14: Is Chapter 14 wrong?

Chen Aoyun on the Starlight Chessboard curled his lips slightly.

"That's right, the theme of this Game of National Destiny is 'Survival'."

"To embody this 'Survival' theme, the High-level Demon has been buffed by the grand rules to a point where it cannot be killed."

"Xiao Zhenghong is surrounded by High-level Demons and seems unable to hold on for much longer."

"However!"

"Just because the High-level Demon is buffed doesn't mean it can't be blocked!"

"If I can't take out you High-level Demons, I can certainly take out that bridge!!"

It seemed as if to verify Chen Aoyun's statement.

In the chess game scenario, Xiao Zhenghong made a move that all the viewers could not understand.

Facing the large number of demons rushing towards him, and facing the High-level Demon within arm's reach.

Xiao Zhenghong suddenly turned around, with his back to all these threats!

"Back to the demons?"

"Has he given up resistance?"

"It's truly laughable. The [Strategist] just constructed a skill for the Heroic Spirit on him, and just as the skill landed, the [Roleplayer] actually gives up resistance and resigns himself to death?"

"The people of the Dragon Country really know how to pull off fancy tricks; I've finally seen it for myself."

The audience from the Sakura Country continued to perform steadily, constantly mocking the actions of the Dragon Country people.

However, just as this Sakura Country viewer's sarcastic words appeared in the barrage, and his smile was only halfway through, the scene that followed made him completely unable to laugh:

Seeing that [Roleplayer] from the Dragon Country turn his back to all threats, the direction he faced was none other than the bridge he was supposed to hold.

"Since the bridge cannot be held, then destroy it!"

"Use the Construction Power to name this bridge 'Dangyang Bridge', and then grant the Heroic Spirit [General Zhang Fei]'s exclusive skill..."

"That kid, the new [Strategist], really dares to think!"

In a Game of National Destiny, unless there is a special rule prompt, the same skill can only be released once.

"Once is enough!"

Xiao Zhenghong looked with a hint of determination at the bridge over the torrential river that Chen Aoyun had named 'Dangyang'.

Tearing down the bridge manually was impossible; the bridge was a scenario within the chessboard, reinforced by some rule power.

But using a Heroic Spirit's exclusive skill to tear down the bridge was different. The Heroic Spirit's ability would also be recognized as a kind of rule power. As long as it wasn't a 'Theme Rule' or 'Underlying Rule' in the Game of National Destiny, it could be countered!

Behind him, the [General Zhang Fei] avatar lit up with a strange light again, and Xiao Zhenghong silently recited in his heart:

" [Roaring at Dangyang Bridge]!"

The avatar [General Zhang Fei] glared with wide eyes and roared.

The three characters 'Dangyang Bridge' inscribed on the bridge pier with Construction Power flashed with golden light, seemingly responding to [General Zhang Fei]'s roar.

Rustle...

Following the release of [General Zhang Fei]'s exclusive skill, the bridge body began to shake, and then bricks and stones kept falling off; the main structure of the bridge seemed about to collapse the next second!

This scene directly stunned the audience and commentators for a full dozen seconds.

"So that's it... So that's it!"

"Using Construction Power to carve characters on the bridge pier, naming the nameless bridge 'Dangyang'."

"And then activating an exclusive skill with the power to break bridges."

"The skill and the bridge name fit perfectly, the Heroic Spirit's exclusive skill activates perfectly, determined to completely destroy this bridge!"

"Once the bridge is destroyed, ordinary demons cannot cross the river at all. Even for a High-level Demon, wanting to force a crossing would take a lot of time. After all, the existence of the torrential river is also a manifestation of a rule!"

Commentator John seemed slightly excited.

The Heroic Spirit exclusive skill [Roaring at Dangyang Bridge] did not display an exaggerated momentum when released. Even regarding the skill itself, it could only cause damage to the bridge body. Placing this exclusive skill in other scenarios, I can't say it's completely useless, but I can say it has no use at all.

But it was different at this moment!

At this moment, this skill perfectly matched the difficulties the Dragon Country people were encountering.

What is called 'there is no strongest exclusive skill, only the most suitable exclusive skill'.

The Dragon Country people have once again perfectly demonstrated it!

The 'Dangyang Bridge' rocked and swayed, and just when everyone thought that the new [Strategist] from the Dragon Country had solved the difficult problem with perfect operation again.

Unexpected things happened again!

The 'Dangyang Bridge' was just shaking violently, and just had a trend of immediate disintegration, but everyone stared with their eyes open for a long time, yet this bridge never completely collapsed!

"That bridge just won't collapse?"

"What's the situation?"

Everyone was puzzled.

It wasn't just those watching the live broadcast who were puzzled; even the skill's caster, Xiao Zhenghong, was full of surprise.

The 'Dangyang Bridge' hadn't collapsed yet, but Xiao Zhenghong couldn't hold off the High-level Demons in front of him anymore!

The troops around him were falling faster and faster, and he himself had been slashed twice by High-level Demons. Not only that, two High-level Demons had already broken through his defensive line and rushed onto the bridge!

The High-level Demons were already on the bridge, but the 'Dangyang Bridge' still wouldn't collapse.

"[Strategist], what is this situation?"

"Is there a problem with the way you constructed this exclusive skill?"

Xiao Zhenghong tried to contact Chen Aoyun on the Starlight Chessboard.

"No matter what problem has occurred, solve it quickly. Otherwise, once the High-level Demons cross the bridge, even if it's just one High-level Demon crossing the bridge, you will be in big trouble!"

The commentator York in the broadcast room seemed thoughtful, seemingly having some guesses about the current bizarre situation:

"The Heroic Spirit's exclusive skill was constructed successfully, and even released perfectly, but it didn't achieve the result the Dragon Country [Strategist] expected!?"

"This situation is somewhat similar to [Divine Judgment]!"

"But the strange thing is, no one has initiated [Divine Judgment] against the Dragon Country people. How could such a situation exist?"

On the Starlight Chessboard.

Chen Aoyun discovered that the 'Dangyang Bridge' was only shaking but not collapsing, and his first reaction was that the skill he constructed had been questioned by some other country's Strategist through [Divine Judgment].

"[Divine Judgment] is a questioning of the rationality of skill construction by a Strategist from another country."

"It mostly happens when 'allusions' conflict with each other."

"For example, I say Li Bai is Huaxia Civilization, and construct a skill based on Li Bai's allusions; but Goguryeo insists that Li Bai is theirs, and they even have so-called allusions left over from the old era."

"When encountering this kind of situation, one can use [Divine Judgment] to question the other party's allusions."

"Once [Divine Judgment] is activated, a giant [The Scales] will appear between the challenger and the challenged, just like a lawsuit. Each side presents facts and arguments, and finally, whichever side [The Scales] tips towards wins."

"If the challenged party wins, the skill remains effective; if the challenger wins, the skill will be judged invalid."

Chen Aoyun recalled his understanding of the Game of National Destiny since he transmigrated these past few days.

"[Divine Judgment] requires someone to initiate it, and after initiation, a giant [The Scales] will appear."

"There is no giant [The Scales] in front of me. Obviously, the 'Dangyang Bridge' shaking but not collapsing is not because someone has raised a 'question' or 'Judgment' about my skill."

"Since it's not [Divine Judgment], then what is the reason for the 'Dangyang Bridge' shaking violently but not finally collapsing?"

Fine beads of sweat began to appear on Chen Aoyun's forehead.

High-level Demons had already rushed onto the bridge. Just as Xiao Zhenghong said, once High-level Demons cross the bridge, even if it's just one, he will lose everything!

"Where exactly is the problem?"

Just as Chen Aoyun was feeling anxious in his heart, a voice suddenly appeared in his ear.

To be precise, it wasn't a voice, but a piece of information:

[Used the wrong allusion, gave the wrong name... Originally, for such a mistake, let alone releasing the skill, one should have even suffered a backlash during construction!]

[But considering that Huaxia Civilization is the main creator of this world, you were able to avoid the backlash and receive this reminder that exceeded the rules...]

[This kind of protection for the people of Huaxia Civilization is for this one time only, not to be repeated...]

The information in his mind disappeared, and Chen Aoyun was shocked in his heart:

"The dream I had before is real? The Game of National Destiny was indeed created under the leadership of the Huaxia Civilization people!"

"Because Huaxia Civilization is the main creator of the Game of National Destiny, that's why I didn't suffer the backlash from the skill construction error?"

Construction error?

Where was it wrong?

Chen Aoyun tried hard to recall the skill he had constructed.

It didn't matter if he didn't think about it, but upon careful recall, he indeed realized the problem.

He slapped his forehead hard and Chen Aoyun said:

"It's not 'Dangyang Bridge'!"

"'Dangyang' is a place name, 'Changban' is the bridge name!!!"

"Although later generations generally believe that 'Dangyang Bridge' is 'Changban Bridge', there is no difference between the two."

"But when I constructed this skill, what I had in mind was a segment from 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'. In the original text of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', the title of the twenty-fourth chapter is [Zhang Yide Causes Havoc at Changban Bridge, Liu Yuzhou Flees to Hanjin Mouth]!"

"Since what I had in mind was 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', it is naturally reasonable to name the bridge 'Changban Bridge'."

"My goodness, is the allusions system of the Game of National Destiny this rigorous?"

"And, in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', it is not 'breaking the bridge' but 'tearing down the bridge'!"

"In the original 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', after Liu Bei learned that Zhang Fei had torn down the bridge, he even pointed out the error of this behavior."

"I can't say it's rigorous; I can only say that the allusion scenes in my mind must fit and be self-consistent with the constructed skill!"

Once he understood where the problem lay, everything became easy to handle.

"The will of the Game of National Destiny seems to have given me a green light, pointing out the problem with my skill construction while even giving me a chance to modify the skill for free!"

Modify!

The Game of National Destiny is the 'Client-Boss', and Chen Aoyun modified it quickly.

"It's simple to modify; I don't need to modify the skill itself, just add a few more allusion scenes!"

"The allusion in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' is 'tearing down the bridge', not 'breaking the bridge'?"

"Then add an allusion: [Holding the River and Breaking the Bridge], from 'Records of the Three Kingdoms', which contains the word 'break'!"

"There is also the legend of 'Zhang Fei Roaring to Break the Bridge' in folk tales, so add that in too!"

Chen Aoyun closed his eyes tightly, transformed his thoughts into images in his mind, and added them to the constructed exclusive skill.

After some meditation, "This way, the logic of 'breaking the bridge' is self-consistent!"

After dealing with the logic of 'breaking the bridge', there was no need to modify the name of the bridge.

Because of these newly added allusions, that bridge was no longer limited to 'Changban Bridge'; some folk versions call it 'Dangyang Bridge'!

In this way, the allusions fit, and the logic is self-consistent.

The skill has been sorted out!

The audience and commentators in the live broadcast room.

Could not understand why Chen Aoyun on the Starlight Chessboard was first stunned (Chen Aoyun's reaction when the will of the Game of National Destiny prompted him), and then suddenly realized (Chen Aoyun's reaction after figuring it out);

Then closed his eyes and muttered for a while (Chen Aoyun was re-organizing the allusions for the skill);

Finally, he opened his eyes abruptly and 'placed a piece' in the void (he didn't actually place a skill piece again, just 'imported' the allusions he thought of into the original skill, so his hands were empty, looking like he was placing a piece in the void).

The audience and commentators in the live broadcast room couldn't understand what Chen Aoyun was doing with his messy actions.

They were just surprised to find that when Chen Aoyun finally 'placed a piece' in the void, after 'placing the piece', the 'Dangyang Bridge' on the torrential river completely collapsed!

Boom——!

The head of 'Dangyang Bridge' was completely submerged in the water of the torrential river.

Along with the High-level Demons on the bridge, they were also washed away by the river!

"It's done!"

The audience, commentators, and Xiao Zhenghong inside the chessboard scenario exclaimed almost at the same time.

The exclamation of the audience and commentators was one of astonishment; from beginning to end, they couldn't figure out what had just happened.

Only the joy on Xiao Zhenghong's face was beyond words.

Even if he was surrounded by endless demons at this moment, even if his only retreat, the 'Dangyang Bridge', had collapsed, even if he knew that even if the Dragon Country had the 'tree of dark twilight', the ranking would only be mid-range, unable to squeeze into the top ten to let the dying him be resurrected after the Game of National Destiny ended.

These were not important to Xiao Zhenghong.

"It's enough for the Dragon Country to get a mid-range ranking!"

"Brat, as long as you can survive, that's enough!"

The address for Chen Aoyun changed once again from 'Mr. Strategist' to 'Brat'.

Thinking that his sacrifice had preserved a [Strategist] who could condense Huaxia Civilization Heroic Spirits and even construct Heroic Spirit exclusive skills, Xiao Zhenghong felt that he had made a profit on this deal, a huge profit!

Countless demons were still rushing towards him, and the Heroic Spirit troops around him kept falling.

In the end, Xiao Zhenghong died in the tide of demons...

...

On the Starlight Chessboard.

The dead Xiao Zhenghong appeared beside Chen Aoyun, in a form similar to a soul.

"Why are you here?"

Chen Aoyun looked at Xiao Zhenghong who appeared beside him in a 'soul state' and asked with his head tilted, looking puzzled.

"After a [Roleplayer] dies in the Game of National Destiny, they will appear beside the [Strategist], waiting for the final ranking of the Game of National Destiny. If the ranking is high, they can be resurrected... This is the basic rule of the Game of National Destiny, don't you know?"

Xiao Zhenghong answered solemnly.

"The previously dead Dragon Country [Roleplayer] should have appeared beside the previous [Strategist]. It is normal that you, the later [Strategist], cannot see the previously dead [Roleplayer] and the previous [Strategist]..."

Xiao Zhenghong was still explaining.

"Stop, stop, stop..."

Chen Aoyun interrupted the other party's explanation unceremoniously.

"I mean I'm asking you, why did you die?"

Xiao Zhenghong indicated that isn't this nonsense?

"I was trapped in the siege of demons, the bridge broke, there was no retreat, so didn't I die in battle?"

Chen Aoyun looked at Xiao Zhenghong as if he were looking at a big fool,

"Big brother, you released the skill and broke the bridge on the corrupted side?"

"Yeah."

"You're really something! Couldn't you fight while retreating, and then break the bridge after retreating to the other side?"

Xiao Zhenghong was stunned:

"Yeah, why didn't I retreat to the other side before breaking the bridge?"

Chen Aoyun:

"..."

Xiao Zhenghong:

"..."

The two stared at each other with wide eyes. After staring for a while, Chen Aoyun said helplessly:

"Fine, anyway, you've finished the work you were supposed to do, so just go AFK..."

Xiao Zhenghong was speechless. He spoke so calmly, is this a matter of going AFK?

If a person dies, if they don't get into the top ten, it's a real death!

He made a stupid mistake once and really threw his life away; Xiao Zhenghong wanted to cry but had no tears.

Chen Aoyun gave his signature wide grin, patted the other person on the shoulder, and said firmly:

"Don't worry, you won't die!"

"Once we get a top ten ranking, won't you be able to be resurrected!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhenghong looked at Chen Aoyun abruptly.

"You want to strive for the top ten for the Dragon Country?"

"Isn't that nonsense? Since I've come to the Game of National Destiny and became a [Strategist], I'm definitely aiming for the top ten... No, the goal of top ten is a bit small, I think at least top three!"

Top ten?

Since the Game of National Destiny descended, the Dragon Country has never taken the top ten.

Although he felt that Chen Aoyun was bragging, for some reason, Xiao Zhenghong secretly believed this brag in his heart.

As for the top three.

Xiao Zhenghong didn't even dare to think about it.