Chapter 32: Wanting to Smurf

Wen Xishu had always wanted to figure out what had happened to the people in the Three Towers world.

Whether this encounter was related to the later formation of the bunker.

Thinking from the source and solving the problem was his habit.

Of course, the answer to this question obviously wouldn't be hidden in this "Slaughter Tower Monster Illustrated Guide."

It was just that through these monsters, he might also be able to grasp some clues.

The shapes of the monsters were mostly similar to humans.

When the apocalypse came, the Three Towers world, which was the original vast world of humanity, was full of monsters that humans had turned into.

These monsters were divided into "Normal Species," "Rare Species," "Elite," "Boss," and "Overlord."

The illustrated guide was distributed according to levels, telling about monsters from the first floor to the thirty-something floors.

Most were normal species. Rare species were relatively few.

By the time they reached bosses and overlords, these were basically words with vague meanings like "it is said," "perhaps," "guess," and "speculate."

Wen Xishu flipped through the illustrated guide and found that although most monsters were close to human form, the details on their bodies indeed had no laws to speak of.

Some monsters were very Cthulhu-like; tentacles, flesh tumors, and eyes were all over their bodies.

But some monsters were completely different in style, just like two works with completely different drawing styles... and some monsters were even very beautiful.

For example—Wen Xishu actually saw a beast-eared girl.

He continued to flip the page, and not long after, his hand stopped, and his expression changed slightly.

After seeing the mental barrage, Wen Xishu was very restrained in his emotions.

Especially after discovering that the effective range of the Strange Sequence covered the entire academy, he hinted to himself to keep his mentality stable.

At this moment, Wen Xishu's heart fluctuated slightly.

Because he saw a familiar person.

Slaughter Tower Boss, Face-Stitcher.

Because many Slaughter Tower monsters started fighting at the slightest disagreement, it was impossible to know the monsters' names with enough information like in the Tower of Desire or the Mysterious Tower.

So many people could only name the monsters based on their characteristics.

For example, Face-Stitcher was Jack, whom Wen Xishu was familiar with.

Here, he had to be called Slaughter Jack.

Wen Xishu didn't expect that Slaughter Jack was actually a boss-level existence.

Boss-level was already a very powerful existence, requiring the academy's highest-level combat power, with knowledge of certain strategies, to have a chance to defeat a boss-level.

And judging from the content in the illustrated guide...

Slaughter Jack hadn't been conquered.

Wen Xishu wasn't actually that interested in Jack and Jennifer; he just discovered that in the recorder's description of the monsters, there were some products related to the strange sequence.

This description was as follows:

【It is well known that boss-level monsters often possess certain special powers.】

【These powers very likely come from the Mysterious Tower. The biggest trouble with Face-Stitcher is not his terrifying Slaughter Sequence flesh-stripping in the first phase.】

【The truly terrifying place is that if he gets angry, he will enter the second phase, and many strange summons will appear around him.】

【As if they were the resentment in his mind. These resentments have physical forms and can become weapons for his attack or shields for his defense.】

【According to the description of Charles, a third-year student at the Slaughter Tower Academy, they once saw a large amount of black text around Face-Stitcher from afar. These texts expressed curses against enemies.】

【And the most terrible thing is that the text seems to have the power to modify fate; the curses are being fulfilled, and those who are enemies of Face-Stitcher are constantly dying.】

【We have not obtained any intelligence on this sequence from the guide.】

【But it can be speculated that this strange sequence, the sequence number, might be within the top fifty!】

【As for the third phase of Face-Stitcher, it is a pity that we have not known it; perhaps, perhaps it is related to the girl behind him. The second-phase Face-Stitcher is already terrifying enough; we gave up continuing to dig for intelligence.】

【Although humanity's exploration of the Slaughter Tower has long since crossed the twenty-first floor... but in almost every floor, there are still a large number of monsters, including many boss-level enemies.】

【Bypassing these enemies and killing a sufficient number of normal species can also enter the next floor.】

【But in essence, this is actually skipping class, and we don't know if such skipping class will lead to a day when... we cannot cope with certain emergencies.】

【But my dear student, if you see this, I will still advise you not to easily provoke a boss.】

Wen Xishu didn't expect that Slaughter Jack was actually a monster that humanity had never conquered to this day.

And, according to the description in the book, such monsters were not few.

Although Albert had advanced to the 96th floor, this only represented that he could reach this floor, and did not represent that he could beat all the monsters on the previous 95 floors.

Every floor contained countless areas, and there were many monsters in the Slaughter Tower that Albert didn't know about either.

Of course, these were not the key points Wen Xishu cared about.

Wen Xishu's biggest gain this time was probably... other abilities of the Strange Sequence 37: Mental Barrage.

Now he could be sure that this ability was really perverted. It seemed that after developing to the later stage and reaching the level of Slaughter Jack, it already possessed a certain causal effect.

"It seems that this is really a big gift... but there is one point I am really concerned about."

"Can Jack still use this power now?"

According to the book, this was Jack's second phase.

In other words, in Jack's view, the power of the Strange Sequence 37: Mental Barrage was greater than the Slaughter Sequence: Flesh Stripping.

And Jack had given this power to him.

Jack certainly couldn't copy a sequence into two copies. Did this mean Jack had abandoned this part of his power?

Wen Xishu couldn't help but worry about Jack.

He didn't know whether Jack had given the power to him, so this unique sequence was transferred to him.

Or whether Jack still possessed this power, but bunker people, except for himself, could no longer obtain this sequence.

These were two game drop mechanisms.

The book didn't write it, and Wen Xishu also realized... he hadn't mastered much of this body's memories.

Moreover, besides this body's memories, he didn't know many common sense things either.

He still really needed to run to the library more.

Night fell unconsciously.

Wen Xishu learned some strategies for monsters, and Wang Yueyun learned some powerful sequences.

But the biggest gain today was still Nisen.

Nisen said:

"It turns out the academy is a credit system! Teachers don't actually have many classes; most of it is self-practice! That is, going to the Slaughter Tower to kill enemies."

"In the midterm and final exams, teachers will start testing our fighting ability. The final score is determined by two parts: the number of times exploring the Slaughter Tower and the result of the battle with the teacher."

"The first time you ascend the tower, there will be a teacher to take you. After the tower ascent ends, you can complete the registration with the guide, open the sequence slot and item slot, one sequence slot, one item slot."

"The school has a material department that can provide rentable equipment and sequences, bro, we can form a team to brush credits together when the time comes!"

"I believe the three of us will be the most dazzling!"

Wen Xishu couldn't help but ask:

"The item slot is only one? Shouldn't it be four?"

Nisen shook his index finger:

"Of course not, Wen, where did you hear about four slots? The item slot grid is a rare attribute that doesn't increase with level; the difficulty of obtaining it is very high."

"But as long as the three of us form a team, I think everything can be found in the Slaughter Tower!"

Wen Xishu nodded and didn't argue.

He had four item slots on him... but this might be related to his over-level monster brushing and achieving a Level 6 completion degree.

Now Wen Xishu's reputation was too big, and he couldn't expose that he was Wen Xishu.

Wang Yueyun said:

"I have no problem. If you guys want to go to the Slaughter Tower, call me anytime."

Wen Xishu also nodded, agreeing on the surface, but his heart suddenly became troubled.

His login device was still the Mysterious Tower login device.

The Slaughter Tower mechanism was different; one could form teams freely, not needing to try their luck in the rest area like in the Mysterious Tower or the Tower of Desire, having to be on the same floor and in the same area to form a team.

But even so, it wouldn't work without a Slaughter Tower login device. He had to find a way to get a Slaughter Tower login device from Albert.

Thinking of the Slaughter Tower and borrowing equipment, Wen Xishu suddenly wanted to make a bold attempt, and for this, he was even willing to enter the Mysterious Tower again.

"If I borrow four pieces of Slaughter Tower equipment from the academy and enter the Mysterious Tower... with the help of the dice, would I be able to use Slaughter Tower equipment in the Mysterious Tower?"

Entering the Mysterious Tower wasn't even Wen Xishu's ultimate goal.

What he was thinking was finding an invitation letter and then using Slaughter Tower equipment in the Tower of Desire.

Smurfing was a happy thing, just like Tsinghua students liked to run to apps where elementary school students did problems to smurf.

In Wen Xishu's view, wearing Slaughter Tower equipment to the Tower of Desire, that kind of ordinary world, wasn't that smurfing?

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked forward to it, and had an urge to explore the Mysterious Tower immediately.

But before that, he and Nisen and Wang Yueyun had to explore the academy's treasure first.

(There's more during the day)

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 33 =====