Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 547 - 312: Death Chessboard_2

Luo Heng looked bewildered and asked, "What does this mean?"

Just as he posed the question, several lines of text appeared on the floor in front of everyone.

"Death Game: This game is divided into two modes — Duel and Solo Duel."

"Death Game Duel Mode: Two grid players enter simultaneously. By rolling the fortune dice, they determine their own and the opponent's movements forward or backward. Note: The side facing oneself indicates the number of grids to move forward."

"Death Game Solo Duel Mode: A single player enters to duel with the demon puppet, deciding their and the puppet's movements forward or backward."

"Once the Death Game begins, each dice roll will create one collapse. When a player enters a collapsed area, the game is over, and they are forcibly sent to the death prison to await revival."

"Reaching the center of the board means passing the Death Game, earning an extra chance to choose a gift."

"An extra chance to choose a gift." The thought made everyone's hearts burn with desire.

"Duel and Solo Duel?" Luo Feng looked at the text on the ground, glancing at the dice at the center of the square, thinking quickly.

"Rolling the dice, how to control it? If it can be controlled manually, then dueling would be much easier than solo duel." After thinking it through, Luo Feng concluded this.

"We have five people, what should we do?" Chen Qingyun asked the others.

Actually, everyone subconsciously wanted to exclude Lu Yu from forming a team, after all, Lu Yu was a newcomer, and they were old companions.

In terms of trust, it's natural to trust long-time companions more.

"I'll go with Luo Heng to try it out first," Luo Feng said.

Lin Qingqing looked at the two with concern and said, "Be careful."

Luo Feng and Luo Heng nodded in response, "We will."

The two of them stepped onto the Death Game board. The moment they entered the map, they disappeared from everyone's sight, reappearing on opposite sides of the board, with the dice precisely in the middle.

"Please, the gray grid player, roll the dice first."

A voice emerged from nowhere, echoing in everyone's ears.

Luo Heng looked at Luo Feng, who was the gray grid player, and asked, "Brother, what should I do?"

Luo Feng stood on the other side of the dice, seeing two faces not visible from the front. Luo Heng should be seeing the third face.

He looked at the numbers and characters on these two faces and almost understood how to play this game.

After rolling the dice, the side facing the player indicates the number of grids the player moves forward or backward.

The dice faces show — move forward 3 grids opposite move backward 1 grid, move forward 2 grids opposite move backward 2 grids, move forward 1 grid opposite move backward 3 grids.

This means that when the dice rolls to show 3 grids forward facing the player, the other person must move back 1 grid. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

According to the board rules, when moving forward, you can go left or right the corresponding number of grids, but when moving back, you can only retreat the corresponding number of grids.

If the two players coordinate rolling the dice well, they can quickly reach the center of the board and win the game.

Luo Feng shouted, "Roll the dice so that the side showing 3 grids forward faces you."

Upon hearing this, Luo Heng invoked Spiritual Power, forming it into a giant hand, grabbing the dice, tossing it into the air. The Spiritual Power-crafted wind continuously manipulated the dice.

Thud~ The giant dice landed, perfectly showing 3 grids forward facing Luo Heng. Luo Heng's figure vanished from the original spot, reappearing at the third grid.

In the board, players cannot move freely, and their position is determined solely by the dice roll.

Luo Heng moved forward 3 grids, naturally causing Luo Feng to move back 1 grid, which he did.

Suddenly, the slab behind Luo Feng vanished, revealing a perfectly squared bottomless pit.

This is a collapse. With every roll of the dice, an additional collapse appears on the board. The position of the collapse is random, and with bad luck, one might be eliminated directly.

Luo Feng calmly observed the suddenly appearing empty space behind him. He had guessed this might happen.

He used Spiritual Power to roll the dice, ensuring the side showing 3 grids forward faced him. Luo Feng moved forward 3 grids, while Luo Heng moved back 1 grid.

A collapse appeared some distance away from them, not affecting them.

As long as they continue rolling the dice to show 3 grids forward facing them and no collapse appears directly underfoot, they will soon reach the center of the board and complete the game.

By now, everyone more or less understood how to play this game.

In a duel, it's just two people cooperating to continually move closer to the board's center.

Solo duel would be tougher; you have to face an opponent who certainly won't let the player reach the center easily and will do everything to stop the player's progress.

The worst situation would be both players being unable to move forward and constantly retreating.

Another rule of the Death Game is that leaving the board means losing and being sent to death prison.

Solo duel is much more challenging than duel.

Chen Qingyun glanced at Lin Qingqing and Lu Yu, his expression unchanged, but his heart was complicated.

He was quite confident that Lin Qingqing would choose to pair with him to pass the Death Game, but this would be unfair to the newly joined Lu Yu.

It's inevitable that Lu Yu might develop resentment, and once that's created, it's hard to eliminate.

Chen Qingyun wasn't sure what to do; he also felt deeply conflicted inside.

Under the cooperation of the brothers Luo Feng and Luo Heng, they quickly approached the center of the board. As collapses on the board increased, they started influencing their path.

Sometimes, they had no choice but to take detours to avoid collapses that appeared in front of them.

The rule of the Death Game is that players can only choose which direction to move, and how many grids to move depends entirely on the dice.

So later dice rolls became much more complicated, needing to consider nearby collapse positions, and sometimes one player might need to sacrifice moving back to help the other avoid a collapse.

Without absolute trust, such cooperation wouldn't be possible.

It doesn't necessarily mean that collaboration allows you to reach the board's center fastest.

In truth, there's an even faster method — intentionally trapping the other player in a collapse. Since only one remains on the board, they can freely roll the dice, moving forward as many steps as desired.

This is where mutual trust is crucial. Without absolute trust, who knows if the partner will intentionally trap themselves for personal gain.

Luo Feng thought of this passing method but didn't voice it.

Step by step he cooperated honestly with his brother, slowly approaching the center.

Everyone present wasn't foolish; what Luo Feng could think of, others would realize sooner or later with some observation.

"Damn, how do I move?" Luo Heng cursed, looking at his brother's position.

Luo Feng, while continuously helping Luo Heng avoid forward collapses, inadvertently entered a collapse group himself, which blocked his forward and backward directions.

Collapses can't be crossed. Even if Luo Heng rolled a 3-grid advance for Luo Feng, advancing would drop him into a collapse.

As a last resort, Luo Feng could only circumvent the collapse grids, moving sideways.

Luo Heng rolled a 3-grid advance for Luo Feng, who shifted 3 grids to the left. After his move, a new collapse appeared directly in front of him.

Luo Feng: "..."

He told Luo Heng, "Don't worry about me now; you head to the finish first."

Luo Feng rolled the dice, advancing Luo Heng 3 grids, himself moving back 1 grid.

Just as Luo Heng was about to roll the dice, a collapse suddenly appeared beneath him, and he was unlucky enough to be caught.

The board had thousands of horizontal and vertical grids. Even excluding those where collapses already appeared, the probability of a collapse appearing under Luo Heng was one in a thousand.

Yet, he happened to be hit by it.

Luo Feng's gaze froze. He hadn't thought it would be so coincidental, with Luo Heng caught at just the right moment when the collapse appeared.

Before he could feel regret, Luo Heng's figure suddenly reappeared three grids away from the board's center; just another dice roll, and he'd reach the center.

Everyone was bewildered, "What's going on here?"

Clearly, Luo Heng had been eliminated. Why did he suddenly appear, and so close to the goal point to pass?