sky, the ignorance in her eyes was gradually replaced by bewilderment.

Xue Ji went to the unit next door, and stood in the patio that reached the sixth floor, bathed in starlight, her consciousness wandered freely in the sea of ​​books, and her red cloak fluttered without wind.

After an unknown amount of time, the red cloak slowly fell down. She took out the thin piece of ice she found from the dead man's body, and observed in silence for a long time, her black pupils full of coldness.

This piece of thin ice was a hair that Shen Qingshan sprinkled in the universe many years ago. She wasn't sure when the other party would be able to find him. Jing Jiu didn't show signs of waking up, and it was useless if he woke up. She was under a lot of pressure.

Like some parents, she also found a channel to vent her stress today, she sat back on the sofa in an instant, and signaled Jing Jiu to sit across from her with her eyes.

Han Chan took out the Go board from the cabinet and climbed onto the coffee table with the heavy chess urn, feeling Xue Ji's depression and Jing Jiu's reluctance, and felt a lot of pressure.

Tonight, Xueji taught Jing Jiu backgammon, the black and white chess pieces kept falling on the board, the mosquitoes kept talking about the fixed forms and forbidden moves, and then there was the sound of wind and thunder again.