Chapter 2: The Madman's Brother

Wen Xishu suddenly wanted to laugh.

He thought of a certain trope: perhaps the big villain had also transmigrated, and so, at the very start, he blocked every path of survival for the protagonist.

The original "transmigrate after death" had turned into "die after transmigrating."

Don't mess this up, new account.

Because the higher-ups demanded the death penalty be carried out as soon as possible, Wen Xishu could not finish his final meal in a leisurely manner.

He was first hauled to the injection room, then tied down and fed by the bailiffs.

Wen Xishu highly advised against pairing compressed biscuits with cola, as the biscuits were filling enough on their own, and cola was the same.

He felt somewhat uncomfortable from being overstuffed, especially since the bailiffs were feeding him very quickly.

Yet, in such a moment, Wen Xishu felt it was actually quite interesting.

After all, no living person had ever experienced what he was currently going through.

After finishing his meal, his body had gone from sitting to lying down, and the court staff asked:

"Do you need us to play a song for you to listen to?"

This was the procedure for lethal injection; besides the final meal, there was also an "execution song." It was to let the death row inmate die in a good mood.

"Sure, play 'Shaolin Kung Fu' by Stephen Chow," Wen Xishu said.

The court staff member looked blankly at him:

"Sorry, the Bunker Music Library does not have the song you mentioned. But after you die, we will do our best to look for it."

Wen Xishu wore a disappointed expression:

"A dull world."

Clearly, the other party also hoped to finish the work quickly, so they chose a piece of light music that fit the current scene, "The Stranger."

The staff began to go through the motions:

"The first injection is an anesthetic; you will quickly lose consciousness."

"The second injection is a muscle relaxant; of course... by this time, you will have already fallen asleep."

"The third injection is potassium chloride; you will die within thirty to sixty seconds."

"We will determine whether you have died based on your heart rate and pupil changes."

The Bunker Security Bureau bailiffs prepared to connect the infusion pump to Wen Xishu's vein.

Wen Xishu's heartbeat was accelerating.

Years of courting death made his mind exceptionally active at this moment.

"Once I fall asleep, it's equivalent to getting my lunchbox. I have to find a way to survive before I fall asleep."

"The existing key information should be that the Wen family is guilty of heinous crimes."

"The crimes of the Wen family are even enough to implement... genocide in this world that at least superficially emphasizes human rights."

"But there is a very strange point here."

"The new regulations won't let me exercise them, yet they haven't deprived me of the right to exercise the old regulations."

"They rejected my request to explore the Mysterious Tower, yet they really could wait until I turned eighteen to execute the death penalty."

"The wording used by the staff earlier was 'tolerance,' which is to say—a minor who commits a heinous crime can be sentenced to death."

"But even after I turned eighteen, they didn't execute me immediately, but instead waited for a very long time."

"This is unreasonable. For some reason... they are deliberately dragging it out and not killing me."

"Also, that agent was very concerned about my mental state."

Wen Xishu soon had a certain conjecture.

Logic told him that, apart from himself, there was still such a person from the Wen family alive—

A person who had committed shocking crimes.

The importance of this person far exceeded his own, as well as that of the other Wen family members.

And he himself very likely held clues about this person.

Therefore, the Bunker's upper levels had never killed him.

However, he had been acting crazy earlier, making it difficult to provide effective clues. This had also worn down the patience of the upper levels, who decided to execute him.

Thinking this way, a name really did appear in his mind.

"Wait, hold the needle."

The bailiffs' movements did not stop; they were tying a rubber tube around Wen Xishu's wrist.

They were very experienced; it was normal for prisoners to make all sorts of requests at such times, all just to delay, so they simply ignored them.

Death was terrifying, but the waiting and torment before death were even more terrifying.

The court agent said:

"If you still need to add to your will, please say it in the shortest time possible. After all, the bailiffs will not stop."

Wen Xishu tilted his head back:

"I have clues about Wen Zhaohua."

Time seemed to stand still.

Once that name appeared, the movements of everyone's hands stopped.

The expressions on the faces of the two armed police officers clearly stiffened, and the eyes of that court staff member widened instantly.

Wen Zhaohua.

The most heinous criminal in the Bunker era, one who deserved to be recorded in history books.

It could be said that of the eight pecks of evil in the Wen family, Wen Zhaohua occupied one stone, while the others owed two pecks.

At the same time, he was also Wen Xishu's elder brother; the two were biological brothers.

The court staff member immediately signaled for the execution to stop:

"This matter is too important; I need to consult my superiors."

He then asked:

"Your performance today is truly surprising. Your madness... seems to have improved a lot?"

Wen Xishu answered cleverly:

"Either I am going crazy, or I am just temporarily sober."

Memory is a very interesting thing.

The phrase "following the vine to find the melon" is especially suitable for the realm of memory.

With the help of thinking and reasoning, he remembered this person, Wen Zhaohua.

And once he remembered Wen Zhaohua, he incidentally remembered something even more important.

"Xishu, I am about to go on a long journey. At the time of parting, let Big Brother give you a gift."

"This is something that can overturn the Three Towers game. It can let you experience a completely different Three Towers game."

"Remember, all known rules cannot bind us. In the future, we brothers will meet again, but I hope it won't be in the Bunker."

This memory occurred before the Wen family incident.

As the memory surfaced, strange images appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.

"Whoa, so the standard cheat for transmigrators really does exist."

Having said that, his expression was not optimistic, because he couldn't shout "Deep Blue, add points" at the cheat.

He didn't even know how to use this thing.

In Wen Xishu's mind were three dice of different colors.

The Bunker.

Judging from the confidentiality level of the policy documents on the desk, the person answering the phone was in a high position of power.

"He has clues about Wen Zhaohua?"

"Yes, sir. Wen Xishu's current state is very clear-headed. I'm thinking, perhaps we can try to re-interrogate him," the person on the other end of the phone said respectfully.

The man beside the desk said:

"Interrogate him immediately. This time, we must dig out the clues about Wen Zhaohua."

Previously, because Wen Xishu was acting crazy, every interrogation had yielded no results.

This time, perhaps it was the fear of death that finally made this Wen family "madman" sober.

This high-level official was clearly still very excited, pacing back and forth.

Wen Zhaohua meant sky-high political achievements, but he didn't care about political achievements.

Apprehending Wen Zhaohua, who had committed the "crime of human extinction," was also definitely not for the sake of justice.

He soon found a document in the safe; it was a document with the highest level of confidentiality.

【File Number 0112, Confidentiality Level: Top Secret.】

The file content is as follows:

【In the Slaughter Tower, people can obtain various combat props and combat sequences.】

【But once transferred to the Tower of Desire, one cannot use any sequences or props from the Slaughter Tower.】

【Entering the Tower of Desire, one will completely revert to an ordinary person. One cannot kill, and cannot even engage in violent behavior.】

【The reverse is also true. All sequences in the Tower of Desire cannot be brought into the Slaughter Tower.】

【The independence of Three Towers abilities is an ironclad rule, with no exceptions.】

The Tower of Desire is like a galgame focused on romance cultivation, with no functions for fighting and killing.

The Slaughter Tower is like a pure fighting game, and there is no setting for giving flowers to monsters to increase favorability.

Three Towers abilities are mutually independent and isolated.

These common-sense facts that Bunker citizens have long known naturally cannot become a "top-secret file."

It shouldn't even appear here.

The reason this file truly became top secret is these last three sentences.

【We still do not know how Wen Zhaohua did it, or if there are others who can do it. The rules of the Three Towers seem to be misaligned.】

【The monsters of the Slaughter Tower were actually driven by him, and what shocked us even more is that in the Tower of Desire, where killing is prohibited—】

【He killed everyone on an entire floor of Three Towers people!】

(End of chapter)