Chapter 73: Teaming Up for the Tower of Desire

Second day, night.

Amiao, who had only 25 Action Points left, initiated another meeting.

When her face appeared on the screens of everyone, everyone in the Xishu Divine Sect was concerned about her.

"Amiao, what happened to you!"

Xiaowu was actually in a worse state than Amiao.

His skin was scalded, and many scalded blisters had appeared, but he still immediately overcame his inferiority and asked about Amiao's situation.

"Damn, Amiao, Xiaowu, what's going on with you two? Did the bastard next door bully you?" Wu Xiangjiao was furious.

Although Wu Xiangjiao had begun to hate women, he didn't hate Amiao. He knew Amiao's difficulties.

Wen Xishu hadn't appeared for long, just a few days, but people who were willing to exchange their unbearable pasts with each other always easily became friends.

Just like what Wen Xishu did with Tang Rui, exchanging pasts would make the relationship between the two heat up rapidly.

"Amiao! Don't hurt yourself! Although these wounds won't be brought back, if you die in the Mysterious Tower, you will die in reality! You don't just have yourself; you have us!"

Wen Xiange was very heartbroken.

Wen Xishu even saw the mental barrage floating on Wen Xiange's head.

He was truly surprised.

Because this role, which was like a pyramid scheme leader, had an image that was actually so different from what he had expected.

This person truly cared about these people.

A prisoner who had finished labor reform, a woman trapped in a terminal illness, a loafer who stole chickens and dogs, and a lecturer who was down and out but truly had great love in his heart.

These people had truly become each other's reliance in times of despair.

Wen Xishu suddenly felt that it was unreal.

In the last Mysterious Tower rest area he encountered, everyone could be said to be evil. Even Zheng Zai had some perverted attributes.

He felt it was very reasonable; this was the face that a Mysterious Tower climber should have.

But there was actually a group of people in the Bunker who, although their lives were bitter, retained the kindness in their roots.

They were really weak, weak to the point that as long as someone brought them kindness, they could rekindle the hope of living.

When the epidemic broke out on the first and second floors of the Bunker, the upper levels chose to cut off the ascending passage. At this time, many people were just waiting to die.

Wen Xishu actually didn't go to save people; he went to save himself. But even so, when everyone learned that they would survive, they still missed him. Even taking him as a belief.

Amiao said:

"It's okay, it's okay... don't worry about me. Hey, I successfully persuaded that person to leave the apartment. This is a thing worth being happy about. By the way, I have a confusion. Do you know about the invitation letter?"

Wen Xiange, Xiaowu, and Wu Xiangjiao all shook their heads, looking at Amiao blankly.

Only Wen Xishu had waves in his heart:

"You... got the invitation letter?"

"A-Shu, do you know about the invitation letter?" Amiao looked at Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes, I know. With an invitation letter, you will receive an extra mission, but correspondingly, you may also unlock higher-level rewards, which counts as a good thing. You will know the specific situation after you get the invitation letter."

Wen Xishu had some numbers in his heart.

Amiao actually did the same as him, successfully sending away the neighbor, and it was sending away the neighbor in a perfect state.

At the same time, Amiao's neighbor, that comedian, also had the qualifications to evolve into a strange-prefix character.

This really made Wen Xishu feel very surprised.

Not Elder Wen, not Xiaowu, not Wu Xiangjiao... Amiao, who was at the bottom of the team in his opinion, actually performed a highlight behavior at the critical moment.

This was truly unimaginable to Wen Xishu.

The original plan was to find the remaining two people with strange qualifications among the seven people based on everyone's feedback after this meeting.

Invitation letters were three, and he wanted them all. Now it was different. The situation now was that the remaining two people with strange qualifications had already been found by Amiao.

At the same time, he had to face a possibility: would Amiao go to that Tower of Desire rest area with him? Teaming up to go to the Tower of Desire was truly the first experience.

Would this expose more of his secrets? Should he... find a way to let Amiao die here?

This thought flashed by, but was soon denied by Wen Xishu.

Because all four people were doing the same action, they were putting their hands together, thanking Wen Xishu in a low voice.

That Lord who protected them.

Although it was just a concept, an idol without any specificity, not himself.

But Wen Xishu still had a very slight fluctuation:

"Forget it, after the Action Points recover at twelve tonight, I'll do a small test on Amiao... If she can pass, I'll help her once."

Wen Xishu said:

"Xiaowu, Xiangjiao, Elder, are you three smooth?"

The three began to tell their experiences. The first was Xiaowu, because Xiaowu's skin had many pus blisters, which was a reaction after being scalded.

Xiaowu said that he found it very difficult to overcome that sense of inferiority and needed to constantly wash himself and purify himself.

After listening, Wen Xishu knew that this person actually couldn't be used anymore. Extreme inferiority was more terrifying than arrogance.

"Xiaowu, all your actions are canceled. Next, you are only responsible for one thing, which is to initiate the meeting at a fixed time every day. All your Action Points will be used to initiate the meeting, saving time for others."

"You are very ugly... the way you look now makes me feel disgusted. If you continue to shower with hot water and let your body have the slightest change, I will consider persuading everyone to abandon you."

Wen Xishu's tone was extremely cold.

Wu Xiangjiao was originally a bit angry, but next, Elder Wen also said:

"Yes, what A-Shu said is what I want to say."

Elder Wen said it very briefly, because he also couldn't bear to treat Xiaowu like this. But sometimes, inferior people just can't listen to others' encouragement, because no amount of encouragement is deserved.

But they pay special attention to others' criticism and blame.

Xiaowu didn't say anything, just nodded.

Wen Xiange and Wu Xiangjiao also began to tell their experiences, and both failed. Wen Xiange's experience made Wen Xishu feel the smell across the screen.

Wu Xiangjiao's telling made all the men present feel pain in their lower bodies unconsciously.

"Sorry, I also failed... To be honest, I was scared at the time. That posture was self-mutilation, making oneself lose descendants. His calm appearance really made me want to escape quickly." Wu Xiangjiao was a bit discouraged.

Wen Xiange also said:

"If... if I could have endured it. I don't even dare to enter that room now."

Wen Xishu said:

"Okay, I know the situation. Elder, you and Xiangjiao still have Action Points, try to exchange them a little later. Don't interact with neighbors anymore, but choose to explore this building."

"Then Xiangjiao, go to the neighbor's house that the Elder is responsible for... You'd better wear a mask or something."

"Elder, go to the neighbor's house that Xiangjiao is responsible for."

Wen Xiange and Wu Xiangjiao thought about it...

It was really possible. Maybe the person they couldn't handle could be easily handled by the other party.

Wen Xiange sighed again, A-Shu is really a good teammate. Wen Xishu finally added:

"Amiao, don't consume any Action Points tonight. With an invitation letter, your Action Points are exceptionally precious."

Amiao nodded:

"I know, I'll listen to you."

This meeting ended here.

Wen Xishu had no Action Points left, and Amiao had initiated two meetings and had no Action Points left.

The two could only wait.

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Miracle Building. Third day of seven-day survival.

All those invaded by the strange were becoming more extreme.

Amiao touched her wound and thought of that dream, in which she was operated on without anesthesia, and the doctor told her that the cancer cells had spread.

She laughed, scaring the doctor. At this moment, she did laugh, touching her face that was still bleeding.

Wen Xiange began to feel nauseous. The things he experienced during the day became shadows he couldn't get rid of.

Wu Xiangjiao kept thinking about the sentence "A-Jiao, let's complete the purification."

This was only the third day, and some people had already reached the degree of obsession. Instead, Xiaowu, who was increasingly inferior, kept cycling Wen Xishu's words and that disgusted look in his mind, afraid of being even more disgusted.

But fortunately, everyone still had the ability to think. The distorted characteristics couldn't suppress their desire to survive.

Wen Xishu had been unable to sleep, and since he couldn't do other things, time passed a bit slowly for him.

And Wen Xishu also knew very well that with an invitation letter, there was a possibility of completely rewriting the source code of the dungeon.

Then his Action Points shouldn't be wasted. So he could only wait patiently for the 24-hour countdown to end.

In the somewhat tormenting wait, he finally got the invitation letter.

【Obtained item: Invitation Letter - The Chaebol's Youngest Son.】

When Wen Xishu got this prompt, he stood up abruptly. His dark circles were a bit obvious, and the bloodshot eyes were a bit exaggerated, but the excitement on his face showed that his physical condition was not bad.

He quickly opened the invitation letter.

【On the road to playing a loser, he has always been very attentive. He has always thought that his grandfather could see his true thoughts. But does a chaebol family really have no family affection? He doesn't like his current name. All of this started from his grandfather contacting someone who called himself Scorpio. Perhaps you can help him gain happiness.】

【Note: This mission involves opening clues to other levels of seven-level completeness. Even in the Tower of Desire, you may encounter danger. Please choose the luck value allocation at your discretion.】

Wen Xishu's eyes lit up.

Scorpio?

He was very sensitive to "seven" now, but also very sensitive to constellations. Six-level completeness would attract the gaze of some special existences.

For the first time, he was gazed at by Strange Gemini.

For the second time, he encountered the gaze of Strange Virgo, as well as Gemini.

This was his third time climbing the tower. Wen Xishu thought carefully...

Suddenly found a little pattern.

"Gemini, perhaps it means that in the Three Towers game, there exist two people who attract each other, just like Jack and Jennifer, who attract each other. This is Gemini."

"Virgo, perhaps it means that in the Three Towers game, you will encounter a woman who should have been very pure, but will undergo drastic changes leading to complete distortion."

"Then what about Scorpio?"

Wen Xishu didn't pay much attention to constellations. His biggest understanding of constellations came from Saint Seiya.

However, this special performance form of the Mysterious Tower, this Action Point mechanism... perhaps indicates that Scorpio is related to the game.

Wen Xishu had read quite a few obscure knowledge. William Higinbotham, who was known as the "Father of Electronic Games" in history, was a Scorpio.

One of the stereotypes of Scorpio on major websites is "loves to play and loves to toss opponents."

"So Scorpio, does it mean that if there are many game attributes, then in the Three Towers game, this area is very likely to be gazed at by Scorpio?"

All these are Wen Xishu's guesses. It is very likely that the rules corresponding to Virgo, Gemini, and Scorpio have nothing to do with what he guessed. 【73

However, Wen Xishu was still very interested, because the previous missions had not mentioned these constellations, but this time, the mission had proactively mentioned them.

At the same time, there was a new mechanism this time: Luck Value allocation.

Wen Xishu was not sure what that was all about; he figured he would only know after entering the Tower of Desire.

Xiao Wu's video conference arrived as scheduled.

Amiao had also received the invitation letter, and she couldn't care about much else:

"A-Shu, this... this thing mentions going to the Tower of Desire?"

Wen Xishu nodded. Amiao's reaction struck him as very reasonable. She truly had no defenses up against anyone.

"It also mentions a Level 7 completion... fragments. I don't understand these things; they feel so far away from me. But it seems like another opportunity." Amiao said.

The others listened, all of them showing expressions of shock.

Level 7 completion?

Wasn't that something that could only be achieved at specific levels? It was said that the Level 7 products in the Bunker's history were achieved through the joint efforts of Albert, Mr. Jin, and several other powerful beings who had already vanished from people's sight, each working from different towers.

In the entire Bunker, there were only a few Level 7 facilities in total.

They all suspected they had misheard; how could they be discussing such ethereal things in a Level 7 Mysterious Tower?

Just at this moment, Wen Xishu very much wanted to ask Amiao:

"Amiao, the invitation letter brings opportunity, but if you can't grasp it, wasting the chance will cause a great loss."

"If you trust me, you can give the invitation letter to me."

After he finished speaking, he carefully observed Amiao's reaction. Amiao did not smile; clearly, she was truly aware of how rare this item was.

But in the end, she still nodded:

"A-Shu, your brain is very good. I've seen it these past few days; every exploration you make is an effective one. Giving the invitation to me... would very likely waste important clues."

"I'll consume Action Points to find you later! And give this thing to you."

Actually, Wen Xishu had already anticipated this answer, but when he truly heard Amiao say it, he was still somewhat surprised.

Wen Xishu smiled unconsciously:

"I was joking. Amiao, go change into a long-sleeved shirt. In ten minutes, activate the invitation letter. We'll meet in the next area; there are some things I need to instruct you on."

Amiao was stunned:

"You... aren't you afraid I'll ruin things?"

Wen Xishu shook his head with a smile. The Tower of Desire world was so big, what could she possibly ruin? He currently had a relatively high favorability rating with all members of the Xishu Divine Sect.

Wen Xishu said:

"The invitation letter has already taught you how to use it. We'll see each other in a bit. As for the rest of you—Venerable, Xiao Wu, Xiangjiao—do not use your Action Points yet."

"Amiao and I will be back very soon. After the meeting ends, Xiao Wu, you start the meeting again in twenty minutes."

Xiao Wu was puzzled:

"Tw... twenty minutes is enough? I just feel like you're about to be invited to do something incredible? And the interval only needs to be that short?"

Because it was a meeting, and because Amiao had asked beforehand, Wen Xishu could not hide the matter of the invitation letter.

Regarding the final handling of these people, he decided to make a judgment after returning from the Tower of Desire.

Wen Xishu said:

"Mm, just do as I say. Twenty minutes after this meeting ends, you consume another twenty-five Action Points to start the meeting. Do you understand?"

Xiao Wu nodded:

"I... although I'm useless, I will do this small thing well."

Wen Xishu said:

"Good, see you later."

The meeting ended.

When the screen disappeared, Wen Xishu and Amiao both picked up their invitation letters and pressed their handprints onto them.

Tower of Desire, Rest Area.

The incredibly familiar hawking sounds made Wen Xishu quickly realize that he had arrived at the Rest Area once again.

At the same time, he discovered Amiao beside him. Amiao was still a bit dazed. Experiencing the teleportation of an invitation letter for the first time, this was a normal reaction.

Fortunately, the hawking about the "bending" guide for Miyazaki Yinggao coming from next door also helped Amiao gradually wake up.

"Where... where have we arrived?"

Although Amiao already knew she would come here through the invitation letter's prompt, coming this way for the first time... still left her incredibly astonished.

"Welcome to the Tower of Desire Rest Area, Amiao. Let's officially get to know each other; you can check my ID," Wen Xishu said.

Amiao was puzzled; she hadn't cared about this originally, but since A-Shu mentioned it, she lightly touched Wen Xishu.

In her mind, Amiao silently recited the keyword the Guide had taught her for viewing a teammate's attributes.

In that instant, Wen Xishu's ID appeared in her mind.

Her first reaction was not to feel that anything was wrong, but immediately after... her eyes began to widen bit by bit, and her mouth opened slightly, yet she couldn't utter a single word.

She looked at Wen Xishu with a confused, incredulous gaze.

No spaces, no symbols, no numbers... these three characters, "Wen Xishu," were exactly the same as the three characters she had seen after the Belongers in the Bunker.

Wen Xishu smiled and leaned into Amiao's ear, whispering:

"Shh, please keep it a secret."

(End of Chapter)