[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-112":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Three Towers Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2294249,4488,"Chapter 112: The First Kill of the Entire Tower and Wen Zhaohua's Time Theory","the-three-towers-game-chapter-112",112,"\u003Cp>Xun Hui and Wen Xishu had truly left the supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui’s final words were actually out of responsibility for the personal safety of Yue Yun and the others. What was about to begin hunting was the peak among leader-level entities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could not contribute a core role, there was no necessity in bringing them along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui’s approach was reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the feeling of being reduced to background scenery was truly unpleasant. For the first time, Xiao Jin felt a sense of frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, this feeling, it's the first time I've had it.\" Xiao Jin squatted beside the campfire, a smile still on his face, but his eyes held some unwillingness and sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nisen was easier to figure out; he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen’s ability seems to be a cut above ours. When he is with Senior Xun, it’s just like they are partners.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Yun clenched his fists. He had the resolve to work hard and the courage to risk his life. Before coming here, he hadn't chosen survival items, but weapons instead; that was the courage he wanted to use to prove himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, he felt like he had become a burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Jin was, after all, just a child. Although he had always listened to his grandfather, never been arrogant, and never looked down on others, deep down, Xiao Jin knew his own talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in the future, he would become the strongest duo in the Slaughter Tower alongside Senior Xun. But now, he found that he couldn't even help out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nisen seemed to sense this atmosphere and clapped his hands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, bro, don't be discouraged. Wen is our friend. If a friend performs well, we should feel happy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we had surpassed everyone early on, then surely even greater troubles would be waiting for us. Right now, we should be glad that we only need to think about how to work hard to catch up to Wen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nisen revealed a mouthful of white teeth; he had always been the most cheerful one in the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Yun looked at Nisen’s silly, happy expression, nodded, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your mindset is better than mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't actually need much comforting. Although Yue Yun was a little hit by this, he wasn't dejected. With Nisen saying this, he quickly opened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nisen laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I actually thought about whether I might be a one-in-a-million genius, but, after coming to the Slaughter Tower Academy, I discovered there are quite a lot of people better than me. Well, nothing to be done about that, I just have to change my way of thinking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Yun shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our talent is just not as good as Wen Xun’s, but that doesn't mean we are some stinking fish or rotten shrimp. Nisen, we have to work hard. Xiao Jin, you too, don't feel dejected. You are even more amazing than Nisen and me, even... Gion Yoshiki is not as good as you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Jin was indeed a bit hit by it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, Brother Yun, Brother Nisen, you guys are so kind. But I... I couldn't help at all this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Yun said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Xun has been stuck on the fifty-ninth floor for a while now. If we can't help now, then we will help later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, everything Wen Xun has, he fought for in the Trick Tower. The tracks are different, so it's hard to say. If we have the mood to feel aggrieved here, it would be better if we reviewed and reflected together: why could Wen Xun find the weakness of that monster that called out names earlier, and we couldn't?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps we should learn his way of thinking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Jin looked up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... right! Grandfather told me that if I meet someone better than me, I should learn from their strengths!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Yun nodded and waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them gathered together and began to slowly review the scene from that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Yun saw the gap in talent, but he firmly believed that his own efforts would definitely yield results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui and Wen Xishu were currently on the streets of this unknown city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the thick fog in the distance, huge figures would occasionally emerge, and occasionally they would encounter monsters that flashed by like ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the two’s attention was always on the \"coffin-bearing\" procession in the very front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Xun, I have a question.\" Wen Xishu looked at the group of coffin-bearers ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were currently about two hundred meters away from the Ghost Bride. The two did not act immediately; they intended to observe first to avoid other monsters appearing in the surroundings while they were acting, becoming the mantis behind the oriole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ask, keep it brief.\" Xun Hui was not yet sure if it was suitable to act now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if an opportunity arose, he didn't want to delay it because of a conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You probably aren't confident in dealing with it, right? But when I brought it up, you didn't seem to hesitate much. Is the loot very rich?\" Wen Xishu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui gazed ahead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What you want to ask about is the first kill, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. To be precise, it’s the issue of the time mechanism triggered by the concept of a first kill. But you can tell me about the first kill first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui’s gaze never shifted by even half a point; he was observing the movements of every coffin-bearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Slaughter Tower, if you are the first to kill a certain monster, it counts as your personal first kill. A personal first kill provides high experience, allowing your Slaughter Tower level to increase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In other words, the Slaughter Tower encourages you to kill different types of monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But every monster is different; this world doesn't contain identical creatures, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is what your cultural studies teacher should teach you regarding evolutionary directions. In short, killing monsters with different evolutionary traits counts as your personal first kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taking normal types as an example, for instance, in Yanjing, where I went before, most normal types are very similar. These similar normal types often move in groups. Although there are some individual differences, they all count as the same kind of monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if the place is changed to Shencheng, the normal types that move in groups present another evolutionary direction. That counts as a new kind of monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu roughly understood:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about rare types?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rare types are more likely to be judged as different individuals, and then there are elite types. Every elite type can be seen as a first kill; there are very few identical elite types. Rare and elite represent that they often have unique evolutionary paths.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like the coffin-bearers in front, sixteen of them—don't look at their similar appearance, their abilities are all different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui’s explanation was still very on point, and Wen Xishu also figured it out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I should kill rare types, or even elite types, as much as possible. The probability of obtaining a first kill is very high.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is the logic, but the premise is that you can do it. Remember, if one day you kill a leader, don't think you can steadily win against the elite types below the leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of the unique evolutionary chain, you don't know if some lower-level monster might just happen to have an ability that counters you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu deeply agreed; he understood the principle of mutual generation and restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, the probability of a personal first kill dropping items also increases. However, that is not the reason that attracts me. The reason I am willing to take a gamble is, first, I believe you won't joke with your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secondly, I want to complete a Three-Tower First Kill. That is rarer and harder to achieve than a personal first kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is to say, you have to encounter a monster that no one else has ever killed... right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Ghost Bride stopped at the entrance of an abandoned commercial building. It looked like it was about to clash with the regional guardian here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A personal first kill actually has a high probability of not dropping items; it just increases the probability and gives high experience. If it is a Three-Tower First Kill, it is different; the probability of dropping items will increase significantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu actually wanted to ask about this, as it involved the time-line mechanism. His expression became serious:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, you mean you have to kill a monster that no one else has ever killed to count as a Three-Tower First Kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't that obvious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that means the monsters in the Slaughter Tower world refresh periodically? For example, the Ghost Bride—if it dies at your hands, might others encounter it after a while?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You actually don't know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really don't know. What I want to ask is, could it be that the time of the Slaughter Tower world periodically reverts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the concept of a first kill exists, naturally there is also the concept of repeated kills. It means the monsters of the Slaughter Tower resurrect after death...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then does that mean the \"online game\" of the Slaughter Tower will \"roll back\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was very curious. Could it be that his own interactions with Tang Rui and the others, and the memories of Tang Rui and the others, would also be rolled back together? He felt it shouldn't be like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui was somewhat surprised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and Wen Zhaohua are indeed very similar. You actually asked the same question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is my own brother, after all, so it's normal for some places to be similar. Senior, I am really very curious about this question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui was certain that now was not the time for battle, so he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a cycle. The time mechanism nodes of the Slaughter Tower are constantly cycling. The cycle is unclear. Actually, the one who solved this mystery was also your brother, Wen Zhaohua.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Zhaohua wrote a book called 'Three-Tower Time Theory'. But it was immediately banned by the old principal after publication. Only the Wen family members, the old principal, and Mirror and I have seen it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was a bit puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if his character is bad, the useful books he creates shouldn't be banned, right? After all, it broadens people's cognition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some things are hard to explain clearly. Well, actually, I don't quite understand either, but perhaps when you grow up, you will be able to investigate and find out the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But fortunately, I have read that book. I won't mention the Trick Tower and the Desire Tower, but I can explain the Slaughter Tower to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Slaughter Tower, time is actually constantly looping; the cycle is thirteen months.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During these thirteen months, no matter what you do or how many monsters you kill, the traces of your actions will be erased once the next cycle begins, and the monsters you killed will be resurrected. This is because the timeline has returned to the moment before you killed the monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, Wen Zhaohua once said that there is a way to advance the timeline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you climb the tower at a certain time node and change the fate trajectory of certain monsters, the timeline will be advanced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The time node for the start of the next cycle will then become the moment you successfully returned to the bunker after changing the monsters' fate trajectories, and the cycle duration remains unchanged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui, for once, showed a somewhat embarrassed expression; he scratched his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the original text from your brother's book. Did you understand it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui hadn't understood it himself at the time because he found it difficult to grasp some of the logic within, so he had asked Wen Zhaohua many times before he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really understand?\" Xun Hui expressed doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. It's easy to understand. The time loop cycle is thirteen months; for example, from January 1, 2025, to February 1, 2026. If I suddenly change the fate trajectory of a boss-level monster in the Slaughter Tower on February 1, 2025, and leave the Slaughter Tower to return to the bunker on February 2, 2025, then the time loop range becomes February 2, 2025, to March 2, 2026.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui nodded; that was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he had to admit he hadn't understood it at the time, and he completely failed to understand how Wen Zhaohua had discovered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, this kind of fate trajectory change must have restrictions... I mean, other than combat; killing obviously doesn't count, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Killing in the Slaughter Tower does not count as changing a fate trajectory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu found it interesting; in the Desire Tower, you cannot kill people because the rules don't allow it. But if you really do kill someone, it can directly affect the contents of the Trick Tower and the Slaughter Tower, and it can affect the content of the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in the Slaughter Tower, you can kill at will. But ironically, killing monsters in the Slaughter Tower does not advance the timeline and does not change any trajectories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the monsters in the Slaughter Tower kill anyone they see... and most of the monsters in the Slaughter Tower cannot communicate, and there is almost no possibility of changing the monsters' fate trajectories in the Slaughter Tower...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the possibility of other bunker players advancing the timeline is very, very low.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But just now, because I chatted with Tang Rui and the others, I didn't kill; I only used words to guide them. This should count as changing a fate trajectory, right? In this way...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't I just advance the time loop node of the Slaughter Tower?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the reason I was able to change Tang Rui's fate trajectory stems from my accumulation in the Desire Tower and the Trick Tower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu looked at Xun Hui, realizing a very critical point:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Xun, is it very difficult to advance the timeline just by climbing the Slaughter Tower? In other words, the monsters you are dealing with on the 59th floor are actually monsters stuck in a certain time node.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taking my previous example, assuming we are currently in January 2025, then the Slaughter Tower will loop starting from February 2026.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If no one in the Slaughter Tower ever changes the monsters' fate trajectories, that means the monsters you are dealing with are actually always from before February 2026.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui nodded: \"Yes, is there a problem with that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course there is, and the problem is huge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Slaughter Tower is only a simulation, but time in the real world does not stop. If we can never advance the timeline, then we will never know... what year it actually is in the real world. Maybe it's 2088, 2089, 2100, who knows?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui froze; he suddenly felt a sense of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We bunker players can indeed kill monsters in the Slaughter Tower and keep growing. Especially a genius like you, Senior; in just a few years... you have reached the fifty-ninth floor. Your rate of progress is much faster than the evolution rate of the Slaughter Tower monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if you can never advance the timeline, you won't know which version the monsters in the real world have evolved to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you finally defeat the 2026 version of a monster... is it possible that in its real timeline, it has already reached decades later, and in those decades... it has evolved crazily and is no longer comparable to the 2026 version?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's like tower-server players being stuck on the 2026 version, finally summarizing the strategies for each dungeon, but in reality, the world server has long since updated to the 2088 version, and all strategies are long outdated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui was silent for a long time; for once, he did not observe the battlefield and turned his gaze toward Wen Xishu. His expression was unprecedentedly serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly persuaded by Wen Xishu and believed that what Wen Xishu said was likely true. In fact, the old Master had also said similar things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Slaughter Tower is our channel to understand the real world, and it is also our channel to improve and change the real world, but the Slaughter Tower is not the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui hadn't understood this sentence at the time, but now he seemed to understand it. You work hard to kill enemies, but you are likely just fighting monsters from an ancient version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don't find a way to update the simulator's version... then you are only the strongest within this simulator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the real world, perhaps those monsters you have killed many times have long evolved to an unimaginable degree. But in the Slaughter Tower, if the time nodes are not advanced, their ability fluctuations only fluctuate within the thirteen-month period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, what he previously told Wen Xishu—that the Ghost Bride's strength was greater than when the old Master dealt with her—did not hold up. The old Master fought the Ghost Bride many years ago, but for Slaughter Tower players, the ability fluctuation was only a change of thirteen months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Xishu, you are very right. I think I know why this book was banned... It is very likely that this would trigger thinking and cause people to fall into panic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm afraid this is also the reason why the old Master is desperately trying to clear the one-hundredth floor, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Albert's cognition, only after the one-hundredth floor is it possible to glimpse certain truths. Only then can certain situations be changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui did not speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not tell Xun Hui that just now, he had already advanced the timeline and updated the version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Wen Xishu had reached a truly astonishing conclusion: only by anchoring new fate trajectories for those boss-level monsters while they are still in the human stage in the Trick Tower and the Desire Tower do you have the qualifications to advance the timeline in the Slaughter Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invitation mechanism of the Trick Tower allows you to return to the most critical time nodes of the Desire Tower, and the Trick Tower itself can yield powerful items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Trick Tower and the Desire Tower give you the opportunity to update the version in the Slaughter Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three towers are closely linked. And the Trick Tower is the best entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wen Xishu was communicating with Tang Rui and the others just now, he used non-combat methods like thought and verbal guidance to change Tang Rui's trajectory, which might also lead to Jack, Jennifer, and the An brothers rethinking the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirteen months later, when the cycle begins, time will not return to before everything happened, but will return to the time he successfully returned to the bunker this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, in the next cycle, the eerie plants and the supermarket clerk will not be resurrected. Because the earliest node of the cycle has already become the moment after they were killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I come to explore the Slaughter Tower regularly, as long as this cycle is less than thirteen months, and I regularly change some people's fate trajectories...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I can keep advancing the version, letting the Slaughter Tower world, which was originally in a loop, move forward normally... Under this premise, the loop is also broken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Xun, the old Master, and all the warriors struggling in the Slaughter Tower... will be able to access more future content and understand more of the situation changes in the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the premise is that I can always change the monsters' trajectories through non-combat means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In other words, I cannot stop exploring the three towers; missing even one won't work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Wen Xishu was not very worried about the issue of bunker players' versions lagging behind the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the various rewards from exploring the three towers, as well as the speed at which humans grow stronger... made Wen Xishu feel that bunker players are the true gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as a way is found to advance the version, the progress of bunker players is a dimensionality-reduction strike against those monsters that evolve by preying on other creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Wen Xishu was certain that there must be some way to significantly update the version. At the same time, in a sense, the longer the interval from the real world's timeline... the more exaggerated the butterfly effect, and the more exaggerated the snowball effect produced by changing a certain person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Albert had already realized this; Albert likely knows more than anyone. In short, for people at the current stage, there is always only one thing to do—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb the tower, keep climbing the tower, climb to unprecedented levels, and find the path that links to the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Zhaohua must have discovered this... but Wen Zhaohua later suddenly went insane and led the Wen family to collectively do some things that were intolerable to both gods and men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why? What was the point of him doing this? And what exactly did he do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu decided that after returning this time, he would have a good talk with the old Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Master definitely knows much more than Xun Hui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wen Xishu also really wanted to know from the old Master... if the Slaughter Tower is only a simulation, then besides advancing the timeline, does changing Tang Rui and the others' fate trajectories have any other meaning? Will it affect the real world many years later?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, after completing a recruitment mission, is this recruitment limited to the Slaughter Tower, or does it also take effect in the real world? After changing some people's fate trajectories in the Desire Tower and the Trick Tower, does it only change their trajectories in the Slaughter Tower, or their trajectories in the real world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu could actually guess that it should be the latter. Otherwise, the Twelve Constellations couldn't be so eager to win over bunker players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The influence of the three towers on the world should be objectively existent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui suddenly shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My cultivation is indeed still not enough; I actually started worrying about these ethereal things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, what are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui's expression became resolute again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are right, it is very likely that the monsters we deal with in the Slaughter Tower are from outdated versions. But so what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am still far from the point where I need to worry about these things. Once I become the strongest creature in the entire Slaughter Tower, that is when I need to consider it, isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what, the thing I can do is always to keep getting stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu felt a sense of reverence; Xun Hui was indeed a born warrior, capable of overcoming confusion very easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, the Ghost Bride had successfully dragged the area guardian of the area she invaded... into the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, stop thinking about those irrelevant things. Wen Xishu, I am going to sprint now; I will solve those elite types at the fastest speed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You better ensure you can force it out of the coffin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu took out a pair of gloves with a fiery red luster and a ※ mark from his item slot:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, but I have to get closer to that Ghost Bride.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Senior, if you kill the Ghost Bride, and assuming we have advanced the timeline... then does the Ghost Bride become an out-of-print monster?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After this kind of kill, others won't be able to kill it, right? Will there be extra rewards? After all, this can be considered an out-of-print kill, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui did not answer Wen Xishu's question; a terrifying aura erupted, and he found the opening exposed by the Ghost Bride and the coffin bearers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This moment was the best time to cut into the battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the answer to Wen Xishu's question... there indeed was one, and there was a type of kill that offered higher rewards than the first kill of the three towers, which was the \"Tower-Retirement Kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This, in fact, was also something Wen Zhaohua had verified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanism is exactly as Wen Xishu described: during a version update, which is to say, while the timeline is advancing, one must kill a certain powerful monster to force it to permanently exit the Slaughter Tower world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a reward is even more exaggerated than a Three-Tower First Kill. But almost no one can achieve this. Because whether it is a Three-Tower First Kill or a Tower-Exit Kill, both have very high requirements for the monster's evolutionary level. One must at least kill a Leader-level monster to receive this treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing a Leader for the first time is already difficult, let alone managing to change the trajectory of fate and advance the timeline. If one truly succeeded, and the target was the Ghost Bride, that would be a Personal First Kill, a Three-Tower First Kill, plus a Tower-Exit Kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui did not feel that answering this question at this moment was meaningful, because it was unrealistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu only felt a fierce wind rushing toward his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, he felt a powerful airflow blow him away, but suddenly the world turned upside down, and he seemed to be pushed forward again by an even greater force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Xun Hui had already drawn his greatsword and swung it wildly; sixteen coffin bearers were cut in half in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What terrifying speed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu now realized that he had been thrown into the sky by Xun Hui. At this moment, suspended in mid-air, he looked down at the battlefield and discovered that Xun Hui, with the momentum of thunder, had almost instantly killed eight Elite-species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this is the true strength of the number one person on the Slaughter Tower leaderboard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't even see clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing such a freak, any item is useless; your hand-raising movements appear infinitely slow to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu, in mid-air, was constantly falling, but also getting closer to the battlefield. The reason Xun Hui did this was to ensure that Wen Xishu's distance could be a bit closer to the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wen Xishu also extended both palms, beginning to confront that coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix Gloves: Dissolve locked onto that coffin in an instant. Xun Hui noticed that the coffin suddenly emitted a light similar to that of the gloves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now certain that Wen Xishu really had something up his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Xun Hui did not immediately rush into the coffin, but instead used the fastest speed to kill the several Elite-species nearby!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now firing on all cylinders, even using the State of No-Self. The terrifying explosive power left those coffin bearers completely unable to parry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Wen Xishu landed, Xun Hui had already killed all the coffin bearers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrill and venomous roar appeared; the owner of the coffin had originally intended to release vast spiritual power and resentment. On one hand, it wanted to summon all the vengeful spirits in the desolate village; on the other, it needed to make the resentment act like a black hole to suck Xun Hui into the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But both of its methods failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two methods relying on the coffin could not function, and it itself, hiding in the spiritual world... also suddenly felt as if it had lost its connection to the world inside the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned its head abruptly and discovered that the surroundings were no longer the desolate village, but a coffin emitting a fiery red color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red bridal veil, a red wedding dress, a deathly pale face, and that constantly wriggling fine hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been far, far too long since anyone had seen this scene, and the Ghost Bride herself had not been touched by the sunlight of the real world for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui was incredibly excited; the hope for a Three-Tower First Kill had truly appeared. Where did this kid Wen Xishu get these things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made a motion of throwing a javelin, then used force to launch his greatsword. The terrifying giant sword smashed directly into the Ghost Bride, piercing through the Ghost Bride's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, Xun Hui shouted loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatsword retracted rapidly, dragging the Ghost Bride directly out of the coffin along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Leader-level monster, the Ghost Bride, was forced out of the coffin for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its expression was incomparably venomous, and the sky suddenly turned blood-red. The wound that had just been pierced actually healed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui, of course, did not expect to kill a Leader-level monster in an instant; he took a step forward, dragging the greatsword with both hands, and approached the Ghost Bride at a super-fast speed that was difficult to track with the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a bizarre scene occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red sky suddenly had boundaries; looking up from below, it was like a huge red bridal veil descending from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a blood-red barrier also expanded from the red wedding dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two barriers of the red wedding dress and the red bridal veil merged together, forming a crimson cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of this cage was no different from the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, great vigilance arose in Xun Hui's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because what he saw was no longer the apocalyptic wasteland, but some desolate village, where countless old people, children, and women in white clothes stared at him with venomous eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, this female ghost actually found a way... to transfer the coffin's power to other items!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Xun Hui thought of the truth of the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Ghost Bride actually knew its own weakness; the coffin was its reliance, but it also limited its progress. That coffin could lead to the spiritual world, but it also required feeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to the Ghost Bride killing many monsters, but its evolution speed was slow, as most monsters were fed to the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many people thought that as long as they could break the coffin, they could kill the Ghost Bride. But in fact, the Ghost Bride knew this better than most; she always hid in the coffin, only using the coffin to kill enemies, and never considered killing enemies or devouring monsters to evolve on her own...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just to cover up another trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the red bridal veil and the red wedding dress, both of which were also God-level items. It's just that people didn't know, because most people didn't even have the qualifications to see these two items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu also reacted all of a sudden. This woman had two more items; these two items counted as a weakened version of the coffin, and their effect was that they could actively create a \"spiritual world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now this was great; he and Xun Hui had entered the spiritual world directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any vengeful spirit in this godforsaken place could kill him in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wen Xishu did not panic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this were in the Trick Tower, it might just be a reversal level. I have to say, this Ghost Bride is truly hard to guard against.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too bad, you have four twos, and I have a pair of Kings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu made a response in an instant; another ability of the Phoenix Gloves: Dissolve was activated, disabling the item inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xun Hui was incredibly worried about Wen Xishu, thinking about how to save him, a scene that shocked Xun Hui appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding spiritual world suddenly began to shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those desolate village vengeful spirits that were originally rushing toward him also disappeared in an instant. The original desolate village also vanished in a flash, like a dream or bubble. Replacing it was the familiar ruined apocalyptic city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, Senior, don't space out!\" Wen Xishu, who had known all this, shouted a reminder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stunned Xun Hui immediately realized that the opponent hadn't reacted yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Ghost Bride also completely did not expect that, having just finished its ultimate move, how did it become the opponent's turn? It felt unbelievable and could not understand the current situation, to the point that it froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui reacted incredibly quickly; at this moment, all his strength was gathered in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The State of No-Self was activated. Xun Hui, who could not be attacked and seemed to have turned into a ghost, arrived in front of the Ghost Bride in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time Xun Hui did not use his sword, but acted as he had previously dealt with the supermarket clerk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky-filling resentment could not hinder Xun Hui; Xun Hui was like a special, unselectable entity in a game, and he easily passed through the female ghost's barrier of resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, his hands passed through the female ghost's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The State of No-Self was deactivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suddenly materialized body caused the female ghost's body to be pierced through instantly. Xun Hui roared and tore this terrifying Ghost Bride, who was about to step into the red house, to pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Bride was actually not dead yet; its body bled, and that blood gathered together as if it were a living thing, then crawled constantly like a snake, moving toward the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu thought instantly that perhaps the Ghost Bride could forcibly activate the coffin through blood, or perhaps it was some kind of ultimate technique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not sure if that was the case, but he knew one thing: only an idiot would let an enemy complete their ultimate kill technique while they were on the verge of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui thought the same, so Xun Hui summoned his greatsword and severed the ghost blood that was crawling like a snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the ghost blood was severed, it gathered together again, slowly approaching the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how Xun Hui slashed, no matter how the ghost blood was twisted by powerful forces, it was constantly approaching the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a process that could not be interrupted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wen Xishu, without a word, jumped directly into the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This operation left Xun Hui stunned: why did he lie inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kick!\" Wen Xishu only said one word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui immediately understood the combat strategy; he did not hesitate, and the moment the ghost blood approached the coffin, he kicked the coffin heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying force kicked the coffin flying dozens of yards away. Now the ghost blood suddenly stopped, because it was simply too far from the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can't hinder the ghost blood, then hinder the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui had to admit that Wen Xishu really had an active mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Bride, already torn apart, let out a shrill roar; seeing that there was no hope of returning to the coffin, the ghost blood finally began to dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Ghost Bride was not dead, and the battle was not over yet; that bizarre red bridal veil seemed to have broken free from some kind of imprisonment. The same was true for the red wedding dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to have souls; the red wedding dress began to repair the Ghost Bride's body, while the red bridal veil floated toward the sky again, turning into a huge, bounded blood-red mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red bridal veil descended from the sky; this was clearly the Ghost Bride attempting to use the same method again to drag Xun Hui into the spiritual world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui also completely understood that Wen Xishu must have sealed the items and mastered the ability or item to seal monster items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this ability or item had a range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Wen Xishu lay in the coffin was to ensure that he and the coffin remained relatively close, so as not to leave the range of the ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by sealing the coffin could one possibly defeat the Ghost Bride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the red bridal veil and red wedding dress...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were that kind of sneak attack for the first time, Xun Hui would fall for it, but he would not be ambushed by the same move twice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the red bridal veil descending from the sky, Xun Hui grabbed the Ghost Bride's torn body and quickly sprinted toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red bridal veil smashed down, the attack missed, and it did not drag Xun Hui into that world. Once Xun Hui was on guard, he naturally would not be caught off guard again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the Ghost Bride's body, Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did teach me one principle: hitting the heart doesn't work; to kill a ghost, you have to hit the head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red wedding dress wrapped around the female ghost's body, allowing it to be quickly repaired no matter what kind of damage it received. But if the head was twisted off, it clearly wouldn't grow another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Xun Hui did not give the Ghost Bride any chance and twisted the Ghost Bride's neck directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That head was held in Xun Hui's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hair-raising scene unfolded: the Ghost Bride’s body, even without its head, was still moving. Within a few breaths, its body was completely repaired by the red wedding dress, and those torn wounds had already vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that body was also frantically searching for its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interestingly, once the head was held in Xun Hui’s hand, the red bridal veil stopped moving. That red bridal veil would drag anyone it covered into the Ghost Bride’s mental world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with the Ghost Bride’s head in his hand, the red bridal veil seemed to deliberately avoid covering Xun Hui; it was actually keeping its distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the body wearing the red wedding dress seemed to sense the head and chased frantically toward Xun Hui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how fast was Xun Hui? He gave the body no chance at all to retrieve the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Ghost Bride chased, Xun Hui dodged. He fled, it pursued; the scene was both eerie and comical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, the Ghost Bride’s body began to dissipate, its movements becoming increasingly slow and awkward, and the body appeared more and more rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red wedding dress and the red bridal veil both gradually fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui did not let his guard down and never dared to approach the Ghost Bride’s body. Not until he saw the kill count change to 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have achieved a feat that no one has ever achieved before; please go to the Guide to view the specific achievement.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Xun Hui finally realize... the battle was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the head in his hand and discovered that it had shed that layer of eerie, deathly pale skin, turning into a skull. The Leader-level Wanderer: Ghost Bride had, at this point, completely perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Xun Hui had rich combat experience and terrifying strength, he could not help but feel a lingering fear at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he could still feel that oppressive aura of monsters everywhere after being pulled into the mental world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Bride’s vitality was still very strong; if its blood touched the coffin after it was torn apart, some kind of change might very well have occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he had kicked the coffin away while simultaneously twisting off the Ghost Bride’s head. Yet even so, it had still been able to fight for a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suppose I dragged it to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui let out a long breath, then realized that Wen Xishu had been kicked away along with the coffin, and immediately looked in the direction where Wen Xishu was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wen Xishu was all smiles:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, so I can also receive rewards for assisting in killing this kind of monster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just Xun Hui who received the notification; Wen Xishu had received the same one—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have achieved a feat that no one has ever achieved before; please go to the Guide to view the specific achievement.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was fine, which made Xun Hui relax quite a bit. With a few leaps, he arrived at Wen Xishu’s side. Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, the coffin has disappeared. Have the red wedding dress and red bridal veil disappeared too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xun Hui said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have. These things won't remain in the Tower of Slaughter world, but there might be unexpected gains from the Guide... I just received a notification, and this is the first time such a notification has appeared in my career in the Tower of Slaughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Xishu, you really are full of surprises!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu thought to himself, if you knew that what you obtained wasn't just the first kill of the Third Tower, but also a tower-retreat kill, you would find it even more surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",6918,"2026-06-20T04:46:41.185Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","41e8d09e9cfef1f7fea2e545b274cd45394bd89625335121713cae0e66b09b48","the-three-towers-game-chapter-113","the-three-towers-game-chapter-111",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]