Luofu Myths: Chess Ghost

Luofu Myths: Chess Ghost is an Adventure Mission from the A Foxian Tale of the Haunted event. It begins after accepting the "Anyone met a weirdo..." Investigation Assignment in A Foxian Tale of the Haunted: Ghostly Grove.
==Steps==
# Discuss with the ghost-hunting squad about the post looking for help.
# Talk to the Chess Ghost.
# Defeat the Chess Ghost heliobus.
# Cast the heliobus into the suppression tower
==Dialogue==
===Discuss with the ghost-hunting squad about the post looking for help.===
:Guinaifen: Waa... The loser of this chess game loses their soul! This is some kind... some kind of duel of darkness!
:Sushang: I thought you were going to say something... What do you all make of this situation?
:Huohuo: It's very mysterious.
:Sushang: It's very mysterious.
:Guinaifen: It's very mysterious.
: It's very mysterious.
: Well, we reached an agreement quickly!
:Huohuo: Ah... I mean, this looks like the work of a heliobus.
:Guinaifen: It could just be some kind of street performance?
:Sushang: I thought Heliobi were supposed to hide and scare people from the shadows... What would one be doing causing chaos on the streets?
:Huohuo: Heliobi are stubborn creatures, we can't use human logic to judge their intentions.
: If it's a heliobus, I should go and check it out.
: If I go and play some chess, then we'll find out.
:Huohuo: We're counting on you, (Trailblazer). If you run into any danger, contact me or Hanya right away.
:Sushang: Little Gui and I will go and check out another lead, we'll wait for your good news!
:Guinaifen: Alright, let's split up gang and get to our tasks!
===Talk to the Chess Ghost.===
;(Approach designated location)
:Yanqing: (Trailblazer)? What are you doing here?
: I was going to ask you the same thing...
: Oh, are you here to play chess, too?
:Yanqing: I think I'm here for the same reason you are, to subdue this heliobus.
:Yanqing: The General received an official letter from the Ten-Lords Commission and left the Seat of Divine Foresight in a hurry... I read the "List of Archenemies" before and figured that this heliobus must be a good opponent to sharpen my sword skills, so here I am.
: How do you know where the heliobi are?
::Yanqing: Do you know about "Ghostly Grove"? I heard from someone on the site that there were strange things happening here, so I came to see.
: The heliobi are very weak, they are no match for you.
::Yanqing: We all have strengths and weaknesses. The general taught me to hone my skills and not be picky about who I take as a teacher.
:???: Kid, are you playing chess or not? I figured you don't have the brains to beat me, turns out you don't even have the guts to challenge me!
:Yanqing: (Trailblazer), let me introduce you, this... heliobus? She calls herself the "Chess Ghost." Those guys at the back seem to be people who just lost to her...
:Chess Ghost's Defeated Opponent (I): Coward! You wouldn't dare challenge the Chess Ghost!
:Chess Ghost's Defeated Opponent (II): That's right, you're no match!
:Chess Ghost's Defeated Opponent (III): Coward!
: You're not falling for their taunts?
::Yanqing: ...It's more because she's ridiculous, it's hard to take her seriously...
::Chess Ghost: You wretch! How dare you be so impudent!
: I can't even tell who's talking...
::Yanqing: It doesn't even matter...
:Chess Ghost: Enough talking! You will show me some basic respect! Will you play chess with me or not?
: Are you going to play chess with her, Yanqing?
::Yanqing: It's embarrassing to admit but... I don't know how to play this type of chess.
::Yanqing: Normally I play Xianzhou starchess with the general... but the Chess Ghosts's "chess" is alien to me...
: This is chess? What kind of chess is this?
:Chess Ghost: Tsk, uneducated swine! This is called the "Pathfinder." It is a puzzle game that originates from the Luofu Divination Commission.
:Chess Ghost: Responding to "Pathfinder" questions is a type of chess match that will exhaust your mental strength. Can you answer my riddles?
: Wait, are we playing chess or doing riddles now?
::Chess Ghost: Oh, it's actually answering riddles... My mistake... Does this make me the "Riddle Ghost"?
::Chess Ghost: ...Isn't that all the same? What is the difference? They're all games of intelligence and battles of wit!
::Yanqing: Well, do you want to play a round with her?
:: Looks like we have no choice.
: I'll play with you, then!
:Chess Ghost: Hah! This outworlder has some guts... Unlike you... You're clearly a Xianzhou swordsman and yet you run off with your tail between your legs!
:Yanqing: Whatever you say. I came to bring a heliobus to justice, not to play silly games.
:Yanqing: Even if you lose and end up like those she's defeated, I'll use my sword to rescue you.
:Chess Ghost: You barbarian! This is a battle of minds, you think using a sword is fair?
:Chess Ghost: Bring it on, outworlder, let's have a hearty game of chess! Are you ready?
: Bring it on.
::Chess Ghost: I like your courage!
:;(Solve Pathfinder)
: Just a minute.
::Chess Ghost: What's taking you both so long? Hurry up already!
;(Talk to Yanqing, optional)
:Yanqing: We should play with her already. This Chess Ghost has hostages, it would be best not to anger her.
===Defeat the Chess Ghost heliobus.===
:Chess Ghost: Darn it! I used all of my talents to create these riddles and you saw through them easily! Damnation!
: Aren't you a sore loser?
: You used all your intelligence just for that?
: Trust me, that was really hard!
:Chess Ghost: Shut it, shut it, shut your mouth! Damnation! I WILL make you PAY!
:Chess Ghost: You shall pay the price just as these three that humiliated me before you did!
:Yanqing: I thought those three lost to you... Turns out this Chess Ghost is just a sore loser...
:Chess Ghost: I may not have beaten them, but does that give them reason to mock my abilities and call me an "amateur"?
:Chess Ghost: These three are the definition of minds over manners! Such people disgust me! You two will die alongside them!
:Yanqing: I am no good in these games of wit, but if you want to fight, that suits me perfectly... Come, Chess Ghost, allow me to teach you a thing or two!
: Be careful not to hurt anyone else!
::Yanqing: Don't worry, I got this.
: So after all that, it still ends in a fight...
;(Begin battle against )
;(After the battle)
:Chess Ghost: Damnation! People like you with minds but no manners... What use is solving riddles anyway? You remember this!
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:Yanqing: This heliobus's fighting style is quite unique, but too low-level to entertain me. It seems the "Heliobi Wars" are finished.
: This heliobus is just a pawn in their ranks.
::Yanqing: True, there must be masters among their ranks.
: I suspect we are just too overpowered.
::Yanqing: That is possible. Our power together is indeed considerable. No regular heliobus could pull one over on us.
:Yanqing: Now, we cannot leave these victims unattended, I shall escort them to the apothecary~ May we meet again~
:Yanqing contacted the healers at the apothecary, took appropriate measures on-site, and left thereafter.
:(Trailblazer): (I should head back and seal the heliobus in the suppression tower...)
===Cast the heliobus into the suppression tower===
;(Approach designated location)
:Guinaifen: here. (Trailblazer) is the one you're looking for.
:Shouling: Hello, I am a spiritfarer, guardian spirit of the Ten-Lords Commission. I have awaited you here for a long time. I will assist you in locking the heliobi in the Evil Binding Matrix's suppression tower.
: Thank you for your help.
: Is it gonna be this troublesome every single time?
::Shouling: I will show up when I am needed and get out of your hair when I am not. I shall not waste your time.
:Shouling: There is more that I wish to discuss with you in detail, but I can wait until you are finished. I shall take my leave for now...
:Expel evil and capture stray spirits... With the support of the Ten Lords Commission's spiritfarers, you seal the heliobi within the Lunaumbra Gourd.
:Guinaifen: That kid has good manners... Are they a spiritfarer, too?
: Much cuter than the child possessed by Cirrus.
::Guinaifen: I imagine that spiritfarer was quite cute before they were possessed, too...
: Maybe that spiritfarer just now wasn't actually a child...
::Guinaifen: That's right, they seemed pretty familiar with Xianzhou culture already...
:Guinaifen: So, what was the real deal with the Chess Ghost? Do you want to post an update on the "Ghostly Grove"?
: Let me think about it...
;(Opens A Foxian Tale of the Haunted: Ghostly Grove)
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:Guinaifen: When I first saw the post, I thought it was some kind of evil spirit that had possessed an ancient chess board, unwilling to ascend to heaven until it played a perfect chess game with a long-sought "masterstroke"!
:Guinaifen: ...Turns it was some amateur that didn't even know what chess is! Who'd have thought it?
:Guinaifen: Well, that's that! I've got to get back to work, see you again soon~
;(Mission completed)
==Trivia==
===Etymology===
* ("Chess Ghost") is a chapter of the Classical Chinese horror fiction collection ("Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio") compiled by (1640-1715). The story is about a man who loves playing chess to death and still plays chess after being reincarnated into a ghost.
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