Chapter 199

Wen Xishu's display of strength exceeded everyone's imagination.

This included Wen Xishu himself.

Without a doubt, there are no useless sequences, only useless masters. After Wen Xishu had his special experience in Hujiang District 20—

He had now developed his Personality Party to a fairly outrageous degree.

It could be said that the process of saving Xiaoxing and Xiaotong was a huge reward in itself, because he had gained the Ghost Groom "personality."

In fact, the seven-level facility "Reminiscence Record" did not bring Wen Xishu too many surprises; this facility was similar to the Mental Training Hall that Xun Hui had obtained not long ago.

It could be considered a higher-level version of the Mental Training Hall, where one could fight again against enemies one had fought in the past.

The Reminiscence Record, however, could automatically update to the latest version and issue various commands other than combat. This is also the natural difference between a six-level facility and a seven-level facility.

What Wen Xishu truly found surprising was actually the Personality Party; he had attained the level of the Red House.

But to deal with Miyamoto, he really hadn't thought about using a nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito, or using a dragon-slaying saber to kill a chicken.

The most critical thing was—he couldn't control it himself.

But now, looking at Albert's joyful face, Wen Xishu roughly guessed what had happened.

However, this duel was not over yet.

Wen Xishu walked over to Miyamoto Yishu, who was lying on the ground, twitching incessantly, devoid of consciousness, and leaking yellow and white fluids from beneath him.

The head of the Miyamoto family thought Wen Xishu wouldn't let Miyamoto Yishu go, but Wen Xishu had no interest in Miyamoto Yishu at all. Today, Miyamoto Yishu challenged him but couldn't even resist, was defeated so miserably, and had his brain assaulted by the Ghost Groom's resentment—

It must have already left the other party with psychological trauma.

He came to Miyamoto Yishu's side, enduring the stench, just for that demon blade.

Wen Xishu picked up the demon blade.

This was undoubtedly an orange-quality saber, but what Wen Xishu cared about more was that this blade could have its contents absorbed by the "Tower Power Absorption" sequence.

Everyone in the arena felt it; Wen Xishu was using sequence power, not just from the Slaughter Tower system, but the Desire Tower system also felt this power.

Albert was secretly shocked; this little guy had mastered a very powerful sequence.

Everyone saw that some kind of power from the demon blade seemed to be transferring into Wen Xishu's body; the demon blade, which could make people warlike and greatly increase their strength once held, was losing this attribute.

This divine weapon, which Liu Zhizai had used every means to obtain back then, was gradually being reduced to an ordinary blade.

Wen Xishu seemed to have entered a state of selflessness.

He closed his eyes, feeling the impact brought by this blade.

No wonder...

Miyamoto Yishu dared to be so bold; it wasn't because he relied on the fact that he barely climbed the Slaughter Tower, but because of the gap in their Slaughter Tower levels, as well as this blade.

From the perspective of Miyamoto Yishu and even the Miyamoto family, the gap between the two was already large, but with this blade, this challenge was almost impossible to lose.

Wen Xishu's Tower Power value had already reached 23 points.

This had already exceeded his estimate, but it wasn't over yet; this blade could still contribute power. From this, one could see the smugness Miyamoto Yishu felt when holding this blade.

This was just like the "Full Moon Scimitar" he had read about in martial arts novels in his past life. It was as if once held, one could become a top-tier expert.

For people like Liu Zhizai and Albert, external objects might not provide much of an improvement.

But for those still on the twentieth or thirtieth floor of the Slaughter Tower, the external force brought by this blade itself already exceeded their own body's strength.

24 points.

25 points.

Wen Xishu's hair moved without wind. His entire body was wrapped in golden light.

Xun Hui and Albert both guessed what Wen Xishu was doing.

This scene did not surprise Wang Yueyun, Nisen, and the others. They had seen similar scenes. When dealing with the Shoe Woman, Wen Xishu had also done this—

Wen Xishu was absorbing the power of this blade.

Wang Yueyun felt shocked once again.

Wen Xishu... had he actually become this strong? And he was still becoming stronger. Could climbing the Mysterious Tower really be faster than climbing the Slaughter Tower?

A person like this was no longer in the category of a genius, right?

Wang Yueyun was convinced by Wen Xishu, but regarding Wen Xishu's performance today, he really felt that this was no longer a strength that could be exchanged for with talent.

After a good while, Wen Xishu opened his eyes.

His Tower Power value had reached 27 points.

"Next time, if you have such weapons, you are welcome to challenge me at any time." Wen Xishu smiled.

He was truly very happy, because now he had the confidence of having a "fuller wallet" again. He finally had a trump card again.

He casually threw away the blade that had come from the Five Elder Liu Zhizai, as if throwing away broken scrap metal.

The head of the Miyamoto family hurriedly caught the blade. He had also touched this blade and knew it had a kind of magic, but at this very moment, the Miyamoto family head only felt...

This was an ordinary blade. When holding it, the change in his heart and the feeling of power impact had completely disappeared.

He looked at Wen Xishu in disbelief.

This was the first time he felt he had encountered a monster.

As the head of one of the six great families, he had seen countless geniuses and experienced big scenes; he had also encountered strong people like Wen Xishu.

But Wen Xishu's age... truly surprised him.

He knew the inside story, knew about the Wen family's affairs, and knew that only a few months had passed since Wen Xishu's eighteenth birthday.

At the moment of catching the blade, the Miyamoto family head actually felt that he was getting old.

Looking at Albert's disdainful expression and Wen Xishu's indifference... he lowered his head:

"Carry Yishu back."

Subsequently, the Miyamoto family head bowed to Albert:

"My Miyamoto family absolutely supports your decision, Old Principal. Dean Wen is indeed qualified to serve as Dean."

In Albert's eyes, there were no such things as the six great families.

He just took a casual look and knew the Miyamoto family head's thoughts:

"Rest assured, your little stunt today is exactly what I wanted. A challenge is fine."

Strike once to avoid a hundred strikes.

It was a good thing for Wen Xishu to establish his authority today. The strength Wen Xishu displayed was something even Wen Xishu himself hadn't expected, and naturally—it exceeded others' cognition.

Now, no one dared to be disrespectful to this new legend of the bunker.

People would only describe this new bunker legend more exaggeratedly, only using terms like "unfathomable" and "terrifying" to describe Wen Xishu.

Albert waved his hand:

"Go down. The party still has to continue. I won't make things difficult for your Miyamoto family; you aren't qualified enough. If I want to find someone, I'll find the people above you."

"However, my disciple Xun Hui, and even my colleague Dean Wen, are not generous people. I advise you to be honest."

The Miyamoto family head lowered his head even further.

After the interlude ended, the subsequent series of appointments went much more smoothly.

Everyone returned to the original academy stands, still wanting more but also feeling lingering fear, to listen to Albert explain the upcoming arrangements again.

The restructuring of the Bunker Security Bureau, the adjustment of benefits for climbing the Mysterious Tower and Slaughter Tower, and the rule that those climbing the Desire Tower could not buy houses in areas above the fifth floor if they couldn't break through the thirtieth floor, but those climbing the Mysterious Tower and Slaughter Tower could... and other measures were all brought out at once.

Regarding the change in Wen Xishu's status—Dean Wen, Consultant Wen, and even vaguely, people heard a hint of "Elder-in-waiting Wen."

No one cared; after the previous interlude, everything went very smoothly.

But only... the fact that the benefits for those climbing the Mysterious Tower and Slaughter Tower were raised, while the highest residential floor for those climbing the Desire Tower was limited, caused a great reaction.

The students of the Desire Tower Academy immediately felt that their status as "Heavenly Dragons" was threatened.

"What does this mean? Those stinky Mysterious Tower and Slaughter Tower climbers can live on higher floors than us?"

"I am a noble Desire Tower climber! I will actually only be able to live below them in the future?"

"Are they crazy? You have to know that those who climbed the Mysterious Tower before were all death row inmates and social outcasts. What's the meaning of this now? How did climbing the Mysterious Tower become noble?"

"Did Wen Xishu use some kind of prop or sequence to make the Old Principal's brain snap?"

"How is climbing the Mysterious Tower any different from begging? How can they ride on our heads?"

"There are so many lowly people at the bottom; isn't it good to let them climb the Mysterious Tower?"

There was much discussion.

Of course, there was also mockery.

"Yo, what's wrong with you Desire-lords?"

"We Slaughter Tower climbers put our heads on our waists; we trade our lives for merit. Shouldn't we be qualified to live a bit better?"

"The reason those who climb the Mysterious Tower are death row inmates and outcasts is because everyone knows the danger of climbing the Mysterious Tower! Look at this Mysterious Tower Great Devouring; clearly the Desire Tower Great Devouring is the simplest, so why is it the Mysterious Tower every time?"

"You can continue to climb the Desire Tower; the fifth floor isn't bad either. So many people still take pride in living on the fifth floor."

"Yeah, we used to climb the Slaughter Tower and felt that being able to escape the bottom and move into the third floor was an honor for our families. What, you Desire-lords look down on it? It's fine, I suggest you confront the Old Principal directly."

The high-and-mighty Desire Tower climbers all wanted to curse and protest.

But on the podium, Albert just cleared his throat, and the entire scene immediately quieted down.

There are actually many reasons for the formation of the previous situation.

The more comfortable the position, the higher the salary tends to be, and the more similar the position, the less likely there are to be high operational requirements.

At the same time, it is also these positions that ordinary people often find it difficult to squeeze into, losing the upward channel.

This is a historical trend.

The bunker cannot escape it either, but what makes the bunker different from conventional national forms is that the bunker has such a person who can decide everything.

When an existence appears in this world that all military and armed forces cannot resist, this person can go against historical laws and forcibly wind up the decaying institutions, allowing them to regain vitality.

In the past, Albert was disheartened and focused on improving himself. This also made the bunker become a mess.

That was because his fellow traveler—Old Jin—seemed to have forgotten his original intention.

But now, Albert saw another fellow traveler.

He finally felt that he could rest a little and wait for this fellow traveler first.

In this brief gap of rest, Albert reorganized the bunker.

"Don't hold any more fantasies; the Five Elders have already agreed to my approach. If you cannot accept that Desire Tower people have a lower status—then you can choose to cross thirty floors, or switch towers."

"I have no opinion on Desire Tower climbers, but I have an opinion on those who climb the Desire Tower doing simple things but insist on enjoying the highest treatment."

"From now on, your lives are divided into easy things and correct things. If you are willing to choose easy things, you must accept the corresponding low-status position."

"I don't mind you committing suicide in protest, striking, or holding banners outside the school gate. I can kill you all, because there are countless people at the bottom who feel that as long as they can climb the Desire Tower and get a meal, it's enough."

"Finally, the Mysterious Tower Academy will open at twelve o'clock tonight. Next, the school will organize an entrance exam for the Mysterious Tower Academy. We will no longer pick from the existing freshmen. We will face the people at the bottom directly and open a new Mysterious Tower Academy entrance exam."

"Of course, students from the Slaughter Tower Academy and Desire Tower Academy are also welcome to voluntarily change majors. You can go and experience the Mysterious Tower Academy tonight. I think by then, you will be able to feel that climbing the Mysterious Tower is not easy."

"Dismissed."

Albert's speech triggered a huge discussion.

One hour after the meeting was dismissed, the students of the Slaughter Tower Academy began to cheer; their status had finally been recognized.

The students of the Slaughter Tower Academy actually might not necessarily approve of those climbing the Mysterious Tower.

But now, because of the appearance of the Mysterious Tower Academy, they were no longer looked down upon by those high-and-mighty people from the Desire Tower Academy, and those in the Mysterious Tower Academy also used their lives to trade for merit—

In this situation, the students of the Slaughter Tower Academy regarded the Mysterious Tower Academy as an ally.

On the other side, the students of the Desire Tower Academy were all deflated, or were cursing in their dormitories with righteous indignation, but they didn't dare to curse too loudly.

Of course, there were also students like Jiang Xue who felt everything was very reasonable.

"Because there is a life-threatening danger after crossing twenty floors, most people choose to hide below the twentieth floor of the Desire Tower. Once they reach a certain stage, they let the guide actively lower their level."

"The previous Desire Tower Academy actually had a terrible atmosphere. But now... it might be a good thing."

"In a class full of academic slackers, if you want to study well, you will become an outlier. But now, for better treatment, everyone has to start taking the study of the Desire Tower Academy seriously."

"This is also a good thing. The Old Principal doing this, on one hand, balances the status gap between the students and even the climbers of the three tower systems, and on the other hand, stimulates the enthusiasm of the students of the Desire Tower Academy."

"Of course, many pieces of trash will always be trash... but correspondingly, starting from the next batch of freshmen, everything will get better."

Not many people could think as far as Jiang Xue. Hearing the complaints all around, Jiang Xue actually felt it was good...

Because competing with such a group of trash, she would always have more hope.

Mysterious Tower Academy.

There were forty minutes left until the official opening of the Mysterious Tower Academy.

After Albert announced the dismissal, Wen Xishu came to the Mysterious Tower Academy.

"Spirit" was right next to Wen Xishu, and entered the "Reminiscence Record" together with him.

The interior of the Reminiscence Record was like a boundless space; clearly, one could see the Reminiscence Record itself from the outside, like an open book.

But after entering the interior, it was like arriving at a huge, empty backroom.

"Please summon the person you need to reminisce about."

This prompt appeared in Wen Xishu's mind, and Wen Xishu instantly summoned Tang Rui.

The final version, Tang Rui at the latest progress of the Three Towers War, had many changes in her appearance compared to before.

Red aura shrouded Tang Rui; Tang Rui's body had almost turned into a human form, driven by the obsession to return to being a human from the ugly form she had at the beginning...

She devoured various monsters time and time again, devoured a large number of rare and elite species, and gradually actually began to change from a monster form to a human form.

Legend has it that Red Houses all have obsessions in their hearts; before reaching the level of a Red House, their appearance might be extremely abstract.

But after reaching the level of a Red House, they would gradually return to the appearance of a human.

Of course, this stems from their own desire to become human.

There are also those who do not want to become human, and they will become even more exaggerated and terrifying because of it.

"Wen Xishu... you, how did I get here?" All of Tang Rui's reactions were, as the guide said, realistic.

Wen Xishu didn't know how many monsters Tang Rui had devoured and how many slaughters she had experienced to become like this, with her whole body emitting a scarlet aura.

He didn't ask much either, because he couldn't get an answer.

Tang Rui's experience was almost identical to what Wen Xishu encountered last time in the Slaughter Tower.

So there was no need to ask much.

Wen Xishu also didn't want to invest too much emotion into a product of simulation.

He just smiled:

"Long time no see, Tang Rui. Next, I need you to help me do one thing."

An absolute will was issued.

Tang Rui's eyes lost focus for a moment, but the next instant they became normal again.

Wen Xishu said:

"A person I admire very much made some major reforms to the place where I live today. Although I performed very well... there will still be many people who do not approve."

"Next, I suppose many people will flock to the Mysterious Tower Academy, trying to prove that climbing the Mysterious Tower is nothing more than this."

"Most of them are from the Desire Tower Academy, but there will definitely be some from the Slaughter Tower Academy as well."

"I will let 'Spirit' open the access permissions for the Reminiscence Record, and I need you... to play with them well."

Tang Rui had no feelings for others:

"Do you want me to kill them?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:

"They cannot die inside, but you can bring them the feeling of death. However, you can selectively target certain people to do this."

"As for the others, after all, they are all classmates, and I am not some living Yama... just make them scared to the point of mental breakdown, having nightmares for days, incontinence, and so on. Hmm, just fool them a little."

Spirit and Tang Rui both looked at Wen Xishu seriously.

Wondering... is Wen Xishu sure this is called "fooling them a little"?

Wen Xishu said:

"If you can't do it, I can call others to help you."

The Shoe Woman, Jiang Qing, An Rongzai, the Ghost Bride, and maybe add a pain-type human cave of Xiaoxing. Wen Xishu planned to do this.

But Tang Rui said:

"No need... I have roughly understood what you want me to do. Rest assured. I will make them remember it deeply."

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Spirit is my butler. If you have any needs, just order him. You two cooperate well—don't let the Mysterious Tower Academy be looked down upon."

"At twelve o'clock tonight... quite a few people will come to sightsee."

Spirit suddenly asked:

"My master, what are you going to do?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Me? Although I really want to stay and admire their broken defenses... but my time is very precious, and the bunker is too boring. I have to go."

Wen Xishu had already taken out the login device.

With a god-level teammate like the Old Principal, Wen Xishu didn't need to worry about anything at all. The only meaning of his returning to the bunker was to adjust his state and meet the next challenge in a better state.

It could be said that after the Great Devouring, under the Principal's arrangements, those schemes, deceit, and infighting—were almost impossible to appear on him.

He had already reached the peak of his life in the bunker.

Of course, Wen Xishu couldn't say for sure if this was equivalent to clearing the bunker.

What exactly has Mr. Jin been in seclusion for all this time? Why did Little Jin suddenly disappear? Will the Five Elders still cause any trouble?

What is the connection between the bunker and the Three Towers?

Many questions actually remain to be solved, but at least, in terms of status, Wen Xishu had truly cleared the level.

For a long time to come, he could focus on climbing the tower properly.

"Spirit" said:

"Then I wish you success."

Before leaving, Wen Xishu said:

"By the way, please have hot tea and a hot towel ready when you sense my return."

Wen Xishu suddenly thought of Jia Baer.

"Spirit" said very naturally:

"Of course, I will have you clear away the fatigue on your body the moment you return home."

Wen Xishu's figure disappeared.

During the three days of the bunker's carnival, people didn't know that the protagonist who brought about the carnival had started climbing the tower again.

And this time, Wen Xishu's Crazy Dice roll was a number he had experienced twice before.

Although the journey hadn't started yet, the prompt brought by the Crazy Dice had already made Wen Xishu completely nervous.

【Special item "Crazy Dice" detected. Do you want to roll?】

【Please choose one from the following effects.】

【1: Triple High. (Tower climbing level x3, can be triggered when the numbers on the three dice are the same.)】

【2: Power of Three Phases. (Can use the abilities and rules of three tower systems simultaneously, can be triggered when the numbers on the three dice are the same.)】

【3: Minimalism. (You will be considered to have lost all experience points and abilities, as simple and pure as a level-one newcomer, but when settling rewards, you will also receive extra bonuses like a newcomer. Note: Limited to magic resistance, luck, and kill value caps, as well as various Three Towers attributes being forcibly restored to newcomer status. But props and sequences can be used normally.)】

【Three Visits: When you roll a certain dice combination for the third time, you will be able to additionally rent the option that appears with the lowest probability among many options. In the next three rounds of rolls, you will always be able to choose this option, but not in this round.】

【Reunion: When you roll a result from a previous roll for the second time, you will additionally add two options. Since the number of options is less than three, this round will choose all of them.】

Yes, Wen Xishu rolled three ones again.

The first time he rolled three ones was when he first arrived at the bunker, with nothing.

The second time he rolled three ones was when he obtained his first territory on the Three Towers War battlefield.

This time is the third, which is actually another new turning point in his life.

Wen Xishu seemed to realize that the appearance of this thing had some connection with his own situation.

He also understood the meaning of "Three Visits."

"I can choose to exclude one option, but next, this option will appear in the subsequent three rounds... This isn't bad either, like inviting this option out of the mountains. It's quite interesting."

"But the problem is, this option can only be Minimalism."

The reason Minimalism is rented out is because Triple High and Three Phases will appear in all leopard combinations. And the probability of Minimalism appearing is lower than Triple High and Three Phases.

It is the relatively rarest one among the three options.

"In other words, my options this time—are Triple High and Three Phases. And based on the reunion element, I have to choose them all."

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu immediately perked up.

Three Phases is certainly very strong, but Triple High is really a pit.

Wen Xishu had already thoroughly learned the twisted perversion of high levels; this time, he didn't know where he was going.

"But in any case, I have the Power of Three Phases."

His consciousness gradually cleared, and Wen Xishu opened his eyes, arriving at the Mysterious Tower rest area, the Tianyuan position, once again.

(End of chapter)