Chapter 47: The Mysterious Youth Reappears

(It is time again for a late-night update.)

Desire Tower rest area.

Wen Xishu came to this place once more. Unlike last time, the sixth floor was a level that most people could access.

Below the twentieth floor of the Desire Tower, it was basically a risk-free zone.

Those familiar shouts appeared again.

"Seeking a guide on how to make Miyazaki Hawk-Cake bend the knee!"

"Twelfth floor, selling the trick for the 'Business War: Destroying Jingdong' mission, only need one talk show actor! Guaranteed to work, those who need the name, find me!"

Wen Xishu had to sigh; this was the rest area of the Desire Tower, the atmosphere was truly great.

It is worth mentioning that most people, after descending into a certain area of the rest area, are unwilling to leave that area.

After all, everyone in each area indicates a similar level; with only a short hour, everyone is certainly willing to communicate and form teams with people of similar levels.

Of course, there are also a few people who will go to the rest areas of higher-level zones to take a look and ask for the opinions of those who have been there before.

But there are not many of these.

However, Wen Xishu did indeed intend to take a look toward the Heavenly Origin area.

Along the way, he discovered quite a few people from the Desire Tower Academy. These students were very willing to show off their Three Towers Academy student IDs. There were both men and women.

Wen Xishu did not care; he walked toward the Heavenly Origin area, wondering if he would meet any interesting people.

He had no great interest in the academy's students, unless there would be a Slaughter Tower Academy in the future.

He soon arrived at the Heavenly Origin area.

What Wen Xishu did not expect was... he had met an acquaintance this time.

"Yo, young man, didn't expect to see you again."

The man speaking was still all smiles, making one feel he was very approachable.

The woman beside him was still as cold as frost, but upon seeing Wen Xishu, she also smiled and nodded.

As it happened, these two were exactly the two Wen Xishu had met last time—

Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan.

Wen Xishu also revealed a smile:

"Met you two again. I'm just here for a walk this time; what floor are you two on this time?"

Liu Ruyan said:

"Twenty-sixth floor."

Wen Xishu remembered that Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan sold various guide intelligence, so he thought about whether he should ask for some information first.

Unlike last time, last time Wen Xishu had obtained an invitation letter and knew directly that the mission target was Desire Jennifer.

But this time, the invitation letter was given at the start, to the extent that he had not unlocked the mission target's name.

He could only wait until entering the Desire Tower world to obtain clues.

So Wen Xishu said:

"I wonder if you two, my lords, have any intelligence this time? I would like to ask for some guide information."

Ji Boda laughed:

"Little friend, do you still intend to trade guides for guides this time?"

Wen Xishu suddenly noticed something else. That was the brooch pinned to the chests of Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan.

"Are you two... teachers at the Desire Tower Academy?"

Ji Boda nodded with great satisfaction:

"Last time I was still thinking, why isn't such an excellent young man as you in our academy."

"Since you can recognize our accessories, I suppose you are also from the Desire Tower Academy?"

Wen Xishu did not answer this question, but instead asked another:

"Did you two... borrow some props from the Logistics Department? Why are you two always able to be matched together?"

Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda were now even more convinced that this child was from the Desire Tower Academy.

Liu Ruyan's expression softened quite a bit:

"A purple prop, the Mandarin Duck Lock. It allows two people of different genders to go to the same area to execute the same mission. It must be used before entering the Three Towers."

Wen Xishu gained some knowledge:

"Does this item... belong to you two? Or to the old Principal Albert?"

Ji Boda said:

"Ours. This prop was obtained after my wife and I completed ten consecutive missions related to love."

"It is said there is also a Comrade's Wristband. It has a similar effect, but is limited to the same gender."

"The old principal seems to have that one."

Wen Xishu suddenly laughed:

"If, and I mean if, I am a student of the academy, could I borrow this prop from you two?"

Ji Boda laughed heartily:

"Hahaha, that won't do. The Logistics Department has asked us for this thing several times, and we certainly don't agree to lend it out."

"The atmosphere at the Desire Tower Academy is not very upright... sigh, the recent students are increasingly fond of taking shortcuts. This atmosphere of taking shortcuts has further fueled other crooked tendencies."

"Exploring the Desire Tower is a sacred matter. Other props are fine, but this kind of prop that allows men and women to enter a certain area together, you students... only use it to do that kind of thing."

Wen Xishu could roughly guess what that kind of thing was.

Things like "Let's go, I'll take you to the Desire Tower world to get a room."

Liu Ruyan also said:

"Although exploring the Desire Tower is simple, it should not be turned into entertainment. In this regard, the children of the Desire Tower Academy are not as good as those of the Slaughter Tower Academy."

Because there is no sense of crisis. Wen Xishu evaluated internally.

He did not intend to delay any further and asked:

"I am indeed a student of the Three Towers Academy, but this time I have no intelligence to trade, yet I really do want to know the guide for a certain area in Jiangcheng on the sixth floor."

Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan looked at each other, not expecting this young man's tower-climbing span to be so large.

At the same time, the two also decided to ask the doubt they hadn't asked last time:

"Little friend, what level of completion did you achieve last time?"

This was a very critical question. Wen Xishu thought to himself, if I say level six...

That would basically be equivalent to exposing myself, right?

But saying level five or four didn't seem appropriate either, because he wasn't sure if any level five or four facilities had appeared in the bunker recently.

But these two might not be unaware.

So in this situation, lying might leave a bad impression on the other party.

A person's value is sometimes given by themselves. Wen Xishu was the type of person who absolutely did not keep a low profile when he should be high-profile.

For example, at this moment, he knew that if he acted low-profile, he might instead end up being looked down upon by the other party.

In a place like an academy, one either respects background or respects talent. If you are too mediocre, the teachers will look down on you just the same.

Wen Xishu thought for a moment and said:

"Sorry, although you two are my teachers, I really cannot answer this question for you."

Ji Boda was clearly a bit unhappy.

Last time the academy hadn't opened, and it was fine that you didn't know my identity as a prospective freshman, but now that you have already entered the academy and know I am a teacher, what airs are you putting on with me?

Of course, his facial expression did not change, and he still wore a smile.

However, Wen Xishu's next sentence immediately made Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan change their attitudes:

"I promised the old principal that all my grades are classified. But I do indeed have a connection with you two teachers."

"So, if Teacher Ji and Teacher Liu really must check, I can only trouble the two teachers to go and ask Principal Albert."

Liu Ruyan was the type of person who could observe subtle changes in facial expressions. She noticed the calm and composure when Wen Xishu said Albert's name, and immediately realized that this child was not lying.

Ji Boda also looked at Liu Ruyan as if seeking verification, and Liu Ruyan nodded slightly.

Ji Boda was shocked.

What level of freshman would be personally handled by the old principal?

Grades being classified was unheard of! If it weren't for the fact that this young man had given Ji Boda an excellent impression before, and his wife Liu Ruyan had also hinted that the other party was not lying...

Ji Boda would have thought the other party was posturing.

But posturing in the academy is usually—"My dad is an official in such-and-such bureau" and the like. But no freshman would dare to use Albert directly as a backer.

"Then, you should at least tell us your name."

Wen Xishu still shook his head:

"Teacher, even just the name hides a secret; I still have to ask you two to go ask the principal."

He was calm and composed, neither humble nor pushy.

This made Ji Boda extremely interested. Ji Boda was thinking, even the name is a secret?

Does the bunker really have such a powerful family? Even the Wenren family or the Xun family couldn't reach this level.

Wen Xishu's name was indeed a secret.

Because one only needed to check to know that Wen Xun was from the Slaughter Tower Academy.

For a student of the Slaughter Tower Academy to appear in the rest area of the Desire Tower was inherently unreasonable.

So Wen Xishu threw this problem to Albert. At the same time, he was also utilizing the two of them, Liu and Ji.

Facing Albert, Wen Xishu was not afraid of exposing his own secrets. In the presence of an existence of that level, he felt as though he were being seen through just by facing him.

As it happened, Wen Xishu also wanted to use Liu and Ji to probe Albert’s attitude and appropriately demonstrate some value to Albert.

When everyone suspects that you are hiding a secret that allows you to survive in a desperate situation... then you had better truly be hiding such a secret.

"What do you want to know?" Ji Boda could see that he wouldn't be able to get anything else out of him.

Then he might as well help this young man; after completing the Desire Tower mission, he would go and ask the old principal.

However, the old principal was elusive, and that neurotic phone call from "Mysterious CEO Calling" could never get through; he didn't know if he would be able to run into the old principal by chance.

Wen Xishu said:

"I don't know much about this regional mission... but the keywords are roughly: sixth floor, young girl, falling, parrot, Jiangcheng."

Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan looked at each other again; wasn't this the mission that had made Wenren Jing feel guilty for so long?

Wenren Jing had many regrets in his life, but this mission could be considered his "white moonlight" level regret.

It was the greatest regret from when Wenren Jing first climbed the tower.

"Regarding this mission, we do know a little, but unfortunately, I cannot tell you what you should do."

"That little girl named Tang Rui, what she wants is not love."

"You know Wenren Jing, right?"

Wen Xishu nodded. Ji Boda continued:

"The heartthrob of this academy, the number one person in the Desire Tower, showed immense talent very early on."

"He always kept in mind that the Desire Tower is a tower with love. He used love to heal others."

"Of course, not the kind of... lewd methods that many of our students today think it is."

"Wenren Jing was very good at comforting people, and combined with his peerless appearance, he seemed like a man who had walked out of a dream."

Wen Xishu pondered that if "peerless" could be used to describe a man, this Wenren Jing must truly be extraordinary.

"When he was dealing with Tang Rui, he discovered that she had thoughts of suicide. At that time, he was very arrogant. He believed that all suicide stemmed from not being recognized and valued by the world."

"He thought it was all due to problems in the education of the original family that led the little girl to commit suicide."

"While there were certainly reasons for that, Wenren Jing was very naive at the time, thinking that all problems could be solved just by having someone love them."

"In the span of seven days, he took Tang Rui to experience all the romantic things he could."

"She loved gourmet food, so Wenren Jing made her the most delicious food she had ever eaten in her life."

"She loved to sing, and although her voice wasn't very good, Wenren Jing still invited her to sing together in an open-air park, attracting quite a few tourists to applaud."

"She wanted to go to faraway places to take a look, but due to regional map restrictions, some places were inaccessible, which Wenren Jing couldn't change, so in the shortest time possible, he personally used huge canvases to paint what he felt were the most beautiful scenes in the world."

"He gave that little girl named Tang Rui... what could be called the love that countless women dream of."

"And he did indeed see light in Tang Rui's eyes."

"But in the end, Wenren Jing paid the price for his rashness. Mission completion: level one completion."

"Even though that girl was incredibly happy, having been loved by a man so excellent he seemed unreal, it was still—only the lowest level of completion."

Ji Boda said:

"Wenren Jing was depressed for a long time; he finally understood that what the girl wanted was not love, or... she was not such a shallow existence."

"The suffering she endured was a different kind of suffering."

"Wenren Jing later said—"

"All Desire Tower missions must be approached with heart; I overestimated my own charm, thinking that love could clear away all the gloom in a girl's heart."

"But that's not the case. Many people's lives are filled with suffering, and they never have the chance to experience love, let alone suffer from a lack of it."

"I am sad for my perfunctoriness, and I became a jerk who asks 'why don't they eat minced meat.' I am even sadder for her ending."

Wen Xishu was puzzled:

"How did he know the ending?"

Wen Xishu now knew the mission target was named Tang Rui, and he added:

"Generally speaking, once this mission is completed, you return directly; we don't actually know the target's final ending, do we?"

Ji Boda nodded:

"That is true. But Wenren Jing later learned of the girl's ending in other missions in Jiangcheng, on a later timeline."

"You might not know, you're just a freshman who hasn't been climbing the tower for long, right?"

"Actually, the Desire Tower has the possibility of anchoring. Wenren Jing was very self-reproachful, thinking that if he could have been more attentive and anchored that story..."

"Perhaps the girl wouldn't have died."

Liu Ruyan spoke up suddenly at this moment:

"Wenren Jing... perhaps he also had some feelings for that girl."

Ji Boda was slightly stunned and looked at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan sighed:

"In the process of giving others love, one often feels loved in return."

"He cared so much about that little girl, it must be because that little girl also made him very fond of her. It's just that he knew there was a deep chasm between them."

"Many Bunker people will develop feelings for Three Towers people, but Wenren Jing knew very well that he couldn't do that."

"He later said that he sincerely hoped someone could anchor that story and change the girl's ending."

"But to this day, no one has managed to do that. No one has changed that little girl's ending."

(Two chapters' worth to help you sleep~ but don't panic, hold on tight, there will still be updates during the day.)

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