[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-228":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},2294365,4488,"Chapter 228: Mr. Jin","the-three-towers-game-chapter-228",228,"\u003Cp>On the elevator, Wen Xishu and Albert saw a massive crowd descending to go to the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were even familiar faces like Xun Hui and A-Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the elevator heading to the higher levels, the number of people was clearly very small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after the tenth floor, there was almost no one left. By the time they reached the twelfth floor—only Wen Xishu and Albert remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, there are still many things to challenge on the ninety-sixth floor; I can't easily defeat every enemy either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu smiled silently: What a \"I can't easily defeat every enemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I felt that I should be able to survive on the ninety-seventh floor... so I tried to make a breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told the Guide that I wanted to ascend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu knew that such an operation did indeed exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Albert said next gave Wen Xishu a lot of information:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the interesting thing is, the Guide, that red-headed guy, kept urging me not to be reckless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It made me think... the ninety-seventh floor was some incredible level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Slaughter Tower is actually an open world; in fact, if you have enough time, you can bypass the level mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Novices appear in the novice zone, but they can also reach high-level areas through long-distance migration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Albert was about to say seemed to break this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I firmly demanded that I wanted to go to the ninety-seventh floor, and the Guide looked very dejected. He even toyed with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still ended up entering the ninety-sixth floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu seemed to sense the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you could actually... enter the ninety-seventh floor area yourself, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, after the ninetieth floor, some things no longer apply. Once you break through to the ninetieth floor, your body will obtain a certain percentage of Three-Tower attributes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know how the other guys among the Five Elders were brought into the ninetieth floor back then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, Liu Zhizai, William, and Luo Feng... they didn't break through the ninetieth floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But they were able to successfully hide their presence on the Heavenly Ladder Ranking and possess a certain percentage of Three-Tower stats. This is also the foundation of their power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in reality, they never truly broke through the ninetieth floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was shocked. Could such a thing really be done?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roughly guessed a possibility:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that they were brought into the ninetieth-floor area?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the time, Mr. Jin demanded it be done; it was very dangerous... it almost wiped them out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu inexplicably found the old principal's phrasing quite funny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert also laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those few cowards have always been Mr. Jin's old subordinates. Mr. Jin actually didn't want to climb the tower at that time, and I don't know the reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then Mr. Jin didn't want to manage the Bunker either; he seemed to suddenly become a different person... just, eh, became very passive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So passive that I felt he was no longer himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Mr. Jin also knew very well that the high-ranking officials of the Bunker needed to have unique abilities, and Mr. Jin knew even better what kind of person I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the type of person who only thinks about improving my strength; I have no interest in managing the Bunker. If I had shown even the slightest interest... among the Five Elders, besides Evelyn, the others would likely still be lingering on the eighty-something floors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The risk of doing this must be huge, right? Otherwise, couldn't you mass-produce people with Three-Tower attributes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you reach the eighty-something floors, I can take you like that... it is indeed very risky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After reaching the eighty-something floors, if you want to enter the ninetieth floor, no matter how powerful or rare the monsters you hunt are, you can only advance slowly...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those few, Liu Zhizai, Luo Feng, William Gordon, Ma Xiu... they actually didn't possess the qualifications to enter the ninetieth floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you must be very confused. In your understanding, the Slaughter Tower is an open world, as long as someone brings you, it's fine, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it's not like that after the ninetieth floor. After entering the ninetieth floor, there are specific... rule constraints. If your attributes are not up to standard, your desire for slaughter will become very strong, and you will suffer from mental intrusion at all times...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ninety-first floor has more constraints compared to the ninetieth. And starting from the ninety-first floor... it is an inaccessible area. Only after staying on the ninetieth floor for a long time and completing an astonishing number of kills can you enter the ninety-second floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's the same thereafter; every floor must be advanced slowly. Only the ninetieth floor... can be considered a critical point that can still be forcibly stepped into by a group of people from the eighty-something floors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those few pieces of trash almost went crazy on the ninetieth floor. Their eighty-something-floor attributes could probably last about half an hour on the ninetieth floor, but in that half hour... they were also in great pain and nearly collapsed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, Mr. Jin is very powerful; he took them to forcibly kill some monsters, which counted as meeting the minimum standard for possessing Three-Tower attributes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu understood; Mr. Jin had essentially suppressed the rules single-handedly and forcibly created gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Jin was taking a desperate risk, but he did indeed create several superhumans besides himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But although those few are weak, they are still solid eighty-something-floor level... If I were to take you, you wouldn't be able to hold on for a second. Xun Hui is the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this method is not feasible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm telling you this because I want to let you know that after the ninetieth floor, every floor has specific rules.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am too familiar with the ninety-sixth floor, so much so that I saw at a glance... the Guide didn't let me ascend, but I had already received a prompt. After all, you know, the Three-Tower game always has some special prompts to tell you what level you have reached in this game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those areas on the ninety-seventh floor... were not open. So I went back to question the Guide, and the Guide finally agreed to open the ninety-seventh floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... did you really see the ninety-seventh floor this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I arrived at the true ninety-seventh floor. It's alright, I can still hold on. It seems that compared to the ninety-sixth floor... the monsters in this area are more insane, and the degree of distortion is higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some monsters can't be killed with one punch anymore; it's indeed quite troublesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu smiled silently again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can't be killed with one punch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this is your tower-climbing journey? Now that I think about it, if Albert's attributes could be taken to the Desire Tower or the Trick Tower...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would simply be a \"Dragon Proud Heaven\" power fantasy novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ninety-seventh floor is enough for me to stay for a long time, but in terms of difficulty, it hasn't increased to a level I find ridiculous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just that the kill count requirement for the ninety-seventh floor is very high... I feel the difficulty is okay, but I'm not very optimistic about my lifespan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahaha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert let out a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had now reached the seventeenth floor, the highest level of the Bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was like an ancient imperial forbidden palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no problem, you will live for a hundred...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, this phrasing didn't seem right; if Albert only lived to be a hundred, that wouldn't be worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May you live for ten thousand years~\" Wen Xishu changed his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lifespan has its own destiny. By the way, did you hear the main point I wanted to make?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering slightly, Wen Xishu roughly understood what Albert wanted to say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean... the Guide and the number of monsters on the ninety-seventh floor are dragging you down?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert exclaimed in admiration:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Smart. Yes, I have a feeling that both the Guide and the exaggerated kill count on the ninety-seventh floor... are all meant to delay our steps toward the summit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what the Three Towers and the Bunker feel like to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said earnestly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please enlighten me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert looked at a palace in the distance; it was a \"Healing House,\" a level-six facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying inside can delay aging and increase lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Albert wouldn't waste time in there, so he also didn't understand why Mr. Jin had fallen to the point of staying in there all the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two headed toward the Healing House, and Albert replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a cage for trapped beasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu pondered for a moment and seemed to understand the meaning of these words. Albert continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a group of people are in a predicament, but as long as there is a way out, they will feel there is no need to risk their lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are not many people who can take the initiative to burn their bridges; people often only know how to fight back when they are forced into a desperate situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my eyes, the Bunker is exactly that kind of thing. It makes people unaware that they are in a desperate situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, my thinking is very extreme; the bunker definitely has more pros than cons. We have also used the bunker to change many things... but I have always felt that people are too slack. If only everyone worked as hard as you, how good that would be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Albert thought about it and decided, forget it, better not be like Wen Xishu:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... just being slightly less lazy than you would be fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu took it as a compliment. However, he was also pondering these words of Albert's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bunker, the Three Towers, in Wen Xishu's view... the things they presented were very complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Albert, the various expansions and changes of the bunker would make people feel comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the bunker did indeed provide people with a way to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top floor of the Three Towers... made Albert feel that the progress was dragging his footsteps. But the Three Towers also bestowed power upon many people, such as Wen Xishu, Xun Hui, and Wen Renjing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu thought for a moment and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Three Towers and the bunker, they have both good and bad... it's like a complex product created by a group of people fighting, a group of people with different stances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert praised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is how it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, the two of them had also arrived at the entrance of the \"Healing House.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert said loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out here, Old Jin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Albert speak to the highest authority of the bunker in such a casual tone, Wen Xishu was already used to it; this was Albert's style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words \"get out here\" almost resounded throughout the entire seventeenth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the ninetieth floor, one would possess a certain proportion of Three Towers attributes, and for every floor ascended, this proportion would increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying character Albert actually was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu only felt that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This roar seemed to spread out like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Wen Xishu heard a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, you've come again, Albert.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This voice was not as aged as Wen Xishu had imagined. It even... sounded like the voice of a middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to admit, the Healing House really had something to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't force me to tear down your house, old thing, come out and see me, or open the door and let me in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the one sighing was Mr. Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Jin said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My dear friend, Albert, anger harms the body; you should be like me and hide inside the Healing House.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert was so angry his beard stood up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Jin! I brought a youngster with me today; this is my fellow traveler.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow traveler\"—this made even Wen Xishu feel it was quite an honor, and it also made Old Jin silent for quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Jin clearly knew the weight of these three words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, old friend. But I cannot see you, and I cannot tell you the reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert said again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you intend to cower for a lifetime?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Jin changed the subject:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will have my little grandson join you... he will also become your fellow traveler. Later on... I will have him come find you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Jin? Jin Shan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu wondered, hasn't this plot already happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old headmaster had previously arranged for Little Jin to enter his dormitory, along with Yue Yun and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert was also puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That little fellow? Haven't you already arranged that? Are you senile?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Jin smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Albert, good brother, it is not yet time for us to meet; please cultivate Little Jin well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert, of course, would not actually smash the facility with a punch just to see Old Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still very lonely inside; there were not many people he could acknowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, Albert felt very strange:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His talent is certainly good, but not enough to help me. Old Jin, I have already broken through to the ninety-seventh floor; let us go to the top of the Slaughter Tower together and wait for the young people to join us there, isn't that better than wasting your life?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or is there some hidden trouble you have? You can tell me now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu could feel that the old headmaster actually trusted Mr. Jin very much; Mr. Jin's inaction... had led to the corruption of the bunker, but in the old headmaster's eyes, that was not an issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wen Xishu himself also felt very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could a person as brilliant as Mr. Jin, a former companion whom even the old headmaster could not forget, really be cowardly enough to hide in the Healing House and waste his life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mr. Jin only sighed lightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go back, cultivate Little Jin well... the time is not yet ripe, the time is not yet ripe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert was truly disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that you won't even tell me the reason? Could it be that those many times we faced life and death together were all fake? You actually don't even trust me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, inside the Healing House, Mr. Jin, sitting on a meditation cushion as if practicing Zen, was also in great pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old friend... I really cannot go out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert and Wen Xishu returned empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time Wen Xishu saw that someone like the old headmaster, who was like a sharp sword, could also have times when he was helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the two were taking the elevator, preparing to return to the academy, a graceful figure suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu immediately felt all the restlessness in his heart vanish; that kind of serene and gentle feeling instantly enveloped the whole world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Five Elders, the person who had truly broken through to the ninety-first floor of the Desire Tower by their own ability, appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn was used to Albert's reaction after being shut out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rejected by Old Jin again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert, for once, did not give Evelyn a very good look either:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am very annoyed right now... I don't understand, what exactly is Old Jin doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn, however, said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shall we go to where Mirror plays chess and talk? Or go to the Trickery Tower Academy? I have some things I want to tell you both. About Little Jin. That is... the grandson of that Old Jin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert was puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His aptitude looks very good, but he cannot replace Old Jin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One sentence from Evelyn, however, made the story turn eerie:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if I told you that is not Old Jin's grandson? And what if I told you... that little fellow is not little at all, he is even from the same era as us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu widened his eyes, looking at Evelyn in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, countless thoughts surfaced in Wen Xishu's mind; he seemed to have thought of a certain possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2748,"2026-06-20T04:46:43.057Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","001322927f90860922148a0535e4bb7d6f9e3ed81321be2b54616eef58798324","the-three-towers-game-chapter-229","the-three-towers-game-chapter-227",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]