Chapter 53: New Anchoring

A series of messages made Wen Xishu a bit dazed. It was mainly that it was caught off guard, and the task was completed just like that?

He didn't even kill the two of them.

At the same time, Wen Xishu also knew for the first time that a happiness value of zero could actually be a completed task status.

But after a little pondering, he found that the principle was actually not difficult to understand. Releasing hatred desire was also a part of the Tower of Desire. What Tang Rui needed was hatred, and a reason to hate.

If he killed this couple directly, Tang Rui might still retain some fantasies in her heart, causing her to be unable to truly hate.

It was just echoing the saying of being confused in love and twisted in hatred.

But by interpreting the task, Wen Xishu knew Tang Rui's inner struggle in advance. So he designed such a perverted game.

In fact, Wen Xishu had no interest in torturing Tang Rui's parents. This game actually gave Tang's father and mother many chances to survive.

If in this game, Tang Rui's parents could have a little compromise and concession, could show a little love and pity, could have 1% of a parent's heartache for a child in the final trade-off...

Perhaps this task would not be completed.

But then again, if this were really the result, Tang Rui would not be the task target of the Tower of Desire.

Everything was inevitable, and there was no luck.

The result of this game also made Tang Rui see clearly the fact she didn't want to admit—

They really don't love me, and they don't even care about me.

In the story line before Wen Xishu arrived, Tang Rui, who didn't recognize this scene, would fall into a great dilemma when the apocalypse arrived soon.

Few people can distinguish whether they are loved or needed when they are extremely craving for love.

The value of Strange—Tang Rui's ability caused her to be needed by many people, but she mistakenly thought that she was loved, mistakenly thinking that it was a chance to reconcile with her parents.

But in the end, there were more and more monsters with the Slaughter prefix, constantly gathering in Jiangcheng. When the despair of the apocalypse became deeper and deeper, she experienced another betrayal and abandonment.

This also caused her to lose the position she should have had.

Fortunately, with Wen Xishu's arrival, a new fate trajectory will be anchored.

Thunder rumbled, and the heavy rain poured down. Tonight's thunderstorm was like a grand ceremony.

This is a residential building in the residential area. In fact, the movement made by Wen Xishu and Tang Rui had already made the residents of a building suspicious, but in the end, no one called the police.

Everything went as smoothly as it should have.

The knife in Tang Rui's hand was stained with blood. The original wailing in the house turned into dead silence. When she walked out of the door, she suddenly wanted to smoke.

Wen Xishu stood beside her:

"Actually, things like doing it can be left to me. If you regret it in the future, you can also count the sin on my head. I don't mind if you come to me for revenge."

Tang Rui shook her head:

"It's okay, thank you, Rainy Night Butcher."

Wen Xishu shrugged:

"I'm more like a lookout for the butcher. You are the real butcher. This nickname is for you. I have always been generous to friends."

Although Wen Xishu also participated, the one who finally did it was Tang Rui.

He actually thought Tang Rui wouldn't really do it, at most be a silent witness.

But the result surprised even Wen Xishu. This girl was a ruthless person in her bones.

When the hidden task was completed, and when Tang Rui walked out of her parents' room, her temperament changed.

The first and second times were invited by Wen Xishu, but this time, Tang Rui said:

"Okay, Sentinel, let's not dawdle. I have one last knot in my heart, let's go solve her!"

She rushed into the rainy night with a knife, like a star of evil.

Under the effect of "Mixed Feelings," Wen Xishu felt a kind of... killing intent even more wild than his own.

Jiangcheng, Jiangcheng Youth Talent Apartment.

In the commercial area of Jiangcheng, there are several huge office buildings, where people from all walks of life gather. But most of them are insurance companies, banks, telecommunications, Unicom outsourced sales staff, and some real estate sales staff.

In fact, Lin Huiru didn't live well. After she spread rumors about Tang Rui out of jealousy, the boss also fired Lin Huiru soon.

The boss actually felt in his heart that a girl like Tang Rui who worked steadily shouldn't be treated like this.

In fact, the boss himself was also a victim of the rumors.

When Lin Huiru's words "doing these things is just to sell a good price from the boss" spread, the boss's own reputation was actually damaged.

Lin Huiru was fired. If it weren't for her rumors, perhaps Tang Rui would really be appreciated, her life would be different, and she wouldn't always meet the wrong people.

Of course, there are no "ifs" in this world. For Lin Huiru, she hated Tang Rui for a lifetime, thinking that being fired was all Tang Rui's fault.

She cursed Tang Rui more than once, causing her to lose her original good job.

Now she is doing a health product after-sales customer service job, because her only advantage... is her sweet voice.

On this rainy night, the impact on the Youth Talent Apartment was still quite large.

The power was out here.

Thinking that she now lives in a broken place like the Talent Apartment, thinking that she could have lived in a better place... she started cursing Tang Rui again.

"Damn bitch, damn bitch! It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"

She cursed like this from time to time. Every time at the dinner table, she would tell how she pitied Tang Rui back then, and then was harmed by the ungrateful wolf.

But suddenly, Lin Huiru stopped cursing.

She shivered, and a strong sense of fear struck, making Lin Huiru's throat feel like it was stuck.

Another bang, another "Forgot the Keys" breaking in, and another Rainy Night Butcher and Rainy Night Butcher navigation duo.

"Xiao Ru, I'm here to see you."

The difference is that this time Wen Xishu is no longer the first to speak.

Tang Rui's hoarse voice carried some excitement.

No need for too much introduction, under the effect of "Mixed Feelings," Lin Huiru had already felt the chill of death.

As if the whole person had come to the depths of an ice cellar, and then a huge, ice-thorn-covered ghost appeared behind her.

In just an instant, she recognized the wet woman in front of her.

"It's you... how could you be here? Why are you here?! What are you doing! Doing what!"

Lin Huiru's goosebumps rose! She saw the knife held in Tang Rui's hand.

"Xiao Ru, we are good sisters. The rain is too heavy, I'm here to see you."

She has learned the trade.

Wen Xishu looked at Tang Rui's temperament, feeling that it was very well grasped, and already had some of his own style.

Saying "I'm here to kill you" is too narrow. But saying "the rain is too heavy, I'm here to see you" makes people have a long aftertaste.

Outside is bitter rain and miserable wind, inside is a resentful woman in the dark.

Lin Huiru wanted to scream, but the next second, Tang Rui grabbed Lin Huiru's hair and pulled it hard, dragging her whole person off the bed.

"Shh!"

A finger was placed on Lin Huiru's lips, and Tang Rui said softly:

"Be quiet, Xiao Ru, over the years, if you had learned to keep silent, how good it would have been."

A sharp knife drew a scarlet mark on Lin Huiru's skin.

Lin Huiru wanted to wail in pain, but when her eyes looked at Tang Rui's ferocious eyes, when the chill of "Mixed Feelings" increased exponentially...

She suddenly didn't dare to open her mouth.

Wen Xishu had to admit that Tang Rui was a genius in mastering sequence power.

She seemed to be able to control "Mixed Feelings," letting the other party feel the emotions she wanted to create.

Clearly, she should be in pain, should be roaring, should be wailing. But Lin Huiru just couldn't shout out. She was shrouded in endless cold, in complete despair.

Before the rumors came, Tang Rui naively thought that her life was really getting better, and it turned out that there was such a thing as bitterness ending and sweetness beginning.

But she didn't expect that everything she earned through her own efforts would be destroyed by her best friend. At that time, she really felt like she had fallen into an ice cellar.

The knife stabbed into the flesh.

"Why don't you laugh? Laugh a little, your smile is sweet, maybe I'll stop." Tang Rui asked softly.

On that day in her memory, when rumors were flying, Lin Huiru was laughing as if nothing had happened.

As if Tang Rui's world collapsing didn't affect the quiet years, and the air even became more fragrant.

She still smiled sweetly at Tang Rui, thinking it was just a casual joke, completely unaware of the damage her actions would cause to Tang Rui.

Tang Rui now recalled this kind of smile and felt disgusted. Every time she was bullied in college, she saw such a smile on Lin Huiru's face.

That was not a comforting smile, that was a smile of a scheme succeeding. If you think about it carefully, many of the maliciousness suffered in college might have something to do with the owner of this smile.

Lin Huiru was very obedient, fear forced her to laugh. That smile was as ugly as it could be.

Tang Rui also smiled, she even smiled with some charm.

Wen Xishu saw this and knew that the hardships and stories belonging to Desire—Tang Rui had indeed all ended.

The knot in her heart had disappeared. Scum had the ending of scum, and dregs had the ending of dregs.

As for whether she would coexist with killing and kindness after the cold apocalypse arrived, or become a complete demon, that was not something Wen Xishu needed to care about.

Wen Xishu only knew one thing: as a player, what he had to do was to survive in the game and keep getting stronger.

And all this was reflected in the Three Towers game—accepting tasks, understanding tasks, and completing tasks.

The sound of heavy rain covered up too much noise and sin. After Tang Rui walked out, the blood on her face was like a blooming flower.

The heavy rain quickly washed away the scarlet flower, but the smile on Tang Rui's face did not disappear.

"This is truly a crazy and long night, thank you for coming. Tonight for me... is really crazy, from the moment I drank that glass of wine, everything seemed incredible."

Originally, after today, the craziest thing Tang Rui was going to do was to end her life, like a parrot falling to its death.

Although under the influence of strange power, she didn't really die. But every day after that, she lived in pain and self-doubt, life worse than death.

Wen Xishu didn't think this was very crazy:

"This is just an ordinary night. Don't take it too seriously."

"If order doesn't collapse, if the apocalypse doesn't arrive, then for you and me, this is indeed a crazy and sinful night."

"But as I said, the apocalypse is coming, and compared to the real apocalypse, everything tonight is nothing."

"You will see a lot of real slaughter soon."

The storm in the teacup is not worth mentioning when placed in the bathtub. Although Wen Xishu didn't know what impact that apocalypse would have on the human world...

But if the Bunker Era can be seen as the center of human survivors in the post-apocalyptic era, then that apocalypse will at least destroy about 90% of humans.

Of course, you can't say because of this, anyway, most people are going to die, so it doesn't matter if I kill a few in advance.

But the value of the Tower of Desire lies in changing the fate trajectories of these bosses in the Tower of Mystery and the Slaughter Tower.

Once these trajectories change, the fate of humans on a macro level may also be affected for the better.

For example, he unlocked the conditions to recruit Slaughter—Jack and Slaughter—Jennifer. If he really recruits them in the future, it would be a huge surprise for humans to decrypt the Three Towers.

Today is the same.

For Wen Xishu, killing a few scum and dregs on the eve of the apocalypse to exchange for the ascension of the Slaughter Tower boss and the rewards of the Tower of Desire task is simply cool and cost-effective.

Of course, he couldn't tell Tang Rui about these things clearly. There is always a huge boundary between players and NPCs.

Tang Rui suddenly spoke:

"Will we... meet again?"

"Hard to say, but it's likely we won't meet again."

Wen Xishu said very straightforwardly.

It's not that he doesn't want to see Slaughter—Jack, Slaughter—Jennifer, or Slaughter—Tang Rui again.

It's that he can't touch the Slaughter Tower for a short time, and exploring the Tower of Mystery is his main theme. Even if he really explores the Slaughter Tower in the future, he may not necessarily meet them. After all, the Slaughter Tower is so vast.

Tang Rui was quite reluctant, but she felt that this crazy man would appear suddenly and disappear suddenly.

Rather than looking back suddenly and finding the place empty, it is better to say goodbye decently. Tang Rui reached out:

"Then let's get to know each other well and then say goodbye well. My name is Tang Rui, I believe what you said, the apocalypse will arrive."

"I think you appeared suddenly, it must be because you hope I can survive in the apocalypse. Don't worry, I will live. I will live until the day we meet again. I have a hunch, we will meet again."

"Maybe you will really need me by then."

Wen Xishu also smiled and reached out.

"My name is Wen Xishu. This heavy rain doesn't look simple. In Jiangcheng, perhaps there are Awakened ones with higher qualifications than you."

"The world will soon become chaotic, and your abilities will become more and more prominent. Tang Rui, protect yourself, hide yourself well, don't trust people easily."

The heavy rain hasn't ended, but this rainy night has come to an end. The farewell of the two killers didn't have too much awkwardness and words.

"Okay, I remember, goodbye, Rainy Night Butcher's Sentinel."

"Goodbye, Rainy Night Butcher."

The two shook hands and then parted ways.

The heavy rain didn't mean to weaken. Wen Xishu didn't guess wrong, this rain is actually not simple.

In the Tower of Desire, not every task target is to be abused by people around them, experiencing pain and incompleteness.

There are also some extremely special existences.

But that doesn't belong to the parrot's story, that's another person and thing. Although Wen Xishu noticed something wrong, he didn't want to cause extra trouble.

When Tang Rui's figure completely disappeared into the rainy night, he reviewed the characteristics of the three people killed.

"The three items corresponding to the three people... actually I already know. At least there are three scenes, I have the confidence to speed-run."

"But there are four doors."

"It's strange, in the Truth game, Tang Rui's meaning is that there is no fourth thing that makes her incomplete."

"But there should be..."

Wen Xishu didn't think of the reason. In fact, he had already heard the answer from the prompt, but at this time, he ignored a logic.

Fortunately, when his hand pressed on the invitation letter, preparing to return... he suddenly understood.

Wen Xishu was happy:

"So that's it, so that's it... Now there is no problem at all. In this way, I can not only speed-run the Tower of Desire, but also speed-run the Tower of Mystery."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 54 =====