Chapter 92: Perfect Display

Wen Xishu's eyes lit up, and he immediately manipulated Zheng Zai to continuously emit two half-moon Qi body slashes, forcing back the monsters while, with the help of the recoil, continuously jumping backward, directly arriving at his own side.

At the same time, Zheng Zai discovered that his body was out of control and took off the iron mask.

"Brother Wen! What do you want me to do!"

As Zheng Zai spoke, his two hands, under Wen Xishu's control, had already started to press on Wen Xishu's shoulders.

He was already full of astonishment, and at this time, he opened his mouth wide, which made him look even more astonished.

"Don't! I'm not hungry! I don't want to hurt you even more!"

"Of course it's to help you recover health, what else could it be. And you can't hurt me."

Wen Xishu said very easily and calmly. But this behavior, in the eyes of Wang Ying, Aspasia, and even Zheng Zai himself, was so terrifying.

"Is this kid crazy! He intends to take his own flesh to feed Zheng Zai?"

"Brother Wen, don't! You will die—gulp!"

Zheng Zai had already started to gnaw on Wen Xishu's flesh, his teeth were comparable to ferocious beasts, instantly biting off a large piece of meat.

At this time, Zheng Zai's health points began to recover rapidly.

Wen Xishu indeed felt pain from his expression, but a bizarre thing happened.

The piece of meat on Wen Xishu that was bitten off healed at light speed! It was a speed that was almost difficult for the naked eye to perceive.

Zheng Zai hadn't even chewed yet, the meat was still in his mouth, but Wen Xishu's arm had already recovered!

Zheng Zai was shocked. He didn't know the principle of this at all. Wen Xishu revealed a smile:

"So it can really be used like this, too great, this recovery speed is quite fast, next I have to be faster with my hands, don't be afraid, Old Zheng, you just eat, you have to recover to the best state at the fastest speed!"

There was no room for Zheng Zai to refuse at all, Wen Xishu's fingers pressed the controller quickly,

The performance of the two perverts made Wang Ying and Aspasia dumbfounded.

Zheng Zai feasted on Wen Xishu's arm, while Wen Xishu was constantly bitten and constantly recovering.

In fact, Wen Xishu had thought about a picture before, those superheroes who could instantly recover their bodies and didn't have a particularly huge appetite, as long as they ate themselves... wouldn't they be perpetual motion machines in the true sense?

Now he was carding the rule bug, and it felt just like that.

This rule came from outside the mission, the cheating knife of Scorpio.

Zheng Zai and Wen Xishu were in a team-up state. They couldn't cause any harm to teammates.

In Wen Xishu's past life memory, there had been such a scene, when you turned off teammate damage and fired at a teammate, you would see flesh and blood flying, but the other party's health bar just wouldn't drop.

Now it was the same, Wen Xishu's arm could indeed be bitten into a mess by Zheng Zai, but it would be repaired again the next second.

Manipulating Zheng Zai to harm himself, utilizing the rule to exempt damage...

But Zheng Zai did indeed recover in this process.

Wang Ying was shocked:

"That kid... has sequence power! And it's not the Slaughter Tower sequence, it's the Mysterious Tower sequence!! Otherwise, it's impossible to recover so fast just by eating things!"

"Or is that also a function given by the prop? Is it that identified item? Or the iron mask?"

Aspasia watched until she was stunned, inexplicably having a desire to vomit.

At this very moment, the monsters finally approached.

Under the passionate music, they all reached the level of primary level four normal species!

But Zheng Zai had already recovered to full state at this moment.

Wen Xishu shook his arm:

"The promise is fulfilled, is my meat okay?"

Zheng Zai didn't know how to answer this crazy talk, so he nodded subconsciously.

"But don't think about it anymore. I don't know if there will be this kind of rule next time."

Wen Xishu had already started rubbing moves.

"This controller is really good, unfortunately, I can only take away one item..."

"Don't know if it's possible to keep it until the end."

Whether it was the Adventure Wine Glass or this controller, Wen Xishu felt they were quite interesting.

Zheng Zai was also releasing blood moves under Wen Xishu's operation.

The terrifying blood-red Qi body directly evaporated the monsters, and the kill count quickly reached seventy.

At this time, Zheng Zai still belonged to the uninjured state.

At least relative to the item usage demonstrations earlier, Zheng Zai was not touched by the monsters.

Wen Xishu shook his arm again, and under Wen Xishu's operation, he continuously released half-moon slashes. With the recoil, he accurately manipulated Zheng Zai to continue eating meat.

Zheng Zai had no burden and ate with peace of mind.

These two were indeed well-coordinated, it was just that Wang Ying and Aspasia outside the TV felt a bit uncomfortable in their stomachs.

The third blood move was also rubbed out.

The red Qi body forced back the monster tide again. This time, after Wen Xishu released this move, he directly arranged for Zheng Zai to continuously release half-moon slashes.

His hand speed was getting faster and faster, and in the eyes of Wang Ying and the others, Zheng Zai's movements were extremely smooth, simply like a program that had been set up.

It was as if the previous move had just been sent out, and the main action of the next move had already been made.

This is called move switching in fighting games.

Only very familiar veterans can use some game mechanisms to cancel certain post-swing actions and the pre-swing actions of the next move.

After canceling, it looked extremely rapid. It was as if frames were dropped, Zheng Zai's movement changes were difficult to capture with the naked eye.

This further saved Zheng Zai's time for eating meat, and the monsters were getting further and further away from Zheng Zai.

Although Zheng Zai didn't understand these things in the game, he felt that Brother Wen's technique was still improving.

All the movements he made seemed to omit the starting and ending movements, which was simply surprisingly fast.

Zheng Zai even discovered that Brother Wen had already started trying some flashy operations.

He actually completed a double jump in the air!

He couldn't help but think... if this thing could be used in the Slaughter Tower, combined with the Slaughter Tower's attribute panel, and let Brother Wen control himself, how perverted would that be?

But this could only be thought about, things from the Mysterious Tower couldn't be brought into the Slaughter Tower.

The fourth blood Qi explosion, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai originally thought the game was over.

But at this time, a prompt appeared.

【You have received a great evaluation in the item usage link, are you willing to accept the hidden challenge of this level?】

This prompt was also seen by Wang Ying and Aspasia outside the TV.

They never thought there would be a hidden challenge. But Wang Ying vaguely guessed the trigger mechanism.

It was very likely determined by the proficiency of using the object and the degree of injury when facing monsters.

In a sense, Wen Xishu cleared the level without injury.

These two were actually combined together. If you couldn't have extremely high proficiency in use, it would be impossible to clear the level without injury.

So the hidden challenge appeared.

Wang Ying also guessed the content of the hidden challenge.

The skeleton face with the electric guitar in the center of the stage.

That was an elite species.

Even with the blessing of that strange prop that could be held in the hand, Zheng Zai's strength was greatly enhanced...

But facing a rare species was already a narrow escape, and facing an elite species was even more impossible to survive.

Wang Ying shouted:

"Refuse! You two don't know the horror of elite species! That's not something we can deal with in the Mysterious Tower! Refuse quickly!"

Aspasia was shocked, but immediately realized that if Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai died now, it would indeed be very unfavorable for them. She also followed and shouted.

But it was useless, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai in the TV world couldn't hear it.

Wang Ying's shouting stopped quickly because Wen Xishu made a choice.

【You have accepted the hidden mission challenge, now, please head to the center of the stage.】

Wang Ying thought it was over.

Aspasia also felt it was over. Now she couldn't rely on this perverted duo to lie down and win.

Zheng Zai, on the contrary, wasn't that afraid. He now felt that the gold content of "trust Brother Wen, he has his own deep meaning in everything he does" was still increasing.

So even though he knew that the monster in the center of the stage couldn't be defeated, he still felt he could challenge it.

No other reason, just near-blind confidence in Brother Wen.

Wen Xishu was no longer the newbie who had just crossed over.

He of course knew the horror of elite species. He knew that elite species were existence second only to leader-level monsters like Jack and Jennifer in the library.

With Wen Xishu's current level, he might not be able to pass a rare species. Let alone an elite species containing sequence power.

But he wasn't panicked either.

"In the lv1 and lv2 levels, besides the most basic normal species in the level, there were also a few advanced normal species surrounding Wang Ying and Including Tong Ming."

"Wang Ying even encountered mid-level normal species in the first level. This shows that these monsters will attack continuously. It's just that the difficulty of the level puts them behind..."

"If you don't complete the level within the specified time, the level will become more difficult."

"But the lv3 I am experiencing with Old Zheng is different. This skeleton face in the center of the stage, although it uses music to control the monsters to attack, these normal species died, and it didn't have any anger."

"It is fully capable of killing me and Old Zheng directly, there is no need to arrange for little brothers to charge..."

"The feeling it gives me is that it just wants to show off its music. So this hidden mission is most likely testing my control ability of the controller, rather than fighting for attributes!"

"In addition, the hidden mission might be related to the invitation letter. If I can enter the Tower of Desire, I can know what the ultimate prop is from the source."

After multiple considerations, Wen Xishu decided to gamble. Then again, in the Mysterious Tower, any decision itself is a gamble.

Fortunately, this time, Zheng Zai was also quite calm.

The two arrived at the center of the stage.

Along the way, these normal species actually all gave way.

This made Wang Ying and Aspasia dumbfounded again, Wen Xishu could be considered to have given them quite a few shocks.

"These monsters, actually don't attack them?"

"It's evil, did he know all this long ago?"

Wang Ying remembered that not long ago, Wen Xishu actually saved his life. At that time, if it wasn't for Wen Xishu reminding him to use the identified item to kill enemies, he might have realized this point much later...

That was a time of racing against time. If it was late, those mid-level normal species in the distance would have arrived.

Now thinking about it, Wen Xishu seemed to be very smooth all the way.

Wang Ying couldn't help but think, could it be that this kid had some prop? A prop that could interpret rules?

Otherwise, this journey would be too smooth, right?

……

Center of the stage.

When Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai both arrived on the stage, the skeleton face actually spoke:

"My music needs a choreography. If you want to survive, dance in my notes according to my expectations."

"Otherwise, I will kill you."

The electric guitar emitted a note, Wen Xishu only felt like some very sharp air blades flying past his ears.

"Human, do you understand?" 【92

"Understood." Wen Xishu's reply was neither humble nor arrogant.

According to Wen Xishu's understanding of the current apocalypse, most of the elite species in this world were existences from the Slaughter Tower.

They detested humans to the extreme. Regarding the Slaughter Tower, there were a few survival tips: do not try to communicate with the monsters, and do not try to play the emotional card.

In the Slaughter Tower, doing so would already be too late.

The monsters of the Slaughter Tower basically started fighting the moment they met; there was no such thing as an opening line.

Right now, this was the Mysterious Tower, and this elite species could still talk, which showed it hadn't reached the level of the Slaughter Tower yet.

One just needed to act according to the other party's requirements.

Wen Xishu took out the controller:

"You can begin."

The skull-face nodded, and then its hands began to touch the guitar.

A violent tune began.

Wen Xishu didn't know much about music, but in his past life, he had watched quite a few street dance videos and remembered some very explosive moves.

He had originally thought this hidden mission was about controlling Zheng Zai to perform these moves...

But he suddenly realized he had overcomplicated it.

Actually, this hidden mission was quite simple.

"Huh? So that's how you play it?"

When the notes sounded, Wen Xishu actually saw a row of directional arrows. ←←↑←→→...

His reaction was fast, and he immediately realized that he needed to press these directions quickly according to the rhythm.

It's worth mentioning that the four joysticks were different colors, and the arrows in his field of vision also carried different colors.

He understood that arrows of different colors had to be pressed using the corresponding colored joysticks.

This increased the difficulty significantly.

However, this still couldn't stump Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu's fingers moved rapidly, and Zheng Zai also began to dance.

But the moves of this dance... were really hard to compliment. Unaccountably, Wen Xishu thought of Nisen.

Nisen was also quite skilled at awkward dancing. It had a bit of a "Peak of the Forbidden City" feel to it.

But the skull-face was unexpectedly satisfied.

The directions gradually increased, and the joysticks switched more and more frequently. Wen Xishu handled it very calmly.

Actually, this was just a complex version of a QTE game.

Wen Xishu perfectly handled every direction represented by the notes, and gradually, he could even tell which direction it was just by listening to the notes.

His adaptability amazed even the skull-face, who was the boss.

The game's difficulty was also constantly upgrading.

On some arrows, the word "Reverse" began to appear.

This meant that an arrow originally pointing left needed the joystick to be flicked to the right, and an arrow originally pointing up needed the joystick to be flicked down.

Anything with a reverse label had to be done in the opposite direction.

However, Wen Xishu didn't feel any difficulty; his hand speed was indeed a bit slow, but he could still keep up with the notes.

If Zheng Zai, who was beside him, had Nisen with him, the two of them could have danced out a feeling of "You guys stop fighting already."

Wen Xishu felt the game's difficulty was fine, it was just that Zheng Zai's dance moves were too painful to watch and caused him great damage; otherwise, he could definitely have pressed them faster...

Just like that, a song ended quickly.

Wen Xishu completed the challenge with zero errors.

The skull-face tilted its head and looked at Wen Xishu:

"You are very good; you are indeed suitable for this item. Good luck to you. You may leave now."

Outside the TV, Wang Ying and Aspasia looked at each other, both somewhat surprised.

At this moment, everyone also received a prompt. This prompt made Zheng Zai happy.

【You have completed the expansion mission. The Best Friend Controller will no longer consume item carrying capacity.】

Zheng Zai discovered that now, when he stared at the controller, he could see the complete information.

【Item Name: Best Friend Controller.】

【Item Description: Do you have that kind of good friend who is willing to let you decide everything? If you do, perhaps you can rely on it to break through difficulties.】

【Item Attributes: Based on the degree of trust the controlled party has in the controller, as well as the initial ability of the controlled party, gain partial auxiliary abilities and skills. But these skills require completing corresponding commands to be used.】

The item's color was purple. If this weren't at the Three Towers Academy, it would almost be something an ordinary person would never see in their lifetime.

Zheng Zai was overjoyed:

"With this, Brother Wen, it will be much more convenient for us to team up in the future! And it doesn't take up carrying capacity!"

In other words, after clearing the twelfth level, choosing this prop called the "Best Friend Controller" meant it could definitely be taken away, and it wouldn't affect carrying other items.

This was a good thing. Wen Xishu had also seen the controller's attributes; they were very good. Zheng Zai's trust in him could also be considered one of the conditions for achieving the hidden mission.

But what Wen Xishu found very surprising was... where was his invitation letter?

This was only the third level, and he had already started using off-field rules. If it weren't for Scorpio's cheating knife, he might have cleared the level in a very sorry state, and it was uncertain if Zheng Zai would have been injured.

Based on the difficulty span of these few levels, Wen Xishu could imagine how hard the later levels would be.

If he didn't have an invitation letter to enter the Tower of Desire to investigate the source, Wen Xishu wasn't confident he could have such good luck every time.

So the fact that the hidden mission didn't give an invitation letter gave Wen Xishu a bit of a headache.

The two of them soon returned to the inpatient department.

Wang Ying and Aspasia looked at the controller with some greed.

But when Aspasia noticed the details of the controller, she wasn't as eager anymore...

This controller's design was too complex.

They didn't know about the row of directional arrows from the final hidden mission in Wen Xishu's field of vision.

Nor did they know the item's true attributes; those were only visible to Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai.

Wang Ying said:

"Congratulations to you both, you did a great job. I am ashamed of my inferiority. Brother Wen, Brother Zheng Zai, too amazing! With you here, we will definitely all be able to survive and go back! When we get to the bunker, you will be friends of our Gambling Stone Society!"

Wang Ying said:

"Next, if we have any difficulties, just say so. I will definitely not refuse to help. We have already sacrificed one teammate, let's not have any more sacrifices!"

Wang Ying's words were extremely sincere, and his attitude was completely different from the "I'm the captain, don't talk" attitude from before.

Wen Xishu knew the reason for Wang Ying's change in attitude; he didn't care about that. Circumstances are stronger than people, after all. Being able to bow one's head isn't bad either.

However, what he valued wasn't the attitude.

Unlike previous levels, such as the parrot cage level, Wen Xishu didn't mind others lying their way to victory because the survival logic was different. As long as one person did it right, everyone would enter the next stage, and there was no risk in doing it right.

But this time it was different. This time there was no such thing as doing it right or wrong. No matter how suitable your item was for combat, no one could guarantee they could win the survival challenge.

When Wen Xishu got the controller, he didn't have absolute certainty either. In other words, every time he identified an item, he did so with the determination to risk his life.

If the other party didn't contribute and just waited to lie their way to victory, that would be too much.

Because of Wen Xishu's words, Zheng Zai was already somewhat wary of Wang Ying and the others.

However, Wen Xishu still said:

"Don't worry, Captain Wang, I will."

Wen Xishu headed to 4-8. Originally, 4-8 was being searched by Wang Ying. But because Wang Ying was walking toward 4-9, Wen Xishu headed to 4-8.

Wen Xishu didn't intend to miss a single item.

Wang Ying actually had his own little scheme. In the current situation, the other party should have some kind of information he didn't know, mainly reflected in interpreting items.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so smooth all the way. Of course, the other party was also very courageous. Wang Ying had to admit that Wen Xishu might be even more abnormal than the one called Including Tong Ming.

Zheng Zai was also abnormal; those teeth could be described as sharp. No wonder he had to wear an iron muzzle.

If these were two weak guys, that would be one thing. He could forcibly torture them and make them hand over the means to interpret items.

But now he was truly not confident he could beat these two guys.

Since the "dog-eat-dog" method wouldn't work, he could only honestly follow the rules and find a way to explore the next level.

As of now, there were no rule prompts regarding whether every person or team had a hard quota for identifying items.

What if there was one?

So Wang Ying couldn't say anything now; he could only bite the bullet and look for more items.

It was just that, unknowingly, the level had reached Lv4. The monsters would only be more powerful, which really made one's scalp tingle.

4-8 finally satisfied Wen Xishu.

The item in this room that needed to be identified was a radio. This item didn't look like it could fight.

But this room had been lived in by a patient. Like 4-1, there was a hospital bed and bedding here. In the nightstand, there was also extra information.

It was a small note.

Zheng Zai asked suspiciously:

"Brother, does this note need to be identified too?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:

"This involves something else. Up to now, we haven't found anything related to the 'plot'."

"The Mysterious Tower looks like a survival game, but in fact, behind every game, there is a story hidden."

"The necessity of finding this story is actually higher than the necessity of us identifying items."

Zheng Zai asked:

"What's on this note?"

Wen Xishu unfolded the note. This was his second note. The first small note showed a girl with her hands tied and eyes covered.

This note showed an old grandmother with her ears perked up, her face full of smiles.

And on the radio, there was indeed an ear pattern printed on it.

Zheng Zai couldn't understand it, and Wen Xishu said:

"Looks like it's related to the five senses?"

(End of chapter)