Chapter 1859 - 1453: Deadlock—Let Her Try?

"Is this chess game really that difficult to solve? Even the two of you have been at a loss for so long?" Striding angrily toward the Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess, Gu Changsheng’s face was so dark it was about to drip ink.

"Difficult! Very difficult! We’ve studied it these past few days and found that, though the game seems to be filled with killing intent, with neither side yielding, it is actually a stalemate with no solution in sight, let alone deciding a winner or loser!" After three days, spending countless efforts on the chessboard, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue hadn’t even had time to rest. They looked quite unwell, and upon hearing Gu Changsheng’s question, Shi Wujue shook his head with a frown and spoke helplessly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng turned to look at his own evildoer.

Zhou Mu nodded to Gu Changsheng, an unspoken agreement with Shi Wujue’s conclusion.

"Damn it! A deadlock? That troublemaker Ta You set up a dead-end game for us to determine a win or loss? Are you sure he’s not just playing with us?" Gu Changsheng’s face grew even darker upon hearing this. He spun around and walked briskly a few steps, yanking up the Holy Envoy Child sitting by the dwindling food with an unfriendly expression. "Tell me, how do we solve this deadlock?"

The Holy Envoy Child was quite distressed. Having gnawed on dry biscuits for seven or eight days, his face was pale. When asked by Gu Changsheng, he quickly shook his head and said, "This Holy Envoy doesn’t know!"

"You dimwit, don’t play dumb with me. If you push me, I swear I’ll bring this whole thing down, and no one will be playing anymore!" Gu Changsheng’s eyes flashed with a dark, sinister light.

Her temper and patience were just like her sincerity—not very good!

"Even if you force me, it won’t help. This chess game, my family master has studied it for fifteen years and found no solution. You’ve only looked at it for three days. Even with your extraordinary skills, breaking this deadlock is impossible!" The Holy Envoy Child was on the brink of tears. Heaven knows, he desperately wanted Gu Changsheng to pass the level because he was really fed up with eating those dry biscuits!

Running wasn’t an option, so he had to stay under Gu Changsheng’s watchful eyes, seeing them enjoy the good food and drinks. The worst part was, his treatment was even worse than Qiwowen Du’s subordinates. What a miserable state!

When Gu Changsheng heard the Holy Envoy Child’s words, she was instantly furious, her phoenix eyes wide with disbelief. "Fifteen years? Are you saying that damn chess game, Ta You has studied for fifteen years and hasn’t figured out anything?"

"Yes!" The Holy Envoy Child nodded with a dark face, the fact as brutal as he said.

"Damn him! Fifteen years and he still hasn’t found a solution. Placing this chess on the Third Layer of the Star Innate Tower, what does it mean? He clearly has no intention of letting anyone pass the level, right?" Gu Changsheng clenched her fists, her knuckles cracking ominously.

The Holy Envoy Child took a deep breath, lowered his head, and dared not speak.

Gu Changsheng was right. When his master placed the chessboard here, he said this deadlock was unsolvable, and even a peerless talent would find it hard to break an unsolvable game!

The meaning was evident—his master had no intention of letting these people pass the level, much less meeting the person he had awaited for so long!

Though contradictory, this was indeed the truth!

The Holy Envoy Child was very helpless!

"Damn it, he just hopes I won’t see him, otherwise, I’ll make sure he dies miserably, his grave leveled!" With that, Gu Changsheng rushed toward the chessboard.

Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue hurriedly reached out to stop her.

"What are you planning to do?" Zhou Mu’s deep, cold-pool-like eyes were full of worry.

"What do you think I plan to do? If we waste more time, how much longer do we fall here? Fifteen years? I don’t have that much time to play with him!" Gu Changsheng looked at the arms blocking her with a frosty face, saying, "Get out of my way, let me handle this!"

Yuan Bao reacted, instinctively wrapping his arms around his wife’s waist, anxiously saying, "Wife, don’t be reckless! This isn’t a joke, didn’t you hear what they said? Making a wrong move could lead to vanishing from here, life or death unknown. Given your status, how could you take such a risk?"

Yuan Bao’s words made sense, which was also why Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue stopped Gu Changsheng.

"Indeed, we can’t risk it. Give us more time, maybe we’ll find a solution. Please don’t be anxious!" Shi Wujue nodded, reassuring with furrowed brows.

"Solution? This is a stalemate, where’s the solution? You two know your own skill levels, don’t you? This puzzle has stumped you for three days; more time won’t help! If even you can’t solve it, who else in this world can? Ta You is clearly doing this on purpose! He’s forcing me to give up!" Gu Changsheng looked at the two blocking her, then turned to Yuan Bao holding her. "Xiao Er Que, let go of me. I’ll destroy this chessboard, I want to see what Ta You is really up to. Worst case, as you said, I’ll knock down the Star Innate Tower. I refuse to believe he can hide at the top without coming out!"

"Wife, calm down! The Star Innate Tower is small, Ta You is small, but this tower is full of traps and unpredictability. If you kill this servant, this servant won’t let you take that risk!" Yuan Bao was so anxious he was about to cry, holding Gu Changsheng’s waist as he looked at Zhou Mu pleadingly, "Master, please persuade her quickly, don’t let her take that risk! Otherwise, things will really go wrong!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu, behind his half-mask, his face resembling that of a Divine Residence, displayed a myriad of expressions. Without looking at Yuan Bao, he turned to Shi Wujue, his voice dark as he spoke. "Do you still remember what you said at the beginning?"

"What?" Suddenly asked, and with such a vague question, Shi Wujue was a bit flustered.

"You said if we couldn’t solve it in three days, let her drop a piece randomly on the board, maybe a blind cat will catch a dead mouse!" Rarely, Zhou Mu spoke at length.

Hearing this, Shi Wujue’s brows furrowed tightly as he stared in disbelief at Zhou Mu, exclaiming, "What did you say? That was just a thoughtless joke. You took it seriously? Do you know what you’re saying? Around this chessboard are barriers, as they said, no regrets with your move; once you place a piece, if you can’t turn the tables and determine a victory or defeat, you’ll vanish into thin air here!"

"Are you trying to make her take the risk?"

Shi Wujue’s reproach was very severe.

Even Gu Changsheng was at a loss as he looked towards Zhou Mu.

Would his evildoer really let him risk himself?

"No, I will always be with her!" Facing Shi Wujue’s questioning, Zhou Mu’s expression remained unchanged. His hand, blocking in front of Gu Changsheng, moved to hold Gu Changsheng’s hand, a slight smile playing at the corner of his mouth, "No matter where she is, I will always be with her!"

"Uh..." Gu Changsheng was stunned upon hearing this, not knowing what to say for a moment.

One has to admit, when Shi Wujue spouted nonsense at that time, it was a last-ditch effort with no other option, a complete bluff!

However, the warmth coming from the hand was unmistakably clear. Even Gu Changsheng hadn’t expected that in such a helpless situation, his evildoer would take Shi Wujue’s joking words seriously!

This is a blind gamble!

If blind guesses could break this chess game, then would it still be a deadlock?

"Do you actually believe it?" Shi Wujue looked steadily at Zhou Mu, his expression inscrutable, his eyes contemplative.

"Of course I believe! We both know our chess skills. Three days without a solution to the situation, if it continues like this, the result would be the same, wouldn’t it?" Zhou Mu nodded at these words, his eyes filled with encouragement as he looked at Gu Changsheng.

"..." Seeing this, Shi Wujue fell silent immediately, his gaze wandering indecisively over Gu Changsheng, then, he lifted his head to look towards the top of the tower...

Scattered stars illuminated, suspended above the tower, with a misty fog all around, just like the real night sky, but not quite visible...

Should I let her go up?

This is completely a gamble!

Gambling with fate and the unknown!

This Star Innate Tower is peculiar, not even Shi Wujue can see through it, let alone have Gu Changsheng take the risk!

His intuition was outright rejection!

Yet, Zhou Mu seemed more certain than him that Gu Changsheng could break this unsolvable situation!

To gamble or not?

"Uh... have you asked my opinion?" Gu Changsheng looked at the two men in front of her, her expression awkward, "I mean, having me go and gamble, isn’t it kinda unreliable?"

She originally just thought of sweeping this chess game aside with a swipe...

She had absolutely no clue about playing chess!

The scattered black and white pieces on this board were much harder than Gomoku, even though in Gomoku, Gu Changsheng hadn’t lasted more than three minutes!

To have her make this crucial move is absolutely relying completely on guesses!

"But besides you, I’m afraid no one in this world can solve this Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess..." Just as Gu Changsheng was inwardly awkward, Shi Wujue’s voice came faintly.

"Uh..." Hearing this, Gu Changsheng was immediately stunned, and after she reacted, her expression suddenly changed, "Damn it! Don’t tell me you also agree with the evildoer that I should gamble?"

"Luck is sometimes also a kind of strength, only heavenly favor can turn the impossible into possible!" Shi Wujue looked at Gu Changsheng, his narrow eyes dark and unclear.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng suddenly held her forehead!

Heavenly favor?

Does this mean Heavenly Father really likes her?

Stop joking around!

If Heavenly Father really liked her, he wouldn’t have banished her to this godforsaken spacetime, right? If Heavenly Father really liked her, she wouldn’t be here, experiencing all kinds of misfortune!

"Damn heavenly favor, you guys might as well believe that Ta You will have a moment of conscience instead of this!" She muttered a curse, feeling utterly helpless...