(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

(Text)

I looked at the chess pieces scattered on the ground, and I had almost found them, but there was still one that I never found.

I exclaimed, "Now that the only piece has not been found, I need the help of each and every one of you." ”

"Cheng Yin, what chess pieces are you looking for, just say it, we will help you." Xia Cheng said.

"What I need to find now is a chess piece engraved with 'East', and we must find it as soon as possible." At this time, I knew in my heart that what I needed was everyone's strength.

Soon everyone was looking for the chess piece on the ground, and there were many chess pieces scattered on the ground, and it was easy to neglect this chess piece, and it seemed that it was difficult to complete this task with the strength of one person. Everyone searched very carefully, but they never found this chess.

Am I wrong? I couldn't help but feel anxious when I saw that there was still no trace of anyone who had found them.

I suddenly had a headache, the time and space of fortune began to intertwine, the transformation of time appeared in front of me, and the passage of time made me feel nostalgic. It seems that all this has appeared in my mind for a long time, and the truth I am looking for always seems to be the starting point, not by fate, but we have forgotten the past.

Time and space began to shift, and it seemed that one vortex after another appeared in front of my eyes to take me out of this plane.

"Focus, kid, don't be distracted while playing chess!"

The voice was repeated again and again in my head.

When I opened my eyes, it was the same table-style chessboard again.

By the bright light, I saw a middle-aged man sitting across from me, with a serious expression that didn't seem to smile, wearing a striped shirt and a mechanical watch in his right hand. It's so familiar and so strange.

"Kid, what are you thinking, remember that all you have in mind is the game right now." The man's voice was deep and powerful.

Why is this the case again, my mind is very confused. It's like two planes intertwined with each other.

I looked at the scene in front of me, as if fate had once again brought me to this place, and the answers I needed seemed to be waiting for me here.

The middle-aged man's chess style is very calm and not in a hurry to seek attack, although he looks a little mediocre on the surface, but in fact it is deeply hidden.

The speed of the game was very fast, and the big picture seemed to be decided between the start and the hand. The middle-aged man's chess pieces seemed to have a slight advantage, but his expression did not have the slightest nervousness, he just looked at the situation in front of him lightly, and couldn't tell whether it was deep thought or thoughtful Just looked at it so simply, as if he was not in this chess game, but admired the chess game in front of him as if he was visiting an exhibition.

He suddenly unconsciously shook the necklace in his hand, which was still the same necklace, with a big "Shu" word engraved on it, and everything was the same as before. Just as I was looking back at the chess game in front of me, I suddenly noticed that the middle-aged man had turned the necklace in his hand upside down.

I looked at the middle-aged man in front of me in amazement, and I was shocked beyond words. The necklace around the middle-aged man's neck looked unremarkable, but it was so important. I was just curious about this necklace before, but I didn't expect that this pendant engraved with the word "Shu" was not just a simple decoration, but a wooden chess piece.

The middle-aged man seemed to have deliberately reversed the piece. On the reverse side of the chess piece is also engraved with a character, and this character is the chess piece engraved with the word "East" that I was looking for.

Just as I was curious, the middle-aged man took off the necklace and placed it next to the chessboard.

I looked closely at the necklace, the pendant of the necklace was round, and the wooden texture was clearly visible. The engraved "Shu" looks so familiar, it seems that I have seen it somewhere. I kept thinking in my mind, staring at the strokes of the word "Shu", comparing every scene I had seen in this 'strange array'. The middle-aged man in front of me did not slow down the speed of his fall because of my thoughts, but at this time I had no intention of caring about the outcome of this chess game, all I cared about was when and where I had seen the word "Shu".

"Good." The man began to sort out the chessboard, "Although I was a little anxious at the beginning, I was very good at this hand, and then I played more and more calmly. ”

I watched him move the pieces quickly.

"Sure enough, three-and-a-half, you won. By the way, how many games have you won since you learned? ”

I didn't speak.

"Remember children, life is like chess, and strategizing can win a thousand miles!"

The game was about to end, but I didn't find any clues. The prompt had already appeared in front of me, but I couldn't remember it......

At this moment, my head suddenly hurt again, and the flow of time and space took me out of this plane.

"Cheng Yin, Cheng Yin......" Cui Li's cry sounded in my ears, "How about it, have you found the answer?" Something has already come to mind? Hurry up and tell me. Where is the chess piece engraved with 'East'? No matter how much we searched, we found nothing, did something go wrong? Cui Li kept urging in my ear, but this time I didn't bring any answers.

"Cui Li, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. This time, I can only know that there is a 'Shu' character engraved on the reverse side of this chess piece, but I really don't know where this chess piece is. I'm really sorry I tried my best. "I blamed myself deeply.

"Don't be kidding, have you found the answer and are you kidding me? You find the answer after every headache, and this time it must be like this, right? Cui Li doesn't seem to believe what I said, but reality is reality after all, I haven't been able to find the chess piece engraved with the word "East", I'm afraid this time I'm really going to disappoint everyone.

"Cheng Yin, you don't have to blame yourself, I know you did your best. Maybe the piece you mentioned is scattered among the pieces that dropped, but we didn't find it, and if we look closely, we should be able to find it. Arthur's words were clearly encouraging me, but this time I did disappoint everyone.

Arthur desperately searched among the scattered chess pieces, but the result was still nothing. Obviously, the piece we need is not in the scattered pieces. I couldn't help but ponder where this chess piece was.

What the hell is all this going on?

(End of chapter)