Chapter 22: Bunker Future: Wen Xishu

To be prepared for a rainy day and to do what the leader wants in advance—this is Sha Ruijing’s way of survival.

Don’t look at him as just an interviewer now; as someone who rarely climbs the tower, relies purely on his ability to handle affairs within the tower, and comes from a poor background, Sha Ruijing’s career path is actually like using a cheat code.

He is too good at handling things.

As an interviewer for a subordinate department of the Bunker Security Bureau, responsible for screening and judging the tower-system affiliation for the Security Bureau, Sha Ruijing has a good relationship with every colleague.

But what is most impressive is that he is very good at seizing opportunities.

Not long ago, Sha Ruijing signed a non-disclosure agreement that made his heart race, and then... he began to interview the young man mentioned in the non-disclosure agreement.

At the same time, his leader’s leader, Officer Liu Jinsen of the Second Bureau, actually came forward to ask him to answer the other party’s questions as much as possible.

If it were anyone else, they might think, a death-row prisoner about to die in the Strange Tower, is it worth it...

But Sha Ruijing is not.

This interviewer, who made Wen Xishu look at him with admiration the first time they met, had his own little schemes in his heart long ago.

If Wen Xishu died, naturally it would be nothing.

But if Wen Xishu did not die, then does it mean that the bunker will face a series of collisions between big figures?

If he deploys certain things in advance, could he seize the initiative? Could he play a key role at a critical moment?

So Sha Ruijing began to think, this person whom Officer Liu specifically instructed him to take care of...

If he survived from the Strange Tower, then should his achievements be publicized?

After all, surviving does not necessarily mean the death sentence can be offset.

The Wen family’s atrocities were so terrifying; to offset the atrocities, I am afraid he would have to bring back abundant supplies.

This is difficult.

If there are no supplies... then how will Officer Liu protect Wen Xishu?

Of course, it is public opinion; those who explore the Strange Tower, no matter what, have made contributions to the bunker.

So the matter must be exaggerated, and the publicity must be in place.

Sha Ruijing once said that it is fine to do good deeds without leaving a name, but one must keep a diary, and the diary must be exposed.

He firmly believes that even good wine fears a deep alley, and firmly believes that even a good book fears not getting votes.

So Sha Ruijing also found some of his friends in the bunker.

These friends cannot be counted as regular troops like the Media Bureau; they rarely have works that can be brought to the table and widely circulated, and they rarely have the qualifications to report on big news.

But these bastards know how to make things up; the gossip they fabricate is more impressive than the last.

So after Wen Xishu left the bunker and entered the Three Towers, Sha Ruijing immediately began to worry before the leader worried, and solve problems for the leader.

He found these people who are good at making up stories.

A total of three versions were fabricated.

The versions are as follows:

If Wen Xishu returns alive and there are not many supplies, then focus on rendering Wen Xishu’s poverty, hardship, and self-sacrifice; although the supplies brought back are not much, the spirit is precious.

Even if the strength is meager, he is still reckless and fearless.

The second version: if the supplies Wen Xishu brings back are decent, then on the basis of the first version, add Wen Xishu’s talent, and publicize how genius this child is, having such achievements on his first exploration of the Strange Tower.

The third version, the most flamboyant version.

Sha Ruijing felt that he would not need the third version, but he still made a plan.

That is, Wen Xishu brought back sufficiently abundant supplies.

The fact is, Wen Xishu really did it, and it far exceeded everyone’s expectations of him, even including Sha Ruijing’s third version, which was not as exaggerated as reality.

The publicity for this version was aimed at creating a god.

Saint of the bunker, future of the bunker, pillar of the bunker.

Relying on his own strength, he turned the tide and saved everyone.

Sha Ruijing himself felt that this was fucking ridiculous, but he still made the plan for this version.

As a result, this plan was used.

At the first moment, those gossip spreaders underneath contacted Sha Ruijing; a hospital appeared in the lower levels, and massive amounts of supplies appeared, and the hospital was even a Level 6 hospital.

Sha Ruijing’s brain was as dumbfounded as Liu Jinsen’s was at the time.

But his reaction was faster than Liu Jinsen’s, and his reaction was even faster than the high-level conference room; after all, he did not need to have a meeting with a group of people with complex positions.

So while the bunker meeting was still discussing, Sha Ruijing’s third version of the publicity had already begun.

Otherwise, how could the crowd rushing into the hospital be shouting there:

"This was brought by a person codenamed Wen Xishu! My god! This is a Level 6 hospital!"

"We are saved! We are saved!"

"Wen Xishu, Wen Xishu! He brought a Level 6 hospital! Quick! Go call the people from the Health Bureau!"

Next, these people in the bunker were driven out.

But Sha Ruijing’s publicity had only just begun.

Although the appearance of a Level 6 building exceeded expectations, these people Sha Ruijing found to spread gossip were all very professional.

Adapting to circumstances and changing drafts at zero frames were no problem at all.

When the official propaganda vehicles arrived late, and when Liu Jinsen began to head to the Three Towers Academy...

When the upper levels were still discussing whether to retain a portion of the medicine and whether to station guards around the Level 6 hospital to turn it into a noble hospital...

Sha Ruijing’s team had already begun to fabricate stories.

In order to be as flamboyant as possible, the lead writer responsible for marketing Wen Xishu this time was said to be of the Asian Wa Island lineage.

Although it is a hateful race, they are very good at being "chuunibyou."

In this era where the high levels are indifferent and the blockade levels disregard the life and death of the people at the bottom, in this era when the Great Devouring is about to come and Albert Napolitano is already old...

He, Wen Xishu, was born into the world.

Every time a great catastrophe is about to arrive, a genius will descend. Every change of an era requires a genius to descend.

The person who pushes the era, Wen Xishu, the fierce tiger of the Strange Tower, the dragon that destroys the Strange Tower, the twin appearance of dragon and tiger, the Asura that all ghosts in the Strange Tower fear, has walked out of hell.

Wen Xishu was rumored to be godlike.

Of course, he did not forget to publicize Wen Xishu’s character. Things like realizing the value of life and for the sake of all living beings in the bunker—Sha Ruijing wrote plenty of that.

The credibility of this news is actually not high; the people at the bottom are not stupid.

But combined with the Level 6 facility and the massive supplies, all these things belonging to Wen Xishu, that is different.

For a time, on the second level of the bunker, everyone was discussing Wen Xishu.

Some said they had seen him when he was a child; he was a young man whose eyes would glow.

Others said he was the reincarnation of Albert Napolitano or something.

Still others said they had seen Xun Hui sparring with Wen Xishu in the Slaughter Tower, and Wen Xishu won by half a move.

All this fermentation took only a few hours.

Of course, there was one thing Sha Ruijing did not do.

That was to whitewash the Wen family.

He knew very well that protecting Wen Xishu did not mean overturning the case for the Wen family.

Boasting about Wen Xishu, if questioned, Officer Liu would protect him, and it could even increase Officer Liu’s favorability toward him.

But whitewashing the Wen family—that would be courting death without knowing how.

In short, under Sha Ruijing’s operation, when the high levels finally decided to seize Wen Xishu’s credit and began to save people...

The image of Saint Wen had already been established.

The public’s memory can be manipulated, but at least, at the moment when that hot topic was most scorching...

No one could cover up that wave.

"We want to see Wen Xishu, we want to thank Wen Xishu!"

Such calls rose one after another.

Doctors distributing medicine would be asked by patients: Can I thank Wen Xishu in person?

It would soon be fed back to the high levels, which also had a certain helpful effect on the end of the interrogation of Wen Xishu.

Listening to the wave of calls from the crowd below, Sha Ruijing, hiding in the shadows, suddenly wanted to hum a few lines~ Who says that standing outside the Three Towers doesn't count as a hero?

Wen Xishu, who was being interrogated far away on the fourth level, did not yet know that he was becoming famous.

If he had known, he would surely have been grateful for Sha Ruijing’s help, but... such help alone was not enough.

The person who could decide his fate had not yet appeared.

(End of chapter)