[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-three-towers-game-three-towers-game-chapter-995":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Three Towers Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1097982,1431,"Chapter 995 301: Recruiting SSS-Class Hero (Part 3)","three-towers-game-chapter-995",995,"\u003Cp>But the guidance offered him three choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Option A: Bringing people into the painting is not the right answer. You can no longer control the evil in the painting world. Let me purify everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Option B: The world within the painting is false, and all satisfactions within the dream. If you return to reality, everything will only become more oppressive, like a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Option C: I have come to destroy the Balance Curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu couldn't freely compose his words; he could only choose one of the three options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Based on your performance in the painting and your choice at this moment, the direction of the subsequent plot will be determined.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guidance made its final prompt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist's slow struggle, protruding himself from the wall, at the same time, a brush appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu had to make a response when he completed the new painting, or something might change unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, just because he can't be killed doesn't mean he won't be imprisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various information flashed through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu quickly made a choice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't yet know the truth of the Balance Curse; this statement is unlikely to bring peace between the artist and me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, if I want to kill the artist... then there's no need for a choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Combining clues from the second level, the mad scientist turned organisms into Mechanical Beasts, but the mad scientist is not an enemy, and can even be recruited by the tavern...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although I can't abandon Devon and others... but undoubtedly, Devon and his party know very little about the Balance Curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only those strong heroes can know the truth about the curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first and third options both involve killing the artist...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu suddenly had the answer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The world within the painting is false, and all satisfactions within the dream. If you return to reality, everything will only become more oppressive, like a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You painted the dreamscape, absorbing everyone, but... it's all just your dream. Your guilt, your fear, your sorrow are continually twisting your vivid dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You painted everything you remember—the streets, the schools, every person in the town...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You thought putting them in the dream would allow everyone to live happily forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you know it's all false. They are just things from your dream, like objects painted with a brush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are not real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone has died, the Balance Curse has killed them all. They died in reality, and living in the painting is merely your memory of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should wake up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was surprised; he didn't expect such a long dialogue to follow after choosing option B.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seems he chose correctly. Next, like defeating a boss in a game, Wen Xishu saw the CG performance after the boss was defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist dropped to his knees with a thud, like Conan finding the murderer, who then starts to explain their pitiful past and their unavoidable reasons for killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, even Nico's song changed to a mournful tune of \"If You Were Here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who... who exactly are you?\" The artist looked pained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked the question but quickly dismissed it, gazing at the paintings surrounding him, his face full of struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't save everyone... My ideas were wrong; everyone's dream can't be connected, and I can't paint a world for them to enter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My ability can't achieve this... The Balance Curse... cannot be broken!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone has died... Everyone has died! This damn curse! This damn curse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each person bids farewell to me, they all long for my survival. I shouldn't be like this, I shouldn't be like this... I've let them down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist let out a mournful cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was not particularly moved by this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the place was too eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could imagine it was all forced by the Balance Curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the whole plot, Wen Xishu understood clearly; according to the guidance, he could roughly imagine such a story——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, the artist before him had outstanding talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To tackle the Balance Curse, he tried many methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paint a world for everyone to hide within his painting, but he failed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The painting is in the cursed land, and the world in the painting is also in the cursed land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist failed, facing the Level 3 Balance Curse and the gradually dying town residents...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist even wanted to paint \"dreams.\" So, his ability actually wasn't related to dreaming but rather painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allow everyone to enter a dream world that doesn't belong to this dimension, to escape the curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the artist couldn't do it, everyone's dreams were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the people in the town died one by one, each bidding farewell to the artist before dying. Because to them, the artist had miracle powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People like this must live to the end, must carry everyone's hope, and strive to break the curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the artist couldn't bear the pain of everyone's departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He painted everyone, eventually imprisoning himself in the \"dream\" painting world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the dream was not beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of guilt, fear, oppression, and knowing everything is illusion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So everything in the dream quickly began to twist, and every place with signs of human life and lights in the painting no longer felt warm but terrifying and eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the artist didn't want to leave the painting because reality was too bleak—the reality where all his partners had died long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu suddenly realized he seemed able to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am like you, someone with special abilities. I am leading my team, trying to unravel the mystery of the curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you like to join me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or do you plan to continue sinking into your dream?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wake up, remember the beautiful images of those who have departed, don't let nightmares swallow their true faces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of persuasion, Wen Xishu's level was not weak compared to the guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist was evidently moved, falling into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cried at times, punched himself at others; after spending a while, he slowly stood:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... Can you break the curse? What kind of deity are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu suddenly thought, even though no one knows who he is, once he mentions the commander, they seem to understand what's going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Wen Xishu. You might be unfamiliar with my name, but everyone calls me Commander.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have been sent by God to dismantle the curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist was visibly shocked upon hearing the word Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard the legend, seen the guidance, but he didn't believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the Commander had fought his way into the dream world, shredded many bizarre paintings, arrived in front of him with an immortal body, waking him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these actions, he began to look forward to the Commander's legend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even so... they won't come back, will they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, the dead cannot be resurrected, but if I were you, I wouldn't want to carry such heavy guilt anymore. Revenge can bring me joy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu paused slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or do you not want to seek revenge for them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artist obviously did, his eyes soon lit up with hatred:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go! I'll go with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu really liked the artist's expression at the moment, like an old principal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel the artist's power was terrifying, unquestionably not of the same level as Colonel Devon, Cavendish, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guidance timely appeared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Completed the hidden storyline—Artist imprisoned in the painting. Successfully recruited SSS-level hero, Artist.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to my team. Now, let's leave this dream and see the sunlight in reality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Posted first, have things to do during the day)\u003C\u002Fp>",1296,"2026-06-03T11:12:57.509Z","2026-06-03T11:13:00.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac2d72a1696f0e264d0dec2f65270b259aa0c9196ed47969b8b3950d99713451","three-towers-game-chapter-996","three-towers-game-chapter-994",1179,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-towers-game-cover.jpg"]