[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-263":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},2294400,4488,"Chapter 263: The Real and Fake Wen Xishu","the-three-towers-game-chapter-263",263,"\u003Cp>In truth, Wen Xishu very much wanted to go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Wen Tingyun also began to weep bitterly, he saw a sentence that moved him deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I don’t even know... what all this is for! I only know that Zhaohua needs to obtain a very important item.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a spiritual barrage; Wen Xishu did not click into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it had already been made clear, Wen Tingyun did not even know the reason, or perhaps only a few people in the Wen family knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more this was the case, the more astonished and respectful Wen Xishu felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all knew what they were about to forsake, and they did not fully know what they would gain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that everything was for those who came after; if they were required to sacrifice, if they were required to die, then they would go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the \"villain\" in the eyes of the fool when he was a child possessed the same mettle and backbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadows of childhood, in the face of such great righteousness of life and death, naturally reconciled in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immense sorrow in his heart was slowly calmed, and those emotions of the fool were gradually suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu wiped away his tears and smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, we are heroes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emotional storm from his brief contact with Wen Tingyun finally subsided, and it was time for Wen Xishu to begin his real business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the rather troublesome part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Wen Xishu did not know how to find that \"Jin Zhenyuan\" in this vast sea of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text prompt that appeared at the right time did not bring any useful information this time either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Although, many people are waiting for their enemies to kick the bucket, thinking that even if they die first, as long as they can see their enemy die, it’s worth it. The great Brother Ya has suggested more than once that the Underworld add a revenge service...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But the people above don't allow it. They say there are no grudges in the Upper Spirit Zone. Everything starts anew after death.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But perhaps, you already know how to combine some of the procedures.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu stood where he was and pondered these words for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, my goal this time is to save someone, to rescue a person... this person could be Mr. Jin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I might not necessarily be able to save him. In any case, I must find him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, I can use the effect of the Dice of Reversal to break the rules of the Underworld... to cause harm to people and snatch others' merit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I already know many of the Underworld's services.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu now understood why spiritual bodies in the Upper Spirit Zone could not cause harm to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it would be too easy to exploit bugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A devious plan quickly formed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu’s current merit value was down to two digits; there wasn't much he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu quickly inquired about who the richest person in this area was, and the result he got was a low-level Tower-Slaying warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had climbed the tower many times, reaching the top seventy on the Heavenly Ladder rankings, but every time, he distributed the gains to the people at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a person was naturally a great philanthropist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not want to take action against such a person, but fortunately, he had a way to make amends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This philanthropist, the Tower-Slaying warrior, was named Liang Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu asked around along the way, claiming to be a student who had just died and had been supported by Liang Qin, and thus easily found Liang Qin's residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Upper Spirit Zone, spiritual bodies could not initiate attacks, so there was no such thing as malice or lack thereof. It was also impossible for a spiritual body to be angered to death by verbal abuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, no one suspected Wen Xishu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu entered the Liang residence; it could be said—those who could buy a house in the world of the dead had indeed done many good deeds while alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu gave him a sound beating and plundered all 3,550 points of merit that descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also severely injured Liang Qin's spiritual body, making it difficult for him to take care of himself for a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was very excessive, but Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The situation is urgent, I need money now. Don't worry, after I return to the human world, I will arrange for the entire All-Xishu Divine Sect to hold a memorial service for you. I guarantee your return will be greater than your loss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, when these words were spoken, Liang Qin's spiritual body had already fallen into an unconscious state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merit values could not be stolen because they were hidden inside the spiritual body, but if the spiritual body was severely injured, the merit would leak out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu did not dwell on it. He truly intended to compensate him. After severely injuring Liang Qin, he locked him in a secret room in the Liang residence; it would be impossible for him to leave until he had fully healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with a five-digit merit count, Wen Xishu felt refreshed. He then returned to that building in the city center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He headed to the twelfth floor of the building, which was where he had met Wen Tingyun not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu walked straight to the counter of the Human World Affairs Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to process a dream-visitation service,\" Wen Xishu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one responsible for processing the service for Wen Xishu this time was finally not a bull-head, but a horse-head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also wearing glasses, a white shirt, and a work badge on its chest; the area around the badge was slightly raised due to its proud chest curves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a female horse-head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of dream-visitation do you need to process? Because communication between the yin and yang realms is encrypted, we will screen information that could have a major impact on the human world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, if I were an undercover agent before I died and I needed to pass certain information to my organization, but I didn't manage to do it and I died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you cannot use dream-visitation... to convey that information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In order for your dream-message not to be distorted by the yin-yang barrier, we suggest you simply express your longing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, not many people use dream-visitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many spirits choose dream-visitation out of loneliness, out of missing their living relatives... out of not wanting to be forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, seeking a bit of presence in a dream was the limit of what they could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu also understood; it was best if the dream-message did not change the trajectory of certain things in the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu thought for a while. He was currently judged to be a dead person... theoretically, this was also a bug. His dream-visitation would indeed change some things, but what it changed were things involving his own dead self and the dead \"Jin Zhenyuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would return to the human world later, which was something even the Underworld system did not know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to make my relatives mourn me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female horse-head smiled slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A friendly reminder once again: after a person's emotions fluctuate violently due to a certain event, the effect of the next violent fluctuation due to the same event will be weakened. Do you understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded; he understood the subtext of the female horse-head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wen Zhaohua died, Wen Xishu would be very sad, and that immense sadness would turn into merit value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhaohua would use a portion of that merit value to send a dream to Wen Xishu, and Wen Xishu, having finally calmed his emotions, would have them stirred up again by the dream...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wen Xishu would be sad again, and these sentiments would turn into merit value and go to Wen Zhaohua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhaohua would then use a portion of this merit value to send a dream to Wen Xishu...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over and over again, could one farm merit this way?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could one achieve infinite merit farming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer, of course, is no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because after every violent emotional fluctuation, the next time one recalls the same thing, the emotional fluctuation will be weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time can erase all sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time you dream of your first love, you will feel sad about the innocence and love between you and them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you dream of her every day for decades... you might feel nothing at all, or even feel that you are sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dream-visitation is the same; the horse-head had clearly seen many such cases of using dream-visitation to evoke the sorrow of relatives to obtain merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, this is an advance overdraft, equivalent to draining the long-flowing stream of longing all at once, too early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, but it doesn't matter. Please help me process this service.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu handed over twenty notes of merit, each printed with the number one hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, this was a big move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female horse-head thought to herself: In our area... there is actually someone this rich that I haven't seen before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her professional standards kept her from asking too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whose dream do you need to enter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Albert Napolitano.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, that seems to be a very powerful person,\" the female horse-head smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, very powerful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female horse-head said again: \"Then what kind of dream do you need to send? In the dream, what image do you wish to appear as?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need to revert to your childhood appearance? Or do you need your peak appearance while you were alive? Or do you intend to choose your haggard and pale appearance after death? Or something even more terrifying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female horse-head was very responsible; after all, the client was very wealthy and a great philanthropist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu also understood; for some relatives, if you appear as you did in childhood, they will be more moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there are also some relatives who don't miss you much... in this case, you actually need to become a bit more terrifying in the dream, so that they will feel guilty toward you and, in order not to dream of you again, will go to your grave to repent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My current appearance will do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The dream I need to entrust, the sooner the better... the kind that takes effect immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady with the horse head said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, we will ensure that the first dream he has after falling asleep, and the only dream in this sleep, will be the dream you entrust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s good to be rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu sighed again, and he immediately began to supplement his requirements:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My dream message is not for him to remember me; I want him to hold a funeral for Liu Zhizai and Jin Zhenyuan. A funeral that the entire Bunker will remember. But it must be fast, faster than a trip to the Weird Tower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady with the horse head was surprised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean, you want to entrust a dream yourself, but you want your friends and family to give the merit points to others?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a selfless, kind person! He must have had a life-and-death friendship with Jin Zhenyuan and Liu Zhizai while he was alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady with the horse head had already begun to imagine certain scenes and could not help but be moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes, that's it. Remember, you must repeatedly mention holding a funeral for Liu Zhizai and Jin Zhenyuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must proclaim the contributions they made to the Bunker!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady with the horse head was deeply moved; he was dead himself, yet instead of worrying about himself, he was worrying about others:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, I will definitely deliver this dream for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu stood up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, I leave it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The business was concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next was the waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these few days, Wen Xishu was very cautious, not speaking to anyone, not involving himself in any karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was simply waiting on the first floor of the building in the city center for a familiar face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was also very uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Liu Zhizai or Jin Zhenyuan... if they were assigned to the Lower Spirit District... wouldn't I be screwed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, there was no Liu Zhizai on the death register; perhaps it was because Liu Zhizai had committed many evils, oppressing the common people of the Bunker, and had gone to the Lower Spirit District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Mr. Jin, although he might also be hiding conspiracies, he was, after all, the number one person in the Bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done things that opened up an era, it was reasonable for him to be assigned to the Upper Spirit District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So perhaps Liu Zhizai was not on the register simply because there was no Liu Zhizai in the Upper Spirit District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no guarantee that he wasn't in the Lower Spirit District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what Wen Xishu thought; if that were really the case, he would be screwed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also didn't know how much longer he could stay in the Underworld. This also made Wen Xishu somewhat conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, what was even more concerning was, would Albert not take this dream as an ordinary dream?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Bunker was holding a grand farewell ceremony for Jin Zhenyuan and Liu Zhizai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn remembered that Albert was not like this; previously, Albert had not thought about holding such a big event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because she insisted on holding it that Albert agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, not long after the funeral had ended, Albert actually wanted to hold another one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the difference was that previously it was Mr. Jin's individual funeral, while this time it was together with Liu Zhizai, as if the two were worthy of being placed side by side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Albert did not explain anything, only saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To prevent having regrets on my end, I must do this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old principal did not drop the ball; Wen Xishu could fully trust this old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World of the Dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every missed soul would receive a notification once the longing was converted into merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving a call from the thirteenth floor of the city center building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu's strategy was to wait for \"Mr. Jin\" to come and collect the merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the world of the dead, no soul would refuse merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what Wen Xishu did not expect was that it was not only \"Mr. Jin\" who came to collect the merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain that \"Mr. Jin\" would definitely appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, Wen Tingyun had returned to the Wen family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Wen family... were traitors to the Bunker, and no one missed them. But the Wen family members did not complain either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without initial merit points, they would just labor themselves, earning them in the Bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wen family was full of heroes, and even without the assistance of the living, they eventually obtained quite a bit of merit in this area and had their own mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wen Tingyun soon received a call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have received mourning from Mr. Wen Xishu, which has been converted into a sum of merit. Please proceed to the city center, thirteenth floor of the Yin-Yang Building, to collect your merit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This call came on the very night he had contact with the \"believers of the Xishu Divine Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, countless pieces of information appeared in Wen Tingyun's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it possible... how could this be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's been so long? How could I receive merit points at this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... something is wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it just so happens that I met... an imitator of Xishu today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Think carefully, although he said he wasn't Wen Xishu, his expression at the time... the mist in those eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that it really was Xishu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wen family members were all traitors to the Bunker; even if they were people of the Xishu Divine Sect, they might not necessarily be grateful to other Wen family members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the world of the dead, he had received merit points today, but the only variable today was meeting Wen Xishu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fake Wen Xishu. There were tears in the fake Wen Xishu's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not long after, he received the merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a coincidence? That he just happened to meet someone who looked like Wen Xishu today, and then he received the sentiments from Wen Xishu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that fool probably wouldn't know his thoughts even until he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that fool's eyes, he should have been a childhood shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own apologies and unwillingness had all been expressed to a stranger who claimed to be from the Xishu Divine Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Wen Tingyun thought, the more alarmed he became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bold thought emerged—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Wen Xishu was not a fake Wen Xishu, and he was not the deceased Wen Xishu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Tingyun learned about the Xishu Divine Sect and spent the whole afternoon verifying it, discovering that the Xishu Divine Sect was truly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, Wen Xishu was truly powerful; his performance even surpassed Wen Zhaohua. He had become the number one person in the Weird Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, even if he accepted this premise, he was still very shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how powerful he was, it was hard for him to imagine that a living person could come to the realm of the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even dare to acknowledge him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he plotting something? Was he carrying out some plan to reverse life and death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Tingyun did not dare to think further and immediately went to the Wen family's conference room to tell the head of the Wen family about this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3011,"2026-06-20T04:46:43.057Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bd242e54de0ba97220c514112a1e3f894faaebda929e351871891d6a7bc3cdf8","the-three-towers-game-chapter-264","the-three-towers-game-chapter-262",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]