Three Towers Game

"The changes you bring are malignant."

"But now, with you showing up, a lot of places have started to change in interesting ways. I do dislike that you favor Scorpio—you even saved Sirius, who was supposed to be my prey—but I’m benefiting too."

Wen Xishu decided to correct her:

"I just work with Scorpio more often, that’s not called favoring. You’re using the wrong word. If you have a mission, we can cooperate too."

"And you’ve already harvested something from Charlie, haven’t you?"

The last time Wen Xishu worked with Pisces was when he used "Time Annotation", a special item that can be applied to the invitation letter. It was a gift from Pisces.

Wen Xishu also knew that once he used it, it would, just like the Scorpion Knife, generate some kind of benefit for Pisces.

Pisces didn’t deny it:

"Yes. I’ve worked out the cause and effect. There really is a portion of time energy on Charlie. And Charlie doesn’t belong to the sequence system, which means there are other ’Gods’ who’ve mastered Time Power."

"My future self is still investigating."

Wen Xishu was moved:

"Outer God?"

Pisces didn’t answer.

Wen Xishu said:

"You came here just to warn me? How about we do something more fun together."

Pisces thought for a moment, then said:

"That works. Actually I came to check on you, to stop you from doing something stupid and overturning your own future."

"But since I’m here, I’ll give you an item. Hide it well. If you run into Leon, don’t you dare expose this thing."

Pisces clearly knew that Leo Leon had the ability to control other people’s items.

Pisces handed Wen Xishu a paperclip.

The paperclip looked exactly like an ordinary paperclip.

Wen Xishu asked:

"What does this thing do?"

Pisces patiently explained:

"Use it to pierce any part of your body—in fact, as long as it gets stained with your blood, it will trigger a time-rewind effect."

"It might send you back one second, or two seconds, five seconds... Most of the time you’ll bounce around between one and five seconds back. But there’s an extremely tiny chance... it’ll send you back one hour, or even one day."

Divine!

Wen Xishu thought this was way too hack-like, so overpowered even for a cheater like him.

Most of the time, it would just send him one to five seconds back, but even that was enough to give him a huge margin of error in combat.

Wen Xishu asked:

"No limit on how many times I can use it?"

Pisces said:

"Of course there is. You can only use it four times a week. Think of it as a small gift. Might not be that big a deal, but who knows, you might use it very well."

He had to find a way to boost the odds. With this item, he could toy with the Destructive. As long as he rewound to a few hours earlier, he could make the Destructive feel what it’s like to be toyed with by a higher-level Destructive.

Wen Xishu had actually never tried some of the options on the Mad Dice.

For example, Big Number Tendency—total points greater than nine, and every die higher than three. All probabilistic events get their trigger rates increased.

He’d always thought it was weird—did this thing really need to exist? Now he was starting to get it: if he got his hands on items with low-probability, Divine-level effects, that option would completely overshadow Three Phases and the rest.

"Good little sis, come give me a hug, I’m seriously grateful. Call me next time you’re going after Scorpio." Wen Xishu shamelessly spread his arms.

Pisces rolled her eyes and mocked:

"I don’t mind you hugging me. I’ve got a set of time-counter armor on me. You might grow old to the point your teeth fall out right after you hug me. Want to try?"

Wen Xishu immediately pulled back and kept his distance from Pisces.

Sure enough... the stuff the constellations use themselves, that’s the real treasure.

The Scorpion Knife, Time Annotation, the paperclip—those are already strong as hell. It’s hard to imagine how powerful the items the constellations carry on themselves must be.

Now Wen Xishu had a rough idea.

This time-counter armor was absolutely a top-tier Divine Artifact.

"Is it the clothes you’re wearing? Doesn’t look like it at all..."

Wen Xishu thought, armor should at least look like armor.

Pisces’ face flushed red as she said:

"None of your business."

In truth, the armor’s design was really embarrassing... it was exactly how Pisces looked in Wen Xishu’s dream.

Wen Xishu wondered, what are you blushing for?

But he quickly asked another question:

"Was that Reverse Seven Ceremony your doing? Does An Rongzai really have a way to become... the Demon King? Is he really a purely ordinary person?"

Pisces only smiled:

"I’m not interested in killing people. The Reverse Seven Ceremony is a cult ritual, a kind of sacrifice... and yes, I did give it to An Rongzai."

"As for whether An Rongzai is a purely ordinary person, figure it out yourself."

Deep down, Wen Xishu didn’t quite believe it.

He suddenly wondered: a lot of people are picked by specific sequences because their lives run on special tracks.

Like Liu Jianxin, like Wen Xiangge in the future.

So what about An Rongzai?

Was Pisces arranging everything An Rongzai was doing now just to draw out some sequence?

Pisces didn’t give Wen Xishu an answer, she only said:

"I should go. Wen Xishu, we’re not friends. We’re just using each other. And you’d better not think Scorpio is your friend either."

"If one day your actions stop being beneficial to me, I’ll find a way to kill you too."

"Also, you’d better hurry back. If you’re too late... whatever, watching the show is quite entertaining."

Once you’ve accepted someone’s gift, even harsh words sound tsundere.

Wen Xishu didn’t mind at all:

"Come again anytime."

The dark-blue aura slowly dissipated, and everything around them began to move again.