411 Let us play a board game that tests wisdom and strategy (2/2)

Shi Xiaobai sighed. After hearing the Infernal general mention the word 'thief', he recalled the story of the Hero King. The Hero King had stolen the Infernal King's Infernal sword and pushed the blame on Leonis. It resulted in the war between the Infernal domain and Transcendence. And in the story, the reason why the Celestial domain attacked the Infernal domain was because the Hero King had stolen the Celestial King's Celestial Jade and he had sent it to the Infernal King.

Therefore, the first thing Shi Xiaobai searched for was the jade pendant when he returned to the bedroom. He never expected that the Infernal King would place it into the cluttered drawer.

But what was all this about?

Did the assessment program deliberately set the story background to be as such?

Shi Xiaobai ruminated over it.

While pondering, Shi Xiaobai instinctively did something. He placed the Celestial Jade in his hand into his mouth and began chewing on it before swallowing it.

After swallowing the Celestial Jade, a surging force swept through his body. Shi Xiaobai was jolted awake as he gaped. He felt at a loss whether to laugh or to cry.

Why did he develop such a bad habit...

”Darling is awesome to be able to even eat the Celestial Jade.”

The Infernal Queen's mocking voice sounded from behind, ”I'm very curious. How does the Celestial Jade taste?”

Shi Xiaobai turned around and noticed the Infernal Queen, who was dressed in a translucent night gown that faintly revealed her figure, climb out of bed before she slowly walked towards him.

Shi Xiaobai said with a placating smile, ”Not bad. It tastes something like meat floss pie.”

Shi Xiaobai did not plan on making any excuses for his unwittingly instinctive behavior. Since he had already eaten the Celestial Jade, there was nothing else he could do. Although it was someone else's item, it was now in his hand.

Furthermore, the Celestial Jade's nutritional value was on the same grade as the holy tree's fruit. There were only benefits and no harm to his consuming of it. As for the blame of eating the Celestial domain's holy item, it could be blamed on the 'Infernal King'.

The world he was in did not have meat floss pie, so the Infernal Queen was unable to imagine it instantly. She only smiled as she looked at Shi Xiaobai. There was a probing look that shimmered in her eyes. When she saw that Shi Xiaobai had found the Celestial Jade, she wanted to see if Shi Xiaobai would take it for his own. However, she never expected that Shi Xiaobai would eat the Celestial Jade.

This made the Infernal Queen surprised, shocked and amused.

In her opinion, Shi Xiaobai was an extraordinary human.

”Darling, you made me stay alone in this empty room for an entire night. You are so cruel. I was really lonely.”

The Infernal Queen did not continue harping on the matter of the Celestial Jade. Instead, she squinted her eyes and said with a smile, ”Darling, do you want to play a board game with me so as to kill time?”

Shi Xiaobai was surprised.

Play a board game?

Shi Xiaobai could only scratch his head when dealing with the Infernal Queen, who acted erratically.

However, he had no interest in playing a board game, so he refused without any hesitation, ”Not free.”

The Infernal Queen clearly did not expect Shi Xiaobai to agree. Therefore, she said with a chuckle, ”If Darling were to win a round, I'll answer any question except for questions pertaining to my identity!”

When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he was stunned but he could not help but ask, ”Really?”

The Infernal Queen nodded, ”I definitely wouldn't break my promise.”

Shi Xiaobai, who was struggling to figure out a way to prevent the war, immediately had his eyes lit up. He knew that the Infernal Queen in front of him definitely knew a lot of information and intelligence that he did not know. If he could inquire any question other than the ones pertaining to her identity, it would be absolutely helpful to him.

Shi Xiaobai immediately said, ”Alright, This King agrees. Go ahead, what game shall we play?”

Shi Xiaobai was not well-versed in many board games, but he was very confident of his intelligence. He was not afraid of a board game that was a test of wits.

But it was unexpected that after a moment of pondering, the Infernal Queen blinked and said, ”What game does Darling want to play?”

Shi Xiaobai was astounded. ”You are letting This King decide?”

The Infernal Queen nodded with a terse affirmation.

Shi Xiaobai chuckled. She actually wanted him to decide on the game? The Infernal Queen really did not know the immensity of the universe!

If he won the game, he could obtain information and intelligence, so Shi Xiaobai would definitely not hold back.

He said with a smile, ”Alright, let us play a board game that tests wisdom and strategy...”

... IChooseDogLeading (我选择狗带) when read in Chinese sounds like I Choose Go Die. It was a meme that resulted from a former member of famous Korean boygroup, EXO, TAO (Huang Zitao). At a concert, there was a part in a rap that where he said ””, but due to a mispronunciation, it sounded like he will not easily choose to be led by dogs. This phrase now means 'I'd rather die/I choose death'.