Three Towers Game

Chapter 339 Surrounded by Stars

When the apology letter was placed next to the diary, the dust on the diary gradually faded away in the light.

The beam of light continued to spread.

Although it couldn't dispel the dust from the piano and other books, it brought Wenxi Tree back home.

Wen Xishu picked up the diary containing the apology letter, walked upwards along the light, and soon left the world in the mirror.

He returned to the stadium.

Inside the stadium, the original funeral-like setup has disappeared.

Anya, the shadow of mourning, has also disappeared.

All Wen Xishu saw was a doll.

That was a doll that symbolized Anya.

"May I have your name?"

The doll looked at Wen Xishu with some fear.

At this moment, Spark, whose mouth had been covered by Wen Xishu's arm in refusal, was finally able to speak:

"Holy crap, there's another living creature just like me, but it's a doll?"

Toy teddy bears and toy dolls. These are things that symbolize innocence.

One represents Charlie's childhood savior, and the other represents Charlie's greatest inner debt.

"Oh! What a beautiful doll! I never expected Charlie to play with girls' toys! Does she have batteries? Does she speak in commands?"

Spark's mouth was still talking, and Wen Xishu said:

"This is Anya. Hello Anya, I am Wen Xishu. I have come to the Land of Dust to save Charlie."

"You...you're not a bad person?"

Wen Xishu said:
“I have traveled through your other form to that dusty attic. This is your diary, and inside is Charlie’s letter of apology.”

The doll has very short hair, and at first glance, it actually looks a bit like a boy.

It can move, but very slowly and stiffly.

Upon hearing that it was Anya, Spark stopped mocking her.

Because it suddenly understood why Anya was like that.

It turns out that it wasn't just me who, even as death approached, still cared for my little master and still had a strong desire to stay with him.

It attached itself to its little owner's teddy bear.

And Anya, although she died by suicide, and although she lost the courage to fight against her father's domestic violence because Charlie couldn't hug her...

But even on her deathbed, she hoped that Charlie could live a better life and that he would no longer be so fragile and lonely.

This unwavering dedication has become what we know today as a doll.

Later, however, Charlie's self-loathing led to the clock tower being filled with the Hanged Man, who destroyed the teddy bear that supported Charlie's beliefs.

Similarly, self-loathing and the immense guilt he felt towards Anya transformed Anya from a doll into a shadow of mourning.

But as long as you overcome your aversion, have the courage to enter the clock tower and mend everything, and combine the apology letter with Anya's diary...

Teddy bears can be repaired, and the shadow of mourning can be dispelled.

Now, everything has returned to how it was.

Ke Wenxi still sighed softly.

They are all dead, without a doubt, otherwise they wouldn't have placed their obsession on objects.

Wen Xishu said:
“I’m not a bad person. Anya, thank you for being in Charlie’s life.”

"It's a pity that he didn't hold you when you were at your most vulnerable."

"But he later blamed himself for it and was filled with self-loathing."

“Now, this dusty land is full of monsters he has become after his twisted mind. I have to leave this place.”

"I think we need to go to the next place and rescue him together."

The doll blinked; despite its plastic toy-like texture, it seemed to be filled with tears.

"I'll go with you."

She spoke far less than Spark.

Wen Xishu picked up Anya and handed her to the other hand behind his back, the one that had refused him.

After seeing the spark, Anya slowly waved her hand at it.

She knew about Spark, but Spark didn't know Anya at that time.

Spark thought for a moment... but instead of waving, it shook its tail, which was as short as a ball of yarn.

"This is the mistress of the house," Spark thought to herself, but immediately said it aloud.

Anya froze, unsure how to respond to that statement.

Wen Xishu smiled, a rare occurrence for him.
How do we get out of here?

“The stadium has a door,” Anya said.

Wen Xishu looked around and, sure enough, found a door.

The door had a slightly greasy feel to it.

Wen Xishu immediately guessed where the door led.

He decisively led Spark and Anya to the door.

Upon pushing open the gate, what greeted Wen Xishu's eyes was no longer the campus scene...

Instead, it was an alley leading home, and that enormous "home" reappeared in Wen Xishu's eyes.

A Victorian-style home, large enough to accommodate a glutton.

As Wen Xishu stepped into this place, Scorpion Knife quickly provided chapter hints.

Chapter Two: The Ever-Hungry Kitchen.

Wen Xishu once died at the hands of a glutton, which caused his stomach to split open, making him look more like a monster and giving him immense power.

But this was not enough for Wen Xishu to deal with the gluttons.

That was the embodiment of Charlie's unrequited love.

In reality, their strength far surpasses that of the Shadow of Mourning and the Hanged Man Legion.

This time, however, Wen Xishu did not hesitate at all; he was no longer afraid of the gluttons.

He approached the massive building and, with incredible speed, pushed open the greasy, heavy door.

After walking through a long, dark corridor filled with the stench of rotting food...

The corridor door suddenly closed.

Just like where Wen Xishu had cut before... he arrived at the Ever-Hungry Kitchen.

They encountered the gluttons, and there was no turning back.

"Mommy! What is this giant—" Spark tried to speak, but Wen Xishu covered her mouth with his arm behind her back.

Because the refrigerator, which symbolizes the "responsibility," "comparison," "pressure," and "material things" brought by parents, is closed, the glutton is left with no food to eat.

The hungrier it gets, the angrier it becomes.

It will continuously slam the floor, causing damage across the entire screen. There are no blind spots to avoid it.

Wen Xishu died from this move. There is no doubt that he has become stronger now, but if he continues to suffer from this move, he will still die.

Wen Xishu didn't delay and immediately said:
"It needs love to fill its hunger, but the food in the refrigerator... contains parents' expectations, a competitive spirit, and abundant material things... but no love."

“I’ve been to several places and lived through Charlie’s life, and I think I can only find the two of you.”

"Next, either we die together, or... we successfully open the way to the next area."

Before the gluttons could launch their next all-out attack, Wen Xishu shouted:
"Charlie! I'm here!"

Although the Glutton is not Charlie, there is indeed a part of Charlie's will in him.

During their last battle, Wenxi Tree, transformed into a centipede, reminded the glutton of something, which prevented him from eating Wenxi Tree directly.

Upon hearing the name Charlie, the glutton immediately looked toward the source of the sound.

Upon seeing the Wenxi Tree, it instinctively felt hungry and wanted to devour it.

But in an instant...

Wen Xishu took out the teddy bear and the doll.

Charlie's life was filled with two sparks. They were the only two rays of light in a life full of dust.

When the teddy bear and the doll appeared, the exam paper in the food scraps not far away began to emit a faint glow.

Your best friend is ( ). Charlie's answer is Spark.

But it received a teacher's annotation, a huge, conspicuous red "X" symbolizing the error.

Now, that red X is gradually disappearing.

The teddy bear kept wagging its tail. Although it was afraid of the glutton, at this moment, it believed that its little owner recognized it.

Anya, meanwhile, silently shed tears.

She couldn't imagine what Charlie's life would be like after that, couldn't imagine what poor Charlie... had gone through to become such a monster.

Two kinds of love are released in a loveless kitchen.

At this moment, the glutton's enormous body began to shrink continuously.

"I'm...hungry..."

"Mom and Dad...I'm hungry..."

"I'm really... hungry..."

The glutton's voice was no longer ferocious, but had a touch of childlike innocence.

Its body kept shrinking, and its calls for its parents never came to an answer.

In the end, it grew to the same size as the Wenxi tree.

It doesn't seem so hungry anymore.

"Spark, spark... I don't think I'm hungry anymore."

The spark here no longer refers solely to the pet that has already died.

They were the only two rays of light in Charlie's life.

Humans are actually quite tolerant of mistakes. When they cannot get love from their blood relatives, they can get love from other places.

Just as when a person cannot eat at home, their soul and body will inevitably try to migrate to a place where there is food.

Anya's tears flowed uncontrollably.

She suddenly realized that Charlie was actually much more vulnerable than herself. She had confided in Charlie time and time again, but she had overlooked the fact that Charlie was the one who needed to rely on more.

There is another kind of violence in this world. It may not be as terrible or painful as physical violence, but the neglect and indifference towards love, the feeling that you are not important at any moment... is enough to permeate your entire life.

It's enough to make your world crumble every time you lose something important.

The glutton was finally full.

When Spark appeared with Anya, its enormous body soon became the size of a normal person. Then, it continued to shrink until it was the same size as Spark and Anya.

It no longer looks so ferocious.

Finally, the grease and dust on it disappeared, and it became a doll.

That's what Charlie looked like when he was a child.

Teddy bear, Charlie's doll, Anya's doll.

The glutton is like Charlie when he longs for love but cannot have it.

The Charlie doll represents his fantasy of how he received his parents' love.

The doll even had a small gold medal on it. Charlie knew that his father didn't like the bronze medal he won in the math competition; his father preferred the gold medal.

He thought that as long as he won the gold medal, his father would love him.

Wen Xishu shook his head. When children become tools for their parents to gain face, how can this competitive desire ever end?
In short, all three items were collected. Everything went as Wen Xishu had predicted.

The clock tower is indeed the first chapter. You need to explore the clock tower to explore the school, and only after you go to the school can you find Anya's doll.

Only with these two things can the hunger of a glutton be eliminated.

Only then can one enter the wall of rejection.

Without a doubt, the door appeared once again.

This time, the door is decorated with many hands, yes, hands, not arms.

These palms resemble the marks left by a person desperately pounding on a door.

Wen Xishu knew that this was a metaphor.

The Ever-Hungry Kitchen is a place devoid of love.

It symbolizes how Charlie had pounded on the door countless times, begging the world for love.

But he could not obtain love, and ultimately, that unrequited love transformed him into a perpetually hungry glutton in the eternally starving kitchen.

Wen Xishu opened the door...

The world outside the door is just countless walls made of pure dust.

The final chapter, the wall of rejection.

"Get out, get out, you hateful humans!"

"Get out, get out, disgusting humans!"

When you discover there is no love in the world, when the unexpected joys you've finally gained are taken away by all sorts of people...

Perhaps you will close yourself off.

The wall of rejection is also a wall of protection.

No force can breach the wall of rejection; perhaps Sagittarius can do so with the arrow of annihilation…

But that will only create an even bigger wall.

To enter the Wall of Rejection, one must continuously search, decipher, and piece together Charlie's life story within the various areas of the Dust Land.

In this process, you also need to find key items and overcome the negative effects of the various monsters in the Dust Land.

Wen Xishu finally accomplished everything, and the process was clearly not easy.

Looking at the endless wall before me, with its countless arms protruding from it...

Wen Xishu took a deep breath:

"Let's go in."

Once again, Wen Xishu was completely unguarded, letting the arms of those walls of rejection cover his face.

You can enter the wall of rejection, but not with malicious intent.

Last time, Wen Xishu meant no harm, but he still died because he didn't bring all the key items from each area.

This time, Wen Xishu brought everything. Three items—a teddy bear, a doll, and a plush toy—like guardian angels, brought Wen Xishu immense vitality and...goodwill that helped him overcome the wall of rejection.

When that suffocating feeling came over him... he wasn't afraid, but let it spread throughout his body.

Soon, the dusty darkness disappeared.

Wenxishu entered a special place.

[Congratulations on successfully passing through the Wall of Rejection and receiving your invitation. You yearn to change Charlie's life, but next, you must enter the Transit Point and make a choice for Charlie's future.]

? ?
This was the first time Wen Xishu had experienced something like this: receiving an invitation and then having to enter a transit point?
My consciousness suddenly sank into chaos.

Wen Xishu didn't know where he was going. After a long while, he finally saw a glimmer of light in the chaos.

Unknown land.

Sixteen figures stood outside the enormous round table.

The scene around the round table resembled a chaotic starry sky or a void of darkness.

The constellation conference was held.

This time, however, there was one more person.

"Brother, you're here."

Wen Xishu was shocked. Was that the voice of a Scorpio?

What kind of place is this? How did the Wall of Rejection pull me into the Scorpio's life?

wrong……

It's not just Scorpios.

One by one, imposing "gods" appeared in Wen Xishu's eyes as phantom images.

Scorpio said:
“In the past, we rarely used this method to win someone over, but strangely enough, Charlie has something that most of us desire.”

"Unlike before, when a certain talent would only attract the attention of a few constellations, Charlie has attracted the attention of almost all constellations."

"So, congratulations, brother. As the person who is about to change Charlie's fate, everyone has decided to persuade you to make a choice that is in their best interest."

"Welcome to the meeting."

(End of this chapter)