Chapter 1003: Full-Scale Psychological Warfare
"You've got... over eighty characters on you?" Jin Yuanxun looked at Chen Junnan with a confused expression.
"What do you say?" Chen Junnan said enthusiastically. "Want me to give you one?"
"Give me one..." Jin Yuanxun muttered, feeling like something was off.
"That's right!" Chen Junnan said. "You came empty-handed, so I can't let you leave empty-handed. Come on, come on, come over here and take one!"
As he spoke, he took a step forward, but Jin Yuanxun instinctively stepped back.
"What's there to be shy about? It's a gift!" Chen Junnan said.
Jin Yuanxun felt like he was getting caught up in Chen Junnan's rhythm, so he quickly changed the subject. "Hey! How could you possibly have that many characters? Our two sides only have fourteen characters total!"
"My characters can have babies on their own," Chen Junnan said. "Sorry to embarrass you, but these 'characters' just bred a whole litter when I wasn't looking."
Jin Yuanxun calmed down and soon felt that something was fishy. Even if the other guy didn't have dozens of characters on him, he definitely had six or seven at least.
If he really was carrying all of his team's characters...
How could he be standing here so boldly at the "Chu River and Han Border"?
"There's a trick..." Jin Yuanxun squinted. "Hey... you..."
Seeing Jin Yuanxun hesitate, Chen Junnan didn't give him a chance to speak. He directly stepped back into the room, then turned around and waved: "Little Jin! Come on in and play!"
"Come in... and play...?"
"Don't be shy!" Chen Junnan laughed. "You're already at my doorstep. What's the harm in coming in for a bite to eat? We're not strangers!"
Jin Yuanxun took two steps forward and looked at the room behind Chen Junnan. The "Door" standing inside was marked with the character "子", but at first glance, there didn't seem to be anything else besides the door.
But what was with this enthusiastic attitude...?
"Come on! At least come in and sit for a bit!" Chen Junnan kept reaching out, "luring" Jin Yuanxun, giving him goosebumps.
"Ya, aish..."
Jin Yuanxun really couldn't figure out what Chen Junnan was planning, but following him into the room at this moment could easily be a trap.
Although the "Referee" said that if two people entered a room, a game would be forced to start, what if there were a lot of his people hiding in the room?
What if it wasn't "two people" entering the room? Would the game still be forced to start?
The only outcome Jin Yuanxun could think of was being pinned down by a group of people, unable to activate his "Echo", and having his "Characters" taken away.
With that thought, Jin Yuanxun could only try to be as cautious as possible. After all, no one wanted to be the first to lose their "Characters".
"Hey! Come out!" Jin Yuanxun shouted. "If you've got the guts, come out and talk to me."
"I won't. It's cold outside." Chen Junnan waved his hand. "Are you coming in or not? If not, I'm closing the door."
"Closing... the door?"
Jin Yuanxun really couldn't understand Chen Junnan's actions. He hesitated on the spot for a long time, and even after Chen Junnan closed the door with a smug look on his face, he still didn't make a move.
He had met Chen Junnan a few times and had some understanding of him. If Chen Junnan's words could be trusted, then TV shopping commercials could be trusted too.
After a while, Xu Liunian walked out from behind Jin Yuanxun and found him standing dumbfounded at the "Chu River and Han Border", so she couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"What's up?" Xu Liunian asked. "Why that expression? What did you see?"
"Hey!" Jin Yuanxun said in broken Chinese, pointing at the door on the far right. "Elder sister! Someone was there just now!"
"Who?"
"Sister!" Jin Yuanxun looked like he had seen a savior. "Hey! Just now I saw Chen Junnan... he was carrying all the 'Characters' on himself like that!"
"Carrying all the 'Characters' on himself? You mean he himself...?" Xu Liunian shook her head helplessly. "Little Jin, your Chinese isn't good, so you might not have heard the rules clearly. Dìlóng said earlier that one person can't carry multiple..."
Before she could finish, she froze on the spot.
Wait, did the rules even mention that?
The rules only said that people without "Characters" must go to the "Preparation Zone" and wait until they have a "Character" before they can continue moving. But it never said that one person couldn't carry multiple "Characters".
If that was the case, would the other side really be this bold...?
All the members of their team had taken off their "Characters" and stayed still in the "Preparation Zone", with only Chen Junnan carrying all the "Characters" and charging over here...
"That's too absurd." Xu Liunian said. "How could there be a tactic like that... Even if it was a tactic devised by Qi Xia, it would still be too absurd."
The next second, the door in the middle of the three in front of Xu Liunian creaked open, and Chen Junnan poked his head out.
"Oh, Sister Xu is here too." Chen Junnan said. "Want to come in and play? This room of mine seems to have good feng shui. It's specially designed to improve 'bad luck in the flowing years'."
As he spoke, he opened the door fully, revealing what looked like an empty room.
"'Bad luck in the flowing years'... you..."
Xu Liunian furrowed her brow and glanced down at Chen Junnan's pants. Sure enough, as Jin Yuanxun had said, his pockets were stuffed full, with chains even poking out. By a rough count, there were at least five or six.
But Xu Liunian was just as cautious as Jin Yuanxun. She didn't dare to rashly follow Chen Junnan into the room.
If Chen Junnan's words could be trusted, then the little ads stuck on telephone poles could be trusted too.
"Hey!" Jin Yuanxun pointed at the door on his far right. "Weren't you over there just now...? How did you get to the middle one...?"
"Because my 'Echo' is freaking 'Wall Phasing'!" Chen Junnan said. "Want to come in and sit for a bit? I'll show you what 'Wall Phasing' looks like."
Xu Liunian and Jin Yuanxun both stayed silent after hearing that.
"What's going on?" Chen Junnan said with a puzzled look. "Why is everyone being so polite? It's just me in here, I swear."
Xu Liunian thought for a few seconds but still wanted to probe the other side's real situation. She could only stand outside the door and ask: "Chen Junnan, why do you have so many 'Characters'?"
"I can't say right now." Chen Junnan smiled. "I have to wait until Dr. Zhao gets here before I can say."
"Dr. Zhao...?"
Since the commotion between them was quite loud, the people from Chu Tianqiu's side began to gradually gather at the "Chu River and Han Border".
When everyone had arrived, Chen Junnan looked at the six people in front of him and revealed a satisfied smile.
This was "Full-Scale Psychological Warfare".
"What's going on...?" Wen Qiaoyun also asked from the side. "This person is...?"
"Dr. Zhao, are you okay?" Chen Junnan asked.
"I...?" Dr. Zhao was startled. "What do you mean by 'are you okay'?"
"Nothing." Chen Junnan shook his head. "Old Qi asked me to find a way to let you know. The plan has begun."