CHAPTER 428: CHAPTER 233 MYRIAD-OPPORTUNITY PEARL! (FIVE IN ONE)_2

"Of course, before discussing the special rules, the basic rules need to be clarified first. The basic rule is that each player places one piece per round to compare their strength. The General/Marshal can win over the Minister, the Minister can win over soldiers, and soldiers can win over the General/Marshal. If there’s a tie in a round, the tied pieces are set aside, and players continue placing new pieces to compete."

"You can skip to the special rules; I’m familiar with the basic ones."

Chen Mo smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, then I’ll go straight to the special rules.

Special Rule (1): In the first round of each game, if a player leads with a General/Marshal and wins, it counts as winning three games at once. In other words, that single round decides the entire match. If defeated, it also counts as directly losing three games.

Special Rule (2): In a three-game match, the types of pieces played in the first round of the first two games cannot be played again in the first round of the third game.

Special Rule (3): Players must look at their piece before playing it. A piece can only be placed once the player has clearly identified what it is. In other words, blind placement is not allowed.

Special Rule (4): After both players have placed their pieces, they can each ask the other one question, which must be answered. The answer can be true or false. After both questions have been asked and answered, each player has one opportunity to change their piece."

After hearing the four special rules described by Chen Mo, Cha Latu, who had initially thought it was just a reskinned version of Rock, Paper, Scissors, suddenly became interested. The existence of these special rules instantly transformed this game into a unique kind of intellectual contest.

"Interesting, interesting! Let’s use this game as the challenge for the seventeenth floor," Cha Latu declared.

After saying this, Cha Latu casually waved his hand, and sixteen chess pieces appeared on the table—eight for each player.

"What color do you want?" Cha Latu asked with a smile.

Chen Mo glanced over and said, "I prefer red."

"Then the red pieces are yours."

After both of them had put away their pieces, Chen Mo suddenly said, "We all have perception abilities. It seems quite easy to sense what the pieces are, right?"

Cha Latu smiled faintly. "Relax, I won’t use my perception ability; otherwise, it would be no fun. As for you, you can use your perception ability anytime, provided you *can* perceive anything."

Hearing this, Chen Mo decided not to hold back. However, when his Pioneer perception ability reached out, he only felt a potent Divine Power covering all the chess pieces, and he could not perceive anything at all.

Seeing this, Chen Mo chuckled and shook his head. After putting all the chess pieces into his space backpack, he began to select his own pieces.

"You mentioned before that under the special rules, if one plays a General/Marshal in the first round and wins, they win the match outright, right?" Cha Latu suddenly asked Chen Mo before placing his piece.

After saying that, he placed a chess piece down. Then he looked at Chen Mo with a smile on his face.

From his attitude, it seemed he had placed a General.

The best way to counter a General is to use a soldier. But he might not have played a General. If it’s not a General, then he played either a Minister or a soldier. In that case, playing a soldier still has a 50% chance of a tie. The biggest advantage is that playing a soldier definitely won’t lead to an instant overall loss. If I play a Marshal, he might have played a soldier; losing that way means an instant overall loss. And if I play a Minister against a real General, that’s also an instant overall loss. So, playing a soldier in the first round is the safest choice.

But the more obvious this logic is, the more likely he is to exploit this psychological contrast and play a Minister. If I had the guts to play a Marshal then, I could win in one fell swoop. Actually, in this kind of strategy game, overthinking leads one into a logical vortex.

At this moment, the problem Chen Mo was considering was very simple.

He’s clearly very interested in this game, so he probably doesn’t want it to end in a single round. In that case, the only piece that wouldn’t end the match in the first round is a soldier. He most likely played a soldier.

Although Chen Mo was 90% certain, to be safe, he still took out a soldier piece.

Whether Cha Latu played a General or a soldier, at least I won’t lose this round.

After Chen Mo placed his piece, he looked at Cha Latu and said, "Do you want to ask what my piece is? You placed yours first, so you have the priority to ask."

"Did you place a Marshal?" Cha Latu asked with a mysterious smile.

"Yes. And you? Did you place a General?" Chen Mo asked, glancing at his opponent’s piece.

"Correct," Cha Latu answered with a harmless smile.

"Well? Want to change your piece?" Chen Mo asked with a faint smile, looking at him.

"No need. What about you?" Cha Latu asked back with a smile.

"I won’t change either," Chen Mo answered with a smile.

"Then let’s reveal them," Cha Latu said.

As Cha Latu waved his hand, the two chess pieces on the table instantly flipped over.

It was soldier against soldier.

Chen Mo had guessed correctly at first; he just hadn’t had the nerve to play a Minister. He didn’t regret this, though. His recent choice hadn’t been wrong; it was both safe and offered a chance for a decisive win, making it entirely worth trying. At worst, it would have been a tie.

With a tie in the first round, the second round offered many more possibilities. Since the risk of the match being decided in a single round was gone, Generals/Marshals could now be played with less concern. At this point, each side had four soldiers, two Ministers, and one General/Marshal remaining.

In the second round, Chen Mo quickly placed his piece. Cha Latu, however, thought for a while. Once both had arranged their pieces, they again asked each other the same question as in the previous round: whether the other had played a General/Marshal.