Chapter 1850 - 1447: Waiting for Qiu Shui, Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess

The first thing that caught my eye was a kitchen knife!

I have to say, Gu Changsheng is a cautious person, so even before entering, the kitchen knife leads the way!

The knife was inserted into the crack of the door, and Gu Changsheng didn’t notice anything unusual. But inside the door, among the hundreds of people, seeing the kitchen knife, they began to hold their breath, only to feel a sudden sense of relief after waiting for a long time!

"Bang!" The kitchen knife paved the way, and after finding no anomalies, Gu Changsheng immediately used both hands to forcefully push open the tower door!

The moment the tower door was opened, Gu Changsheng assumed a defensive stance, held the kitchen knife across his chest, and jumped inside!

"Oh my god, you finally came to chase us down! I’ve been waiting for ages, if you didn’t chase us, I’d have gone crazy! Boo hoo..."

As soon as Gu Changsheng jumped inside the tower door, he was met with hundreds of shocked wide-eyed gazes; under the watchful eyes of everyone, the feeling was quite strange!

Just when Gu Changsheng thought a battle was about to erupt, someone impatiently slapped the ground and cried out.

Originally holding a kitchen knife in a defensive posture, Gu Changsheng trembled instinctively upon hearing the cry, twitched her mouth slightly, and looked at the person in bewilderment...

Oh lord!

What’s going on?

How did she not know someone was yearning for her?

Yearning for her!

"Well... are you sure you used the right words?" Feeling the cold atmosphere behind her, Gu Changsheng stiffly turned her head, only to see her evildoer’s face icy cold with a murderous aura, causing Gu Changsheng to shiver!

Geez, this question had to be asked!

It’s way too easy to misunderstand!

She was such a clean and innocent person, not flirting or causing trouble!

Yearning for you, yeah right!

"No mistake, no mistake! We haven’t dared to break the chess board yet because we were afraid you’d pursue us, afraid of being attacked from both ends! Why did it take you so long to chase us, if you didn’t come, I’d have died from anxiety! Boo hoo..." A young man not more than twenty, whose looks stood out as quite delicate in the midst of the rough Northern Mongolian strong guys, his face was dark and gloomy, and looked at Gu Changsheng mournfully.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng stumbled immediately!

Couldn’t help but turn her head to look around!

Well!

These hundred people, after hearing the young man’s words, seemed to be feeling the same anxious sentiments!

This feeling...

It’s really inexplicably strange!

"Darn, all vain self-love! So, you all were waiting for me to chase you down?" She thought she was so welcomed that she’d been yearningly awaited even after a tantrum, but nope, that’s not the case!

Such a sad truth!

"Ahem..." behind her came Zhou Mu’s feigned cough.

"Ahem! What’s with the coughing? If you want to laugh, just laugh! Don’t hold back!" Gu Changsheng naturally heard the feigned cough concealing laughter, turned her head and said angrily, "I may be a bit narcissistic, but I have enough reasons for self-love, okay? Humph!"

Saying that, Gu Changsheng put away the kitchen knife.

Looking around, everyone stared at her with guarded expressions, feeling as if she were a flood beast!

"Geez, bunch of cowards, just because I killed someone who wanted to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth, you all act like it’s a crisis?" Gu Changsheng felt she’s really not a bloodthirsty person; indeed, she’s the kind who won’t offend unless offended, this point makes her much more benevolent compared to the reckless Ta You. So, it’s necessary to clarify, just in case these hundred people suddenly attack her, it’s quite troublesome!

With a wary expression, Diluo Han watched Gu Changsheng, clearly showing disbelief on his rough face.

"So, you’re not chasing us anymore?" The same cat-like young man asked in doubt.

"You don’t provoke me, am I bored enough to come chasing you!" Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes.

Upon hearing this, the young man slapped the ground and wailed, "You should’ve said you’re not chasing us earlier! I’ve been anxiously waiting here for ages, and even hard biscuits don’t taste good anymore!"

Gu Changsheng: "..."

She found herself speechless!

However, the young man, clearly familiar with the situation, knowing his life was no longer in danger, climbed up from the ground, chewing on the hard biscuit in his hand, and walked over to Gu Changsheng!

"Young master!"

"Young master, you must not go over there!"

The two strong men who originally sat with the young man became anxious at the sight.

But the young man ignored their attempts to stop him and kept walking toward Gu Changsheng, still chewing on the hard biscuit. He blinked his innocent eyes and cautiously asked, "So, you’re really not going to hunt us down anymore, right?"

"Really!" Gu Changsheng replied irritably, while surveying the Third Layer Star Innate Tower.

The third layer of the Star Innate Tower was just like the previous two layers, with the exception of a large chessboard prominently placed in the center of this layer, and the spiral staircase to ascend the tower was nowhere in sight!

"Really not going to kill us? Then why did you make us wait so long? Don’t you know waiting can be an agonizing feeling, especially when it’s for someone who can threaten our lives? It’s downright terrifying and torturous!" grumbled the young man, still persistently complaining while munching on his biscuit.

Gu Changsheng felt slightly overwhelmed upon hearing this voice.

However, as she turned around, she was met with the young man’s pair of innocent large eyes, clear and bright like a spring water.

"Er Que!" Gu Changsheng frowned and called out softly, pointing at the young man, "Reward him with a piece of meat to shut his mouth!"

Then, Gu Changsheng, paying no more attention to how the young man reacted, casually brushed him aside, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, walked toward the chessboard.

Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue followed up naturally.

"Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess?"

Gu Changsheng looked at the crisscrossing chess pattern on the board and felt a headache, but despite not understanding the board, she could recognize the words!

The four large characters engraved on the chessboard were identifiable to her!

"Which of you knows how to play chess?" Gu Changsheng turned and looked at her evildoers Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue, helplessly shrugging, "I must admit I’m not capable!"

Darn, Gu Changsheng knew, with her level of understanding of black and white stones, she could, at most, guarantee surviving three minutes in Gomoku. But as for this genuine chess game, she’d better forget it!

She truly wasn’t good at that!

"There’s something you don’t know how to do?" Shi Wujue raised an eyebrow at her words, looking at Gu Changsheng with great interest and a clear smile.

"I’m not a polymath!" Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes impatiently, "If either of you can play chess, hurry and solve this game. Conditions outside are changing rapidly, and we can’t afford to waste too much time here!"

By "outside," Gu Changsheng naturally referred to the Royal City. They had already delayed some time coming to the Tashi Tribe and didn’t know how far Borjigin Nian and her little ones have gotten, or if they had encountered any trouble from that damn woman Fufeng Tianlan.

"Go rest at the back, we’ll do some studying!"

Zhou Mu gently placed the bags he was carrying down on the ground and softly remarked to Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng nodded upon hearing this, then glanced at the chess bowls placed on the sides of the chessboard, one black and one white, only two stones left. Gu Changsheng, despite not understanding chess, knew clearly this was a situation of breaking the game with a single move; whether a black or white stone was placed, as long as it concluded the game, it would break the situation!

"Hey, hey, be careful. We tried it; placing a stone wrong leads to instant disappearance from here! Who knows if they’re dead or just ejected from the Star Innate Tower! Anyway, the few who tried before all vanished!" the young man walked up and kindly warned upon hearing Gu Changsheng’s group talking.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s brow involuntarily furrowed slightly, and she gazed at her evildoers, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue, with a bit of worry, speaking in a serious tone, "Don’t rush to place a stone, be cautious..."

"Rest assured." Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu nodded, looking at Gu Changsheng warmly, "You relax at the back, we’ll analyze it."

Seeing her evildoer so calm, Gu Changsheng remembered, Oh my god, her evildoer was indeed talented, skilled in both civility and martial arts, so playing a chess game naturally was within his capability. Thus, her worries dissipated immediately. She turned and moved back in Yuan Bao’s direction, still remembering to drag over the bags Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue had placed down as she left.

"Hey, hey, why are your bags increasing again? Aren’t we supposed to have less food the more we eat? Why are they increasing instead? What do you have inside?" the young man followed up immediately, as familiar as ever.

His two attendants, seeing no harm done to him by Gu Changsheng’s group, finally eased their earlier worries.

"Even meat can’t shut your mouth!" Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes and sat down beside Yuan Bao.

At this very moment, inside the Third Layer Star Innate Tower, a hundred or so people were sitting cross-legged. When they saw Gu Changsheng had not acted aggressively, their hearts, previously anxious, started to relax just a little.

The young man, hearing Gu Changsheng’s remark, felt a bit awkward, but quickly recovered, continuing to chatter beside Gu Changsheng’s ear.

In contrast, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but show a look of puzzlement on her face as she observed the tranquil Third Layer Star Innate Tower and the crowd sitting cross-legged.