Chapter 93

Zheng Zai squatted down and looked at the note carefully:

"I don't understand... how is this thing related to the five senses?"

Wen Xishu said:

"The patient in this room... is an old grandmother. Perhaps her ears aren't good?"

"The patient in the first hospital room was a little girl, her eyes weren't good..."

"Do you think there's a coincidence here?"

Zheng Zai shook his head:

"Sounds like you want to say that some disabled people live on this floor?"

Wen Xishu wasn't sure either:

"Not necessarily... the old grandmother's ears not being good is actually a guess, but in the first room, the little girl's eyes not being good is solid fact."

"It doesn't necessarily have to be a disability, but I think since there are eyes and ears, there must also be a nose and a mouth."

"Let's look for similar elements in other rooms first."

Zheng Zai nodded:

"But do we need to identify it?"

If an item isn't identified, it can't be used. It's roughly equivalent to an ordinary radio.

Wen Xishu looked at the radio. There were only three characters on the radio: Sorrow, Sound, Tower.

There were too few characters to guess the radio's function. Using a radio to deal with the Lv4 level... was truly a bit risky.

However, Wen Xishu was reminded:

"I don't know if I can continue to use the controller. Let's do this: let's find another item I'm somewhat confident can be used for combat, and then enter the Lv4 level."

"If we can still use the controller by then, then with the help of the controller, we can also identify these items and take them out."

Zheng Zai understood. Brother Wen wanted to verify if they could use props that had already been used to participate in later levels.

If they could, then based on the fact that the desk lamp wouldn't be damaged, Brother Wen could completely use the controller to operate himself and take the radio to smash one hundred monsters to death.

Using the attributes and ability boosts brought by the controller to cripple the monsters, and then using the radio to finish them off, was completely feasible.

Wen Xishu knew Zheng Zai had figured it out, and he was a bit gratified.

Zheng Zai had acted stupid before, but he was actually very teachable, not stupid at all, and even belonged to the type who understood immediately.

Wang Ying ultimately didn't choose the wrench in 4-9.

Honestly, the wrench was already better than the glass bottle from before. But he still didn't dare to choose it because what he had to face was no longer Lv1, but Lv4.

Aspasia also knew the reason for Wang Ying's hesitation:

"This wrench... actually looks very suitable for headshots, more suitable than that bottle. Should we... try it?"

Wang Ying looked at Aspasia:

"I'll give the decision-making power to you; you make the decision."

Once these words were out, Aspasia ultimately shook her head:

"Forget it... forget it, let's wait a bit longer. Let's go to 4-10."

Wang Ying didn't say anything, just turned and left for 4-10. They had already fallen into a dilemma, which was the lack of courage.

They had no confidence in challenging increasingly difficult levels with any item.

On the contrary, Wen Xishu's side was becoming more and more decisive.

When Wang Ying and Aspasia left 4-9, Wen Xishu arrived at 4-9.

Zheng Zai was very happy:

"Brother Wen, although no patient lived in this room, this thing is good."

"Why don't we try it out?"

A wrench to challenge the fourth level. Zheng Zai felt there was no problem at all; after all, his courage had been completely stirred up by Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu said:

"This... can actually be tried."

For this item, Wen Xishu could see five characters.

【Build, Repair, Time.】

It was hard for him to guess the item's function like this, but it looked different from the non-killing blade from before and didn't possess any contrasting attributes.

"But I must state first that I'm not sure, and if the Best Friend Controller identified earlier can't be used..."

"It can!"

Zheng Zai suddenly interrupted Wen Xishu, speaking very firmly.

Wen Xishu smiled:

"Tell me your thoughts."

Zheng Zai said:

"Brother, you said to think from the whole. If the rules set that you couldn't use items identified earlier, or other extra items... then there would be no need to specifically add a rule—that you can only use identified items to kill enemies."

"Think about it, in the first round, Captain Wang and the others could use steel bars to kill enemies, they could use stones to kill enemies, but it didn't count toward the kill count. Only by using the desk lamp to smash the enemy's head did it count."

"I think this rule itself indicates that your other props can be used, including props provided in the scene. But you must use the newly identified item to finish them off!"

"Otherwise, they could have just banned other items altogether. This is only the eighth floor of the Mysterious Tower... if the great inventor encourages us to identify items, then he should know that this mechanism will only make everyone deliberately choose items suitable for combat. This is actually unfavorable for the display of other non-combat items."

"So, if it's changed to only needing to use the item for the final finishing blow, doesn't that appropriately increase our room for choice?"

Wen Xishu was shocked.

Actually, he had thought of these things before, which was why he was interested in the wrench, because he had the controller as a fallback.

But he didn't expect Zheng Zai to be able to draw inferences about other cases, thinking about the rules so deeply, thinking to this level.

At this time, Zheng Zai had already started thinking from the level of interpreting the mission. In the mission introduction, the lines between the words all indicated that the great inventor longed for his items to be known.

This was actually also a piece of information. Zheng Zai was now thinking about this information.

Wen Xishu was very gratified:

"You are very right, Old Zheng, keep this habit. You will definitely be able to handle things on your own in the future."

Maybe in the future you'll really be suitable for teaching at the Three Towers Academy... hmm, now that I think about it, it seems that the teachers at the Mysterious Tower Academy liking to eat people isn't something that can't be accepted. It's the Mysterious Tower, after all; people being a bit mysterious is normal.

Zheng Zai lowered his head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly:

"Hehe, showing off, showing off. Brother Wen, it's all because you taught me well. What do we do now? Do we identify it? You say the word, and I'll do it!"

"Then let's do it!"

Just do it. The smile on the corner of Wen Xishu's mouth hadn't faded; he felt a kind of happiness.

After playing single-player games for a long time, one will also long for friends to play together.

The two identified the item again.

【Number of identifiers: two. Item activated, forcibly displaying function.】

This prompt made Wang Ying and Aspasia next door silent again. They didn't know how many times they had been surprised.

At this moment, although Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai hadn't entered the TV world yet, Aspasia was already a bit angry, as if she had missed some very good treasure.

Wang Ying's eyes were dim:

"Do they... really not care about their lives?"

He wondered if he was old? Was he less courageous than young people? But Zheng Zai wasn't actually much younger than him.

The two left 4-10 and arrived at the entrance of 4-9. Both of them looked at Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai as if they were monsters.

Wen Xishu used the wrench to knock hard on the nightstand.

The originally rusty nightstand actually had its rust reduced.

"Interesting. But I don't know if knocking on people will be like this. I suppose it shouldn't be, right?"

Zheng Zai asked:

"Brother, what's the function of this thing? Can you tell me?"

Wen Xishu said:

"I guess it's based on force to perform time regression on a non-living object... for example, if I knock hard on this thing, I can knock it to be newer and newer, until it's brand new as before."

Wen Xishu thought to himself, if this thing were put on the second-hand recycling market, it would simply be an invincible divine artifact.

It could be said that this thing was already a conceptual cheating prop. Of course, he wasn't sure if there were drawbacks, and if his guess was right.

"Oh... seems a bit powerful, but I hope it doesn't work on people," Zheng Zai said.

"If it's effective on living things... the grade of this thing would have to be toward props even more terrifying than orange props. I suppose it's ineffective on living things," Wen Xishu said.

Zheng Zai rolled up his sleeves:

What he said was actually very reasonable. Zheng Zai listened while taking notes and learning.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Let's go!"

The two decisively took steps and started the fourth level.

By the time their figures completely disappeared, Wang Ying and Aspasia were both standing in place, unable to recover for a long time.

After a good while, Wang Ying said:

"We weren't wrong either... we made the choices of normal people. Most people in our position wouldn't necessarily be more courageous than us. We weren't wrong, right?"

His eyes were craving approval because he was truly made to doubt himself by Zheng Zai and Wen Xishu.

Aspasia said:

"Yes, they were too reckless, we... were not wrong."

Wang Ying got the answer he wanted, but his eyes were even dimmer.

If not being wrong could clear the Mysterious Tower, then why could the Mysterious Tower still be called the Mysterious Tower?

He hardened his heart:

"No matter what... we have to give it a try next time!"

Aspasia, however, held the opposite opinion:

"Why? They are full of energy... that's a good thing, right? Why don't we just play dumb? They don't lose out either. They explore these things, and at worst, the items belong to them in the end."

Wang Ying shook his head:

"They explore, the items should belong to them, it's not that they took advantage, that's their duty! Not a favor!"

"Do you think they are really stupid? Perhaps they have extra sources of information, but look at the things they do. Not only are they courageous, but they are also very careful."

"We must take a risk... at least, we must have some chips. Otherwise..."

Aspasia asked:

"Otherwise what will happen?"

"I might be overthinking... but I always feel there is movement downstairs."

Wang Ying's words made Aspasia suddenly a bit afraid. However, she quickly turned her attention to the TV:

"Let's pray they can survive first!"

The scene of the fourth level was a cross-sea bridge.

Wen Xishu didn't know which city this was, but from the other end of the cross-sea bridge, looking far away, it seemed he could see a certain port.

And on the other end of the cross-sea bridge, there were countless mid-level first-tier normal species.

The vitality of these normal species was extremely terrifying; even if they were headshot with a shovel, it wouldn't necessarily take them out.

Wen Xishu held the controller, and Zheng Zai held the wrench. The two were in the center of the bridge.

After the two entered the scene, they immediately received a prompt.

【All creatures in this level are assumed to not know how to swim. If you accidentally fall from the bridge, you will be judged as dead.】

Although this level increased the Magic Resistance requirement for item analysis and lowered the Magic Resistance requirement for rule resistance...

But it was best not to try rules that clearly judged death.

Wen Xishu looked around:

"Although I kill gods and destroy demons, and have overcome all obstacles, I will fall to my death because I jumped down from three meters high, and I will also drown directly because I encountered water... very reasonable."

The cross-sea bridge was twenty-one kilometers long.

The position where Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai were was in the middle of the cross-sea bridge. In the distance, one could see dense, black monsters attacking.

In about twenty minutes, these monsters would form a two-sided sandwich, making Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai face enemies from both front and back.

Zheng Zai said:

"Oh no... what do we do? Brother Wen, the intensity span of these monsters is too large, this has directly promoted to mid-level normal species."

Wen Xishu was relatively calm. For one, it was indeed verified that previous props could be used, so he could identify those items with special elements.

For another, he felt this level might not be difficult after all.

"Old Zheng, with the controller's blessing, your ability should be able to collapse a part of this bridge, right?"

In the skills Zheng Zai had already unlocked, he could rub out a move called Earth-Moving Core, which could stomp heavily on the ground and rely on Qi to blow enemies in a range away.

Zheng Zai nodded:

"Probably... it is possible?"

Wen Xishu looked into the distance:

"Look, the monsters in this level are very strong, and they present a situation of sandwiching us, but have you noticed that these monsters are very far from us... very, very far."

"Even if their speed is much faster than the initial-level normal species... it will take a while to get here."

"Think, think, what was the hint we got as soon as we came in! Perhaps this level is much easier than we imagined."

Zheng Zai pondered for a moment and suddenly realized:

"Water! This rule is not only aimed at us, but also at these monsters!"

Wen Xishu smiled:

"Yes."

Zheng Zai was still puzzled:

"But what do we do? Destroy this bridge? Earth-Moving Core is too exaggerated... I'm afraid I'll fall accidentally myself. And falling kills shouldn't count as kills, right?"

Wen Xishu pointed to the wrench in Zheng Zai's hand:

"It depends on how you operate it, and whether the item plays a core role. In essence, I use the controller to control you, which also counts as an indirect kill; the controller itself hasn't seen blood."

"It doesn't need to smash the monster's head to kill. So, the wrench is the same."

Wen Xishu began to operate the controller, and Zheng Zai's body began to move.

Under Wen Xishu's operation, Zheng Zai didn't use a move like Earth-Moving Core, but instead used the wrench to smash hard onto the road of the cross-sea bridge.

The road surface originally had some cracks, but under this wrench, the cracks were actually repaired.

Afterward, Wen Xishu began to operate Zheng Zai, letting Zheng Zai lift his left foot and stomp hard once.

A dull sound accompanied the sound of the ground stone cracking. Wen Xishu even felt a stream of air blowing toward his face.

The road surface instantly cracked under this heavy stomp.

At this time, Wen Xishu's hand speed soared, and he played a silky two-stage jump followed by a half-moon slash. The recoil plus the two-stage jump allowed Zheng Zai to accurately avoid the collapsed road surface.

"Damn... your set of combos, brother, is simply amazing. In this way, we can make traps!"

Presented before the two was the road surface that had been stomped to collapse. Although the area wasn't large, it could continue to expand. If the monsters came, that dense number would definitely lead to a large-scale collapse.

Wen Xishu pointed forward and said with a smile:

"What we have to do is indeed rely on the trap flow to kill monsters, but we have to assume that the monsters have intelligence; after all, they are already mid-level normal species. Seeing such an obvious pit, there is a possibility they won't step on it. And, this didn't use the wrench, so it doesn't count as a kill."

"So, we have to find a way to use the wrench to make traps, and it just so happens that it really can do it."

(End of chapter)