[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-three-towers-game-three-towers-game-chapter-998":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},1097985,1431,"Chapter 998 303: Drawing a \"Fake Scorpio","three-towers-game-chapter-998",998,"\u003Cp>Libra Tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the overly gamified scenes inside the tavern, the artist Enzo realized one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a god can defeat another god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they are merely pawns, while those with the names of constellations are the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's unclear whether the commander in front of them is a pawn of a certain constellation or truly a strong human ally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enzo obviously didn't talk much compared to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was an SSS rating and they received a hidden task reward. Wen Xishu is currently upgrading the tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the others' experience is — we entered the third level, we awoke, we won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Nico made contributions, it really felt as if the commander ventured alone, and we inexplicably won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, there was no joy of barely winning after putting in all their effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was a bit bewildered, realizing Enzo was not on the same level as them. They were realists, but Enzo was strong enough to face curses alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, it was hard to communicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tavern was very quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had their own thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a hacker, Borg inquired about information from the previous stage, feeling the change in the difficulty curve was too drastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the third level, without Nico, there would almost surely have been total annihilation, since the final boss turned into a teammate, and based on the boss's abilities, one could deduce the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Enzo awakes, even with Nico, we wouldn't be able to win...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the fourth level... is there really a need for people like us with ordinary abilities? Will I be discarded?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excess in population quota was something Borg was very concerned about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enzo, on the other hand, didn't think he would die, since his abilities were far ahead of other heroes. But he also cared about solving the problem in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu remained silent, as though unaware of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The options in his vision were invisible to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, there was no joy in the tavern like there was after passing the first two levels; everyone was a bit anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu had achieved an SSS rating and naturally already knew the content of the fourth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Land of Division. Every death is a new birth. Please find the power to stop its endless regeneration... otherwise, it will be invincible, it will devour everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the fourth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty curve was indeed unreasonable, and Wen Xishu seemed to have guessed the situation of the fourth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was troubled about whether to make precise recruitments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu currently has 170,000 tavern coins in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's worth mentioning that there indeed exist ways to increase the population quota —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upgrade Tavern Expedition Team Size: 150,000 Tavern Coins.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is that once you upgrade the team size, you can't make precise recruitments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"150,000... just for one population.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going back and forth, tumbling once more, and then correcting one's negative population value by turning it around, would make the excess even more severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without precise recruitment, the difficulty will inevitably spike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the third level, Wen Xishu actually lucked out with the Nightmare Forgiveness sequence, but without it... then Nico was the key of all keys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it seems that precise recruitment is very necessary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He escaped a dilemma with a cheat, but the game process is long enough that skipping classes means makeup classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Increase population, or sacrifice someone for precise recruitment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu's expression was very calm, not seeming to be in a quandary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's because he knew everyone was watching him, and he didn't want anyone to notice — that the tavern itself is also a game of life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have proficiency and Mad Dice as two cheating methods, I can even loan Tower Power Value to summon Sagittarius' divine punishment... even if the enemy is strong, I can theoretically deal with it without recruitment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Wen Xishu realized that the level difficulty spiked, and old cards couldn't keep up with the strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wen Xishu had already adopted the no-abandonment strategy, so he felt that temporarily abandoning it was not suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a long time, Wen Xishu smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, the population issue is resolved. Because the last level was another great victory, there are a lot of resources, and I compared for a while the optimal strategy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For now, our population quota is 5\u002F5.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enzo already knew that Wen Xishu, the commander, had somehow altered the population value, so seven people counted as five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, we have to head to the fourth level. The enemies in this level will probably be very tricky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colonel Devon noticed there was no sound outside the door this time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, if a time comes where someone needs to be sacrificed to push the frontline, please choose to let me die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colonel Devon's thoughts were rather meticulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Wen Xishu did not recruit others, which means the commander might have made some sort of compromise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not the case, I always believe that the boat will straighten when it reaches the bridge. Ladies and gentlemen, our team size is getting larger, which is a good thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let us forget the shadow of the curse and head to the next place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first and second levels, Wen Xishu realized the curse's influence on certain people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After delving deeper into the third level, Wen Xishu found the artist and got to understand the big picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a feeling that the fourth level might not be the last level, but it would definitely uncover more secrets, secrets of Libra, and surely Sagittarius is also interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This level doesn't require recruitment, so I saved some costs because for this level, Enzo and I should be able to handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",978,"2026-06-03T11:12:57.509Z","2026-06-03T11:13:00.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","140bf72e0f88f04c93afa9dd1f52cb6987b770e29748bcd07d81e1afde3b8983","three-towers-game-chapter-999","three-towers-game-chapter-997",1179,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-towers-game-cover.jpg"]