138: Chapter 138 The Art of War is Deception

Seeing the expression on the face of the Forbidden Young Master, Chen Mo knew that his opponent had fallen into inertia of thought.

When people are under intense Fear and facing the unknown, they may feign composure on the surface, but their inner hearts are actually surging with turmoil.

Subconsciously, they will think in the direction that gives them the most advantage in order to escape their Fear.

However, Chen Mo was the exact opposite; his logic of thinking was always divided into two parts.

The best and the worst, and for these two outcomes, he would formulate different strategies.

The two gathered together and discussed their strategy in low voices.

"Xu Xiaoman, in a moment, you should hold back. Let them win one point first to lower their guard."

"Then, we will seize the opportunity. In the moment they let their guard down, we will each take a point, and that way, we will have the lead."

"Sun Tzu's Art of War says: All warfare is based on deception."

Xu Xiaoman clenched her fists and nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry! I will definitely do it well."

"Also… there is a theory in military strategy, which is about momentum."

"Have you heard of 'Cao Gui's Discussion on Warfare'?"

"I have. At the first drum, the spirit is roused; at the second, it flags; at the third, it runs out!" Xu Xiaoman replied.

"Exactly. Sometimes, winning a battle isn't just about having more people or better equipment; it depends on momentum."

"If our first round of operations succeeds, it will cause the opposing side to fall into a state of anxiety, and at that moment, their momentum will be in a state of decline."

"At this time, we need to pursue our advantage and catch them off guard."

"If the two of us work together to win one point, then the final point will be easy to obtain."

"Of course, there is still a variable: the Man in Military Uniform. We don't know how strong his true capabilities are, so we must consider the worst-case scenario."

"We might need to fall back to defend."

"Leave the defense to me. You have strong athletic ability, so just focus on attacking!"

"Okay!"

The two finished their discussion and walked out from behind the crystal ball.

The Forbidden Young Master on the opposite side immediately began to apply pressure.

"Hey! You two had better just admit defeat. No matter what plan you discuss, it is useless. In the face of hard power, everything else is just passing clouds!"

"Surrender now, and perhaps you will only need to lose one teammate. But if you all die during the game, that would be too tragic!"

Upon hearing this, the corners of Chen Mo's mouth curled up slightly.

He smiled and said: "Don't worry, we will definitely win the game. You don't need to trouble yourself with that!"

"Definitely win?"

Hearing Chen Mo's words, a sense of pressure immediately welled up in the heart of the Forbidden Young Master.

Who doesn't know how to play psychological warfare?

Behind both sides, the soil loosened and collapsed, and two giant quicksand pits appeared.

These were the holes the glass marbles needed to enter.

If someone were trapped in the quicksand, it would be almost impossible to escape.

It would be just like falling into a swamp—the more you struggle, the deeper you sink!

On the horizon, giant claws stretched out. The Meat Mountain Monster sat cross-legged in the distance, a whistle held in its mouth.

"Use at most two glass marbles at a time."

It blew the whistle and shouted: "The game begins!"

Chen Mo and Xu Xiaoman pushed out Lu Chengfeng's glass marble.

Unexpectedly, they had thought this glass marble would be very heavy, but to their surprise, its weight was the same as an ordinary glass marble.

Thus, Chen Mo and Xu Xiaoman split up to take action.

The Forbidden Young Master and the Man in Military Uniform on the opposite side each held a glass marble in their hands.

The distance between the two sides closed rapidly.

The Forbidden Young Master kicked out, and the Boyfriend's glass marble spun rapidly, rushing toward Xu Xiaoman's side at high speed.

The giant glass marble kicked up clouds of dust, and the "rumbling" sound of it rolling was exceptionally harsh.

Xu Xiaoman was pushing Su Qing's glass marble in her hands, originally intending to use her strength to take it head-on.

Suddenly, she remembered Chen Mo's words.

She quickly lunged toward the desert to the side and lay flat on the ground.

"I'm sorry, Su Qing, this is the plan to save you."

Su Qing's glass marble was knocked away with a "bang," moving as fast as a streak of light, but the angle was not controlled well.

It did not roll toward the sand pit but instead crashed toward the endless boundary of the desert.

Seeing this, the Meat Mountain Monster snapped its fingers lightly.

Taking the core area where Chen Mo and the others were playing the game as the center point, within a straight-line radius of 50 meters, the desert floor loosened.

Sticky walls of meat emerged from within, surrounding Chen Mo and his group's game area.

When Su Qing's glass marble hit that wall of meat, it sank deeply, as if it had struck a spring.

The tension released, and it was instantly bounced back.

Chen Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, roughly judging the trajectory of the glass marble moving through the air.

The future trajectory should be a "Z" shape.

It should be able to enter the hole.

Thus, Chen Mo ran forward a few steps, wanting to feign the appearance of being knocked away by the glass marble.

However, just before it was about to enter the hole, Su Qing's glass marble suddenly stopped on its own, missing the sand pit by just a hair.

Xu Xiaoman and Chen Mo looked at the scene before them, both somewhat surprised.

The force and angle just now would definitely have allowed them to win a point.

But the glass marble just stopped on its own.

Chen Mo walked up to the glass marble and saw the wax figure of Su Qing inside, currently making an expression as if she were trying very hard.

"What?"

Pressing his ear against the surface of the glass marble, Chen Mo listened inside.

A faint sound came from within.

"Chen, Chen Mo, I will not let us lose the match!"

"This… can't you just stay put while you are inside the glass marble?"

The high-and-mighty Meat Mountain Monster saw this and did not say anything.

This is the Thriller Game, after all. If it told you all the rules of the game, would that be appropriate?

What we want to see is the players' ability to adapt.

"So… actually, all of you can move, right?"

"That's right! It seems the speed of the glass marble is controlled according to the magnitude of one's mental power. The higher the mental power, the higher the control over the glass marble."

Upon hearing this, a bad premonition washed over Chen Mo.

"If that's the case, then Xu Xiaoman and I should have been the ones to be the glass marbles. Our mental power is the highest, especially mine!"

Chen Mo suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

The players on the opposite side were all level 12, with mental values of at least between 500-600.

Meanwhile, his teammates on this side, like Su Qing, all had mental values of 350-400, and there was even one who only had the mental value of an ordinary human.

How could they win this?

Just in the gap while Chen Mo was thinking, the people on the opposite side had no intention of stopping their attack.

The Man in Military Uniform directly lifted the Couple Woman's glass marble, striking a pose as if throwing a shot put.

He was already covered in muscles, and now, paired with this giant glass marble that far exceeded common sense, he looked imposing and powerful.

He wondered if Xu Xiaoman had noticed just now.

Among the people who had not fallen, only Xu Xiaoman and the Man in Military Uniform remained.

That proved that Xu Xiaoman's level was more than 12, and the same went for the Man in Military Uniform!

The Man in Military Uniform spun 360 degrees on the spot and then threw it using the momentum.

The glass marble shot through the air like an unstoppable meteor, smashing toward Chen Mo's side.

Chen Mo kicked Su Qing's glass marble away.

Then he hurriedly rolled away.

The Couple Woman's glass marble fell from the air and smashed into the spot where Chen Mo had just been standing.

With a loud "bang," a giant crater appeared.

Towering yellow sand rose up, filling Chen Mo's mouth with dirt.