Bronze Chessboard

"Rhythm speed is forward speed!"

"Rhythm adjustment is rolling the dice!"

"But its dice are different from ordinary dice. Random events can also appear on them."

"The random event we encountered just now was an otter finding driftwood, which stops one dice roll."

"But what is the point of stopping one dice roll? It can only slow our movement."

"In a single-player game, slowing movement is meaningless unless..."

"There is a competitor, or a corresponding timer!"

The game-savvy Joyful One immediately guessed the rules. It quickly looked around, trying to find that "competitor" or the corresponding timer.

Sure enough, it found it before long.

"Over there!"

Through the hazy blue light above the chessboard, they could see a Hollow Sphere Made of Bronze in the distance. The blue Light Spots inside continuously escaped through its openings, growing fewer and fewer.

"That should be the timer. Once all the Light Spots escape, time will be up."

As the Joyful One spoke, the wheel in the sky spun once more and stopped on a new pattern.

"Skip this rhythm adjustment."

The square beneath their feet did not change, and the Bronze Mask did not fire any blue light. Just as it had said, this advance was skipped.

The Light Spots in the timer continued to drain away slowly. Mo Ling had no idea what would happen when time ran out, and after looking around, he found no door leading to the next level.

"Could it be that we have to complete the Bronze Chessboard game to reach the next level?"

Why had the bronze suddenly started playing a game with him?

Mo Ling looked up at the motionless Bronze Mask in the sky, his heart filled with confusion.

After a while, the wheel spun again.

It seemed that the interval between each