Chapter 1333: A Corner of Collapse
Chapter 1333: A Corner of Collapse
"That's not right!"
Since the game started, Cyber Elf Alpha didn't make a move instantly for the first time.
The frenzied pace of the crazy attacks also came to a halt for the first time.
This intuition belonged to the most advanced players of the Starry Sky Chessboard, and she finally realized something was amiss.
The continuous fierce attacks gave her more advantages than the opening.
With calculation powers exceeding the legend-ranked by more than fifty times, it was enough to deal with the combined forces of the three sisters of Norn, the God of Wisdom, and the Gem Dragon Princess Orfina.
But when it reached fifty moves, Cyber Elf Alpha stopped her attacks, as if a sudden stop button had been pressed on the raging storm.
What was wrong?
Cyber Elf Alpha, who had always crushed her opponents on the Starry Sky Chessboard, reevaluated the game.
The fierce battle in the bottom right corner had reached a fever pitch, with pieces from both sides intertwining and displaying their strengths.
In the northeast corner, there are four chess pieces lined up neatly.
In the center of the star map, she placed Tianyuan randomly.
Calculating the next development, Cyber Elf Alpha focused on the intricate chess game.
Fifty times the legend-ranked calculation power is not enough!
Upgrade, activate more planetary quantum computer arrays!
Seventy times rate, eighty times rate, one hundred times rate of the legend-ranked calculation power!
In the distant Mechanical God’s Domain, more planetary quantum computer arrays started running, providing Cyber Elf Alpha in the Red Heart Queen’s Masquerade with more calculation power.
Such a scene has rarely appeared recently, even when playing chess with Norn the God of Wisdom, Cyber Elf Alpha can easily win with fifty times the calculation power.
Needing to use one hundred times the legend-ranked calculation power indicates that Cyber Elf Alpha is completely serious.
"Hmm, it seems they've noticed," whispered Yun Xi, standing behind Saint Demon with a fan covering his mouth. Cyber Elf Alpha, lived up to her reputation, finally realizing the hidden danger in the area.
However, it was already too late.
She would feel pain, and that was what Saint Demon had been expecting.
"Why... didn't I notice?" After increasing her computing power to over a hundred and fifty times the legend-ranked, Cyber Elf Alpha finally figured out what was wrong, her forehead antenna drooping.
How careless, so incredibly careless, to not have considered this possibility.
No wonder the opponent had started withdrawing since the tenth move, they had already observed this possibility long ago, hadn't they?
She had surprisingly failed to grasp the intricacies of this defensive strategy, stepping right into it.
Had she become too inflated? Winning so many times had made her overlook the possibility of being careless to this extent.
The situation in this area was clearly - there will be no winner!
"Snap!" Like a gecko shedding its tail, Cyber Elf Alpha made a cautious move, trying to create a new escape route for the pieces in this area.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
"Snap!"
"Snap!"
"Snap!"
With three consecutive moves, Saint Demon was shocked to see the sudden shift from defense to offense.
Now, it was her turn to attack Cyber Elf Alpha and force her to maneuver and counterattack while minimizing losses.
What had happened? What kind of future did Cyber Elf Alpha see to make such a hasty decision?
Even with Saint Demon's strong chess skills, she couldn't understand why the situation had suddenly changed like this.
Cyber Elf Alpha's antenna turned left and right, adding the computational power of the planetary quantum computer group before finally discovering how bad the situation was in this area.
Even though she decisively tried to save her strength by using the gecko's tail-cutting technique, the earlier attacks had been too fierce to completely recover from.
"It's time to close the net," Yun Xi pointed the fan to a point on the star map, an ending that had been anticipated from thirty steps ago.
Saint Demon's game piece landed on that point, and then a series of fire lights appeared in the lower half of the area.
Boom!
Collapse!
As if an invisible giant hand tore apart the void of the star map, destroying the pieces of both sides one by one.
All go down together!
Each piece's destruction triggered more explosions and collapses, a rare sight in Starry Sky Chess, indicating both sides' pieces were being destroyed without discrimination.
Whether they were attackers or defenders, in the chain reaction of the Great Whirlpool, there was nowhere to escape, only a dead end.
This was the future Yun Xi saw thirty steps ahead.
It was also the highly probable destruction event Cyber Elf Alpha calculated three steps ago.
Since it was all about destruction, there was no advantage for either attackers or defenders, everyone was doomed.
The issue was, Cyber Elf Alpha was too focused on the attack and defense in this corner, completely oblivious to the possibility of complete annihilation.
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
The pieces from both sides in this area returned to their respective players' hands, the massive vortex of destruction claimed the bottom-right corner of the star map, indicating that no more moves could be made in this area.
Then, only five pieces were left on the vast star map.
Tianyuan, Cyber Elf Alpha.
Saint Demon in the northeast corner.
With one against four, Cyber Elf Alpha was three pieces behind.
In the rules of Starry Sky Chess, a three-piece difference represents a significant gap in skill levels. Even with Cyber Elf Alpha's strength, she couldn't confidently say she could defeat her opponent by giving away three pieces in the opening.
What's more, these three pieces were not separate, but were connected together as a group of four, contrasting with Cyber Elf Alpha's lone piece, Tianyuan.
"Very good… I was careless…" Cyber Elf Alpha, who was reversed by Saint Demon in one go, didn't feel discouraged or disheartened, but her eyes sparkled.
It had been a long time, besides the Starry Sky Chess Master, that she had encountered an opponent who made her suffer such a loss.
It looks like a strong and solid defense that doesn't leak any water, but it's actually a layout hiding traps.
The sudden escape was expected in the area where the battle was expected to end with both sides suffering.
This foresight, along with a sudden burst of inspiration even she didn't anticipate, was exactly what she hoped for - a worthy opponent to challenge her skills.
Firm and full of vitality.
Waiting until the time is right, then striking with great force.
Underestimating her opponent, who started the game with only ten times the legend-ranked computing power, was a big mistake.
She might be the third best Star Chess Player in Endless God’s Domain, after the Starry Sky Chess Master and herself, with defensive skills even higher than hers.
"Go all out!"
Cyber Elf Alpha was thrilled because, apart from "A Cloud in the Sky," she had finally encountered an opponent she could give her all against.