Chapter 222: That invincible old man

Unknown level, unknown timeline.

Having experienced two time nodes, it can be said to be thrilling but safe, plus the words of Wen Xishu from the future, Sirius thought that this journey might be very smooth.

Just take it as an interesting trip...

But in fact, the third node already made Sirius a little panicked.

Prison.

With the help of Wen Xishu's body, the rotten flesh attached to Wen Xishu, which was Sirius, saw a monster slowly melting.

Wen Xishu used to like watching a type of stress-relieving video, which was the reaction of lava dripping into ice cubes, or burning hot iron balls put into ice cubes.

Now... he felt that some creatures around him were like ice cubes encountering lava or burning hot iron balls.

The body was constantly melting.

But no heat could be felt here.

This is a prison, everything around is red, and thousands of prisoners live here.

Wen Xishu also noticed—outside the huge cage, there was a cold blue area.

In the cold blue area, there was a familiar person.

He saw a black man.

Because Wen Xishu was wearing a mask at the moment and was a bit disheveled, the black man didn't recognize Wen Xishu.

"Nisen, how could he be here?"

Wen Xishu was greatly surprised because he saw a huge lion pattern on the ground outside the prison.

Wen Xishu had seen this pattern. It was the pattern of Leo.

Wen Xishu was shocked. Where did this bring me?

The prisoners around were still constantly melting.

It seemed that prisoners were being executed randomly.

Nisen's expression didn't look like he had lost his self-will either; he seemed a little nervous.

"What should we do? How should we operate now? Can we break out of prison?"

Sirius's voice appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.

People around were melting, and anyone who saw this scene would be afraid, and Wen Xishu himself was also afraid.

But he didn't know what was going on now.

As for breaking out of prison—obviously impossible. Because there were too many monsters in the prison whose aura was countless times stronger than his.

Wen Xishu could be sure that compared to the Nisen he knew, this Nisen looked more muscular, and his body looked more powerful.

But the age gap shouldn't be large.

He and Nisen, Yue Yun, were still young and still growing.

Just at this time, Wen Xishu felt a scorching heat approaching.

His heart skipped a beat, and even Sirius thought everything was about to end...

But fortunately, it wasn't Wen Xishu who melted, but a monster right behind Wen Xishu.

This monster definitely didn't look simple, and its strength was at least an elite species.

But facing the melting execution of the prison, it had no ability to resist.

If Wen Xishu didn't use the handle, it was about the level of a rare species.

He was undoubtedly unable to break out of prison.

Unless the prison guard was his friend.

It was also at this time that Wen Xishu spoke:

"Nisen, is that you?"

Wen Xishu walked to the prison fence and took off his mask.

Nisen was stunned:

"Wen! Why are you here! God! What kind of development is this? How are you?"

"No, bro, are you really Wen Xishu? What about the mark on the back of your hand?"

Mark? Wen Xishu thought about it. It seemed that his future self had gained some things because of special experiences.

However, Wen Xishu didn't pursue this point, because he also felt that it was better to let nature take its course.

With Pisces watching the timeline, some things deliberately changed would be deliberately promoted.

Wen Xishu said:

"I have no way to tell you more reasons, but I am indeed Wen Xishu. Nisen, you still keep the confidence of comparing the size of the handle..."

Nisen hurriedly stopped him:

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Bro, I believe you! I am now a prison guard on Leo's territory. If I let you go, I will be executed by the opponent's chess player for dereliction of duty!"

"Let me think of a way, I'll pass the message out first!"

"Hell, how could you appear among the prisoners! I will immediately arrange for the prison to stop the execution!"

Wen Xishu became more and more curious about what kind of mission this was, and it felt quite interesting.

After Nisen made a phone call, Wen Xishu said.

"Tell me about the current situation? But don't ask why."

Nisen was also puzzled:

"Hell... Wen, I believe you are Wen now, because when I called you... you also said that it was you."

Wen Xishu couldn't help but be amused by Nisen's reaction.

Obviously, Nisen was now in a special mission. According to Nisen, he was a chess piece.

The grid Nisen was in should be a position on the chessboard.

Once entering this grid, one had to play the role that this grid required him to play.

This was Wen Xishu's preliminary guess.

"The people who break out of prison will come soon... ah, next, others will come to attack here, and I will be forced to receive orders to retreat to the library. Give up the prison."

"But you still have to wait, wait for the next wave of chess pieces, that is, our people, to make the option of breaking out of prison."

"Now the prison belongs to us, we can't break out of our own prison."

"But this is really outrageous, I would actually be arranged to retreat to the library. That place doesn't fit my characteristics. If I stay there, it will affect the library's attributes."

"But you on the phone said this is a necessary concession. It's really strange, Wen, how did you manage to clone yourself?"

Wen Xishu heard it.

Nisen called himself. There is no doubt that just like the previous node, his future self certainly knew what happened to his past self.

Wen Xishu also made a judgment—

At present, he in the current timeline is a chess player, in a special mission, playing chess with a powerful existence.

The chess pieces are old friends in the bunker.

The chessboard seems to give some people powerful attributes according to each person's characteristics.

Since the territory symbolizing the prison has been occupied by Nisen...

Then if you want the people in the prison to come out, you have to let Nisen be defeated, give up the prison first, and let the opponent occupy the prison.

In this way, the act of breaking out of prison can be executed.

Wen Xishu said:

"Nisen, this is not a clone of me. By the way, what are your characteristics?"

Nisen said:

"Steadfast, indestructible, power is supreme. Three characteristics, bro, I am a chess piece that decides the winner!"

Although the specific situation is not yet clear, listening to it, Nisen's characteristics are considered very rare chess pieces.

Wen Xishu said:

"Who will be responsible for breaking out of prison?"

Nisen said, "Xiao Yun is still in front, competing for a special area—the hospital. Zheng Zai is guarding the food processing plant because of special characteristics."

"I don't know who is responsible for breaking out of prison, because there are quite a lot of people participating."

Is this a level 7 mission?

Wen Xishu actually doesn't like to act with too many people, after all, he has too many secrets.

But it seems that there are quite a lot of people participating in this mission.

"Who am I playing chess with?"

"Leo," Nisen blurted out a result that surprised Wen Xishu immensely.

Wen Xishu himself was horrified when he heard it.

Am I confronting the suspected strongest Leo?

No...

Leo's ability is powerful, and he must be the strongest in frontal combat. This kind of chess game should actually have obtained some external force.

My duel with Leo... has been gamified.

Thinking about it this way, Wen Xishu seemed to know that this was the Three Towers War.

He and Scorpio might have joined forces. Wen Xishu didn't have a very good impression of Scorpio at first, but Scorpio deliberately lowered his posture and admitted to being a younger brother... which made him feel inexplicably that he seemed to be on the same front as Scorpio.

"Leo is very strong, and it is impossible to defeat him head-on. If there are soldiers, generals, and kings among the chess pieces, then Leo must be the king."

This is Sirius's voice.

Sirius continued:

"Leo's ability is related to prestige. The greater his prestige, the stronger his power. You in the future seem to have become his enemy. This chess game will likely not defeat him head-on, but will weaken him..."

"Just like if I escaped, I wouldn't defeat Pisces, but I would weaken Pisces."

"Once Leo's myth of invincibility is broken, Leo's prestige and power will decrease, and naturally, he will also become weaker."

Wen Xishu nodded subconsciously.

"On the chessboard, the king does not see the king, but that is Chinese chess. In fact, there are also some chess games that only have momentum, and the chess pieces have no difference."

"But obviously, this chess game is different. In this chess game, each chess piece is different. It is different from chess games like Go where each chess piece has equivalent functions."

"You have to make reasonable use of each chess piece... just like Nisen said, if his characteristics are used to guard the library, the library's attributes will instead decline."

Wen Xishu saw what was going on with the Leo pattern.

In other words, this was originally Leo's prison. But now it has been occupied by Nisen.

Next, Leo will fight back.

"What is the role of occupying the prison?" Wen Xishu asked.

Nisen said:

"The effect of the prison is to be able to detain some chess pieces regularly, and may even detain the opponent's top chess pieces."

Wen Xishu understood.

This is like playing cards. Once the prison is occupied, you can make the opponent have fewer cards regularly.

Maybe you will inexplicably draw the opponent's trump card.

Then this place can be said to be a must-compete place.

Such a place, his future self arranged for Nisen to guard...

Presumably, Nisen in the future timeline has also made great progress.

Wen Xishu didn't say anything more and waited patiently.

Not long after, Nisen left the prison.

Wen Xishu waited for about thirty minutes and immediately saw a woman with a scarlet aura and a lion pattern tattooed on her body appear.

The woman tied her hair, which was similar to Amiao, but looked more like Lara in Tomb Raider, just more fierce in appearance.

With the arrival of the woman, Wen Xishu also discovered... the color of the ground outside the prison changed.

Blue turned into red.

Making the original lion pattern even more vivid and ferocious.

Wen Xishu naturally shrank back into the corner. He didn't attract the attention of this new prison guard.

The strength of this warden was extraordinary, but it seemed that guarding the prison was more suitable for Nisen.

The strength of the new prison guard might far exceed Nisen, but in terms of characteristics, she was more suitable for conquering and killing, rather than guarding.

This was reflected in the fact that once Nisen retreated, the prisoners in the prison, including Wen Xishu himself, felt the return of power.

However, even so, it was difficult to break out of prison without external force.

Especially, Wen Xishu could feel that this woman was a general under Leo.

Her strength was extraordinary. The momentum she emitted surpassed any Red House he had encountered so far.

The woman looked coldly at the inside of the prison, where there were also some of her former teammates.

But she didn't care at all.

Wen Xishu waited silently. He was thinking about who would come to save him.

This suspense didn't last long, but when Wen Xishu saw the person coming, he was still shocked.

"Hahahahahaha... there are really many variables in this chessboard!"

The old man's laughter came, a laughter that made the elders in the bunker have a headache.

But outside the bunker, this laughter already gave Wen Xishu a full sense of security.

Outside the crimson prison, I don't know when, a new "chess piece" appeared.

Although Wen Xishu didn't know what kind of chess was being played in this mission, and what the mechanism of the chess was...

But he just knew that the one who came to save him was a crucial chess piece that could truly kill through any territory.

Suddenly, when shrouded by the terrifying momentum, Sirius was also surprised:

"Is it those twelve people?"

In Sirius's cognition, only those twelve people could have this momentum.

Sirius was greatly shocked. Who exactly is this guy?

Able to become a variable for Pisces, able to play chess with Leo, and able to attract other constellations to participate directly?

But when the old laughter sounded and the figure appeared, Sirius was even more surprised:

"This is not them... this is not them! Who is this? How can anyone else reach this realm?"

The legend of the bunker, Albert Napolitano, appeared.

The old man looked at the new prison guard, who was at the level of a top Red House, with eyes that looked down on the world.

The woman was a little surprised that the other party chose to break out of prison instead of occupying it...

She gradually realized that there must be a very important chess piece in the prison, from the other side.

She immediately started a random execution.

So Wen Xishu could see that monsters began to melt again.

But at this time, Wen Xishu was not afraid at all.

Because Albert had come.

The Red House erupted with scarlet momentum, a full-force blow, trying to block the jailbreaker.

But the old man's laughter had already covered her full-force momentum.

"Little girl, what a weak punch. If you want to guard this place, you have to let your king come!"

The woman shouted angrily, and an even more fierce counterattack came like a mountain and sea.

But the old man parried everything easily.

Such arrogant words, such uninhibited laughter, facing Leo, there could be humans who could do this...

Sirius only felt shocked.

"Your future seems very exciting."

Wen Xishu responded with a smile:

"Otherwise, wouldn't it be a wasted trip?"

Taking fifteen seconds, the battle between Albert and the top Red House had ended.

No mechanism, all relying on the crushing of values. The many strange means of the Red House, in front of those seemingly ordinary fists, were all like soap bubbles blown by children.

The prison fence also disappeared at this moment, and countless monsters were able to escape. This naturally had a huge impact on the chess game.

But it doesn't matter, because there is a chess piece, if it dies here, everything will change.

Albert naturally picked up Wen Xishu:

"Let me think... which time period of you is this? Ah, it wouldn't be you when you just opened the Strange Tower Academy, right?"

Albert's observation was amazing.

Wen Xishu also couldn't help but ask:

"Old principal... what exactly is going on? How could even a person like you participate in it?"

"Is this the Strange Tower? Or the Slaughter Tower? What kind of mission is this? Why did you and I appear in the same scene?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 223 =====