Chapter 257: The Bunker Assassination of Wen Xishu

The Bunker, Eighth Floor.

The quality of the hot towel and tea was already identical to what Jia Baer provided, and Wen Xishu was thoroughly enjoying this moment.

The pleasure of returning home was fully displayed in this instant.

It felt as if, in the next second, he could once again say: "I should go climb the tower."

Of course, the Academy Spirit did not let Wen Xishu do that:

"Great Dean, congratulations on your successful return from another battle in the Mysterious Tower. The Principal hopes to meet with you tomorrow."

"I will now brief you on the events of the past two days."

Wen Xishu liked the Academy Spirit's professional butler-like demeanor; clearly, there had been quite a bit of communication between the Academy Spirit and Jia Baer.

"Go ahead."

The Academy Spirit nodded:

"First, a relatively minor matter: Mr. William Huokena. He is highly efficient; that beach has already been requisitioned and will be used for commercial purposes."

"About one-third of the beach will become cleaner, quieter, more beautiful, and more convenient. At the same time, it will enjoy supporting facility services."

"Of course, the fees are very high."

"Since everyone is unwilling to pay, the fee-based area looks increasingly quiet, while the original free area, having been reduced by one-third, is more crowded... and looks even more—chaotic."

"This has caused a certain amount of dissatisfaction. But Mr. Huokena stated that everything is under his arrangement because—the services in the fee-based area will be improved, and corresponding hotel facilities will appear soon."

"The fee-based facilities are open to the nobility, but the prices are exorbitant. Correspondingly, the fee-based areas and facilities are free for students of the Mysterious Tower Academy."

"Mr. Huokena said that next, he will also conduct large-scale publicity regarding the uniqueness of the Mysterious Tower Academy."

Wen Xishu nodded. Huokena had handled this matter quite well. Even though he had already obtained full usage rights to the beach from him, he still reserved two-thirds for the majority of people.

Of course, this was also where his shrewdness lay.

In his past life, Wen Xishu had been to hotel beaches in Sanya. When you look out from a hotel beach at the free beach—seeing the cleanliness, order, convenience, and quiet of the hotel beach, and the crushing crowds of the free beach...

You truly get a feeling of enjoying the world.

"He should have a sense of proportion. Regarding his affairs, unless they are too outrageous, there is no need to report them to me. By the way, I need to know one thing. Later, help me inquire about my friend, Zheng Zai."

The Academy Spirit said respectfully:

"Please provide more specific instructions."

Wen Xishu said:

"I need to know Old Zheng's rewards, all of them."

"As you wish. I will contact Mr. Zheng immediately after the briefing is finished." The Academy Spirit very seriously noted down Wen Xishu's words.

It then continued its report:

"Another matter: Principal Albert hopes to meet with you tomorrow, as I mentioned earlier. The Principal has already headed to the Slaughter Tower to challenge the ninety-eighth floor. This will take time, but the Principal seems very happy."

"Because his old friend, Mr. Jin, has also headed to the Slaughter Tower together with him."

Wen Xishu immediately realized the crux of the problem:

"He really set off?"

"Of course, he really set off. He is still a gap away from the Principal on the ninety-second floor of the Slaughter Tower, but the Principal is very happy."

An expression of disbelief appeared on Wen Xishu's face.

Is the Principal really happy?

The old man might be crazy, but he isn't stupid... I'm afraid the question he'll ask me tomorrow will be about the risks of Mr. Jin heading to the Slaughter Tower.

Mr. Jin actually climbed the tower?

It's strange to say, but he felt Mr. Jin's words were very moving, yet deep down, he couldn't help but doubt: would Mr. Jin really do that?

He didn't know if his own heart was dark, but he always felt Mr. Jin had a conspiracy.

But at any rate, Mr. Jin was the partner the old Principal had been thinking about for decades, and he was also the Bunker's first hero.

For such a figure, if he truly had a moment of enlightenment and decided to sacrifice himself to pave the way for those who followed, it would be understandable.

But everything was just too smooth. The old Principal waited for decades, and Mr. Jin suddenly figured it out. Could it be that he was witnessing history?

He shook his head:

"I understand. This is indeed a major event."

The Academy Spirit said:

"Among the five Elders, Elder Liu Zhizai has also begun climbing the tower."

Wen Xishu was slightly surprised; there was actually news about the five Elders as well.

Liu Zhizai was the backer behind the scenes for the Gongben family.

It could be said that "Gongben Offering the Sword" was Liu Zhizai's arrangement. Wen Xishu didn't dislike any of the Elders. But objectively speaking, among the several Elders, Liu Zhizai was the most arrogant.

When the old Principal was not interfering in politics, the Gongben family under Liu Zhizai, as well as the departments of the Bunker's Political Bureau involved, were extremely corrupt.

But now, everything seemed to be getting better.

When Mr. Jin began climbing the tower and no longer avoided his fate, the Elders who had been addicted to power in those years also lowered their posture and returned to being "Mr. Jin's subordinates."

The five Elders also started climbing the tower; this was a good thing.

Everything in the Bunker was getting better.

Wen Xishu was very gratified:

"It's only been three months, and the foul-smelling Bunker has turned into this... I suppose I deserve some credit, right?"

The Academy Spirit smiled:

"Of course. You are the most critical hub."

"There are no other matters. One thing worth mentioning is that recently, Mr. Wen Renjing and Mr. Xun Hui have both been working hard to climb the tower. Their frequency of climbing is very fast, almost catching up to you from a month ago."

Wen Xishu understood.

Both of them were preparing to challenge the seventieth floor.

Once Mr. Jin resolved the trouble with Sagittarius, then...

After several decades, the Bunker's Tower of Desire and Slaughter Tower would once again give birth to people at levels above seventy.

"It really is flourishing..."

Not just internally, even the tower climbing was getting better.

Everything in the Bunker was getting better.

But the more this was the case, the more Wen Xishu felt a sense of unease.

He had been lacking a sense of security for too long.

In fact, few people knew that the reason he was unwilling to stay in the Bunker was because this place lacked a sense of belonging, and...

In the same dangerous environment, he would rather switch to an environment where he could get rich rewards.

This was Wen Xishu's true inner thought.

Of course, with each tower climb, and the efforts of Albert, Liu Jinsen, Wen Xiange, Amiao, and others, he began to gradually feel that the Bunker was like a home.

Returning to the Bunker and enjoying the moment of a hot towel on his face, there would indeed be a brief moment of happiness.

But people are sometimes just that self-deprecating.

Wen Xishu always remembered that people are always most happy when they are close to happiness.

He had saved many people, such as Xiaotong and Xiaoxing in Hujiang, but when it was his turn to be happy, he would develop a sense of crisis.

He was very afraid that if he suddenly sighed, "Life now seems pretty good," he would become complacent, and then misfortune would descend.

After the Academy Spirit left, no one came to disturb Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu sat in the office of the Mysterious Tower Academy department. Before long, he felt a bit sleepy, so he wanted to rest for a while.

He was not made of iron, after all. Participating in the Strange Competition in the Mysterious Tower, two days of high-intensity competition, he was inevitably a bit tired.

Wen Xishu prepared to sleep.

On weekdays, few students would break into the Mysterious Tower Academy without permission.

But the Mysterious Tower Academy had always been hanging upside down above people's heads.

Many students would stop in the academy area when passing by the library area to observe the Mysterious Tower Academy hanging upside down in the sky.

Today was the same.

Although the Mysterious Tower Academy had appeared for a while, the shape of the Mysterious Tower Academy was changing, always able to attract some people's attention.

Among them, a tall student was looking at the Mysterious Tower Academy with binoculars.

His expression was very solemn, and some people recognized him; this was Na Gu from the third year of the Slaughter Tower Academy. Na Gu's grades were quite good, one could even say excellent. His current maximum level was being able to touch the thirty-first floor of the Slaughter Tower, counting as the elite among elites.

Various major families and organizations, and even the Bunker Security Bureau, had extended olive branches to him.

Nearing graduation, the teachers of the Slaughter Tower Academy actually didn't have much left to teach Na Gu. At this time, Na Gu appeared, but no one paid too much attention; third-year seniors were always idle sometimes.

The structure of those binoculars was also very exquisite, looking like a complex mechanical device.

Of course, none of this attracted much attention.

These days, there were many students interested in the Mysterious Tower Academy but afraid to step into it. There were actually quite a few people like this student who used telescopic equipment to spy on the Mysterious Tower Academy.

It was just that what happened next caused a sensation.

Just when the students were watching near the library, looking up at the Mysterious Tower Academy, thinking everything was the same as usual—

A gunshot rang out.

Bang!

A bullet, at an extremely fast speed, shot out from the binoculars in Na Gu's hand.

This bullet instantly entered the range of the Mysterious Tower Academy, and under the field switch, it changed from bottom-to-top to top-to-bottom. But the bullet was still fulfilling its mission, shooting toward the office of the Dean of the Mysterious Tower Academy.

This bullet seemed to have been imbued with some kind of power. Logically speaking, there was no such angle that would allow the Dean's office to be shot at.

But as it happened, after that bullet reached the area of the Mysterious Tower Academy, it made a small-scale turn.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Those binoculars were actually as outrageous as a sniper rifle capable of rapid fire.

When the first bullet hit the target, Na Gu, like a calm assassin, fired three more shots in succession.

"What is this doing?"

"Hell! Is this person shooting at the Mysterious Tower Academy?"

The crowd began to panic, but Na Gu was not panicked. After completing the four shots, he cleanly prepared to leave the academy.

At this moment, first-year freshmen Nisen and Wang Yueyun suddenly blocked Na Gu's path.

"Stop! Who allowed you to do this!" Wang Yueyun, like an angry lion, suddenly blocked Na Gu's path.

Na Gu snorted coldly and fired a shot as he raised his hand.

Wang Yueyun's explosive power and reaction speed were astonishing; he actually shifted to a safe position the moment before the other party raised their hand to fire.

Nisen also seized the opportunity to crash into Na Gu.

Others had not yet reacted, shocked by the sudden sound of gunfire.

It wasn't until a good while later that someone realized an outrageous possibility—could it be that this person was attempting an assassination?

Mysterious Tower Academy.

The sound of the gunshot did not reach Wen Xishu's ears, and Wen Xishu did not expect that he was just a bit tired and wanted to sleep, but suddenly became someone's assassination target.

When Na Gu's first bullet shot out, Wen Xishu actually had no extra information.

But as it happened, his danger perception made him realize something was wrong. Under the change of the field, the bullet passed through the window.

It was also the influence of this power that made Wen Xishu immediately alert.

In the next second, Wen Xishu activated Perfect Counter. That bullet was instantly deflected.

But then, Na Gu fired three more shots.

Three bullets, all shooting toward Wen Xishu's brow.

At this instant, a concept emerged in Wen Xishu's mind—this was no boring prank; this was an assassination.

This person was aiming for his life.

The bullet was within the effective range of the firearm, enough to pierce his skull.

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu immediately entered a death-match state.

His body also began to mutate in the next second.

Countless things like mummy bandages surged out from Wen Xishu's body, but they were all black.

These things were not like tentacles; they were more like some kind of parasite.

Wen Xishu himself did not expect that the effect of "Mutated Slaughter" combined with the runes would be so twisted. His body turned into a mass of scattered bandage-like things.

The whole person became indescribable and unspeakable, but then Wen Xishu discovered that his will could easily control these bandages.

It was as if there were some special organs on the bandages that could sense the outside world.

Wen Xishu only felt that there were countless televisions around him, and each television was broadcasting a part of the surrounding scenery.

As the bandages spread like a group of snakes, attacking toward the direction of the Three Towers Academy library...

Wen Xishu discovered that he could see every place in the entire Three Towers Academy.

So this was the characteristic of an "unspeakable" creature.

Perception had almost no blind spots.

Of course, this scene scared the students.

Even the assassin "Na Gu," who was entangled with Nisen and Wang Yueyun, was stunned.

"Wow! Does the Mysterious Tower Academy still have a defense mechanism?"

Four bullets did not take Wen Xishu away, but instead made Wen Xishu enter a death-match state, and Wen Xishu in the death-match state turned into a bandage monster that was countless entangled and trying to scatter.

These bandages pierced out from the office, and before long, they were like tentacles covering the sky and the sun.

Presented in the eyes of countless students, it was as if the Mysterious Tower Academy had grown countless arms.

Wen Xishu in the unspeakable state instantly controlled dozens of bandage-like limbs... no, to be precise, it was a body.

He controlled the body, falling from the sky of the Mysterious Tower Academy, and then surrounded Na Gu tightly.

Wang Yueyun and Nisen both retreated violently, afraid of being entangled by these bandages.

But clearly, the bandages also bypassed them with extreme precision.

The powerhouse on the Slaughter Tower Ladder Ranking was so easily subdued by Wen Xishu.

Subdued easily with an indescribable body and indescribable means.

Wen Xishu was also very curious. The old Principal was not there, and Xun Hui and Wen Renjing were not there, but even so, there was actually someone in this Bunker who dared to assassinate him?

Wen Xishu felt something was wrong.

Na Gu was forcibly dragged away by the bandages, like a spider from the sky dragging its prey away with spider silk.

The whole process was strange and swift.

So much so that a student said:

"Is... that Dean Wen's means, or the Mysterious Tower Academy's means?"

The surrounding students also reacted from their shock; someone had just fired a shot at the Mysterious Tower Academy! Even more absurdly, the Mysterious Tower Academy extended countless black bandages, wrapping the assailant up directly.

What on earth was going on?

If the black bandages just now were Dean Wen's means, then Dean Wen... was he still human? This kind of strange power made the group of people marvel.

Wen Xishu didn't care what the students below thought.

After all, he didn't know what he would turn into himself.

Sequence power could be used in the department area. Undoubtedly, Wen Xishu used "Mutated Slaughter." Combined with the runes, he couldn't predict how twisted and abstract it would be.

But what was certain was that the opponent was scared to death.

Na Gu's face was full of disbelief:

"You... are you human or ghost?"

Other students were still guessing whether this was Dean Wen's means or the Mysterious Tower Academy's own defense mechanism.

But Na Gu was indeed seeing it with his own eyes at this moment, a mass of scattered bandages constantly swaying.

This scene was incomparably strange, and thinking that he was instantly captured by the opponent's strange body, he was even more afraid.

Then, the bandage sneered:

"Speak, who instructed you?"

The talking black bandage mass made Na Gu feel a chill in his heart.

But in the next second, just when Wen Xishu thought he could get some information, Na Gu's body suddenly underwent a strange change.

This time, it was Wen Xishu's turn to be surprised.

"Why is it you?"

The tall Na Gu's body began to mutate, becoming thin, and that face also changed from a face full of flesh to a look Wen Xishu was familiar with, the look of an old man.

Wen Xishu recognized this face.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 258 =====