[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-the-three-towers-game-the-three-towers-game-chapter-4":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},2294141,4488,"Chapter 4: The Bunker and the Three Towers","the-three-towers-game-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>Filled with respect, the staff member immediately said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected of someone Officer Liu specifically wants to look after; you truly think of the people at every moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu could see that Officer Liu’s status in the Bunker was not low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly felt a bit puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should know who I am, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This staff member continued to speak gently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although this is information with a certain level of confidentiality, I know that you are the younger brother of the most heinous criminal in the history of the Bunker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what does that matter? There are no villains in this world; villains are merely the products of those at the top failing in their internal power struggles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps your older brother is guilty of terrible crimes, but since even Officer Liu Jinsen has stepped in... I wouldn't be surprised if you become a hero in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Villains are merely the products of those in power failing in their internal struggles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement was so insightful that it made Wen Xishu look at him with new eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the other party's attitude, this person was truly a natural-born saint at navigating officialdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were back in his original world, this guy would definitely be a local from Shandong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sha Ruijing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good name. If you were in Handong Province, people would be building basketball courts for you. Keep it up; you might have a better career path than Liu Jinsen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing waved his hands with a smile, not caring what Handong Province was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Second Young Master of the Wen family said plenty of crazy things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately brought up the business at hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, entering the Tower is very easy. Once the paperwork is finished, you can enter at any time. You haven't entered the Tower before, have you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Sha Ruijing took out a watch with a peculiar design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had a black leather strap with many tiny \"holes,\" and the pattern on the watch face looked very much like a DNA double helix; the overall color was predominantly black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu noticed that there was also a black number on the face of his watch: zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This thing is called a Logger; it’s the tool for entering the Tower. It’s managed by the Bunker’s Birth Office and is tied to your identity code.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black watches are for going to the Tower of Deceit, red watches are for the Tower of Slaughter, and white watches are for the Tower of Desire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu discovered that these three colors actually corresponded to the colors of the three dice in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a high capacity for acceptance and wasn't too surprised, merely asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Through a teleporter? I thought it was... through some kind of elevator device to leave the Bunker and then enter the three giant towers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahaha... you are humorous. The Bunker has no exit at all; we have no way to leave the Bunker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement surprised Wen Xishu even more:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does that mean the Bunker's exit has been blocked off?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, the Bunker has no exit to begin with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the Second Young Master of the Wen family's past medical history, Sha Ruijing felt it was normal for him to ask outrageous or common-sense questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Bunker is completely sealed. There is a saying that the Bunker is alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the very beginning, the Bunker only had two levels: the functional level and the residential level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But as humanity continuously explored the three towers, the Bunker grew larger and larger, with more functional levels and more residential levels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu fell silent. This world was even more insane than his own brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Bunker could not be left, then that sentence from Wen Zhaohua—\"We will meet outside the Bunker\"—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed somewhat eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since it's impossible to leave the Bunker, how did humanity enter the Bunker in the first place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who knows? Perhaps you can find the answer in the Three Towers game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some speculate that the essence of exploring the three towers is to transport the three towers; the Bunker will grow larger and higher until... it reaches the surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu pondered this theory; it seemed to make some sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then have you never seen the sky? Are there plants and animals in the Bunker?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing’s smile remained kind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Animals and plants are all on the functional levels; the Bunker even has a zoo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the sky and the sea, those can be seen within the three towers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu remembered that Officer Liu had said that exploring the three towers could yield not only material rewards but also technology or facility rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, was the zoo also some kind of facility?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly became curious—could he bring one back to the foot bath shop?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really could bring one back and include foot bath services in the medical insurance plan, he might even be able to run for Bunker Mayor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu’s desire to enter the Tower soared; the foot bath thing didn't matter, it was mainly about wanting to contribute to the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing returned to the main topic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Press the button next to the watch face, and you will be able to enter the Three Towers world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded, then asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I not qualified to use the other colored Loggers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing nodded and said quite gently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are still under supervision. You can only use the black Logger to go to the Tower of Deceit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And even for normal Bunker citizens, applying to switch towers requires a minimum interval of half a year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The total number of the three types of Loggers combined equals the total adult population of the Bunker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But everyone wants to go to the Tower of Desire, so the basic requirements for going there are getting higher and higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It used to be that a vocational degree was enough, but now, even undergraduates have to compete on physical fitness; without a big handle, they all have to go to the Tower of Slaughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu had an idea of the situation now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the three towers, the survival difficulty of the Tower of Desire was the lowest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was very likely that the process of challenging the Tower of Desire was not only painless but actually enjoyable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also led to everyone wanting to become a Tower of Desire climber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was roughly equivalent to becoming... those people from his past life who had easy jobs but earned plenty of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, a certain Qi Peijia who played games every day instead of updating his novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, just as we discussed earlier, there are people in this world with natural talents who are suited for the Tower of Desire...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For these people, we can appropriately relax the requirements and let them enter the Tower of Desire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In order to avoid people suited for the Tower of Desire dying in the Tower of Slaughter, or people suited for the Tower of Slaughter indulging themselves in the Tower of Desire—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Bunker has established many institutions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Three Towers Academy, the Three Towers Research Bureau, the Three Towers Game Allocation Office...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These institutions exist to systematically and objectively allocate everyone to the tower system they are suited for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To prevent everyone from crowding into the Tower of Desire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu nodded; this system was very scientific:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Tower of Deceit is an exception?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing said helplessly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you really want to talk about it, the monsters in the Tower of Deceit aren't actually stronger than those in the Tower of Slaughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Tower of Deceit is characterized by being unreasonable; many people who go in die in inexplicable ways.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And high-level veterans from the Tower of Slaughter or the Tower of Desire have to start from zero when they enter the Tower of Deceit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the higher-ups believe that newcomers should be the ones to explore the Tower of Deceit, rather than pulling veterans away from the other two towers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu completely agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing a newbie was definitely better than losing an expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, just exploring the Tower of Slaughter and the Tower of Desire can satisfy the Bunker's current survival needs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is also why no one has been exploring the Tower of Deceit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But not long ago, the 'Three Towers Joint Exploration Hypothesis' was preliminarily confirmed, so various policy benefits for exploring the Tower of Deceit have arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Ruijing stood up and patted Wen Xishu on the shoulder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little brother, keep it up! Seize this opportunity and come back alive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing the Tower entry procedures, Wen Xishu returned to the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His identity was special, so even in prison, he had an independent cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other prisoners had no possibility of coming into contact with Wen Xishu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having asked everything he needed to, Wen Xishu did not delay any further and directly activated the login device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black wristwatch tightened instantly, as if his wrist had been firmly gripped by something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the fine \"holes\" on the watch strap, something extended and pierced into Wen Xishu's skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The double-helix pattern on the watch face began to rotate, spinning faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything in Wen Xishu's vision began to blur, accompanied by a sense of vibration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly saw a vast world shattering; whether from the perspective of space or time, the world was being sliced into countless parts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many fragments from various temporal nodes piled up in layers, eventually forming three enormous towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the fragmented scenes even felt... familiar to Wen Xishu, bearing a striking resemblance to his own world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, information about the Tower Ascent appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Welcome to the Three Towers Game.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current maximum accessible level: Seventh Floor.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Account not yet registered. Please proceed to the Guide to register after completing your first mission.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, at this point, the mission introduction would follow, and one would be teleported to the Three Towers area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wen Xishu had an extra step—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Special item \"Dice of Inversion\" detected.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dice of Inversion: A magical die that subverts the rules of the Three Towers. Once possessed, it can exempt the user from certain Three Towers restrictions, and depending on the combination of rolled numbers, it can unlock more Inversion permissions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you wish to roll?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the familiar rhythm has begun. I actually didn't intend to tell anyone when I posted the book yesterday, thinking I'd tell you all today after the contract status changed, but the readers found out anyway. Hahahaha, awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1803,"2026-06-20T04:46:41.185Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c0f81b5ce0e5a75f25f4c7680196c1291d2bcc3e4fa20d158dda68a9a3a8035d","the-three-towers-game-chapter-5","the-three-towers-game-chapter-3",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-three-towers-game-cover.jpg"]