[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-220":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},2294357,4488,"Chapter 220: The Future World Is Like This","the-three-towers-game-chapter-220",220,"\u003Cp>If you had already seen the most beautiful future, would you still choose to struggle in the past?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first trial belonging to Wen Xishu brought him exactly this kind of feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future, an unknown timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few white clouds hung in the azure sky, and the sun was bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was definitely a city inhabited by humans, but everything in the city was so orderly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu looked at the neat streets, watched the crowds coming and going, and felt the scent of human life in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was Wen Xishu stunned, but the flesh and blood belonging to Sirius that was attached to Wen Xishu was also speechless for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... I have never seen this timeline. This is too beautiful, it is simply like a human city many years before the apocalypse... no, before the apocalypse arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buildings standing in rows, crowds coming and going, and an endless stream of vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happened that Wen Xishu was at a high point with no one else around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be in a high-rise flat in some city, and he could still see the scenery in the distance through binoculars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was so harmonious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This wouldn't be a place you created, would it?\" Wen Xishu whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Sirius could hear him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius's voice appeared in Wen Xishu's mind once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... I know what my timeline is like. If I cannot obtain freedom, the place I create will definitely have some strange, visibly strange things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not speak, but turned the binoculars to look elsewhere; he was at the high point of a city, almost able to overlook half of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu could see children in a kindergarten in the distance sitting on slides, playing happily, the expressions on their faces full of laughter, yet each one was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also parents who were late, bringing their children to the school gate with a bit of guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it because of the luck value? Am I so lucky... that I saw the ultimate answer to the future all at once?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World peace, humans walking out of bunkers, and people on the ark also walking out of the ark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the level of technology, it seems similar to before the apocalypse; human technological civilization should not have had any major breakthroughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it is just shortly after the end of the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius also couldn't help but say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's really strange... for such a large city, if it were not invaded by the bizarre and the apocalypse, it would be too bizarre. Could it be that in the future, through your efforts, humans really found a way to end the apocalypse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... you cannot do it; only those twelve people can do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not speak, letting Sirius talk to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In so many time turbulence... almost all the ones I encountered were very dangerous, and I had to hide so as not to be discovered, but you actually encountered a safe timeline all at once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's them, it must be one of the constellations that killed the other eleven... could it be Leo? Or Aries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius said in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu couldn't help but ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Leo very strong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very strong. He, along with Cancer and Sagittarius, are all combat-type existences. But his power is related to prestige; under these innate conditions, his upper limit of strength is the highest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu didn't actually believe in constellations, but he knew that among the constellations... Leo is a very conceited one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was not the point at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The point at the moment was this timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think that only a certain constellation killing the other eleven constellations could possess the power to end the apocalypse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could Pisces possibly have this kind of strength?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius really couldn't say for sure; his prediction of Leo and Aries was merely a personal opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to say that other constellations had no chance of winning was also impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every other constellation had the possibility of winning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regarding these brothers and sisters, he really didn't know; he only knew that they were all very strong, and all had the ability to kill the five weakest ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it were Pisces... it is indeed possible. After all, whoever wins time can win everything,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was thinking, if it really was Pisces who ended the apocalypse, if the future really had such a scene...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If humans could live so normally, then he could cooperate with Pisces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, Wen Xishu, you have no proof that Pisces did this. Please at least... save me first. To achieve such a future, you must also participate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you, by any chance, want to stay in this kind of timeline?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not answer, but just shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He longed to pursue excitement; this kind of beautiful life was the result he wanted to achieve, but he enjoyed the process more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu took out the Luo Pan, intending to find an escape point and enter the next timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after taking out the Luo Pan, Wen Xishu was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The needle of the Luo Pan was moving erratically. In the past, when encountering danger, the Luo Pan would spin crazily, but this time, the speed of the Luo Pan's rotation was unbelievably fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was greatly alarmed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... what is going on? Why would the Luo Pan give me a danger warning?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there danger nearby? Stay quiet... hide your aura.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu had actually always spoken very softly, and even when seeing this peaceful and beautiful scene, he had always hidden his aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he exerted the power of Long Yin to the extreme, almost isolating all his aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Wen Xishu listened carefully to the sounds around him, and after confirming there was no movement, he began to use the binoculars to observe the city again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is the Luo Pan broken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, Wen Xishu trusted the level of Ding Dong. Ding Dong was someone who truly survived from the hands of Scorpio. Scorpio completed the mission of killing Ding Dong—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ding Dong also completed his own redemption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who could face the twelve constellations and think of such a perfect method was naturally not simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu began to observe every passerby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions on the passersby's faces were different, everything was normal, and no changes could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could also see some old men and some leisurely people on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could also see many children, none of whom were very old. The oldest were only twelve or thirteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu scanned half the city carefully with the binoculars, and he suddenly discovered—a certain age group was missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was really not easy to observe... because people of this age group were actually not very likely to appear on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after careful observation, Wen Xishu wondered, surely there couldn't be none at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, Wen Xishu discovered that the oldest children were only twelve or thirteen, but those around thirteen to eighteen... he didn't see a single one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu suddenly felt that this was terrifying to think about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This huge city, could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hair-raising thought appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every adult he saw was clearly an adult; whether complaining or laughing, one could see that kind of old age of people in their twenties, mostly after thirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two ages were naturally not old, but compared to those twelve or thirteen-year-old children, or even seventeen or eighteen-year-olds, it was clearly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Wen Xishu had already discovered that there were no seventeen or eighteen-year-olds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he saw, in the category of children, were at most thirteen years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those older than that started at at least twenty-five or twenty-six, with a direct gap in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So where did these people go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu tried to establish a connection with the Luo Pan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already know there is danger all around... can you find a path that leads me away from the danger?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius couldn't believe it; the Luo Pan's needle really stopped slowly and pointed in a direction tremblingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This thing is really strong. With this thing, I don't need to give you any hints at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This belongs to Phoenix, and it is also the property of your brothers and sisters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius suddenly realized:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's how it is... it's that Phoenix who was taken away by the people of the Longxia Kingdom when he was very young.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is actually still alive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, he is dead. To be precise, he is out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wen Xishu spoke, he hunched his body and walked cautiously. He sensed the surrounding environment and walked toward the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know that Wen Xishu had just turned eighteen not long ago; at least after crossing into the bunker, his age was that of a young man who had just turned eighteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that Wen Xishu was an outlier in this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there were no people of this age group in this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, Wen Xishu decided to put on a mask before going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He styled his hair into a slicked-back look and changed into a suit from the closet in the room before stepping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was an old man sweeping the floor in the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a place where no sunlight reached... the old man swept the floor, drool flowing from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he was drooling was simple: a family next door was throwing a twelfth birthday party for their child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melody of the birthday song was different from the one in Wen Xishu's past life, but the lyrics remained the same, and both were quite cheerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wen Xishu was preparing to go downstairs, he caught a glimpse and saw the scene of the sweeping old man drooling, revealing terrifying teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the old man still smiled at Wen Xishu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, the child's screams rang out, followed by the sound of chewing as flesh and blood were torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of Sirius appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't expect...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything is an illusion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Wen Xishu truly had not expected such a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately quickened his pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, after his deliberate disguise, he was not recognized by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the elevator, many creatures with terrifying fangs—looking like humans but clearly not human at all—crowded in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu dared not squeeze in with this group, so he chose to take the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, Wen Xishu soon realized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This city was a city where monsters simulated humans... these monsters had evolved even more absurdly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possessed human technology and intelligence... under the sunlight, no abnormalities could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they ate people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ate children no older than twelve or thirteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no beautiful city; it was, in fact... a massive devil's cafeteria that feasted on human children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the future really this terrifying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he hadn't encountered those extremely fearsome monsters, and although he didn't know the strength of these monsters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unfolding of the future was simply too despairing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had happened to humanity now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they stay in the bunkers, only for the bunkers to be breached? Were humans then kept in captivity within the bunkers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it that humanity had been deceived and left the bunkers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu dared not dwell on it; he only knew that to change this future, he had to find a way to take Sirius away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene outside was beautiful, and the more so it was, the more Wen Xishu felt it was eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, throughout the journey, his mental fortitude was strong enough that no one saw through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally arrived at the \"escape point\" indicated by the Luo Pan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was inside a massive shopping mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A plaque outside the mall read: Minors Prohibited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking from afar, the mall sold clothes and various daily necessities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after walking inside and taking the elevator to the second floor... the scene on the second floor changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various children's heads, pierced by iron chains, hung from them, with price tags attached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene was too hellish; Wen Xishu felt physically ill, but he managed to endure it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His willpower was fully capable of handling even more grotesque scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Wen Xishu arrived at a utility room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the wall of the utility room, there was graffiti, though it was unclear who had drawn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The graffiti was crooked and depicted an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu touched this eye and immediately felt an incredible power...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That power of time and space sucked him in instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time travel ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second time travel began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still an unknown timeline; Wen Xishu only felt a stinging pain in his brain, as if a steel needle had pierced his nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traversing the turbulence itself placed extremely high demands on one's physical constitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary person really couldn't handle time travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu wiped away a nosebleed and began to observe the surrounding environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was shocked to find himself in a dark tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many people both in front and behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was walking slowly, afraid of alerting the monsters on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even in such an environment, many people were communicating; although they lowered their voices, there was no doubt that people were afraid and anxious, and in order to vent these emotions, if everyone started talking, the sound would naturally not be low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh... do you think Fengcheng will really take us in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know. I even have doubts about the claim that Fengcheng is a human sanctuary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we have no choice... we don't want to experience the tragedy of Shencheng again. And we can't exactly go to Hujiang, can we? There are some places to survive there, but they are still at war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fengcheng is our last hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to these words, Wen Xishu felt increasingly astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengcheng—wasn't this the city he governed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark tunnel leading to Fengcheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, had his future Fengcheng become a sanctuary for humanity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was, of course, a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn't know which timeline was further ahead: this one or the previous one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dark tunnel, it was impossible to see these people's faces clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But vaguely, one could sense many Eastern faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people... did they come from the bunkers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu's heartbeat quickened slightly; if these people came from the bunkers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did they get here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through a login device? Or was it that... the barrier between the bunkers and the Three Towers battlefield had been broken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu took a deep breath and touched the shoulder of the person in front of him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, where are you from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That person suddenly stopped and looked back at Wen Xishu; without a doubt, it was an Eastern face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your question is truly bizarre; aren't we from the same place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2542,"2026-06-20T04:46:43.057Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f94d1ccc922e8c7e3f021317d69d66db28708747290834c76eeb7ef1d2bb6565","the-three-towers-game-chapter-221","the-three-towers-game-chapter-219",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]