Chapter 20: Bunker Legend

Wen Xishu is being interrogated.

This is actually about what he expected. He certainly knows he has made a great contribution.

If it weren't for the identity of the Wen family, he would definitely be a hot commodity right now.

People from the Bunker Security Bureau, people from the Bunker Government Affairs Bureau, people from this bureau and that bureau in the Bunker—they might all want to recruit him.

But the atrocities of the Wen family seem to be quite outrageous. Although Wen Xishu doesn't know what Wen Zhaohua and other Wen family members have done.

However, he is not surprised that he was taken away immediately upon returning to the Bunker.

He is currently lying on a cold medical folding bed, with many armed guards guarding him.

People wearing medical dust-proof suits are setting up instruments.

A lie detector.

Many injections are also placed nearby, clearly including truth serum and the like.

Wen Xishu is still not in a hurry, mainly because being in a hurry is useless.

On the contrary, he thought from another angle: what he is about to experience is something he hasn't experienced before.

It's just that deep down, he is also waiting for the results of the big shots' game.

"The high-level advocates the complete slaughter of the Wen family, but Wen Zhaohua has things they are interested in."

"And the reason I can live until now stems from the high-level's attitude—partly hoping to destroy Wen Zhaohua, partly wanting to dig out some kind of secret."

"This divergence created their game."

"The current situation is actually not the worst. The worst situation is that I die in the Mysterious Tower, or luckily return, but didn't achieve a completion rate above level 4."

Now, Wen Xishu has exceeded the mission completion, a newcomer who has never climbed the tower, doing such an impossible thing...

Logically, all those in the know will think this has something to do with Wen Zhaohua.

Naturally, this deepens the connection between Wen Xishu and Wen Zhaohua.

Those who want to dig out Wen Zhaohua's secrets will only hope he survives. But there will inevitably be interrogation.

Wen Xishu doesn't know if he can withstand the interrogation, and at the same time...

He can feel that there will be additional variables appearing in this game.

The Bunker Security Bureau has a total of six branches.

Among them, the second branch and the sixth branch are "external affairs." Their main duty is to be responsible for exploring the Three Towers.

While other branches are more like Bunker guards.

Long before Wen Xishu returned, the massive materials he brought had already attracted attention.

When Liu Jinsen received the news, he was completely stunned.

He had actually defaulted a few hours ago that Wen Xishu would die in the Mysterious Tower.

Liu Jinsen actually had no prejudice against Wen Xishu. As a high-level official of the second branch, Liu Jinsen knew very well that few of the Wen family were innocent.

Among them was the congenitally mentally disabled Wen Xishu.

The Wen brothers, one was heaven and one was earth. It could be said that Wen Zhaohua was as amazing as he was, and Wen Xishu was as regrettable as he was.

Although not long ago, Wen Xishu seemed to have become a different person, but in Liu Jinsen's view, that didn't change anything.

It was only when the materials appeared and he got the news that the materials belonged to Wen Xishu... that Liu Jinsen's heart was stirred with stormy waves.

"Level 6 materials? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"Liu sir, how would I dare to joke with you about this."

"In addition... there is even heavier news. I think you'd better get ready. People from the first branch have already taken Wen Xishu away. And then, and then..."

"Speak quickly, don't stutter when reporting news!"

"Yes! A hospital appeared on the second functional floor, suspected to be a level 6 facility."

A series of heavy news completely collapsed Liu Jinsen's prediction of Wen Xishu.

He always felt that he understood every word of his subordinate, but when put together, it made him somewhat unable to handle it.

That meaning was saying that Wen Xishu had obtained level 6 materials, brought a level 6 facility...

A newcomer, a "madman" of the Wen family, achieved a level 6 completion rate after climbing the Mysterious Tower for the first time?

What parallel world am I in?

Or is it that the one who entered the Mysterious Tower wasn't him, but actually me?

The shock in his heart made Liu Jinsen doubt the authenticity.

If Wen Xishu had achieved a level 4 or level 3 completion rate, he wouldn't have been so shocked.

But a level 6 completion rate seemed too exaggerated.

However, Liu Jinsen didn't maintain this shock for too long.

He accepted the truth and suddenly realized—Wen Xishu was in danger.

Liu Jinsen had no overly malicious perception of Wen Xishu, but also no favor. However, if Wen Xishu could really save the bottom-level masses, then in Liu Jinsen's view, this was a great contribution.

His political sense told him that Wen Xishu would likely suffer from perverted interrogation before receiving honors and awards...

So Liu Jinsen quickly made a phone call.

The call was made to the director of the Bunker Security Bureau, but the one who answered the phone was the director's assistant.

"Jinsen, the director guessed you would call, huh, you really are the same old self." The voice on the other end of the phone was very young.

Liu Jinsen said:

"Wen Xishu has merit. I don't know what level of things a level 6 hospital can do, but it is definitely able to alleviate the epidemic, and even the hospital itself is a long-term benefit to the bottom-level people."

That young voice said:

"Actually, even if you didn't call the director, the director would have asked me to contact you. Listen well, Jinsen, this matter is very complicated."

"It involves the Wen family's case, and also involves some... things about the Three Towers."

"The faction of the Government Affairs Bureau and the first branch of the Bunker Security Bureau both advocate using any means necessary to take out the memories in Wen Xishu's brain."

Liu Jinsen said:

"Did they never think that what if Wen Xishu relied on his own ability? What if Wen Xishu didn't rely on Wen Zhaohua's ability?"

This sentence made the young man on the opposite side pause.

Liu Jinsen didn't blindly believe that Wen Xishu was a genius; in fact, he also thought that for a newcomer, surviving the Mysterious Tower was already extremely difficult, let alone achieving a level 6 completion rate.

Even those masters on the Heavenly Ladder didn't have many who could achieve a level 6 completion rate, and level 6 facilities were almost only seen on the highest functional floors.

Yes, Wen Xishu doing these things was incredible, and how could it not make people think whether Wen Zhaohua helped him in secret.

But Liu Jinsen still remembered one thing. He remembered Wen Xishu's conversation with himself before leaving the Bunker.

"Suppose, I mean suppose, I refuse to provide clues about Wen Zhaohua, will I die even if I successfully explore the Mysterious Tower?"

Actually, after Wen Xishu said this, Liu Jinsen saw it—this child had no clues about Wen Zhaohua at all.

He just wanted to fight for it in the Mysterious Tower.

And because of this, Liu Jinsen almost told him everything he knew.

So in Liu Jinsen's eyes, Wen Xishu was very likely a genius at exploring the Mysterious Tower.

"Jinsen, don't be anxious. The director has said many times that a chess piece in a multi-party game is the hardest chess piece to be eaten."

"But now, the first branch and the Government Affairs Bureau side both advocate digging out everything in Wen Xishu's brain. We need some external force."

Liu Jinsen asked quickly:

"What external force?"

The voice on the phone said softly:

"You also know that the first branch has the greatest power, but the first branch also has figures it cannot do anything about. You go contact someone."

"Who?"

"The principal of the Three Towers Academy, Albert Napolitano. Tell that old man that a child with talent not inferior to Wen Renjing, Xun Hui, and Wen Zhaohua is being interrogated."

Liu Jinsen was stunned.

He had heard that name; it was a quite legendary name. Although the level 7 building, the Three Towers Academy, was not brought by one person, Albert Napolitano was the absolute core.

He had devoted his whole life to climbing to the top of the Three Towers and leading humanity out of the Bunker, and he was also an existence respected by all high-level Bunker officials.

He had even turned the tide in several Great Devourings, saving countless lives.

"Would such a person... be willing to help Wen Xishu?"

"Not sure, so public opinion must also be manipulated. In short, the director wants to protect Wen Xishu. It's not to help him, but politics, you know, is about trying your best not to let your political enemies get it when you can't get it yourself."

"So Jinsen, your work must continue."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 21 =====