Chapter 66: The Future of the Xishu God Sect

Miracle Apartment, the first day of the seven-day survival, has begun. This is also a day with almost no risk, just like the Tower of Desire.

When Wen Xiange, Wen Xishu, and the five people all moved into the apartment building, all the options appeared in everyone's eyes.

【Explore Miracle Apartment building: consume 50 action points.】

【Open a new resident meeting: consume 25 action points.】

【Explore your own room: consume 25 action points.】

【Interact with neighbors: consume 50 action points.】

【Note, exploration content and interaction content are not fixed.】

It is already past noon, and for Wen Xishu, the morning time is somewhat wasted.

He is testing everything in the room.

When Wen Xishu chooses to return to bed, or chooses to prepare meals, or chooses to tidy up the room... it will not trigger the prompt to consume action points.

But when Wen Xishu prepares to observe the room carefully, internally starts to think about the structure of this room or hidden secrets, and generates this kind of psychological activity...

【If you continue this kind of action, you will automatically choose to explore your own room and deduct the corresponding 25 action points.】

Wen Xishu doesn't know yet whether action points are abundant or tight in this Inverse Seven plan.

He just discovered a very critical point in the task prompt, but now he is struggling, whether to open a meeting and consume 25 action points to tell everyone.

"If I treat this as a pure single-player game... then I can ignore their life and death."

This is actually the most comfortable and adaptable way for Wen Xishu. However, the problem is that the benefit of uniting others is very high.

"Assuming everyone has one hundred action points per day... then everyone can explore the building twice."

"Exploring the building consumes the most points, which also means that exploring the building can get the most intelligence."

"If I choose to act alone, then exploring the building and interacting with neighbors will be at most once. But if it is a multi-person action, other people's intelligence can also be obtained."

Wen Xishu finally made a decision to cooperate with teammates.

He is prepared to consume 25 action points, so his remaining action points will only be seventy...

But seventy points, in fact, is only 50 points. Because the two options that need to consume action points have values of 25 and 50 respectively.

According to maximizing benefits, only 50 can be chosen. The remaining 20 points can do nothing.

Wen Xishu can be said to have lost blood, but after calculating the benefits of single-player and team-up, although he was heartbroken, he was not coy.

However, just before Wen Xishu was about to initiate a meeting... he suddenly saw the following prompt.

【The resident who moved in together, ID Wen Xiange, initiated a meeting. Do you choose to answer?】

Someone initiated a meeting one step ahead of Wen Xishu. Wen Xishu's action points were thus saved.

It has to be said that this move made Wen Xishu somewhat surprised. Because Wen Xishu defaulted that all friendly merchants were idiots. Defaulted that all his teammates were simple-difficulty AI.

This is not arrogance, but only in this way can he put himself in the worst environmental atmosphere, forcing himself to exert his full level.

Wen Xishu chose to answer the meeting.

At the moment of making the choice, four floating styles appeared in Wen Xishu's eyes, as if projected.

Four squares, corresponding to Little Five, A-Miao, Wu Banana, and Wen Xiange.

【Meeting duration, fifteen minutes.】

Too stingy. Wen Xishu couldn't help but sigh. Consuming 25 action points only to exchange for a fifteen-minute call.

"Everyone, everyone, I found that this action point seems very tight... We have to save seven families, but we can only interact with the other party twice a day..."

"I'm thinking, we still have to cooperate well, so I spent some action points, hoping we can set some rules."

Wen Xishu is now sure that this big bald man is not just good at bluffing, but also has some overall view.

Wu Banana suddenly opened his mouth at this time and said:

"Venerable, I actually wanted to explore the house just now... My idea is, this thing doesn't consume too many action points, but, it is the place where I live, what if there is something weird in this place..."

"I dare not think, I can't even sleep well. This task of ours, it doesn't necessarily have to be done in seven days, but it definitely won't be completed in a day or two..."

"But I found that I am really confused, because... many items in my eyes are garbled."

Hearing garbled code, A-Miao also said:

"Me too... When I was tidying up the room, I found that some items could pop up notes, but they were all garbled."

"This... I think even if I consume action points, I'm afraid I can't do anything. What about you?"

A-Five said:

"I can see some words, but many are covered by garbled code, and many things cannot be clearly understood."

"Actually, I am too..." Wen Xiange said.

Wen Xishu didn't find anything abnormal. A Level 6 completion of the 21st floor, a Level 6 completion of the 6th floor, gave him 15 points of anti-magic value.

Facing the seventh floor, Wen Xishu almost didn't encounter anything with special garbled code, so he didn't notice this point.

"I am the same, I can see a little text, and there is a lot of garbled code, but I can probably guess what combinations there will be. If you trust me, the exploration task can be handed to me." Wen Xishu said.

"But my personal suggestion is that we collectively choose to interact with our neighbors first."

"After interacting, let one person open a meeting, and then exchange the intelligence after interaction."

"Although I can explore and can interpret some items very reluctantly, I don't rule out the possibility that my neighbors are indeed very important."

"If I only do the work of exploration, it is very likely that information blind spots will appear."

Wen Xishu's logic was very clear, and Wen Xiange felt it made a lot of sense:

"As expected of the ID being the same as my Lord, what you said makes a lot of sense. I agree."

"I agree too."

"Agree."

"Agree"

The other three also expressed their attitudes.

Wen Xishu continued:

"Today, everyone first unifies the dialogue with neighbors, and then tomorrow we will make additional divisions based on the usefulness of the intelligence summary."

"Finally, I want to ask about your task descriptions."

Wen Xiange cooperated and said:

"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..."

His description and most of Wen Xishu's task descriptions were similar. The other three also expressed that there was no difference in the task description.

But Wen Xishu found that Wen Xiange's task description was still somewhat different from his own task description.

Wen Xiange's task description missed the beginning and the end. Wen Xishu realized that it was a task description exclusive to himself—

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.

Combined with other people's task descriptions, and the last word—Demon. Wen Xishu actually had a preliminary analysis of this task.

"Everyone, pay attention to this sentence: before the end of the world comes, there are also some people who do not have the qualifications for evolution who have noticed the clues."

"This means that there are people with evolution qualifications in this world, they are very likely the monsters in the Slaughter Tower and the Mysterious Tower later."

"But ordinary people also have some who have noticed the end of the world."

"And you think about it, this building comes from one of the top conglomerates in Jicheng, but it only charges extremely low rent."

"Think carefully, the staff said, we are lucky ones, because Jicheng is an inch of land and an inch of gold, and because this building has a high configuration and low rent, there must be many people who want to move in."

"This means we were screened in. Including the seven families who are about to die, they were also screened in. This kind of screening should not have randomness, but contains some kind of trait."

"If we interpret the task carefully, we can actually draw a conclusion—"

"The end of the world is coming, there are many anomalies, and there are many abnormal people. No matter how rich you are, after the end of the world comes and the world order collapses, you are just a piece of meat divided by monsters."

"In order to survive in the end of the world, if you are a super rich person... after you have already known some anomalies that cannot be explained by science, you suddenly choose to spend a lot of money to build a building, and there are seven families you carefully selected in the building..."

"Seven families you carefully selected, and they will all die."

"What do you think this looks like?"

A-Miao, Little Five, and Wu Banana didn't answer. They were still a bit confused, but Wen Xiange, as a church leader, as the Venerable of the Xishu God Sect...

He thought of this behavior, which was very consistent with some behaviors in cults. Wen Xiange trembled:

"This... this could it be... sacrifice?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Correct answer. The reason I said these is that I hope everyone can understand that we need to find the weird points in the seven families."

"Interact with neighbors, ask them as much as possible about the weird things they feel. And don't chat."

"Figure out what the commonality of these seven families is, and we may be able to stop their deaths and terminate this sacrifice."

Wen Xiange sighed:

"Ah Shu, you are absolutely suitable to be the High Priest of our Xishu God Sect! You are truly the future of the Xishu God Sect!"

Little

"This... could this possibly... be a sacrifice?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Correct. The reason I said all this is that I hope everyone can understand that we need to find the strange points regarding these seven households."

"Interact with the neighbors and try your best to ask about the strange things they have felt. Do not just make small talk."

"Once we figure out the commonality among these seven households, we might be able to prevent their deaths and put an end to this sacrifice."

Wen Xiange sighed with emotion:

"A-Shu, you are absolutely suited to be the High Priest of our Wen Xishu Divine Sect! You truly are the future of the Wen Xishu Divine Sect!"

Xiao Wu also said:

"Although I hadn't thought of any of this at all, what you said makes a lot of sense."

A-Miao gave a hum:

"I understand. You're right, we'll do as you say."

Wu Xiangjiao said:

"Time is running out. Shall we start now?"

Wen Xishu thought for a moment; there was nothing left to add for now, so the meeting ended.

At this point, Wen Xishu still had 95 Action Points remaining. He could choose to explore the house or interact with neighbors further.

Wen Xishu decided to do the house exploration later.

He walked decisively toward the door, and as he touched the doorknob, a prompt with two choices appeared in his mind.

【You are about to walk out the door. You seem to have some leads; what do you decide to do?】

【1: Explore the Miracle Apartment Building: Consumes 50 Action Points.】

【2: Interact with neighbors: Consumes 50 Action Points.】

Wen Xishu chose two. At this moment, his body actually began to move on its own.

At the same time, A-Miao and Wu Xiangjiao also chose two. Wen Xiange and Xiao Wu decided to do some preparatory work first.

A-Miao was terrified, never expecting that she would lose control over her own body. Wu Xiangjiao also cursed under his breath; this Mysterious Tower was truly bizarre. If the Mysterious Tower possessed this kind of power to control one's body...

Wouldn't there be a possibility of being manipulated by a mysterious force to commit acts that harm one's own body?

No wonder that although the monsters in the Slaughter Tower are very strong, the death rate for exploring the Mysterious Tower is even higher.

Wen Xishu, however, adapted quite quickly, feeling that this was actually quite convenient.

His body began to act, walking to the entrance of 14-1, and then knocked on the door.

The door opened.

The man who opened the door was a man with a rather delicate appearance. This man wore glasses, his hair was somewhat sparse, and his hairline was very high. He looked to be in his thirties, with excitement in his eyes, but his dark circles were also very heavy:

"Hello, I just moved in. I'm your neighbor, my name is Wen Xishu."

Wen Xishu extended his hand:

"If you need help with anything in the future, you can come to me. I especially love helping others."

The man also smiled, appearing quite polite:

"My name is Yin Junchi."

Wen Xishu said:

"I don't know why I was chosen to have the good fortune of moving in here. I'm just a person who really loves dealing with people. By the way, I know a bit about Feng Shui. If some things are placed poorly, you might not sleep well."

"Perhaps that's why I was chosen? Hahaha, anyway, we're all neighbors. If you need any help, remember to find me. I would be very happy to help you."

Up to this point, Wen Xishu had not discovered any strange elements.

When he opened the door and saw Yin Junchi, he hadn't expected the other party's state to be so normal.

This place was almost like the Tower of Desire.

But no matter how similar it was, this was still just the Mysterious Tower. Wen Xishu was certain that strange elements existed here.

And judging by Yin Junchi's dark circles, this person definitely didn't sleep very well.

Not sleeping well, combined with the presence of strange elements—these characteristics combined led Wen Xishu to quickly invent a profession as a Feng Shui master for himself.

Sure enough, when Yin Junchi heard that the other party understood Feng Shui, his attitude immediately became even friendlier.

"Oh, really? That's great... To be honest, I moved in here yesterday and felt something was wrong; I just couldn't fall asleep."

A lead right from the start. Wen Xishu was very satisfied with this opening. He pretended to show a solemn expression:

"Would it be convenient for me to go in and take a look?"

Yin Junchi nodded:

"Welcome, welcome. Ah, no need to take off your shoes. I'm only staying for a short while. Once I finish my manuscript, I'll be moving out."

Wen Xishu said:

"What do you write?"

"I write weird fiction novels." Yin Junchi was quite proud.

In Wen Xishu's past life, the country of Korea had many drawbacks, but one thing was true: the status of authors in this country was indeed quite high.

Wen Xishu said:

"This place must give you a lot of inspiration, right?"

Yin Junchi's expression became a bit off. He did not deny it; this place did indeed give him inspiration.

Even... a sense of being there in person.

(Correcting an error: previously the number of households on the floor was written as 15, but after recalculating, I found it should be 13. Correcting it here; it doesn't really affect your reading.)

(End of chapter)