Void Jigsaw Puzzle

After returning to the City God Temple, Zhong Chenmu shared with everyone what he had agreed with Huo Yue.

Reyue was very happy: "Great! It's started off pretty smoothly. Usually, Huoyue doesn't talk much in front of us, but when she does, she's a bit shocking. I was worried that something might happen to her."

Zhong Chenmu thought for a moment: "Something unexpected happened..."

Then he mysteriously called Old Man Liu and Guo Ling outside the main hall and told them the conditions offered by Huo Yue.

In the cold wind, they all looked a little disheveled.

Old Man Liu was very dissatisfied: "She is judging people by appearance and discriminating against the elderly! Why do you say I can't do it? How can I know if I don't try?"

Guo Ling spread his hands helplessly: "Then I hope she can find a husband as soon as she leaves Wuming City... Or, I hope I can find a wife as soon as possible."

Old man Liu glared at him and said, "People like you, and you're putting on airs."

"Old Liu, lust is like a knife hanging over your head, do you understand? Besides, my wife is already good enough. We can't just look at the quantity, we have to look at the quality."

"Why is Huoyue's quality not good? His figure among the Twelve Apostles is second only to Puyue!"

"I think... you need to find a partner."

"..."

Zhong Chenmu didn't expect that these two people, whose combined age was over a hundred years old, were still bickering like children, but the topics they were discussing were not suitable for children.

He shook his head, leaving the two of them aside, and walked around and looked around in the open space around the City God Temple.

Since it is winter, the temperature outside is almost below freezing point. When there is a slight breeze, I feel like my clothes are a little white.

As more than a thousand members of all the puzzle teams came to this area to camp, it was obvious that the halls of the City God Temple alone could not accommodate so many people.

He and Reyue and a few others had thought about setting up a tent outside, but considering the weather, they gave up.

Otherwise, who will sleep in the tent?

Any difference is enough to cause conflict, and it is not easy to treat everyone equally.

Therefore, they urgently carried out simple repairs on the Guandi Temple halfway up the mountain in Ma'anshan.

The last time he and Guo Ling passed by, it was late at night. Their purpose was to trace the source of a river, so they did not go in. But this time they went in to explore and found that there was a different world inside. Behind the main building complex, there were several caves with very hidden entrances.

Therefore, many people were settled there, and there are very few vacant places left. If they squeeze together, it may be possible to accommodate a few dozen more people, but it is definitely impossible to accommodate thousands of people.

"But if the Moon-Hardeners also come here, where will they be placed?"

Zhong Chenmu thought about it and came up with an idea. He turned around and walked back to the main hall. He found Reyue, called her aside, and asked softly, "How much do you know about Huoyue?"

Retsu thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, not much. We don't communicate much... Of course, she doesn't interact much with other people either."

Zhong Chenmu said, "Let me ask this another way. Has she ever stabbed you in the back?"

Reyue was stunned, rolled her eyes, and then replied: "It seems not."

"That's fine, let's take a gamble. I've decided that when she comes to surrender later, we won't ask her team to move to our place. She can just stay in Linjiang Tower."

"Ah?" Retsu immediately understood the mystery: "Is it because there is not enough space indoors?"

"Yes. I'm worried that forcing the two teams to share the same base will lead to conflict."

"Well, I understand. Just make your decision. Don't forget, you're already the captain."

Zhong Chenmu responded to Reyue with a firm look.

That night, Huo Yue brought several of her team members to the City God Temple and brought the surrender letter promised to Zhong Chenmu.

The moment he took the letter of surrender, Zhong Chenmu immediately passed this information to Hydrogen Nian.

At the same time, his heartbeat quickened.

After all, this was the first time that everyone surrendered after the "Reunification" plan or the game was officially launched, and it was done through persuasion. He was not sure whether Hydrogen Thought would agree.

After waiting for a full five minutes, he got Hydron's approval.

"Great!"

Zhong Chenmu shouted in his heart.

I don’t know how much possible casualties can be reduced in this way.

It was also at this moment that he saw that the color of the halo on Huoyue's head changed from the previous dark purple to Klein blue.

Jigsaw Squad's colors.

The same changes occurred in the other people brought by Huoyue.

Although he couldn't see it, Zhong Chenmu also believed that the entire Huoyue team far away in Linjiang Tower had been "recruited" by the Jigsaw Team.

So they began to discuss the follow-up matters.

After agreeing to keep the base unchanged, Huoyue began to look a little uneasy and said, "How about we stop here today? I feel like we've covered everything we need to. If there are any follow-up questions, we can always communicate. Guoyue doesn't need my people to be dispatched anymore."

It seemed that she had some social anxiety because she was suddenly facing so many people, many of whom were unfamiliar faces.

Zhong Chenmu did not try to keep her, but instead walked her to the door.

"Don't forget my conditions..."

At this time, Huoyue's expression and language seemed to be freed from constraints and became richer.

In the night, her eyes are very charming.

Zhong Chenmu's heart was pounding when he saw this.

After seeing Huo Yue off, Zhong Chenmu put his almost frozen hands in front of his mouth and blew on them. He was about to go back to the house to warm up and rest, but he caught a glimpse of two figures in the woods, one in front and one behind, walking towards the main road.

He didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then he noticed that one of the figures was a little short, as if he was still a child.

And in his team, there was only one child.

Zhu Tong.

Zhong Chenmu didn't care about the cold and followed quickly.

He was sure that the short man was Zhu Tong, but he was not sure who the tall figure behind Zhu Tong was.

However, both of them seemed to have an indigo halo shining above their heads.

So he was not worried about the appearance of enemies.

However, as he walked, he found that the two people did not seem to be heading towards the main road.

Before they walked onto the main road, Zhu Tong turned onto a small road parallel to the main road.

Zhong Chenmu knew the path. It would circle around the City God Temple and lead to the bank of a big river.

However, the river section here is already in the upper reaches, especially where the water just pours down from Ma'anshan like a waterfall, and the flow is extremely turbulent.

"What is Zhu Tong doing there?"

Zhong Chenmu quickened his pace.

Soon, he was getting closer and closer to the two figures. With the dim light of the street lamps on the road not far away and the stars in the sky, he could see clearly that the child in front was indeed Zhu Tong, and the one following her was none other than Fan Ting.

With Fan Ting around, Zhong Chenmu naturally felt relieved. However, he was still curious about what the two of them were doing by running to the river so late at night.

While I was thinking, I heard Fan Ting's cry in front of me: "Little boy, don't go! The river is dangerous! Don't you trust me? Didn't I just tell you that I will help you find the murderer who killed your parents..."

Zhong Chenmu's heart tightened.

Sure enough, Zhu Tong's childish voice pierced through the gurgling sound of the water and echoed through the night sky: "I don't care, I don't care. Last time you said my parents' bodies were washed upstream, isn't that right here? If we can't find their bodies, how can we catch the murderer?"

Zhong Chenmu felt sad.

Even at such a young age, she had to endure such pain. Yet, she was still very clear-headed and knew that the corpse could speak and could provide clues to the murderer.

"But, little boy, the murderer is the Silicon Clan. We still don't know what kind of civilization they are or how they act."

However, he believed that Fan Ting at this moment should be thinking the same as he was thinking: they must not be spared!