Chapter 907
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Chapter 907: Strange Characters
Fang Yu looked at the chessboard on the coffee table, smiled, and said, “I’m afraid you’re no match for me.”
White Space Valley also smiled, shook his head, and said, “I’m afraid you’re being overconfident. In terms of chess skills, it’s hard to find an opponent for me in the entire North Capital.”
Fang Yu sat down directly across from White Space Valley.
The chess pieces on the board were already set up, with a cup of green tea placed beside it.
“Let’s begin, red moves first,” White Space Valley gestured and said.
Fang Yu nodded, took the pieces and made his move.
Rao Donghai, standing at the entrance of the inner courtyard, watched the two focused on chess with surprise in his eyes.
These two had clearly just met for the first time, yet they seemed as familiar as old friends.
Fang Yu looked young, but his words and demeanor showed considerable maturity.
Rao Donghai silently walked behind White Space Valley to observe the game.
Since it was the first game, the two didn’t talk much, just focusing on playing.
But after seeing the situation on the board, surprise appeared in Rao Donghai’s eyes.
White Space Valley… was actually at a disadvantage!
This was an extremely rare situation!
What White Space Valley had said earlier wasn’t an exaggeration.
In terms of chess skills, no one in the entire North Capital could match him as an opponent, he was practically invincible.
But now, White Space Valley was at a disadvantage.
Rao Donghai watched very carefully.
With each subsequent move… Fang Yu’s attacks became more fierce. Every move he made put White Space Valley in a difficult position, forcing him to constantly sacrifice pieces to maintain the game.
But the consequence of doing this was being slowly consumed until checkmate.
Rao Donghai had thought White Space Valley would have a chance to turn the tables, but the actual situation was… from the moment he fell into a disadvantage, Fang Yu never gave him any opportunity, consuming him step by step until checkmate, without revealing a single weakness.
This game took less than ten minutes, extremely quick.
White Space Valley was thoroughly defeated.
Rao Donghai looked at Fang Yu, his gaze even more shocked.
His chess accomplishments were far inferior to White Space Valley’s, but as an observer, he could still clearly see the situation.
From what he just witnessed, he could be certain White Space Valley hadn’t gone easy.
Fang Yu had actually beaten White Space Valley in chess!
“Hehe, I fell into a trap from the beginning in this game,” White Space Valley laughed and shook his head.
“I told you, when it comes to chess, you’re no match for me,” Fang Yu said.
“Let’s play another round,” White Space Valley said, unwilling to admit defeat.
Next, Fang Yu and White Space Valley played three more games.
Just like in the first game, once Fang Yu gained the upper hand, the entire game was as good as over.
White Space Valley couldn’t find any hope of winning!
After four games, White Space Valley wiped away the fine sweat that had appeared on his forehead.
To be honest, he hadn’t played very seriously in the first two games.
But after losing two consecutive games, he became very focused and serious for the next two.
But at this point, he realized… whether he was serious or not didn’t matter.
Fang Yu’s chess strategy had him completely under control.
In front of Fang Yu, his next move seemed to always be anticipated.
“Let’s stop here, if we continue, you might start questioning your existence,” Fang Yu crossed his legs, took a sip of tea, and smiled.
There was a hint of mockery in Fang Yu’s words, but White Space Valley couldn’t refute them.
He had lost the previous four games completely.
“I asked you to come because I wanted to confirm something,” White Space Valley said, no longer dwelling on the chess games.
Fang Yu turned his head to look at the stone tablet nearby.
“Are you trying to ask if the half name on this so-called Immortal Communication Tablet has anything to do with me?” Fang Yu asked.
White Space Valley was stunned for a moment, then answered, “Yes.”
“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you this question, not the other way around?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow.
“I believe you might have a chance to be listed on this Immortal Communication Tablet,” White Space Valley said.
“You need to tell me what it means to be on this tablet,” Fang Yu took another sip of tea and said calmly.
“As the name suggests, the Immortal Communication Tablet is the path to becoming an immortal,” White Space Valley stood up, hands behind his back, looking up at the stone tablet in front of him. “According to my understanding, having your name on the Immortal Communication Tablet means that person has a great chance of ascending to immortality.”
Hearing these words, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
A great chance of becoming an immortal?
On what basis did this stone tablet draw such a conclusion?
Moreover, in the current era, from Fang Yu’s perspective, no one could ascend to immortality.
The spiritual energy in the world was no longer sufficient to support the emergence of immortals.
“If this name refers to me, why is only half of the name there?” Fang Yu frowned and said, “Look at the other names up there, they’re all complete.”
“That’s also what puzzles me…” White Space Valley said, “Logically, the Immortal Communication Tablet shouldn’t have this kind of situation. Any name on the tablet should be complete.”
Listening to White Space Valley, Fang Yu suddenly noticed that below that half name, there was a long string of characters.
These characters weren’t recognizable as known text, but looking at this string of characters, Fang Yu strangely felt he could understand them.
“Da Zhao Mo Shi Huang,” Fang Yu involuntarily read out this string of characters.
“What are you saying?” White Space Valley, with his keen hearing, immediately turned his head.
He saw that Fang Yu’s gaze was fixed on the characters at the bottom of the Immortal Communication Tablet.
“You can understand these characters?” White Space Valley asked with surprise on his face.
Fang Yu frowned, completely confused.
These characters looked utterly foreign, yet he could somehow read them, and instinctively believed this was the correct reading.
What was going on?
“This character sequence is a name that recently appeared on the Immortal Communication Tablet,” White Space Valley said. “If you can understand it, why not write it down for me to see?”
“…Bring me paper and pen, I’ll try to write it out,” Fang Yu said.
“Good!” White Space Valley looked back at Rao Donghai.
A moment later, Rao Donghai brought over a pen and a piece of white paper.
Fang Yu took the pen and looked again at the string of characters on the Immortal Communication Tablet.
Then, he naturally translated them into current text.
Da, Zhao, Mo, Shi, Huang.
The five characters corresponded to these five words.
Seeing these five words, White Space Valley and Rao Donghai exchanged glances, their eyes full of confusion.
Da Zhao Mo Shi Huang?
Was this a person’s name?
It didn’t look like one at all!
Fang Yu was also looking at the five large characters he had written himself, with a puzzled expression.
He didn’t know what these five characters meant when combined.
But these five characters were written by him.
The feeling was very strange.
It was as if some force within him was driving him to recognize those five characters and write them out.
“Mr. Fang, what do these five characters mean? Is it a person’s name?” White Space Valley looked at Fang Yu and asked.
Fang Yu shook his head and said, “I don’t know either. But on these rankings of your Sky-Watching Bureau, only names should appear, not other things, right?”
“…Correct,” White Space Valley nodded.
“Then let’s treat it as a name. Da Zhao Mo Shi… this is the person’s surname, and Huang is their given name,” Fang Yu analyzed. “Although it sounds strange, this should be a name.”
“I’d like to ask one more question: since Mr. Fang can understand these characters, can you tell us what kind of text this is?” White Space Valley asked again.
Fang Yu shook his head again and said, “I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” White Space Valley was stunned.
You can translate them, yet you don’t know what kind of text they are?
But on second thought, White Space Valley believed Fang Yu was deliberately withholding information.
This was normal.
After all, he and Fang Yu had only met today.
These characters might be related to some private matters, so it was normal not to disclose everything.
“I need to copy these five characters to take back with me,” Fang Yu said, and again copied the characters from the Immortal Communication Tablet onto the white paper.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now,” Fang Yu said, stuffing the paper into his pocket.
“Alright,” White Space Valley nodded, and gestured for Rao Donghai to see the guest out.
Just letting Fang Yu leave like this?
It seemed like they hadn’t gotten any information out of him.
Rao Donghai was stunned for a moment, but still turned to escort Fang Yu out.
Five minutes later, Rao Donghai returned to the inner courtyard and saw White Space Valley taking another piece of white paper, writing down the five characters: Da Zhao Mo Shi Huang.
