The autumn wind blows gently,
Golden maple leaves fell from the branches in the courtyard, lightly dotted on the chessboard on the stone table.
An Qingyu held a black chess piece in his hand and frowned as he looked at the black and white pieces interlaced on the board. Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, as if he was thinking hard about something.
Jiang Er floated on the other side of the stone table. Looking at An Qingyu's appearance, he spoke with heartache:
"Qingyu...why don't you take a break?"
"It's okay." An Qingyu shook his head. The grape hesitated in the air for half a minute before slowly landing it somewhere on the chessboard.
Jiang Er sighed, and a white piece automatically floated out of the chessboard and landed next to the black piece.
An Qingyu fell into deep thought again.
At this moment, the gate of the yard was pushed open. Lin Qiye and Li Yifei walked into the yard and were stunned when they saw An Qingyu playing chess with Jiang Er under a tree.
Lin Qiye frowned immediately, and he walked forward quickly, "You haven't rested for a few days... Why did you start again?"
"It's just playing chess, it doesn't really put that much pressure on my brain." An Qingyu forced a smile, "You know what, Qiye, I've discovered a pattern..."
"What's the rule?"
"It's not that I can't use the Forbidden Ruins, but after using it, my brain can't calculate the strong load brought by the Forbidden Ruins... If I want to completely cure it, I can't think of it in one step, but I have to start from the basic calculation logic and train it little by little."
An Qingyu pointed to the chessboard in front of him and said, "I have been trying to rehabilitate my brain these past few days. Go is the best method I can think of. Its lower and upper limits are very high. I can start to adapt little by little from the most basic games. Sooner or later, I will be fully recovered.
An hour ago, I could only play 25 moves with Jiang Er, but now I can play 38 moves with her... I can feel that the trauma of my soul is gradually adapting to the load of mental calculations. "
Hearing this, Lin Qiye looked at the chessboard in front of him in surprise, "Really?"
"It's true." Jiang Er nodded slightly, "Although this process... is very painful."
Lin Qiye had always believed that An Qingyu's sequelae were irreversible, and neither Tianzun nor Dr. Li could do anything about it... But why did An Qingyu say now that he could feel his soul trauma gradually healing
If that's the case, then if we give him time, he can recover to his heyday and use [The Only Correct Answer] again!
"No matter what, protecting your body is the most important thing. If you are tired, just have a good rest." Lin Qiye reminded solemnly.
"By the way, you haven't taken today's medicine yet... I'll go make it for you first." Jiang Er seemed to remember something, and hurriedly floated up from his seat, passed through the wall and entered the house.
"Qiye, stay with me for a while."
"… All right."
Helplessly, Lin Qiye could only sit down in Jiang Er's original position, holding the white chess pieces, and continue playing against An Qingyu.
It can be seen that Jiang Er used the most basic level of Go when playing against An Qingyu. For Jiang Er, who is connected to the entire human Internet, she can improve her Go skills to the level of the world's top artificial intelligence at any time, but in order to take An Qingyu's situation into consideration, she is now only using the level of an elementary school student.
Lin Qiye also tried his best to imitate Jiang Er's chess moves and made his moves slowly.
"Qingyu."
"Um?"
"Jiang Er has had a really hard time during this period." Lin Qiye looked up at him, "What are your plans?"
"… Intend?"
"It will be hard to end it if you don't get married."
An Qingyu's hand holding the chess piece stopped in mid-air, a faint blush appeared on his pale cheeks, and he said helplessly, "Not everyone in this world is you, Lin Qiye... You and Jia Lan haven't even officially confirmed your relationship, and you're talking about getting married... I'm not that thick-skinned.
I haven't completed what I promised her, and now I'm in this state... With an uncertain future and no power to do anything, how can I have the nerve to propose to her?"
"Isn't it better to be more direct when it comes to emotional matters?" Lin Qiye asked back, "You, you just think too much. You have to think twice before doing anything, plan the overall situation, and not leave any room for error... This is indeed powerful on the battlefield, but if you are like this in your emotions, you are just indecisive!"
An Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I never thought that there would be a day when you would teach me about love..."
"I'm telling the truth." Lin Qiye put down a chess piece and said seriously, "We can all see Jiang Er's feelings for you. There are really few girls as good as her... We are a special team, not ordinary people who are carefree. If you want to wait until everything is settled before making more plans, how long do you have to wait
You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident."
An Qingyu looked at the chessboard in front of him and fell silent.
"You are very focused in your work, which is a good thing, but don't always put all your attention on one place... Look more at the people around you." Lin Qiye put down a chess piece and said earnestly.
"The medicine is here!"
Jiang Er, wearing a white dress, quickly floated out of the house. A ceramic bowl was suspended in her palm. The soup spoon automatically stirred the medicinal soup inside and handed it to An Qingyu.
An Qingyu took the medicine soup and took a sip. It was not as hot as he had imagined, but rather a very comfortable warmth. It must have been left to cool for a while.
"It shouldn't be hot anymore, right?" Jiang Er blinked.
An Qingyu looked at her quietly for a long time before smiling slightly, "Well, it's not hot anymore."
Lin Qiye looked at the two people in front of him, consciously moved away from his seat, and walked into the house.
Just then, his cell phone suddenly rang.
"Hello?"
"I'm Chen Han." Chen Han's voice was a little serious on the other end of the phone. "Qi Ye, you'd better come over... The report from headquarters about the monster that day has come out."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly, "Okay, I'll be there right away."
…
Shangjing City, the base of Team 006.
"Take a look at this." Chen Han stood behind the desk, took out a stack of papers from the drawer and handed it to Lin Qiye.
This was a stack of photocopies of some ancient books. Apart from some crooked words, there were also some meaningless line patterns on it. Lin Qiye flipped through several of them, and a look of doubt appeared in his eyes.
"What is this?"
"The original copy of this rubbing comes from the Shangxie Society's confidential archives. It is an ancient scroll they found in a Cthulhu ruins many years ago. The headquarters didn't find any clues about the monster, so they sent people to contact the Shangxie Society, and that's how they found this thing."
"Shangxiehui?"
Lin Qiye suddenly recalled the fourth floor of the archive collection hall in Utopia that he had visited with Ji Nian... All items related to the Ke system were stored there. If nothing unexpected happened, the originals were in those glass exhibition stands.
When Lin Qiye turned to the last page, he saw a strange-looking insect carved in the center of the rubbing. Upon closer inspection, it was about 60% similar to the pink tumor worm they saw that day.
"According to the analysis of the Shangxie Society scholars, the monster we encountered that day was called 'Migo'."