Chapter 218: I Fight Pisces

Desire Tower Rest Area.

In the initial position of the rest area on the sixty-something floor, besides Wen Renjing and Evelyn, there would be no one else.

But when Wen Xishu appeared in the Tianyuan position of the Desire Tower rest area, everyone still felt... it was reasonable.

After all, that was Wen Xishu, the new legend of the bunker, the dean of the Mysterious Tower Academy.

Seeing many people from the bunker again, Wen Xishu felt quite cordial.

You can say the bunker is rotten to the core. You can say there is no human rights in the bottom layer of the bunker...

But the bunker is really much better than the Ark. The bunker's rot has only been breeding for the past ten years or so.

After experiencing the Ark, Wen Xishu truly realized...

The bunker is so beautiful.

Of course, Wen Xishu sees the bunker as charming, but the bunker's living beings don't see Wen Xishu as such.

Because this is the Desire Tower rest area; in the Desire Tower's rest area, naturally, there are people who can climb the Desire Tower.

Except for a small number of clear-headed people—

Most people, because they were used to enjoying it at the beginning, once a part of the original profit was taken away, they would feel that the world was sorry for them, and would feel that people in this world were plotting against them.

The living beings of the Desire Tower were used to being high above, but now because of the Great Devouring not long ago, climbing the Mysterious Tower and the Slaughter Tower stepped on their heads.

Many people blamed everything on Wen Xishu, because it was Wen Xishu's appearance that caused the balance to be broken.

It's just that the balance in their eyes has actually always been high above.

Wen Xishu also felt some hostility, but these people dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, and he didn't say much.

At this time, Wen Xishu was really a bit tired.

After experiencing life and death and finally defeating a strong enemy, he found that what he tried hard to do was just to fight for a possibility.

A variable of the future.

If he didn't return to the past, this variable would be pinched out...

Fortunately, for Horn, and so as not to leave fear for a certain constellation in his heart, Wen Xishu still decided to break into the dragon's den and tiger's lair.

However, just as Wen Xishu was about to activate the login device and enter the Desire Tower, a woman appeared in the Tianyuan area where Wen Xishu was.

Wen Xishu remembered this girl, named Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue said:

"Dean Wen, I didn't expect to see you here. I just came for a little while; I heard from them that you were here, so I came to see."

Wen Xishu smiled:

"Anything up, classmate Jiang."

Jiang Xue said:

"Your Mysterious Tower Academy... is very popular these two days. Many people who don't believe in evil have challenged the Mysterious Tower Academy, and now they are not doing very well."

"But the more so, the more people go to challenge, just... I think Dean Wen might be interested."

Wen Xishu remembered that before he left the Mysterious Tower Academy and entered the Mysterious Tower, he had indeed told the "simulated Tang Rui" who was summoned to give some surprises to those who tried to challenge the Mysterious Tower Academy.

Wen Xishu just smiled faintly:

"It seems that during the time I was away, some students should have realized the difficulty of climbing the Mysterious Tower."

Jiang Xue nodded vigorously:

"There is another piece of news, which spread the second day after you climbed the tower. It is an inspiring piece of good news."

Jiang Xue didn't sell it and said directly:

"The old principal, entered the 97th floor, the 97th floor of the Slaughter Tower."

Wen Xishu was shocked:

"Just yesterday?"

Jiang Xue said:

"Yes, just yesterday. By the way, Dean Wen, how many floors are you heading to in the Desire Tower now?"

Wen Xishu just said lightly:

"Sixty-something floors, can't compare to the old principal."

The shock this sentence brought to Jiang Xue was no less than the shock the old principal breaking through the 97th floor brought to Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu really didn't expect that the principal had broken through.

But thinking about it carefully, it was actually very reasonable.

"The principal has been stuck on the 96th floor for a long time. People thought the principal couldn't go up."

"But perhaps, the principal just felt... there was no need to go up. Perhaps the principal could have broken through very early, just waiting for a better opportunity."

"Now it seems... the principal's certain ideas have had a big change."

Wen Xishu felt that new era's wind.

The 100th floor of the Mysterious Tower might really be broken through before long.

"Thank you for telling me this; it encouraged me a lot. By the way, how many floors are you heading to now?" Wen Xishu looked at Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue shook her head:

"Don't ask... I can't compare with you, but I will definitely try to move closer to you."

Wen Xishu nodded gently:

"Good, then come on."

While speaking, Wen Xishu activated the login device, and his figure disappeared.

Jiang Xue didn't know why she ran to tell Wen Xishu, this dean of the Mysterious Tower Academy, these things.

In fact, Wen Xishu would know these news immediately after returning to the bunker; it's not guaranteed that such a big figure, the old principal would tell him personally about the various things on the 97th floor of the Slaughter Tower.

After thinking for a long while, Jiang Xue also activated the login device:

"Although I don't look down on that set of the Desire Tower Academy... I seem to have become that kind of person."

Deep in her heart, Jiang Xue knew who she should please, who she should flatter, and also knew who would become an important figure in the future.

Jiang Xue mocked herself and shook her head, and similarly, entered the world of the Desire Tower.

The Scorpio small knife trembled.

Wen Xishu opened his eyes, and before he could feel the surrounding environment, without looking at the details of the Ark in the Desire Tower...

He was attracted by the intense trembling.

"What's going on?"

In the last game, the Scorpio Blade seemed to be suppressed the whole time, Wen Xishu even ignored the extra functions brought by this knife, but treated it as a weapon.

But at this moment, arriving at the Desire Tower, the Scorpio Blade became active again.

【Bonfire function forcibly activated. Five points of Tower Power consumed.】

??????

When this prompt appeared, Wen Xishu was full of question marks.

At this time, Wen Xishu was hiding in a utility room on the Ark, which seemed to be for displaying various cleaning tools.

Wen Xishu's identity at this time was also a cleaner in a certain area of the Ark.

Of course, he had no time to analyze the pros and cons of this identity and what information it brought.

He just wanted to figure out why the Scorpio Blade... would deduct five points of his Tower Power for no reason?

In the Mysterious Tower, in order to defeat the strong enemy, he had already consumed a lot of Tower Power. Calculating it, Wen Xishu now only had fifteen points of Tower Power left.

He fell into the fear of insufficient firepower again.

However, he soon understood what the bonfire meant.

The Scorpio Blade was on fire.

Wen Xishu was so scared that his hand trembled, and he threw the Scorpio Blade out directly.

But soon, the warm fire illuminated the black room, and Wen Xishu immediately felt his mind calm down.

It was just like... facing the bonfire of the Slaughter Tower.

And next, strange things happened.

Beside Wen Xishu, a child wearing a blue small suit appeared at some point.

"Brother, it's really cold here. Don't you think it's very cost-effective to consume a few points of Tower Power to get such a warm bonfire?"

Hell.

Scorpio!

Wen Xishu immediately had the urge to stand up and enter a state of alert.

But soon, he calmed down again.

"So I consumed a full five points of Tower Power... because I could summon you over?"

Scorpio nodded:

"It's very worth it, isn't it? This is your strongest summon. However, this knife will temporarily lose its ability for one round the next time you climb the tower. Everything has a price. I suggest brother, you be more normal next time you climb the tower. Choose an easy level."

"Occasionally, you have to enjoy it."

Wen Xishu didn't speak.

"The bonfire can't summon me for too long; after all, I am very special. Brother, your luck is not very good. How can you dare to climb such a level with your current ability?"

"Do you know that your attributes are seriously mismatched with the current level? Doing this kind of thing too much..."

"The Three Towers will remember you and give you hidden points."

If it were anyone else, they might not understand, but Wen Xishu could.

Hidden MMR.

It is a special algorithm that exists in the parlance of players, much like if a person had an exceptionally high win rate while climbing the ladder last season...

Then, in the next season, after everything resets, the system will also try its best to select more difficult opponents for this person.

People with high hidden MMR in various games always find it easy to encounter the most difficult and perverse levels.

"I'll be careful next time," Wen Xishu said.

It seems the Three Highs... really shouldn't be used often.

Scorpio nodded:

"Upon reaching the higher levels, what you actually need are multifaceted attributes. Brother, some of your attributes, such as your thinking on breaking the deadlock, are completely up to standard, but your base attributes are severely lacking."

"At a time like this, you want to provoke my brothers and sisters... isn't that just asking for death?"

Even so, Scorpio suddenly smiled, like a mischievous child:

"But, you have me. With me here, you will always have a way out."

Wen Xishu could tell that this fellow was aiming for Pisces.

"Can you help me resolve this trouble?"

Scorpio shook his head:

"That won't do. Time is such a thing. You have to handle this level yourself, Brother."

"However, there are two things that cannot be determined in Pisces' time prophecies."

"The first is us unlucky constellations."

"The second is people from the Sinful Earth."

Saying this, Scorpio looked at Wen Xishu:

"Brother, are you the second one?"

Wen Xishu only frowned:

"Crazy, what Sinful Earth."

Scorpio stared into Wen Xishu's eyes for a good while before saying helplessly:

"Fine, never mind. In any case, from now on, Brother, no matter what you do, you are an absolute variable outside the timeline."

"Brother, you know about the save-loading ability, right?"

Wen Xishu nodded.

He said:

"Actually, it's hard to say whether save-loading counts as a form of time reversal. Pisces has always been wary of this ability of mine because she feels it shares the same origin as hers."

"Hehe, but I only have this one trick, while she can play with time to create wonders. She can even use time to build a maze, imprisoning a person in the same day forever."

Wen Xishu asked:

"You tell me all this... what exactly are you trying to express?"

He said:

"I will grant you the ability to save, limited to this round, Brother. Although you aren't confronting Pisces head-on this time—"

"But you will destroy a key pawn of Pisces. Without this pawn, or rather, if this pawn is let go, Pisces will fall into a state of massive weakening."

"Pisces is my younger sister. She likes to use time to show what she will look like in the future. Although she looks more mature than me, she is actually younger than me."

"The reason I am helping you, Brother, is to ensure that you can thwart her plan."

Scorpio became entirely serious.

Wen Xishu said:

"If I have items from other constellations on me... could it be that I can summon other constellations too?"

Scorpio shook his head:

"Of course not, Brother. You are the person I chose after searching for a long time. There are two reasons for my appearance this time."

"The first reason, the most important reason, is that I don't want you to die."

"The second reason is that Pisces and I are mortal enemies. I can't be bothered to care about other constellations, and I don't have the guts to do it, but I am very happy to strike at Pisces."

Wen Xishu was speechless.

"If I succeed this time, does that mean I have officially started a war with Pisces?"

Scorpio nodded:

"That's right, the kind that ends only in death."

Wen Xishu fell silent again:

"So, these challenges in the Mysterious Tower will always end up offending you all, right?"

Scorpio shook his head:

"It depends on how you choose. Just like when you chose the Scorpio Blade, you gained my favor."

"Now, actually, Brother... you could also abandon me. The Tower of Desire only requires you to survive and make a certain target happy. Such exit conditions are easy for you."

That was true.

When he first met Jack and Jennifer, Wen Xishu had many ways to make them happy; it didn't have to be salvation.

It was the same for Tang Rui, and even for the An brothers.

Everything depends on how one chooses.

He had chosen that way back then, choosing the most difficult path that best aligned with his own nature, but that didn't mean it was the only correct one.

Along this journey, he had gained the recognition of some constellations, but if he hadn't done that back then... would he have gained the recognition of others?

Scorpio seemed to see what Wen Xishu was thinking:

"Open this door, Brother, and you will have to start helping Sirius break out of prison. You will enter a time turbulence, and you must find a way to find the correct timeline among the many time entrances to bring Sirius out."

"Believe me, that will be very troublesome. Some entrances will lead you to very terrifying time nodes. You will need my save-loading ability."

"But... you can also choose to give up. In that case, Brother, Pisces will be very grateful to you. However, that would break my heart. After all... I really hate people who disrupt time."

Scorpio looked at Wen Xishu:

"Make your choice."

Wen Xishu said:

"If I give up, will you kill me now?"

Scorpio smiled and shook his head:

"How could I? You are my brother; how could I do such a thing? But I might be angry for a long time."

"Furthermore, if you give up, Brother, it is understandable, because this challenge is very dangerous. Fortunately, Sirius will also guide you."

Wen Xishu said again:

"You are helping me—is your true intention also related to Sirius?"

He said:

"Brother, you've met Ding Dong, haven't you?"

Wen Xishu did not deny it, nor could he deny it.

Scorpio also suddenly stopped talking, just smiling as he looked at Wen Xishu.

This smile made Wen Xishu's skin crawl.

"The one who killed Ding Dong..."

Scorpio nodded:

"Yes, it was me. Unlike Pisces, we twelve must kill five others on the path to godhood."

"Brother, save Sirius. As for whether Sirius will die later... that is not something you should be concerned about, is it?"

Wen Xishu mulled it over.

Now he had to face time turbulence, the captain on the Ark, and many ability users; theoretically, it was impossible for him to clear the level.

But now he could load saves, and he could also get guidance from Sirius.

And... there was naturally a Huoen in the Tower of Desire as well.

Calculating it this way, he actually had many key factors to decide the outcome, and since Scorpio had appeared and placed his bets on him, the success rate should exist.

A slim chance of survival is fine; as long as it's not a hundred percent death, there is hope.

As for whether he could save Sirius...

Wen Xishu really didn't want to think deeply about it right now.

"Fine, I will save Sirius."

Scorpio clapped his hands with a smile:

"Awesome! As expected, Brother, you are still biased toward me. Then I wish you success—go and blast Pisces! Leave her with a deep impression!"

Wen Xishu pushed open the door to the utility room.

According to the game settings, this meant the game had officially begun.

(End of chapter)