Three Towers Game

Or imagine Bai Xu’s boss, probably not an important figure, just trying to keep Bai Xu’s job secure.

Money is the hero’s courage. All of Bai Xu’s collapse started with losing his job, so keeping Bai Xu’s job is the most urgent task.

But this is treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

Bai Xu is the quintessential do-gooder, thinking he can move a woman who doesn’t love him, believing he can have genuine friends in the workplace, thinking hard work is the only surefire strategy, assuming all his friends have the same bottom-line as him...

This kind of person needs to understand the cruelty of society from the root.

So Wen Xishu’s mindset quickly shifted, deciding to let Bai Xu glimpse bigger conspiracies, greater evil.

He must make Bai Xu abandon his fantasies and enter a state of struggle.

This isn’t hard; after all, companies like this always have various issues.

The Judge’s cards will inspire the evil in people’s hearts, which will put Bai Xu in a difficult situation, but will also make Bai Xu see the dilemma clearly.

This round, in Wen Xishu’s view, is the best one to break through.

Ten cards were drawn quickly.

The Judge indeed played cards like "Selfish Card" and "Indifference Card."

Wen Xishu also helped the Judge play, and before Bai Xu got fired in the game simulation, Wen Xishu played the Corruption Card.

Played the Dereliction of Duty Card.

This made the company staff commit a big mistake, eager to find a scapegoat.

The Judge started sweating.

Damn, it’s that familiar feeling.

He’s at it again!

Yes, the plot started unfolding in a strange way.

Wen Xishu seemed to be on the Judge’s side, beginning to set up Bai Xu, increasing the difficulty for him.

But the content will soon reverse, and Bai Xu will turn misfortune into fortune.

Now the Judge has learned to answer quickly.

Indeed, Bai Xu, under immense pressure, encountered someone facing the same threat of being fired.

This person planned to work with Bai Xu to gather evidence of the company’s crimes.

"Seniority? Conscience? Brother, those things are useless; they won’t be reasons for you to stay here. I’m a football fan; have you heard the saying that no veteran can retire peacefully in the top club he serves."

"We are no different; to survive, we must find evidence. During this period, there are all kinds of mistakes in the company. If you just keep your head down and work hard, you’ll be blamed for them."

This person awakened Bai Xu.

Bai Xu soon realized that he needed to gain higher authority.

So these days, Bai Xu acted harmless and resigned, seeming to give up, only planning to slack off. This attracted a lot of people trying to push responsibility onto Bai Xu.

Bai Xu meticulously recorded every detail, through pinhole cameras and voice recorders, documenting everything.

Just like when the fisher finally understood the sinister way of fishing, he suddenly discovered... so many fish are starting to bite.

It turns out, so many people in the company are trying to harm him?

Arriving at this point in the simulation, the Judge really couldn’t sit still.

"You... I see, you can penetrate the simulation game! Damn, how do you have this ability?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Aren’t I properly sitting here?"

The Judge had no evidence, being metaphorically shot in the head repeatedly, but the other party could say it’s due to good marksmanship or just good luck...

Next, Wen Xishu played an "Adultery Card."

The Judge initially regretted not drawing this card, thinking it could directly collapse Bai Xu’s Spirit Value...

But now, after Wen Xishu played it, the card’s effect changed.

The game’s simulation was like this:

[Bai Xu recognized reality. He was in pain, but during these days he discovered that the Truman he once mocked was actually much happier than himself.]

[Have you seriously examined your living environment? Do you really understand every person you interact with frequently?]

[If you strip away all wishful thinking, will your life be overturned?]

[After experiencing workplace crisis and trust collapse, Bai Xu quickly pulled out of the pain. The woman who cheated wasn’t one who loved him. One can’t try to move someone who doesn’t love them, just like hard work can’t change being ostracized.]

[One must gain leverage.]

Bai Xu began gathering evidence. Bai Xu also began to recognize reality, securing his assets and protecting his child.

The card game continued to simulate...

Wen Xishu kept playing various tormenting cards, unleashing all the disasters.

He didn’t block them but chose to channel them, not preventing the disasters but letting Bai Xu start dealing with them in advance.

Bai Xu was certainly in pain, but his gains far exceeded what he lost.

By the seventh round.

When the Judge tried to play any cards again, he already felt... there would be no possibility of hurting Bai Xu.

Bai Xu began to resemble a heroic protagonist, mastering all countermeasures.

Now, Bai Xu was already mingling with the management, because he held the evidence. If Bai Xu wanted to offer it as a pledge, he could easily blend into the management and perfectly extricate himself from the dismissal crisis.

Now, even Bai Xu’s friend who borrowed money and didn’t pay back started to lose reputation. Bai Xu, with a newfound shamelessness, began to post flyers and banners at his friend’s company, letting everyone know his friend’s deadbeat personality.

Bai Xu has already won.

"I won again; what will Bai Xu’s ability be?"

"Ning Shu and Jin Yiming as well."

"By the way, I suddenly noticed, these people’s names... all sound Oriental. I guess, maybe you too?"

"In the end, they all committed crimes, right?"

"Ning Shu as well, she certainly didn’t die in the original trajectory. She surely was arranged to do something criminal."

"I’m wondering why you are called the Judge."

"Also wondering if all these people are related to you?"

"In my hometown, there’s a saying: there’s no wrong name, only wrong nickname... I guess, aren’t you really the judge who sentenced them?"

"I assume you were once a Good Person, sincerely trying to find evidence of innocence for these Good People."

"But perhaps you started to feel pressured, began to misjudge cases, started working for certain powerful forces."

"Right?"

Wen Xishu was just wildly guessing.

He was actually watching the whirlpool in the Judge’s eyes, then guessing possibilities based on subtle emotional changes.

But he guessed with some accuracy.

The Judge’s body trembled slightly.

Past memories began to surface.

"Judge Jiang Chengzheng, I’m really innocent... I didn’t... I didn’t kill anyone! How could I hurt a girl I don’t even know!"

"A very good judgment, Judge, the end is near, your verdict might bring you some interesting things."

"It’s too difficult to distinguish between good and evil; why not judge everyone entering the courtroom as Evil People?"

"What’s wrong with evil? Just look at your courtroom, how many Good People cry out in injustice, how many Evil People sneer in the background."

"Even those who aren’t wrongly accused, like the surnamed Bai, he really killed someone, but look at his mess of a life; those truly evil people live much better."

"Good people are bullied, Judge. Join me in changing the world. If everyone in the world is evil, then there wouldn’t be any soil for Evil People to do evil."

All these, sealed off long ago, buried even by the Judge himself, who forgot his relationships with these lost souls.

But now, surprisingly, he began recalling some under Wen Xishu’s pressure.

He had once judged many cases, once represented justice, but gradually, he began to lose his way.

He found that in this era where evidence can be fabricated... can he truly uphold justice?

Everything seemed like what that voice said...

Good people are bullied, his repeated judgments seemed to always push Good People to the abyss, letting Evil People roam freely.

The whirlpools in the Judge’s eyes started spinning backward.

Wen Xishu sensed that the confrontation was approaching, so he continued attacking the Judge.

He hadn’t discovered any strategy for passing; he was merely a point chaser, aiming for a high-score ending.

After all, this time, forced tower retreat service hadn’t begun, possibly achieving Level 7 completion.

"I’m going to raise the stakes. If I lose, I’ll become a slave to the person behind you, but for this round, I’m betting the lost soul is the one called Judge, dare you?"

"If we recreate your situation back then, if you think becoming what you are now was inevitable, why not try with me?"

After a long silence, the Judge only said one word:

"Bet!"