While Soshiyan was enjoying a rare moment of leisure, in a highly enclosed and heavily guarded area on the bottom deck of the Eternal Loyalty, there were armed servitors patrolling back and forth, and various automatic turrets were constantly scanning at the top of the corridor.
With.
At this time, a towering figure walked out of the opened gate. Dozens of scanners locked onto him instantly, and then released the alert, allowing him to walk through the corridor at a relaxed pace until he came to a huge and heavy door at the end.
in front of the alloy gate.
But he didn't rush to open the door, but opened the small observation window.
All I could see was that the space inside was extremely dark, and I could only vaguely see a table and a flickering candle. The light of this candle was so weak that it couldn't even illuminate the edge of the table, and could only illuminate the things on the table clearly.
It was a chessboard, and the regicide chess pieces had been placed.
Black and white chess pieces alternate on the black and white chessboard, and a series of characters such as soldiers, chariots, bishops, and kings are engraved on the chess pieces.
At this time, a hand stretched out from the darkness and moved a white soldier. The black soldier it faced had already assumed a defensive posture. Although White's move was intended to avoid Black's layout preparation, it was not a move.
The law is too weak in nature.
Black chose to give up a pawn and win the tie. Interestingly, after White deliberately avoided Black's layout preparation, he finally allowed Black and himself to form a situation similar to central symmetry.
The observer looks at it from a third-party perspective and realizes that although Black's symmetrical move is still behind White's, the two sides have formed a symmetrical situation, and White's piece weight is higher than Black's, because White's chess is bound to be short in the future.
Shifting, this will cause the white king to be under the firepower of black, but black does not have the need to shift for a long time. In comparison, the defense of the king's city does not have such a big burden.
It can be seen that although it is a symmetrical situation, the party that moves first does not necessarily have an advantage.
Due to White's careless selection, he is now feeling pressure on his own board and is trying to relieve the pressure by exchanging pawns.
But Black did not continue to move forward. This static stop may seem like a casual statement, but in fact it contains profound meaning.
On the one hand, this step is to connect the two chariots on the bottom line, and at the same time, it also provides a protection for Bishop Bai, strengthening his ability to line up with White. And another point is that after the knight on the left is dispatched in the future, it will be returned to the rear.
Freeing up a position to control White's slow and lagging left wing, this "killing three birds with one stone" move is the best response to White's "itching" move.
This was soon verified. Black's static movement caused White to miss, causing his originally lagging board to waste another move, allowing Black to speed up his progress.
Realizing that the situation on the board was not going well, White was also ready to seize the time and send out the slow left-wing knight to participate in the defense of the royal city. However, this step was a bit like playing for the sake of making stones, which made the way out in the future very confusing. At this time, Black felt
His own planning was in place, so he decisively charged the knights. At this point, Black blew the horn to attack White's royal city.
The observer chuckled lightly and opened the door. With the help of the weak lighting outside the door, the chess player at the table was revealed.
Occam, who took off his armor and wore a rough robe, sat in the middle of the table, which was also the central axis of the chessboard. On his left and right sides were black and white stones. He looked like a bystander, or a third person.
After the door opened, he still stared at the chess game without raising his eyelids, as if he knew who it would be.
"It's quite leisurely, but Suo Shiyang is very angry with you."
Talos, who was also not wearing power armor, closed the door with his backhand, plunging the cell into darkness again. Then he pulled a stool next to him and sat on it.
"For the time being, his wife will appease him."
"So you did this because you calculated on the good temper of Soshyan and his wife."
Talos lit the lighter, illuminating the faces of the two men, then took out a cigarette and lit it.
After taking a deep breath, he blew out a smoke ring.
"You seem to enjoy single-handedly instigating this war that affects tens of billions of people. Do all Alpha people have this bad habit and think that being the mastermind behind the scenes is a great thing?"
Occam still didn't raise his head. After more than thirty rounds of the chess game, White's chariot idle in the corner finally entered the main battlefield. However, the situation was already declining. Although White had the chariot and the bishop's second son
But it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands.
"Enjoyment? No, this is a word that is far away to me. All I care about is the goal."
"Target?"
Talos chuckled while holding a cigarette in his mouth.
"What goal can you, a tramp, have? To be the leader of twenty legions? Or to become a god?"
"For a planner, a conspirator, the biggest goal is the ultimate. I see the ultimate in Soshyan, an ultimate conspiracy, an ultimate goal, whether it is to control it or destroy it, this is for me
All are goals worth pursuing.”
Talos turned his head with a scornful smile.
"I was stunned. I knew there were no normal people in Alpha."
"It may be difficult for anyone else to understand, but only you, Talos Valcoran, can understand it."
Talos didn't say anything, just took two more puffs of cigarette.
After a long time, he said slowly:
"What exactly are you going to do?"
"Let Soshyan not be able to do his full work."
"Because of Terra?"
"Actually, you all know, but if you insist on making a riddle, yes, it is Terra. I have been doubting it since the beginning of the expedition. What is its purpose? After a long and careful inference, I combined some information obtained from various aspects.
and intelligence, made such a judgment, there is a force that is constantly pushing Soshiyang upward, to a height that no one can reach, and then when he and his legion develop and grow, it is very likely that the next
An apostate rebellion."
"so what?"
Occam raised his head for the first time. He leaned forward, exposing his face to the candlelight, but it was still dim and bright.
"Someone, or someone with power, wants to use Soshiyan's hand to control the empire, turning him into the empire's savior, the empire's savior, an existence close to the original body, and then legitimately taking charge of the High Lords Council of Terra, even if
Don't hesitate to launch a purge..."
"It sounds too conspiratorial. Not all other Primarchs are dead."
"Talos, why are you deceiving yourself? You have been with Soshyan the longest. You understand what happened to him better than anyone else. Taking control of the empire is only the first step in this ultimate plan. From Leman Russ
The appearance of Corax is enough to show that they are at least partially aware of this plan. I can't see through you, so I don't know your plan, but I believe that our goals should be the same."
"Haha, this sounds like some kind of insult. You know, the first thing I hate is the Dark Angels, the second thing I hate is the Ultramarines, and the third thing I hate is you Alphas."