(Foreword)

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

(Text)

"Cheng Yin, is this token the key to unlocking this 'strange array'? But hasn't it all been destroyed by you? What the hell is going on? Cui Li asked puzzled.

"Cui Li, in fact, this token that we have always cared about is not only used to command the three armies, its biggest role is precisely the chess piece we need at this time." I said with a burning eye.

"Cheng Yin, are you stupid? What we need now is a pawn, not a token! Zhao Yuyu said disdainfully.

As I said earlier, the answer is often all around us and ignored. Behind this token is the key we need. I reversed the token as I spoke, only to see that the reverse side of the word "Shu" was engraved with the word "East" that we were looking for.

I forcefully pushed the chess piece engraved with the word "East" out of the token, apparently the token itself was used to store the chess piece.

I picked up the chess piece engraved with the word "East" and slowly put it on the nine-square grid, it seems that everything is ready, just quietly wait for our success, but I am not idle, I still need something on the ground, I know that we need one more thing to succeed.

Everyone was staring at the nine-square grid in front of them, looking forward to the moment of success, and I was the only one who kept looking on the ground.

As the minutes passed, the waiting of everyone gradually became a little discouraged. It didn't turn out as they expected, and the mechanism in front of them still hadn't activated.

"Cheng Yin, what's going on? Didn't you say that this was the key to the start-up? But you see, it's not nothing. You're not kidding us, are you? Zhao Yuyu was obviously irritable, and she couldn't help but be annoyed by her repeated failures, and she kept yelling and questioning me.

"Yes, classmate Cheng Yin, didn't you say that you can activate the mechanism by finding all these chess pieces? But why is there nothing now? Professor Wu was also puzzled.

But at this time, I didn't have time to explain too much to them, I just kept looking for them on the ground.

"Cheng Yin, enough is enough, really enough. Since you can't unlock this mechanism, don't waste our time on it. Zhao Yuyu said angrily.

Of course, I know very well that I'm not wasting my time right now, it's just that we haven't done what the battle of the three generals said above, and we are still a little short of success......

I continued to look for what I needed on the ground, but Zhao Yuyu seemed very impatient. Just as she was about to explode, I suddenly found what I was looking for in a corner.

All the elements for the launch of the "odd array" this time are fully in place.

I walked quickly to the nine-square grid and took down the "handsome" chess piece on the nine-square grid.

"Cheng Yin, how did you take down the 'handsome' chess? Isn't this the one that was on top of this odd array in the first place? "Obviously my behaviour is very incomprehensible to everyone. I looked at the "handsome" piece that I took down and said: "That 'handsome' piece has always been on this nine-square grid, so we have always been accustomed to thinking that that piece is one of the pieces we need, but in fact it is not like that. Look at this battle of the three generals. I spread out the battle of the three generals in front of them again, and Cui Li read it word by word again:

"Once upon a time, there was a general who led a large army to press in, passing through a city, and after a few days of fighting, the defenders of the city were no longer able to continue to defend the city. In fact, he could have fled the city, but he didn't, and still led the remnants of his old army to stand on the tower. Its heroic spirit is terrifying..."

"Cheng Yin, didn't we exactly follow what we said above? There's no problem. Cui Li checked it and still felt that there was nothing special.

And I solemnly asked Cui Li: "Look, has there ever been half of the word 'handsome' on the battle of these three generals?" ”

Cui Li followed what I said and searched for it, and then said: "It is true that the word 'handsome' has not appeared, but ...... However, doesn't the 'handsome' here represent the general? Cui Li's face was full of doubt.

"You're right, the reason why we only see and ignore this key element is our preconceived notion, when we first see the word 'handsome', we subtly identify it as the general who defends the city, but in fact, there is another chess piece in the thirty-two chess pieces of chess that better represents the chess piece we need."

"Better? Could it be the word 'general' in chess?! Truly...... There is no word that better represents that general. ”

At this time, I suddenly spread out the chess piece in my hand, and this chess piece is exactly the one we need engraved with "will".

"No wonder you've been looking for it all the time, it's just that!" Cui Li seemed to have woken up from a dream.

I nodded, and slowly placed the chess piece engraved with "will" in my hand in the middle of the nine-square grid. Before we could react, the mechanism had suddenly activated. Xia Cheng gave me a thumbs up.

"We succeeded, we succeeded!!" Cui Li shouted excitedly on the side. This success is really not easy to come by, and after several tosses, we finally got the joy of this success.

"Cheng Yin, I knew you would be able to." Arthur cast an approving glance at me, and it was because of Arthur that I didn't give up until the last moment. Of course, the fruits of this victory are also indispensable to Arthur's contributions.

The mechanism began to activate slowly, and I suddenly removed the "check" on the nine-square grid, and the operation of the mechanism stopped. I put the piece engraved with the word "Sho" in Arthur's hand and said to her, "From now on, the control of this mechanism will be handed over to you. ”

"Cheng Yin, why did you entrust this agency to me? You just don't want me to go to the battlefield with you. We've been through so much together, are you going to make me give up here and watch you go alone. I can't do it, and I can't do it. Arthur's eyes welled up with tears.

I looked at Arthur in tears, and I couldn't help but feel sad, but my decision at this time could not be changed in the slightest. I must not allow Arthur to follow me on an adventure, never.

(End of chapter)