Chapter 42: Bloody Prelude

Teammate -1.

These words appeared in Wen Xishu's heart, and he was very happy.

The possibility that Xita was a spy arranged by the upper levels was very low, but Wen Xishu didn't like him. If such a person died, so be it; Wen Xishu had no pity.

On the contrary, knowing that this place was indeed very dangerous, Wen Xishu was overjoyed.

No matter how prominent someone was before, they might not live for a minute in the Mysterious Tower. This was just great.

In this way, he might only need to use the rules, induction, and deception to turn a multiplayer game into a single-player game.

If he didn't have some secret hidden, and he was as popular as Wen Renjing, Wen Xishu wouldn't mind building camaraderie in the Three Towers.

But if these people had the possibility of harming him, if these people were tools used by the upper levels to probe him.

Even if they were likely innocent, Wen Xishu didn't care at all. Admittedly, in many stories, protagonists have a comrade who is a perfect template.

But Wen Xishu didn't feel that such luck would belong to him.

Xita's body instantly became riddled with holes, as if pierced by many sharp objects, and the music box grew louder and louder.

Wen Xishu couldn't tell what this song was, but it seemed to be a school song, very suitable for playing during recess, with very positive lyrics and a voice full of youthful vitality.

The first teammate died too directly, to the point where the others were a bit stunned.

Although Wen Xishu didn't see what happened and chose to hide, the others didn't react as quickly as he did, so they were able to see that eerie and horrifying scene.

When Xita chose to purify the item, the incorrect purification directly caused a mass of black smoke to appear in the item, and then, amidst the hazy smoke, countless tentacles pierced in from Xita's mouth, ears, nostrils, eyeballs, and even... his lower body.

One tentacle pierced in through the mouth, and another tentacle pierced out through the mouth, like two trains traveling in opposite directions.

Xita died.

Those tentacles were still constantly ravaging Xita's flesh.

At this moment, Park Meixi, as the captain, shouted:

"Quick! Hide, Wen Xishu hid! Do as Wen Xishu does!"

This sentence was effective.

Kai En and Mendemuer also chose to hide at this moment; in the huge room, there were many obstacles to block the line of sight, such as table legs, some scattered stationery, wall corners, etc.

In short, one had to find a way not to appear in the tentacles' line of sight.

Zheng Zai's reaction was the fastest.

He was the first to rush toward Xita, but his body was exceptionally agile at this time, and his perception of fear was also exceptionally clear.

Craving flesh and blood, he sobered up in an instant, scared by the sense of crisis brought by the eerie aura.

Fear made him calm.

So he regained control of his body, and the functions of this body seemed to have been greatly enhanced.

Zheng Zai, like a wild beast, dodged a tentacle strike, and at the same time, with extreme speed, like a leopard climbing a tree, he actually climbed onto the desk that was a head taller than his body.

The monster in the clothing was constantly ravaging Xita.

When Xita was thoroughly and cleanly dead, the monster slowly crawled back into the clothing.

Silence.

The sound of the music box had been constantly growing, and the song inside had finished once and started a second time.

But gradually, as everyone hid, the music box slowly quieted down.

Finally, it returned to silence.

Another minute passed, and Wen Xishu walked out.

There were desks and office desks in the room, and there was a blind spot between the office desk and the bookshelf.

Park Meixi followed Wen Xishu closely, so there were two people, Wen Xishu and Park Meixi, in this blind spot.

Wen Xishu smiled and said: "The captain really has a keen sense of smell. I was scared and hid, but I didn't expect the captain to analyze that we had to hide to survive."

Park Meixi naturally couldn't say much; she just looked at Wen Xishu deeply. Regarding Xita's death just now, Park Meixi thought it was very likely designed by Wen Xishu.

He knew how to make someone die within the rules of the Mysterious Tower.

Although the truth was not so, and it was just Xita courting death, Wen Xishu's operation of hiding did indeed allow everyone else to survive.

In this situation, Park Meixi didn't want to be the person Wen Xishu hated.

Seeing that Park Meixi and Wen Xishu had both walked out and returned to the center of the study, Kai En, who was hiding by the desk leg, and Mendemuer, who was hiding by the office desk leg, both revealed their figures.

Through Xita's death, Wen Xishu obtained the following intelligence:

"There are many contaminated items, and these items may all hint at containing traces of sin. But there is only one item that truly needs to be purified; choosing incorrectly will lead to death."

"The game is already very obvious; it's about finding things and playing hide-and-seek. You have to find, and you have to hide."

"As long as I don't reveal the rules... or if I deliberately use incorrect rules to attract them to purify items. Then they will all die."

Wen Xishu was still considering whether to do so. If he were to do so, how would he execute it specifically?

But before he could think too carefully, he was suddenly distracted by the sound of chewing flesh.

Zheng Zai, who had jumped down from the three-meter-high desk, was gnawing on meat like a hungry hound.

That meat was not someone else's; it was Xita's.

In fact, the scent of animal feces emanating from Xita had long attracted Zheng Zai.

This scene scared everyone into taking a step back; no matter how heinous an existence you are, you cannot remain calm when seeing human flesh being eaten with your own eyes.

But Wen Xishu was an exception.

Wen Xishu didn't see how Zheng Zai dodged the tentacles and then agilely escaped. But he remembered one thing: Zheng Zai was very close to Xita at the time, and in that situation...

Zheng Zai was still able to hide on a desk relatively far away...

This was simply incredible.

This person had astonishing explosive power.

The iron muzzle on Zheng Zai had already disappeared, obviously broken by Zheng Zai with brute force.

Wen Xishu combined this with Zheng Zai's previous performance—

He had a guess in his heart.

This was not an illness.

This was a sequence, a strange sequence.

When Zheng Zai explored the Mysterious Tower for the first time, he likely obtained a sequence with a very large side effect.

He also remembered one thing: Zheng Zai actually possessed reason; it was just that desire made his body begin to act forcibly.

So Wen Xishu slowly walked to Zheng Zai's side.

He revealed the warm smile he had when facing Jennifer.

Whether facing Jennifer or Zheng Zai at this moment, Wen Xishu was not doing it from the heart to be someone who warms others.

He was very clear that Jennifer, Jack, and Zheng Zai at this moment were all tools for him to survive.

"Eat slowly, Zheng Zai, and don't be afraid of what we might do to you; if the desire in your heart is truly unbearable, then don't suppress it."

"Sometimes, people need to act wild and vent appropriately; only by actively letting the monster in your heart out will you have the ability to lock it back in."

"But if it runs out uncontrollably, it might be too late for everything."

"Is it delicious? Is it enough? Do you want to eat a bite of mine?"

Wen Xishu rolled up his sleeves.

His smile was as bright as Wen Renjing's; Wen Renjing was also this radiant and warm when facing people in the Tower of Desire.

At this moment, there were suddenly tears in Zheng Zai's eyes.

He really didn't want his monster side to be seen by others, but he really couldn't control it.

When he bit into Xita, he was actually desperate in his heart, even thinking, will I become a monster in the eyes of all my teammates next?

But at this moment, Wen Xishu appeared.

As if carrying holy light.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 43 =====