Chapter 95: The Airplane Wen Xishu

Desire Tower rest area.

Wen Xishu heard the shouts about trying to "bend" someone once again.

He found it all somewhat familiar.

Although it was the eighth floor, in the Desire Tower, the eighth floor was still far from reaching the central position.

Wen Xishu first allocated his luck points.

Because this time, Wen Xishu could not use the abilities of the Weird Tower in the Desire Tower; the Weird Sequence: Mental Barrage could not be used. This meant Wen Xishu could not obtain memories through his fists...

So he chose to use all his luck points on increasing his initial favorability with the main target.

And the mission description this time was as follows.

[After he left, the ones he worried about most were those people. They had once complained about his departure, but more than that, they missed him. Perhaps you can find something sufficient to respond to those longings. Please make the patients in 4-1, 4-8, 4-12, 4-16, and 4-18 feel happy.]

Looking at this mission description, the Great Inventor was indeed dead.

This also gave Wen Xishu a premonition that the process of this Desire Tower run might be different from before.

If the person were dying but not yet dead, he could still turn the tide, but if they were dead... could they really be resurrected?

If there existed rules in this world that could change life and death, then whoever mastered such rules would surely be invincible.

He did not believe the Great Inventor could be resurrected.

"Regardless, let's go to the location of the Heavenly Origin first; what if I can find a clue?"

Wen Xishu did not ask the people around him, because the people around him were all asking about things related to "se-se."

Just as Albert said, there are many things in this world that are correct and easy, and most people will still choose the easy things to do.

Teachers at the Three Towers Academy would tirelessly teach students to use their hearts instead of their kidneys...

But how the students ultimately choose is the students' own business.

Wen Xishu walked toward the Heavenly Origin zone, but suddenly, a voice called out to him.

This time it was no longer the couple Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda.

"Wen Xun... you, you are Wen Xun, right? You, how are you here?"

A female voice appeared, making Wen Xishu stop in his tracks. Wen Xishu thought to himself, "Now I'm in trouble; how could it be such a coincidence?"

He turned his head to look; Wen Xishu had seen the owner of this voice before, and they had been to the Capsized Cabin together.

It was none other than the freshman from the Desire Tower Academy—Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue was currently wandering around the Desire Tower rest area, intending to go to the fifth floor. She had originally planned to look around and listen to see if there were any strategies suitable for her.

But she didn't expect to see someone here who shouldn't be here—Wen Xun.

"Oh, it's you." Wen Xishu calmly responded, his brain already starting to think about how to handle this.

Jiang Xue was somewhat stunned:

"If I remember correctly... you are from the Slaughter Tower Academy, right? Why are you appearing in the Desire Tower's rest area?"

Wen Xishu said:

"What do you think?"

Jiang Xue shook her head slightly:

"Can you obtain two types of login devices?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes, I can obtain two types of login devices."

Jiang Xue was shocked. What kind of background did this Wen Xun have?

Current policies were very strict; even freshmen at the Desire Tower Academy had to go through complex application and approval processes to obtain a Desire Tower login device.

Jiang Xue had managed to secure some profits for herself by leveraging the secret of that Young Master Wang in the Capsized Cabin.

She had also started her first tower climb in life.

"I... I didn't expect that students from the Slaughter Tower Academy could also enter the Desire Tower. I always thought it would be easier the other way around, since the academy has always encouraged students of the Desire Tower Academy... to transfer to the Slaughter Tower Academy."

Wen Xishu knew he had bluffed his way through. When someone asks a question about a field they don't understand, if it's hard to explain, then don't explain; let the other person think for themselves.

Wen Xishu said:

"This can be considered a secret of mine; I ask that you keep it confidential, classmate Jiang."

Jiang Xue said:

"Don't worry, my lips are sealed."

Wen Xishu said:

"There aren't many examples like me; to be precise, I am currently the only one. The principal knows about this, but others don't. It was unlikely to run into a Slaughter Tower Academy student here, so I didn't think much of it."

"But I forgot that I have a friend like you in the Desire Tower Academy."

The word "friend" was well-received by Jiang Xue:

"Don't worry, you don't need to tell me these things; I know the irrationality of you appearing here. When irrational things appear, it is naturally because of the intervention of irrational forces. I don't want to provoke those. Which floor of the Desire Tower are you going to?"

"The eighth floor."

Wen Xishu told the truth.

Jiang Xue understood; Wen Xun had logged into the Desire Tower more than once.

"Then... what about the Slaughter Tower, do you go to the Slaughter Tower?"

"Of course, I go to both." Wen Xishu was very calm.

Wen Xun gave Jiang Xue a very special sense of mystery. In fact, that day in the Capsized Cabin, Jiang Xue had heard that Wen Xun had climbed the tower more than once.

This person was actually climbing both tower systems?

If Wen Xun were just nominally in the Slaughter Tower Academy while actually hanging around the Desire Tower, Jiang Xue would have assumed he was some high-ranking official's child padding their resume at the Slaughter Tower Academy.

But if Wen Xun was truly going to the Slaughter Tower...

Then Wen Xun was not simple; being able to obtain a Desire Tower login device and still being willing to go to the Slaughter Tower already defeated 99% of the students at the Desire Tower Academy.

"You are very excellent; I should learn from you," Jiang Xue said.

Wen Xishu said:

"Learn from me? Are you going to the Slaughter Tower too? Sure, actually, I don't think there's much point in you hanging around the Desire Tower. If you really want to go to the Slaughter Tower, I might actually be able to help you."

Wen Xishu was a good judge of character; he could feel the desire in Jiang Xue's eyes to become someone superior.

Otherwise, Jiang Xue wouldn't have been with a fool like Wang Xia. This girl probably had the resolve to climb up at any cost.

Jiang Xue asked in surprise:

"Me go to the Slaughter Tower? How could that be... how could I possibly go to the Slaughter Tower?"

Wen Xishu said:

"Oh, I'm just giving you a suggestion; if you apply to transfer academies, I'm sure the school would agree."

Jiang Xue shook her head:

"It was very difficult for me to enter the Desire Tower Academy; I won't give up... I will definitely make a name for myself in the Desire Tower Academy."

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Hmm, no problem, I respect your choice; fearing death is human nature, it's actually nothing."

Jiang Xue frowned; how did it get to fearing death? She really wanted to say she wasn't afraid of death, but Wen Xishu immediately added:

"Everything in the bunker has a price. If you really think you can risk everything, including your life, you might as well try the Slaughter Tower; anyway, I don't like the Desire Tower Academy."

The "human relationships and worldly wisdom" in the Desire Tower Academy were, in Wen Xishu's view, complete bullshit. It was nothing more than sellers selling meat and buyers buying meat, trying to change their class through that sort of thing, euphemistically calling it "the resolve to abandon everything."

These things were too common in his previous life.

On the contrary, channels like the Weird Tower and the Slaughter Tower, where one could inevitably obtain merit, honor, and money as long as one dared to risk their life... I can't say they don't exist, but they are truly rare.

In Wen Xishu's previous life, most hard, life-risking jobs either didn't pay well or weren't legal.

So Wen Xishu liked channels like the Weird Tower and the Slaughter Tower where risking one's life could change one's destiny.

Students willing to abandon their dignity and reputation to hang around the Desire Tower Academy were essentially afraid of death.

Jiang Xue didn't know what to say for a moment.

Wen Xishu made some final additions:

"If you are like Wen Renjing, with the dream of conquering the Desire Tower, then pretend I said nothing; just study the lessons of the Desire Tower Academy teachers well."

"But if you are eager to change your class through the Desire Tower Academy... I think you'd better do more research. After all, there are many such senior sisters in the Desire Tower Academy; you can see how they are doing and what the final results are."

"The Desire Tower Academy is full of beauties; being pretty is not a resource... unique personality traits will eventually be discarded when you decide to abandon certain things. And remember one thing: you are only eighteen this year, but every year, eighteen-year-old junior sisters flood into the Desire Tower Academy."

"Instead, if you change your track, your external advantages will be maximized."

After saying these words, Wen Xishu immediately laughed it off:

"Haha, I've committed the bad habit of men, being fond of lecturing; don't take it to heart, classmate Jiang. I just thought how great it would be if such a pretty girl could come to the Slaughter Tower Academy. You are really beautiful."

"Goodbye! I have to go find a strategy."

After Wen Xishu finished speaking, he waved his hand and left; not long after, he disappeared from Jiang Xue's sight, walking with extreme decisiveness.

Jiang Xue stood frozen in place, her mood somewhat complicated.

She had wanted to retort earlier, to tell Wen Xun that she had already made a great resolve, that she was willing to abandon everything to climb...

But thinking about it carefully, wasn't her unwillingness to climb the Slaughter Tower actually just fear of death?

She really couldn't refute it.

At this moment, Jiang Xue suddenly wondered, if she went to the Slaughter Tower or the Weird Tower...

And maintained her status as a student of the Desire Tower Academy, would she not have to do those dirty deeds?

In the Capsized Cabin, she had heard the teasing from the butler A-Fan, and she could vaguely know how filthy the upper levels really were.

It could be said that beauties like Holgina and Bai Xiaoyu lived like dogs.

And so the question arises: is it better to live safely like a dog while climbing upward, or is it better to climb upward in a way that might be unsafe, but is free, independent, and clean?

This question left Jiang Xue frozen in place for a moment.

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Wen Xishu had no feelings for Jiang Xue; he was truly uninterested in the messy business between men and women.

If he were in such an apocalyptic environment, possessing heaven-defying items as his cheat code, and still went off to date... he would definitely suspect there was something wrong with his brain.

But he had indeed talked a bit too much just now, being a bit too fond of lecturing others.

"I should respect everyone's fate; I mustn't be a busybody next time."

Perhaps it was because he felt the ruthlessness in Jiang Xue's eyes was well-suited for climbing the Slaughter Tower and the Trick Tower, or perhaps he felt there was no need for the world to have another Park Yingshuang.

Wen Xishu stopped dwelling on it, shook his head, and forgot about it.

He soon arrived at the Heavenly Origin position.

However, this time, that couple was finally not there; Wen Xishu ultimately did not encounter Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan.

There were three people at the Heavenly Origin position in total, two men and one woman. One of the men was wearing an administrative jacket and looked like some kind of leader, while the other man and the woman both looked like his bodyguards.

Wen Xishu asked a question and learned that all three were heading to the 22nd floor and had no impression of the eighth floor... so he did not continue to ask anything further.

He couldn't be bothered to get acquainted; the resting area didn't always provide valuable intelligence, and not everyone was worth befriending.

Wen Xishu didn't dwell on it, turned his head to find an empty spot, and activated his login device.

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Jiangcheng, Fourth Psychiatric Hospital, Zhuyuan Force, fourth floor.

When Wen Xishu opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a hospital bed, with many paper airplanes in the room.

The room's window was welded shut with anti-theft bars.

"Airplane Man?"

A bit of memory immediately flooded into Wen Xishu.

Because this time he had dumped all his luck points into starting favorability, his identity this time was a patient.

Wen Xishu had chosen not to use his luck points on his starting funds or his initial distance from the targets.

Because there was more than one mission target, and every mission target was a patient in the psychiatric hospital, then someone who possessed favorability with every target would be...

Either a doctor or a patient on the same floor.

Wen Xishu believed it was the latter. He guessed right.

"Last time it was a homeless man, this time it's a mental patient... this person is quite sick."

This time, Wen Xishu had memories.

Regarding Wen Xishu's current identity, it was roughly like this: as a child, he loved airplanes flying in the sky and fantasized about being able to fly himself.

But one time he fell from a high place and broke his brain, so from then on, he became a fool.

The fool was sent to the psychiatric hospital, where he would fold paper airplanes every day and fantasize that he was an airplane himself.

From time to time, he would talk to these airplanes to stave off loneliness.

As time went on, his condition became more and more serious; one time, he threw a patient from the second floor out of a window...

Then, while clapping his hands, he shouted:

"Fly, fly, fly, fly."

Obviously, that patient could not fly, and it was fortunate it was only the second floor. After this incident, he was sent to the fourth floor.

Among the many patients on the fourth floor, he was not the craziest one, so he actually made some friends.

Everyone affectionately gave him a nickname, calling him Airplane Man. This was Wen Xishu's identity this time.

Wen Xishu was a bit speechless, but thinking about it, he felt it wasn't bad; it wasn't the first time he had transmigrated into a fool.

It is worth mentioning that when a Bunker Tower-Climber enters the Desire Tower, they only gain an identity and do not change their own appearance or physical abilities.

So now, although in the trajectory of fate he was the Airplane Man of this hospital, in reality, he was a parkour expert with off-the-charts physical fitness who, while unable to fly, could scale walls and vault over roofs—Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu got out of bed and stopped lying down. The thing the Airplane Man did most often was make "fufufu" sounds with his mouth, simulating that he was an airplane, tossing and turning on the bed.

Sometimes he would even expose a certain part and spray toward the ceiling, fantasizing that it was some kind of yellowish-turbid liquid bomb.

Of course, there was also a part with the character "gate" that could release even more terrifying gas and solid bombs.

These memories made Wen Xishu feel nauseated. But interestingly, there was no foul odor in this room at all.

The reason was that there was a broom in this room capable of cleaning up all kinds of filth.

The moment Wen Xishu saw that broom, he was startled.

This was the same broom he had seen in 4-2.

And soon, crying sounds came from outside—a girl's crying—and this crying was heart-wrenching, instantly drawing Wen Xishu's attention.

"He's dead! He's dead! He's dead! Why did you treat him like that! Why did you treat him like that! He didn't come back!"

(End of chapter)