Chapter 9: The Desire Tower Couple

"The mission you mentioned is in a place called Moen City; this area's mission is actually quite difficult to complete."

"The Three-Tower person Jennifer is a child, and it's easy to please her, but no matter how happy or joyful she is, in the end, you can only achieve a Level 1 completion rate."

The smile on Ji Boda's face faded slightly:

"No one knows why Jennifer, who is so easy to coax, is unhappy."

"For most Three-Tower people, once their emotional metrics go up, you can achieve a Level 1 completion rate."

"But Jennifer is different. This little girl is very easy to coax; you give her a piece of candy, and it can make her happy for a long time."

"The mission immediately shows as being in a completable state."

"But if you really choose to complete the mission... then you will find that you can only obtain the lowest completion grade reward."

Speaking to this point, Ji Boda gave a mysterious smile:

"Because of this, many people have deduced that for Jennifer on the twenty-first floor, the method to make her happy might have nothing to do with her."

"The key lies with her mother, the Three-Tower person Yulia."

"Young man, you have a handsome face, you're young, tall, and have an outstanding temperament; perhaps you can rely on your natural-born talents to conquer that Three-Tower person Yulia!"

Wen Xishu felt a bit like laughing, but he had undergone professional training and could currently hold it in.

Ji Boda's words made him think of two points.

First, Three-Tower people are not some alien creatures; they are actually people living in the Three-Tower world.

But almost only humans in the Desire Tower are referred to as Three-Tower people.

It counts as the counterpart to Bunker people, which also means that Bunker people acknowledge Three-Tower people as their own kind.

But the Trick Tower and Slaughter Tower are not; at least Trick-Jack and the monsters in the Slaughter Tower... can indeed only be called monsters.

The second point, Wen Xishu recalled a meme.

It is said that the Freedom Nation hopes to make the citizens of China hate their own country through consciousness infiltration via the external internet.

But the statistics show that 99.9% of Chinese citizens go on the external internet to watch adult videos, and they close the browser as soon as they finish.

The popularity of those American officials combined might not even compare to Taipei Nana, Hashimoto Kanako, etc...

The Three Towers are the same; if there existed some demon wanting to observe how humans bring happiness to others in order to study complex human emotions, it would certainly be disappointed.

At the very least, the only way Bunker people seem to think of to bring happiness is one.

Jennifer is a child and cannot be touched, so go and target Jennifer's mother.

I have to say, Wen Xishu admires this group of people who rely on erotica to solve all problems.

"Thank you very much for your intelligence; this is very useful."

Actually, to a certain extent, Ji Boda is right.

A large part of the root cause of a child's unhappiness comes from their parents.

If one brings happiness to Jennifer's mother, Jennifer might be happy for a long while.

But unfortunately, the true root of this mission lies with a neighbor named Jack.

No matter how much happiness is brought to Jennifer, if there is no way to change Jack's situation...

Then the fate of Jennifer, and even all the neighbors, will not change.

Because of this, people exploring this floor can only achieve a Level 1 completion rate.

Wen Xishu said:

"I don't have the ability to purchase your intelligence. Since that's the case, I'll return an intelligence to you."

Ji Boda readily agreed:

"I like this kind of trade."

Wen Xishu said:

"Still in this area, I suggest you change your line of thinking and target Jennifer's neighbors. For example, Jack. If you chat with Jack about Jennifer, you will learn some details."

Ji Boda actually didn't want to recall that last time he explored the twenty-first floor, there was a person named Jack...

Liu Ruyan was thoughtful, her gaze toward Wen Xishu becoming increasingly profound.

"By the way, how should I leave here early?"

Another incredibly newbie question; Ji Boda said patiently:

"Through your login device."

Wen Xishu turned around to face away from this couple; he rolled up his sleeve, revealing the black Trick Tower login device on his wrist.

It was indeed strange for a Trick Tower login device to appear in the Desire Tower staging area, and he didn't want to waste effort explaining it.

"If fate allows, we shall meet again in the Bunker, you two."

"Then if fate allows, we shall meet again," Ji Boda said with a smile.

The next instant, Wen Xishu's figure disappeared.

After Wen Xishu disappeared, Liu Ruyan slowly spoke:

"It doesn't look like he's faking it. Judging by the details of his facial muscle twitches, he was hiding something, but he wasn't lying."

Ji Boda's smile also faded:

"Hiss, it couldn't really be a newcomer, could it? But why would a newcomer head to the twenty-first floor?"

Liu Ruyan said:

"When he heard you mention halfway through that the way to complete the mission was to please Yulia, he showed signs of holding back laughter."

Ji Boda was silent for a second:

"Meaning, he thinks my intelligence is problematic. He has his own views on that area... and he did indeed offer an opinion. Let us try to start from the neighbor Jack."

"It's very strange; one can only go to a mission once, yet he seems to have already been to this place."

"Being able to go to the twenty-first floor counts as having drifted in the Sea of Desire for a few rounds."

"But he happens to be so young. And he asks many questions like a newcomer."

Liu Ruyan said calmly:

"Wen Zhaohua, Xun Hui, Wenren Jing—these few are also young, yet they have explored to dozens of floors."

"Nowadays, Wenren Jing has explored to over sixty floors in the Desire Tower. Xun Hui has also explored to fifty-seven floors in the Slaughter Tower. The two can be called the elite of tower climbers."

Ji Boda gave a bitter smile:

"But the people you mentioned are geniuses among geniuses. Could it be that he is a genius of this level?"

"There are many things about this kid that I find very contradictory."

Liu Ruyan nodded:

"He doesn't know us. So he is also not from the Desire Tower Academy."

Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan are a master couple on the Desire Tower Ladder Ranking.

The two are also teachers at the Desire Tower Academy appointed by the Bunker Government Bureau.

The two came from the bottom, but relying on powerful talent and hard work, they brought back quite a lot of things from the Desire Tower.

It can be said that in many planes of the Desire Tower, in countless stories, there are traces of the two.

Liu Ruyan is extremely good at observing words and expressions to judge a person's inner thoughts.

Ji Boda is good at acting; he can be said to have a thousand faces.

And these two points are both important means of survival in the Desire Tower. They are also things that today's humans need to learn.

Both of them also give lectures at the Desire Tower Academy because of their respective skills.

Ji Boda laughed:

"A yellow-skinned person who claims to come from the bottom, very young, yet qualified to enter the Desire Tower, and at a high level—too interesting."

"I'm suddenly very curious about what level of completion he will achieve."

Liu Ruyan said:

"If he really is a genius, he might cause a sensation for a time. It's a pity we don't know his name."

Ji Boda nodded:

"Yeah, otherwise I would definitely recruit him to the Desire Tower Academy."

Liu Ruyan seemed to recall something else:

"There is another point that is very strange: when he activated his login device, he had to turn his back to us, and his login device was also deliberately hidden in his sleeve."

Ji Boda also remembered and was somewhat puzzled:

"Could it be that there's a trick to his login device? I'm becoming more and more curious."

Even though the two are experienced and are mentors at the Desire Tower Academy, they couldn't help but develop an interest in Wen Xishu.

(End of chapter)