Chapter 101: On March 15, 2018, The black tower version 3.0 will be launched.

"What do you mean you killed yourself?"

"In the beginning, Ningning was a member of our Nanjing team. She has very powerful psychic powers, but she's just not very talkative. I heard that she grew up with the captain, Team Xiao, and Sister Xiao Tian as classmates." Fu Wensheng opened the rear window, and a cool spring breeze rushed into the car. Holding her backpack, the child looked to Tang Mo: "Later when Sister Xiaoda died ...... after she disappeared, Sister Ningning went to the Raiders."

Fu Wenduo gets straight to the point: "Did she commit suicide?"

Fu Wensheng nodded, "Right." After a pause, he realised, "Eh, Brother, Brother Tang, you may have misunderstood. But players who killed themselves, even though they killed someone, are already dead, so of course they can't be stowaways anymore."

"So you were saying?"

"Sister Ningning did commit suicide yes, and she did die. But she had only been in cardiac arrest for a few minutes when Sister Oda found her." Fu Wensheng said, "Sister Xiaotian ...... is a full player. Of the four of them, he and Xiao were reservists, Ningning was a stowaway, and only Sister Xiaota was a full player. Brother Tang, you are also an official player, what did you get after you participated in that game of The black tower?"

Tang Mo already had an answer in mind, "My weapon, a giant match."

"Right. So Sister Kota also got a prop, which can save the opponent as long as they die within five minutes. She only had that one prop, and from what the captain said, Sister Ningning and Sister Oda were roommates before Earth went online. During those three days, on the first day, Sister Ningning's mother died suddenly. Her mother was in good health and hadn't been in any car accident, but she was at home and suddenly died. There was blood all over the place and she had been killed, but looking at the security cameras I couldn't find any murderer at all."

Once a person dies, it does not mean that all the cells also die. The more oxygen consumed the faster the cells die. Generally speaking, brain cells are the fastest to die. It takes about three to four minutes for all of them to die, followed by heart cells.

With the magic of The black tower props, it is indeed possible to bring a human being back to life after just five minutes of death.

Fu Wenduo: "Did she get into The black tower game?"

The kid nodded: "According to Xiao's team's guess, it's likely to be the case. It's a pity that Ningning's mother didn't survive that game of The black tower. Sister Ningning is a single-parent family, and she grew up with her mother, so she couldn't take it at all. She planned to go back home to see her mother. But then something else happened ......"

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo look at Fu Wensheng in unison.

The child put the bag in his arms aside and looked seriously at his big brother, and then turned his head to look at Tang Mo. Almost instantly Tang Mo realised that Fu Wensheng had said so much, but in the end it was all about this next thing.

Ningning's story has nothing to do with Tang Mo or Fu Wenduo. Perhaps she personally doesn't mind her past being known, and the players in the Nanjing group don't think any less of her, as we all know what she's been through. But what she was like and why she became a stowaway has nothing to do with Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo, who have left Nanjing.

But Fu Wensheng has spoken.

Fu Wensheng is not Chai Rong, and since he said this, he must have had an intention.

Tang Mo looked at his little friend with a serious look on his face and thought more of the child who looked scared of his brother and naive. He said, "So, what is it that you want to say?"

Fu Wensheng knew he couldn't hide his little thoughts from Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo, he just didn't expect to be discovered so soon. He didn't pretend to be stupid and said directly, "Before we left, the captain told me that you were probably like Ningning and Chai, who had a heart-racing incident before Earth went online."

"Racing heart?" Tang Mo's eyes narrowed: "Ningning and Chai Rong had their hearts beat faster?"

"Right. Chai's heart rate peaked at 210 beats and Ningning's was even higher, at 308 beats. Her heart was beating too fast, she was irritable and even felt a little feverish, so she couldn't go home first after Ningning's mother's accident, so she stayed at home. Sister Xiaoda wanted to stay with her, but Ningning said no and sent her to work. Then Ningning took her own life." Fu Wensheng paused and said, "It was Xiao who told me about this, but I don't think Sister Ningning was such a fragile person."

There are those who appear to be immensely strong and are never broken, but in fact only because what is lost is not the most important thing.

According to Fu Wenduo, the child could have skipped a grade and gone straight to junior high school, but his parents didn't want him to be out of step with his peers, so he went to primary school. But he is still a child. For him, he also lost his parents and family when Earth came online, but he survived strongly. So he thinks Ningning, who is even stronger than him, should be able to get through the loss of his mother.

Fu Wensheng still can't relate to these feelings. No one can know what was going through her mind at that time without being involved. Tang Mo is actually very afraid of pain. He has been afraid of injections since he was a child, and he would still cry when his parents took him to the hospital for injections until he was in junior high school. It's not that he's pretentious, it's just that everyone has a different level of pain perception.

What you feel as an ant bite and a needle prick may be a pain in someone else's heart.

Tang Mo couldn't help thinking about what could have broken him. He thought about it for a few moments and found no answer. At least now he had experienced the loss of his parents and the death of his best friend. Nothing could hit him again, he just wanted to live.

Leaving aside the subject, which is not suitable for children, Tang Mo asks, "Are Chai Rong and Ningning the only two people in the Nanjing group who have had their hearts beat faster?"

Fu Wensheng nodded: "Yes. Before we left, Team Xiao told me that I could tell you guys about this. He also guessed that you might have experienced something similar, and he asked me to remind you that the matter of the accelerated heartbeat might not determine whether a player's psychic ability is powerful or not. But there is no doubt that every player who has experienced a heartbeat acceleration seems to have become a top player as long as they are still alive now."

It is likely that Xiao Jitong was also hiding some of his information by not speaking to Tang Mo about it. But his sources of information are limited, and he certainly doesn't know as much as Luo Fengcheng. Tang Mo fell silent as he began to think about all the players he knew who had experienced the heartbeat.

So far, only he, Fu Wenduo, Chai Rong and Ningning, and Nie Fei of the Atak organisation, have experienced the heart-racing event. Luo Fengcheng named the event "The black tower selectors".

Regular players and stowaways must have psychic powers, but it's not just regular players and stowaways who have experienced a racing heart. Chai Rong is a reservist, but he too has experienced a heartbeat.

"There is no direct relationship between The black tower selectors and The black tower players. Luo Fengcheng also said that none of the four The black tower selectors he studied survived. They didn't become players. But most of the selectors who survived were very strong."

Fu Wenduo: "The powers may not have anything to do with The black tower, all The black tower does is act as a catalyst. Everyone has different psychic abilities, something that is probably inherent in humans. So it's possible that the selection of ...... by The black tower itself is not the will of The black tower, but that there is something special about these people?"

Tang Mo's eyes lit up: "You're saying that neither the psychic powers nor the accelerated heartbeat have anything to do with The black tower. It's something we have in ourselves?"

"It's just a possibility." Fu Wenduo looks steadily at Tang Mo: "So, what are the similarities between us people. That's the most important key."

Tang Mo was intrigued by this peculiar idea.

As he and Luo Fengcheng had researched a long time ago, all players, whether full players, stowaways or reservists, actually have powers. The reserves have no powers for the time being, but after passing the first level of The black tower, the reserves will also have powers and even become full players. So are these powers, which every human has, given to humans by The black tower or not?

If so, by what means did The black tower choose to give its powers to humans. Tang Mo's little bitchy book, Fu Wenduo's ability to turn into steel, Fu Wensheng's mineral water. Could it be that Tang Mo is a librarian who loves books, Fu Wenduo used to love Iron Man, and Fu Wensheng loves water?

Tang Mo held back this odd thought.

...... Well, let's not ask Fu Wenduo if he's seen Iron Man.

That's certainly not the reason anyway.

More likely, the powers have always been hidden in every human being, but have only been brought out by The black tower as a catalyst.

Then perhaps the accelerated heartbeat is not directly related to The black tower either.

Tang Mo muses: "First of all, we must rule out the most basic argument that they are all male. Ningning is a woman, so that common denominator is eliminated. Secondly, in terms of absolute sanity, Fu Wenduo and I should meet the pass mark, Nie Fei is also sensible, Ningning meets this criterion, but ...... Chai Rong does not."

Fu Wensheng agreed from the sidelines, "The captain is really stupid."

Tang Mo and Fu Wensheng then go on to list many similarities between the five, but in any case, the hypothesis they propose is rejected. One of the five always fails to meet a certain requirement. As darkness falls, Tang Mo is already in the back seat, asking Fu Wensheng for more information about Ningning and Chai Rong in order to find common ground.

A loud horn sounded and the two children looked up together at the front seat.

Fu Wenduo unbuckled his seatbelt and raised an eyebrow, "A break at the service station?"

Tang Mo turns his head to look out of the window and realises that the sky is already dark and the silent, curved moon hangs high in the sky.

The three of them got out of the car and rested at this deserted highway service station.

Fu Wensheng was very afraid of his elder brother, probably because he had been bullied a lot as a child, and then Fu Wenduo had joined the army and was a very powerful member of the family, so he did not dare to get close to Fu Wenduo. Fu Wenduo gave him a light glance and the boy immediately sat down with Tang Mo. Tang Mo thought to himself: "Am I not scary at all?

Fu Wensheng looked up at him, " Brother Tang, it's okay to stay awake all day. I'm curious about that time you and my brother had ...... that weird circus thing." When Fu Wenduo gave him a look, Fu Wensheng tightened his neck and whispered, "What happened when the two of you went up against twenty-one players on the ground floor of The black tower? And that time we had that tower attack game, Queen of Hearts' Jewel Corridor, how the hell did that psycho who was always laughing die at the end, I thought about it for a long time afterwards and never figured it out." So, what can you tell me about it?

Tang Mo: "......"

You don't dare to talk to your brother and disturb his rest, but you dare to come to me?

Tang Mo's eyes twitched at the corners. But he wasn't going to sleep tonight either, so it was okay to talk to the kids. We'll all be teammates from now on, and there's no way Tang Mo will let go of such a senior nanny. Of course before saying that ......

Tang Mo smiled and said, "Give me your hand and we'll shake hands and talk."

Fu Wensheng: "...... ha?!"

Tang Mo did not tell Fu Wensheng all about his powers for the time being, but only a small part of them. Tang Mo took his hand and began to talk about the Jewel Corridor. There was no need to tell him about the fire eggs, so Tang Mo made up some excuse to get rid of them.

As Tang Mo briefly finishes his copy of Strange Circus, a glance up reveals Fu Wenduo leaning against the counter of a breakfast bar, quietly looking down at them. Moonlight shone down the window and the tall, handsome man stood in the moonlit shadows, unable to read his expression.

Tang Mo flinched slightly, "You're not going to bed?"

Fu Wenduo's eyes stopped at the two men's drawn hands and he changed the subject, "Have you checked out the powers yet?"

"Not ...... yet," the words trail off, and Tang Mo's voice stops. He released his grip on Fu Wensheng's hand, "There it is."

The next moment, Tang Mo pressed one hand to the ground, his gaze flaring as a ball of blue light suddenly appeared in his palm. The blue ball of light was half the size of his head and it quickly fled from Tang Mo's hand, who reacted quickly by reaching out and grabbing it. The ball of light was caught in his palm, and Tang Mo crushed it with all his might.

Five seconds later, Tang Mo's face grew rich.

When Fu Wenduo saw this expression on his face, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and his gaze was one of measuring. Fu Wensheng was even more curious when he heard that Tang Mo could clearly know someone's supernatural ability: " Brother Tang, what is my supernatural ability? All I know is that I can produce a certain amount of water every day and possess a relatively powerful healing effect. Are there any other effects?"

Tang Mo spreads his palm and clear spring water flows from his palm.

In addition to knowing the effects of other people's powers, the "Don't try to hide a dime of your own money" ability also allows you to copy them for a short period of time, albeit at a reduced level of effectiveness. Seeing Tang Mo use this ability, Fu Wenduo didn't hesitate to pull a dagger out of his pocket and slash his palm.

Tang Mo was stunned at the sight, but he quickly reacted and put his hand over.

Fu Wenduo took some of the spring water in his palm and gently poured it over his wound. The wound healed at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"This is the kind of minor injury that I can heal on its own, and now the healing rate has accelerated by about 20 per cent."

Tang Mo nodded, "The effect of my powers when I use them is only 10% of the whisper."

Fu Wensheng asked again, " Brother Tang, what are my supernatural powers?"

Tang Mo paused in his movements, and after half a day, he looked at Fu Wensheng with an expressionless face, his tone calm: "Your ability can indeed produce a large amount of water with healing effects, which can be upgraded. But the conclusion of my ability copy is not that obvious, I can only roughly know part of your ability's effect, and your ability is now at level three. All psychic abilities can be upgraded, and I have seen people with level five psychic abilities before."

Fu Wensheng also noticed Tang Mo's peculiar look, but he thought for a moment and did not ask. He reckoned that there might be something wrong with Tang Mo's own powers. If it was a problem with his powers, Tang Mo could not have hidden it from him.

Tang Mo was relieved to see that the child did not pursue the matter any further. He looked up and saw Fu Wenduo looking at him, his brow bone raised.

Fu Wenduo: What's wrong?

Tang Mo: ...... Your brother's powers are interesting.

Fu Wenduo: How so?

Tang Mo: Let's walk the talk.

The two left the service station in silence and found an open area where Tang Mo finally told them what he had just seen from the light cluster.

[Ability: Noble Hyakusan in Water]

[Owner: Unknown].

[Type: Unknown].

【Function：Production of mineral water with healing effects】.

[Grade: Level 3].

[Restriction: Unknown].

[Remarks: Unknown ...... your sister! I'm a nobleman in the water, Momochiyama!!!]

Tang Mo's face didn't show a bit of expression when he said that note, he had long been used to the spitting image of the ability book, he just didn't expect to get a similar effect when he used this private money ability to view the ability. Tang Mo said calmly, "This psychic power can indeed view other people's psychic powers, and can also be copied and used. But the information it can view is not complete. Fu Wensheng's psychic ability is a blue ball of light, he should be one of the genotype, dimensional and atomic types."

Because of the crippling introduction to the powers, Tang Mo had no way of determining exactly which power the blue colour represented. He said, "Let's see if there's any chance in the next few days, I'll try to see if I can get a copy of his psychic ability from Whisper, and determine his true limitations and type."

"Good."

Tang Mo: "When will we arrive in Beijing?"

"Within two days at the earliest, four days at the latest. No surprises."

This time is acceptable. Tang Mo began to recall his friend's home address. He had only been to Beijing once before Earth came online, but now that his memory had improved, he might be able to remember where his friend's house was, but Beijing was so big that he didn't know if he would be able to find it. After thinking about it for a while, Tang Mo turned around to go into the service station.

A low voice sounded behind him.

"Everyone's powers come with such interesting names and ...... notes?"

Tang Mo's footsteps were halting, and a bad feeling suddenly came over him. He turned his head, and sure enough, Fu Wenduo looked at him with a smile, "That ability of yours, when you collect other people's abilities, will also have this kind of note and name?"

Tang Mo looked up at Fu Wenduo with a calm expression, and Fu Wenduo looked at him with a light smile. Their eyes met in the air, neither of them speaking.

As long as Tang Mo did not say anything, no one would know what was written in the book of supernatural powers. He believed that even if Chen Shanshan were to guess, he would not be able to guess that Tang Mo's book of supernatural powers would look like this.

Tang Mo said calmly, "Of course not."

Fu Wenduo opened his mouth to say more, but the next second, a loud beeping sound rang out above their heads. Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo raised their heads at the same time and looked warily into the distance.

At almost the same time, Xiao Jitong and Ningning are planning the rest of the game from the Nanjing group's base; Luo Fengcheng and Chen Shanshan pause in the underground car park of the Shanghai Atak group to look at each other.

The piercing beeping sound resonated throughout the land of China as each The black tower glowed with a colourful light. Countless players walk out into the open and look up in disbelief at the mysterious The black tower. When it was over, it was quiet. Just as three months ago, after Christmas, all players had just breathed a sigh of relief when The black tower gave a surprise gift to players all over the world.

At this moment in time, countless clear, childlike voices shouted in unison -

"Ding Dong! Version update notification. 15 March 2018, The black tower version 3.0 will be available soon."

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What the author has to say.

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