As World 1 collapsed, Bai Zhi's consciousness returned to that windowless, doorless room.
As the Chess Player, he could descend into those worlds at any time in the form of an avatar... but that was the extent of it.
For fairness' sake, neither he nor that Seventh Prince could wield their own strength within the chess piece worlds.
World 1 had ended far sooner than he had expected. He had not spent much time there, and just as Bai Zhi was about to study the core cards in the Black and White Card Set, a pale gold character card suddenly appeared on his desk out of thin air.
Before he could react, the character card rapidly dissolved. Moments later, accompanied by a flash of Golden Light, two Xi'ers appeared before him out of nowhere.
"...Which one of you is Black Xi?"
Looking at the two identical lolis before him, Bai Zhi was briefly stunned before asking the question.
"Black Xi? I don't remember us having such a stupid name."
Giving him a thoroughly disdainful look, the Xi'er on the left unceremoniously pulled the other Xi'er over to sit beside the table.
Bai Zhi: "..."
...Alright, that made it obvious at a glance.
All character cards could only be used once. After World 1 collapsed, the character card representing Xi'er naturally became invalid as well. Bai Zhi had assumed that they would be sent to the eighth-layer world, but unexpectedly, they had been teleported directly to his side.
"Which world is playing now?"
Unlike White Xi, who sat obediently there, Black Xi was clearly restless. After looking over the room, she turned her curious gaze toward the TV Screen in front of them.
What was displayed on the screen was a modern city. The pair sent into that world was Xia