Three Towers Game

Chapter 403 Teaming Up with the Strongest Me

Anything can be risky if you take it personally.

Once something is brought into "my" field of vision, some emotions become involuntary.

He was always very clear about his situation, knowing that he had not been mentally invaded and that this was not a hallucination.

They knew what they had to do. They had also considered the most horrific possibilities from the outset.

But it is precisely because of this clarity and awareness, and precisely because it is not a hallucination or a mental invasion... that it feels all the more difficult.

"My...my world, isn't it worth living?" 045 Wen Xishu looked at Wen Xishu in fear.

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"It's not that it's not worth it, but that it can't replace my world."

"I'm sorry, I have to kill you."

045 Wen Xishu immediately said:
"Can't we just protest the game by not checking any boxes?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"I can't afford to gamble."

Yes, I can't afford to gamble.

Once someone marks the box, there are only two possible outcomes...

Either both worlds are destroyed, or your own world is destroyed.

In short, in any case, his world should come to an end.

Wen Xishu was also unaware that even if the checkmark method trapped this alternate self, or even knocked out this alternate self... there was still a great risk involved.

This is world destruction, and the price is the destruction of all your ties.

He dared not take any risks.

Lan Xingwen Xishu's eyes grew increasingly dim; he couldn't think of a solution.

"My brother is still waiting for me... Don't kill me... Don't kill me..."

In the final moments of his life, he could only repeat one sentence.

These words did not make Wen Xishu hesitate.

Wenxi Tree had already summoned its shadow and turned its head away.

Even the shadow seemed to realize that this was a simple, yet incredibly frustrating task.

Shadow received a gesture from Wen Xishu.

Soon, a muffled groan was heard. The shadow's movements were incredibly swift, without any hint of torture; it was purely aimed at ending the opponent's life.

Before long, the shadow vanished. Along with it, the life of the Blue Star Wenxi Tree also disappeared.

There was no luck, no accident, no miracle.

Wen Xishu stared blankly at the dead version of himself.

After a while, he picked up the body and placed it in a corner, keeping it in a reclining position as if it were sleeping in the corner.

At this moment, when he touches the other person, he will finally have no more memories of that other world.

Because that world, and all the people there, have disappeared.

[Due to insufficient participants, you have become the winner of round 2.5. Please wait patiently for round 3 to begin.]

Wen Xishu thought for a moment, then sat down next to the corpse of the other self and began to wait alone.

……

……

During those fifteen minutes, many similar tragedies were happening.

005 has successfully returned, and 001 Wen Xishu is no exception.

After seeing the exaggerated mecha suits of those mechanical lifeforms, 001 Wen Xishu had some admiration for 005 Wen Xishu.

"You are very low-key, and there are still many possibilities in your world."

001 Wen Xishu spoke in a calm tone.

Completely different from Wen Xishu in Bunker 046, there wasn't even a trace of emotion in his eyes.

005 Wen Xishu said:
"Have you met the wise man?"

001 Wen Xishu nodded:
"I saw it, it's the Pisces."

005 Wen Xishu said:
"So, have you found the answer you were looking for? But I always feel that there are no right answers left in your world."

001 Wen Xishu does not deny:
"Yes, in my world, even though I am powerful, I have solved every single problem wrong."

005 Wen Xishu said:
So... will you kill me? Or will you grant my wish?

001 Wen Xishu said:
"Your world and my world are of different strengths; the differences are too great."

“That drunkard did something unnecessary, but if I were him, I would have done the same.”

"But the problem now is that I can't grant the wish to a world whose power level is weaker than mine."

"Your world has no Three Towers."

The light in 005's eyes gradually dimmed.

"Then, let's do it."

001 Wen Xishu nodded calmly. There was no apology, no reason given.

He had seen too many people die. In his world, the only people he still had a connection with were no longer the people in the bunker, nor the constellations outside the bunker...

Rather, it was the monster of the Dragon Summer Dragon Hidden Plan that even the Outer Gods could not erase and could not defeat...

Or rather, the plan has reached its second phase, called the Dragon Soaring Plan.

But that crazy guy, when he goes berserk, he can even kill him.

They are not on the same path, even if they share a common enemy.

A world without any companions truly has no meaning to exist.

Before Wen Xishu became incredibly lonely, he thought loneliness wasn't scary.

But it was only when he was all alone that he understood that feeling of powerlessness.

On his deathbed, 005 surprisingly felt at peace with everything:
"We will all end up the same way."

001 Wen Xishu nodded:

Yes, we will all end up with the same fate.

005 Wen Xishu died; his mechanical core was destroyed. It was a core no less brilliant than that of the Pisces.

……

……

007 Wen Xishu and 098 Assassin Wen Xishu both exist in each other's worlds.

They face the same choice.

"It seems I'm going to be killed by you?" 007 Wen Xishu said calmly.

098 Wen Xishu said:
"My journey has come to an end."

“I really want to kill you, but it’s pointless, because my assassination skills are… insignificant in worlds with superpowers, although I believe that with a little training, my decryption abilities wouldn’t be any weaker than yours…”

"But there's no time. I imagine that at this very moment, in the other rooms, a brutal struggle for survival is unfolding. But I won't."

"I refuse," much to 007's surprise.

007 was even prepared to be killed by the assassin Wen Xishu.

Because the world he lived in was also a rather uninteresting one, and after exchanging glances and talking with 001, he knew that the protagonist of this game was 001.

Faced with such a terrifying disparity in strength, he had no idea how he could survive.

But at least, you can decide how you die.

Clearly, his idea was the same as 098's.

007 Wen Xishu nodded:
"Yes, if it were you, you might be able to be like me in no time."

"So, is there anything you wish to say to me in the end?"

After a few seconds of silence, 098 slowly said:
"Let's make sure that in this bizarre survival game, 'we' can achieve the most perfect ending."

"As an assassin, I was often brainwashed, told that I was a blade, a blade, and that I had to forget myself."

"Among so many 'us,' some of us need to forget ourselves, but some of us absolutely cannot forget ourselves."

"The rest is up to you."

007 sighed softly and turned away.

……

……

One by one, many rooms completed the second and fifth rounds of tasks.

There are currently 44 people remaining. There is a room where two people have both died.

It wasn't that the two Wen Xishu were foolish enough to think that the other party would acknowledge their world during the check-in process.

Even the most naive Wen Xishu would know when not to gamble. The problem is, neither of the two Wen Xishu survived the other's world.

The details of the third round of the game have not yet been released.

However, all the doors to the rooms were already open.

You will have one hour for free communication. During this hour, you cannot use violence; you can only communicate.

[In one hour, you will have roommates again and begin a brand new challenge.]

After receiving the hint, Wen Xishu quickly went out the door.

I only have less than half left, and everyone seems quite nervous.

All the Wenxi Trees are pondering the same question.

Will my new roommates be the same as before? The essence of the game is elimination, choosing the one and only me—everyone has already decided on that.

Every Wenxi Tree knows a cruel truth—

Only one Wenxi Tree can remain here.

But will the game repeat the same trick?
Starting a brand new challenge seems to indicate that the next game will not be the same as the last one.

but……

Is the essence of it all about choosing a teammate who will be eliminated?

Because they had eliminated their roommates in the previous round, they all deeply experienced the cruelty of the game. In order to avoid getting emotionally hurt, they had to become a little numb.

In order to avoid being eliminated... it seems that the only way to choose roommates is to choose someone weaker.

Essentially, an hour-long conversation is about telling others what your world is like.

At this moment, a Wenxi Tree from Universe 091, whose body was covered in small characters, appeared beside Wenxi Tree.

"Hey buddy, what's your world like? Mind if we make eye contact?"

By making eye contact, one can resonate with memories of another version of oneself. Wen Xishu had already tried this before.

He shrugged:

"no problem."

The two quickly began to look at each other.

The world where Wen Xishu, covered in tattoos, lives... seems to be a game-like world.

In this world, Scorpio is very powerful, far more powerful than Leo.

In this world, everyone longs to break the curse of Scorpio and overcome one game obstacle after another.

In this world, everyone needs to accumulate game points to survive.

Game points are the points earned by successfully completing various games.

Their lifespan is their points.

It's a cruel world.

091's body is covered with all sorts of strategies; even someone as strong as him can't possibly remember all the details of the game world by relying solely on his brain.

Wen Xishu found it very interesting. To be honest, if it was just about making friends, he would be happy to be friends with someone like Wen Xishu.

But considering that I might be entering the other person's world... that's troublesome.

When Wen Xishu with the tattoo saw the bizarre apocalyptic world depicted by Wen Xishu, he immediately shook his head.

"Forget it, we don't seem to be a good match."

091 Wen Xishu decides to leave.

Wenxi Tree had no choice but to choose another Wenxi Tree.

But the other Wenxi Trees don't seem to like the world of Wenxi Trees very much either.

During that hour, Wen Xishu met a fellow Daoist named Wen Xishu from the world of immortals and heroes.

However, fellow Daoist Wen Xishu felt that the rules of this strange world outweighed the laws of Dao, and a wise man would not stand under a dangerous wall, so he refused to join the team.

Wen Xishu also encountered Wen Xishu, a wizard from a magical world. Of course, the wizard Wen Xishu rejected Wen Xishu, arguing that the rules of this strange world were more absurd than magic itself.

Wen Xishu also encountered the artist Wen Xishu. It was a universe where Confucianism used literature to disrupt the law. As long as you created a great work, you could directly obtain powerful energy.

The reason why artist Wen Xishu rejected Wen Xishu was rather novel—people who are constantly under pressure to survive cannot appreciate art.

In short, many Wenxi Trees, after making eye contact with the bunker Wenxi Tree, felt that there was something wrong with the other's world and chose to refuse to team up with him.

Wen Xishu was internally furious.

The most popular characters from the novel "Wenxi Tree" are naturally 007 and 022.

Unravel the mystery of Wen Xishu: Although he lives in a world of war, that world has almost no superpowers.

022 is a gender-swapped version of Wen Xishu, and she is still popular.

And she survived the previous round of the game.

Everyone is making eye contact. The advantage of eye contact is that you won't be fooled.

Because the world Wen Xishu lived in was too bizarre, many people would look at him and then move on to the next person.

The wizard Wen Xishu from the magical world eventually teams up with the tattoo Wen Xishu from the game world.

The wizard Wen Xishu believed that his spell was enough to break the game's balance.

Wen Xishu, from the game world, believes that the magical world is just another game.

The gender-swapped Wen Xishu is paired with 007 Wen Xishu.

More and more Wenxi Trees began to find their respective teammates.

Some were not very satisfied, while others were mutually attracted, each feeling they could handle the other's world.

Gradually, two of the evening primrose trees were left behind.

Wen Xishu, the strongest fighter in Universe 001, and Wen Xishu, the bunker fighter in Universe 046.

Yes, after everyone has been paired up, these two are the ones neither of them wanted to be paired with...

Thus, the two were forced to be matched together as a team.

Wen Xishu of Universe 001 is indifferent to everyone; in his eyes, everyone else's universe is child's play.

046 Wen Xishu never expected that his world would be considered one of the most difficult to survive in.

Wen Xishu looked at 001 Wen Xishu, who had not yet been visited by anyone. At that moment, 001 Wen Xishu also looked at Wen Xishu.

Their eyes met, but strangely, this time, they no longer felt any "resonance".

046 and 001, there is no choice.

Wen Xishu received the worst possible outcome. He teamed up with the most powerful 001.

[Successfully matched with a new roommate! Wen Xishu from Universe 001 will become your partner in the third round of the game.]

Wen Xishu shook his head secretly and slowly walked to 001's side:
"Although I don't know what your world is like, it must be no less than mine."

Am I just unlucky?

001 Wen Xishu's gaze was somewhat complicated. He hadn't expected to successfully team up with 046 in the third round of the game.

He hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Perhaps this time it's not a confrontation."

001 was absolutely right.

All 44 Wenxi Trees and 22 teams have been matched.

At this moment, the voice of "I" resurfaced in everyone's minds once again.

It seems you've already chosen your teammates. In the next round, you must work with your teammates to eliminate members of other teams.

You will be transported to a special scenario for a survival trial with an extremely high risk of death. If your teammates are strong enough, then you have a chance to survive.

Hopefully, your teammates didn't choose the weakest characters. Of course, here's a piece of advice—you'd better put in more effort than your teammates.

When this rule was announced, many Wen Xishu felt their world had collapsed. They could have guessed this possibility, but when it actually happened, they still felt like they had been fooled by the rules.

Wen Xishu, on the other hand, felt like laughing.

001 Shrug:

“You see, they shouldn’t be afraid of me. Nor should they choose the easy way out.”

Wen Xishu reached out and shook hands with his invincible yet somewhat weathered self:

"Although we will eventually have a showdown, let's trust and cooperate with each other until then."

001 asked a question:
“I could easily kill all of you. Do you think there’s any point in fighting? Haven’t you ever suspected that you’re just… a 'second self' destined to perish?”

Having experienced the cruel scene not long ago, Wen Xishu's mindset has undergone many changes at this moment.

"I've never doubted it. I don't know if there's another version of me here, but I'm definitely the only one. You are the strongest 'me,' but you may not be the last 'me.'"

Wen Xishu met 001's gaze without flinching.

(End of this chapter)