[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-239":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},2294376,4488,"Chapter 239: A Dirge for the City of Goodness","the-three-towers-game-chapter-239",239,"\u003Cp>Zhou Fei’s file was not thick, and there was nothing particularly special about it. Wen Xishu then went to find Britney’s file as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read very quickly, almost just skimming over it, and memorized the content. But he still tore out a key page from the file and then put the file folder back in its original place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing all this, Wen Xishu began to move toward the mild-symptom ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first used Zhou Fei to interpret the rules and give them a small loophole, because Zhou Fei’s ability could, according to his own will, create a small margin of error for the rules within a limited range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Wen Xishu switched to Chris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one, Wen Xishu needed to use Chris’s body to deal with the guards; for another, Wen Xishu had to explain some things to Zhou Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... shouldn't I be in the file room? Why did you switch to Chris again?\" Zhou Fei said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, Zhou Fei and Wen Xishu had already arrived on the first floor of the ward, preparing to feel their way toward the mild-symptom ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time is indeed quite pressing. While the 'Good People' are still being attracted by the delicious food, we must hurry. As for the file... I have already read it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rules for the moderate-symptom ward have basically been figured out. Before reaching the mild-symptom ward... to prevent any 'Good People' from having already returned, I must switch to Chris. Although it is highly unlikely they would return this early, I must consider it for the sake of caution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei understood; Wen Xishu was worried that a battle might occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the moderate-symptom ward, all the 'Good People' had been called away at this time. Only those 'Good People' in the wards who had not yet completed their transformation were still lying there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu, however, had thought of more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a short while ago, he had already used violent means to take care of several guards in the severe-symptom ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His actions were clean and decisive, causing several 'Good People' guards to fall to the ground before they could even react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu dared to do this because he was certain that these 'Good People' shared certain sensations, but this absolutely did not include pain beyond a certain threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield, pain sharing is extremely fatal. If your troops are slashed by someone and the entire unit winces in pain, such a setting would inevitably lead to the failure of the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, out of caution, Wen Xishu still chose for Chris to lead the way, with Zhou Fei following behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the second purpose of doing this was to tell Zhou Fei the truth about what he had experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's talk as we walk, Zhou Fei. Everything you have experienced... has been overturned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two seconds of silence, Zhou Fei followed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak, I want to know the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To prevent you from not believing me, I tore out a page from the file. Later, when I take you out, I can show it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, I will briefly tell you what kind of world you are living in. What your experiences have actually been.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he found memories that even Zhou Fei himself did not know about, could he unlock Zhou Fei’s sixth-stage skill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what Wen Xishu wanted to test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what Wen Xishu recounted next did indeed overturn Zhou Fei’s perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s start with the place where you live. This Demon City is far more terrifying than I imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Logically speaking, the time point at which I appeared should be shortly after the apocalypse arrived. Before the apocalypse arrived... humanity should at least not have been enslaved on a large scale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I was wrong. Two constellations had already begun to target some cities very early on... so much so that shortly after the apocalypse began and people started to flee, these few cities had already completely become a paradise for monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humanity didn't even realize they were no longer the masters of this city, or they realized it but were powerless to do anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then in Ji City, An Rong, in order to gain power to survive the apocalypse, groveled before Scorpio and Pisces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the leaders of the Demon City were the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very early on, the Demon City was targeted because its economy was highly prosperous and developed. The more such a place is, the more it actually hides countless twisted souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those twisted souls, after the apocalypse arrived, were all highly sought-after treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original words in the file were as follows—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our rare species and elite species began to slowly occupy human bodies, but hindered by the 'harmonious coexistence' proposed by that lord, we could not expand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, we were strong enough to make humans feel constant terror. And as that lord’s attention shifted to other cities, another lord’s advocacy was for expansion and conquest... we began to constantly encroach upon human bodies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We even openly opened the 'Hall of Good People'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The original intention of the Hall of Good People was for us to tame those unruly souls. There are always humans who say things like 'those who are not of our race must have a different heart,' and there are always humans who try to ruin other humans' impressions of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We adopted a reporting reward mechanism, letting humans kill each other; they began to report the 'evil people' around them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under this mechanism, the aggression in humans was quickly eliminated. Even if there was still aggression, it would only be turned toward themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Either become a 'Good Person,' or become a 'kind person'...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The appearance of the Hall of Good People made all humans in the entire Demon City become friendly and harmonious, which is conducive to our management.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, there are also some special existences here; the process of us parasitizing them is very slow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the story about the background of the Demon City that Wen Xishu learned from the file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, two constellations were involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the two constellations were working together; Constellation A was responsible for conquest and expansion, and Constellation B was responsible for maintaining stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, under the influence of Constellation B, the population of the Demon City and the number of monsters were equal. Perhaps Constellation B had many ideas; what he longed for was a city where humans and various evolved species lived together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not to mention whether this could be achieved, later on—Constellation B shifted his attention to other cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might have been the handiwork of Constellation A, but A did not think balance was very important; A believed that the strong should rule the weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Constellation A, taking advantage of Constellation B’s attention being on other cities, signaled his subordinates to expand crazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the 'Great Good People' began to constantly parasitize, making more and more people fall into becoming 'Good People.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans became fewer and fewer... becoming a vulnerable group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the appearance of the Hall of Good People made the situation of humans even more dangerous—reporting the bad people around you would earn you rewards, and you would gain supplies and recognition in this society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid being reported, you could not be an 'evil person'...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either fall into becoming a 'Good Person,' or be forced to start becoming 'kind.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, being kind, obedient, and gentle is really not a very good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hall of Good People made the bloodiness in the human soul disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the background of the era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu began to use the method of elimination to rule out constellations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer he finally thought of, the one responsible for conquest and expansion, was Leo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one responsible for maintaining stability was perhaps Libra, but considering that Libra seemed to be at odds with Leo...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that every time a new force appeared, he would gain favor with Libra, but it would lower his favor with Leo. Libra seemed like someone who liked chaos and liked to stir the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two should be naturally opposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Wen Xishu thought of Taurus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not clear about the style of this constellation, but there were only a few who could work with Leo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was not important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After recounting the background of the city where Zhou Fei lived, Wen Xishu then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regarding your past and the memories you think you have, there is also a big discrepancy. Zhou Fei, you cannot be considered particularly smart... but your perception is very strong; one could even say you are a natural-born talent for gathering intelligence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this city ruled by monsters, humans have the possibility of becoming someone with certain qualifications. Leo... no, the ruler behind the scenes of the city, actually did not kill everyone, did not choose to make the entire Demon City full of monsters—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was hoping to cultivate some people with qualifications, and once their abilities manifested, parasitize them and take them for their own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for you, Zhou Fei, the file shows that you were different from other children since you were young; you could easily discover the anomalies around you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the starting point of all this stems from you meeting a child. That child’s shadow was very twisted; you remember, right? This is what you told me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei nodded. Although his pace did not slow down and he was still following Wen Xishu, at this very moment, Zhou Fei’s heart had already begun to panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That child is not a monster. That child is very, very important. Your specialness also began because of that child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From then on, you were able to always discover the wrongness around you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your parents were actually always feeding you various drugs, hoping to numb you, hoping you could be an ordinary child, a bit more ignorant, a bit more kind, not too curious, just like all the foolish people, in that city full of 'Good People'... being a weak and ignorant person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, in that environment, the monsters' goal was to make people weak and ignorant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu even saw the reason for choosing Britney in Britney’s file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By teasing a real person to test people’s reactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The file showed—ninety-four percent of those who had infiltrated the families of 'Good People,' when the 'Good People' saw Britney show embarrassment and start to wail, the 'Good People' burst into laughter, and so those who had infiltrated the families of 'Good People' would also follow suit and laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only six percent of families had some people who put themselves in Britney’s shoes and secretly wiped away tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were all sent to the Hall of Good People.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the second test—it was ninety-nine point five percent of people who started to have the same reaction as the 'Good People.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your parents also hoped you could be weak and ignorant, but you happened to be a curious baby, and you saw weird things. From then on, you were closely watched.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Fei, they are studying you. They are trying to know what exactly you saw, and whether the child with the weird shadow is the target that that lord is looking for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei looked at Wen Xishu in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Later, in order to observe you at close range, your parents were taken to the Hall of Good People and became 'Good People'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fact was too heavy for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But at that time, you had already awakened some observational abilities, and you quickly discovered your father’s molting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were already on guard in your heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under the influence of the drugs, you couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams, but the guard in your heart was still there, so the file wrote—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must figure out who the child is that the human Zhou Fei saw, and whether the child with the weird shadow is the target that that lord is looking for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Fei has already begun to be wary of his parents, and Zhou Fei's observational ability is far superior to other humans... We need a hostile living environment to distract Zhou Fei.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simply put, Zhou Fei, you began to suspect your parents, so your parents were transferred away; in your memory, they went abroad. But the truth is... they are dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They turned into Good People a long time ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, should I continue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei gritted his teeth and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue, I want to know the whole truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not slow his pace:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you began to suspect the whole world, so in order to keep you from having the time to suspect the whole world, they tried to have your uncle raise you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your uncle is human, and your brother Zhou Ming is also human.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living in a city like this, your uncle and Zhou Ming both knew very well how to survive; only ignorance could keep one alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your uncle longed to protect you and also knew what the Good People wanted to see... He played the part of a wicked uncle, constantly targeting you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Zhou Fei, although in your impression your uncle was wicked, look, your health has always been good, hasn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei did not speak; his breathing had already become somewhat rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your uncle's approach at first was to constantly suppress you, making you resent him and focus your attention on him, which was consistent with what the Good People demanded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But his goal was to keep you alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because he didn't want you to realize the truth of the world; once you knew you were living in a city full of monsters, yet had no ability to change it... you would be in great pain and easily targeted by the monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You often couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality. You started being affected by drugs. But I tell you, these drugs didn't come from your uncle, but from the Good People.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Good People started drugging you; these drugs would make you speak your thoughts and make you prone to drowsiness and vivid dreams. This is also the reason you couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, because even you didn't know certain things, the secret of that child was never dug out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They gradually began to lose patience.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was also at this time that your uncle felt it was time to let you know everything. He also sensed that you didn't have that secret on you, that secret that interested the Great Good People...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps you would soon be dragged into the Hall of Good People.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your uncle was thinking about how to truly keep you from attracting their attention anymore. So your uncle also started using drugs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you misunderstood; your uncle was doing it to protect you. Even if you became slow or stupid, you would at least be alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this process, your kindness touched your brother Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming decided to tell you everything. I think... Zhou Ming perhaps hoped to escape this city with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhou Fei's eyes, tears appeared at some point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly choked up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... happened to them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu let out a long sigh:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this environment... what could happen to them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their intentions were seen through by the Good People. And so... you woke up again, but your brother had already become like a different person, and your uncle seemed to still be that same uncle, but he could never tell you the truth behind it all again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Fei, they died; they turned into Good People.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu stopped his steps because some people in white coats ahead were starting to walk back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his body, signaling for Zhou Fei to also hide in the bushes and wait for these people in white coats to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei kept his head down, his tears finally unable to be held back as they fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humiliation, resentment, and sorrow all surged in at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his memory, his uncle was indeed not a good person, but he had already done everything a common person could do for their own kin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is better to live a wretched life than to die well; in order to keep Zhou Fei alive and prevent him from being sent to the Hall of Good People, his uncle had always been doing what he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Zhou Fei suddenly realize why his uncle hated him so much, yet insisted on waiting until the very end to send him to the Hall of Good People. He clearly could have sent him in much earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out everything was fake; he was living in a giant lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu could feel Zhou Fei's current state of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Britney were both pitiful people in this city. Those who died were the same; even love had to be expressed in the form of hate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were afraid of being found out, because they lived in a place where they had no control over their own fate and no dignity to speak of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the original concept of that constellation trying to maintain stability was for humans and non-humans to coexist peacefully, but now, Wen Xishu had seen many templates, and the only place where humans could truly live with dignity...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...is the bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Xishu... I want to avenge them.\" Zhou Fei said, his voice thick with suppressed sobbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was not certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mission was not difficult; for Zhou Fei, who had awakened his abilities, Chris, and Britney to escape from here was truly not difficult, which matched Wen Xishu's judgment of the difficulty for the thirty-something floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to also kill the big boss behind the scenes, that might not be achievable in this mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a while, Wen Xishu sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Fei, let's survive first. Only if you live will everyone's sacrifice not be in vain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fei wiped away his tears:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand, I won't act on impulse, I will definitely escape from here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, we will rendezvous with the third victim, and we will escape from here today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3063,"2026-06-20T04:46:43.057Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a4b86215608c82582daa03a109eca9c9fa9abcfd8d8d5ff0db1e059c761e70ed","the-three-towers-game-chapter-240","the-three-towers-game-chapter-238",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]