The number of trialists in the chessboard world reaches a hundred thousand.

Apart from a very few who knew Waldo, the vast majority had no idea who he was.

However, the trialists, initially envious and jealous, gradually shifted the direction of their conversation.

Waldo was also somewhat dismayed.

"I didn’t expect to attract so much attention. Really, it’s hard to keep a low profile!"

"Could this be the privilege of being the main character? It’s kind of troublesome!"

In front of Waldo, six squares were refreshed.

The first square had food.

The second square also had food.

The third square had an iron shovel.

The fourth square had Coca-Cola.

The fifth square had a tooth of some animal, its use unknown.

And the sixth square had an ancient-looking blueprint with intricate patterns on it.

Waldo pondered over the fifth and sixth squares.

The items in both squares seemed out of the ordinary.

As for which was better or worse, Waldo couldn’t tell at the moment.

"Since it’s hard to choose, I’ll go for the blueprint in the sixth square. At least with an extra square, I can rank higher on the progress leaderboard..."

Waldo threw the dice.

The dice spun in the void as if manipulated by an invisible hand.

Finally, the number six faced up.

In the next moment, Waldo was enveloped by an invisible and powerful force.

He passed over the five squares in front and landed on the sixth.

...

The sixth square was a collapsed palace ruin.

The stairs in front were covered in broken tiles, permeated with a sense of decay.

Waldo ascended the steps, reaching the topmost one.

The ancient but slightly damaged blueprint was held aloft by an invisible force, floating in the void.

Waldo reached out and grabbed the blueprint in his hand.

An invisible aura rippled outwards.

At the same time, information about the blueprint also appeared in Waldo’s mind.

[Puppet Marionette: Level 2 Blueprint, can create puppet soldiers with a combat power of 120 points, with no limit on quantity. Can be placed within the system space, requires one portion of Tree Essence!]

...

"Puppet Marionettes? Creating a bunch of minions could be somewhat useful. If I encounter other trialists, or face various dangers, I can release the puppet soldiers!"

Waldo thought to himself.

His strength alone was ultimately limited.

The gap between his power and that of other trialists was not so large that he could completely overpower others.

The idea of single-handedly overpowering millions, like before, was simply unrealistic.

Therefore, the puppet soldiers were quite important.

Later, leading a group of minions into battle, even the strongest opponents wouldn’t be able to handle him.

"The only thing is, I don’t know what Tree Essence is."

Waldo pondered in his mind.

Having just entered the chessboard world, he had seen and understood only a limited amount of things, and was unclear about many items.

That day, Waldo was in high spirits and went straight to sleep, entering dreamland.

On the third day, Waldo woke up.

That day, his first dice roll earned him some food.

Then, using the Hand of God, he gained another chance to roll the dice.

This time, he again obtained an opening axe.

What surprised Waldo was that the axes could be fused.

Fusing two opening axes together, the combat power bonus increased to forty points.

[Opening Axe (False), fuse 100 opening axes to obtain the Level 5 weapon Opening Axe (True), with a combat power bonus of 100,000! Currently, 2 opening axes have been fused (2/100)]

"It can actually be fused, and eventually become a real Opening Axe! Wow, a combat power bonus of 100,000, that’s just earth-shatteringly powerful!"

Waldo was astounded.

However, he did not hold much hope for fusing into a real Opening Axe.

A hundred fake opening axes, the difficulty is just too great.

Even getting two a day would require nearly two months of time.

Not to mention, he also needed to acquire food, Tree Essence, and various other supplies.

It was impossible within three or four months.

And this was under the assumption of good luck.

With bad luck, it would never be possible.

...

However, what he didn’t know was that at this moment, the trialists in the chat channel were almost losing their minds.

"What the heck, how is it that today’s lucky person is Waldo again? Is this fake?!"

"I’m stunned, what kind of luck is this! The first time it was him, and today again! I feel there’s something fishy here, maybe there’s some trickery!"

"This is randomly selected by the system, we can only say that this Waldo is incredibly lucky."

"A one in a hundred thousand chance! Twice it’s him, that’s a one in a hundred billion chance! A hundred billion to one odds, it’s just outrageous!"

"Being a lucky one once can create a huge gap, but being it twice in a row, this Waldo is probably soaring!"

Many trialists could no longer hide their sourness.

Additionally, a portion of the trialists were secretly astonished.

"My god, it’s Waldo again, is this really just luck?"

"Indeed it’s Waldo! A prominent figure in the dark realms, the focus of public opinion, and now in the chessboard world, he remains the center of attention for all trialists... It’s really you, Waldo!"

"Awesome, truly worthy of being my idol. I believe that in the chessboard world, you can still stand out and lead the way!"

These trialists were all from the 17th District.

Their impression of Waldo was incredibly deep.

They knew just how extraordinary he was.

In him, there were too many possibilities.

Even, they faintly speculated that Waldo being the lucky one twice in a row could be his own doing!

Of course, this guess was too bold, and they were not sure about it.

...

After some time, the public opinion finally settled down.

Most people still thought that Waldo probably just got lucky.

"After this, he won’t be this lucky again, let him boast for today."

"Luck is unreliable, there’s still a long way to go, who can make it to the end is still unknown!"

Some trialists scoffed disdainfully.

It was clear to anyone with eyes that they were green with envy!

...

The fourth day arrived quickly.

That day, the major leaderboards were refreshed.

Combat Power Leaderboard:

First Place: Waldo

Combat Power: 230

Second Place: Demon Fox Sky

Combat Power: 170 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Third Place: Magic Blade Edge

Combat Power: 165

...

Progress Leaderboard:

First Place: Waldo

Distance Travelled: 31

Second Place: Magic Blade Edge

Distance Travelled: 24

Third Place: Little Rabbit

Distance Travelled: 24