Yu Xunge quickly found the game joystick-like object she had discovered beside the bookshelves while gathering information earlier. She pushed it left and right, and the falling blocks moved accordingly.
Beside the joystick was a small square button shaped like a book. Each time she pressed it, the block rotated ninety degrees clockwise.
A few players who, like Yu Xunge, knew this game were also testing it out. Those who had never played it focused on watching the ones who seemingly knew what they were doing.
Yu Xunge explained her guess and the rules of the game to several teammates in the team channel.
But they were only guesses, after all, so none of them rushed to join in.
Once they confirmed that a full row of blocks really did disappear, the rules became obvious.
The special design of the game area meant that Yu Xunge and the other teams familiar with the game could not hide any of their movements from the other apprentices.
The game was not difficult. The moment they figured out the rules, the competing apprentices who had been observing them understood as well.
All the apprentices turned their attention to the Book Monsters bouncing around below.
For now, playing the game like this seemed workable, but the blocks above the Book Monsters' heads definitely had a purpose.
Just as she was thinking that, gray blocks like wall bricks suddenly appeared across the middle of every bookshelf, fixed in place like the shelves themselves.
The gray block that appeared in the middle of Yu Xunge's shelf was a "Γ."
It blocked the center, catching another falling T-shaped "┻" block halfway down. Even though Yu Xunge had swiftly shoved the joystick left, she could not move the falling T-shaped block aside.
The gray block had appeared far