Three Towers Game

Chapter 307 Libra's Approach

The little boy did not answer Wen Xishu's question immediately.

A hint of joy squeezed out of his extremely tired face:
"It's so good... There are so many versions of me out there, wanting to take my place, but I just can't die... I hate this version of myself..."

"Now, I'm really going to die, thank you."

Wen Xishu said:
"You're welcome. I can tell you don't want to live. By the way, what if I were to recruit you?"

“Recruit me? Like that person said at the beginning? I hate deception, I will kill you…” The little boy forced a pure smile.

Although he was clearly exhausted, he still seemed very confident as he killed Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu thought to himself, "As expected."

The choices in this game aren't arbitrary; they don't force you to make meaningless decisions. If you choose the wrong one, you'll actually have to fight the boss.

The same applies to Enzo. If the wrong choice is made, Enzo will not join, but will instead become an enemy.

However, Wen Xishu's response to the question of killing himself was also very simple.

He didn't speak, but more cracks appeared in that strange heart, indicating that you can't kill me, and that your immortality can be destroyed by me.

The little boy laughed even harder, his eyes burning with a thirst for revenge.
"Did you come because of... the Curse of the Balance?"

Wen Xishu nodded:
"If you are willing to tell me the secret of the curse before you die, I will let you die peacefully."

Enzo was also very excited because he was finally going to know the secret of the curse.

The little boy said:
“My name is Nero. I am the Libra…test subject. Thank you for giving me death…My existence has killed too many people.”

"To repay this blessed death, I will tell you everything I know before I die."

Wen Xishu thought it was great. If all the great demons were this cooperative in the future, and immediately went through the process of giving their last words after being defeated, how efficient would the world be?

This inferior demon king must have been a very tragic person, but he didn't care anymore. Along the way, he encountered too many avengers whose families had been destroyed because of the curse.

All he wants to do now is beat the game as quickly as possible.

Nero quickly began to recount the secret of the curse.

“I’m sorry this curse has hurt so many people… but I didn’t want it to be like this. After the apocalypse, my power began to awaken.”

"Libra told me that this is a power that can be called immortal, an eternal creative force. He said I am one of the very few people who can be chosen by the Three Towers sequence."

“I am the owner of the Three Towers Seal: Brahma Mantra Seal. I possess terrifying regenerative power.”

"As you can see, I was just a child... I was only eleven years old when the apocalypse came."

"Libra made me feel that my existence had a great mission. He told me that he would work with me to create an orderly world under the rule of a true god."

"Of course I was willing. Because I believed this was justice. At that time, I simply couldn't resist such a mission."

"He told me that the scales of life and death are balanced, and his ability is to maintain the balance of life and death in a region."

"Therefore, every death is a rebirth, and every rebirth is also a death..."

"But in this world, a person's birth is slow. When the end of the world comes, there will be very few humans left..."

"In a comfortable environment, organisms will consider reproduction; in a harsh environment, they will prioritize survival."

"If no new life is born, then for Libra, death cannot be created."

Wen Xishu had already figured this out, and he tentatively asked:

"In this world, there are many people that Libra cannot kill. Since they cannot kill people, they create people. New life appears and old life dies."

"So, when faced with people he can't kill, he can only try to create new life..."

"And you... are the one responsible for creating 'life'?"

Nero was slightly surprised, then nodded:

“Yes… I am imprisoned here because I possess the Brahma Mantra Seal sequence, which grants me powerful regenerative abilities.”

"What Libra needs is someone who can be 'born' at any time."

"And those who can be 'born' infinitely."

"Because I possess the Brahma Mantra Seal, I was chosen by him."

"But this is not the true form of 'new life'. In Libra's plan, true rebirth is the creation of a completely new me, rather than the regenerative power of instant self-healing."

“My Brahma mantra can regenerate me, but this process requires physical strength, and it needs to remove the physical strength I have consumed.”

"At the same time, let regeneration become new life."

Nero's smile became heartbreaking:
"He kept telling me that this was about saving the world..."

"Until later, after he got the experimental data from me, he abandoned me."

"Later on, one after another, people like you came here to try to kill me."

“I finally learned what kind of role I played from those people’s stories.”

"But I... can't die."

"With the Heart of Split and that Frankenstein's... energy core, I can never die."

Energy core?

Wen Xishu hadn't expected that the items from the second level could actually be used here.

It seems that the mad scientist's role is quite complex...

However, in order to protect everyone, he did not participate in the battle and missed this part of the story.

It now appears that there is more than one energy core.

Frankenstein's monster may have been manipulated as well.

Wen Xishu said:
"What allows you to go from regeneration to division... could it be this heart?"

Nero nodded, his life force seemingly fading, so much so that his nod was very small, his head began to droop, and his voice became faint.
"This thing is called the Heart of Division... It was given to Libra by a woman."

Wen Xishu said coldly:
Aries?

Nero was surprised again, but he could no longer make a facial expression. He said softly:

"Yes... she believes this can help Libra resurrect a god, but she's not talking about me."

"But... another person. I am just a test subject. Only after the results are confirmed on me will Libra consider conducting the most perfect... experiment on another person."

Wen Xishu was puzzled:
"Could it be that that person also possesses the same power as you?"

Nero said:

“I don’t know… but if possible… please kill him… after killing him, this curse born from the scales of life and death can be broken.”

"Please kill me too, I'm really tired."

After Nero finished speaking, Wen Xishu had already absorbed a full twenty-one points of Tower Power from the Heart of Split.

Yes, he was able to guess Aries because of the power value brought by the Divided Heart.

He was able to destroy the Heart of Division because he absorbed the power within this ancient artifact.

Wen Xishu now has enough power to unleash his ultimate technique.

He was naturally delighted; this was indeed a very nourishing experience.

However, he also received information that caused him concern:

"How does that perfect experimental subject compare to you?"

Nero said:

"The individuals he splits out...will obey his...commands. And his power is far greater than mine."

"Furthermore, he had no moral constraints on himself."

"These are Libra's exact words."

Wen Xishu understood. It was more perfect in concept, more user-friendly and loyal, and more powerful in terms of numbers.

Nero also uttered his final words as the boss:

"Please end all of this..."

A divided heart, utterly shattered.

Wen Xishu saw many memories. There wasn't much to say about these memories; a child of about ten years old naturally harbored fantasies of becoming a hero.

At this time, Libra appeared. Against the backdrop of the apocalypse, Libra gave him a mission, making him a hero with divine powers.

But he was not a true hero. After finally realizing that he was a demon king being defeated by wave after wave of heroes, he longed to die, but could never die.

Death brings new life, and new life brings more curses and despair to the world.

Over time, a deep weariness appeared on the child's face—a weariness at the thought of being alive.

Enzo sighed:

"he died?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

Yes, he is dead.

Nero's death symbolizes the appearance of the gate to passage.

The painting in Enzo's hand finally stopped burning, because the shattering of the Heart of Division caused all the split parts to disappear.

Wen Xishu said:
"Fortunately, we managed to get through this."

"Let's go pick up the others. Hopefully they're all alright. Now, let's prepare for the fifth level."

Enzo said:

"Will the opponent in the fifth level be even tougher than Nero?"

Wen Xishu actually shook his head.

Because in Wen Xishu's eyes, the following prompt appeared.

[You have unlocked a hidden storyline. After returning to the Balance Tavern, you will have three choices when launching an attack.]

Wen Xishu didn't know what these three choices were, so he also didn't know what the fifth level would be like.

But he knew that this journey through the mysterious tower was nearing its end.

……

……

Tianping Tavern.

Without a doubt, Wen Xishu has achieved another great victory.

However, he didn't have enough tavern coins to upgrade his population. But Wen Xishu wasn't too concerned about that this time.

Unlike in the past, clearing an SSS-rank stage will provide information about the next stage.

Wen Xishu has three pieces of intelligence this time.

In many games, multiple storylines are unlocked in the mid-to-late game.

Different routes can lead to different endings.

Everyone else was asking Enzo about how intense and thrilling the boss battle was.

In Enzo's account, the commander was incredibly brave, earning everyone's admiration.

In this level, Wen Xishu also triggered an achievement—carrying his teammates to victory.

When you haven't abandoned your teammates, and some teammates haven't killed any monsters or been affected by them at all—

You can allow one of your idle heroes to complete an upgrade and evolution.

Simply put, Wen Xishu can help one of Colonel Devon, Cavendish, or others evolve to the highest level he can evolve to.

This is naturally a good thing.

This is extremely beneficial for the next stage.

But Wen Xishu did not share these things with the others.

Everyone else also knew that after each victory, the commander needed to spend some time alone to decide how to make the best use of the resources gained from the victory.

What Wen Xishu is thinking about right now is not how to use the resources, or whether to use tavern coins to buy equipment or upgrade the tavern.

He was thinking about how to choose the next level.

Normally, without special means, no one can kill Nero in this level.

If Nero doesn't die, Wenxi Tree won't be able to unlock the hidden level.

Including the hidden levels, Wenxi Tree has the following three routes.

[Pathfinder: You will travel to other areas affected by the curse, unlock more heroes, and save more people whose fates have been corrupted and whose minds twisted by the curse. The difficulty of levels will no longer increase abruptly; it may decrease as the strength of the relevant heroes increases.]

This is the normal route to victory: become a true commander and lead all the heroes lost in the curse to escape the cursed land.

But the curse remains.

If you lack the necessary skills, choosing this route is a viable option.

If Wen Xishu hadn't killed Nero, he would have had no choice but to take this path.

But Nero died. So Wenxishu encountered an option similar to that in the Reverse Seven Building.

Libra or Scorpio, choose one.

[Curse Terminator: You've explored the source of everything, and you've found the truth in Nero's memories. Everyone advises you not to confront that being who is practically a god—the most perfect god, the god of creation and slaughter. They hope you'll bypass that god and choose to leave the cursed land, but you resolutely decide to take your strongest allies to the god's location and kill him.]

Without a doubt, this is the Scorpio line.

This line could end the curse completely, but the problem is that this time, the Demon King is no longer an inferior Demon King.

Although this Demon King is not as powerful as Libra, he is almost the embodiment of Libra on earth.

Without Albert, let alone predicting constellations, he wouldn't even be confident about the Red House.

What is certain is that this demon king's strength is definitely greater than that of the ordinary red house.

Escaping the curse is incredibly frustrating, but ending it is naturally exhilarating.

But it's hard.

The third line is the Libra line.

[Welcoming the New World: The apocalypse has arrived, tragedy is everywhere, monsters roam, curses run rampant, and eeriness descends from time to time. In such a world, it is time for a new god to be born. Although countless people have been shattered by the curse of the scales, and countless others have lost everything and become avengers in their fight against the curse, the arrival of a god will make the world a better place. Only when life and death are controlled by a god can the apocalypse end as soon as possible.]

Lead your heroes to the source of the curse and receive the gods' reward.

[Note: Choosing the New World Arrival route will significantly increase Libra's favorability. Challengers who did not receive Libra's blessing will receive it.]

Challengers who have already obtained the Scales of Chaos will have the Scales of Chaos strengthened. Any third-party forces created by the Scales of Chaos will cause a corresponding number of deaths upon their creation. Furthermore, any new forces created by the Scales of Chaos will never attack you.

Without a doubt, this is the line of depravity.

This is also Libra's backup plan.

Honestly, it's extremely appealing.

The enhanced effect of the Chaotic Scales is definitely a super cheat tool second only to the Mad Dice.

Create a certain number of friendly units while simultaneously killing a corresponding number of enemy units...

This can be a game-changer in levels with few enemies.

very attractive.

But Yuuki... doesn't like this option.

Nero, Enzo, Devon, Borg, Cavendish, Elsa...

These people had all experienced heartbreak, and in their eyes, he saw the same yearning for revenge as the old principal.

He hopes that no one in this world will ever suffer such a fate again.

He doesn't love this world either... People's lives and deaths are controlled by others.

Wen Xishu had no chance of winning against Libra's perfect experiment, so he shouldn't have made that choice.

But he still chose the Scorpio route.

"The curse has been broken, so this barrier has been completely cleared, right? It's not that I don't have the means to kill a god."

(End of this chapter)