The Earth is Online Chapter 226-229

Chapter 226

[The original tower of all things, the tower of parallel intersection.]

Tang Mo held a chalk and wrote these words on the blackboard in the classroom.

This was written on the red ticket that Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo received.

At the time, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo still hadn't left Noah's ark and were still in the black tower game. They didn't know about the seventh floor's treasure hunt game so this clue was very strange and couldn't be understood at all. Thus, both Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo were surprised when they saw it.

"Now this seems to be a clue suggesting the location of the special black towers."

Lian Yuzheng asked, "What is the original tower of all things?"

The beginning of all things was the origin of everything.

One year ago, the black towers suddenly appeared all over the world. They emerged together. There was no first tower and no last tower. Which was one was the origin of all things?

Tang Mo thought about it, "First of all, it is impossible to be the first tower that appeared. There was no order to the black tower's appearance."

Everyone thought for a moment before Tang Mo, Chen Shanshan and Mu Huixue turned to look at Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wenduo stared at the words on the blackboard and spoke in a calm voice. "There are two black towers in Beijing. One above the Forbidden Palace and one in Changping. I was told to be prepared to attack the black tower near the one in Changping. It is the original tower of all things. Of course, I entered the tower attack game near the Forbidden City. Thus, I'm not sure which one is right."

The beginning of everything was the meaning.

It was the first one to open the tower attack game, making the black tower announce it three times and singing a song of thanks.

The first player in China and the world's most powerful stowaway, Fu Wenduo.

On November 23rd, 2017, he became the first player in the world to attack the tower with his strength and pulled all Chinese players into the tower attack game. On the same day, he cleared the black tower and became the first player in the world to clear a tower attack game.

This was the beginning of everything.

Tang Mo suggested, "We will first go to the Changping area to check before going to the Forbidden City."

The first tower was found and everyone wasn't in a hurry. They needed more information and couldn't act rashly.

Chen Shanshan analyzed, "The beginning of everything refers to the first floor of the black tower. Coincidentally, the towers are close to us and it is easy to verify. The parallel intersection…" The little girl didn't finish her words as she suddenly realized something and stared at Mu Huixue.

The young woman with the high ponytail smiled helpless. "China District 3, China."

On March 27th, 2018, the first place on the time leaderboard, the returnee Mu Huixue of China District 3 successfully cleared the black tower's fourth floor and opened the 4.0 version. From that moment on, the returnees could return to Earth because the two worlds fused.

If everything started from Fu Wenduo's tower that he attacked, the fusion of the two worlds was the tower that Mu Huixue attacked.

This was the parallel intersection.

Tang Mo said, "Barring any incidents, these two towers should be confirmed. If there is a mistake then we can verify and correct it. Unfortunately, Li Xia is the third person to get a clue and we don't know what clue she got. Still, there is another clue." Tang Mo looked at Mu Huixue and Andrei. "What clue did you get and does it suggest the location of a treasure black tower?"

A light flashed in Andrei's eyes. The rough and strong Russian stared silently at Mu Huixue before suddenly leaving the classroom. He left very suddenly, causing Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo to frown as they detected something wasn't right. They glanced at Mu Huixue and saw her helplessly spread open her hands. "This clue is really complicated and it isn't convenient to say. Still, I guarantee that it doesn't tell us the location of a black tower."

Fu Wenduo was silent for a moment before asking, "There isn't a hint to the location of the treasure black tower like our clue?"

"No."

She was certain and her eyes were calm.

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo quietly stared at her before Fu Wenduo changed the topic. "Okay. Let's go look at the black tower in Changping."

They hadn't known Mu Huixue for long but Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo chose to trust her.

This powerful returnee had a special power. After knowing her, they would understand that she might not be a good person in a pure sense but she was a trustworthy teammate. This person was worthy of trust. This was reflected in the Noak's ark game.

Without further ado, everyone packed up and prepared to go to the nearby black tower in the Changping District of Beijing.

Tang Mo said, "If there is still time, we should go to Guangzhou. We already know that the second black tower is in Guangzhou." He looked at Mu Huixue and she told him, "It is next to the centre of Guangzhou. We have to attack the Changping tower as soon as possible. I don't know much about the average level of players in Guangzhou because I didn't stay there for long. While I was there, the most powerful organizations in Guangzhou sent people to follow me. I played with them and their strength is okay. Still, it is at most on the level of the fourth floor. By now, it might be the fourth or fifth floor."

Being on the level of the fourth and fifth floors made them one of the best players in the world. However, this was the seventh floor's tower attack game.

Even Tang Mo couldn't say for certain that he would succeed in raiding the towers and he was less sure about others.

Ruan Wangshu glanced at the time. "In order to ensure the success of the tower attack, Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo, Mu Huixue and…" He originally wanted to say Andrei but Andrei had left the classroom and still hadn't returned. Ruan Wangshu paused before continuing, "You go to the Changping District to check it out. Li Miaomiao, Lian Yuzheng and I will go first to Guangzhou with the members of Tian Xuan. We will attack the tower together."

Tang Mo nodded. "Go by Shanghai. Fu Wenduo and I have a friend in the Shanghai Attack organization and they have several powerful players. You can work together and go to Guangzhou to attack the tower."

Ruan Wangshu nodded in agreement.

The two sides discussed it and decided to split up.

Mu Huixue looked around. "That Andrei guy is finally gone?"

The Russian player Andrei had been pestering Mu Huixue since half a month ago when he tried to kill her. After that, the two of them worked together in several black tower games and Andrei never mentioned killing Mu Huixue. In particular, he inadvertently learnt from Tang Mo that Mu Huixue became first on the time leaderboard because she killed the previous first place rather than killing many people. He didn't say anything about it.

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo wanted to attack the black tower's seventh floor because they didn't want to sit still.

“Second, the erased black towers are completely random. In addition, the five black towers that are part of the game contents will be erased after the game is over."

if they guessed correctly, the black tower in Changping District of Beijing was one of the five treasure black towers. As long as they stayed in Changping, they could live for at least seven days until it was erased on the last day.

It wasn't unreasonable for Andrei to not attack the tower.

Tang Mo suggested, "Shall we go first?"

Mu Huixue thought about it. "I will go find him. Don't look at his appearance. He is very strong, no worse than Major Fu. Of course, I'm talking about the force aspect."

Fu Wenduo told her, "Then we will go to Changping first."

"Okay."

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo left the Tian Xuan base first. Mu Huixue looked around the school for a while and found Andrei sitting on the edge of the basketball court.

For the three million remaining Earth players, they had spent eight months in the black tower games and now it was June 19th. But on Earth, it was November 18th, 2017.

From the first time she saw Andrei, he was wearing this heavy coat. The grey fox fur buried most of his face, plus there was the thick beard and hat. He only exposed his eyes to the outside. No one could've imagined that this rough and strong Russian player had such clear green eyes. At this moment, those eyes were quietly looking at the centre of the basketball court.

Mu Huixue leaned against the basketball hoop and raised an eyebrow. "Go to Changping? Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo have already gone."

Andrei slowly raised his head and looked at her. Then he asked, "How many people have you killed, from the earth going online to the present.

They were alone so Andrei spoke in Russian. Compared to the strange and funny Chinese, the Russian player speaking Russian sounded rough and low, as if his voice was resonating in his chest.

Mu Huixue asked, "All of them?'

"Yes, all."

Mu Huixue thought about it. "78."

Andrei was suddenly silent.  A moment later, he said, "I made a bet with myself. If you have killed more than 91 people, I won't hesitate to kill you and resurrect Valentina."

This was the first time Mu Huixue heard this name. It turned out to be the person Andrei wanted to resurrect. "Your wife?"

Andrei shook his head and pulled out a photo from his coat. The edges of the photo were wrinkled but it was very clean. It was clear that the owner was very protective of this photo. He couldn't bear to let it be damaged but he couldn't help taking it out over and over to look at it again.

From Russia to Guangzhou, from Guangzhou to Beijing.

On the road, Andre had looked at it 264 times.

Mu Huixue had good eyesight. She looked down at a middle-aged woman smiling cheerfully while holding a girl in her arms. The woman was slightly plump and there were light brown freckles on her skin, but she smiled happily without any traces of worry, her happiness dazzling.

She held the girl while a tall and handsome middle-aged man hugged her waist.

The clear green eyes hinted at the identity of this middle-aged man.

Mu Huixue looked at the photo and smiled. "You turned out like this."

Andrei said, "Valentina's birthday is September 1st. Before her mother died, she asked me to protect Valentina. However, I couldn't do it. She was pulled into a black tower game and never came out. If you had killed 13 more people, I would certainly try my best to kill you and save Valentina."

Wind blew through the basketball court, causing the gravel to move.

AFter a long time, Mu Huixue turned to the entrance of the basketball court. She didn't look back as she called out, "Go to Changping's black tower."

Andrei lowered his head and pinched the edges of the photo.

A few seconds later, he put the photo in a treasured inner pocket of his coat. He got up and followed Mu Huixue out of the 80th High School.

Half a hour later, six people arrived in Changping, Beijing.

They weren't close to the black tower when Tang Mo heard familiar music. He listened carefully before looking at Fu Wenduo with surprise. Fu Wenduo confirmed his guess and as the two people approached, they saw a huge yellow exclamation mark suddenly fall from the sky.

“Thump Thump! Wrong answer, wrong answer!"

Like the exaggerated special effects in cartoons, the exclamation mark flew through the air and slammed into the ground, smashing the player standing in the yellow grid into meat sauce. Fresh blood splashed onto the ground, forming a blood flower.

There were more than a dozen identical blood flowers around it.

Seven or eight players trembled in the yellow grids as they looked forward with horror. Just below the black tower, there was a small table covered in delicate lace. The table contained a British three-tier snack tray with a variety of small and beautiful cakes placed on it.

A hand covered in white lace gloves gently picked up a white porcelain cup and drank a handful of black tear.

The beautiful girl covered her lips and smiled. "Oh, you have the best black tea I have ever tasted, Lord Grecia."

Opposite her, the gentleman in the crimson clothing smile and raised his cup to Wang Xiaotian. "My lady, it is my honor that you like it."

Wang Xiaotian smiled sweetly and turned to look at the few people who were answering questions. Suddenly, she saw six people standing not far away and blinked with surprise. "Dear Grecia, look who I saw. There are some old friends."

Grecia laughed. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't know they would definitely come to attack the tower."

Wang Xiaotian said, "It is why you originally chose this tower, not the other three. I thought it was because it was close to my tower. I'm really hurt."

“If you cry, you'll feel more lovable. The tears of a lady sometimes makes her more beautiful."

Wang Xiaotian tried hard after hearing the words but she couldn't cry. She no longer pretended and raised her cup to Tang Mo's group of six. "Since you are here, don't go."

The beautiful Cinderella winked. "Welcome to Cinderella's Happy Quiz Game."

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Chapter 227

China, Shanghai, Nanjing Road.

The heavy chains dragged on the long pedestrian street as if a giant was dragging something heavy across the ground. As the shoemaker dragged two players tied up with iron chains past a specialty store, he turned and looked at the store.

It was silent with no movements inside.

The shoemaker stared suspiciously for a moment before continuing to drag the two players in the direction of the black tower.

Behind him, the little fatty Zhao Ziang and Jack clung to the wall and sighed with relief after hearing the chains leave.

Zhao Ziang's heart was still thumping as he said, "Doctor, isn't that the Iron Shoemaker from the reality instance before? I remember that Brother Tang and Major Fu entered the game and cleared it. Did he appear as the black tower guard in Shanghai?"

Luo Fengcheng nodded. "Based on the situation, it should be like this. We don't have any clues about the black towers but fortunately, Tang Mo and Major Fu have a clue. It is likely they have already found a treasure black tower." Luo Fengcheng thought for a moment before ordering, "Jack, keep observing the movements of the shoemaker. Little fatty, go to the base and call Tang Qiao over. Next, the four of us will attack this black tower together."

Jack had played many black tower games and was even the first Chinese player to receive Eve's reward. He naturally knew a lot about the black tower world. "Doctor, this shoemaker is very strong. He might not be at the level of Grandmother Wolf and Santa Claus but it will take a lot of effort to deal with him. We don't have any clues about the seventh floor. Are you sure this tower in Shanghai is one of the treasure  black towers?"

Luo Fengcheng looked at him. "I'm not sure."

Jack was startled. "Doctor?"

He was accustomed to believing in Luo Fengcheng so even if Luo Fengcheng said he wasn't sure, Jack believed the other person must have a reason.

Zhao Ziang pondered a bit and unexpectedly figured out the truth. "Doctor, do you think the five towers selected by the black tower must be special? The black tower can't choose just any five towers for the players to attack. These five towers must have an important meaning for the players and even for the black tower. Is there a special significant to this tower in Shanghai?"

The little fatty had made a lot of progress. Luo Fengcheng smiled and said, "Tang Mo didn't say this but I figured it out through some means. On December 7th, 2017, China District 2 official player Tang Mo successfully cleared the black tower on hard mode. This is the first person to clear the hard mode in the world. Isn't this a bit special?"

Jack and Zhao Ziang nodded.

Luo Fengcheng looked out the window as the shoemaker's back became smaller and smaller.

"…Even if there is only the slightest possibility of it being right, we can't let go of this black tower."

At the same time, Guangzhou, China.

Once the black tower announced that they returned to Earth, like all players around the world, the Guangzhou players rushed towards the black tower in the centre of Guangzhou at the fastest speed. They didn't react at first when the little ponytailed girl holding the big match appeared from the tower and laughed. "There are a lot of fuel that can be burned." Then she used the match to start a fire that spread through the centre of Guangzhou.

This fire was different. It spread quickly and couldn't be extinguished at all.

The players fled but many people didn't have time to escape. They were surrounded by flames and some of the weaker players were burnt. They couldn't put out the flames and could only cut off the parts that were on fire to prevent it from spreading.

Among the trapped players were the leaders and members of a few high level organizations in Guangzhou. Once the black tower announced the rules of the seventh floor, they already planned to attack the tower in Guangzhou. They couldn't let go of any tower that might be a treasure black tower. It seemed that this little girl was the guardian of the black tower in Guangzhou.

The few leaders looked at each other and shouted, "Go!"

Dozens of black figures moved through the air towards the little girl setting fire. One player murmured, "An underground person who sets fire to everything, I have heard it somewhere before." Without waiting for him to think, a few players successfully subdued the little girl.

The little girl was incredibly weak and was on the level of the second floor. She couldn't go against the elite players of Guangzhou.

The group took her match and was about to tie her up. The little girl with the thick mosaic on her face suddenly ran like a fish. She ran while crying, "You bullied me, you bullied me! I'm going to tell my mother… you wait for me!"

The little ponytail girl had presumably never suffered from such a thing. She kept crying as she ran and eventually ran into the burning fire in the centre of Guangzhou.

The players wanted to chase her again or give up.

A player frowned, "A girl with a big match who sets fires everywhere, a mosaic covering her face. I've really heard of her…"

The next moment, a heavy woman's voice answered his question. "Who is it? Who hit my daughter? You have to look at the owner when hitting the dog! You damn humans don't understand this!"

Mosaic was hiding behind her mother and making faces at the players of Guangzhou. She heard this and stiffened. The mosaic meant her expression couldn't be seen but they knew she was depressed. "Mother, I'm not a dog…"

Her mother scoffed. "A little girl who doesn't love to learn, you might as well be a dog! Roasted meat is better than you!"

Mosaic, "…"

Her mother was bullying her!

The player saw this fierce female werewolf and finally remembered the identity of the little girl. This werewolf was a common black tower boss on the third and fourth floors. She was very strong but this was in terms of force. As long as they used clever tricks, they could successfully clear her games.

Still, this female werewolf's strength was very high.

The leader of an organization in Guangzhou had once been beaten to death by her.  Now they weren't on their own and they weren't afraid facing the female werewolf.

The battle between the two sides was imminent. It was unknown who moved first but the dozens of Guangzhou players and the wolf mother fought each other. The female werewolf was fierce and her claws almost split a player's body in half. However, she only had four hands and soon her right arm was cut until it was only stuck with a layer of skin.

Mosaic saw it wasn't good and turned to run.

Mother Wolf scolded. "You aren't as good as a dog!" Then she glared at the Guangzhou players. "You wait for me!"

The Guangzhou players, "…"

No, why did this sentence feel a bit familiar?

Three minutes later, a lady wearing a lace dress and holding a pink parasol slowly walked out from the centre of Guangzhou. Her green beast's eyes stared at the players as she licked her sharp teeth. The Guangzhou players were wide-eyed and sweat dampened their clothing.

Under the glare of the sun, Grandmother Wolf smiled slightly, "Who was it that just hit my daughter? You still have to look at the dog's owner, understood?"

The Guangzhou players, "…"

Damn!

They were playing with the mother but the old ancestor came out!

Similar situations were happening all over the world. The only difference was that some tower guards in some areas were very big, at the level of the big turkey and big mole. After just half an hour, there were some players who successfully raided a black tower. Unfortunately, they weren't the treasure black towers. In some places, the tower guards were extremely strong.

For example, the circus leader Grecia's black tower in Beijing's Changping District and the guardian of the Guangzhou area, Grandmother Wolf.

Berlin, Germany.

In the heavy snow, a petite silver-haired woman lowered her hand and stepped through the deep snow while holding a black gun. She was heading for the black tower above the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin.

In this heavy snowstorm, she was the only one walking against the wind and the snow. She walked all the way and there were many bodies on the ground. They seemed to have been killed by something and blood stained the white snow.

Finally, she arrived underneath the black tower.

Yelena Ivanovna quietly watched Santa Claus who was driving his sleigh around Brandenburg Gate.

In the snow, three players weren't dead but they were exhausted by Santa and his reindeer.

Santa stared at them before turning his head towards the small woman who had come here..

He laughed. "Merry Christmas, my lovely child!"

Yelena's eyes narrowed and she raised two long guns, shooting them straight at Santa Claus.

India, New Delhi, the India Gate.

Similar to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the black tower was suspended over the India Gate. The difference was that beneath this tower was a bloody sea. The red-haired loli grinned, revealing two small tiger's teeth. She had a lovely and innocent face but her hands were covered with blood.

Countless Indian players rushed at her, only to be punched and have their internal organs crushed.

However, no one gave up.

The Indian language was heard among this terrible sea of corpses. "She is the Queen of Hearts. This must be a treasure black tower. We will be dead in seven days so dying now makes no difference. Kill her!!!"  

Around the world, players were struggling to attack more than 10,000 black towers.

Finally, China, the Changping District.

Wang Xiaotian finished talking and got off her chair, walking towards a yellow grid in front of her. The moment she stepped inside, a golden name appeared in front of her. The words 'Wang Xiaotian' floated in the air. Tang Mo looked around again at the players trapped in the grids. Golden names were also floating in front of them.

However, it was their name, not Wang Xiaotian.

"New partners have come. Let's pause the game first." Wang Xiaotian raised her hands and the giant exclamation mark suspended above a player's head stopped. She clapped and a thin book suddenly appeared in her hands. The cover of this booklet had 'Happy Q&A Invitation List' on it. Wang Xiaotian opened the booklet and passed it to Tang Mo's group of six.

"Write your name on it but don't write it wrong. You can't change it later if there is a mistake."

At this moment, the black tower's voice was heard.

"Ding dong! Please write your name in the 'guest' column of Wang Xiaotian's booklet."

The group glanced at each other and wrote their names in the register in turn.  Once they wrote their names, their names flashed gold and seemed to be branded in the booklet.

Tang Mo looked at the top of the booklet which contained the line:

[Host: Wang Xiaotian]

Wang Xiaotian clapped and the booklet returned to her hands. After seeing the names inside, Cinderella smiled sweetly and said, "Then let's start the game. Six guests, please enter your squares so we can start."

"Ding dong! The large multiplayer instance game 'Cinderella's Happy Quiz' game has officially started."

"The rules of the game—”

“First, answer the questions in the Happy Quiz and you must answer it correctly. The wrong answer means a direct elimination."

“Second, players and host will answer 10 questions in order. If the players answer all 10 questions correctly, they will pass the game. The host's questions will be raised by the player. If the host answers incorrectly, the host is eliminated and the players will pass the game."

"Third, questions about the instance clearance method and other similar questions aren't allowed."

"Fourth, take care of your name. This is the pass to participate in the show."

"I don't know why but the ratings of the Happy Q&A have plummeted recently. Last week, it fell below the minimum line. Why do the viewers like to watch Grandmother Wolf's new show, 'How to Cook Humans in the Wilderness'? This Wang Xiaotian can't understand it. I can't understand it even if I am bald."

Wang Xiaotian's face was red with anger. "I'm not bald. I just lost a little bit of hair but I'm not balding!!!"  

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Chapter 228

“Dang dang dang dang, the game has started!"

The cheerful music was heard and Wang Xiaotian pulled out a microphone, showing a sweet smile. One hand was holding a microphone while the other hand was holding a selfie stick. No one could imagine that the black tower boss would take a fashionable selfie before starting her live broadcast.

“Let me introduce you. We have a few famous guests in our program today. Everyone should've heard their names before. I will give a grand introduction."

Wang Xiaotian stood in the yellow grid where her name was written and turned her camera towards Fu Wenduo and the others.

When the average players participated in the game, Wang Xiaotian couldn't raise her spirit and sat at the table eating snacks and drinking tea with Grecia. She completely ignored those players. Now that Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo had come, she happily rose and started to broadcast her show, as if she saw the ratings skyrocketing.

Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo, Mu Huixue and Andrei.

Of the six new players, with the exception of the two children, each of these four players were well known in the Underground Kingdom. Wang Xiaotian talked while watching her ratings rise on the live interface. She smiled happily and exclaimed, "Wow, it looks like everyone is welcoming our new guests. It isn't too late and I'm going to start with a voting game. Please pick up your remote control and vote. If you want me to ask Fu Wenduo a question first, please 1. If you want me to ask Mu Huixue, press 2… if you want me to ask Tang Mo, press 4. The voting has begun!"

Wang Xiaotian didn't take the players seriously. She waited 10 seconds and was surprised after seeing the result of the game. "Oh, you want me to ask her first."

Cinderella turned towards Mu Huixue with a smile. "Then the game has begun. Mu Huixue who is ranked first on the time leaderboard, please listen to the question!"

“The first question, wow, this is a fill in the blank question. There are no options to choose from. What is the name of the world's first player to clear the fifth floor? Please answer within 5 seconds."

Mu Huixue blurted out, "Lena Jophos."

She had killed this woman on the sixth floor only a day ago. Mu Huixue clearly remembered the name of the other person. This question was too simple. Wang Xiaotian seemed to use it as an appetizer. She smiled and said, "The answer is correct." Then she went to ask Tang Mo, who was second in the poll.

Cinderella curiously touched her chin. "Do you like this type of human? Oh, it is because his tender meat looks delicious. Hey, don't talk about the wilderness survival show here. Don't let me see it. I hate it!"

After speaking a lot, Wang Xiaotian looked at Tang Mo and smiled sweetly. "It is your turn.  Please listen to the question!"

“The first problem, your luck is really bad. How is it a calculation question? If a returnee has 100 minutes of break time and he kills three returnees who have no breaks, one returnee who has 210 minutes break and one person with 1,300 minutes of break… wait, a 100 minutes person can kill a 1,300 minutes person? Wang Xiaotian interrupted before continuing, "He killed a returnee with 1,300 minutes.  I'm asking you! How much rest time does he have in the end? Please answer in 10 seconds!"

A second later, Tang Mo replied, 905 minutes."

"The answer is correct."

It was more like a live broadcast then a game.

Wang Xiaotian concentrated on interacting with the audience and asking questions to the players. In this game, the player answered the questions in turn. After Tang Mo's group of six answered their first question, Wang Xiaotian came to a player who had already been in the game. She flipped through her booklet.

When Tang Mo looked at the booklet, he only saw some names on it and didn't see any questions at all. Now Wang Xiaotian opened the booklet and read a question according to it.

She looked at the player's name and exclaimed. "You are actually up to the fifth question. Congratulations, you are finally halfway through. You are the first player to reach this point so I will give you a small reward. This question is a multiple choice question. Please listen to the question!"

"Question five, who is the richest person in the Underground Kingdom?"

"A. Iron Shoemaker., B. Circus leader., C. Santa Claus., D. Peter Pan."

"Please answer in five seconds!"

The player stood in a blood flower, his already frightened face turning paler. Wang Xiaotian suddenly asked him a question and he only managed to listen to the question and options. He didn't have time to think as Wang Xiaotian urged him impatiently, "Hurry up and answer. There are three seconds left. 3, 2, 1…"

"I choose B! I choose B!" His eyes happened to see the circus leader sitting behind Wang Xiaotian and he subconsciously shouted.

Grecia was drinking black tea and he smiled when he suddenly heard this.

Wang Xiaotian also smiled. "Good, you listened to the question and weren't scared to death."

The player sighed and looked at Wang Xiaotian with hope. The beautiful Cinderella smiled sweetly at him and said in a pleasant voice, "Congratulations, the answer is wrong. Go to hell."

The next moment, this player's eyes widened and he stared at Wang Xiaotian with disbelief. He couldn't say anything as the huge exclamation mark suspended above his head slammed down, turning him into meat sauce.

Grecia spoke in a hurt manner, "I have to declare that I really am bankrupt, I'm bankrupt. Don't wrong me. I don't have a penny."

Wang Xiaotian told him, "It is so you don't have to refund the money."

Grecia blinked. "I don't have a penny to refund."

The two black tower bosses chatted for a bit before Wang Xiaotian went to the next player.

Many of these players were up to the fifth question and a few answered the fourth question. If the first questions asked to Tang Mo's group were reasonable or could be calculated, the fourth and fifth questions were in categories that humans couldn't analyze.  Answering these questions depended on luck to get it right."

Tang Mo guessed, "It looks like the more questions we answer, the harder it will become. The beginning is just a warm up."

Chen Shanshan said, "Then this game is really about the questions to ask Wang Xiaotian."

At this time, Wang Xiaotian had asked all the players and three more players were smashed. Under the black tower, only Tang Mo's group of six and a thin young man remained.

Wang Xiaotian told them, "Now it is your turn to ask me a question. Who will ask me? I will say in advance that I can only answer one question. You are welcome to ask."

The young man was terrified and pale. He didn't dare to speak at all.

Everyone looked at Chen Shanshan and the little girl stepped forward. "I will ask."

"Hah? It is a strange little girl. Tell me, what question do you have?"

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo had experienced two many black tower games. Even if the black tower didn't specify the rules, they wouldn't waste a question on asking about how to clear the game. The black tower obviously wouldn't allow the boss to answer this question. In the same way, it was impossible to get an answer to 'What is the black tower?' or 'How do we attack the seventh floor?'

Chen Shanshan thought for a while before asking, "I want to ask, what exactly is the big formula proposed by Einstein?"

There was a sudden silence under the black tower.

Tang Mo hadn't expected Chen Shanshan to raise such a question but he understood.

There were two reasons for asking this question. First, this question was extremely difficult. The physics community was skeptical about the existence of this formula, let alone what it was. If Wang Xiaotian couldn't answer it then they would directly win the game. Secondly, if Wang Xiaotian could answer it then this matter was a bit scary.

The things that Wang Xiaotian knew then the black tower must know them as well. This would go beyond the scope of humanity.

What did it know about this formula?

Wang Xiaotian stared at the little girl for a long time before smiling. "I can answer it but due to the knowledge sealing principle, this knowledge isn't something that you can know. It is beyond your civilization. The moment I say the answer, all those who hear the answer will instantly die. Little girl, do you still want to hear it?"

A laughing voice was heard behind Wang Xiaotian. "You actually know this thing?"

Wang Xiaotian stiffened and she turned her head. "Lord Grecia?"

Grecia told her, "I don't know it."

Wang Xiaotian blinked. "I will tell you privately."

Grecia continued to drink tea and stopped talking. He saw that Tang Mo was looking at him and raised his cup to Tang Mo, telling him: Defeat her to challenge me.

Tang Mo looked away.

Chen Shanshan thought for a moment before changing the question. She asked a very deep physics question. Tang Mo hadn't heard of it before and the little girl must've learnt it from Luo Fengcheng. However, Wang Xiaotian answered like a flowing stream, not showing any traces of fear.

Once Wang Xiaotian answered the question, it was their turn.

The questions she asked this time were a lot more difficult.

Andrei had the most difficult question. The brawny Russian thought for a long time before giving the answer in the last two seconds. Wang Xiaotian snorted with regret but she soon looked up and found, "Wow, the ratings have broken through 2. Sure enough, you like to see these bad humans lose and be eaten by me!"

Wang Xiaotian was suddenly injected with chicken blood and asked the questions in a happier manner.

The strange young player reached the fifth question and couldn't endure any longer. He died under the giant exclamation mark.

It was their turn to ask Wang Xiaotian and Chen Shanshan stepped forward.

"My second question, what is the location of the other four treasure black towers?"

Wang Xiaotian's eyes widened and she stared at Chen Shanshan with astonishment.

Third, questions about the instance clearance method and other similar questions aren't allowed.

Chen Shanshan completely asked this question and the black tower didn't ban her from asking it or give her any warnings. It seemed to admit that she could ask it.

Wang Xiaotian silently watched the little girl in front of her with strange eyes. She muttered, "Children these days are terrible." She flipped through her booklet before suddenly smiling.

"This question is very simple and I have no problem answering it. However, the black tower will mask my answer. Do you still want to hear it?"

Chen Shanshan was very calm. "It won't mask it. It allowed me to ask and recognized that I didn't disobey the rules of the game. It is clear that this question can be asked and you must answer it." She paused and repeated, "Wang Xiaotian, my second question, what is the location of the other four treasure black towers?"

The smile on Wang Xiaotian's face froze and she grunted.

“Then don't regret it. The four towers are located in Guangzhou, China, New Delhi, India, Berlin, Germany and beep—"

The group was delighted when they heard the first three locations. Then a beeping covered the last location that Wang Xiaotian told them. Tang Mo was stunned for a moment and stared at Wang Xiaotian.

The lovely girl smiled slyly. "I told you that the black tower will mask my answer. You didn't believe me. That place, no one can say it."

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Chapter 229

It wasn't possible to know the full message of the four towers but Guangzhou, New Delhi and Berlin, the exposure of these three towers was an unexpected surprise.

Andrei whispered in Russian, "The furthest is Berlin. After this game, I will immediately set off to Berlin."

Mu Huixue asked, "Won't it be too late?"

"I have to go. The two most powerful players in Europe, Lena Jophos and Don Savik have died. If no one can attack the tower in Berlin, breaking through the other towers will be useless."

Mu Huixue thought for a moment. "I'll go with you."

Andrei froze for a long time before looking at Mu Huixue. "Don't you have to do something?"

"…I might be able to go."

The two of them didn't speak again.

On the other side, Wang Xiaotian felt like she had been calculated against by Chen Shanshan. This little girl's second question made her feel that she had suffered a big loss. The black tower set up five treasure towers. The most difficulty thing for players wasn't attacking the black towers but finding the five black towers.

Now she revealed the position of four black towers as soon as she opened her mouth..

Changping in Beijing, Guangzhou, Berlin and New Delhi.

"Fortunately, the last tower is still unknown or it would be too disgusting. Humans are too annoying." Wang Xiaotian spoke in a depressed manner. As soon as the camera turned to her, she made a happy expression. She waved to the audience and said, "Then this is the third question. Old viewers of the Happy Q&A know that the third question is the last simple question. Hey, I don't know how these six guests will answer."

Cinderella's eyes swept over the six people.

She licked her lips and she stared at Chen Shanshan. Finally, she grunted and moved her gaze. She was smiling but she was inwardly determined to kill these bastard humans.

Wang Xiaotian quickly flipped through the booklet, wanting to find questions that were difficult for Tang Mo's group.

Her problems were difficult but they weren't completely unsolvable. She seemed to be restricted by something and couldn't ask questions that players couldn't answer. The players answered them and Wang Xiaotian's mood was terrible. It was her turn for the third question and Chen Shanshan walked foward to ask her a question. She suddenly regretted coming here to help Grecia defend the tower.

Then she seemed to think of something and grinned disdainfully.

"Ask child. Whatever you want to ask, just ask it."

Chen Shanshan watched her before asking, "The third question, how can we defeat the circus leader, Grecia Sykes?"

Wang Xiaotian was stunned and turned to look at Grecia.

Like her, Grecia was stunned after hearing the question. He turned his soft and greasy look towards Chen Shanshan and smiled after a long time. "This question, did Tang Mo or Fu Wenduo have you ask it, little lady?"

Chen Shanshan's expression didn't change, as if she didn't realize the strong killing intent directed towards her. "I asked it myself."

Grecia stared intently at Chen Shanshan, wanting to find traces of any lies on the child. However, it was in vain. Grecia smiled, one hand tapping the table while his other hand held his chin. He watched Wang Xiaotian and Chen Shanshan with great interest.

Wang Xiaotian reluctantly spread open her hands. "Grecia, this isn't what I want to say. It is her question." Her meaning was to not blame her. It was the humans who calculated against him.

Wang Xiaotian replied, "Defeating Grecia Sykes is very simple. You only need to be stronger than him. Still, in the black tower world, there are no more than three people stronger than him. It is really difficult to beat him. However, if Fu Wenduo, Mu Huixue, Tang Mo, Andrei joins hands and use your props, there is a 70% chance of beating him. Just pay attention to his walking stick, which is a very magical rare prop. Its function is unknown in the black tower world because no one has made him show the real effect of the walking stick."

Grecia laughed. "Should I thank you for at least not mentioning the use of my walking stick?"

He said this but another round of questions passed and Chen Shanshan walked forward again. She looked at Wang Xiaotian and asked, "The fourth question, what is the effect of Grecia Syke's walking stick?"

Wang Xiaotian, "…"

Grecia, "…"

Wang Xiaotian gritted her teeth and replied, "Once his walking stick touches the enemy, Grecia can instantly move the enemy in a certain radius around him, with the walking stick as the centre. The premise is that the walking stick is touching the enemy and he is holding the walking stick."

Chen Shanshan nodded. "Thank you."

Wang Xiaotian, "…"

Why thank her?

Wang Xiaotian suddenly felt that she had recorded many Happy Q&A shows but she had never been so upset. It was clearly Grecia who suffered. His hidden card was known to Tang Mo's group. Originally, with the strength of the four people, the chances of winning against Grecia was relatively low. Now the role of his weapon was known and he was less likely to stop Tang Mo's group of six from attacking the tower.

Grecia shook his head helplessly before picking up the teacup in an elegant manner and drinking the black tea.

On the other side, Wang Xiaotian was so angry she wanted to smoke.

She struggled to find the most difficult question allowed by the black tower in her booklet. No matter what question she asked, one of the six players was always able to answer.

This time, Wang Xiaotian asked Fu Wensheng a very difficult question and Xiao Fu was about to answer. At this time, Tang Mo said quietly, "Option C."

Fu Wensheng cried out without hesitation, "I choose C!"

Wang Xiaotian, "…"

"I asked him this question. How can you answer it?"

Tang Mo's lips curved as he looked up Fu Wenduo. "I remember that in the rules given by the black tower, did it say that the other participants can't talk?"

Fu Wenduo saw this cunning young man with black hair and laughed. "No."

Wang Xiaotian shouted, "…Damn, starting from today, I will add a rule to my show! You can't ask for help!"

In any case, the players successfully passed through the fifth question.  It was now Wang Xiaotian's turn to be asked a question.

Cinderella saw that Chen Shanshan was stepping forward again and suddenly calmed down. She touched her microphone and smiled, "What do you want to ask?"

It was a terrible calmness filled with anger.

Wang Xiaotian knew the first six questions might be simple for them. However, the last four questions had a hell difficulty. There were six people and 24 questions. She could guarantee that there was at least one question among the 24 questions that none of the six players could answer.

She just had to wait to retaliate against these damn humans.

Cinderella smiled. She had plenty of patience. Even if the players withdrew from the game with the king's gold coin, it was still her win.

The king's gold coin was a rare item that allowed players to withdraw from a game. Once used, it would be lost.

Wang Xiaotian was ready for Chen Shanshan to ask a strange question.  Who expected her to say, "You said that you know everything. Then I want to ask you.. what did my father want to tell me before he died?"

Tang Mo heard this and looked down at the little girl in front of him.

Chen Shanshan was too smart and calm, often making people forget that she was only a 15 year old child.

In the past, Tang Mo had listened to his colleagues gossip while working at Suzhou Library. The huckster was divorced. He always wanted to go to Shanghai to see his daughter but his ex-wife didn't allow it. The father and daughter hadn't see each other for three years.

Fu Wensheng heard Chen Shanshan's words and asked, "Is this question also okay?"

It was naturally allowed.

The black tower only forbid questions related to clearing the instance. Wang Xiaotian said that she knew the answer to all questions. That being the case, Chen Shanshan asking this question didn't violate the rules of the game.

Wang Xiaotian watched Chen Shanshan with inexplicable eyes while Grecia suddenly laughed.

Cinderella looked curiously at the circus leader. "Lord Grecia?"

Grecia smiled. "Continue. I just think this question is very interesting."

Wang Xiaotian made an unknown expression and replied, "Your father wants to tell you to live well."

This was a very ugly answer. A father suddenly entered the black tower game. Of course he wanted his daughter to live well. Chen Shanshan didn't say anything after hearing this trash answer. She just accepted it.

Wang Xiaotian pulled out his booklet and tried to find a difficult question for Tang Mo's group. She hadn't opened it yet when Mu Huixue smiled. "I am curious about one thing."

Wang Xiaotian glanced at her.

“If I'm not mistaken, this black tower belongs to the circus leader. You should be protecting a black tower nearby. Why are you here helping him and not at your own black tower? Don't you need to guard the tower?"

Wang Xiaotian didn't need to answer this question because it wasn't her question time. Still, she didn't care and replied lightly, "The players attacking my black tower will enter the Q&A game."

Mu Huixue continued, "Then it is like when we first came here. You and the circus leader were sitting there drinking tea and the people played the game on their own, answering questions and being punished."

Wang Xiaotian's heart tightened and she quietly asked, "What do you want to say?"

Mu Huixue didn't say anything and turned to look at Tang Mo.

Tang Mo raised his hand and pulled a thin book from the air. In front of Wang Xiaotian's face, he turned to a page in the middle, took out a pen and wrote a few lines in it.

Wang Xiaotian didn't know what he was writing but she realized it was definitely bad for herself. She snorted and murmured coldly, "What do you want to do?"

Chen Shanshan opened her mouth. "I don't know if I guessed right. Before someone asks you a question, you aren't omnipotent.

Wang Datian was suddenly stunned.

"If you really know everything, why don't you know what I am going to ask you? Why act surprised and angry when I asked you those questions? You aren't omnipotent. However, you answered all my questions. One is a cosmic formula that humans don't know at you yet you know it. This thing isn't even known to the circus leader."

Chen Shanshan continued, "In terms of strength, I don't think you are stronger than the circus leader. But you know more than him. This is a very unreasonable thing. In addition, you answered another question. You told me that no one in the black tower world knows it yet you knew the function of the circus leader's walking stick."  

Wang Datian thoroughly understood something was wrong but she couldn't refute it. She just sneered, "So what? This only proves that I am really omnipotent. Other people don't know things but I do. I am different from the other black tower bosses. I am the Happy Q&A host, Wang…"

Her voice stopped and Wang Datian was stunned. "No, why am I called Wang Datian, I am clearly Wang Da…"

Her mouth dropped open as Cinderella tried her best to say her name. No matter what she tried, she could only feel that she was called Wang Datian. It seemed that something had changed her brain. It wasn't just here. Grecia, the black tower bosses who knew her and the audience knew that she was called Wang Datian.

Yet in front of the grid where she stood, the word 'Wang Xiaotian' still shone with a golden light.

Similarly, in the thin booklet, the words 'Host: Wang Xiaotian' didn't change.

Once the names were written in the book, they couldn't be changed.

The Cinderella currently sitting in the host's seat was no longer Wang Xiaotian. The thin booklet flew out of Wang Datian's hand and into the sky, suspended in the centre of the seven exclamation marks.

Yes, from the moment Tang Mo wrote the name 'Wang Datian' in his abilities book, the exclamation marks in the sky changed from six to seven. A brand new exclamation mark floated on top of Wang Datian's head and could fall at any time.

Chen Shanshan opened her mouth. "You answered three questions that you shouldn't have answered. You took it for granted that you could answer them. In particular, for the third question, the answer you gave me wasn't trash. Your actions told me that your answer was correct."

"Truth, secret, emotion."

"The three questions shouldn't be answered by anyone but you knew them."

“If I didn't guess wrong…" The short-haired girl thought about her wording. "The host of this program has an unchangeable causality. As long as the guest asks her a question, the host will know the answer no matter the question.  The premise is that the player asks it. If the player doesn't ask then you don't know the answer. Thus…"

"Thus, you don't know that I have an ability that can change anyone's name." Tang Mo put away the abilities book, his voice calm. "This is a law of causality ability. The way to activate it is very harsh and requires me to know a big secret of the target whose name I want to change. The more important the secret, the higher the success rate of changing the name. I think that your biggest secret is the truth of the Happy Q&A game? Fortunately, I guessed correctly."

[Ability: Your Father or your Father]

[Type: Special Type]

[Function: There is a chance to change the name of an object. The duration is seven days and it can be used once every 10 days. The law of causality can't be reversed.]

[Restrictions: The name, appearance and date of birth of the target must be known. The deeper the understand of the target, the greater the probability that the ability will work.]

[Tang Mo version usage instructions: The duration is three days and it can be used once every 30 days. After being used, the target will get to see Tang Mo's most important secret.]

Tang Mo smiled. "Oddly, I don't have any secrets that I can't say now. I don't care even if you know the secret."

Wang Datian was forced this far by the six players. She lowered her head and knew that she had lost.

There was no way for the game to continue. She turned to Grecia and cried, "Lord Grecia, I can't continue to protect the tower for you. I have to stop this game. You must avenge me. They bullied a poor and helpless girl like me."

Grecia got up and handed her a handkerchief.

Wang Datian wiped at tears that didn't exist and heard Grecia say, "My lady, aren't you actually very happy?"

The fake crying stopped. Wang Datian looked up from the handkerchief, her blue eyes staring at Grecia.

Grecia gently touched her head. "Congratulations my lady, you tried your best and you are free."

Wang Datian smiled happily. She suddenly took a step and walked out of the yellow grid. The moment she walked out of the grid, there was the sound of glass breaking. The yellow grids at the feet of Tang Mo's group disappeared.

"Ding dong! Congratulations to the players Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo… Chen Shanshan, Fu Wensheng for successfully clearing Cinderella's Happy Quiz Game."

Wang Datian walked quickly, not caring that her name was changed from the lovely Wang Xiaotian to Wang Datian. She clapped and a pumpkin carriage appeared under the black tower. She approached it with great pleasure.

She was about to leave when she suddenly pulled the reins of the horse and opened the curtains.

Wang Datian scoffed and smiled at Tang Mo. "I don't know what ability you have to change my name but once you changed my name, a secret about you suddenly appeared in my heart."

Tang Mo was stoic. His biggest secret was that he secretly liked Victor for a long time. Now he was together with Fu Wenduo and it didn't matter if Wang Datian spoke this secret and revealed it to the children.

Wang Datian's lips curved as she smiled sweetly. "I'll tell you. This Tang Mo, his biggest secret is…"

Tang Mo interrupted her. "Fu Wenduo and I are together."

Mu Huixue looked surprised for a moment before she became relieved. Andrei didn't care and just said, "Oh."

The two children had the biggest responses. Chen Shanshan was still for a moment before she murmured, "No wonder why I always thought there was something strange between Brother Tang and Major Fu. It turned out to be this. It seems that I know too little about feelings. I have to make up for this lack of knowledge in the future."

Fu Wensheng heard this and didn't feel good at all. "…"

Why was Sister Shanshan's first reaction to fill up her lacking knowledge?

Clearly the most important issue now was that Big Brother and Brother Tang were actually a pair!

Why was everyone accepting it so easily?!!!

Tang Mo himself revealed the secret and Wang Datian was stunned. She spoke in a strange manner, "Is this what you thought I would say?"

Tang Mo's heart tightened as he realized something was wrong. "Wait, you…"

Cinderella suddenly felt the thrill of revenge and didn't about her ladylike demeanor. She laughed in an exaggerated manner, "Hahaha, I will tell you. Tang Mo's biggest secret is that Tang Mo always thought it was fortunate that everyone's physical fitness has improved. Otherwise, they would only do it once in this life. Fu Wenduo's physical strength is really good."

10 silver needles shot through the air at a very fast speed, aiming at Wang Datian. Wang Datian quickly pulled her curtains closed and drove away in the pumpkin carriage.

Embarrassment filled the air.

Even the circus leader who liked teasing Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo just coughed, deciding not to add to the chaos.

Fu Wenduo didn't think that this would actually be Tang Mo's secret.

Mu Huixue turned her head and pretended not to hear anything but she couldn't help snickering.

Among the two children, Fu Wensheng didn't understand what this sentence meant. He pulled Chen Shanshan and asked, "Sister Shanshan, what is physical strength. What is the relationship between Big Brother's good strength and Brother Tang?"

Chen Shanshan, "…" How could she explain this?"

Andrei was the most direct. "She shrank something. She did it so quickly I couldn't understand."

Tang Mo, "…"

He closed his eyes before opening them again. He calmly watched Grecia. His hand held the small parasol while at the same time, Fu Wenduo, Mu Huixue and Andrei took out their weapons.

They didn't have time to waste.

Grecia Sykes smiled. He held the walking stick and smiled. "My lady, you you want to go together? I will never do anything to children and most of them time, I won't start with women. However, I don't think of the returnee Mu Huixue as a woman." He paused and continued, "Then… shall we start together?"

Before the words finished, Grecia moved like the wind.

Chen Shanshan took Fu Wensheng and quickly hid to the side, while Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo, Mu Huixue and Andrei disappeared as they moved at an extremely rapid pace. They were too fast, causing shadows in the air. The four people suddenly attacked Grecia from four directions and he didn't dare be careless. He laughed and raised the short stick.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the show has… begun!"

With these red, Grecia's short stick shone with a deep red light. His short stick touched Andrei's chest and the moment they touched, Andrei's fist only swung against air.  Grecia had instantly moved behind him and held the short stick against Andrei's back.

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo glanced at each other while Mu Huixue threw her red whip.

Grecia didn't panic. He swung his short stick and wandered between the four players, as if dancing an elegant dance.

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