Bunker Security Bureau Second Division.
Through monitoring, Liu Jingsen knew that Wen Xishu had entered the Three Towers World.
Wen Xishu was now his responsibility, and he hardly needed to concern himself with other matters.
He didn't want it this way; if possible, he hoped to do more for the people at the bottom.
But with the arrangements from his superiors, he could only choose to obey.
He only made a call after confirming Wen Xishu had ascended a Tower.
"Liu Sir, why are you calling? Do we have medicine?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was very excited, but Liu Jingsen's words poured a bucket of cold water on him:
"Sorry, no one has brought back medicine yet."
Liu Jingsen's call was to the Bunker Health Bureau.
Currently, a plague was raging on the bottom floor of the residential area, and many people were infected.
Medicine at the bottom was severely insufficient.
This disease was still spreading and diffusing; due to the high population density on the bottom floor, complete isolation was very difficult to implement.
Especially, the white and black people on the bottom floor of the Bunker liked to champion freedom; they always refused isolation and were very good at using human rights as an excuse.
This also led to the plague becoming more severe.
"How are things now?"
"Very bad. Our medicine is severely insufficient, the population density on the bottom floor is too high, and the plague is spreading too fast. It's said that even the upper levels… have people infected?"
Liu Jingsen did not answer this question, and the person from the Bunker Health Bureau continued:
"To be honest, we all want to give up. After all, this isn't the first time an epidemic has broken out."
"But before, it was always the elderly who suffered, but this time, young people are also suffering."
"If we don't save these young people, then the number of Three Towers explorations will be insufficient… leading to the Great Devouring, and the consequences will be unimaginable."
Liu Jingsen merely hummed in response.
Yes, the Bunker had also experienced rampant diseases before, but they only took the lives of the elderly.
The Bunker high-level officials were indifferent to this.
Just like before the Bunker era, some island nation officials believed that the epidemic could effectively solve the aging problem…
They felt that if the elderly died, they died, and there was no need to deal with it. Unless the elderly were willing to work overtime until they were seventy, seventy-five, eighty…
But this time was different; many young people in the Bunker were also affected.
If enough medicine could not be brought back quickly to extinguish the epidemic, then a decrease in the young population would lead to a reduction in the core strength for exploring the Three Towers.
Insufficient Three Towers explorations would trigger the Great Devouring… That would be a huge disaster for the human faction.
"Liu Sir, if I didn't lack the ability, I would even want to try my luck in the Slaughter Tower."
"At this time, whoever can bring back medicine will be a hero!" the Health Bureau staff member exclaimed over the phone.
Liu Jingsen simply responded faintly:
"Alright, I understand the situation. You've worked hard."
Liu Jingsen hung up the phone.
At present, he very much hoped to go to the Slaughter Tower to fight hard, even if it was just to bring back a small portion of medicine.
But now, he could do nothing, because his superiors required him to focus all his energy on one person.
Wen Xishu.
As a man of action, Liu Jingsen would not place his hopes on vague things.
For example, hoping that Wen Xishu could bring something back from the Weird Tower.
In fact, he didn't even think Wen Xishu would come back alive.
…
…
Wen Xishu was certainly not dead yet, but he himself had no idea how long he could live.
After the option 【Do you want to roll?】 appeared, he chose yes without hesitation.
Facing new things, he was unusually bold, like stock investors facing a bull market.
After all, even without rolling the dice, given the various existing risks, his chances of clearing the Weird Tower were very low.
It was better to take a gamble using some unknown means.
Wen Xishu gambled, and the result was—gamblers never prosper.
The points: three ones.
Red dice, white dice, black dice, the points on all three dice were one.
【Please choose one of the following effects.】
【1: San Gao (Three Highs). (Ascension level x3, triggered when the points on all three dice are the same.)】
【2: Three-Phase Power. (Can simultaneously use the abilities and rules of three Tower types, triggered when the points on all three dice are the same.)】
【3: Minimalism. (Level too low, description unavailable. Triggered when the points on all three dice are less than five.)】
【Since there is no current style and the level is too low, "Three-Phase Power" and "Minimalism" cannot be triggered. This ascension level is x3.】
And so, a newbie with zero Anti-magic Value and level one was inexplicably teleported to the twenty-first floor of the Weird Tower.
This was a level that newcomers, and even many veterans, could not reach for a long time.
The reason it was the twenty-first floor, and not the third floor, was because the level for ascending the Three Towers fluctuated randomly within a certain range.
Newcomers ascending a Tower would fluctuate between the first and seventh floors; a very small number of extremely unlucky ones would be assigned to the sixth or seventh floor.
Wen Xishu was originally going to the seventh floor; now it had become the twenty-first floor.
Undoubtedly, according to the saying that the further back the level, the stronger the monsters—
Although he didn't know which area he was about to go to, it was definitely an area where monsters could instantly kill him.
"Wen Chaohua is indeed my biological brother, a master at screwing over his younger brother."
Muttering inwardly, Wen Xishu wasn't too annoyed.
The dice's ability, in his opinion, was bug-level.
He could vaguely sense how abnormal an ability it was to be able to simultaneously use the abilities and rules of three Tower types.
A Desire Tower sequence in the Slaughter Tower—wouldn't that just be a walking succubus?
A Slaughter Tower sequence in the Desire Tower—wouldn't that be like a cultivator descending into a normal world?
Of course, Wen Xishu didn't actually know the specific operational details, and for himself in the novice period, he hadn't yet made certain prerequisite preparations.
The surrounding scenery was constantly changing, countless white lines crisscrossing, constructing the area he was about to arrive at.
And new information appeared in his mind.
【Mission Description: Welcome to Weird Tower. You have received a plea for help from Jennifer, a Tower resident on the twenty-first floor of Weird Tower.
On the twenty-first floor of Weird Tower, there is a special old building, from which sinister laughter occasionally emanates.
You have infiltrated the old building and successfully made contact with Jennifer. But this contaminated building no longer seems the same as when you arrived.
The way out of here has become bizarre and complex.
Leaving this building with Jennifer will result in a higher rating, or your ability is only enough to escape here alone.
Of course, we also look forward to you making more extreme moves.】
This message quickly disappeared from his mind, and Wen Xishu began his first Three Towers Game.
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Weird Tower, twenty-first floor.
Location: Moen City slums, Jennifer's house.
Wen Xishu was indeed a bit surprised that his starting point was actually under the bed, the comfort zone of the 'neighbor's husband'.
He was lying under the bed, one hand supporting his body, the other covering the mouth of a little girl.
This little girl had freckles that Westerners considered cute, tied in a ponytail, with large eyes blinking, which should have been pretty.
But the fear in her eyes made her face look slightly unsettling.
Their situation was not good.
"Jennifer—where are you? Say something!"
"My dear Jen—ni—fer! I will find you, I'm almost hearing your heartbeat, hehe."
A man's voice came from not far away, tinged with a perverted excitement.
Wen Xishu quickly understood the situation. The Three Towers were not just one Tower; the Three Towers encompassed an entire world.
A certain area on a certain level might just be a corner of that original vast world.
His mission was a rescue mission, and the girl hiding with him under the bed must be Jennifer.
And the man calling out Jennifer's name was likely a dangerous individual.
Which was the reason Jennifer needed to escape this building.
Wen Xishu was about to speak, to ask Jennifer for some details. But just as he was about to open his mouth, a sense of crisis suddenly struck.
In his previous life, Wen Xishu's name could be said to constantly flicker on and off the ledger of life and death. His video comment section was full of comments like "waiting for the funeral feast."
This also gave him an extraordinary sense of impending death.
Wen Xishu noticed that Jennifer was holding a phone, and the phone was on silent mode.
And his hand was covering Jennifer's mouth.
The chill of death instantly enveloped Wen Xishu, but he endured it, not letting himself make any moves.
Even his breathing was very light.
"Jennifer! Where are you! Let me hear your voice, please!" The wack's cries came again.
Wen Xishu didn't expect this game to be so malicious, with an instant kill at the start; no wonder no one wanted to come to Weird Tower.
Jennifer's silent phone, her covered mouth, and the content of the wack's words…
All seemed to indicate that as long as someone spoke, the wack could hear them.
Clearly, the opponent's hearing couldn't possibly be directed only at Jennifer.
If an ascending person here habitually opened their mouth to ask—
Then, in all likelihood, that wack would directly rush them and find Jennifer.
Game over.
Of course, there was also the possibility of resolving the monster by force and clearing the level forcibly.
But Wen Xishu's Anti-magic Value was 0.
And this was the twenty-first floor of Weird Tower; this level required too much Anti-magic Value for him.
Too low Anti-magic Value would have many negative effects—
Unable to see normal item Analysis, unable to deal damage to enemies, enemy damage would instantly kill him, sometimes the world in his eyes would become indescribable…
In short, Wen Xishu did not have the feasibility of clearing the level by force, at least not at this stage.
The wack's voice grew louder and louder; it wasn't that he was shouting harder, but that his distance…
Was getting closer and closer.
Staying hidden under the bed would undoubtedly lead to death.
But if he rashly left the area under the bed, the sound he made would also instantly attract the wack.
This was almost a dead end.
