[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Three Towers Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},2294138,4488,"Chapter 1: Death Penalty Executed Immediately","the-three-towers-game-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>\"Third-class private Park Yingshuang, step forward. Answer me: on what grounds do you consider yourself an excellent stud?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clerk’s interrogation came from the next room, along with the sound of pants being unzipped and a belt buckle being undone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to the officer, even compared to the bunker citizens of the Euro-American sector, my little brother is invincible under the heavens. Please, officer, take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I die in the Slaughter Tower, my heaven-sent talent will be of no use. It should go to the Desire Tower to stir up trouble and bring greater contributions to humanity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Yingshuang’s bizarre answer was delivered with resounding force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that in another room, Wen Xishu suddenly paused. He was just about to sign the \"Death Penalty Confirmation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The layout of the rooms in the bunker’s functional level was chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happened that the room next to the death row hospice was the Three Towers Game Assignment Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Desire Tower...\" Wen Xishu mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The court official frowned: \"I need to tell you, even if you don't sign, the death penalty will still be carried out. Wasting time here is meaningless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, not signing was meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless it was truly like in the novels, where one could hand-craft a lithography machine or invent a curvature engine while on death row, there was no escaping death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had transmigrated for a full few hours, Wen Xishu was not like other transmigrators who could perform all sorts of \"Lu Benwei\" feats—at least not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the procedure, he would next be asked for his last words and any final instructions for his relatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most of his relatives had also been executed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was only one step away from the limited achievement of \"Extermination of the Entire Family.\" In the time it took to eat another meal, he would be injected with death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Wen Xishu did not move to write, the court official said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you don't want to sign, we will skip this step.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your family committed grave crimes, and the entire clan has been sentenced to death. Bunker law has some leniency for minors, but you turned eighteen months ago, and all the paperwork has long been completed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We asked you this morning if you wanted to eat a 'Kende-Kun' on a day that isn't Thursday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regrettably, we could not find the shop you mentioned. Bunker supplies are currently tight, and we can only provide compressed biscuits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we specially prepared a fried chicken flavor for you. We even managed to get you a bottle of cola, which has already been chilled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The court official then signaled for the bunker security police to hoist Wen Xishu up and head to the injection room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid being \"speedrun\" by this world, Wen Xishu had actually been adapting to his post-transmigration body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the original owner of this body had a mental problem; he was crazy and erratic, making it difficult to extract useful memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until the bunker citizen surnamed Park in the next room suddenly mentioned the Desire Tower that he remembered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Desire Tower, the Slaughter Tower, the Weird Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Towers had descended, and exploring the Three Towers world was humanity's only path to survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I apply to explore the Weird Tower,\" Wen Xishu suddenly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sentence seemed to have some kind of magic; the two sturdy security police officers stopped in their tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The court official raised an eyebrow, quite surprised, then said sternly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must remind you, there is a high probability this is just dying in a different place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will very likely endure... pain exceeding the maximum value of the testing agency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is far more cruel than the death penalty. By comparison, euthanasia is definitely a merciful way to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like the kind of pain that was worse than childbirth, death by a thousand cuts, and steel needles piercing the gums all added together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was definitely something he had to try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The court official’s gaze was filled with scrutiny and doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew very well that this second young master of the Wen family was notoriously \"idiotic,\" \"crazy,\" and \"stupid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, when locked in prison, he would shed tears, have snot bubbles hanging from his nose, curse everything around him, and act in a manic, slovenly manner with incoherent logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the person before him seemed like a completely different person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exploring the Weird Tower was not wise, but it was indeed a way to stay alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the \"Three Towers Joint Exploration Hypothesis\" was preliminarily confirmed, exploration of the Weird Tower had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that place was too weird, most high-level players of the Slaughter Tower and Desire Tower on the leaderboard were unwilling to go there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, there were policy incentives: if one was willing to go to the Weird Tower and made significant discoveries—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like upgrading one's degree, guaranteed graduate school, exemption from the death penalty, a harem permit, or T0-tier gender certification—these requests were not impossible to satisfy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The court official said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your status is special. I must request instructions from my superiors, and you need to clearly understand the dangers of the Weird Tower and sign a liability waiver.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People of all countries and nationalities lived in the bunker; it was like a melting pot, so human rights were very important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Black Lives Matter\" principle was the top political correctness in the bunker currently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were often news reports of some agency being denounced by bunker residents for sending Black people to the Slaughter Tower to kill enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was of Asian descent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, sending him to the Weird Tower was extremely contrary to the principle of human rights supremacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severity of it far exceeded being assigned to the Slaughter Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief recollection, Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am very clear about the nature and differences of the Slaughter Tower, the Desire Tower, and the Weird Tower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Slaughter Tower exchanges killing monsters for merit and supplies. The Desire Tower exchanges pleasing the Three Towers people for merit and supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One is 'just do it,' and the other is 'just do it.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Weird Tower is full of weirdness and is difficult to explore. Simply put, you can't just 'do it'; it's not easy to 'do'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am aware of all this. I am also willing to sign the liability waiver.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu’s understanding of the Slaughter Tower and Desire Tower was still shallow and stereotypical, and his phrasing was a bit vulgar and crude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the official’s attention was more on Wen Xishu’s mental state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second young master of the Wen family seemed no longer crazy. This made the official’s expression a bit more serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was this another form of manifestation? After all, being this calm and rational didn't seem like a normal person either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was indeed not very normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the defects of the original owner of this body were repaired due to the transmigration, and he was no longer crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his experiences in his past life also left him with some issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, he often courted death in extremely harsh environments and then used comedic performances to create contrast and humor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, skydiving from six thousand meters, but having to solve dozens of Rubik's cubes before opening the parachute, and challenging the latest possible moment to deploy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, wingsuit flying in jagged mountain valleys, parkour in old Chongqing building districts, or performing stunt cycling on extremely steep mountain paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he neared death, when the audience's hearts were in their throats—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would use playful performances, humorous expressions, or tell dirty jokes to amuse the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his job. In the era of short videos that pursued differentiation, Wen Xishu was a blogger that no one on the entire internet could imitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, the closer Wen Xishu got to death, the more he wanted to be cheeky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like his statement earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The response to the Weird Tower entry application came quickly; in just over ten minutes, there was a reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu felt more relaxed, thinking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death row inmate had finally grasped a glimmer of hope and was heading to the Weird Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next would be a life of counter-attack, contributing to humanity, and atoning for his crimes to avoid the death penalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, he would enjoy a \"cheat-mode\" life in the bunker, continuously exploring the Three Towers, and eventually reaching the pinnacle of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, it completely fit the mission and tone of a transmigrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the court official’s answer made Wen Xishu freeze:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, based on the atrocities of the Wen family being too severe, your application to enter the Weird Tower has been rejected by superiors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The death penalty will be carried out immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1487,"2026-06-20T04:46:41.185Z","Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","48a24188310d378d60f800d973bd654fc5ca44589ee5d41419b2b534f5de0488","the-three-towers-game-chapter-2",null,281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]