In autumn, the night was slightly cold. Shen Buqi sat dumbly by the river with a fishing rod in his hand. He looked at the waning moon on the lake with a lonely expression.
On the mobile phone screen beside him, he sent countless messages to his girlfriend, but there was no reply from the other side.
He had just graduated from college and worked as an intern in a company. He was poor and had a beautiful girlfriend like Ye Junqian. However, when they were about to talk about marriage, Ye Junqian's mother insisted on buying a car and a house. Otherwise, it would be wishful thinking.
For Ye Junqian's family, it was normal to buy a car and a house. But for Shen Buzhi, it was a huge stone that was pressed in his heart. No matter what he said, the Lin family still refused to let him go. So recently, Ye Junqian had become indifferent to him.
Just as he was depressed, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly moved and dragged violently.
Did he take the bait?
Originally, he just wanted to come out to fish and relax, but he did not expect to be caught by him. Judging by the movement, the fish was estimated to be not small. Shen Buzhi suddenly became excited, grabbed the fishing rod, and suddenly pulled it up. He saw a black shadow passing by. Shen Buji subconsciously dodged sideways and the thing fell behind him.
"Not fish?"
Shen Buzhi was stunned and quickly walked over. He found that what he caught was a dark wooden box with exquisite and complicated patterns carved on it. He didn't know how many years it had been soaked in the river, but strangely, it was not damaged at all. It looked new and exuded an ancient and unsophisticated aura.
He frowned slightly, squatted down and untied the hook from the iron ring beside the wooden box. Then he used all his strength to open the wooden box. Holding it in his hand, he looked at it carefully, only to find that it was a complete chessboard inside.
It was criss-cross and full of stars. Each chess piece was painted with a strange pattern, but there was only one chess piece in the board. It was crystal clear and as smooth as jade. It was placed at the beginning of the game, and in the night, it was like a full moon.
"What's this..."
Shen Buzhi had never seen a chessboard that was so delicate but only a chess piece. After a moment of silence, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and wanted to take out the jade-like chess piece. However, when his finger touched the chess piece, he suddenly felt a shock, and then a strong suction force spread from his fingertips to the whole body. As if his whole body was out of control, he madly leaned forward as if he was about to be pulled into the chess piece.
Just when he was in a panic, the suction suddenly disappeared. He sat weakly on the ground with cold sweat all over his head. He didn't know what had happened.
But when he looked at the chessboard again, he was stunned, because the originally jade-like chess piece had turned into a scaled-down human head.
And the weirdest thing was that the face of that person turned out to be himself...
"What... what's going on?"
Stunned, Shen Buqi tentatively reached out his hand again. As soon as he touched the scaled-down version of himself, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
It was illusory and he didn't know men or women, but he clearly heard it.
"People who have a new challenge are welcome to enter the Xingluo chessboard. Because of the identity bind, the system system will start the game for you. The rules of the game are as follows..."
"The daily good deeds will accumulate into your merit points. Only when you have the merit points can you continue to move forward. Every step you take, you will get the corresponding reward. According to the system's test, your current merit points are, 20... wish you a pleasant game."
Hearing this, Shen Buqi was dumbfounded.
"Xingluo chessboard? Game? What is it?"
But the voice was always lingering in his mind, so he had to believe it. After taking a deep breath, he moved the chess piece, which looked like his head, to the first gear with a trembling sound, and the illusory voice rang again without any emotion.
"The chess piece has no regrets. The current progress: First, the consumption of merits points; five; the remaining merits points; fifteen."
As soon as he finished speaking, a white light suddenly appeared at the first stop in the chessboard. When the light dissipated, a small brocade bag appeared in the box.
Shen Buqi opened it and found that there were only three strange seeds and a piece of paper full of words in it.
The words written on the paper were neither Chinese nor English. Shen Buzhi even thought that these words did not belong to the human world at all, but the strange thing was that he could recognize them and read them without any difficulty.
"Award things, immortal ginseng and small seed, instructions... Just put the seed into the soil, water will grow, roots will sprout, and it will take half a month to take shape. Its function will be... to prolong life!"
Shen Buqi's face was full of shock, and his hand holding the instruction manual was trembling.
Could it be... they were all true?!
At this moment, the instruction showed out a brilliant light, which then gradually broke up and turned into dots of light, disappearing.
If it weren't for the brocade pouch containing the three seeds in his hand, Shen Buzhi would have thought that he was in a dream.
Thinking of this, he suddenly turned his head and looked around. When he found that it was dark and there was no one else, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly got up and put both the chessboard and the pouch into his backpack. After packing up the fishing rod, he walked back and forth in a hurry.
When he returned to the shabby rental room, it was already 12 o'clock. He locked the door, pulled the curtains, and then took out the silk bag in his backpack.
Looking at the three seeds in his hand, he felt as if he was in a dream. After a long pause, he suddenly got up, found a basin, and poured the soil in the potted plant on the windowsill into it. He took out two immortal ginseng seeds, carefully buried them in the soil, and then sprinkled some water on them.
After doing everything, he collapsed on the bed tiredly.
If it was really an immortal ginseng, it would be priceless after being cultivated... When the time came, she would have money to buy a house and a car, and then she would be able to marry Jun Qian...
In such a beautiful fantasy, he fell asleep.
The next morning, in the ringing of his mobile phone, he opened his eyes in a daze. After a moment of confusion, he suddenly got up and looked at theingshang chessboard in his backpack. He suddenly sighed with relief.
Fortunately, it was not a dream...
When he walked to the balcony, he looked at the basin and was full of energy, because there were some green buds growing in the soil.
"It's in half a month... That's great!"
He stared at the young bud with a smile on his face, and his heart was full of uncontrollable excitement.
Now, she could meet the requirements of her mother-in-law...
When he thought of his mother-in-law's flattering face that had become rich, he felt happy in his heart!
Just as he was daydreaming, he suddenly came to his senses. Looking at the time, he found that it was 7:30 a.m. It was almost eight o'clock before he went to work.
"I've suffered..."
His face changed and quickly washed up. He hurried out of the door. Before he could wait for the bus, he gritted his teeth and called an online car-hailing with his mobile phone.
Before long, a silver-white Camilla stopped in front of him.
He glanced at the license plate and found that it was correct. Then he hurried over, but when he got close to it, he subconsciously looked at the driver's seat. Shen Buqi was stunned.
Because the driver in the driver's seat was actually a woman, and she was so beautiful. Her delicate face was as beautiful as a piece of jade, bright and moving. Without heavy makeup, she could attract people's attention. She had a simple and neat ponytail. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed and her expression was indifferent, but she unconsciously attracted people's attention.
Shen Buzhi swore that he had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life. Not to mention his girlfriend Ye Junqian, even the first-line female stars on TV would be gloomy in front of this cold woman.
"Why are you in a daze? Hurry up and get in the car!"
At this time, a crisp and delicate voice was heard. Shen Buqi suddenly came to his senses and found that there was a beautiful woman sitting in the passenger seat. Her body was hot, and she was staring at Shen Buzhi with her blackened eyebrows slightly frowned.
Shen Buqi quietly swallowed and quickly took out his mobile phone to take a look. He found that he was online hailing a car online. According to the data of the driver, it was a female driver in her forties. The photo was totally different from the photo of the two people in front of him.
He said nervously, "Did I drive in the wrong car, or did you... drive in the wrong car?"
