Three Towers Game

Chapter 372 Rewards for Anti-Involution Tendency
Area D.

Lorenzo was actually very uncomfortable.

But there is indeed a sense of helplessness.

After the scoreboard for the fifth day was released, he laughed and said:
"D03, D02, how do you think you compare to that young man named Tang Zhe?"

D03 stated:

"His computing ability is very strong. After he came here, he basically knew the details of our HP allocation. He is a rare talent."

Lorenzo said:
"Yes, but in the mental fluctuations of such a talented person, I actually saw admiration for another person."

"Wenxi Tree is really interesting."

Lorenzo was naturally unwilling to distribute his accumulated 28 points among the members of Wenxi Tree.

It can be said that they were very unwilling.

Unfortunately, Wen Xishu's inaction put his team in a very critical position.

By skillfully utilizing diplomacy, they transformed their precarious situation into one that could alter the course of the battlefield.

If Lorenzo doesn't give Wen Xishu points, Wen Xishu will move his own people to Area A.

This puts District D in a desperate situation.

Rather than letting Wen Xishu die and myself die... it is naturally more correct to let Wen Xishu live and myself live as well.

Lorenzo disliked being controlled, but he had to admit that Wen Xishu's every strategy was correct.

The "lobbyists" they arranged were also very powerful.

Tang Zhe clearly explained the pros and cons and only traded one employee at a time, which prevented Lorenzo from activating his abilities.

Desire Sequence 50: War Leaders

This ability is what enabled Lorenzo to destroy a country; it's impossible for a person to be without any desire for conquest.

It bewitches all those with destructive and conquering desires, making them worship it and ultimately enslaving it.

After the apocalypse, he awakened his abilities and conquered a small country in the southern continent.

They destroyed a country, enslaved its capable population, consolidated resources, and built a large refuge.

There were naturally other forces coveting Lorenzo's territory, but Lorenzo always managed to use his abilities to conquer, or rather, enslave, those who desired to conquer him.

This is Lorenzo's ability.

When choosing a boss, Lorenzo deliberately stirred up everyone's emotions, making them all eager to defeat him.

And so... everyone was enslaved by him.

Aggressive individuals are susceptible to being corrupted by the war-like spirit of leaders.

Lorenzo also encountered situations where the War Leader skill did not work.

On one occasion, it was when I was facing a man named Leon.

That man was just like the king of some war-torn nation in mythology, the kind of king who would personally lead his troops into battle.

He had blond hair and red eyes, and possessed a tremendous, intimidating presence like a lion.

"Surrender or death?"

This statement wasn't even spoken by the terrible king; it was merely expressed by his subordinates.

That time, Lorenzo clearly sensed that the other party desired to conquer him. But he couldn't turn the tables and enslave the other party with the sequence.

His power is utterly unworthy to enslave such a great being.

He only felt that he needed to kneel down, to express submission, to... live.

So he knelt down, both to live and to show reverence for that terrifying being.

The second time was when he faced Tang Zhe.

Lorenzo didn't know what Wen Xishu's abilities were, but Wen Xishu was indeed very accurate in judging people.

Tang Zhe seemed to have absolutely no desire to conquer.

He originally wanted to enslave Tang Zhe and use Tang Zhe's lies to trick Wen Xishu into making the wrong strategy.

But it failed.

After briefly outlining the pros and cons, Tang Zhe appeared rather listless, showing no desire to win.

Indeed, that was the case. It wasn't a pretense. Tang Zhe acted the same way when Wen Xishu, Li Weiwei, and Clark were vying for the boss.

Completely non-aggressive, devoid of any desire to conquer, and devoid of any wildness...

Therefore, Lorenzo had no choice but to give up.

Of course, even if Tang Zhe is enslaved, Wen Xishu must have his own ways of dealing with it.

After all, Wen Xishu had even explained the follow-up plan through Tang Zhe.

"Yun Xinghe won't let this go. So you might have to go crazy for once."

“My boss, Wen Xishu, said that once our deal is finalized, we can deduce that our score is 10.6 points, and your score will likely hover around 20 or 30 points.”

"Because you will give us 28 points."

"In other words, our scores have been neutralized, and both of our scores have decreased collectively."

"Then Yun Xinghe might use all the points he has to launch a full-scale attack on both sides at the same time."

Lorenzo strongly agreed.

Yun Xinghe attacked Zone C, rendering it unable to work. As a result, Zone C gained points by using overtime points from Zone D.

You can get points without them being stolen.

After this method was exposed, Yun Xinghe attacked Zone D, so Zone D could also follow suit.

But this has its flaws.

That's the team that provides the points; they consume a huge amount of points.

In other words, one team supports the population of two teams.

Lorenzo originally had a good number of points, but now he doesn't...

His points were "borrowed" by 28 points at once, weakening the reserves in Zone D.

In this way, Yun Xinghe can consider attacking two targets simultaneously.

If both teams are simultaneously unable to work normally and are subjected to excessive overtime...

Then Wen Xishu's solution no longer works.

Fortunately, Wen Xishu had considered this point, so he reminded Lorenzo to unleash a burst of energy and accumulate points.

Wen Xishu himself was the same.

So before the trade began, Tang Zhe said:
“If you agree to cooperate, then Boss Wen will not assign employees to Area A, and we will still have the possibility of joining forces to defeat Area A.”

"As for Yun Xinghe, he needs to see the results tonight. He thinks he has the victory in his grasp. Even if he makes a move, he won't target District D. Instead, he's thinking of taking advantage of District C."

"So tomorrow, District D will not be deployed. As for District C, it's possible that it won't be deployed either."

"If this is the case, we must take advantage of this day to develop properly and earn 30 reserve points in one day."

"In this way, even if Yun Xinghe fights two sides, we can still survive, and he can't possibly spend forty points to fight two sides every time, right?"

Tang Zhe, or rather Wen Xishu, had planned everything out. Lorenzo only needed to allocate the resources.

Although he felt uncomfortable, he had no other choice.

That's how this scene came about. At 2 a.m. on the sixth day, he looked at the scoreboard and felt a little envious that Wen Xishu could have someone like Tang Zhe working for him.

At the same time, he was also curious about what kind of team characteristics Wen Xishu's tendency to refuse to work overtime resulted in.
……

……

On the sixth day, after the rankings were finalized, everyone in Zone C cheered for their victory.

Clearly, they had played a trick on Area A.

To achieve this, it is necessary to calculate the details of the hidden methods in Area A and to have a good grasp of the diplomatic situation.

Wen Xishu did it all.

It's worth mentioning that after everyone earns points, even though these points weren't earned through work...

However, everyone still triggered the daily normal work reward of +5 HP.

Normally, after a day's work, HP will decrease by 5 points, and DR will also decrease by 5 points.

Then, you will recover 5 HP by resting.

As for the DR value, it is adjusted through stimulants or the boss's overtime policies.

This time, Wenxi Tree's team didn't have any work, so their HP wouldn't decrease. However, after gaining points and getting rest, their HP recovery didn't disappear as a result.

That means the entire Wenxishu team gained 5 HP.

So far, only Shen Changfeng from the initial team has worked overtime, and on the second day, when the team's overall work efficiency dropped to 80%, Wen Xishu arranged for everyone to work overtime for an hour.

It can be said that Wen Xishu only dabbled in working overtime.

The team with the lowest score is his team, but the team with the highest health value and the team with the least overtime is also his team.

Beyond just healthy data, the intense team competition meant that many team members worked from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. without rest.

Despite not having rested for several days in a row, Wen Xishu's team had a good rest yesterday.

Their spirit and energy were unlike anything seen in other teams.

Li Weiwei greatly admired this.

Originally, Li Weiwei thought egalitarianism was cowardly, but Wen Xishu's actions and his manipulation of Area A made Li Weiwei feel that his lack of competitiveness seemed to be a form of disdain.

Then, Li Weiwei felt a sense of awe.

Wenxi Tree is capable of defeating the Red House.

To ordinary people, that would be like a god.

He is the overlord of a region in the apocalypse.

Yet this overlord actually treated everyone equally.

He used Shen Changfeng to test overtime work, used himself to stabilize the loyalty of his team members, and used Tang Zhe as a persuader. He was also good at judging people.

Thinking about all this, Li Weiwei became even more certain that this was the man she was looking for.

We must find a way to win them over.

Getting back to the main point, I haven't worked overtime for several days in a row, and even managed to skip work yesterday—

This allowed Wen Xishu's "inclination" to finally take shape, and he received a reward for that inclination.

In the "internal affairs interface" that only Wen Xishu, as the boss, can see.

Wen Xishu unlocked a feature, but unlocking it doesn't mean he owns it; he still needs to spend points to purchase it.

This feature can be unlocked by spending just five points.

[Preferred Reward: DR value is not visible and cannot be viewed.]

[Once purchased, this will apply to all teams, including your own team. After purchase, DR value fluctuations for all team members will no longer be displayed or viewable.]

This feature doesn't seem very impressive.

It simply makes the fluctuation of a certain attribute no longer readily apparent in terms of numerical values.

At first glance, it seems to be a useless ability. Wen Xishu was a little disappointed:

"It didn't do any harm to the enemy, nor did it help our side at all..."

"At least there's no numerical benefit whatsoever." By now, Wen Xishu was certain that one of Yun Xinghe's preferred rewards was to increase the damage of "Expeditions."

This means that going on expeditions is no longer just about reducing work efficiency; it can even directly deduct points and steal points.

Lorenzo must also have a tendency to reward. Tang Zhe speculates that Lorenzo's actuarial strategy is likely a reward strategy to reduce the negative effects of overtime.

Wen Xishu approves of both types of rewards.

Either make your shield thicker, or make your spear a little sharper. Increase your HP, or decrease the enemy's HP.

But the tendency he gained by not working overtime turned out to be neither of those.

"Is it because they think my inclinations are too easy? Is this game really that superficial?"

You see, if everyone is working overtime and only one company doesn't, then that company needs to maintain its "no overtime" culture within the broader work environment...

It is very difficult.

Wen Xishu's team was almost wiped out.

Wen Xishu eventually purchased the permission.

Firstly, five cents isn't expensive.

Secondly...

After pondering it for a while, he seemed to have some understanding of the wonders of this thing.

"No, perhaps... it's a really fun thing, and I'm just being superficial."

"If I'm the only one who doesn't work overtime, then I'm the only one whose DR value is steadily increasing. An increase in DR value simply means an increase in motivation, and it won't have any negative effects."

"But a decline is not necessarily the case."

"Whether it's Yun Xinghe or Lorenzo, their employees' DR values ​​are starting to decline."

“If… I can’t show them the specific parameters of the descent, then with Yun Xinghe’s method of rolling things up, there will definitely be problems later.”

“Lorenzo’s precise calculation strategy becomes more difficult to calculate when parameters are missing.”

"In particular, until now, no one knows the specific fluctuation pattern of the dr value."

With that in mind, he purchased the access.

His reason for buying it was that he thought it was interesting.

However, Wen Xishu clearly underestimated the destructive power of this authority.

……

……

The sixth day, at six o'clock in the morning.

Area A.

All employees are finally going back to work.

Due to Yun Xinghe's poor decision-making, the team did not receive the overtime points from Wen Xishu's team.

Right now, everyone on the Yunxinghe team seems a bit dejected.

Yesterday, in the entire Area A, only 47 people scored a little over 60 points. This surprised Yun Xinghe.

"Your laziness disgusts me!"

"Don't you yearn to join the Three Towers Corporation anymore? Do you want to go back to the apocalypse to live a wretched life, or even die?"

Yun Xinghe, who advocates a wolf-like culture, began to reprimand everyone.

Whether it was the lucky team or other ordinary teams, Yun Xinghe criticized them for lacking motivation.

At this point, Yun Xinghe realized that his failure to act in time had given the two teams in Zones C and D another day to catch their breath.

If Zone C is not defeated, then the expedition rewards for the next tier cannot be obtained.

Therefore, he can only use the current expedition rewards.

To defeat the combined forces of Zones D and C, a large number of points are needed.

In Yunxinghe, points are essentially consumables in war. Without points, how can you plunder?

How can we divide the spoils if we don't plunder?

He fell into a state of reckless militarism.

He gave everyone a shot of adrenaline, aiming for them to unleash their highest scores today and then go on a crazy rampage!
Both teams are competing simultaneously.

"Don't stop! Keep going, go all out!"

Yun Xinghe's strategy remains unchanged.

He was confident, even though an unexpected turn of events had occurred today—

The dr value is no longer visible.

However, Yun Xinghe keeps records, and everyone has to report their DR value after the event ends at 2 AM every day.

The lowest DR value has now dropped to 54 points, which is that of the pregnant woman who started doing push-ups, A11.

Only Wen Xishu's team uses names almost exclusively; in other teams, employee numbers are used instead.

A11 has gotten used to everyone calling her that these days.

For the sake of her unborn child, A11 has been working overtime like crazy these past few days.

Many people have no worries, so they don't have much psychological burden when they risk their lives.

But A11 has a child. The baby in her belly gives her motivation, but it also makes the pain more pronounced after her HP drops.

The physical torment caused the effects of the A11 stimulant to end prematurely, and the dr value dropped to 54 points.

Yun Xinghe remembers that most people's DR values ​​can still be maintained between 85 and 105.

It is in a completely problem-free state.

So even if the DR value is not visible, he feels that at least working overtime today is not a problem.

But Yun Xinghe made a mistake.

His employees noted that the DR value fluctuated over these five days, not from 100 to 85, or to 54.

Instead, it started to fall from two hundred or three hundred.

His strategic inclinations led to an overtime work atmosphere, and the effects of stimulants resulted in employees having very high DR values ​​from the start.

Therefore, the dr value actually drops very quickly.

especially……

It will get faster and faster.

A11's work efficiency is very, very slow.

Yun Xinghe calculated the dr value of A11 to be 54 in the early morning.

But he didn't know that in the morning, his predatory culture had already ravaged everyone's minds and bodies...

The dr value of A11 dropped directly to 22 points.

Yun Xinghe used performance-enhancing drugs on A11, and the effects were naturally quite good, sometimes even doubling the DR value.

But... even after doubling from 22, it's only 44.

Moreover, the rate at which the dr value is decreasing is increasing.

A pregnant woman, a pregnant woman with no future, declining life force, and constant pain, is really struggling to hold on in such a team.

"I...I need to go to Area C. I'm still alive. After get off work today, I'll...I'll go to Area C."

“Area C will definitely take me. Hang in there, baby, Mom will take you to Area C.”

She started having distracting thoughts, which reduced her work efficiency, making her work speed and accuracy lower than before.

She started making calculation errors repeatedly.

Under the influence of stimulants, A11 felt that time was passing very quickly.

On the sixth day, it finally took from six in the morning to six in the afternoon.

get off work.

Many people started applying for overtime, but A11 did not.

"If I can just keep this one point, I can... I can go to Zone C. I can't work overtime anymore, if I work overtime any more... I'm going to break down."

At that moment, A11 seemed to feel the joy of being in Zone C.

But suddenly, devastating news arrived.

Yun Xinghe's smiling face appeared before her eyes:
“A11, you are the first person in all these days who can’t even do a normal job properly.”

"Your error rate is so low that you only got 0.5 points!"

"How dare you not work overtime? Everyone look at me. I hope you won't be like A11, not diligent in working overtime, or even having trouble coming to work!"

"How could you make such a simple mistake, with such basic arithmetic?"

"How dare you, someone as useless as you, not work overtime? Get back to work!"

It felt like some black or dark red liquid had dripped into my eyes.

The world of A11 suddenly lost its color.

She felt as if a stimulant had been injected into her body.

She gave a weak "oh".

The abdominal pain was masked by the effects of the stimulant.

Clark Kent witnessed all of this.

This muscular man, while acknowledging the supremacy of scores... does not mean he believes that the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and pregnant women can be abused within a team.

He wanted to say something, but seeing A11 sitting mechanically and numbly at his workstation, waiting to work overtime, he didn't know what to say.

It's 8 PM, time to work overtime.

The time to generate profits has come.

Everyone was under the influence of stimulants, frantically increasing their calculations.

At 9 PM, the first hour ends, and everyone loses 5 HP.

However, most people have already received help from HP loans, and their HP has been covered.

HP can be replenished, but DR cannot.

Under immense psychological pressure, the dr value of A11 continues to decline.

If the dr value is visible, everyone will notice the red value appearing above A11's head.

That's the DR value.

However, the dr value is no longer visible.

People don't sense the signal that the value is approaching the "collapse line".

Red, gray, black...

The world as seen by A11 is reduced to just a few colors.

Suddenly, her pained expression disappeared, and she even managed a smile.

This is a crazy, morbid smile, a smile born of collapse.

But at this moment, everyone was working overtime, and no one noticed that someone had already... gone mad.

(End of this chapter)