I hadn't expected to see Gongshu Ce here.
At that moment, he was already a prisoner.
Zeng Dajiang had captured him, and Zeng Dajiang also knew that Gongshu Ce and I were enemies.
Xu Qiuyan stood before me with a smile on her face, seemingly asking whether I was surprised—whether this was a pleasant surprise.
Gongshu Ce was looking at me too. His expression was unexpectedly calm, neither sorrowful nor pleased. Only his gaze toward me was somewhat complicated, mixed with a trace of something I couldn't describe.
"Can I speak with him alone?" I asked.
She nodded. "Of course." With that, she gave the Adventurer guarding the place a look. The man left with her and closed the door behind them.
I walked up to Gongshu Ce. He posed no threat to me now. Several iron chains bound him, leaving his hands and feet almost completely immobile.
"Never thought we'd meet here like this, did you?" I said with a smile.
He actually smiled as well. "Do you think you're the winner?"
I shook my head, but he said, "Yet you're speaking to me with the manner and tone of a winner."
I sighed. "Fine. If that's what you think, then so be it."
His smile widened. "Have you ever considered that you might only be a chess piece too?"
His words didn't upset me. I had indeed felt that way myself.
Especially after coming to the Void Realm, everything had become even more beyond my control. Even now, I still hadn't figured out what exactly was going on.
"You almost destroyed the underground city," I said.
He replied calmly, "Our goal was to destroy the underground city. You should know that I'm not the real Gongshu Ce. We infiltrated the underground city and caused all this precisely to