Chapter 115: Preparations Before the Sixth Tower Climb

Wang Yueyun knew that the old man Xun Hui mentioned was the principal.

Although he tried hard to maintain the same poker face as Senior Xun, he couldn't suppress his smile.

Nisen cheered even more:

"Are we going to see the principal?"

Xiao Jin said:

"Wow, it's Grandpa Napolitano!"

Xun Hui nodded:

"Let's go, you all also contributed significantly."

Xun Hui wasn't being polite when he said this; he wasn't a polite person. He felt that Wang Yueyun and the others not dragging him down was already quite good.

But Wang Yueyun felt a bit ashamed hearing this.

The group soon left the forbidden area of the Tower of Desire Academy department. This garden was usually only accessible to Wen Renjing, Jia Baer, the Old Principal, and Xun Hui.

When passing through the Tower of Desire Academy department dormitory, many students cast their gazes over.

They naturally remembered that a few days ago, Xun Hui, the number one on the Slaughter Tower ladder, had led several students through the Tower of Desire Academy department to the forbidden garden.

Now this group appeared again; everyone knew very well what this meant.

Among these people was Wang Xia, who had been pitted by the Shipwreck Cabin not long ago.

Seeing Wen Xun, Nisen, and Wang Yueyun, Wang Xia's eyes widened.

"That... Wen Xun, actually has such a background?"

At the Shipwreck Cabin, Wang Yueyun had really messed Wang Xia up, and Wang Xia's dog-headed strategist, Zhang Tingyao, had also analyzed afterward that Wang Xia was likely targeted by Wang Yueyun.

Wang Xia had always been unconvinced and thought about getting revenge.

But now, seeing the people from this dormitory actually together with that jinx Xun Hui, he immediately chickened out.

The Bunker Industrial and Commercial Bureau, in the end, was just a subordinate department of the Bunker Government Affairs Bureau, and Xun Hui...

Had done a big thing two days ago.

Xun Hui had killed the Third Bureau Chief of the Bunker Security Bureau, that white woman. Brutally killed.

One had to know that his old man would send gifts to the eleven bureau chiefs of the Security Bureau and the Government Affairs Bureau every holiday.

Among these bureau chiefs, those female bureau chiefs were particularly difficult to deal with.

Once, Wang Xia followed his old man, and the way his old man groveled left a deep impression on him.

In front of the common people, his old man was arrogant, as if he were the clouds in the sky and the masses were the dust on the ground.

But even his old man was more humble than dust when meeting certain people.

This was the official rule of the Bunker.

Wang Xia feared those who made the rules and also feared those who were taken care of by the rules. But what he feared most was someone like Xun Hui who didn't follow the rules.

He had originally thought about fixing Wang Yueyun one day to regain the face lost in the Shipwreck Cabin, but upon seeing Xun Hui, Wang Xia's face turned pale, and he dismissed all thoughts of revenge.

This was someone who could kill without paying with his life, and he had killed the highest level under the Council of Elders.

Not long after Xun Hui and Wen Xishu climbed the tower, the news of the death of the Bunker Security Bureau's Third Bureau Chief exploded in the Bunker's official circles.

Investigation was easy.

With an official of this level dead, it would naturally be investigated carefully, and means from level six or even level seven facilities would be used.

So with almost no suspense, it was traced back to Xun Hui.

So the people from the Third Bureau of the Bunker Security Bureau soon took a group of people to the Xun family to ask questions.

Regarding this, the Xun family's attitude was to frankly admit it; a younger generation of the Xun family, a nephew of Xun Hui, said:

"Yes, since the evidence is conclusive, that woman was killed by our Xun family; disperse after confirming."

"Why haven't you left yet? If you want compensation, list it yourselves, but don't block our door; it has a bad influence."

This attitude made the Third Bureau furious.

The Bunker Security Bureau of the past was the strongest law enforcement department because those who could enter the Security Bureau, besides students of the Three Towers Academy, were those with certain combat records in the Slaughter Tower.

Simply put, only true warriors can enter the Anquan Bureau and have the qualifications to maintain security.

But that is no longer the case; currently, only the Second Bureau and the Sixth Bureau are still continuously exploring the Slaughter Tower.

And even the Second and Sixth Bureaus cannot compare to the Gongben family and the Xun family when it comes to exploring the Slaughter Tower.

The Xun family even has the number one person in the Slaughter Tower, Xun Hui.

If the person killed were someone else, the Third Bureau of the Anquan Bureau could seek justice and fairness, but if the one who killed was Xun Hui...

That would be a different outcome. In a bunker where everything is judged by value, everyone accepts one result—if Xun Hui wants to kill the Chief of the Third Bureau, then the Chief of the Third Bureau deserves to die, and it has nothing to do with breaking the law.

The Xun family's status is so transcendent partly because of their contributions, and on the other hand, it is because the Xun family itself is extraordinary; like the Gongben family, there is an elder of the Elder Society above the Xun family.

The Chief of the Second Bureau of the Bunker Anquan Bureau, who is Liu Jinsen's superior, has a very keen sense of smell.

He knows very well that once this matter blows up, it will inevitably alarm the Elder Society. It wasn't some small fry who died, and by the next day, the case was basically clear. It is evident that the Elder Society also attaches great importance to it.

Would Xun Hui suddenly go crazy? Of course not. Who is behind Xun Hui? It is that old immortal, Albert.

If it was done by Albert, then is Albert trying to interfere in politics? It doesn't seem like the old immortal's style.

Therefore, he could only think that this was a test and a form of coercion. To tell the Elder Society that the establishment of the Mysterious Tower Assault Team cannot be blocked.

Presumably, the Elder Society will not stop it either.

The keen-nosed Chief of the Second Bureau has now begun collecting all kinds of dirt on the Chief of the Third Bureau to facilitate the rationalization of Xun Hui's killing. To facilitate packaging it as a just and reasonable act.

At the same time, he also gave Liu Jinsen a heads-up. The Chief of the Second Bureau feels that perhaps all of this also has to do with Wen Xishu.

The Chief of the Second Bureau's guess was correct.

So when Wen Xishu and the others finally returned to the Principal's office, Albert did not ask them about the Slaughter Tower first, but instead had Wen Xishu make a phone call to Liu Jinsen.

Inside the Principal's office, Wang Yueyun, Nisen, and Xiao Jin were all taken to the room next door by the old Principal for a talk; only Xun Hui and Wen Xishu were in this room, making the call.

"Wen Xishu? You're back from the Slaughter Tower so soon?" Liu Jinsen was very surprised.

"Yes." Wen Xishu didn't know what to say either.

"Just in time, I also have some things to tell you... It's like this, regarding your tower ascension report, you don't have to write it anymore." Liu Jinsen's tone was a bit strange.

"Don't have to write it?" Wen Xishu actually didn't know yet that the Chief of the Third Bureau of the Anquan Bureau was already dead.

Liu Jinsen sighed:

"Yes, I have... received several pieces of news these past two days. First, you don't need to report to me every time you ascend the tower anymore."

"Secondly, you don't need to write tower ascension reports after you ascend, but you can choose to accept the invitation from our Second Bureau of the Anquan Bureau to become a Mysterious Tower consultant and provide us with Mysterious Tower intelligence for compensation."

"It's equivalent to saying that all your Mysterious Tower strategies are protected by your personal intellectual property rights, and now—"

Wen Xishu was shocked. Good heavens, my status is really rising rapidly.

More than half a month ago, I was still a death row inmate...

Liu Jinsen remarked with emotion:

"You were right, Wen Xishu. Actively increasing the frequency of exploring the Mysterious Tower, showing an astonishing efficiency and fanaticism, and breaking away from the rhythm preset by the Anquan Bureau..."

"Only then will the initiative return to your hands. Of course, the premise for all of this is that you can actually return from the Mysterious Tower."

"Frankly speaking, everything you have is what you deserve."

"Also, that Chief of the Third Bureau who was originally planning to propose suppressing you is dead. Xun Hui killed him."

Wen Xishu looked at Xun Hui. Xun Hui was also on the phone on the other side at this time, talking to his family about things.

Seeing Wen Xishu's gaze cast over, Xun Hui just nodded, seemingly understanding the meaning of Wen Xishu's gaze.

Wen Xishu actually felt a bit warm inside.

Strange to say, whether it was Wen Renjing or the old Principal, whenever they were good to him, he always felt that perhaps the other party was harboring some deeper calculation.

But Xun Hui would not give Wen Xishu that feeling.

Getting along with Xun Hui, what Wen Xishu could feel was Xun Hui's undisguised, clear-cut distinction between good and evil.

"I understand, Liu sir. I accept your invitation; I can become a Mysterious Tower strategy consultant for the Anquan Bureau. Also, I will not stop my steps in exploring the Mysterious Tower because of this. I plan to start exploring the Mysterious Tower tomorrow."

"Honestly, I quite enjoy this reporting process. Liu sir, thank you very much for your help at the beginning. After all, when I was still a death row inmate, you and Sha Ruijing were the very few people willing to help me."

Liu Jinsen smiled rarely:

"I have also gained a lot from you. Sometimes people need to leverage power. Just this morning, I also received a notice of promotion; my rank will go up."

"And... it might be related to the newly established Mysterious Tower Assault Team. But actually, there are people more suitable than me. The Second and Sixth Bureaus actually have some people with better brains than mine."

"I think I must have leveraged your power. Let's find a time to get together."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xishu found it very much to his liking. It seems that he and Liu Jinsen will continue to cooperate.

"Also, let me tell you, there is someone named Amiao in the Xishu Sect who has left the Xishu Sect and has been recruited into our Second Bureau."

This news truly made Wen Xishu feel surprised.

"They had an internal conflict?" Wen Xishu asked.

Liu Jinsen's tone was still quite relaxed:

"That's not it. After we chatted last time, I could tell that you seemed to have some affection for the Xishu Sect, so I went to learn about it myself. The purpose of this church, so far, is to help those at the bottom who have lost their life goals and lost the courage to live to find goals and reignite their courage."

"Among them, Amiao is a very inspiring example. Her life has experienced several ups and downs; when things were good, she was enough to go to the Tower of Desire to enjoy herself, and when things were bad, she was tortured by illness and could see no hope."

"In order to get the money for medical treatment to save her life, Amiao began to struggle, going to the Mysterious Tower to risk her life. She lost her courage several times, but reignited her fighting spirit. Her surgery was very successful, and after experiencing several brushes with death, her mindset seems to have changed greatly."

"After chatting for a while, she took the initiative to ask to join the Mysterious Tower Assault Team. For one, it counts as giving the Xishu Sect a connection, and for another, she seems to have slowly started to enjoy this feeling of going all out."

"Wen Xishu, no matter how you view those people at the bottom in your heart, no matter what your true intention is for arranging the facilities on the second floor, in short, you have unknowingly given many people strength."

Wen Xishu was somewhat moved inside.

Sometimes, it is very difficult for people to bypass the dilemma of proving their sense of existence; needing others and being needed by others are both unavoidable.

Wen Xishu had already overcome the dilemma of needing others, but at this moment, he realized that being needed by others could also produce a sense of happiness.

"The appearance of the Three Towers has created the unique social structure of the bunker... I hope your future explorations of the Mysterious Tower will all go smoothly. If there is nothing else, let's hang up the phone. We will still have work handovers later." Liu Jinsen smiled.

Today, Liu Jinsen had an exceptionally large number of smiles.

Wen Xishu gave an 'en' and decisively hung up the phone. Xun Hui had already hung up his phone a while ago.

"Let's go, let's go talk to the old man."

"Senior, thank you for your help. I just found out that you killed someone who harbored great malice toward me."

"You're welcome, I didn't know about that before I killed him."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

When Wen Xishu and Xun Hui finished their call, Albert and Xiao Jin and the others returned to the office.

"This office hasn't been this lively for a long time. Xun Hui, it seems you've gained a lot this time."

Albert looked at Xun Hui with a smile.

Xun Hui was very smug:

"That's for sure, the harvest this time is beyond imagination. After all, it's not easy to get a level six completion in the Slaughter Tower."

When Albert heard it was level six, and a level six at over fifty floors, he knew it must be extraordinary.

"Did you bring back a facility? Or some kind of technology?"

Since Xun Hui and the others had just returned, not many people currently know about that facility in the vacant area of the Three Towers Academy.

Albert did not know that the school had an additional facility.

The Mental Training Hall.

Xun Hui said:

"What I brought back is a facility. The guide explained the function of this facility to me clearly. This thing is called the Mental Training Hall."

Wen Xishu was a bit surprised:

"Your guide... explained everything to you very clearly and in detail?"

Xun Hui nodded:

"Yours didn't?"

"Mine... hard to say, not easy to say, better not to say." Wen Xishu suddenly realized that his guide's attitude was still not good enough.

For someone like Xun Hui who is about to break through the sixtieth floor, the guide might have a more flattering attitude.

"Senior, continue. What are the effects of this training hall?"

Xun Hui said: "Two effects. One is to simulate mental intrusion, for example, entering someone's mental barrier and simulating the situation of being mentally attacked by the other party."

"Long-term practice of this simulation might drive you crazy, but it might also gain mental resistance. This kind of mental resistance is not a Three Towers attribute; it is real, your own mental resistance."

"There is another one, which is that you can choose opponents you have defeated before in the Mental Training Hall... and conduct simulated combat with them."

"For example, the Ghost Bride. I can also choose to fight the Ghost Bride again here. Although it has already retreated from the tower."

Upon hearing the words 'retreated from the tower', Xiao Jin, Wang Yueyun, and Nisen all widened their eyes and looked at Xun Hui.

Albert looked at Wen Xishu and laughed loudly:

"Hahahaha, it seems that you did an amazing thing for Xun Hui in the Slaughter Tower. This facility is very good; it counts as an alternative gym. The academy has more simulation devices; this is excellent."

Xun Hui also laughed loudly:

"Hahahahaha, very good, he did something very amazing. I don't know how he operated it, and I don't care. He said it was a secret, so it is a secret!"

Albert said:

"Is that so? Laughing so loudly, a laugh even more arrogant than mine. How do I remember someone being full of reluctance when they first heard they had to lead rookies?"

Xun Hui's smile did not diminish in the slightest:

"A person's value must be proven in battle. Before I knew his strength, looking down on someone who had just ascended the tower was normal. I look down on every piece of trash in this world equally."

Wen Xishu still quite appreciated this frankness of Xun Hui.

Albert was the same:

"It seems that student Wen Xun has won your respect with his own ability. What about the other three little guys?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yueyun lowered his head, ashamed to discuss this topic; all three felt very embarrassed.

But Xun Hui also said very seriously:

"Very excellent. They also cooperated with Wen Xun to kill a monster that they definitely could not handle at their current stage."

"And throughout the entire operation, although the three of them had moments of cowardice, they firmly followed the arrangements. After clearly feeling that their teammate's ability and performance exceeded their own, they quickly pulled themselves together in an environment like the Slaughter Tower that is easily affected by negative emotions, which shows that they are not jealous and can get along very well with their teammates."

"After they grow up in the future, I believe they will be good comrades-in-arms who can entrust their backs to each other. And their sense of guilt proves their motivation; they will become legends of the Three Towers Academy in the future."

Wang Yueyun looked at Senior Xun Hui in astonishment, and Nisen also slightly opened his mouth, not expecting to receive such an evaluation.

Xun Hui said seriously:

"Is there a problem?"

Xiao Jin said: "Wow, Senior, you are actually so good at talking."

Wen Xishu said:

"I think Senior is not wrong. These are the qualities that a qualified captain and leader should have. We are roommates, and I am actually not on the same track as everyone else."

"I am someone who messes around in the Mysterious Tower. In a situation where I have absolutely no combat ability, my advantages happen to stand out a bit. This does not mean I am much stronger than you."

Xun Hui very much appreciated Wen Xishu's performance at this moment. Albert was also slightly surprised.

In Albert's view, Wen Xishu hides a demon in his heart. He would not be wrong. But clearly, the academy's Wang Yueyun and Nisen, after getting along with Wen Xishu for more than ten days, have also gradually gained Wen Xishu's recognition.

"Very good, very good. Little guys, you must know one thing: this disciple of mine rarely praises people. You did a great job. I look forward to the day when I can fight side by side with you in the Slaughter Tower."

This was a set of words that greatly encouraged Wang Yueyun, Nisen, and Xiao Jin.

Albert said from the bottom of his heart:

"I once had teammates, but he is hiding now, and I don't seem to be able to count on him anymore. Fortunately, you young people can still let me see hope. I will live as long as I can."

When Albert said this, his gaze swept over Xiao Jin. After finishing, he looked at Xun Hui and said again:

"You came to see me, not just to praise your juniors, right? There is something else, right?"

Xun Hui said:

"There is one more thing. I got something here, a coffin. Do you want to trade with me?"

Wen Xishu was startled. He really got the coffin. Senior's luck is still okay.

"The Ghost Bride's coffin? That's not bad. I've been thinking about changing where I sleep recently. Lying in a coffin seems like a very interesting choice."

Albert accepted the trade.

Xun Hui said:

"Fine, just trade me something of equal value."

Although the coffin is very good, Xun Hui cannot use it. His fighting style does not allow him to use this... method that looks very evil.

Albert wants to use the Ghost Bride's coffin as a bed; this really stunned Wen Xishu.

This old man is truly living as if he were self-torturing.

Immediately, he also realized that Xun Hui might have traded things with Albert more than once.

The teacher-student relationship between the two is very deep. When there is something good, Xun Hui's first reaction might not be to think of himself, but to think, if this thing were given to his teacher, would it be better?

Xun Hui nodded:

"Later, go to the storage area and I'll give it to you. Also, I think Wen Xun should have some questions he wants to ask you."

The topic suddenly turned to Wen Xishu, making him dazed for a second, but immediately, Wen Xishu began to talk about the reason for his retreat-kill this time.

Some questions, the guide knows, presumably the old Principal also knows.

After Albert finished listening, he did not pursue how Wen Xishu pushed the timeline, but was just very gratified:

"Actually, over these years, the timeline hasn't been completely unchanged, but it has advanced very little."

"You did a very good job. In this way, we can come into contact with monsters from later versions."

Wen Xishu asked what he wanted to ask:

"Are a day in the bunker and a day in the Slaughter Tower the same?"

"If the speed of time passing is the same, wouldn't I never be able to catch up with the time of the real world?"

"After all, time in the real world will not stop. And, if I encounter the Ghost Bride in the Mysterious Tower, after I restart her fate trajectory, will she return to the stage?"

This question, the guide actually did not answer; the guide only told Wen Xishu the impact of a retreat-kill.

Albert said:

"I will answer your first question first. Unfortunately, the speed of time passing in the Three Towers is the same as in the bunker."

"If you stay in the Slaughter Tower for seven days, it is also seven days here."

"However, there is indeed a way to jump the timeline significantly, but this method is not something that can be accessed now. The answers to some questions are written on the one-hundredth floor."

Wen Xishu thought to himself, as expected, just as he thought. The old Principal is crazy about wanting to break through the one-hundredth floor, indeed because the one-hundredth floor can unlock certain secrets.

Albert said:

"Your primary task is to find a way to break through the levels. There are many benefits to breaking through levels; you will know later."

"Of course, being able to achieve a retreat-kill is indeed very good."

"I am quite looking forward to seeing what new changes some of the high-level masters or leaders will have next."

"As for your second question, I can tell you, she will return to the stage. But you will not remember her, except for the person who changed her fate trajectory."

Wen Xishu realized:

"You mean... if the Ghost Bride returns to the stage, except for the person who anchored her fate trajectory in the Mysterious Tower and the Tower of Desire, everyone else will forget that the Ghost Bride ever appeared?"

Albert nodded:

"Yes, I experimented with this matter with one of my students."

This student should be Wen Zhaohua, Wen Xishu guessed. Because Xiao Jin, Wang Yueyun, and Nisen were there, the old Principal did not read out the name.

Albert continued:

"Eventually, we discovered that a leader-level figure in the Slaughter Tower did indeed return to the tower."

"However, at first, only that student of mine remembered. Even I only remembered everything through his item, a letter related to that leader."

A letter.

It seems similar to Tang Rui; it only appears after the favorability reaches one hundred.

It's just that shouldn't this kind of letter be untradeable? Wen Zhaohua's methods are truly strange.

"So it's the same as anchoring history, which changes the memories of everyone except the holder of the invitation..."

"If the Ghost Bride returns to the tower, only I will remember the Ghost Bride, and Senior Xun will forget the Ghost Bride, even though he once killed the Ghost Bride."

"Memory will likely automatically correct to a result that fits logic. This counts as a rule of Three Towers Supremacy."

Wen Xishu finally understood the mechanism.

Albert said:

"If you can achieve a retreat-kill, do it as much as possible. Actually, our Slaughter Tower environment is still in the early stages of the apocalypse. A retreat-kill will advance the timeline and let us see more diverse monsters."

Wen Xishu nodded, acknowledging this point. However, his next statement sounded quite like a great villain:

"Thank you, Principal. Many of my confusions have been resolved. Next, I also want to make a trade with you, Principal."

Wen Xishu's expression was serious, and he showed a quite innocent smile.

Albert nodded:

"Let's hear it."

Wen Xishu said:

"I heard from Senior Xun that your favorite sequence, Principal, is Slaughter Sequence 198: Extreme Punch?"

Albert smiled:

"Yes, I like this simple sequence. I think sequences with overly complex mechanisms are not conducive to expansion."

Wen Xishu nodded in strong agreement:

"Yes, absolutely right. So you also really trained powerful hands in the process of expanding the sequence."

Albert said:

"Hmm... one could say that. My hands are indeed the strongest part of my body."

Wen Xishu asked again:

"But Extreme Punch actually doesn't mean much to you anymore, right? You have already polished it to the peak."

Albert nodded again:

"Indeed. So, my good student, what exactly are you trying to express?"

Wen Xishu smiled even more brightly:

"As the old saying goes, exercise must include legs. If you don't train your legs while working out, you will definitely suffer from impotence later. Now, there is a good sequence that can allow you to train your legs to the human limit."

"It just so happens that I obtained it: Slaughter Sequence 199: Extreme Kick."

"Do you think, if I trade Extreme Kick for your Extreme Punch... how about that?"

Xun Hui snorted, unable to hold back his laughter.

This kid actually dropped a sequence this time, and it turned out to be such a 'fated' sequence.

Albert also laughed loudly:

"This is truly a deal that moves me, but sorry, sorry, I am too old. I no longer have enough lifespan to train my legs to that extent. Impotence for someone my age... doesn't seem to count for much. Hahahahahaha, but I am very happy to see that you can develop Extreme Kick to the level it should have."

"I will try to collect and see if there are any runes suitable for you."

Very well, the trade failed.

Wen Xishu also knew that trading like this was not authentic, but he had to try anyway, just in case the old man wanted to change his taste.

Subsequently, Wen Xishu said:

"Alright, Principal, one last question. Do you think the highest level of the Slaughter Tower... is the one-hundredth floor?"

Albert did not hesitate and shook his head directly:

"I'm not sure. I personally think there are higher levels, but my partner believes that once the one-hundredth floor is cleared, humanity will head to the real world."

Everyone became serious.

For them, today they came into contact with the most ultimate powerhouse, and now this powerhouse is also talking about some of the most ultimate topics.

Wen Xishu asked:

"So... you had a disagreement? Do you think that your partner and you together could break through the one-hundredth floor?"

Albert nodded:

"He is a very excellent teammate. I miss the days of opening up new territory with him. If I join forces with him, everything can be done."

"But because of different philosophies, he refuses to help me break through the one-hundredth floor. If he were here, I would be confident that we could kill any leader or master in the current version together."

A look of nostalgia appeared on Albert's face, but it passed in a flash, and he laughed loudly again:

"However, the timeline has been advanced, and perhaps new punching bags have appeared. I think I can have new fun and not force him for the time being."

"After I finish exploring the new content, perhaps he will also consider it clearly."

Wen Xishu guessed that this partner should be Xiao Jin's grandfather. And not long ago... Xun Hui killed the Chief of the Third Bureau, besides helping him and pushing for the establishment of the Mysterious Tower Assault Team, it was probably also a test of his old friend.

This conversation did not last long. After asking what needed to be asked, Albert and Wen Xishu tacitly interrupted the conversation.

Albert still had to talk to the Chief of the Second Bureau of the Anquan Bureau, and Wen Xishu also planned to rest for a while before starting his sixth tower ascension.

So this conversation ended, and Xiao Jin, Wen Xishu, and the others returned to the dormitory. Xun Hui returned to the Xun family to deal with some messes.

After returning to the dormitory, Wang Yueyun said:

"Wen Xun... you have already explored the Mysterious Tower several times, right?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes, several times already."

Wang Yueyun said again:

"So, the reason you were able to see those words at the top of the library is because you went to the Mysterious Tower... Nisen and I couldn't decipher the words in the shadows because our magic resistance wasn't high enough?"

Wen Xishu didn't expect the 'King of Pretending' to have such relevant abilities.

"That's right, please keep it a secret."

Wang Yueyun said seriously:

"Don't worry, I'm quite willing to keep it a secret. Now the matter of Senior Xun taking us to the Slaughter Tower has made the whole academy know about it."

"Everyone will definitely not suspect that you were actually climbing the Mysterious Tower instead of the Slaughter Tower. And that new rule of the academy recently, double credits for the Mysterious Tower..."

"I'm thinking, your credits have probably already left Gongben Miyamoto Yishu far behind."

Wen Xishu also responded seriously:

"He has never been my imaginary enemy, nor should he be yours."

Wang Yueyun understood the meaning of these words:

"Thank you, I know. From now on, my goal is Senior Xun Hui. By the way, are you going to the top of the library to take a look tonight?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:

"I plan to wait until my magic resistance breaks through 50 before going to take a look, so as not to have only a little bit of content every time."

Wang Yueyun actually really wanted to ask if he also had a relationship with Wen Xishu. But he felt that this seemed a bit offensive, so he changed the question:

"Then, what do you plan to do next?"

Wen Xishu said:

"I plan to head to the storage area next to adjust my items, and then head to the Mysterious Tower."

Nisen suddenly spoke, in a questioning tone:

"Bro, the 'next' you mentioned refers to tomorrow, right? Not now, right?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Is there anything we must do right now? I'm just going back to the dormitory to change clothes and take a shower, and then I'm ready to go to the storage area. Life shouldn't be wasted in the bunker; climbing the tower is so much fun."

Nisen:...

Xiao Jin:...

Wang Yueyun:...

The three of them had a sense of powerlessness.

Wang Yueyun suddenly felt that theoretical knowledge didn't seem so important anymore. Xiao Jin suddenly felt that he seemed too slack. Nisen also felt that the bed didn't seem so attractive to him anymore.

Wen Xishu hummed a tune from his past life, 'Clock in the Opposite Direction', and started to take a shower. Not long after, he came out of the bathroom and changed into clean clothes.

Then he was really ready to leave.

"It's indeed easier after opening up. I used to hide from you guys, but it's pretty good now. I don't have to hide. Brothers, let's talk when I get back. I'm going to climb the tower next."

Wen Xishu left after saying that.

And at this very moment, less than two hours had passed since Wen Xishu, Wang Yueyun, and the others returned from the 52nd floor of the Slaughter Tower.

"He... how does he give me the feeling that he's going to live in the Three Towers? Wow, Brother Wen is really so discouraging." Xiao Jin was really scared this time.

After Wang Yueyun was silent for a short while, he spoke:

"Nisen, do you want to go climb the tower now?"

Nisen actually really wanted to say... I want to lie down alone for a while, bro, after all, I've been roasting fire in the Slaughter Tower world for three days.

But thinking of Wen Xun's tower-climbing speed, he nodded:

"If the days Wen disappeared before were all spent climbing the tower... then the time he returns each time is getting shorter and shorter. This means his frequency of climbing the tower is getting faster and faster."

"He used to rest for a day at least... this time he actually, actually just came back to say a few words, took a shower, and left. It's like he just came back to sign in. God, Xiao Yun, I really want to rest, but he makes me feel that resting is shameful."

Wang Yueyun thought the same. Wen Xun's tower-climbing frequency is getting shorter and shorter. At this speed, he really worries that one day Wen Xun won't even appear in the bunker.

However, Wang Yueyun also noticed the results of Wen Xun's hard work.

"Perhaps only such a person can be so favored by existences at the level of the old Principal and Senior Xun. Wen Xun's talent is better than mine, I admit it, but he is even more hardworking and desperate than us in climbing the tower. If I can accept this, I would really become a clown who only knows how to talk."

"Xiao Jin, can the Comradeship Bracers be lent to me and Nisen again?"

Xiao Jin naturally heard the conversation between the two. It's really scary; the dormitory of a talent freak and a 'roll king' makes people feel that just staying in the dormitory is a sin.

Clearly, before coming here, he was also a genius. But now, Xiao Jin only feels that he is so ordinary.

He nodded:

"Wow, Brother Yun, Brother Nisen, take me with you too."

Wang Yueyun shook his head:

"I don't want to roast fire boringly anymore. Xiao Jin, your talent is better than mine and Nisen's, and your level is also higher than mine and Nisen's. If we are with you, we might be the ones being taken care of. Sorry, winning by lying down is a torture for someone like me."

Xiao Jin nodded aggrievedly:

"Alright, alright, are you leaving me alone to climb the tower? That's too lonely, but I'll just give the Comradeship Bracers to you."

Xiao Jin's generosity surprised Nisen and Wang Yueyun. What kind of family background is this, giving away purple items directly?

Wang Yueyun silently noted this favor. He is this kind of person; even if what others give is insignificant to them, as long as it is useful to him, it is absolutely worth being grateful for.

And if he feels it is valuable, he will definitely repay it in the future.

Wang Yueyun and Nisen soon left the dormitory.

Xiao Jin was somewhat lonely alone in the dormitory. But now, he really feels that his grandfather was right to let him come here.

Everyone here is worth learning from.

Locker area.

Wen Xishu came to the storage area, but it wasn't to think about what to bring.

All of this still has to be decided based on his dice points and tasks.

Currently, the items Wen Xishu keeps on him are only the Phoenix Gloves, the Scorpion Knife, and the Pseudo-Fate Compass.

Other items must be arranged according to specific circumstances. However, Wen Xishu came to the storage area this time mainly to store that drop of black blood.

The Black Coffin Blood came from over fifty floors and from a monster that had one foot in the level of the Red House.

And it also has side effects; it is a consumable. All kinds of buffs stacked together gave Wen Xishu the feeling of holding a nuclear bomb in his hand.

Wen Xishu felt that this thing should be used during a level seven task, the kind that can help him turn the tide at a critical moment.

He must store it well.

After settling the Black Coffin Blood, Wen Xishu prepared to head to the Principal's office.

On the way to the Principal's office, Wen Xishu saw the academy genius that Wang Yueyun and Nisen were very concerned about, Gongben Miyamoto Yishu.

This was outside the Material Department. When Wen Xishu was walking toward the Principal's office, Gongben Miyamoto Yishu's gaze was like a sharp sword, staring straight at Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu politely returned a smile.

He originally thought it would end there, but just as the two brushed past each other, Gongben Miyamoto Yishu suddenly whispered:

"Wen Xishu, do you want to know what Wen Zhaohua actually did?"

Wen Xishu looked blank, looked at Gongben Miyamoto Yishu with some confusion, and then continued to walk forward.

His reaction was just like the reaction of someone who was suddenly spoken to by a stranger, and the content of the conversation had no logic.

Gongben Miyamoto Yishu said again:

"Other seniors didn't find you because they didn't even know there was someone like you."

"But our Gongben family is one of the six major families. Wen Xishu, you can play dumb, but the Gongben family will not let go of what Wen Zhaohua has done!"

Only then did Wen Xishu turn his head, continuing to say with a somewhat confused expression:

"Classmate? You are classmate Gongben, right? Were your words just now directed at me?"

"I feel like you must have recognized the wrong person. Sorry, I'll go first."

Wen Xishu really left after saying that, as if he were completely uninterested in what Wen Zhaohua had done.

Gongben Miyamoto Yishu was actually somewhat uncertain inside. Seeing Wen Xun's reaction, he felt even less confident inside. Could it be that this person is really not Wen Xishu?

The matter of Xun Hui taking Wen Xishu, Nisen, and the others to the Slaughter Tower gave Gongben Miyamoto Yishu quite a shock.

As one of the six major families, the Gongben family, whose status is equal to the Xun family, naturally would not ignore potential opponents.

They would absolutely not ignore someone who could let Xun Hui be a sparring partner.

Therefore, in the few days Wen Xishu and the others went to the Slaughter Tower, the Gongben family had also been investigating.

Wang Yueyun and Nisen have simple backgrounds, but they were admitted to the academy with full marks, worthy of attention and cultivation, but no need to care.

Jin Shan has a simple background and is a relative of Jia Baer from the School Affairs Office, no need to care.

And the information on Wen Xun was what surprised Gongben Miyamoto Yishu the most.

【Wen Xun, appeared with Jia Baer many times, heading to the Principal's office. Combined with some information from informants in the Second Bureau of the Anquan Bureau, we speculate that this person may be the younger brother of the heinous criminal Wen Zhaohua, Wen Xishu. But it still needs verification.】

This test by Gongben Miyamoto Yishu did not reveal anything.

He thought he could bluff Wen Xishu, but Wen Xishu's level was clearly much higher than he had expected.

(End of chapter)