Chapter 259: Journey of Miracles

Albert was the kind of person who could bear even the greatest grief.

Right now, Old Jin's death made him blame himself, but he could only accept it, and it served as a notification.

Wen Xishu said:

"There are some clues, maybe... maybe it has something to do with Little Jin, but Little Jin doesn't know where he went now."

Albert was still a bit surprised to hear about Little Jin.

Old Jin's death made him feel that he needed to be better to the five Elders, these old subordinates of Old Jin.

Without Old Jin, the true number one person in the Bunker could only be him.

He had to guide these old guys who had passed the ninetieth floor on the ladder ranking to exert the value they should have.

Of course, he also had to give them some hope, just like Old Jin.

Not just the old subordinates, Little Jin naturally had to be taken care of.

But now, if the murderer was Little Jin, he had to endure the pain and control Little Jin.

"Are you sure?" Albert said.

Wen Xishu shook his head:

"Not sure, just saying Little Jin fits, but it's also possible that the truth is far from what I speculated."

"I know a certain ability of Little Jin, which can change into others. This was also mentioned to me by Mr. Jin."

"His transformation can even... imitate constellations."

"But after arriving at the Bunker, it was naturally weakened. However, it can also imitate people at the Elder level."

"When Mr. Jin was around, Little Jin seemed stable. And he gave us the feeling of being very kind."

"But once Mr. Jin left, he might have lost control."

"But I have no evidence, still the same, maybe there is someone else."

Albert nodded:

"How are your injuries?"

Wen Xishu touched the location of his wound:

"There is no major problem anymore."

Albert looked at Luo Feng:

"Old Luo, can you use the Piercing Hand again?"

Luo Feng was puzzled. He was Old Jin's earliest old subordinate, and at this moment, he was the most uncomfortable, still immersed in grief.

However, since Albert said so, he did it anyway.

Luo Feng used the Piercing Hand against the air. The speed was extremely fast. Although it didn't hit a physical object, the power was indeed not bad.

Albert said:

"How much power?"

Luo Feng said:

"Three points."

Albert looked at Wen Xishu:

"What do you think?"

Wen Xishu understood Albert's meaning:

"Not enough."

Luo Feng didn't say much and used the Piercing Hand again. This time, Wen Xishu couldn't see it.

He only felt that Luo Feng seemed to have attacked, and seemed not to have attacked.

Albert said:

"This time it must be nine points of power."

Luo Feng nodded, not surprised by Albert's observation ability.

Wen Xishu said:

"Slightly stronger than the Piercing Hand that assassinated me. Calculating this way, he can probably imitate seventy percent of the level."

Albert said:

"That is a huge threat."

Wen Xishu agreed, everyone agreed.

Being able to reach seventy percent of an Elder's combat power in an environment like the Bunker... it could almost be said to be a chaotic slaughter.

Albert said:

"Do what you should do. Don't delay your progress because of things in the Bunker."

"After your injuries heal, if you want to explore the Mysterious Tower, go explore."

"I have to reorganize the Bunker during this time. Don't worry, as long as I am in the Bunker, no one can hurt you."

"As for the murderer who assassinated you, within three days, I will give you an answer."

"As long as he is still in the Bunker, I will definitely be able to find him."

Wen Xishu nodded. With these words from the old Principal, he felt much more at ease.

It was also at this time that Luo Feng among the five Elders suddenly spoke:

"Albert, how is... Zhizai?"

One of the five Elders, Liu Zhizai, the backer of the Gongben family. Also one of the first people to follow Mr. Jin.

Not long ago, Liu Zhizai climbed the tower with Mr. Jin.

Albert said:

"There is no aura left. Accept it. We have been losing people all these years, haven't we?"

Luo Feng's expression was dejected, and his whole person appeared even more aged.

Even Evelyn, while sighing, revealed slight wrinkles.

"Can we... defeat those constellations?"

Perhaps thinking of something, the dejected Luo Feng suddenly had light in his eyes.

Albert liked this look; this was the look of revenge.

Wen Xishu discovered at this moment that this Elder Luo might have been lost at the peak of power, but deep down, he was still a person who valued relationships.

"Sagittarius? Then you have to work hard. If you want to kill him before I do, Old Luo, you have to practice with your life."

Albert patted Luo Feng on the shoulder.

Over the years, the grievances between Albert and several Elders seemed to have become unimportant with Old Jin's death.

Facing these words from Albert, Luo Feng just said one word faintly:

"Okay."

The conversation between several people ended quickly. Next, for Evelyn and the others, there were many things to deal with.

The pioneer of the Bunker, this low-key Mr. Jin, actually many Bunker people didn't know.

Only some elderly people knew some legends about Mr. Jin.

But soon, Mr. Jin's deeds began to appear in people's discussions.

Because these things were no longer secrets.

Also because Evelyn insisted on holding a funeral for Mr. Jin. Albert thought about it and approved it. After all, this old friend could be considered a figure worth recording in history. Perhaps the old friend himself didn't love being so "high-profile," but since he was dead, being high-profile once didn't matter.

For many days in the future, many people in the Bunker wore a white paper flower on their chests.

Many of them didn't know Mr. Jin, but seeing some leaders of the Bunker Security Bureau wearing them, and people from the six major families wearing them, they followed suit.

So soon, more and more people were wearing flowers representing mourning.

A faint atmosphere of sadness also permeated the Bunker.

There were currently no natural deaths in the Bunker, because Wen Xishu had extended the natural lifespan of everyone.

This meant that those who died either encountered some accidents in the Bunker or died climbing the tower.

Clearly, the latter possibility was much greater.

Not long ago, the matter of Dean Wen being assassinated was gradually forgotten by the masses.

As for Wen Xishu, the day after the garden conversation, after seeing Zheng Zai, he began the next round of tower climbing.

It is worth mentioning that Wen Xishu discovered that Zheng Zai had obtained two orange items.

Competition Horn (Silver), Chaos Scale (Mad).

Simply put, the difference from Wen Xishu was—the Competition Horn, Wen Xishu's was gold, while Zheng Zai's was silver.

The effect was the same, creating a competition, but the silver horn had no rules favorable to the holder.

Chaos Scale (Mad) was the same; Zheng Zai could put an item on the scale to create a "third-party force" of the corresponding level.

But unlike Wen Xishu, there was no protection time.

Wen Xishu's Chaos Scale, for the first two hours, would not be attacked by the third-party force of the Chaos Scale, but Zheng Zai's was not.

But even so, Zheng Zai's items were also orange.

Wen Xishu felt very strange.

Zheng Zai's items were different from his own.

Logically speaking, Old Zheng's rewards should have a share for him too.

But he soon knew the reason.

He actually obtained the Competition Horn (Silver) and Chaos Scale (Mad) at the beginning too.

He and Old Zheng both obtained them, plus his Mad Dice, which allowed him to obtain the items Old Zheng obtained—so, Wen Xishu obtained two Competition Horns (Silver) and two Chaos Scales (Mad).

The two merged into one, becoming the Competition Horn and Chaos Scale.

Of course, regardless, Old Zheng not only obtained the sequence Mutated Slaughter but could also obtain two orange items, which were all good things.

Wen Xishu just wanted to ask this.

After understanding all this, the next thing he had to do was find Little Jin.

Only by finding Little Jin could he confirm some of his speculations.

This was a very strange feeling.

Wen Xishu felt it was very immoral.

Very immoral. Very... measuring a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart. So much so that when this feeling appeared, he examined himself—

Have I become this dark?

This feeling was that he felt Mr. Jin might not be dead.

Perhaps finding Little Jin would answer all the questions.

But this matter was not what he was good at, and several Elders and Albert were doing this.

Plus the Mysterious Tower Academy had not officially started classes...

So Wen Xishu decided not to waste time—and activated the login device.

Perhaps after exploring the Mysterious Tower, the old Principal and the others would find Little Jin, and everything would have an answer.

Wen Xishu began his fifteenth tower climb, and also his fourteenth Mysterious Tower journey.

Every time he explored relatively deeply, clearly he had only climbed a dozen times, yet he was already far ahead of others.

As of now, Wen Xishu still had two special invitations.

One from Gemini, one from Scorpio.

However, in the short term, he was not considering using the invitations to complete such tasks.

"Continue climbing the tower, strengthen yourself, don't be reckless."

Adhering to this point, Wen Xishu began his fourteenth Mysterious Tower journey.

【Welcome to the Three Towers Game.】

【Special item "Mad Dice" detected, do you want to roll?】

Wen Xishu rolled the Mad Dice again.

This time, the result of the Mad Dice was a number that logically should have appeared long ago, because the Mad Dice actually easily produced some special arrangements. And this arrangement was definitely relatively special.

But looking back... it was a point that had never been rolled before.

Points, one, two, three.

Although the colors of the three dice were different, Wen Xishu now also discovered that the color of the dice didn't seem to affect the result.

For example, the white die, the black die, and the red die, no matter how one, two, and three were distributed on the three dice. The final result was actually the same.

One, two, three. Wen Xishu only then discovered that he was actually rolling this combination for the first time.

The options given by the Mad Dice were as follows.

Wen Xishu could only choose one.

A gambling-type option that gets high rewards but ruins abilities—Minimalism.

An item upgrade option that allows newly obtained items to get quality upgrades—Quality Upgrade.

And a combat ability upgrade option where all consumption is halved and combat becomes silky smooth—Smooth.

And a new option, an option exclusive to one, two, three.

Fourth option—Floor.

The effect of Floor is as follows: triggered when the points are the smallest consecutive numbers one, two, three. Effect: When you are at level forty or below level forty, any damage you cause will cause at least 0.5% of the target's maximum health in damage. When you are at level forty-one to level fifty, any damage you cause will cause at least 0.3% of the target's maximum health in damage. When you are at level fifty-one to level sixty, any damage you cause will cause at least 0.1% of the target's maximum health in damage. Note—the above damage caused, the opponent cannot recover health for a short time.

Wen Xishu remembered.

He had rolled a point before, when climbing the Slaughter Tower, he had rolled four, five, six.

The option for four, five, six was "Capping."

Triggered when the points are the largest consecutive numbers four, five, six, the effect is not being killed instantly when taking damage.

And one, two, three were very well-matched, named "Floor," the effect is at least not being unable to break the opponent's defense.

In other words, assuming the opponent's defense is max, health is 1000, health recovery speed is 1000...

Then below level forty, at least he could ignore defense, deal 5 points of damage, and make the opponent's health recovery speed invalid.

"Interesting option. If this Mysterious Tower exploration journey can encounter some monsters that cannot be broken through mechanisms, couldn't I disrupt the mechanism and violently slash them?"

In games, many NPCs cannot be hit, but with this Floor, he could become a game destroyer.

Although Quality Upgrade was very tempting, as the saying goes, choose new, not old.

Wen Xishu decisively chose the fourth option—Floor.

Mysterious Tower Rest Area.

In the lively rest area, many people were exchanging experiences of exploring the Mysterious Tower.

On the outskirts of the area, many people were exploring the Mysterious Tower for the second time, facing this kind of unreasonable Mysterious Tower where they didn't know what to do at all...

People had the intention to apply for the Mysterious Tower Academy.

Wen Xishu had to say, William Huokena was a very promising pragmatist.

In just a few days, William Huokena had spread his Mysterious Tower Academy welfare policy throughout the Bunker.

Wen Xishu did not immediately head to the Mysterious Tower, but stopped in the Tianyuan area to listen for a while.

"You plan to apply for the Mysterious Tower Academy? That's right... not just climbing the tower, the quality of life has also changed."

"Yes, the treatment for climbing the Mysterious Tower now is really good."

"But don't forget, climbing the Mysterious Tower is very dangerous. It's not like if you learn it, you can pass steadily."

"Nonsense, what isn't dangerous? The Slaughter Tower was also dangerous before. We people are not afraid of risking our lives, we are just afraid that risking our lives won't get a good price."

"Now the food and drink are good, and the treatment for climbing the Mysterious Tower is so generous that it's like a noble's. I am willing to risk my life."

It must be said that the wishes and needs of the common people are simple—treatment.

This is like his past life.

Overtime? Of course, you give enough wages, the company is my home, it's not your boss's turn to educate me, I can do it myself.

People resist overtime, it's nothing more than the severe mismatch between income and payment.

Climbing the Mysterious Tower is very dangerous, but now, people who climb the Mysterious Tower have received rewards that allow them to face the danger.

Without Huokena, Wen Xishu really couldn't have done this in a short time.

After listening to others' discussions for a while, Wen Xishu also began to check his tasks.

This time, the game effect given by the Scorpio Knife was a portal.

Simply put, the Scorpio Knife would place some portals in the entire task map, and players could transmit to other portals through the portals.

It didn't seem to have much effect, because the portals needed to be activated first.

But Wen Xishu's task this time was called "Journey of Miracles."

【Task description: Welcome to level 40 of the Mysterious Tower. Although the level here is low, based on people's taboos about certain numbers, a special area has been created here.

Death is the greatest parting, the most absolute parting, and the obsession to long for reunion is always the obsession among obsessions.

Can the rules of life and death really not be shaken? You will have one chance to go to the depths of the underworld, in a place where countless undead gather, please make every key choice, and then return to the human world.

Please observe carefully, distinguish carefully, and make the correct one in every key choice, otherwise... the underworld is not the starting point, but the end point.】

This task was ghostly.

Wen Xishu looked at the task information and frowned:

"If I didn't misunderstand... this task is to go to hell, from a pile of dead people, take a dead person, and walk to the world of the living?"

This task gave him a feeling that was shocking enough.

But the problem was, is it really possible?

If life and death can be reversed, can't the constellations do it?

This task had many doubts, but Wen Xishu still felt it was quite interesting.

"Assuming it is really the kingdom of the dead, maybe I can see if there are any acquaintances?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 260 =====