Compared to Qi Xia’s camp’s tactical arrangements, Chu Tianqiu’s camp seemed slightly more chaotic.

“What does this mean… I don’t understand at all…” Doctor Zhao said. “Can I really be of help?”

“If there’s anything you don’t understand, I can explain it to everyone,” Chu Tianqiu said.

“I understand,” Wen Qiaoyun said. “We need to collect various radicals and components, piece together new characters, then deliver them to Chu Tianqiu to ‘score points.'”

“Right.” Chu Tianqiu nodded in agreement. “That’s basically it.”

“Then how do we ‘collect’?” Xu Liunian asked again.

“Wasn’t it just said…?” Yan Zhichun, who hadn’t spoken until now, said from the side. “Either ‘seize’ them, or use your own ‘character’ to gamble against the opponent. As long as both sides have no objections, anything goes.”

“But where do we go to seize and ‘gamble’?” Doctor Zhao asked. “Do we just charge over there with a large group of people…?”

“Have you forgotten?” Chu Tianqiu answered. “When the game starts, we enter from the rightmost ‘door,’ and Qi Xia enters from the leftmost ‘door.’ At that time, there were seven ‘doors’ total on the field. In other words, all the rooms behind the middle five ‘doors’ could potentially be our game venue.”

Chu Tianqiu squatted down and roughly drew a map of this place on the ground.

“If I’m not mistaken, all the ‘rooms’ here should be arranged in five rows and seven columns. Our ‘Preparation Zone’ and Qi Xia’s each occupy one column. That means all the rooms in the middle should be five by five, forming a square of twenty-five rooms total. And these rooms are the venues where we’ll conduct ‘seizures’ or ‘gambling.'”

Everyone looked down at the map and roughly understood their location.

“I think that’s wrong,” Wen Qiaoyun said. “Tianqiu, you’ve overlooked one point.”

Hearing this, Chu Tianqiu paused slightly, his expression becoming complex. He remained silent for a long time before turning his head to ask: “What point did I overlook…?”

In his eyes was both anticipation and nostalgia, and upon closer examination, a trace of despair.

“The ‘chessboard’…?”

“Right.” Wen Qiaoyun lowered her head and modified the map Chu Tianqiu had drawn, erasing the middle five rooms, then writing down a few characters.

“Chu River Han Boundary.”

“Tianqiu, this is correct,” Wen Qiaoyun said. “Although the chessboard has changed compared to the traditional chessboard, according to ‘Chinese chess,’ the middle column of rooms should count as the ‘river,’ not as part of the game area.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu took a deep breath, feeling this situation made him especially nostalgic.

Every time he proposed a suggestion, there would always be someone who stood up to tell him “something is missing,” then complete the entire suggestion with a few words.

This kind of planning couldn’t do without Wen Qiaoyun, nor could it do without himself.

“You’re right…” Chu Tianqiu nodded. “Since it’s a square ‘chessboard,’ only this way can it be closer to the setting of ‘Chinese chess.'”

Yan Zhichun stood in the corner, looking incompatible with the others. After remaining silent for a while, she said: “Since it’s ‘playing chess,’ how do we move? We all carry ‘characters.’ Then you take one step, he takes one step?”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu lowered his head to think for a while, then shook his head: “It shouldn’t be… Although it’s ‘chess,’ it’s not a turn-based game, because not everyone can hear the ‘Main General’s’ commands from various corners. So I deduce that except for the ‘Main General,’ the remaining six people should all move simultaneously.”

“Simultaneously…?” Both Wen Qiaoyun and Yan Zhichun frowned at the same moment.

“So in this game, besides competing for ‘characters,’ ‘intelligence’ is also crucial,” Chu Tianqiu said. “Just like ancient military campaigns… although our venue isn’t large, it’s blocked by high walls and doors. Even though I’m the ‘Main General,’ I have no way to know battlefield intelligence immediately. Therefore, we need an ‘intelligence officer.’ Only then can I better control the overall situation.”

After saying this, Chu Tianqiu turned his gaze to Jin Yuanxun.

“Jin Yuanxun, your ability is most suited to become an intelligence officer,” Chu Tianqiu said. “Has your ‘belief’ improved now? If there are doors blocking you… can you ‘leap’ freely?”

“Hard to say, bro.” Jin Yuanxun shook his head. “Without being familiar with the terrain, I have no way to boldly attempt that. Otherwise, I might very well ‘leap’ to somewhere else.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu nodded. If Jin Yuanxun accidentally “leaped” to “Heaven’s Mouth,” it should be directly considered as “fleeing.”

“Then spend some time getting familiar with the terrain,” Chu Tianqiu said. “Report the situation on the battlefield to me as much as possible.”

“Alright.” Jin Yuanxun nodded.

“Next, I’ll distribute the ‘characters,'” Chu Tianqiu scanned the people before him. “You’re all smart people. You should know that ‘characters’ cannot be exposed. After the game starts, we’ll spend a few minutes ‘probing.’ First is to guess what ‘character’ the opponent has on them, second is to examine what structure the ‘battlefield’ has.”

“Alright.” Everyone nodded one after another after hearing this.

“What about you?” Yan Zhichun said. “Are you going to stay in the ‘Preparation Zone’ the whole time and let us go to the front lines to fight?”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu smiled and nodded: “I believe Qi Xia should be the same as me. In the first few minutes after the game starts, we’ll first use teammates’ ‘characters’ to score points. After all, only the ‘Main General’ can score. Then we’ll continue scoring with the ‘characters’ seized by teammates in the following time.”

After hearing this, everyone remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

After Chu Tianqiu finished speaking, he picked up the seven ‘characters’ in his hand and said to everyone: “Our team’s composition is different from Qi Xia’s team. Here, many of you don’t know each other well, so ‘individual ability’ is far greater than ‘team cooperation.’ I won’t ask you to unite. Just act according to your own ideas. If you’re uncertain about tactics, you can ask Wen Qiaoyun or Yan Zhichun. If these two can’t decide, you can come ask me.”

After hearing this, everyone just felt that Chu Tianqiu’s leadership strategy was somewhat special, but at this time, it was also the best choice.

“I must also state in advance that my wisdom is inferior to Qi Xia’s. If we want to avoid annihilation in this game, we can only rely on the ‘Echoes’ you all release,” Chu Tianqiu said. “But most of your ‘Echoes’ are quite unstable and need time to adapt, so we’ll exert force in the later stages and win the game in one fell swoop.”

Next, Chu Tianqiu took out the ‘characters’ in his hand, thought for a while, and distributed six of them to everyone.