Today's genre Serpent Sum may be a contender for the most obscure type in the series: while the genre appears on PuzzleSquareJP, the only puzzles I've seen are from the original author in 2022. Regardless, it's an interesting type bears quite a few similarities to San Anko. Also, I've been told that Adders is a much better name, and while I agree, I wanted to keep the original name for consistency reasons.
Rules: Place numbers into some empty cells such that each orthogonally connected group forms a sequence of consecutive numbers from 1 to N, where N is given outside the grid. Each number in the sequence must be orthogonally adjacent to the next. These groups may not share an edge with one another. Clues in black cells indicate the total value of the numbers in the white squares in the direction of the arrow, up to the outer perimeter or a black square.
Two puzzles today. The first was constructed for PuzzleSquare's most recent "6x9" monthly prompt, while I created the second more recently. Both puzzles use the same break-in, but the second grid is significantly harder. Thanks to Rubrica and Menderbug for testing multiple versions of this puzzle.
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