Chapter 76: Miracle Building in the Desire Tower

Wen Xishu of course also knew that human power is not faster than an engine. So after riding out of the Hanjiang Park area and seeing the road for motor vehicles... he immediately made a decision.

48 hours, forty minutes had already passed, and he didn't even know where the mission target was. To prevent himself from dying in the Desire Tower... Wen Xishu decided to commit serial crimes.

He planned to do more of what he did to Ahui.

On the side of the road, Wen Xishu hailed a taxi. After getting in, Wen Xishu said:

"Driver, Miracle Building."

The taxi driver frowned:

"Customer, the reputation of that place has not been very good lately. Why don't you get out of the car? I... I'm not taking this business."

Wen Xishu was quite surprised.

"I'll pay extra, driver."

"No matter how much you add, I'm not going... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please don't report me, I really don't dare to go there."

This driver seemed to feel it was necessary to make it clear, not wanting Wen Xishu to die in vain, so he said:

"I have a friend who interviewed for an elevator repairman there... and suddenly lost contact. Yesterday, he appeared on the screen speaking for Miracle Building."

"But his appearance... it was too strange, that smile full of happiness, clearly... clearly he is a person with a bad temper who doesn't like to smile, and that kind of thing happened in his family."

Wen Xishu immediately thought of the person in the elevator. It seems these staff members have all suffered from extremely terrifying strange invasions and have completely changed. He asked:

"What kind of thing?"

The little people in the city are exceptionally sensitive when it comes to survival. Whether it was Ahui or this driver... they all avoided the place called Miracle Building.

Wen Xishu still admired this.

On the contrary, people like Jiang Yingce and Yin Junchi all went inside.

"Something happened in his family, his child died, his wife ran away... but that smile of his, it's like he doesn't know at all, no... even if he really didn't know, his life is a mess, he shouldn't have such a smile. Customer, I really can't go there."

Wen Xishu nodded, understanding the driver, but he didn't intend to waste time:

"Sorry, driver, I'm in a hurry to save the world."

After this sentence, Wen Xishu saw the multiple-choice question again.

【You quickly captured an opportunity to get closer to the main target. Your boundary-crossing behavior has caused your Good/Evil value to begin to change.】

【Now you decide:】

Wen Xishu chose to hijack the car, not considering other options at all. Because the roll was 19, which is in the range of a great success, this car hijacking was very smooth.

Wen Xishu's movements could be called the standard of a fighting movie textbook.

He began a series of silky combos, elbowing to stun the opponent, kicking the person out of the car, gripping the steering wheel to make a rapid U-turn, and hijacking the car to leave.

All actions were done in one go.

People who can master driving skills in the bunker must be few, but Wen Xishu has the memories of his previous life. He stepped on the gas and began to sprint toward Miracle Building.

It was also at this time that Wen Xishu saw the prompt again.

【Evil Value +3, current wanted level: one star.】

【Some police officers have heard of your news. A small number of police will refresh in the area. They do not know your exact location, but they will constantly approach you.】

【The wanted status lasts for five minutes. If you commit a new crime during this process, the wanted level will rise to two stars.】

Good guy.

Wen Xishu began to realize the terror of those who possess the names of the constellations.

He didn't know the abilities of Mysterious Virgin and Mysterious Gemini yet, but Scorpio is real, injecting a huge amount of game content into an incomparably real experience.

He actually really was wanted, just like in that game 5.

However, Wen Xishu was not panicked. In his impression, the one-star wanted level in many games can be easily shaken off. He quickly determined the best route through navigation and headed toward Miracle Building at maximum speed.

"The area I'm in is not far from Jiangnan District... only twenty-something kilometers. I hope I can find An Jincheng on the forty-second floor inside Miracle Building."

That's what Wen Xishu thought. As long as he finds An Jincheng, he has a way to figure out the ins and outs of the entire Reverse Seven story.

But in the next half hour, he was exceptionally miserable, and several times, he was forced to change routes.

In the Desire Tower after being gamified, Wen Xishu's navigation system could actually display the wanted range of police cars.

He had to find a way to avoid the red circles on the navigation map. This state was said to only last for five minutes, but because he was forced into the wanted range several times, the timer to clear the wanted status could only start counting from the beginning.

This also made Wen Xishu quite miserable.

Jicheng, Jiangnan District, outside the main gate of Miracle Building.

When Wen Xishu approached the building in the car, he saw a red Ferrari supercar parked outside the main gate. The female driver in the supercar made Wen Xishu look familiar.

Not long ago, Wen Xishu had already shaken off the one-star wanted status and returned to a state of innocence. He honked the horn, and the female driver in the car turned her head to look at him.

The female driver immediately smiled:

"Ashu!"

Wen Xishu also didn't expect to meet Amiao here; this was much earlier than he expected.

Wen Xishu said:

"Amiao, why are you here?"

"I had a premonition that you would come here to look for clues, so I headed here," Amiao said.

Wen Xishu asked again:

"What's going on with this car?"

Amiao said:

"I don't know either, I seem to have appeared directly in the car from the beginning."

Wen Xishu was a bit speechless:

"You can drive?"

Amiao shook her head:

"No, but my initial identity can, and it seems to be very powerful, a race car driver. This is also my first time experiencing this kind of excitement."

Wen Xishu was very speechless:

"And then you drove all the way here without encountering any obstacles?"

Amiao still shook her head:

"Very smooth... I drove at maximum horsepower all the way, but the road conditions were quite good, and I basically didn't stop."

Wen Xishu was very speechless:

"So the luck points all went to me, but the luck all went to you, right."

Although he said that, Wen Xishu was still very happy. Amiao had indeed grown a lot. He originally thought that the other party wouldn't easily reunite with him, and in Wen Xishu's default plan, Amiao wouldn't provide any help.

But now it seems that Amiao's role is great. Whether it's the sports car or Amiao's driving skills.

Amiao looked at the fence and the main gate in front:

"Ashu, what are we going to do now?"

Wen Xishu also looked ahead, and after a few seconds of silence, he slowly asked:

"What is different about this Desire Tower experience compared to the last time? Will you suddenly have prompts and choices pop up?"

Amiao nodded:

"Yes."

Wen Xishu said: "Then you don't do anything. Just wait for the options to appear. You hide nearby now, don't enter Miracle Building. Your race car driver skill is very useful; perhaps the key to our race against time this time lies with you."

"By the way, what is your phone number?"

Amiao took out her phone, and they exchanged numbers. Wen Xishu's phone was hijacked, but Amiao's phone came with her identity.

Amiao said:

"Do I just need to wait outside to pick you up? Don't you need me to help you? Ashu, I'm still very useful now!"

Wen Xishu smiled. He did find that there was no more fear in Amiao's eyes, not stemming from that kind of blind joy, but truly having courage.

He shook his head and smiled:

"You can only help me if you are outside, because I will become invisible next, and you following me will only affect me. But don't worry, you are not useless."

"Remember what I said? Even if it's just simply consuming action points to initiate a meeting, that person is also valuable. And Amiao, you have already done very well."

Amiao nodded and said:

"Okay, then I'll wait for you. You make a call, and I'll dare to drive the car in!"

Wen Xishu did not doubt Amiao's words:

"Okay, wait for my news."

The two separated outside Miracle Building. Amiao drove away, and Wen Xishu, after getting out of the car, came to the entrance of Miracle Building.

In the past few days, Miracle Building has been exposed to a lot of negative news, saying that a lot of strange things have happened in Miracle Building, and many people have been harmed inside, but these people have all appeared on camera, personally refuting the rumors and stating that they are living very happily in Miracle Building.

Wen Xishu suddenly remembered this sentence mentioned in the mission prompt, which was also what he said to Yin Junchi:

They gather, they revel, they begin to love each other, and gradually, they begin to know the content of the apocalypse in advance, and they also begin to make preparations for the arrival of the apocalypse.

Does this "they" refer to the residents in Miracle Apartment? These residents have nothing to do with the seven households affected by the Reverse Seven, but are filling in all the ordinary people in the entire Miracle Apartment building.

They gather, they revel, love each other, and prepare for the arrival of the apocalypse. Can this be interpreted as—they have been assimilated.

They have become some kind of... strange existence?

Just like the staff member Wen Xishu met in the elevator last night.

Wen Xishu didn't think too much, but walked toward the inside of Miracle Apartment building.

At the entrance, security personnel quickly appeared, with very formulaic, stiff smiles, and mechanical tones, saying:

"Hello, this is Miracle Building. If you are not a resident or staff member inside the building, please leave the building."

The two tall security guards made smiles that made one's skin crawl. They were simply like machines.

But this was not the most terrifying thing. The most back-chilling thing was looking through the gate, in the lobby on the first floor of the building, there were many building residents wearing green clothes.

Some of them were sweeping the floor, some were getting water at the water dispenser, and some were looking at others, as if communicating.

If you don't look closely, at first glance, the first floor of this Desire Tower's Miracle Building looks very popular and lively.

But all of this is like a disguise.

When the two security guards discovered Wen Xishu and smiled at him, these people all turned their heads collectively at the same time.

Wen Xishu only saw an instant, everyone stopped their movements, turned their heads in unison, and looked at Wen Xishu with the same smile as the security guards.

To say what was wrong with this smile, it seemed hard to say. But everyone did it. If it were a photo, it would be fine, but if it were a sudden moment, it would still make people feel strange.

Wen Xishu is not a good person either, he showed the same smile.

At this moment, options appeared.

【You saw their smiles and became more certain that there is something not simple here. You decide—】

Among these options, there were three options that Wen Xishu was more interested in.

【Option 3: Try to interview for a security guard.】

【Option 7: Wake up the security guards.】

【Option 12: Integrate. (This option is provided by the item "Gradual Indifference.")】

Wen Xishu actually really wanted to try 3 and 7. But considering that the success probability of these two events is low, and the possibility of rolling a high number is very small...

He finally chose 12.

That 24-sided die that only he could see spun again. Roll: 22.

【You rolled a 22. The necklace will deduct more of your health, but correspondingly, it will grant you a higher initial favorability and minimize your presence.】

After a few times, Wen Xishu found that the rolls were quite high. He realized that if the choice made is correct, it will be very easy to trigger higher rolls, bringing extra attribute bonuses.

Visibly, Wen Xishu began to become weak, consuming 30% of his current health, making Wen Xishu's face turn pale in a flash.

The purple item necklace given to Wen Xishu by Wen Renjing was already a bug-level item, plus the unique game bonus under Scorpio Mode—

The smiles of the two security guards quickly began to disappear.

At first, Wen Xishu thought the item had a problem... why did the original sweet smile disappear?

But suddenly, Wen Xishu discovered that these two security guards seemed to have ignored him directly and stood back to their original posts.

Wen Xishu stepped one foot into the gate, and the two security guards did see it, but did not take any action against Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu was shocked.

"This is completely treating me as one of their own, right?"

Reducing presence is of course not a bug like invisibility in basketball anime, but rather when you walk past the other party, the other party only feels like a very familiar person walking past naturally.

Wen Xishu did not delay. This necklace that consumed huge health had a duration. The duration was half an hour.

The range covered by the necklace was enough for Wen Xishu to pass through the building unimpeded. He must find An Jincheng within the duration.

Wen Xishu walked toward the inside of the building.

Along the way, it was completely different from the scene in the Mysterious Tower. There were very few people in the Mysterious Tower, but there were people everywhere in the building in the Desire Tower.

These people all had numb expressions, mechanically repeating their actions.

Wen Xishu had such a feeling that the Mysterious Tower seemed more normal than the Desire Tower, and the Desire Tower seemed more twisted than the Mysterious Tower. These people were all the same as the staff member he met in the elevator, wearing green clothes.

They all ignored Wen Xishu, as if Wen Xishu was one of them.

In the elevator, Wen Xishu met that staff member again, but the other party seemed not to see Wen Xishu, just standing with his back to the elevator door.

The forty-second floor still required swiping a card to press. So Wen Xishu pressed the forty-first floor.

This time, the elevator in the Desire Tower had nothing strange. Wen Xishu quickly arrived at the forty-first floor, and without any delay, he walked toward the stairs on the forty-first floor.

The stairwell leading to the forty-second floor was guarded by two people in green clothes. But under the effect of Wen Renjing's necklace, these two let Wen Xishu pass directly.

Wen Xishu sighed, worthy of Wen Renjing, being so generous.

This necklace attribute is indeed powerful. But if the duration ends and he hasn't left the building in time, the consequences will be serious.

Because all the people in the entire building affected by the necklace will slowly develop a sense of disgust toward him.

Wen Xishu almost didn't waste any time, jogging toward 42-7.

At the entrance of 42-7, there were two more staff members in green clothes guarding.

"The configuration of the Desire Tower might be exactly the same as the Mysterious Tower in some places. Looking at it this way... if one rashly goes to the 42nd floor in the Mysterious Tower, I'm afraid they will directly encounter strange staff members."

If the magic resistance value is not enough, even if it's just a staff member, they can easily kill the tower climber. Wen Xishu was fortunate that he didn't force exploration of 42-7 in the Mysterious Tower.

This is the Desire Tower. Under the effect of the necklace, Wen Xishu knocked on the door directly.

The two guards first looked at Wen Xishu, the smiles on their faces were quickly forming, but gradually, the smiles began to disappear bit by bit.

Finally, the two guards stood motionless and stopped paying attention to Wen Xishu.

"If these people still have self-awareness... perhaps they would be very friendly to me, but now, they seem to have been erased of self-awareness by some power, and everyone has become a puppet of this building."

"In the Mysterious Tower, the other six households were all affected by strangeness, and some places were abnormally exaggerated. Currently, it seems they haven't moved in yet."

"And An Jincheng... that is, the later An Zhenqi, was the first to move in. In other words, he has been affected for the longest time."

"I don't know what kind of virtue he will be twisted into by the effect of Reverse Seven."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 77 =====