Chapter 28: Black and White Puzzle (10)

The light coming in from the window was enough for the few people to see the furnishings in the cell clearly. There were cloaks thrown away at random, crowns scattered on the ground, and a mirror more than one meter tall with gorgeous decorations, which were out of tune with the dirty and messy environment.

From their direction, the mirror was pitch black, with nothing in it.

Bai You hesitated, stopped Qi Ming who wanted to go over to check, and hid in a dark corner.

“Don’t go over yet.”

“Okay, no problem.”

Looking at the woman’s attire and the crown on the ground, it is not difficult to guess that she should be the queen they are looking for, but… why did she become like this and still be locked in a cell?

Bai You glanced around and saw nothing unusual. Could it be that other players arrived here first? Thinking carefully, she was delayed for a night when she came to the palace, and it is not impossible that other players entered here earlier.

The vulture beside him suddenly spat, “Hmph, I told you to lock us up, but you came in yourself. This is called evil and will be punished, you deserve it!”

Bai You was stunned for a moment, looked at the indignant vulture, and asked: “You mean, she locked you up?”

The vulture nodded rather dissatisfied, without wanting to say more, just casually explained: “Yes, three months ago, the queen ordered all of us to be arrested and locked in cells, and since then, people have been arrested.”

Three months ago… The timeline of this copy seems to be different from other copies.

Bai You frowned, thought for a while and asked: “Are you… a race here? Orcs? Are there other races or something like that?”

The vulture suddenly fell silent, his face was a little gloomy, and there was something unclear, Bai You couldn’t see clearly, maybe it was embarrassment? Or despair?

“I don’t know what the orc race you are talking about is. I only know that the people imprisoned here become what they are now because of the curse.”

“Curse?”

“Yes, curse. It’s normal that you don’t know. After all, at the beginning of this incident, the queen ordered the news to be blocked. Not only did the civilians not know, but even most people in the palace didn’t know.”

Vulture was silent for two seconds, exhaled slowly, and told what happened.

“Half a year ago, the staff of the palace geological survey team accidentally discovered a part of the gem vein in the mountain where the Xili tribe lived. They led the miners to dig and found that there were not only various gems, but also a large number of gold veins.”

When Vulture said this, Bai You suddenly thought of the boxes of gold and gems that she saw in the room when she first entered the game world.

At that time, she was still wondering why there were so many. It turned out to be like this. Even the small-scale Verdi Castle has such a huge wealth, and there must be more gold and silver jewelry in the palace.

As expected, the vulture continued the next second: “After the news was reported back to the palace, the king immediately ordered a large number of miners to go to the Xili tribe to mine. Since then, a large number of gems have been transported back to the Kingdom of Ai’er every day.”

“These sudden wealth bestowed by God have made the king and his people live a prosperous life.”

“That night three months ago, a blizzard suddenly swept through the mountainous area of ​​the Xili tribe. Although the wind and snow were heavy, the miners relied on their years of experience and suffered no casualties.”

Speaking of this, the vulture suddenly paused.

“But the accident still happened.”

“Early the next morning, something incredible happened. All the miners turned into animals. No, maybe it’s not appropriate to simply call them animals. Let’s use the word you said. All the miners turned into orcs.”

Bai You said softly, “You are one of them, right?”

Vulture hummed dully, “Yes. My name is Moore, the captain of the 37th Mining Team.”

He smiled self-deprecatingly, spread his wings and waved, “But no one will call me by this name now. Look, I am like this now. Even if my mother stands in front of me, she will only shout loudly, let this monster get away.”

Bai You suddenly didn’t know how to start, and her heart was a little blocked. She thought that she might be too indecisive, or too sympathetic.

This is obviously just a game. Everything in front of her is just a string of code. As long as the production staff wants, they can insert more tragedies here. Everything is just a casual thing.

So, such emotions should not exist.

“No, Mor.”

The frail girl in front of him looked different from when she threatened him with the silver wire around his neck.

Since Mor became half-human and half-eagle, his vision has not been very good, but at this moment, he saw the pair of sparkling snow-blue eyes in his blurred vision.

As if burned, Mor quickly turned his head away, avoiding the sight, and coughed twice softly.

“After becoming orcs, the miners were of course panicked and fled from the Xili tribe, but were seen by the guards on the way back home. The guards wanted to kill the orcs, but ordinary swords could not even cut the orcs’ fur. They had no choice but to capture the orcs.”

“Although the miners have become orcs, they still retain their human will and consciousness, but a large number of them cannot speak.”

“After talking with the guards, the orcs who could communicate finally persuaded the guards to go to the mine to check. When the guards found that the mine was empty, One person confirmed the fact that all the miners of the Xili tribe had turned into orcs and reported it to the palace. “

“In the following days, the queen ordered the army to secretly capture all the orcs, transported them to the palace, and kept them here.”

After speaking, More took a breath and said, “That’s all I know. Do you have anything else to ask?”

“You said that the king ordered the mining of ore and the queen ordered the capture of orcs. How did you know?”

This made Bai You feel very strange. More’s tone was very firm. What was his basis?

Generally speaking, the guards responsible for the capture should not specifically distinguish the king’s and queen’s orders to the prisoners to be arrested, right?

And even if the guards pointed out that it was the queen’s order, what about the king? Doesn’t the king know about this? Why didn’t the king order it?

But More suddenly looked shocked. He looked at Bai You’s face as if he was looking at a monster from nowhere, and took a step back.

Bai You: “…”

After a while, he hesitated, pointed at Bai You and then Qi Ming with the tip of his wing, “You haven’t always lived in a place more remote than the Xili tribe, have you?”

“… Almost.”

“That’s no wonder.” Moore was relieved, exhaled, and explained: “All citizens of the Kingdom of Ai’er know that the queen’s power is above the king, and only the queen has the right to mobilize the guards. The king is only responsible for some civil affairs.”

Is that so…

Bai You pursed his lips. It seems that it is indeed based on the rules of chess. The queen is more capable than the king and has more power than the king.

However, if, as Moore said, the queen’s power is greater than the king, then why is the queen locked up in a cell? Who did it?

Bai You thought, the answer is already very obvious.

The queen was locked up in prison, while the king stayed in the palace. Although she didn’t know what happened, maybe the king was unwilling to be under the queen and rebelled, or maybe there were other reasons, but the current situation was definitely related to the king.

“Moir, how did you know that this was a curse?” Bai You raised his eyes and asked.

“Not long after being escorted to the palace, the messenger of the Temple of Light came and said it after checking the bodies of several orcs. But at that time I only heard the messenger say that it was a curse, and then the messenger went out with the king.”

Temple of Light? A familiar name.

A series of information came one after another, the Temple of Light, the Saint Candidate, the Gem, the King, the Queen, the Curse…

Such a big game world, such a complicated plot, made her think of a possibility, could it be that they are now in a chess game?

Bai You thought seriously.

The name of the copy is [Black and White Puzzle], but from the beginning to now, the chess pieces they got are all white, and they have never seen a black chess piece.

Bai You didn’t believe that the name of the copy would be meaningless. Since it was named that there was a black chess piece, then this chess game must be a game between two parties.

So, where is the black chess piece?

Speaking of chess games, Bai You had actually seen a chess game. It was the chess game she saw in the black and white hall before she entered the game world. She didn’t know much about chess, so she just counted the number of chess pieces and didn’t care about it anymore.

At this moment, she recalled seriously that the chess game seemed to be that the white chess piece was dying, the queen was in danger, surrounded by black chess pieces, and was about to be eaten. It just corresponded to the current situation.

So…

“Bai You, have you thought of something?” Qi Ming asked when he saw her lowering her head for a long time without saying anything.

“Well… just some ideas.” Bai You walked a few steps to the side, deliberately avoiding Moore, and raised his eyes, “What do you think is the condition for passing the level?”

Qi Ming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously answered: “Didn’t you say before that you have to collect all the white pieces?”

“But it is impossible for one person to collect all the white pieces.” Bai You pointed to the passage behind: “The players who just passed the level have a piece in their hands. If you want to get it, you can only snatch it from them. But we don’t even know how many players there are. How can we get all the pieces from them?”

Bai You paused and continued: “And getting all the white pieces can pass the level, which is just a guess at the beginning. The fact is that we couldn’t determine the conditions for passing the level before.”

Qi Ming didn’t object after hearing this, and asked curiously: “So, you are a little frowned now “

“It’s just a guess, I can’t be sure.”

Qi Ming smiled, “Puzzle games rely on guessing, speak up, I won’t laugh at you, maybe I’ll be right.”

“There was a chess game in the black and white hall before, you should have noticed it, right?”

“Yes, I noticed it, it’s so obvious.”

“I compared it with the current situation in the Kingdom of El, the White Queen is in danger, and the chess game and what happened can be completely connected. So I guess what happened in the Kingdom of El is what happened in that chess game.”

Qi Ming touched his chin and agreed: “This is very likely, but I was busy dealing with Qiao Linlin at the time and didn’t pay much attention to this. Anything else? Go on.”

“And…”

“Squeak–“

The door suddenly opened and light came in.

Where the light illuminated, the holy cloak and even the corners of the clothes were shining silver, and the diamonds on the crown on the man’s head were dazzling.

Footsteps sounded, step by step, the woman slowly walked to the cell where the queen was imprisoned and stood still.

The winner was elegant and calm.

In front of him, as expected, the scene happened. Bai You was dazzled by the dazzling brilliance, narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at that direction, and spoke with a slightly cold tone.

“Also, we are also in the chess game.”

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