Three Towers Game

Chapter 306 The Great Tonic Barrier
The number of little boys is still increasing, and the red houses and black houses throughout the city, as well as many elite and ordinary species, are constantly being replaced.

All these changes have completely replaced the power structure of the entire city with that of Libra.

Although Wen Xishu was not outside, the power of the three phases allowed him to keep an eye on the Slaughter Tower panel and sense a great many auras.

At this moment, Wen Xishu knew that the creatures outside were constantly changing and being "reshuffled".

Through this, he had already understood that this might be Libra's "initial experiment".

"The little boy possesses a strange power; upon his death, two new ones will split off..."

"The scales of life and death, which are absolutely unbiased, will create new life because of death, and when two new lives are born, death will come again."

"But the little boy's death will bring about a new division. The unequal relationship between life and death cannot be realized in the little boy's case..."

"And so the rules will dictate the city."

"The life and death of all living beings in the city are forced to be connected with the little boy."

"In this way, his division can drive out the old forces and create new ones."

"If I'm not mistaken, these new forces are the result of Libra's chaotic power."

"They are loyal to Libra."

"This city is a testing ground. Once Libra's methods mature, he can use them in the Three Towers War to create a large number of monsters by making large-scale use of the 'untilted balance' characteristic."

Wen Xishu felt more and more that this challenge was extremely dangerous.

Yes, he was facing the inferior demon king that Scorpio had described.

The inferior demon king isn't particularly strong; in terms of attack, defense, and speed alone, Wen Xishu could easily handle it. But without a doubt, this inferior demon king is already conceptually approaching the true Libra.

Currently, if we don't find the source of the power that supports the infinite division, we won't be able to defeat the enemy, and we'll likely be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

……

……

The maze has arrived.

Wen Xishu took out a compass. He didn't need the compass to guide him out of the maze.

Because Enzo was fully aware of the maze he had drawn.

Moreover, the maze only deters those who want to play it. The little boy, however, chose to break through the maze.

Although the maze is complex in structure, it cannot withstand destruction.

Wen Xishu intends to use a compass to find the root cause.

"This thing... can it always give you the answer?" Enzo noticed that Wen Xishu always seemed to be able to find the correct route very easily with the compass.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes."

Enzo exclaimed:

"You didn't create this, did you?"

Wen Xishu nodded again:
“From a friend.”

Enzo pondered for a moment:
“Your friend is no ordinary person; he probably knows all the answers. If such a thing truly exists… no, it does exist, then as its creator, he must be able to use it to know all the treasures in the world.”

Wen Xishu was suddenly enlightened by those words.

Ding Dong is dead...

Ding Dong, who was searching for the five stars, was killed by Scorpio. The Ding Dong I encountered was a resurrected, new version of Ding Dong.

The clues I received also came from the new Ding Dong.

But in fact, Ding Dong, who was killed by Scorpio, may have possessed a lot of important information.

For example... Mr. Jin's secrets, and the origin of the Heart of Fusion.

Next time I encounter a Scorpio, I'll have to ask them directly.

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"Now is not the time to think about these things. Let's go. Follow the compass."

The little boy, capable of infinite splitting, began to forcefully break through the maze. Wen Xishu and Enzo would occasionally see a group of split entities charging menacingly towards him.

This was a good opportunity to improve his proficiency, but Wen Xishu still couldn't completely ignore the others.

He had to make a quick decision.

His ultimate kick has almost evolved into an infinite barrage of kicks; the powerful ultimate kick can now hit many split entities simultaneously.

After these split entities were kicked to death, they split into even more, showing no signs of weakening.

He seems to have unlimited stamina.

Dividing leads to death and new life.

The maze quickly gave way. Split entities began to emerge from all directions.

After Wen Xishu kicks away a group of split entities, several more groups of split entities will immediately appear.

He suddenly understood what it meant to be so many ants that they could kill an elephant.

Enzo looked astonished; he couldn't imagine how he would overcome this hurdle.

He kept drawing powerful beings in his mind to resist these split entities, but he still couldn't stop the huge waves built by the split entities.

They are about to be swallowed up by this wave.

The boy's many rows of teeth and tongue must have been in great pain once they bit into his flesh.

However, the more critical the moment, the calmer Wen Xishu became.

He was even a little excited:
Did you notice?

Enzo said loudly:

"Notice anything?"

Wen Xishu said:
"His eyes, his eyes have many eyeballs, and they were already quite dense at first, but now they've become even denser!"

“I’ve actually been paying attention to it. The more divisions there are, the more eyeballs there are. Now they’re so fine that they look like the eyes of a dragonfly or a fly.”

Enzo was puzzled:

"What does this mean?"

Enzo's defensive line was breached instantly. If it weren't for Wen Xishu's ultimate kick occasionally followed by a spinning kick, he would have been bitten to death by countless split bodies.

At that moment, he really had no time to observe or think.

But Wen Xishu was different; his mind was very quick.

"This indicates that the number of splits and the number of eyeballs are in a certain proportion."

“When we first saw him, his eyes were already full of eyes, but at that time, he was all alone.”

"Where did the other splits go?"

Enzo was puzzled, but instinctively replied:

"He was killed, wasn't he?"

Wen Xishu shook his head and used his ultimate kick to quickly clear a space. Of course, this space was soon filled by more enemies.

He said:
"No, the more we kill, the more there will be! Once the killing begins, the division will not stop. And with the division reaching this scale, it is impossible for it to stop!"

"There is only one way: not to kill them, but to drive them out."

"The fact that the tavern has targeted recruitment shows that there are indeed ways to control this division."

"But it definitely wasn't a massacre."

Enzo seemed to understand:
"seal?"

Wen Xishu nodded:
“Enzo, I’ll cover you. You figure out a way to lock them all up.”

Enzo understood completely. He slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "That's right! How could I have forgotten this style of play?"

Monsters that multiply with each kill should not be killed; why not just seal them away?
The city is broken, but in my paintings, there are still many cities.

The essence of an artist lies in using a finite brush to construct an infinite world.

In that instant, Enzo had an idea.

"Indeed, I shouldn't have summoned the things in the painting; instead, I should have found a way to bring things from the outside into the painting!"

"I understand!"

Wen Xishu's combat power has become extremely strong due to the upgrade of the Ultimate Kick.

Armor penetration, split attack, critical hit, stun...

The sheer number of special effects made it difficult for even the little boy, who had an absolute advantage, to win in a short time.

Enzo's style has always been very rough, but this time he started to draw with extreme detail.

Because he is about to challenge his own limits.

"I've never tried to drag a monster of this caliber into a painting before. I don't know if I'm capable enough!"

Wen Xishu suddenly laughed:
"That's enough, brother, that's enough."

As soon as he finished speaking, Enzo felt as if the physical exertion from painting had vanished.

The item obtained in the second level, the Energy Core, began to provide Enzo with a continuous source of power.

Wen Xishu even thought: the appearance of the energy core might be a sign in itself.

The fact that the second level features a bugged item like the Energy Core that removes ability consumption suggests that we will encounter some kind of infinite power later on.
Thinking about it now, I actually did see it.

The infinitely splitting little boy is essentially this kind of being.

The split individuals were also shouting, "Kill...kill you all, kill everyone...only then can I...find myself again and kill you all!"

They seemed to be the same even in wisdom.

Wen Xishu felt increasingly horrified.

This statement might reveal the child's fate. But clearly, now is not the time to delve into the boss's storyline.

While Wen Xishu's Extreme Combo Kick was powerful, the sheer number of enemies was simply overwhelming.

Later on, these split entities seemed to have changed their tactics.

When Wen Xishu unleashed his ultimate kick, they began to bite at Wen Xishu's leg with relentless ferocity.

Finally, a piece of flesh was bitten off by one of the split beings.

At first, Wen Xishu thought it shouldn't matter; his self-healing ability was enough to handle this kind of injury. He just needed to be careful not to get bitten again. But soon, he realized something was wrong: the flesh was starting to grow back.

It was just a piece of flesh from my own leg, but that piece of flesh gradually grew into a human shape.

Wen Xishu was shocked to discover that it was himself!

In just a few seconds, a new version of myself grew out.

"I've also obtained this power?"

He thought of the weeds from not long ago.

He immediately realized that he hadn't gained the power of infinite division...

Instead, they passively acquired this power within this region.

But clearly, although the piece of flesh had grown into the shape of Wen Xishu, strangely—it was muttering this sentence:

"Kill...kill you all, and find yourself!"

The separated parts seemed imperfect, as if only by killing the original body could they become whole again.

The split-form Wen Xishu delivered an extreme kick to Wen Xishu, which startled him.

Strength and speed are almost identical to his own.

The ultimate kick collides with the ultimate kick.

Both Wenxi Tree and its split counterpart Wenxi Tree took a step back.

"If I kill him, will more of me split off?"

At this moment, Wen Xishu remembered Scorpio's words.

"You won't die in this area, but don't be reckless and cause yourself any death or injury, or something really disgusting will happen."

Wenxi Tree could already imagine the scene of countless "Wenxi Trees" trying to kill him.

Fortunately, at this moment, Enzo finally used the energy core to complete what was considered a rather outstanding painting for him.

A prison cage in the painting.

Imagination is a painter's greatest weapon.

What Enzo is painting at this moment is an endless space, and a door leading to the world in the painting.

Countless gates appeared around Wenxi Tree and Enzo.

They appeared so illusory that, in the eyes of the split entity, they could see the figures of Wenxi Tree and Enzo.

The split entity continued to attack Wen Xishu and Enzo, as always.

But strangely, their figures quickly began to be swallowed up.

Hundreds of thousands of clones disappeared in a short period of time, with more than half of them vanishing.

These split entities are not highly intelligent, but they have a strong desire to fight. Their greatest instinct seems to be fighting and killing in order to find themselves again.

After a while... all the split bodies disappeared.

The scroll in Enzo's hand was an eerie red. It was so hot that it burned his skin.

"This painting is overloaded...it may not last long before it spontaneously combusts."

In the world depicted in the painting, suppressing a boss that is constantly splitting is naturally very difficult.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Let's hurry."

Without the boss's ability to split infinitely hindering them, Wen Xishu quickly followed the compass's guidance and arrived at the edge of the residential area covered by countless vines.

The vegetation has covered the original deep pit, obscuring it from view.

The pointer indicates that a crucial item is located nearby.

Having learned from her previous experience, Wen Xishu did not rashly use the Scorpion Knife to cut the vines, but instead chose to part them.

"I never expected there to be such a crater here. It looks like it was made by a meteorite," Enzo exclaimed.

Wen Xishu didn't say much and jumped down directly.

The sunlight filtered through the vines, becoming sparse.

Inside the enormous pit, there was a hidden world. Wen Xishu and Enzo saw a door.

This type of door is a vault door, commonly found in bank vaults, and is extremely sturdy.

"It looks like this is a laboratory. If I'm not mistaken, the core of the power that makes this area impossible to die and allows for infinite splitting is inside."

Wen Xishu was planning to force the door open, but Enzo said:

"Let me draw a key. It'll be quick."

A few seconds after Enzo finished speaking, he drew a key.

Wen Xishu was stunned. This ability was really useful. If it were in a peaceful era, it could be used to make sex toys...

Enzo quickly opened the gate, and after pushing open the huge valve, a long tunnel appeared before the two of them.

Wen Xishu walked in front, and Enzo walked behind, the two of them walking along the tunnel towards the depths of the pit.

The red lights gave them the feeling of walking through a fiery hell.

But at this moment, both of them felt a chill in the air at the bottom of the pit.

Wen Xishu didn't know how long he had walked; it felt like he had walked a very, very long way.

The originally narrow passage gradually widened, but in the end, the two stopped.

In their line of sight, the child from the beginning appeared.

At the end of the red corridor lies a spacious testing area.

However, unlike traditional laboratories filled with the smell of disinfectant, the laboratories here...

It was full of blood-red blood vessels and flesh that was constantly expanding and contracting.

Human organs, sensory organs, and limbs are everywhere, scattered across ceilings, walls, and floors. They seem to have disappeared from their original locations, as if it's reasonable for them to grow wherever they are.

The air was thick with the stench of blood.

In the center of the laboratory, countless enormous blood vessels connect to a face familiar to Wen Xishu and Enzo.

It was the boy who was recently included in Enzo's painting.

His arms were connected to blood vessels hanging from the ceiling, making it seem as if he was suspended in this area.

The most striking feature is his heart.

That heart emitted a red glow and appeared in a swirling pattern. It was extremely different from a normal heart.

It resembles a sophisticated instrument implanted into a young boy's chest.

The little boy seemed to hear someone approaching, and slowly raised his head and opened his eyes.

His eyes no longer held countless eyeballs, but were like those of a normal person, even appearing extremely clear.

He looked at Wen Xishu with his clear yet somewhat weary eyes and slowly spoke:
"You're here to kill me too? I wish you luck, you really can kill me."

Wen Xishu was suddenly taken aback; this blessing was indeed somewhat unexpected.

At this moment, guidance also appeared in Wen Xishu's eyes.

You have found the first test subject; the truth behind the curse of the scales is about to be revealed.

What are your plans for the next step?

A: Recruit him.

B: Kill him.

When it was Wen Xishu's turn to make a choice, in any game, recruiting would have been a better option than killing.

But this time, Wen Xishu saw a deep weariness in the little boy's eyes.

A weariness that arises from the fact that one is still alive.

Meanwhile, Wen Xishu looked at the little boy's heart and seemed to realize what the "great tonic" that Scorpio mentioned meant.

He sensed that the heart did not belong to the boy and emanated an extremely strong aura of the Tower.

Thinking of the line, "I wish you could really kill me," Wen Xishu had an answer in his heart.

He did not choose to recruit, but instead chose option B.

You will pay the price for your actions unless you can actually kill him.

A new guide appeared, and Wen Xishu's hand had already reached for the boy's eerie heart.

When Yuuki's hand touched the heart, the little boy initially shook his head.

"No... that's not how it works. This won't kill me; it will only lead to the birth of a new me."

The abnormality of this heart is naturally easy to notice, but this heart cannot be removed.

Perhaps others have come here before, thinking that removing the heart would dismantle the division. But those people certainly failed.

So the little boy thought that Wenxi Tree was like that too.

He issued a warning:
"Get out of here...you can't kill me..."

Wen Xishu did not leave, but touched the boy's heart, which seemed like a precision instrument.

He didn't even use any force, just touched it lightly.

But soon, a look of surprise appeared in the little boy's eyes.

That swirling red heart, despite not being under any pressure, began to crack.

Cracks appeared in the vortex pattern, eerie and abrupt.

The breath of death suddenly drew near, and at that moment, the boy's eyes were filled with disbelief... and gratitude.

"So...you really can kill me?"

Wen Xishu said:
"Who turned you into this? And who connected you to it?"

Wen Xishu knew that her choice was right.

Next, let's see how much information about the scales curse this little boy can bring.

(End of this chapter)