landbeastnovel #888 - Chapter 888 War and Chess Game
#888 - Chapter 888 War and Chess Game
As the black and white pieces fell on the board, the end of this game was quickly coming to a close.
“I lost.”
Wu Wei lowered his head and said slowly.
“Yes.”
“Indeed...cough cough cough.”
“Lost, huh.”
The thin woman across from Wu Wei said with a smile.
Then, she looked at Wu Wei with a pair of gentle eyes.
“So, how about another game?”
“Yes.”
Wu Wei nodded.
At the same time, his head drooped even lower.
At this moment, the scarlet in his eyes had gradually disappeared, replaced by the original appearance of his pupils.
“Okay.”
The thin woman slowly reached out her hand, wanting to set up the chessboard.
But Wu Wei took the lead, finishing the arrangement before she could.
Judging by his appearance, he was unwilling to let her tire herself out.
Looking at Wu Wei, the thin woman smiled.
However, she said nothing, just quietly watched the young Wu Wei doing all this.
Finally, after a period of busyness, Wu Wei finished everything, returning the chessboard to its original state.
“Let's begin.”
Another new game began.
But this time, the game took even longer than the previous one.
But the ending was the same.
“I lost.”
After placing the last black piece on the board, Wu Wei said with his head lowered.
The woman across from him smiled silently.
She said nothing, just watched Wu Wei clear the chessboard and start a new game.
Just like that.
In this small room.
The two of them played game after game in silence.
Time seemed to stand still.
If it weren't for the sound of pieces being placed between the two chessboards, and the woman's coughing.
Everything would have been like an unchanging painting.
As time passed, Wu Wei had forgotten how long he had been here.
Finally...
“You…”
“You were deliberately not winning, weren’t you?”
After losing another game, the woman across from Wu Wei spoke.
Wu Wei also raised his head.
Looking at the woman's already somewhat cloudy eyes, Wu Wei nodded.
“Yes.”
He couldn't lie, he simply admitted it.
From the very first game, he had deliberately lost.
But why?
“Why would you do this, little Wu Wei?”
After hearing Wu Wei's answer, the thin woman placed her hand on Wu Wei's head and said gently.
And in her cloudy eyes, there was no blame, only concern.
“Because, I don’t want to win.”
Wu Wei said softly, clutching the chess piece in his hand.
“I know that this area I am in is my illusion.”
“But I also know that once I win against you.”
“Then, all of this will end.”
“So, I don’t want to win.”
Hearing Wu Wei's answer, the woman nodded.
“So that’s how it is, cough cough.”
“Then, cough cough cough, little Wu Wei.”
“Do you remember what I taught you before?”
The woman retracted her hand from Wu Wei's head and sat back down.
“I remember.”
“Then, tell me.”
“What is the essence of war?”
Faced with the woman's question, Wu Wei was silent for a moment.
“The essence of war is the sum of one zero-sum game after another.”
“Then here comes the question.”
“Little Wu Wei, tell me.”
“Having understood the essence of war, how should you influence the war?”
“Refine.”
Wu Wei said in a low voice.
“Infinitely refine the war, decompose the battlefield into one chess game after another.”
“Then, turn everything I possess into chess pieces, and use these chess pieces to gain an advantage.”
After listening to Wu Wei's answer, the woman smiled.
He answered very well, not forgetting her teachings.
“But, the battlefield is chaotic.”
“When the battlefield tends to be chaotic, how can you ensure that your chess pieces can gain an advantage?”
“Just like…”
“Go.”
“The so-called chaos is just an appearance.”
“Because war itself will give birth to chaos.”
“No matter how chaotic the chessboard is, there are always traces to follow.”
Wu Wei said seriously.
“But in this chaos, we, as chess players, must never bring our own thinking into the chess pieces on the board. We are always the chess players.”
“So we must ensure that we are detached from things when playing chess, and understand the overall situation.”
“Because only in this way can we not be disturbed by the mere chaos, and only in this way can we not be afraid of chaos, and can we integrate with chaos.”
“In the most chaotic chaos, find the rules, understand the rules, and then win this game.”
“Then what is the meaning of this so-called rule?”
“And the so-called rule is actually the enemy's thoughts!”
Wu Wei raised his head and looked at the other party.
At this moment, Wu Wei's heart trembled.
Because he was surprised to find that as time passed.
The bruises on the other party's body had become more and more obvious.
At this time, she had stopped coughing.
But her body had become so weak that even playing chess was quite difficult.
But even so...
“Then, little Wu Wei.”
The woman smiled.
“Let's play one last game, and then let me rest, okay?”
But Wu Wei shook his head.
“No.”
“I really.”
“Don’t want to win!”
Wu Wei shook his head and said willfully.
But...
“Because if I win, you will disappear, won’t you?”
“Why can’t we just, always be like this?”
Compared to winning this game, Wu Wei hoped even more that the other party could stay by his side for a while longer.
Although this was very selfish and very unrealistic.
Even if Wu Wei knew that he was in an illusion, he still thought so.
Just like everyone who encounters so-called inner demons.
Wu Wei, was sinking into the illusion.
This terrifying existence, who was as cold-blooded as a demon king on the outside.
In the illusion, he still had his own weaknesses.
Compared to the cruelty and indifference of the outside world, he would rather stay in his illusion and sink forever.
At this very moment.
In Wu Wei's external body, the divine fire that had originally lit up a corner of the Sea of Mind suddenly dimmed.
He.
Was about to enter complete sinking, never to recover!
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“No, my dear little Wu Wei.”
The woman reached out her hand and touched Wu Wei's face.
At this time, she was extremely weak, and her eyes were full of doting on Wu Wei.
“You.”
“Must win against me.”
“Otherwise, you won’t be able to get out of here.”
“I hope you can stay, but…”
“Not now!”
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