Chapter 34: The Door and the Commission

When the three of them reached the top, Wang Yueyun had sweat on his forehead, and Wen Xishu's breathing became uneven and slightly rapid.

Only Nisen, bouncing and singing happily, didn't even pant.

Wen Xishu had seen Nisen's terrifying physical talent.

If he really went to the Slaughter Tower and trained, he would probably be a blood-tank-level existence.

The top of the library was a huge open space, looking like the helipads of those buildings in Wen Xishu's previous life.

After the three of them arrived, they kept looking around, only to find... there was nothing.

Wang Yueyun said:

"I hope your legs aren't shaking. It seems we've worked in vain and still have to go down."

People who climb mountains actually know that climbing up is not scary; what's scary is having to go down after your legs are weak...

Nisen also didn't find anything and was a bit frustrated:

"Bro, it seems our train of thought tonight was wrong; it was a joy in vain."

Wen Xishu didn't speak; he looked up at the sky.

"Have you noticed that the rotation of the clover has slowed down?"

The huge brass clover looked even more huge from the top of the library.

Wang Yueyun nodded:

"It seems to be a bit slower."

Wen Xishu said:

"Haste makes waste; let's wait and see."

The brass clover was still rotating constantly.

But as time passed, the speed of rotation became slower and slower.

After a long time, the time was probably already between midnight and dawn—

The naked eye could easily see the difference between the three leaf petals. It was like the final rotation after the electric fan was turned off.

The rotation circle by circle became slower and slower, and finally returned to zero.

When the huge brass clover... really stopped rotating, Wen Xishu came to the edge of the top floor of the library.

He first looked at the brass clover in the sky.

The moonlight simulated by the dome passed through the veins of the clover's petals... making the night hazy.

But the huge clover leaf-like petals also blocked quite a bit of the simulated moonlight, forming shadows.

One shadow fell on the gate of the Slaughter Tower department area. Another fell on the gate of the Tower of Desire department area.

Standing on the top floor of this tallest building, Wen Xishu and Wang Yueyun and others could all see this scene.

And the last shadow... fell on the top floor of the library.

The huge leaf-like shadow looked like an entrance to hell.

At this moment, Wen Xishu didn't need to make any explanation; Wang Yueyun and Nisen both guessed... this shadow falling on the top floor of the library looked exactly like a door opened on the top floor!

This could of course be a coincidence, just a pattern and light and shadow in geometry.

Although it looked like a door, their feet stepped into the shadow on the top floor... and nothing happened.

However, Wang Yueyun and Nisen both firmly believed that this was very likely the place where the treasure was buried.

Because when the two of them cast their gaze into this shadow that looked like a door...

They saw a note, a string of garbled code.

They didn't recognize a single character; they were all strange characters, and these characters made Wang Yueyun and Nisen feel irritable.

Wang Yueyun thought of his mother, thought of that great woman begging for a bite to eat humbly in the lower levels.

Nisen thought of the father who abandoned him and his mother. He thought of the hell jokes about why black people don't celebrate Father's Day told in the lower levels.

They gradually began to become irritable.

"Look away."

Wen Xishu shouted.

This shout actually made the two of them become clear-headed. Wang Yueyun and Nisen turned their heads at the same time and looked elsewhere.

"This... what exactly is going on?" Nisen had lingering fears.

He had just felt as if he had been grabbed by some invisible force, and a huge restlessness arose in his heart.

Wang Yueyun looked at Wen Xishu, surprised that Wen Xishu was still staring at these garbled codes, but appeared unusually calm.

"How many characters can you recognize?"

Wen Xishu took back his gaze and also turned his head in other directions.

Nisen shook his head:

"Bro, where are there any characters here? This ghost-drawn thing is like garbled code and spells. I don't recognize a single one. Ah, I can't look at this thing anymore."

Wang Yueyun also shook his head and said:

"I don't recognize it, I don't recognize a single character. Can you recognize it?"

Wen Xishu thought for a while, and finally said honestly:

"I can recognize a few. There are many garbled codes here; these garbled codes can pollute people's hearts."

"Don't stare at them. Stare at the characters you recognize. If you don't recognize a single character... then look away and don't look at it at all."

Wang Yueyun's eyes jumped slightly, and his heart fluctuated greatly. What was the background of this Brother Wen Xun? Why could he recognize them?

Could it be that the destiny of this treasure actually belonged to Brother Wen Xun?

Wen Xishu ignored the barrage of "Impossible, why should he?" that Wang Yueyun had because of shock.

He continued to add:

"I can only recognize a few characters. Here, teacher, core, most, power, purify. Just these few."

Teacher, core, most, power, purify.

A single character could still be explained, but these characters connected together, for Nisen and Wang Yueyun, were things that were as incomprehensible as the garbled code itself.

Wang Yueyun said:

"Why can you recognize some characters? And Nisen and I, we don't recognize a single one?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Everyone has secrets, and I have secrets too. I won't ask you why you are obsessed with surpassing everyone."

"I also won't ask Nisen why he likes singing so much."

"Of course, you can say it, but that's your sentiment, not your duty."

Wang Yueyun nodded; he accepted this statement.

Those who could enter the Slaughter Tower Academy were not simple themselves, although the threshold of the Slaughter Tower was far lower than the Tower of Desire.

But the academy was different.

Even if they entered the Slaughter Tower, students who came out of the Three Towers Academy would definitely be fierce generals.

In the future, mixing into the Security Bureau and getting an official position wouldn't be too surprising.

Geniuses were everywhere here, and having some secrets was reasonable.

"After the midterm exam, I will tell you my secrets. If at that time, we don't hate each other, I think we will be good friends."

Wang Yueyun had the feeling of "he's even better at pretending than me," but Wang Yueyun wasn't jealous; he had a competitive spirit, just purely longing to become stronger.

Nisen said:

"Wen, I knew you weren't simple. I love people with stories too much. My mom told me that a man should have stories."

Wang Yueyun looked at the shadow again:

"This thing looks like a door... Can you see the meaning of some of the characters?"

Teacher, core, most, power, purify.

Wen Xishu vaguely guessed that these few characters could be expanded to—teacher, core, power, purification.

Then what about "most"?

He thought of "earliest."

If these few words were combined and expanded...

A sentence had already appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 35 =====