Chapter 64: Inverse Seven

Liu Jinsen let Sha Ruijing build momentum for himself, this move made Wen Xishu have a good impression.

In a sense, Liu Jinsen being his "boss" was better than others doing it. So Wen Xishu would also cooperate with Liu Jinsen to a certain extent.

Liu Jinsen sighed:

"Your tower climbing report is best to be convincing. If you think this is no problem, then I can cooperate with you here."

"In addition, if you really want to climb the Mysterious Tower at a high frequency, there is indeed one more thing to tell you. Unless you bring back Level 5 or higher facilities every time, it is best not to add facilities to the Bunker at will."

Wen Xishu pondered the latter sentence and understood a bit:

"No wonder, I was still thinking, why is the distribution of buildings on some functional floors of the Bunker so chaotic... but some areas are so neat."

Liu Jinsen said "Hmm":

"You are very smart. In the early days of the Bunker, humans continuously brought back facilities... but they were not high-level facilities. Most people didn't do any urban planning, leading to the chaotic arrangement of Bunker facilities."

"And some low-level facilities can be obtained repeatedly, which also led to too many facilities, occupying many precious positions."

"Later, relevant policies were formulated. Except for Level 5 and above facilities, which can be placed at will, other facilities must first be shelved by the Guide."

"After returning to the Bunker, after reporting to the Bunker Facility Planning Bureau, and after getting the batch number, you can place them at the location required by the batch number after the next tower climbing ends, and find the Guide to place them, otherwise people will be arranged to destroy them."

Wen Xishu had no opinion, this arrangement was actually quite reasonable.

Level 5 facilities were too rare, Level 6 even more so, and Level 7 was just a few in the entire Bunker... So these facilities, just place them at will, and currently, they were in a state of the more the better.

"Okay, I understand, that is to say, as long as it is Level 6 every time, it won't be so troublesome."

Liu Jinsen was a bit speechless, always feeling that this was too arrogant. But bringing back Level 6 facilities twice made Wen Xishu's words seem somewhat reasonable.

He could only say in the end:

"Don't underestimate the Mysterious Tower, and don't underestimate the enemy... Many of us are fighting for you, perhaps we can really help you gain true freedom."

Wen Xishu felt some emotion.

Liu sir's ability to handle things was very strong, but he had never been promoted to a higher level, which was indeed for a reason. There were indeed some cute people in this Bunker.

He smiled and said:

"Dying on the road of exploring the Mysterious Tower is better than dying in the Bunker. Thank you, Liu sir, I think Headmaster Albert will be happy with your choice."

Liu Jinsen stopped talking, just said "Hmm", and hung up the phone.

After ending the call, Wen Xishu took out the login device, preparing to log in to the Three Towers right in the Headmaster's office. This place was actually safer and more hidden than the dormitory.

Jia Baer said at this time:

"You are truly as diligent and eager to learn as the Headmaster said. The academy has not had a student with such a strong desire to climb the tower and the ability to survive for a long time."

"Good luck, classmate Wen. Before you start the login device, I have something to hand over to you. This is a gift brought to you by Senior Wenren Jing, perhaps it will be helpful for your tower climbing this time."

Jia Baer was not respectful like someone from the Academic Affairs Office, but more like a polite butler.

Wen Xishu thought to himself, if this person were taller, he would be an Alfred.

Due to Albert's generosity, the prop "Forgot to Bring the Key" that Wen Xishu originally rented was already in a state of being rented by Wen Xishu for a long time, and didn't need to be returned to the Material Department.

Now Wen Xishu could actually ask for one more prop. Counting Tang Rui's letter, "Forgot to Bring the Key", and the prop about to be obtained from Senior Wenren Jing, there were only three items in total. But he had four item slots.

But considering that new challenges might also obtain new props, he didn't intend to go to the Material Department again.

Jia Baer opened a palm-sized box and handed it to Wen Xishu:

"This is the item, as well as the item card. I hope it can be helpful to you."

Wen Xishu noticed the purple card at a glance.

Wen Xishu didn't expect Senior Wenren Jing to be so generous. It seemed that Senior Wenren Jing did indeed harbor great guilt towards Tang Rui back then.

The content of the card was as follows:

【Belonging person: Senior Wenren Jing.】

【Item name: Fading Indifference.】

【Item description: Its shape is a crystal-clear heart. As a necklace, it is ordinary. But it interprets the process of love for countless people. Low into the dust, gradually warming up, mutual disgust, never interacting again.】

【Item attribute: No general combat attributes. Opening consumes 25% of current health. Opening effect: Once opened, within a certain range, your presence will be extremely weak. At the same time, all Tower of Desire life that notices you will greatly increase their initial favorability, and greatly increase the probability of you obtaining the truth.】

【It's very useful, right? But please note one point: once the duration passes, all units affected by the necklace will continuously develop a sense of disgust towards you. Gradually hate you, until they want to kill you.】

【This process is irreversible. Once activated, it cannot be canceled. This item cannot act on highly corrupted biological creatures.】

Wen Xishu was slightly moved.

Undoubtedly, this was an item with huge side effects. The increased favorability was limited, but the favorability that kept dropping after the effect ended was indeed unlimited.

Once opened, it was equivalent to creating a batch of enemies. The cost of opening was also not low, 25% of current health.

But even with such large side effects, Wen Xishu still felt that this item was very buggy.

Because during the duration of the effect, it was indeed a very effective prop used to collect Tower of Desire intelligence.

He took the necklace, and Jia Baer exhorted:

"Senior Wenren Jing said, I hope it can be helpful to you, but don't use it on kind people. He hopes that even in the Three Towers, you can gain true friendship."

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Thank him for me, he is truly a generous person."

Jia Baer smiled:

"I will convey your gratitude to him. Then, classmate Wen, I think I should take my leave. I will seal the office. Except for me and the Headmaster, no one else will be able to enter."

Jia Baer shook hands with Wen Xishu to say goodbye, then he walked out of the Headmaster's office and closed the door:

"I wish you success in your studies."

After Jia Baer left, Wen Xishu started the login device.

The watch engraved with the double helix pattern bit Wen Xishu's wrist again, and the familiar voice sounded in his mind.

【Welcome to the Three Towers game, about to enter the rest area.】

【Based on your Level 6 completion in the challenge under normal order, current maximum level reachable: 10. The fluctuation value is 3 to 10. But you can also go to the Three Towers Guide to choose Three Towers Descent (for detailed rules, please consult the Three Towers Guide.)】

【Detected special prop "Mad Dice". Do you want to throw?】

Wen Xishu was surprised, is this starting to upgrade himself?

The influence of Level 6 completion was indeed very high. Normally, as long as you complete the exploration of the first to seventh floors seven times, no matter how much completion, you will get an upgrade and have the qualification to challenge higher levels.

However, if you achieve Level 6 completion, you only need one time to upgrade. But this prerequisite is the challenge under normal order.

Obviously, the "three highs" of the Mad Dice do not count as normal order. Although he cleared the Jack Ghost Building of the 21st floor of Moen City, it was not included in the upgrade evaluation.

Wen Xishu calmly accepted the fact that he had been upgraded and threw the Mad Dice for the third time.

The points this time were also very special, 2, 3, 4.

【1: Good things come in pairs. (Triggered when at least two of the three dice are even numbers. Effect: Option +1. And this option does not consume the number of options)】

【2: Smooth. (Triggered when the three dice present consecutive points. Effect: Your actions in the Three Towers will become abnormally smooth. Manifested as: combat skill consumption in the Slaughter Tower is halved, combat skill release speed is increased. No need to light a campfire to reduce slaughter value in a short time. Anti-magic value requirement is greatly reduced, luck value is greatly increased.)】

【3: Three begets all things. (Triggered when at least one of the three dice is a three, and the sum is a multiple of three. Effect: When the number of items you equip is three or a multiple of three, their effects will be increased. Includes special items, invalid items, only uses the number of items used in the item slot to determine the number of items.)】

【4: Two-stage connection. (Triggered when the three dice present consecutive points, and two of the points are even numbers. Effect: You can use the rules of any two tower systems at the same time.)】

【5: Quality upgrade: (Triggered when the three dice contain two prime numbers. Effect: When settling completion rewards, if there are items or sequences and facilities, one of them will trigger quality upgrade, improving the quality grade.)】

Wen Xishu had to sigh that the small three dice contained so many cheating mechanisms.

This time, there was "Good things come in pairs", which was essentially four choose two.

But unlike the last time, this time Wen Xishu liked all four options.

Not to mention "Smooth", it can be said that with "Smooth", combined with the anti-magic value he already has, entering the Mysterious Tower, many things can be seen through at a glance.

He also wanted "Three begets all things", because counting Tang Rui's letter, he had exactly three items.

Although "Two-stage connection" is not as good as "Three-phase power", being able to use Slaughter Tower or Mysterious Tower system items and abilities in the Tower of Desire is also very important.

Not to mention "Quality upgrade". If he achieves Level 6 completion, "Quality upgrade" might let him get something that should have been under Level 7 completion.

Four options, none of which are bad. All are super-modeled, all want.

But unfortunately, he couldn't make an adult's choice.

"Currently, although 'Three begets all things' is very good, I am already satisfied enough with the item effects, so exclude it for now."

"Next is three choose two. Assuming I can clear the level, I must have 'Quality upgrade'. After all, Liu sir also said that the facilities brought back must be of high enough level to be placed directly."

"Exploring the Tower of Desire, in fact, luck value doesn't seem that important at my current level. If I can find the invitation letter. I don't know the setting of slaughter value yet, but it seems that once it reaches the upper limit, it will trigger some bad reactions."

"Anti-magic value... I already have 15 points. Although I can't interpret everything, at a low level, I can at least interpret a part of it."

"So, 'Smooth' is really good, but it's not an absolutely necessary part."

Wen Xishu finally chose "Two-stage connection" and "Quality upgrade".

He was actually very heartbroken, choosing very hesitantly. If he could choose again, he wouldn't dare to guarantee it would be the same result.

"It's a pity, Mad Dice is a special mechanism item, and its nature is completely different from other items that occupy item slots."

"If the item bonus mechanism of Mad Dice could bonus Mad Dice itself, that would be great..."

Wen Xishu's current thought had a sense of deja vu of wishing for two more wishes with the Dragon Balls.

His thoughts were quickly diverted—

Because the scene in front of him began to be built.

He also heard the prompt for the new task at this time.

【You have gradually discovered that after a time node, the end of the world will come. At the same time, you also discovered that a small number of people are changing, while the majority of people have not noticed. But there are always exceptions. Before the end of the world comes, there are also some people who do not have the qualifications for evolution who have also noticed the clues.】

【They gather, they revel, they start to love each other, gradually, they start to know the content of the end of the world in advance, and they also start to make preparations for the arrival of the end of the world. Through their efforts, a columnar building named Miracle Apartment was born.】

【Seven families are broken in that apartment, and seven people will die strangely. A plan named "Inverse Seven" was born in that apartment.】

【Let us turn back time, return to seven days before everything happened, you as an investigator, lived next door to one of the seven families. Please explore the apartment as much as possible, and survive in the next seven days, or you will be swallowed by the apartment.】

【But we still look forward to you, who have already had an outstanding performance, being able to find the - Demon - hidden deep in the crowd.】

Seventh floor, Inverse Seven operation, survive for seven days, seven families, seven people die...

"Everything is related to seven."

Wen Xishu's first reaction to Inverse Seven was to think of a certain number seven forward who was good at turning the tide in adversity.

But obviously, this has nothing to do with any sports.

"I always feel that this task is different from the previous two."

Wen Xishu indeed thought so. The previous two tasks were actually related to a poor person. On the surface, it was survival, but in reality, it was salvation.

But this task is very strange, because the task introduction actually mentioned the word "Demon".

Wen Xishu soon appeared in the Mysterious Tower rest area.

This time, he appeared in the Tianyuan position. Most people who explore the Mysterious Tower need to complete seven explorations of the first to seventh floors to upgrade.

This probability is actually very low, and very few people can do this. But there are also many unlucky people who were arranged directly to the seventh floor for their first exploration.

There are quite a few people in the Tianyuan position, with hundreds of people having to head to the seventh floor for their first tower climbing.

It's just that unlike the desolation in the rest area last time, this time, in the Tianyuan area, these people who are about to head to the seventh floor seem to be very excited.

"Oh, young little friend, what mistake did you make to be punished to come here! May the great Wen Saint bless you!"

As soon as Wen Xishu appeared, someone immediately struck up a conversation with him.

Listening to the words "Wen Saint", Wen Xishu had a strange feeling. He thought of something, and the guess was confirmed in the next second.

The person who struck up a conversation with Wen Xishu was a bald man with a full beard, looking like he had some Russian blood, and he said very familiarly:

"Can you tell me about the task area you are going to? Perhaps there are people among us who can go with you. With people from our Xishu God Sect accompanying you, your tower climbing journey will definitely turn bad luck into good luck!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 65 =====