Chapter 568 (1/2)

Chapter 568

Chapter 568: Black and White Between the Chessboard

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There wasn't any Nanke Dream in this world, but only a century in Lanke .

Sangsang recalled the legend, and understood that she had an encounter similar to that of the woodcutter . However, whilst the woodcutter had spent a century in reality, she seemed to have left reality and came here .

She did not know if this world was real, or a dream, or some sort of hallucination created by a powerful person . But since she knew the truth, it was enough for her to deduce more information .

Just like what Ning Que had said, she was an intelligent girl who was used to standing behind Ning Que and was too complacent to use her brains . She had Ning Que to consider everything on her behalf . She had been lazy here until she ascertained that Ning Que would not come for her, or perhaps, one could say that Ning Que could not find her . That was when she began to truly think for herself .

Her conclusion was that she was still in the Go game . However, her opponent was not Master Qishan, but rather the rules of the world . What she needed to do was defeat these rules .

Rules made up the basis of this world . The world only existed, and people could live, because of these rules . Defeating the rules whilst following them seemed impossible .

However, Sangsang believed that she did not belong to this world . Even if she could not defeat the rules, she could still find similarities between her world and this one . That was, rules that conflicted against one another in the two worlds . Then, she would use these contradictions to solve the rules of this world, or find a way to return to her own .

Many in the town have died, and firecrackers for mourning have been lit several times . She was still alive, and she had not even grown . It was evident that time pa.s.sed more quickly here .It was the opposite of the legend of Lanke Temple . At the same time, it proved that her body was still moving in accordance with the rule of time in the world outside the chessboard .

The biological rules of the world in the chessboard and the rule of time in reality were enforced on her at the same time . She linked the two worlds together, and she was the contradiction .

If she died in this world, then she would be able to free herself from whatever was binding her to the rules here . She would be able to return to the world outside the chessboard, at least according to the rule of time in reality . Then, she would wake up .

As such, she walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped off .

She landed heavily at the foot of the cliff . Her bones were completely shattered and she was in immense pain . The world darkened . . .

. . But she simply reappeared on the cliff, standing beneath the tree as if nothing had happened .

Sangsang was confused about this; she felt that something was not right .

If this game of chess was happening as she had deduced, then her choice should have been right . But why was she unable to die? Why couldn't she disappear from this world?

She stood in a daze underneath the tree for a while . Then, she took off her belt and tied it to the tree .

Her neck hurt .

A moment later, she stood beneath the tree and looked at her belt which had reappeared around her waist . She thought that she should choose another method .

There was a lake not far away from the tree .

The water could drown someone .

But it could not drown her .

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In the next few days, Sangsang tried various methods of suicide to no avail . She continued standing on the mountain, and other than the terrifying memories and pain, there were no other signs that she had died .

Where was the problem? Death was always a singular path and always the greatest rule that surpa.s.sed time . Since she could not break the rule of time, how could she break the greatest rule?

She thought silently for a moment . She had forgotten something .

Should the highest rule of death be broken, it meant that all the rules of the world would loosen up, and then they would move toward the verge of collapse . Gradually, light would begin to turn cold and the dark night would warm up . Two nests of ants fighting for honey would reach it before their enemy if they crawled around a stone furtively .

Time began to slow down . The speed at which the people in town were aging slowed . She had not heard the firecrackers of mourning for several years, but no one had been happy about this . In fact, they grew frightened, and the firecrackers of festivities also decreased until there were none at all . The water wheel on the stream had long ago stopped turning, and the fields became barren .

The whole world was in chaos and moving toward the end of days .

This was why whether this was reality or the world in the chessboard, other than eternity itself, no other eternal concept or being was allowed to exist . Because this would cause the world to end .

The rules of the world had finally noticed Sangsang, who still stood on the mountain .

The world shook in unrest . Fields turned and rolled, the sea bubbled and great mountains toppled .

The cliffside below Sangsang shook violently and disintegrated, sending her careening into the air .

Several rules of the world seemed to physically disintegrate . They flew into the sky in bursts of light .

These b.a.l.l.s of light were white and devoid of any warmth . They looked like cold white chess pieces .

Sangsang was suspended in mid-air, and she peered at the bright chess pieces in confusion .

She was like a lonely black chess piece facing an armada of whites .

She was about to be swallowed by the light .

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Twilight approached the Tile Mountain .

The warm red light illuminated the face of the stone Buddha statue, making it seem especially solemn .

Buddha watched all suffering in the world, and seemed to also be in pain himself .

He wanted to frown .

However, his brows were lines carved into the stone by artisans . They were as hard as steel .

As such, a thin crack appeared between his brows .

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In the shade of the Buddha statue inside the cave stood Ning Que .

Sangsang, who was sitting beside the chessboard suddenly frowned as if she were in pain .

Ning Que grew worried, and his right hand trembled slightly .

Moments later, pain on Sangsang's face disappeared and she became calm once more .

Ning Que heaved a sigh of relief .

Then, she frowned again .

Only to calm down, once again .

This happened many times .