Chapter 29: Wen Xishu's Hardcore Studies

"Before the midterm exam of the first semester, you have to change your name," Albert said.

Wen Xishu understood the intention behind this in an instant.

"In the academy... some noble children know about the Wen family's affairs?"

Albert nodded:

"There are many large families in the bunker. The Wen family's affair is a secret, but among those large families, there are a few that know."

"I won't tell you which families they are; that would be too boring. Your sequence is so fun, you should figure it out yourself."

Wen Xishu almost had black lines on his forehead. This old principal had some mischievous attributes.

Albert continued:

"If you don't want to die at their hands, you'd better live under a different name for half a semester."

Wen Xishu asked the question he most wanted to ask:

"Wen Zhaohua... what crime did he commit, and what crime did the entire Wen family commit?"

The old principal laughed loudly again:

"Hahahahaha, your mind is sharp, but you don't remember many things? Oh, that's right, you were a fool before; you couldn't participate in those Wen family affairs at all, so naturally, you wouldn't know."

Wen Xishu's blood pressure rose slightly, but thinking about it carefully, the other party seemed to be describing objectively and not insulting him.

Wen Xishu could indeed be considered a fool before, so he said helplessly:

"It seems you should know."

"Looking at the Security Bureau's attitude toward me, presumably... they don't just want to dig out some secrets; the Wen family must have really done something that angered both gods and men?"

Albert shrugged:

"I do know. There are many things in this bunker I don't know, but I should know more things than most."

"However—none of my business, none of your business. Little kid, study hard and improve every day."

Albert said very arrogantly:

"I've decided to rely on exploring the Three Towers to solve all the mysteries. I won't ask you about Wen Zhaohua's secrets."

"Similarly, if you want to know everything, use the same method."

"If you learn through oral accounts, then the context of what you know will all be the context of others' inherent cognition."

"Perhaps this will cause you to carry some kind of prejudice from the start."

"Just like how you've already concluded that the Wen family really did something that angered both gods and men, but in fact, you don't know the process of the events at all, do you? What if it's not?"

"Of course, this sentence of mine doesn't point to anything; I'm just listing possibilities."

Wen Xishu hummed; he knew this was the old principal pointing him in the right direction.

Telling him not to let others' cognition lead him to preconceived notions. This indeed made sense.

No matter how much of a beast the Wen family was, or how heinous Wen Zhaohua was, at the very least, his first exploration of the Mysterious Tower, which achieved such results, had a direct relationship with the things Wen Zhaohua left behind.

Therefore, he didn't need to hate Wen Zhaohua.

What kind of person Wen Zhaohua was, it was best not to listen to others, but to uncover the truth himself.

Wen Xishu said:

"I understand. I'm also willing to change my name. But why only change it until the midterm of the first semester?"

Albert laughed:

"Hahahahaha, if you can't take back your own name in half a semester, and can't live under your real name in the second half of the semester... then you're still a fool."

"Similarly, if they can't discover your real identity in half a semester, they are also fools. But currently, it seems they aren't fools."

"Some of these people are your seniors; they also have some sequence ability users among them. Digging out your secrets might not even take half a semester."

"So if you don't want to be that fool who gets killed by them, you'd better become strong enough within half a semester."

"The academy does have a method to help you become strong; it counts as a small surprise, but no one has ever known where it is because everyone has been looking in the wrong direction."

"You can go and try."

Wen Xishu was speechless: "..."

The midterm exam was to take back his own name and be able to truly live as a member of the Wen family.

And for this test, he had to face many sequence owners. And besides the test, he might also have to forcibly explore the Mysterious Tower a few times.

Wen Xishu had to admit that his test was hardcore enough. But... not bad; he had that thrill and anticipation of challenging extreme sports again.

He was currently quite famous; at this moment, Wen Xishu was already a new legend in the bunker's lower levels.

Countless people had a new future because of the Level 6 hospital he brought back.

But unfortunately, the fragrance of this fame would have to ferment for half a semester before it could be smelled.

Albert gave Wen Xishu a new name, called Brother Wen Xun.

This name was a homophone for Brother Wen Xun.

It had both the "Wen" from the Wen family and the "Xun" from the Xun family. Of course, phonetically, it also had the "Wen" from the Wen family.

These two characters could be said to remind Albert of his three most proud disciples.

Wen Renjing, Xun Hui, Wen Zhaohua.

The name Brother Wen Xun also contained a certain expectation Albert had for Wen Xishu.

Albert couldn't explore all three towers at the same time; he had once sighed in front of Wen Zhaohua that time waits for no man, and responsibility made him unable to act as he wished.

Throughout his life, he could only explore the Slaughter Tower. If he could, he hoped to experience all three towers.

In the end, he chose to cultivate three people with different talents.

But he had managed to divide into three; when would he be able to unify the three? Brother Wen Xun actually contained this layer of expectation.

Wen Xishu seemed to understand the meaning of this name, a bit surprised, so before Albert left, he asked:

"To be personally recruited by the principal of the Three Towers Academy, I feel flattered, and I am honored to be a student of the Three Towers Academy."

"But... my guide had a black head, which means my exploration tendency is toward the Mysterious Tower."

"I guess that even if you want to protect me, the Bunker Security Bureau won't be so easygoing. I will likely still have to execute missions to explore the Mysterious Tower, right?"

"Even, judging by your reaction when you learned of my sequence just now, you also expect me to explore the Mysterious Tower and collect more strange sequences with unknown effects."

"But as far as I know, there is no Mysterious Tower Academy in the Three Towers Academy."

Albert nodded: "That definitely cannot exist."

"Although the Mysterious Tower has descended for some years, think about it: the Slaughter Tower and the Tower of Desire have traces to follow."

"The Tower of Desire focuses on sorting out the emotional lines between people. And the Slaughter Tower focuses on combat techniques, methods, and combinations of various sequences."

"These can all be studied."

"But the Mysterious Tower really can't be studied. Do you have even a tiny bit of certainty that you can guarantee you'll survive next time? Is your experience from last time useful in the next Mysterious Tower?"

That was indeed true.

Wen Xishu really didn't have a tiny bit of certainty, and he was even completely unable to predict what the next Mysterious Tower mission would be.

As for the Tower of Desire, human emotional changes, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, had traces to follow.

The Slaughter Tower was the same; many hairs mean weak to fire, large bodies mean weak to doors, wide bodies mean weak to chrysanthemums, heavy armor means weak to thunder; combat could also summarize patterns.

But the reason why the strange is strange is precisely because patterns cannot be summarized.

Wen Xishu said:

"Since there is no Mysterious Tower Academy in the Three Towers Academy, and I am a Mysterious Tower specialist..."

"Then how do you plan to arrange me? Am I going to the Slaughter Tower Academy or the Tower of Desire Academy?"

Albert smiled and didn't speak.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 30 =====