Then Huozui explained the situation to Tienuo. Said that Chen Xing found three puzzle pieces and planned to cooperate with them.
"Great!" Tie Nuo beamed with joy, "This way we have four pieces, and we have a big advantage in numbers." He held Chen Xing's hand again, "Captain Chen, thank you!"
Being thanked by the leader of the previous life and being called leader, although it felt a little weird, it was also very comfortable. Only then did Chen Xing truly feel that he was no longer the squad leader, but someone who could be on an equal footing with the boss back then.
This is not because he is a villain, but in his mind, Tie Nuo's back has always been tall. It is an indescribable pride to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with someone I respect.
Seeing Chen Xing stunned, Tie Nuo thought he hadn't explained the situation clearly, so he waved back and asked Shen Guangming to come over and explain to Chen Xing.
"Captain Chen, this is what happened..."
Shen Guangming nodded slightly to Chen Xing and explained the current situation. The leaders of the four battle groups have already discussed that whichever side finds more keys will be able to send more people to explore. The basic number of people sent by each war group is five, and each additional key will provide two more places. At present, each of the four battle groups has found one piece. With these three pieces, there is only one piece left.
"Isn't it twelve yuan?" Ah Qiaomu was listening and couldn't help but interjected.
"We haven't seen the inner circle puzzle yet, so I infer that only eight pieces from the outer circle are needed to open the door." Shen Guangming said. His attitude is modest and polite, and his narrative is unhurried and clear, making it easy to convince people.
Later, Chen Xing proposed to go to the scene to have a look, and Shen Guangming readily agreed and took him to the tower.
After a while, surrounded by Huo Zui and others, the two arrived at the gate of the tower.
It was a towering double wooden door. The top was like the tip of a double-edged sword. It was seven or eight meters high, but it was very narrow and could only accommodate three people passing through it side by side. Shen Guangming gave it a very vivid name - Jianmen.
The door body is fixed with "well"-shaped iron bars, with large rivets nailed on them. In the middle of the word "well" is an iron groove, in which twelve puzzle pieces can be embedded.
As soon as everyone approached, the sword gate burst into golden light, seeming to activate some kind of defensive power. Looking from left to right, the outer wall of the tower is covered with a layer of pale gold, like flowing gold, with a blur of colors.
Chen Xing took out three puzzle pieces and compared the grooves, and found that they could indeed be put in.
"Grand Maester, have you discovered anything new?"
Just as he was about to leave, a strange voice suddenly came from behind him. Looking out of the corner of his eye, Yang Ku from the Skeleton Group was leading people up the stairs, with crooked eyebrows and squinting eyes, looking carefree.
Chen Xing calmly moved a step forward and gave way to the stage. Yang Ku's two small eyes stared at Shen Guangming, and the target was obviously not him.
Just like on earth, the bottom here also likes to use titles such as "college student" and "graduate student" to tease scholars. The specific format is "academic qualifications plus ridicule." For example, Chen Xing likes to say to Ye Yang Bailiu, "Aren't you a graduate student? Why can't you tell the difference between good and bad?" "Grand scholar, what are you studying, please show me? "
For another example, before Chen Xing traveled through time, he had a graduate student friend named "Digo". Di Ge's wife is very fierce, and Di Ge is a bit of a literary man. He doesn't want to be oppressed and takes his time doing housework. Di Ge’s wife often scolds him, “Aren’t you a graduate student? Why can’t you even cook?” “Aren’t you a graduate student? Why can’t you even mop the floor well?”
Sometimes, Di Ge would complain to him, "I am studying the food industry, and it has nothing to do with cooking!" "I am not studying economics, so being able to mop the floor is pretty good!"
Chen Xing wanted to laugh when he thought about Di Ge, but it was definitely inappropriate to laugh now, so he held back.
Shen Guangming put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Shen just came here to take a look. If anything new is discovered, he will inform your team leader as soon as possible."
Shen Guangming's answer was polite and courteous, but his voice was full of indifference. Yang Ku smiled and left.
When he went back, Chen Xing started chatting without anything to say, "Have you been to the White Tower?"
In this world, "Grand Bachelor" generally refers to White Tower scholars, and the place of training is the White Tower Academy in the Ivory City in the central wilderness.
"I've been around for a few years." Shen Guangming said casually.
"Awesome." Chen Xing praised. White Tower College's philosophy, history, physics, and chemistry are among the best in the world. Every student it trains is a top talent and is deeply welcomed by the ruling class and group companies everywhere. The powerful and powerful like to recruit White Tower scholars as their staff and are proud of them. It's just that the White Tower scholars are obsessed with academics and rarely go out for walks.
"What's so great about it? I was expelled before graduation." Shen Guangming laughed at himself, but his smile was bright and there was no negative emotion at all.
Chen Xing originally wanted to ask Shen Guangming why he was exiled here, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Because only the team leader will ask about this kind of personal privacy. Shen Guangming is a smart person, and asking too many questions can easily arouse vigilance.
Due to the existence of Shen Guangming, the familiar thunder and light group was covered with a mysterious veil, making it difficult for him to see through and understand.
Unexpectedly, Tienuo, who was born in the lower class, was reduced to such a desperate situation, but he could still get the support of White Tower scholars. It is really sad.
After returning to the camp, Tie Nuo invited Chen Xing and A Qiaomu to have dinner. Chen Xing was disrespectful and had a marching meal together. During the dinner, Tienuo didn't mention a word about Aqiaomu's attempt to lure demon spirits into the camp. This is why Tienuo can be the boss and Huozui can only be the second child.
Huo Zui has a bold personality, is loyal, and has a clear sense of love and hate, but he cannot turn around and is prone to picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons. Sometimes, for the sake of the overall situation, you have to know how to make choices. A true team leader leads the team to obtain maximum benefits while maintaining team spirit.
But then again, although Chen Xing respects Tie Nuo, he doesn't want to be like Tie Nuo. Because people like that are too tired...
After dinner, Tie Nuo arranged a larger tent for Chen Xing and A Qiaomu to rest, and sent an orderly to serve them. This orderly is the young man who asked Huozui for a raise before. He is a bit shy and a bit out of touch.
According to the agreement, the leaders of the four groups will hold a regular meeting every twelve hours. The next regular meeting will be in eight hours, and Chen Xing will also attend.
Since A Qiaomu had just woken up and Chen Xing was not sleepy, they started chatting. Aqiaomu is introverted and doesn't like to talk much, so Chen Xing's main chat partner is the orderly.
"Where are you from?"
"From Ambergris Red Dragon Principality." The orderly wrung his hands together, looking a little nervous.
"Oh, I'm still a fellow countryman. I'm also from the Red Dragon Principality, over there in Longshi Town." Chen Xing said.
"I'm from Dashanling, Muxi Town, have you heard of it?" The orderly's eyes lit up and he asked with a bit of excitement.
"I've been there before, 'There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches, and the heart is so happy for you, but you don't know it.' Your mayor is a wandering poet originally from the Eastern Continent. Because he wrote good poems, he was appreciated by the prince and queen, and was promoted to the town mayor. Long." Chen Xing told the origin of the name of Muxi Town and the past of the mayor based on the memory of his previous life.
"Oh, what a fellow countryman!" The orderly stamped his feet vigorously, looking extremely excited, "Brother, have you been to Tao Mu Lin?"
"It's just two peach trees, I dare say it's a forest." Chen Xing said disdainfully. The mayor of Muxi Town had a very strong literati mentality. He planted two peach trees in the back garden of the mayor's house and said to the people below, "Two trees form a forest. From now on, this place will be called Peach Wood Forest."
Since ancient times, literati and warriors have looked down on each other, so interesting stories about Muxi Town have always been a pastime for the mercenaries. Every time I mention it, a bunch of soldiers will laugh so hard that they fall forward and backward.
"That's what a rotten scholar is like. Sometimes he even goes to the fountain to play the piano, saying that he wants to improve everyone's cultural literacy. But everyone doesn't understand, so it's better to give him some cabbage and be more honest." The orderly said cheerfully.
"How are you? Are everyone at home okay?" "Everyone is okay. You can eat and sleep." "Have you asked for a wife?" "Not yet, but you have a girlfriend. Her name is Xiaoying, who is younger than me. One year old..."
"Class beauty, it's okay!" Chen Xing looked surprised, and A Qiaomu next to him rolled his eyes unnoticeably.
"I still have her photo with me." Speaking of his girlfriend, the orderly's eyes became extremely proud. He hurriedly took out the necklace and opened the round pendant to show Chen Xing.
The girl in the photo is small and delicate, with a sweet smile on her face, and she looks seventy-eight years old. Just looking at her face, although she is not as good as Su Xuefei, she still has some advantages over A Qiaomu next to her. This innocent and cute type is especially lethal to young boys who are just starting to fall in love, because boys at this stage are still ignorant and have not realized the importance of charm and figure, thinking that women are just for looking at.
But if it were placed here with Chen Xing, he would probably not even bother to look at this little girl.
"Well, she looks good, very beautiful." Chen Xing said.
"Xiaoying is the most beautiful in our class. Even the boys in the next class come to chase her, but she only likes me..." the orderly said proudly.
After a while, Chen Xing narrowed the relationship between him and the orderly, and then began to inquire about Shen Guangming's affairs.
"I haven't joined for a long time, and I don't know anything about it before, but I heard from the boss of Huozui that Staff Shen and Captain Tienuo came here together. They should have known each other for a long time." The orderly said.
"I heard that Staff Shen is a bachelor, how could he end up here?" Chen Xing asked again. The status of White City Scholars is very high, second only to Fast Healers. Even if they commit a felony, they are rarely exiled. Most are kept in prisons for easy exploitation.
"I don't know..." the orderly shook his head, "Staff Shen rarely comes into contact with us. He spends most of his time in the base camp. I heard that he is not in good health."
"That's it..." Chen Xing pondered, then changed the topic and got back on track about the other party's girlfriend. After chatting for a while, Chen Xing sent the orderly away.
After the orderly left, Aqiaomu stood up and put his arm on Chen Xing's shoulder, saying, "Why do I feel that you are also a little curious?"
"This Shen Guangming is not simple. If we want to gain benefits from the next action, we need to know more about it..." Chen Xing lowered his voice and said meaningfully, "Our potential opponents."
"Uh-huh~" Aqiaomu made a frivolous nasal sound, "No wonder the old sand people always say that the foxes dislike the most."
