"Holding the piece as chess, placing the piece as the board."

Under Lin Yi’s heavy gaze, the man opposite, gentle as jade, casually picked up a [chariot] piece on the board, then:

"Bang!"

He slapped it heavily onto the board and spoke:

"Don’t be fooled by its ability to wreak havoc here, unmatched by anyone."

In the blink of an eye, he used the piece in his hand to push off Lin Yi’s remaining pieces from the chessboard, including the [commander] piece, leaving only the last [soldier]:

"But!"

The man placed the [chariot] in the [soldier]’s inevitable path, and said meaningfully:

"So what?"

"If I want him dead, does he have a way to live?"

It was only at this moment that Lin Yi looked at the other incredulously, unable to hold back:

"What exactly are you trying to tell me?"

Under Lin Yi’s gaze, the man crossed the ’Chu River and Han Boundary’, picked up Lin Yi’s [soldier], and pushed the [chariot] off the board:

"Bang〜Gurulu."

Lin Yi watched as it fell to the ground, rolling far and finally being stopped at the door threshold, spinning in place.

Then Lin Yi looked at the one remaining [soldier] on the board, somewhat lost in thought.

At this time the man suddenly rose, clapped his hands.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the board and pieces Lin Yi had "fought for" over two days just disappeared like that:

"All things in heaven and earth are pieces on the board, no one can escape the fate of manipulation."

For some reason, when Lin Yi heard the other say this, he could clearly feel a hint of sadness in his words.

But for this sentence, Lin Yi himself already had deep insight.

It seems that ever since his rebirth, he has been just a piece in the eyes of certain people, constantly being pushed through the "plot’s" progress.

And Lin Yi had long accepted this identity as a "piece."

Because Lin Yi thought, as long as he could protect what he wanted to protect, what’s wrong with being a piece?

If he didn’t have this identity as a "piece," he would be just a drop in the ocean now.

Who knows who Lin Yi is, and who would know Feng Hua?

Perhaps someone now thinks Lin Yi is being led by the nose and smiling about it, without any backbone.

But Lin Yi himself knows his own weight.

If he strips away the halo of being the "reincarnator" protagonist, Lin Yi is nothing right now.

Therefore Lin Yi knows how to position himself appropriately at times.

Wanting to fight against heaven, fate, are just loud slogans, anyone can shout them.

And truly achieving it is not as simple as saying it.

So the road Lin Yi has to walk is still long.

Lin Yi looked towards the other, and at this time the man slowly spoke:

"You and I are both pieces on this board, the outcome is actually already predetermined."

As he spoke, an arcane array pattern suddenly appeared at the man’s feet, constantly flashing yellow light.

Just when Lin Yi was not quite sure what the other meant to convey to him, suddenly the wall above the hall made a loud mechanical roar.

In no time, a crack appeared on that wall.

A blinding white light seeped through the fissure.

Under Lin Yi’s shocked gaze, the crack grew larger and larger.

When the entire wall was swallowed by white light, a giant vortex appeared before Lin Yi’s eyes.

At the same time, the man spoke:

"You can return to Rafam Continent from here."

Lin Yi looked at this scene in shock, somewhat unable to react:

"Just leave like this?"

Did he waste two days here just to play two days of ’boring’ chess?

This outcome was clearly not what Lin Yi originally expected.

Not having an adventure is one thing, but at least he hoped for a piece of divine artifact.

Sensing Lin Yi’s unwillingness, the man smiled slightly:

"What, do you want to stay here with me?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi frowned immediately:

"Then forget it."

Although he spent two days without getting what he wanted, now being able to leave this ghost place could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Oh, right!

Meeting Guderian here also let him understand the past of the Dragon Race, not completely fruitless.

Now Lin Yi is filled with thoughts of confronting Yamada Miki.

Yamada Miki probably thought tossing him here isolated him from the world.

But he probably didn’t think Lin Yi could leave from here, right?

However, before leaving, there’s a puzzle Lin Yi needs answered here.

Lin Yi looked at that jade-faced man and asked:

"You haven’t told me who you are?"

Worried the other might refuse, Lin Yi added:

"You won’t even tell me this, will you?"

To this, the man smiled slightly:

"If I said I am you, would you believe it?"

Lin Yi stared blankly at the smiling man, frowning and said:

"Do you think I would believe it?"

This person, who differs utterly from Lin Yi in appearance, demeanor, even personality, claims to be him.

Such nonsense, Lin Yi certainly wouldn’t believe, nor could he trust such absurd tales.

Lin Yi merely assumed the other didn’t want to reveal his identity, uninterested, said:

"Forget it if you won’t say."

The man said nothing more but maintained the faint smile on his face as always.

Just as Lin Yi turned to find Zhang Xinying, preparing to leave with them, the man suddenly spoke:

"Wait a moment."

Lin Yi looked at him puzzled, ’Could it be he remembered and wants to give him a divine artifact?’

But to Lin Yi’s disappointment, the other merely said:

"At any moment, the only one you can truly trust is your own heart."

"To live, one must have a sense of caution; this is my advice to you."

"To break free from the fate of a ’piece’, only by stepping out of the board do you have the qualification to participate in the game."

"Otherwise, no matter how high you stand, you are just a piece in a player’s hand, easily discarded."

Finally!

The man looked at Lin Yi with a trace of deeper meaning:

"Sometimes being able to start over isn’t necessarily a fortunate thing."

"Starting over is just experiencing another nightmare."

The man’s words instantly shook Lin Yi’s heart.

Immediately reminding Lin Yi of what he said in the courtyard at the beginning:

’This is the third time it’s died because of you.’

This was already hinting at his third reincarnator identity.

Combining this with the current words, the meaning is clear, echoing what Dragon-man Morman said before.

His two previous reincarnations ended tragically, isn’t that a nightmare?

Then does it mean he’s currently in their ’third’ nightmare?!

As Lin Yi prepared to ask clearly, he looked up and found the other had already vanished from the hall, leaving only one sentence in his ear:

"Go."

"Have Guderian leave with you."

"When you truly step out of the board one day, you’ll know who I am."

The man who always gave Lin Yi a sense of calm and ease, now his words were filled with anxiety, causing Lin Yi great surprise and confusion.

Just as Lin Yi didn’t know why, the ground seemed to quake, the whole hall started shaking violently.

At this moment Lin Yi didn’t have time to think, he directly opened the hall door and shouted to Zhang Xinying and the others outside:

"Quick, come in, we’ll leave here!"