Chapter 5

Bunker Security Bureau, Second Branch.

Through surveillance, Liu Jinsen knew that Wen Xishu had already entered the Three Towers world.

Wen Xishu was now his responsibility, and he didn't need to worry about almost anything else.

He didn't want this; if he could, he hoped to do more for the people at the bottom.

But he could only choose to obey the arrangements of his superiors.

After confirming that Wen Xishu had ascended the tower, he made a phone call.

"Liu sir, why are you calling? Is there medicine?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was very excited, but Liu Jinsen's words poured a bucket of cold water on him:

"Sorry, no one has brought back medicine yet."

Liu Jinsen's call was to the Bunker Health Bureau.

Currently, the lower residential levels were experiencing an epidemic, and many people had been infected.

Medicine in the lower levels was in a state of severe shortage.

This disease was still constantly spreading and diffusing, and because the population density in the lower levels was too high, implementing complete isolation was difficult.

Especially since those white and black people in the lower levels of the Bunker liked to flaunt freedom; they always refused isolation and were very good at using human rights as an excuse.

This also led to the epidemic becoming more and more fierce.

"How is the situation now?"

"Very bad. Our medicine is severely insufficient, the lower level population is too dense, and the epidemic spreads too fast. It is said that the upper levels... have also been infected?"

Liu Jinsen did not answer this question, and the person from the Bunker Health Bureau continued:

"To be honest, we all want to give up; after all, this is not the first time a plague has broken out."

"But previously, it was only the elderly who suffered, but this time, the young people are also suffering."

"If we don't save these young people, then there won't be enough Three Towers explorations... triggering the Great Devouring, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Liu Jinsen just gave a hum.

Yes, the Bunker had experienced diseases raging before, but they had only taken the lives of the elderly.

The Bunker's upper levels expressed indifference to this.

Just like before the arrival of the Bunker era, a certain island nation official believed that the epidemic could well solve the aging problem...

They felt that if the elderly died, they died; there was no need to deal with it. Unless the elderly were willing to work overtime until they were seventy, seventy-five, eighty...

But this time it was different; this time, many young people in the Bunker were also affected.

If they couldn't bring back enough medicine as soon as possible to extinguish the epidemic, then the decrease in the young population would lead to a decrease in the core strength for exploring the Three Towers.

Not enough Three Towers explorations triggering the Great Devouring... that would be a huge disaster for the human camp.

"Liu sir, if I didn't lack the ability, I would want to go to the Slaughter Tower to fight."

"At this time, whoever can bring back medicine is a hero!" the Health Bureau staff member sighed on the phone.

Liu Jinsen just responded faintly:

"Okay, I know the situation, thank you for your hard work."

Liu Jinsen hung up the phone.

Right now, he very much hoped to be able to go to the Slaughter Tower to fight the enemy, even if bringing back a small portion of medicine would be good.

But now, he couldn't do anything, because his superiors required him to put all his energy into one person.

Wen Xishu.

As a pragmatist, Liu Jinsen would not pin his hopes on ethereal things.

For example, counting on Wen Xishu to bring something back from the Mysterious Tower.

In fact, he didn't even think Wen Xishu would be able to come back alive.

Wen Xishu naturally hadn't died yet, but he had no bottom line in his heart about how long he could live.

After the 【Do you want to roll?】 option appeared, he didn't hesitate and chose yes.

Facing new things, he was like stock investors facing a bull market, his courage was unusually large.

After all, even without rolling points, according to the various existing risks, the possibility of him clearing the Mysterious Tower was also very low.

It would be better to use some unknown means to take a gamble.

Wen Xishu gambled, and the result was—gamblers don't end well.

Points, three ones.

Red die, white die, black die; the points of all three dice were one.

【Please choose one from the following effects.】

【1: Three Highs. (Tower ascension level x3, can be triggered when the points of the three dice are the same.)】

【2: Power of Three Phases. (Can use the abilities and rules of three tower systems simultaneously, can be triggered when the points of the three dice are the same.)】

【3: Minimalism. (Level too low, description cannot be obtained. Triggered when the points of the three dice are less than five.)】

【Due to the current lack of school/faction and level being too low, "Power of Three Phases" and "Minimalism" cannot be triggered. This tower ascension level x3.】

And so, a newcomer with zero magic resistance and Level 1 was inexplicably teleported to the twenty-first floor of the Mysterious Tower.

This was a level that newcomers and even many veterans could not touch for a long time.

The reason it was the twenty-first floor, rather than the third floor, was because the level for going to the Three Towers fluctuated randomly within a certain range.

Newcomers ascending the tower would fluctuate between the first and seventh floors; a very small number of those with extremely bad luck would be assigned to the sixth or seventh floor.

Wen Xishu was originally going to go to the seventh floor, but now it had become the twenty-first floor.

Undoubtedly, according to the saying that the further back the level, the stronger the monsters—

Although he didn't know what area he was about to go to, it was definitely an area where monsters could kill him in seconds.

"Wen Zhaohua is indeed my biological brother, a master at pitting his younger brother."

Muttering internally, Wen Xishu wasn't too annoyed.

In his view, the dice's ability was bug-level.

He could vaguely feel what a perverted ability it was to be able to use the abilities and rules of three tower systems simultaneously.

If a Tower of Desire sequence were in the Slaughter Tower, wouldn't that be a walking succubus?

If a Slaughter Tower sequence were in the Tower of Desire, wouldn't that be a cultivator descending to a normal world?

Of course, Wen Xishu didn't actually know the specific operational details, and for himself in the novice period, he hadn't made certain preparations either.

The surrounding scene was constantly changing, with countless white lines crisscrossing, constructing the area he was about to reach.

And new information appeared in his mind.

【Task Description: Welcome to the Mysterious Tower. You have received a call for help from Jennifer, a tower resident on the twenty-first floor of the Mysterious Tower.

On the twenty-first floor of the Mysterious Tower, there is a special old building from which sounds of savage laughter come from time to time.

You snuck into the old building and successfully made contact with Jennifer. But this building, which has been contaminated, seems different from when you arrived.

The road to leave here has become strange and complex.

Taking Jennifer away from this building will result in a higher evaluation, or, your abilities are only enough to escape here alone.

Of course, we also look forward to you being able to make more extreme moves.】

This message quickly disappeared from his mind, and Wen Xishu also began his first Three Towers game.

Mysterious Tower, twenty-first floor.

Location, Moen City slum, Jennifer's home.

Wen Xishu was indeed a bit surprised that the place where he started was actually the comfort zone of the neighbor—under the bed.

He was lying under the bed, one hand supporting his body, the other hand covering the mouth of a little girl.

This little girl had freckles that Westerners considered cute, wore a ponytail, and had big eyes blinking; she should have been good-looking.

But the fear in her eyes made her face look slightly horrifying.

The situation of the two was very bad.

"Jennifer—where are you? Say something!"

"My dear Jen—ni—fer! I will find you; I'm about to hear your heartbeat, hehe."

A man's voice came from not far away, revealing a perverted excitement.

Wen Xishu soon figured out the situation. The Three Towers were not a tower; the Three Towers encompassed an entire world.

A certain area of a certain level might just be a corner of that vast world.

His task was a rescue mission, and the girl hiding under the bed with him was likely Jennifer.

And the male calling for Jennifer was likely a dangerous person.

Which was also the reason Jennifer needed to escape this building.

Wen Xishu was about to speak to ask Jennifer for some details. But the moment he was about to speak, a sense of crisis struck.

In his previous life, Wen Xishu's name could be said to flicker on the Book of Life and Death all year round. The comment section of his videos was full of comments like "waiting to eat at the funeral."

This also gave him an extraordinary sense of smell for death.

Wen Xishu noticed that Jennifer was holding a mobile phone, and the phone was in silent mode.

And his own hand was covering Jennifer's mouth.

The chill of death instantly enveloped Wen Xishu, but he endured it and didn't let himself make any moves.

Even his breathing was very light.

"Jennifer! Where are you! Let me hear your voice, okay!" The freak's shouting came again.

Wen Xishu didn't expect this game to be so malicious, actually having a "start-of-game kill." No wonder no one was willing to come to the Mysterious Tower.

Jennifer's silent phone, the covered mouth, and the content expressed by the freak's words...

seemed to indicate that as long as he spoke, the freak would be able to hear it.

Clearly, the other party's hearing couldn't just be aimed at Jennifer.

If a tower climber were here and habitually opened their mouth to ask—

Then in all likelihood, that freak would come straight to their face and find Jennifer.

The game would end directly.

Of course, there was also the possibility of solving the monster with force and clearing the level by force.

But Wen Xishu's magic resistance was 0.

And this was the twenty-first floor of the Mysterious Tower; this level required too much magic resistance for him.

Too low magic resistance would have many negative effects—

Unable to see the normal analysis of items, unable to cause damage to enemies, enemy damage would kill him in seconds, and sometimes the world in his eyes would become indescribable...

In short, Wen Xishu did not have the feasibility of clearing the level by force, at least not at this stage.

The freak's voice was getting louder, not because he was shouting harder, but because his distance...

was getting closer.

Staying under the bed would definitely lead to death.

But if he rashly left from under the bed, the sound made would also instantly attract the freak.

This was almost a dead end.

(End of chapter)