Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 277 - 28: The Third Scene

Chapter 277: Chapter 28: The Third Scene

Brant wasn’t really considering slowing down, but Tang Zheng shot past him without hesitation and even sped up.

"Did I get played?" Brant was shocked, he didn’t hesitate to rush upward, managing to overtake Tang Zheng just to find him following closely behind.

"What the hell does this brat want?" Brant slowed down, intending to delay a bit, but just as fast, Tang Zheng also fell back. Decisively, Brant just stopped to wait for Tang Zheng to pass so he could follow behind him.

"Ha-ha, you’re so dumb. I was just messing with you." Tang Zheng derided Conqueror’s Captain, hitting his confidence, then he sped off with full force towards the end of the passageway. If Alice said there would be a game, it wouldn’t lead to an unexpected death of a ’Human Bug’.

"Damn Eastern monkey." Brant knew he was being played. He cursed himself silently for overthinking things. Tang Zheng was clearly a simpleton, how could he possibly have such a scheming mind? His only intention must have been to infuriate him.

At that moment, Tang Zheng’s plan succeeded, and Brant lost all accuracy in his judgment of him.

As predicted, Tang Zheng was the first to reach the room for the third game without any problems.

"What’s the meaning of these black-and-white squares?" Panting heavily, Pang Meiqin leaned against the stone door’s exterior wall, looking at the perfectly square room with a side length of eighty meters. Its floor was covered with alternating black and white tiles, and there were adult-sized chess piece models lined up on both sides of the wall.

"It’s a chessboard for Chess." Tang Zheng furrowed his brows. If that was the case then it was a disaster - Even though Westerners are generally not known for their intelligence, most of them should have some exposure to Chess. Most people on his side hadn’t even seen this thing before.

"Human bugs, enter." This time Alice descended from the ceiling in a cage, followed by Butler, who always stood behind her translating. Meanwhile, hundred of armored knights and poker soldiers entered.

"Uncle, she doesn’t seem to notice that we’ve cut off the skin of the Branding Magic Array.." The effects of the anesthetic seemed to be fading and Little Lolita felt a dull pain in her shoulder.

Tang Zheng also felt relieved. If the timing wasn’t so off, he would have already killed Alice.

"The third game, Death Chess Match." Alice pointed to the chessboard below, but before she could declare the game rules, she was interrupted by Xu Guanlin.

"This is not fair, nobody on our side knows how to play this game."

Looking at the indignant Eastern student, the Newbies on the Superhuman Squad sighed with relief. If they had been playing China’s complex Go game, they would have forfeited straight away.

"Protest denied. You are more in numbers, hence a chessboard game favouring the Superhuman Squad was chosen." Alice dismissed Xu Guanlin’s outcry, explaining the rules with a dictatorial attitude.

"Rule one, each side will present sixteen people, representing the sixteen pieces on each side of the chess board to compete."

"Wait, they only have eleven people, how are they going to compete?" Li Xinlan was not worried. After seeing Tang Zheng play Shogi on the Shinkansen, she never believed that he would be stumped by any board game.

"The Superhuman Squad’s remaining five chessmen will be replaced by my poker soldiers." Alice pointed at the chessboard, the chessmen immediately twisted their bodies and transformed into a hybrid of poker soldiers and wives, startling everyone.

"Rule two, pieces move according to chess rules but when one side is about to be taken, physical combat gets involved, not just the rules. The victor will remain on the board." Alice finally revealed the brutality of this game.

"I knew it wouldn’t be so simple." This time, it was Brant and his team protesting, "Does that mean knowing how to play chess is useless? What if the people chosen for positions like rooks, knights, and bishops are not up to the task, won’t it mean that even a pawn is stronger?"

Lu Fan, who understood English and also knew how to play Chess, instantly became the translator. At this point, nobody was startled by Little Lolita’s show of versatility.

"That’s not my problem. What you need to do is to use the limited resources in your hands to win." Alice didn’t care much about these issues. She just wanted more bloodshed and fun. Of course, she thought anyone who believes brute force is the only requirement was foolish.

"The five servants replacing them are definitely stronger than ordinary people, so our side also needs five servants." Tang Zheng protested again. Asking his students to engage in physical combat with poker soldiers was like asking a lunatic to tell a dream.

"Protest denied, unless your team is down to eleven people, I won’t provide you with any servants." After some hesitation, Alice still rejected the demand but offered a bloody compromise.

The Superhuman Squad started to cheer, never expecting their disadvantage in numbers to be in their favor now, while Tang Zheng’s side was left in gloom. Han Zifeng nervously looked at Zhang Hao in fear of him taking lives. Of course, there were some timid students who were frightened too.

"Han Zifeng, stop being so paranoid. Everyone has come a long way, we are partners now." Tang Zheng attempted to coax them into participating in the combat again. If they refused to cooperate, he didn’t mind allowing Zhang Hao to kill.

"Rule three, only the player posing as the king can play chess, any interference by other pieces will result in an immediate loss."