Chapter 32: Want to Seal-Club

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

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

Thinking from the source and solving problems was his habit.

Of course, the answer to this question was clearly not hidden in this "Illustrated Guide to Slaughter Tower Monsters."

However, through these monsters, he might be able to grasp some clues.

The designs of the monsters were actually mostly similar to humans.

When the apocalypse arrived, the Three Towers world—that is, the vast and boundless world that humans originally inhabited—was filled with monsters that humans had turned into.

These monsters were divided into "Common Type," "Rare Type," "Elite," "Boss," and "Dominator."

The guide was organized by levels, covering monsters from the first floor to the thirtieth-plus floors.

Most were Common Types. Rare Types were relatively few.

By the time it reached Bosses and Dominators, these were basically all accompanied by vague terms like "it is said," "perhaps," "guessed," or "speculated."

Wen Xishu flipped through the guide and found that although most monsters were close to human form, the details on their bodies were truly devoid of any pattern.

Some monsters were very Lovecraftian; tentacles, tumors, and eyes were scattered all over their bodies.

But some monsters were of a completely different style, as if they were from two works with entirely different art styles... some monsters were even quite beautiful.

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

He continued to flip the page, and before long, his hand stopped, and his expression changed slightly.

After encountering the Mental Barrage, Wen Xishu had been very restrained with his emotions.

Especially after discovering that the effective range of the Weird Sequence covered the entire academy, he had even hinted to himself to keep a steady mindset.

At this moment, Wen Xishu felt a slight fluctuation in his heart.

Because he saw a familiar person.

Slaughter Tower Boss, Face-Stitcher.

Because many Slaughter Tower monsters would start fighting at the slightest disagreement, it was impossible to know the monsters' names with sufficient information like in the Desire Tower or Weird Tower.

Thus, many people could only give the monsters names based on their characteristics.

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

Here, he had to be called Slaughter Jack.

Wen Xishu did not expect that Slaughter Jack was actually at the Boss level.

The Boss level was already a very powerful existence, requiring the academy's highest-level combat strength and knowledge of certain strategies to potentially defeat.

And judging from the content in the guide...

Slaughter Jack had not been conquered.

Wen Xishu was actually not that interested in Jack and Jennifer, but he discovered that in the recorder's description of the monsters, there were some products related to the Weird Sequence.

This description was as follows:

[As everyone knows, Boss-level monsters often possess certain special powers.]

[These powers very likely come from the Weird Tower. The biggest trouble with Face-Stitcher does not lie in his terrifying Stage 1 Slaughter Sequence: Flesh Stripping.]

[The truly terrifying part is that if he becomes angry, he will enter Stage 2, and many strange summoned objects will appear around him.]

[As if coming from the resentment in his mind. These resentments have physical forms and can become his weapons for attack or shields for defense.]

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

[And the most terrifying thing is that the text seems to have a certain power to modify fate; the curses are coming true, and those creatures hostile to Face-Stitcher are dying one after another.]

[We have not obtained any information about this sequence from the Guide.]

[But it can be speculated that this Weird Sequence might have a sequence number within the top fifty!]

[As for Face-Stitcher's third stage, unfortunately, we do not know it; perhaps, perhaps it is related to the young girl behind him. The Stage 2 Face-Stitcher is already terrifying enough, and we have given up on digging deeper for information.]

[Although human exploration of the Slaughter Tower has long since passed the twenty-first floor... there are still a large number of monsters on almost every floor, among which there is no shortage of Boss-level enemies.]

[Bypassing these enemies and killing a sufficient number of Common Types can also allow one to enter the next floor.]

[But in essence, this is actually skipping class, and we do not know if such skipping will lead to a day... when we cannot cope with certain emergencies.]

[But my dear student, if you see this, I still advise you not to easily provoke a Boss.]

Wen Xishu did not expect that Slaughter Jack was actually a monster that humans had not yet conquered to this day.

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

Although Albert had pushed through to the ninety-sixth floor, this only meant he could reach that floor, not that he could beat all the monsters on the previous ninety-five floors.

Each floor contained countless areas, and there were many monsters in the Slaughter Tower that even Albert did not know about.

Of course, these were not the focus of Wen Xishu's concern.

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

Now he could be sure that this ability was truly perverted. It seemed that when developed to the later stages, reaching the level of Slaughter Jack, it already possessed a certain causal effect.

"It seems this really is a great 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 stage.

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

Yet Jack had given this power to him.

Jack certainly could not copy a sequence into two parts. Did this mean that Jack had discarded this part of his power?

Wen Xishu could not help but feel a little worried for Jack.

He did not know if it was Jack who gave the power to him, thus transferring this unique sequence to him.

Or if Jack still possessed this power, but no one in the bunker besides him could ever obtain this sequence again.

These were two different game drop mechanisms.

The book did not write it, and Wen Xishu also realized... he had not yet mastered much of this body's memories.

Moreover, apart from this body's memories, he was also unclear about many common sense things.

It was still very necessary for him to run to the library more often.

Night fell without him noticing.

Wen Xishu had learned some monster strategies, while Yueyun had learned about some powerful sequences.

But the one with the biggest gain today was still Nisen.

Nisen said:

"Turns out the academy is a credit system! Teachers don't actually have many classes; most of it is self-practice! Which means heading to the Slaughter Tower to kill enemies."

"During midterms and finals, the teachers will start testing our combat ability, and the final score is determined by two parts: the number of times exploring the Slaughter Tower and the results of battles against the teachers."

"The first time we climb the tower, a teacher will take us. After the climb ends, we can complete registration with the Guide to unlock the sequence slot and item slot—one sequence slot and one item slot."

"The school has a logistics department that can provide rentable equipment and sequences, bro, we can team up to farm credits then!"

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

Wen Xishu couldn't help but ask:

"Only one item slot? Shouldn't it be four?"

Nisen shook his index finger:

"Of course not, Wen, where did you hear about four slots? Item slots are rare attributes that don't increase with level, and they are very difficult to obtain."

"But as long as the three of us team up, I think we can find anything in the Slaughter Tower!"

Wen Xishu nodded without arguing.

The item slot on his body had four slots... but this might be related to him farming monsters above his level and achieving a level six completion rate.

Now Wen Xishu's reputation was too great; he could not expose that he was Wen Xishu.

Yueyun said:

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

Wen Xishu also nodded, agreeing on the surface, but inwardly he suddenly felt troubled.

His login device was still the Weird Tower login device.

The Slaughter Tower mechanism was different; one could team up freely and didn't need to try their luck in the rest area like in the Weird Tower or Desire Tower, where one had to be on the same floor and in the same area to team up.

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

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 risk entering the Weird Tower again.

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

Entering the Weird Tower was not even Wen Xishu's ultimate goal.

What he wanted was to find an invitation letter and then use the Slaughter Tower equipment in the Desire Tower.

"Seal-clubbing" was a happy thing, just like how Tsinghua students like to run to apps where elementary school students do homework to "seal-club."

In Wen Xishu's view, wearing Slaughter Tower equipment to go to an ordinary world like the Desire Tower, wasn't that just "seal-clubbing"?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt some anticipation and had an urge to explore the Weird Tower immediately.

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

(Daytime still remains)

(End of chapter)