Chapter 183: The First Joint Effort of the Three Towers' Three Absolutes

"I... I don't know. Big Brother, what exactly are you talking about?" The little boy pressed his hands against his head, looking somewhat pained.

Wen Xishu said:

"You are practically like a gravekeeper, and these individual holes are like tombstones. Who is Morita Go to you?"

Morita Go?

A very familiar name. The little boy instinctively felt this should be a warm name.

The feeling this name brought him was one of intimacy, gentleness, and trustworthiness.

But he couldn't remember.

Wen Xishu said:

"The individual hole I just experienced had me roleplay as Morita Go. As always, I should have died in that hole, either killed by negative emotions or by Morita Go saying 'I am so happy' at three different nodes."

"But because I made some preparations, I forcibly ended the journey through the individual hole."

The little boy didn't understand, but he still said happily:

"Congratulations... Big Brother. Since you've returned alive, you should leave quickly. Your mental state isn't very good; if you enter an individual hole again, you might very well lose the ability to distinguish reality."

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Mm, I have already found a way to break open individual holes on a large scale. But before that, I need to know one thing: what exactly did Morita Go do to you?"

The little boy still shook his head:

"A very familiar name, like someone I liked very much... but I can't remember either. Big Brother, you are right; I am like a gravekeeper. My duty is to guard this place and, as much as possible... as much as possible, persuade you all to leave."

Wen Xishu looked at the little boy. This white kimono was exactly the same as Morita Go's. It was just several sizes smaller.

There was no doubt that the little boy was not a normal human, but some kind of product constructed when the individual hole was born, similar to a ghost.

But the little boy was kind by nature. In Wen Xishu's view, this child had no malice whatsoever, and persuading people to leave the individual hole was also a kind act.

But this time, roleplaying as Morita Go, there were too many things that didn't add up.

First, Morita Go was suspected of having a split personality.

After Morita Go gave the gambler happiness, he began to talk to himself.

Now that Wen Xishu recalled it, that feeling... it was like he was conversing with someone.

Second, Morita Go repeatedly emphasized, "My happiness is to make everyone happy." This seemed to be expressing his thoughts to another person. Just like the gambler expressing to Morita Go that his happiness was to gain luck at the gambling table.

Third, Morita Go's white kimono was exactly the same as the little boy's.

Fourth, Morita Go absorbed the misfortune of a certain person, converted the misfortune into black liquid, and placed it in a bottle with markings... this process was the same as Wen Xishu's current actions.

Fifth, Morita Go looked at the increasing misfortune, sometimes worried, yet sometimes showing a certain urgency.

"It doesn't matter. My limit certainly won't be just this little bit, right?"

In the eyes of Wen Xishu, who was roleplaying as Morita Go at the time, this sentence... it sounded exactly like he was saying it to someone else.

"Your limit won't be just this little bit, right? You can definitely do more, right? My happiness is to make everyone happy; you will satisfy me, right?"

That strong sense of déjà vu reminded Wen Xishu of his own childhood.

His parents had also said such things to him.

"Little Shu, you can do more, right? Our videos are going to be seen by many viewers; you can smile more happily, right? For Mom, you can do it, right?"

This way of questioning made Wen Xishu feel disgusted subconsciously.

Sixth, Morita Go did not have the appearance of an immortal from the beginning. Morita Go suddenly acquired the appearance of an immortal.

Just like a girl with hair loss suddenly having thick, beautiful hair, or a gambler who always lost suddenly becoming invincible at the gambling table.

Morita Go's appearance also changed significantly in just a few short years.

It is undoubtedly true that a person can go from ugly to handsome. But for a person to go from being ugly before to being as handsome as Wen Renjing... that is science fiction.

Morita himself, just like those he had helped, suddenly changed certain flaws on his body.

Everyone's misfortune disappeared, and in the entire story—Morita Go helped everyone achieve happiness. But even Morita Go himself was that happy.

It was as if there was still a person behind the scenes who satisfied Morita's wishes.

The hardest thing to understand was, what was the price?

Even in these somewhat magical worlds like the Three Towers and the Bunker, the concept of constant happiness did not exist.

How could anyone obtain happiness without paying a price? Just by simply extracting misfortune?

At Node 01, Morita Go was still talking to himself, saying, "My limit shouldn't stop here, right?"

At that time, the sub-personality Wen Xishu, who was hiding in the dream observing everything, was still thinking—Morita saying this meant that extracting misfortune had a price.

But by Node 02, Morita directly expanded the scope; the original individual hole village was no longer enough, and it expanded to the entire Hujiang...

It can be seen that by Node 02, Morita seemed to no longer need to worry about the price.

According to Wen Xishu's first experience in the individual hole of "Yoshida Xiaohui," the level of happiness of the people in the individual hole would increasingly deviate from reality.

"Yoshida Xiaohui at Node 03 not only no longer had intellectual disabilities, but his intelligence was far higher than that of ordinary people, reaching the point of starting to think about the loopholes in the world."

"And combined with what happened in reality, Yoshida Xiaohui suffered his whole life because of intellectual disabilities and finally came to the individual hole village to seek a way to obtain happiness."

"It's just that in the end, the individual hole village at that time had already changed from District 19 to the individual hole village."

"It can be seen that the immortal in the individual hole village died before he could expand his business to Tokyo."

"This also shows that Morita Go had already deviated from reality starting from Node 02. Since it was no longer real, naturally, there was no need to bear the price."

"Then at Node 01, Morita Go needed to pay a price. It's just that the price was not borne by Morita Go, but by a... non-existent person."

"This person is the little boy in front of me, right?"

This was Wen Xishu's speculation.

The reason the little boy did not exist was perhaps... the absolutely happy version of Morita Go felt some guilt toward the little boy in his heart.

Because the price of absorbing others' misfortune was very likely borne by the little boy.

And Morita Go in the individual hole had to be absolutely happy.

So, in order not to let Morita Go in the individual hole have negative emotions... the individual hole version of the story directly erased the little boy.

In other words—

The reason Morita Go often talked to himself was actually that in reality, he often talked to the little boy, but in the individual hole, it became talking to himself.

The only thing that gave Wen Xishu a headache was that everything was his inference and could not be corroborated.

"You have amnesia, right?"

The little boy nodded.

"Since I can remember, I have been with the individual hole. I don't remember who I am... but I remember one thing: don't let others enter the individual hole, although I... I can only try to dissuade them."

Wen Xishu said:

"It seems I can only use my own way... to know all of this."

The invitation letter had already appeared in Wen Xishu's hand.

The little boy just assumed Wen Xishu was leaving. He really was like an NPC, repeating once more:

"Big Brother, don't come in again, okay?"

Wen Xishu did not answer this sentence, only saying:

"Wait for me here; I will be back soon."

A world of pain, a strange individual hole, the extraction of misfortune...

Wen Xishu had no clue about these things, but combined with his previous experiences, everything was related to those with aptitude.

And the existence of the individual hole and the pain currency was very likely two super-aptitude holders.

Wen Xishu had a premonition that the existence he was facing this time might possess a sequence rarer than the Evil Earth Divine Kingdom.

Tower of Desire, rest area.

Wen Xishu walked toward the Tianyuan position. Because this area was a fusion area, Wen Xishu did not receive any mission prompts.

There wasn't even a floor prompt; he didn't even know which floor of the Tower of Desire he would be heading to.

The number of people in the rest area was clearly starting to decrease because the Great Devouring was about to end.

Wen Xishu couldn't be bothered to pay attention to these elitists; he just wanted to ask if there were any big shots in the Tianyuan area who could provide him with some intelligence on the Tower of Desire.

Although other areas of the rest area were deserted, the Tianyuan area was quite lively.

Wen Xishu arrived at the Tianyuan area, and upon seeing this dense crowd, he immediately realized one thing.

It couldn't be such a coincidence, right? Meeting again?

The last time he saw so many people in the Tianyuan area was because of Wen Renjing.

It could be said that every time Wen Renjing appeared, it would attract a crowd.

He really was the kind of person whose appearance made people feel like they had earned something just by looking at him twice.

This time was naturally no exception.

Wen Xishu didn't feel anything special about seeing Wen Renjing in the Tianyuan area.

After the Great Devouring began, Wen Renjing had been solving various whirlpools with Xun Hui.

When the Great Devouring was about to end, and it was confirmed that it would end—

Xun Hui started heading to the Slaughter Tower, and Wen Renjing also started climbing the Tower of Desire.

The number of white whirlpools they eliminated was second only to Albert and Evelyn.

So at this very moment, being able to see Wen Renjing actually meant—the Great Devouring was really about to end.

Wen Renjing was also very surprised to see Wen Xishu here.

He hurriedly dispersed the surrounding crowd, letting everyone clear a path for Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu once again became the focus of the crowd.

He had actually always been the focus of the crowd; there was no doubt that after the Great Devouring, Wen Xishu's reputation would likely move directly toward the legendary status of the Bunker.

But every time, Wen Xishu had a feeling... as long as he stood with Wen Renjing, the attention he received felt like it was being bestowed by Wen Renjing.

It was as if a superstar was standing on stage, handing the microphone to a certain audience member, and then everyone naturally looked at that audience member.

Standing with Wen Renjing, Wen Xishu really was like an audience member setting off a superstar.

Wen Renjing smiled:

"It seems your progress is going smoothly?"

Wen Renjing said to the people around him again:

"Sorry everyone, although I would like to continue answering your questions, my junior brother has arrived, and I must help him."

Wen Xishu indeed saw jealousy in the eyes of some people around him.

Regardless of whether they were men or women, the way they looked at Wen Xishu carried a sense of "hatred for stealing a wife."

Wen Xishu had to sigh; this was a male succubus indeed.

Being able to meet Wen Renjing in the Tower of Desire was naturally a good thing. Wen Xishu originally thought he would definitely be able to get valuable intelligence from Wen Renjing this time.

But he never expected... what Wen Renjing provided this time was not just intelligence.

"Not smooth... but there is finally an opportunity to solve the problem from the source. I am about to head to Hujiang. Regarding Hujiang, District 19, District 20, Senior, do you know any intelligence?"

Wen Renjing was stunned, doubting he had heard correctly.

"Where did you say?"

"Hujiang. Senior, with your ability, you should have been to that perverted place more than once, right?" Wen Xishu said.

Wen Renjing frowned:

"This... the place you mentioned is Hujiang's District 19 and District 20? Are you sure?"

Wen Xishu nodded.

The people around also saw Wen Renjing show this expression for the first time.

Wen Xishu seemed to have thought of a possibility and said somewhat uncertainly:

"Your reaction... you don't mean..."

Wen Renjing nodded, showing an extremely complex smile, somewhat happy, yet somewhat helpless:

"I know your progress is fast... but how can it be this fast?"

"The place I am about to head to happens to be those two districts as well."

"I am now... suddenly starting to worry about Xun Hui."

Regarding the last sentence, Wen Xishu didn't react to what it meant at first.

But soon, Wen Xishu understood.

"You... entered at the same time?"

Wen Renjing had to admit that talking to Wen Xishu was very easy.

Wen Renjing said:

"It's too coincidental, to the point that I think... is this some kind of Three Towers mechanism?"

"The area I am heading to is Hujiang's District 19 and District 20. My mission is to investigate District 20; the name of this mission is 'Painful Reward'."

"Xun Hui and I killed our way out of a white whirlpool not long ago."

"Then we were both convinced that the Great Devouring was about to end, and subsequently, we received news that you... almost without stopping, started your fourth whirlpool journey."

"That is, the fusion whirlpool."

"Xun Hui and I were thinking, we must learn from you, otherwise we will be caught up by you soon."

"So, about less than three hours after you entered the fusion whirlpool, Xun Hui and I also activated our loggers. I entered the Tower of Desire, and he entered the Slaughter Tower."

"It's very strange; my Tower of Desire floor level shows this time as the 60th floor."

"Logically speaking, my floor level should be higher than this. Then, I met you. As it turns out, you and I are heading to the same area."

"The time we headed there... was almost identical, and I happened to be on the 60th floor, and Xun Hui happened to break through the 60th floor, so I guess he is also on the 60th floor."

"Coincidentally, the area you are heading to is in Hujiang's District 19 and District 20, and the area I am heading to is also in District 19 and District 20..."

Speaking of this, Wen Xishu understood completely.

"In other words... if this is not a coincidence, it means we triggered some kind of mechanism."

"Everyone who can enter the Three Towers during this time period, and whose floor level meets the standard, will enter the corresponding floor area?"

Wen Renjing nodded, and he smiled bitterly:

"I look forward to latecomers catching up to me, but... being caught up, the feeling is still very complex."

Wen Xishu shook his head:

"Don't, Senior. There is still a huge gap between you and me. The orange whirlpool doesn't distinguish between novices and veterans. I only came here forcibly because of the whirlpool."

Wen Renjing shook his head instead:

"You were able to enter here because you obtained a key item, right?"

"It can be seen that you have already made a major breakthrough in the corresponding floor of the Mysterious Tower."

Does cheating count as a breakthrough?

If it were usual, Wen Xishu would admit it with a smile; after all, Wen Xishu usually obtained invitation letters through his own ability.

But this time, Wen Xishu actually had no breakthrough.

He didn't get the invitation letter; he cheated using the Dice of Reversal.

As for the individual hole... he had only entered two individual holes and almost lost himself.

The first individual hole, he only survived because of good luck.

And District 20, related to pain currency, still had no clues to this day.

Because of the theme of "happiness," Wen Xishu's experience was not as terrifying as Kashima's.

But in terms of survival difficulty, Wen Xishu already felt that he was actually living very barely.

This was definitely the most difficult Mysterious Tower challenge he had ever experienced.

At this very moment, Wen Xishu finally felt a little better.

So—

This brought me to the 60th floor of the Mysterious Tower.

Wen Xishu said:

"But what is the significance of this mechanism?"

Wen Renjing said:

"Two whirlpools merging means two areas have broken their boundaries... perhaps, a new Level 7 mission has appeared."

"In the history of the Bunker, there have actually been a few such things."

"The Five Elders, as well as those former legends, and our teachers, they have also encountered such things."

"According to the teacher, some Level 7 facilities on the 16th floor of the Bunker were achieved under this mechanism, with a group of people working together from the three towers to achieve Level 7 completion."

Three towers, three routes.

Wen Xishu only then understood that those Level 7 facilities in the Bunker came about this way.

Tower climbers from the three tower systems working hard from three directions?

The Slaughter Tower changes the luck of certain people on the Three Towers battlefield...

The Mysterious Tower eliminates and disintegrates the obsessions of certain people.

The influence of the Tower of Desire on reality is to re-anchor fate...

If all three are achieved in one area within a short period of time, the highest completion level can be reached.

Of course, perhaps at certain stages, such as before the Mysterious Tower appeared, only two towers needed to be achieved simultaneously.

Wen Xishu became interested all of a sudden; he had been very strange before—he had clearly completely changed the lives of certain people, so why didn't it give him Level 7 completion?

Now he began to understand.

Wen Xishu was full of fighting spirit. If he could achieve Level 7 completion, that would be the best ending for the Great Devouring.

Similarly, Wen Renjing also thought of this point.

He never expected that he would accidentally participate in the ending of the Great Devouring.

"Senior, I'll be responsible for District 19, and you'll be responsible for District 20?" Wen Xishu said.

Wen Renjing was somewhat worried:

"That area... is very dangerous, right?"

Wen Xishu smiled:

"Of course, but it doesn't matter. I only hope that Senior Xun Hui won't hold us back."

Wen Renjing smiled faintly:

"He is very strong. The 60th floor might be very difficult for us; after all, we have to find clues and explore the source, and we don't have combat power ourselves."

"But for him, in the Slaughter Tower, he only needs to do one thing well."

That is indeed true; the Slaughter Tower doesn't have those empty things and cannot tolerate even a grain of sand; as long as the combat power is strong enough, it's fine. The lower limit of the Slaughter Tower is very high, so high that one cannot move an inch without strength.

But correspondingly, the upper limit of the Slaughter Tower's difficulty is not as high as the Mysterious Tower and the Tower of Desire.

In the Mysterious Tower and the Tower of Desire, there are still many twists and turns.

The people around had already left, and Wen Renjing said:

"I didn't expect that Xun Hui and I would benefit from your light. We'll see you in the Tower of Desire."

As Wen Renjing spoke, he activated the logger, and at the same time, Wen Xishu also activated his logger.

I wonder if using violence in front of Wen Renjing in the Tower of Desire will shock him?

Wen Xishu felt some anticipation in his heart:

"See you in the Tower of Desire."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 184 =====