Three Towers Game

Chapter 393 Tang Rui's Shift in Resonance

During Tang Rui's experience of the girl's past, the girl dismembered Yan Zhihai into eight pieces, which was a true act of torture and murder.

The girl turned back to look at Tang Rui with an extremely complex expression.

Undoubtedly, Tang Rui sensed the girl's past, but her mixed feelings also made the girl sense Tang Rui's past.

Knowing Tang Rui's past, she found it hard to believe that Tang Rui hadn't turned to the dark side.

If life is splattered with ink and can never return to a pristine state, some people will choose to curl up in the darkness, as if as long as everyone is black, they no longer need to care about the filth on their bodies.

But some people will pick up their pens and ink to depict beautiful patterns in their lives that have been stained with filth.

The girl and Tang Rui are two completely different people.

The girl looked at Tang Rui, and anger gradually rose in her heart.

Why.

And the emptiness after revenge, the yearning for humiliation that was far from being settled, made her wipe the blood from her face.

She wanted to kill Tang Rui.

Wen Xishu saw through all of this.

In fact, the mixed feelings did not end there; even Tang Rui knew that the girl had murderous intent towards her.

Tang Rui naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die, but similarly, she didn't want to kill the girl either.

"Sister... even after experiencing what you went through, I still can't overcome the hatred of not being able to take revenge myself."

"I hate you."

The girl raised the knife and walked towards Tang Rui step by step.

It's hard to say who is stronger between the two.

In Wen Xishu's imagination, Tang Rui's mental power, though terrifying, was intangible. But this girl seemed capable of creating an incredibly realistic barrier.

It's hard to say which of these two abilities would be stronger if they were to clash.

Wen Xishu gradually came to understand that the so-called highest level of completion did not actually mean that he had done his best.

If Tang Rui and I had been more careful back then, perhaps some tragedies could have been avoided.

He didn't want the two girls to fight.

Tang Rui had no intention of fighting; she felt guilty towards the child. So at this moment, Tang Rui also looked at Wen Xishu.

She knew Wen Xishu's influence; she knew he was someone who could inspire others.

Knowing Wen Xishu's mouth, she is extremely eloquent.

She hoped that Wen Xishu could change the girl's mind at the last moment.

Wen Xishu himself, however, didn't think he could win this girl over with words. Moreover, he really didn't want to play the emotional card.

Wenxi Tree's journey through the haunted tower is already quite rich.

He had met Liu Jianxin, Xiao Tong and Xiao Xing, Tang Rui, and Charlie...

Which of these people hadn't been ravaged by life? Even in the world of the Tower of Ghosts, they began to twist and degenerate...

But deep down, he always held onto some original aspirations, and it was these aspirations that allowed Wen Xishu to bring all these people back.

But this girl is not like that.

Moreover, this isn't the Tower of Desire; it's more like the boundary between the Tower of Deception and the Tower of Slaughter. Although Wen Xishu has altered many people's lives, it was all achieved by genuinely changing history.

This girl's past is irreversible. Changing her will require a long future, something that cannot be accomplished in a few words.

He thought for a while and said:
"Before you take action and kill Tang Rui, I have something I want to ask you."

The girl glanced at Wen Xishu:

“I hate you too. I remember your face; you were there that night.”

Wen Xishu shrugged:

"That would be perfect. I'd like to know, did you feel good about killing Yan Zhihai?"

This question is asked despite knowing the answer.

The girl's expression clearly showed that it was far from enough. This level of revenge was obviously insufficient to wash away the humiliation in her heart, and could not bring her any redemption from her sordid past.

Seeing the girl exuding murderous intent, Wen Xishu laughed:
"Not at all, right? There wasn't even that emptiness after revenge, just a feeling that more killing was needed."

"Now I'm giving you two choices, listen carefully."

"There are still many disgusting people in this world who have done evil to many people like you and Tang Rui. Their evil deeds should be accounted for."

"The first option is for you to go with Tang Rui. You can travel together and kill more people who deserve to be punished, bury more evils, and extinguish your fire of revenge."

The girl wanted to say something sarcastic, but at that moment, Wen Xishu gave Tang Rui a look.

Tang Rui and Wen Xishu were indeed in sync; she immediately understood, and overwhelmed with mixed feelings, she activated the technique again, albeit only for a fleeting moment…

The experiences of others resurfaced in the girl's mind.

That was certainly not Tang Rui's experience. This time, the girl and Wen Xishu were connected by a mix of emotions.

All the experiences of Wenxi Tree's Strange Tower came crashing down on him at this moment.

Those bizarre adventures, those twisted monsters... and those who struggle in despair but refuse to give up hope.

And finally, there was the person in the chaotic realm, with indifferent eyes and a large, sapphire-blue bow drawn.

In that instant, the girl felt as if she were locked in place.

Before she could even scoff, she was overwhelmed by immense fear. She was the Red House, the true Red House, an entity capable of creating massive, realistic barriers.

Within her own protective barrier... she might not actually lose to Tang Rui.

Even someone as powerful as her felt a soul-shaking fear the moment she saw the sapphire blue bow and arrow.

The mockery stopped.

This is the key feeling Wen Xishu wanted to emphasize and convey. He wasn't trying to move his target with stories of redemption he'd experienced. Liu Jianxin fell for that, but the girl in front of him didn't.

Wen Xishu calmly uttered the second sentence:

"My second option is for my apostle to kill you with an arrow. I don't care which dimension you're hiding in, what your abilities are, or which dark corner of Jiangcheng you're hiding in. It doesn't matter. I'm not good at dealing with these things, but my apostle can."

"At worst, we'll destroy a city."

"Alright, that's all I have to say. Make your choice."

Wen Xishu smiled and looked at the girl.

Tang Rui was still a little surprised... That's it?

When Wen Xishu saved her, the two of them drank and exchanged memories, talking for a very long time.

She looked at the girl, whose head was down and body was trembling slightly, clearly frightened by something beyond reason.

To be able to summon that kind of monster... what kind of being must that be?
Of course, along with the fear, there were also some strange feelings. Her dread of the man with the bow forced her to consider another option.

So, naturally, some of the following ideas came to mind—

So many people have been saved, and Tang Rui also had her life turned around after following this person... so why can't I?

Once you have great power, you will find that even your enemies become easier to communicate with.

Wen Xishu used to resort to verbal persuasion because he didn't have many other options and could only reason with people and appeal to their emotions.

But things are different now. The experience of just six months is enough to write a story of millions of words. Wen Xishu doesn't even need to organize his thoughts; he can simply stuff his experiences into the narrative.

Fortunately, Tang Rui was able to do that.

"I...choose one."

Wen Xishu said:
"Speak louder. Speak clearly. Do you still want revenge?" The girl forced a smile:
"I...I don't think I hate my sister that much. After all...she saved me, didn't she?"

Tang Rui was a little bewildered, seemingly not expecting the girl's transformation to be so rapid. Things seemed to be unfolding too smoothly.

Wen Xishu, however, felt that this was how the mission should have been done. Logically, after receiving the envelope, he should have gone to the Tower of Slaughter to find Tang Rui immediately…

This mission must be fraught with difficulties.

But a full six months passed. During those six months, Wenxi Tree seemed to be performing miracles one after another.

He wasn't sure if he could outmaneuver the Red House (a nickname for a group of people in the Red House), but he was confident he could intimidate them. Playing the emotional card every time was exhausting; wasn't one of the meanings of becoming stronger to get the other person to listen to you seriously?
After a moment of silence, Tang Rui was still happy to accept the result and smiled again.

Tang Rui also extended an invitation:
"Little sister, since you call me elder sister, then I will call you that too. I'm going to Wind City. Along the way, we'll encounter many scumbags and degenerates..."

"It's a pity I didn't take you with me back then, but at least in the future, we can act together."

Tang Rui reached out her hand.

The girl kept her head down, and after a while, she slowly raised her head:
"My name is Jiang Ling."

The two held hands.

Wen Xishu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Using others to show off was something worth trying more often, because it was indeed effective.

……

……

The rain in Jiangcheng stopped quickly.

To be precise, the barrier set up in Jiangcheng dissipated.

When the real Jiangcheng appeared, Wen Xishu felt as if he had returned from the Tower of Ghosts to the Tower of Slaughter.

Wen Xishu and Tang Rui quickly found Jiang Ling in the real Jiangcheng, the Jiangcheng in the post-apocalyptic era where black and red houses could be seen from time to time.

Of course, after the barrier in Jiangcheng dissipated, the Tang Rui that Wen Xishu saw was Tang Rui with feathers on her body. When her true form appeared, Tang Rui was somewhat sad, as she did not want Wen Xishu to see her true appearance.

Wen Xishu, however, thought Tang Rui was very beautiful.

Jiangling, on the other hand, is more abstract—or rather, excessively so.

Wen Xishu had seen many strange monsters, but Jiangling's red house was definitely the strangest monster...

She is a box.

From a distance, the Jiangling looks like just a suitcase, but up close, you can feel the life inside.

Jiang Ling sometimes opens the zipper on the suitcase by herself, and then you can see black, twisted limbs sticking out of the suitcase, making the suitcase look like the body of a spider and the limbs look like the spider's legs.

That's too abstract. Wen Xishu thought that even if the girl wasn't human, she should at least have some human form, right?

But then I thought about it...

If I had such a box... slowly opening it while locked in a fierce battle with my opponent would seem pretty cool.

In short, this is Jiangling, a boxy woman.

Her ability is to create a world within a box.

This is a box that looks like a suitcase, but can actually hold a huge area. Anything thrown into the box, even just a part of it, will be deduced into its complete form by the box according to the characteristics of the item, and then constructed in the box-shaped world.

Corpses, flesh and blood, dust...

The box kept devouring everything in Jiangcheng, and finally, a complete Jiangcheng was inside the box.

One day, when Tang Rui was fighting a monster, she, who was hiding in the shadows, devoured what she had always longed for—a part of Tang Rui's spiritual power.

Her past memories, her special connection with Tang Rui, and her own characteristics led her to establish a very special connection with Tang Rui.

To her surprise, she discovered that her barrier could now be projected outwards.

In the past, she had to cripple the enemy and then put them into her box before they could see the world inside.

Now that Tang Rui's spiritual power is inside the box, it can actually project the world inside the box outwards.

However, this can only be done when Tang Rui returns to Jiangcheng.

Wen Xishu found it all very amazing.

Upon hearing this part, I had a feeling that this was truly Tang Rui's destiny.

Tang Rui understood too...

If I join forces with Jiang Ling, it's like summoning a city full of ghost stories. Enemies I've defeated can all be turned into ghost stories that I can control in the future, as long as they're thrown into the box.

This is indeed a tremendous opportunity.

Of course, the prerequisite for this opportunity is Wen Xishu's intervention.

Otherwise, Tang Rui could foresee that... after killing one ghost story after another, she would eventually be consumed by the negative emotions brought about by her various distorted experiences.

The moment Tang Rui picked up the box, Wen Xishu saw that the shattered Jiangcheng in the post-apocalyptic era was changing in an instant.

As the heavy rain fell, the buildings transformed instantly.

"What amazing abilities. Your abilities... are strangely well-matched, aren't they? It's like they form a wonderful combo."

Tang Rui said:

"Thank you, Wen Xishu, you've helped me a lot. Every time I meet you, something good happens."

[Tang Rui's exclusive mission is complete. Tang Rui will complete the second stage of the Slaughter Tower Ascension and the Reality Ascension. This ascension will change her Slaughter Tower form and her future real form. For details, please obtain them at the Heart-Questioning Gate.]

[Tang Rui's resonance affiliation has been changed from its original Virgo affiliation to include Gemini.]

This Tower of Slaughter journey will end early; no kill requirement needs to be met.

Tang Rui's gratitude appeared at the same time as the mission notification, and Wen Xishu knew that this journey was coming to an end.

He was somewhat surprised; could this task really change the resonance affiliation?
Tang Rui's original resonance was almost certainly with Virgo, but now, because of Jiang Ling, she has surprisingly developed a Gemini resonance.

That's a good thing, since those who can resonate with Gemini are usually couples with deep bonds.

Does this mean that Jiang Ling and Tang Rui will have a good relationship in the future?

Furthermore, his guess was correct; these character-specific quests seem to be a crossover quest between the Tower of Slaughter and the Tower of Ghosts.

I don't know what Tang Rui will become, and I don't know... which character will be promoted next.

Wen Xishu was quite looking forward to it.

"I think my time is running out, I have to go."

The heavy rain has stopped, but parting is imminent.

This time, however, Tang Rui wasn't too sad:
“We’ll meet again, right? Wen Xishu, no matter where you are, I will find you. I’m heading to Fengcheng now, and I’ll be waiting for you there.”

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes, we will meet again. It may not be you coming to find me; maybe I will come to find you."

"Let's give each other one last hug, Rain Night Butcher. Our slaughtering journey is not over yet."

The two embraced again, but soon... Wen Xishu's figure disappeared.

After a long while, Tang Rui withdrew her hand, looking lost and forlorn. She stood there, as if watching a train depart for another place.

Jiang Ling, the woman in the box, made a sound:

"You seem to really like him?"

Tang Rui paused for a moment, then shook her head:

"If I were still human, if the apocalypse were over, perhaps... never mind, the apocalypse is still a long way off, none of it matters."

(End of this chapter)