Three Towers Game

Chapter 417 Suspicion over the Pen Owner
The gourmet's eyes were pierced, and his hair began to grow wildly.

Before long, the gourmet stopped moving and went from exhaustion to complete death.

As the gourmet died, the red-eyed, vampire-like butler immediately fled in terror.

As for "Chu Renmei," she left quickly as well. Her hair, just like it had done to Sheen, swiftly devoured the gourmet, then, like wriggling black liquid, seeped into the cracks in the ground.

The entire restaurant fell silent.

At this moment, Wen Xishu also received a new text prompt.

[Excellent! You're an interesting adventurer. Your performance was superb. Using thirst to combat hunger is a shame. It's a pity the gourmet is gone, but new monsters will appear soon. After all, such a beautiful house deserves a powerful owner.]

From now on, you possess superhuman stamina, immune to hunger and thirst. With a little effort, you might just be able to bring them back to where they were originally.

[Current score: 35 points. You are free to move around.]

Not bad, Wen Xishu got 15 points this time.

I only scored 20 points in total so far.

They're not far from 60 points.

Reid never expected that Wen Xishu had such methods.

"I owe you everything along the way. I knew I hadn't misjudged you. It's a pity I don't know if I can get out. If I can, I will definitely repay you in the future."

Wen Xishu waved his hand:

“We have the same thing. Let’s not be so formal. Right now, we need to find a clue.”

“In Pig Brother Three’s house, I heard shouts. The sound made me feel that it held clues about the secrets of Bizhen.”

"Now, in the house we've arrived at, there should theoretically be clues as well."

"Let's go take a look."

Wen Xishu walked towards the study, which was on the second floor and required going up a spiral staircase.

Reid had no objections; he wanted to contribute, but he knew he wasn't as smart as Wen Xishu. The smart and correct thing to do was to listen to Wen Xishu, avoid disagreements, and not cause trouble.

This made Wen Xishu quite fond of Reid.

Although we don't know exactly how strong Reed's fire control ability is, it's safe to assume that anyone who can be marked by Leon is no ordinary person.

The study door was ajar. More than ten candles were lit inside, making it particularly bright.

Most of these books are cookbooks, describing how to cook various monsters.

However, if you look closely, you'll find that although the books are thick, most of the pages are blank, containing only a few hundred words.

Just like in a game, you acquire a book in the game, and then you open it to take a look. It usually only contains a few hundred words.

But judging from the design, it looks like a very thick book.

Wen Xishu avoided the rather ornate-looking books and quickly found an old notebook on a corner bookshelf.

He opened the notebook; there wasn't much text inside.

"I tried it, and it's true, that pen... has been imbued with a strange power. But when I tried having other people write on it, it didn't show its power."

Only I, with that pen, could create such a house. I wrote that fearsome character, Hannibal. I gave him a vampire butler.

All of this has come to fruition. I wonder how it will react when it sees these things.

I was wondering if the problem wasn't the pen, but me. But after changing the pen... I stopped working too.

Gone.

Wen Xishu frowned, and Reid also saw the whole thing.

Reid said:

"This... is indeed different from the previous books."

"By the way, this place is called Pen Town, and there's another magical pen mentioned here."

"But unfortunately, there are too few clues here."

Wen Xishu also knew that the pen-shaped ...

He sensed that a person of immense power resided here.

Here is a prop—a pen.

There is also a powerful controller—the owner of the pen.

They seemed to be echoing each other, and if someone else used the pen, it wouldn't have any effect.

If the pen's owner uses a different pen, it will not have any effect.

Judging from the various fairy tales and monsters from movies and TV shows here...

All of these were written by the pen's owner using this pen.

This kind of thing... must be something only a certain zodiac sign can do, right?

Phoenix, Sirius, Qilin...

This is the secondary constellation that Wen Xishu has encountered so far.

Could it be Hercules or Lyra?

Many thoughts raced through his mind, and he felt that even horoscopes seemed a bit too extreme.

Oh, so the secret of this house has been discovered so quickly. That's great, but don't you think it's time to sleep, the night is so long? You should sleep in the right place. The new owner of the house likes to wander around; you don't want to run into him.

Sleepiness began to creep in.

After the hunger and thirst subsided, the next powerful sensory torment for both of them was drowsiness.

Wen Xishu, who was so sleepy he felt he could fall asleep the moment he closed his eyes, suddenly slapped Reid across the face:

"Don't sleep here, Reed!"

*Slap!* A crisp, loud slap landed on Reed's face, but Reed didn't seem to wake up immediately; he just nodded dazedly.

Being tired is more terrifying than being thirsty or hungry, because the brain is in a state of extreme urgency to strike and rest.

Fortunately, both of them were people with strong willpower. Wen Xishu was so ruthless that he took out the Scorpion Knife and slashed his own arm.

The pain didn't even bring him a moment of clarity; he remained in a daze, only able to think with the bare minimum of awareness.

"bed."

Without a doubt, the right place to sleep is in a bed.

Wen Xishu and Reid quickly arrived at the bedroom next to the study.

The study is luxurious, the dining room is luxurious, but the bedroom looks a bit...old.

Wen Xishu discovered that this appeared to be an abandoned children's bedroom. The walls were covered with peeling wallpaper printed with cartoon stars, and a dirty teddy bear plush toy was thrown in the corner, missing an eye.

The most important element in the bedroom is naturally the children's bed, which is quite large for a children's bed.

However, it looks really old. The bed itself is fine, but the area around the bed is full of dust and cobwebs.

Even so, this thing still had a crazy attraction for Reed. Reed felt that if he lay down on it, he could fall asleep instantly and have an incredibly blissful dream.

With his eyes half-closed, Wen Xishu shook his head, clinging to his last shred of reason, and said:

"Don't go there, not here!"

Reed was in a daze and couldn't hear clearly, but fortunately, he subconsciously believed Wen Xishu and let Wen Xishu pull him along.

Soon, the two hid under the bed.

When all the lights went out completely, and Wen Xishu lay down on the floor, she actually felt her drowsiness slightly lessen.

The same goes for Reed.

They both still wanted to sleep, but they were both a little more awake.

[As expected of warriors tempered by countless apocalypses, your resistance to various bodily instincts is remarkable. And you consistently make sound judgments.]

However, this game is not over.

The spiderwebs that covered the area around the bed indicated that it was safe, at least the space under the bed hadn't been invaded by that sleepwalking guy.

Soon, footsteps could be heard outside the house.

The footsteps were heavy, thumping like a heavy object hitting the ground.

Wen Xishu's heart skipped a beat. Oh no... Could it be that classic horror story?
Why would someone write such an old story about the town's owner?

Wen Xishu recalled a horror story: a group of people hid under a bed to avoid a ghost.

But ghosts happen to be headfirst, feet up. So every time they walk, it makes a thumping sound.

And so, the person hiding under the bed was the first to be discovered. The entire dormitory suffered the same fate.

Wen Xishu began to analyze this possibility.

The bed was clean, but there were cobwebs around it, indicating that the bed was indeed a place where evil spirits rested.

Evil spirits don't really frequent the area, but if you're upside down and see something...

The thumping sound seemed to quickly move from the restaurant and begin climbing the stairs.

Wen Xishu became increasingly certain that this thing was likely just as he had imagined—a monster upside down, head to the ground. "Reid, we need to hide on the roof. Above the bed. Can you hold on?"

I was still sleepy, so lying on the ground was fine, but trying to stay firmly on the ceiling really tested my willpower.

Reed nodded:
"no problem."

Wen Xishu and Reid promptly emerged from under the bed again.

The two were agile and quickly climbed up the ceiling in the corner of the bedroom, like spiders.

Boom, boom, boom.

The monster went into the study.

Boom, boom.

Soon, the monster was going back to the bedroom.

With a creak, the bedroom door opened, and Wen Xishu finally saw the monster's appearance.

The bloody head was indeed below.

But... there was another head above this monster.

Fucked!

Wen Xishu's drowsiness lessened considerably. Was this some kind of monster designed by humans?

Simply put, this monster has a head on top and a head on the bottom. It doesn't have normal limbs; it jumps like a spring by compressing its body.

Wen Xishu sensed a strong sense of malice. It was as if he were being given a command.

Upon seeing the bed, he chose to hide under it, but his opponent anticipated this. Fortunately, Wen Xishu was alert and considered the possibility of landing headfirst, so he immediately changed his strategy…

As a result, this monster had two heads, one above the other, so hiding above or below didn't help.

In that instant, the head on top of the monster widened its eyes and said with an exaggerated smile:

"Got you!"

Those eyes looked at Wen Xishu and Reid, and the two of them suddenly fell to the ground.

Wen Xishu's heart sank. It's over. This time, the owner of the pen town really predicted it completely... It seems that death and reset are coming.

The moment he hit the ground, Wen Xishu saw the head beneath the evil spirit. Due to the violent impact with the ground, the eyeballs had been crushed and were no longer visible.

In other words, if one firmly chooses to stay on the ground... then one can actually survive.

Sleepiness surged through him, as if a vortex was constantly swallowing his reason.

Soon, Wen Xishu fell asleep.

He drifted into a dream.

In a dream.

Wen Xishu lay on the bed, the two-headed monster forming a U-shape, with the two heads side by side.

Wen Xishu felt disgusted. One head looked sinister and terrifying, while the other was covered in blood and cracks.

Tell me a story.

The evil spirit's voice was filled with greed.

"A true story, filled with fear and despair. Feed me with your memories. Otherwise, I will have no choice but to... taste your living flesh myself."

"I'm going to sleep, but I need to hear a bedtime story. This is your last chance."

Wen Xishu was taken aback.

So he's still alive?

Your hiding on the ceiling reminded me of something. Have you read that story?

That story doesn't exist in this world. I've decided to give you one last chance.

[You'd better tell an interesting story that happened to you. The two-headed monster will see through your lie immediately. If you choose a trivial story, it won't satisfy the monster.]

Not bad. I didn't expect to be killed outright. After being found by the monster, I had a second chance.

But what does it mean by saying that story doesn't exist in this world?
Wen Xishu's heart skipped a beat as a certain possibility came to mind.

"I want to hear a story, I want to hear a scary story!"

Wen Xishu really has a lot of scary stories to tell. As someone who has climbed the Tower of Ghosts dozens of times, his stories are both eerie and terrifying.

So he quickly told a story.

The two-headed monster seemed quite satisfied with the story.

They soon fell asleep.

As the two-headed monster gradually fell asleep, Wen Xishu sensed a slight change in the surrounding space.

The endless drowsiness that had been binding him vanished completely...

He suddenly opened his eyes, and what he saw was no longer the bloody head, but Reed rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Reed quickly realized the situation:

"Huh! We're still alive?"

Wen Xishu immediately made a gesture, pointing towards the bed.

"Shhh."

Reid immediately saw a horrifying sight: a two-headed monster, its two heads side by side, sleeping with its eyes closed.

He suddenly covered his mouth.

Wen Xishu slowly stood up, gesturing for Reid to follow him.

Reed nodded and tiptoed to his feet, not daring to make a sound.

The two slowly left the bedroom and slowly went downstairs.

It seems that when the monster is asleep, everyone in the room is awake, and when the monster is awake, everyone in the room longs to sleep.

After dealing with hunger, thirst, and exhaustion, Wen Xishu had a faint clue.

After the two finally left the house and went down the stairs, suddenly, the huge, luxurious dining table in the downstairs restaurant disappeared.

Instead, a bonfire was lit.

The campfire meant safety. Wen Xishu breathed a sigh of relief.

"It looks like we've successfully passed the second scenario."

Wen Xishu sat in front of the campfire, feeling its warmth.

The sky outside was beginning to lighten from darkness.

Wen Xishu felt as if he had seen too many twisted monsters that night.

"Why did the owner of the pen town design so many twisted monsters?"

"Is he a horror story writer?"

He had doubts, but he feared the remaining clues would only appear in the third scene.

Reid said:

"Oh right, we were just asleep? This monster actually let us go."

Wen Xishu was somewhat puzzled:
Didn't you tell a story?

Reed shook his head:

"What storytelling?"

Wen Xishu did not hide anything and told her about her experience.

Reed still shook his head blankly:

"I don't know... I didn't go through this part, but it seems that I survived thanks to you."

Wen Xishu remained silent.

Combining the voice prompts in his mind, he felt increasingly uneasy.

The voice appeared again.

[Dawn is breaking, but the daytime in Bizhen is just as dangerous. Are you ready for a knock at the door and a journey to the next scene? By the way, your story was very interesting. Congratulations on getting five points, and you and your friends are now immune to sleepiness.]

Current score: 40 points.

Wen Xishu felt that these points were not difficult to earn.

However, this adventure in Bizhen was clearly going to be much longer than he had imagined.

The sound of monastery bells could be heard in the distance.

A blurry figure appeared in the distance, and the campfire began to flicker. Wen Xishu and Reid didn't have much time to rest before the next challenge came their way.

(End of this chapter)