Chapter 51 – The Woman Who Reads the Strategy

A battlefield where black and white alternately intersect.

Above it, two forces are fighting fiercely.

The war was an all-out war, to the extent that even the king and queen of the two countries participated.

On this side, the queen and her knights have been killed and one of the walls has been demolished, but many soldiers remain.

The walls of the other side have all been demolished and the soldiers annihilated, but the queen and knights are alive and well.

The opponent’s knight charges vigorously and aims at my king.

[Check.]

I urgently tried to move the soldiers to defend, but I couldn’t keep up with the mobility.

At some point, the queen who infiltrated behind her moved to the side one or two squares and started destroying my camp.

“Hey.”

Lee Dae-ron is a loser.

As a last resort, the death squad rushes in, but all are stopped.

To put an end to this battle, the opponent’s second knight advances. This put my king under siege on both sides by his knights.

[Check mate.]

Artemis declared.

“……”

No matter how much I try, there is no more hole to escape.

“I lost.”

Adjust the touchpad to defeat my king and admit defeat.

The chess match held in the gaming room was defeated today.

[The last rush was a poor move.]

“If you’re going to lose anyway, you should fight hotly rather than die slowly.”

[Do you speak nicely? So, how many doomsday rushes have you attempted so far? 7 times. How many successes? 0 times. Hmm, what a competent commander.]

A thunderous applause played from the surround speakers, which were also the walls of the room itself.

“No, what do you do with thishaha.”

I also stood up from my seat and waved my hands in response.

[I’m not praising you, you idiot.]

“I know, I’m in the middle of the day.”

Many times I enjoy playing her chess game with her, but today she seems to be in a bad mood.

[The Queen must not move hastily.]

The reason is simple.

[The game called chess exists for the queen. Soldiers, knights, and servants toss and turn in order to win the queen’s eyes, and when the time is ripe, the queen descends to the battlefield. Like the goddess of war. That’s how to play chess gracefully. But you moved the queen from the start and lost it in vain.]

She didn’t like that I lost her queen early on.

[Besides, wouldn’t it be a happy ending if the king and queen were together until the end? Die, rolling is enough for the lower ones.]

“Well, I don’t know because I prefer to roll in the field both when I was on active duty and now.”

[Huh.]

Artemis snorted.

It may seem crazy to play chess against a supercomputer, the pinnacle of human technology, but it’s surprisingly worthwhile.

Of course, if she shows her 100% skills of her, I’m no match for her her, so I put a handicap on her own her and compete with her her.

First, Artemis created and used a ‘memory space dedicated to chess’.

There are no chess notations or strategies stored in that space, only common sense and knowledge at the level of ordinary humans.

To borrow a phrase from her, it was a “Stupid room.”

Second, in the ‘silly room’, the aisle through which arithmetic accidents pass is extremely narrow.

In a word, it is a temporary downgrade so that she herself has a similar level of reaction and thinking speed to mine.

It was an act that was not like Artemis, whose pride pierced the sky.

She once asked about it and she replied:

‘Sometimes falling down to your level of intelligence is quite a stimulating game. Do you feel like the person who lost your entire fortune in an hour at a casino? All I lose is intelligence, which is more valuable than money. When chess is over and I return to my original self, I feel like I am reborn. It’s very refreshing.’

Thanks to this penalty, my chess record so far is 5 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws in 17 matches.

It’s a lot of pushing, but it’s a level where victory is possible to some extent.

Artemis always accepted my challenge.

She loved the concept of a game.

Chess is just one of them, and it doesn’t cover twenty questions, mafia games, board games, or computer games.

By the way, the way she enjoys playing computer games is amazing.

Humans manipulate the mouse and keyboard and consume the results one by one through sight and hearing, and enjoy the game.

It’s the only way, but it’s the way that takes a long time.

But Artemis is an artificial intelligence.

There is no need to accept things converted into audio-visual materials in order like humans do.

She swallows all the data and code that make up the game whole.

Would you say it feels like swallowing a lunchbox in one bite in a cartoon?

It was like holding a grilled fish by the tail, putting the whole fish in your mouth, and pulling it out, leaving only the flesh and bones coming out.

Cinematics, characters, systems, quests, scenarios, battles, digging elements, and everything else are absorbed into the code itself at once.

The intensity of the stimulation she feels is unpredictable as the gamer will receive her pleasure and excitement while clearing one masterpiece game compressed into a single moment.

The problem is that if you enjoy it like that, you run out of games quickly, and all games become boring because the threshold of stimulation that you can feel from games is too high.

Then, there was a way of enjoying her that she found as an alternative to her, which was voyeurism and support.

What is it like?

[What should I do next? This is what I recommend.]

Here’s her recommended single-player single-player game Her.

It is about exploring and surviving in a world destroyed by nuclear war. There are puzzle elements, and it’s easy to tackle with a specific trick, but there are times when it’s difficult with the straight method. Not to mention elements like hidden paths and hidden rooms.

[This is a road that has already passed. Right at the fork in the road.]
[If you attack the sensor and break the identification function, you can make them fight among themselves.]

If you are still lost or struggling, it will tell you how.

“What is inventory? It’s Jung-gu Heating. Could you possibly sort them alphabetically?”

Once, the inventory was too uncomfortable, so let’s tell her,

[Wait a minute, edits complete.]

Updated to add an on-the-fly item sorting mode.

Items that were listed in an orderly manner were supplemented with classification by category, which was not requested.

(Drug) stimpak
(Drug) jet
(Drink) dirty water
(Beverage) purified water
(Drink) whiskey
(Food) Squirrel Stew
(Food) Iguana Skewers
(Ingredients) dog meat
(Ingredients) Spam
(Ingredients) Corn

How convenient is this to find out?

The drug system that is often used in battle can be eaten alone at the top, but before cooking, the food system that is not effective is sent to the bottom. This delicacy! She knows the heart of a gamer.

They even remastered the graphics by overhauling the game files, or did bug fixes.

Even the loading in the game is gone!

This is because she handled all calculations on behalf of the game machine. Skipping the map, saving or loading is done instantly.

I use Artemis’ advice as a beacon to overcome difficulties, and she enjoys my reaction.

That’s the way we like to play.

Her advice her is well-tuned, adding to the fun of reasoning without compromising the game’s difficulty.

I put commentary on my progress as if it were being relayed live, and the reaction I show whenever I overcome a difficulty is great.

Now I can’t imagine playing the game alone without her.

[Okay, that’s all for today.]

“Already? I’m just getting excited.”

[It’s already been 3 hours. I need a break now.]

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Three hours isn’t particularly long.”

Once started, there were overflowing people who did it for 5 hours and 10 hours in a row like a dead person.

[No, I’ve been doing it long enough. Now, the strain on the optic nerve is starting to come. You have at most 60 years left to live.]

I’m already in my 30s, but with the medical facilities here, I’ll be able to last another 60 years with less.

[Until I develop better life-sustaining technology, I will take care of my health according to current medical standards. That’s all for today.]

The game ended at her words as if to declare.

* * *

One schedule left for today.

After a few hours, we headed to the research lab.

This is because new drones have been developed for crowd control.

“Does it have one rotary wing?”

One rotary wing is surrounded by a round plastic protector, and the top and bottom are open.

[This is a newly developed aircraft by researching existing drones. There is a model name, but you can simply call it Hornet.]

A small camera and Taser gun are mounted on the body below the rotor blades.

Unusually, the magazine was similar to a revolver, with each hole in a large cylinder being square, and one battery was inserted into each hole.

[With the introduction of a revolver-type ammunition system, you can shoot up to 6 bullets per individual, and you can recharge them. It’s a waste to use it once and throw it away. It flies over the head of the target and grabs it as it is!]

Definitely good. In a situation where robots cannot be put into each one, the number of hands required will be greatly reduced.

“What is the production plan?”

[First 150 cars. Since it’s an air vehicle, you can move anywhere quickly, so you don’t need that much.]

Hornet showed considerable maneuverability in flying obstacles installed in the test site.

Thanks to the protector on the side of the rotary wing, it finally reached the target point even in a narrow and winding alley.

If this is the case, it will be easy to control even if the residents are moved from the camp to the city in the future.

Whether you’re running into a building or wargari in an alleyway, the rotorcraft will chase you to the edge of hell without worrying about hitting a wall.