Chapter 8 Rich kid
Wen Xishu didn’t look outside the door immediately.

He first looked at the strange wall and the two creepy-looking chairs.

Finally, he looked at the refrigerator that was emitting a foul smell.

The shabby refrigerator in the corner of the house doesn’t seem to be just a decoration.

This was Jack’s former money locker, and now it probably contains someone’s body.

Wen Xishu guessed that watching a movie could help them avoid Jack’s pursuit outside, but watching a movie itself also involved great risks.

If the score is less than 60 points…you might be stuffed into the refrigerator and “share a room” with Anderson.

He was almost certain that the body in the refrigerator was Anderson’s.

He liked Jack’s approach, but he didn’t want to be stuffed in the refrigerator.

Fortunately, the score is now high and an escape route has appeared.

This also means that after avoiding the opening kill, patrol, circular building, and past performances…

There should be only one last level left to complete.

“Let’s go, let’s see what’s next.”

Wen Xishu did not use the invitation letter immediately, but decided to continue to advance the strange tower mission.

Odd Jack seemed to have gone to another floor.

After leaving Jack’s house, the two heard Jack’s laughter again. The laughter was a little farther away, but something more terrifying than the laughter also appeared.

Countless black lines appeared on the walls on both sides of the stairs.

They seemed to have life, like moldy noodles, their gray-black bodies constantly wriggling.

Millions of worms squirmed, gradually forming a sentence on the wall.

Densely packed, overwhelming, almost everywhere in sight, there are these words——

“Jennifer! Where are you!”

This scene made Wen Xishu feel his scalp tingling, as if he had fallen into a black spider web, or was surrounded by countless hairs.

When Wen Xishu called Remian, he noticed one thing:
“Jack’s superpower seems to be able to materialize some of his inner thoughts.”

“The sound of the phone in his mind will be broadcast in all directions, and his thoughts will also drive these strange insects to arrange into words…”

As of now, this ability does not appear to be offensive.

Maybe it was because deep down, Jack didn’t want to kill Jennifer.

But Wen Xishu could feel more and more that Jack’s patience was running out. He believed in his own judgment.

The reason is probably that only someone who is equally perverted can get a high score of 97.

Wen Xishu actually thought about it. If one day the world forced him to become a monster, he would definitely kill, kill, kill, kill…

There is no such thing as Guan’s sword not killing the young or the old, or not killing those who are kind and beautiful.

The greatest respect for revenge is to rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go.

So Wen Xishu would not be surprised if Jack killed Jennifer.

There were more and more bugs on the wall, and the layers of “Jennifer, where are you” that came into view were enough to make people with trypophobia vomit and feel dizzy.

Wen Xishu carried Jennifer on his back and walked downstairs while typing.

“From now on, no matter what you hear or see, ignore it. I’m here, don’t be afraid.”

[Gui Jennifer’s favorability increased. 】

Jennifer’s body was cold and a little stiff, but she nodded and bit her lip.

Wen Xishu went down the stairs very quickly.

As a former dangerous sports enthusiast and parkour master, even with his new body after traveling through time, he can rely on his memory to perform many professional moves.

He was almost jumping down the stairs continuously at an incredibly fast speed.

The speed at which the insects spread was obviously not as fast as Wen Xishu’s speed of going down the stairs.

Jack’s voice also became weaker and weaker.

The building was not tall, and Wen Xishu quickly noticed the problem.

“Something’s wrong. Logically, this kind of old building shouldn’t be too high… but I’ve gone down more than ten floors and still haven’t reached the first floor.”

Endless stairs seem to lead to hell.

The temperature was getting lower and lower, and the breath Jennifer exhaled turned into white mist.

There was a fine layer of ice chips on the stair handrail.

Jack’s voice was indeed getting smaller and smaller, and it seemed to be getting farther and farther away from Jack, but the end of the stairs was still not visible.

“Jennifer…don’t leave me, are you going to Yulia’s place?”

“You will choose me, right? Or – you want to be a child who listens to your mother? You have a mother, are you showing off to me?”

The second half of Jack’s sentence became obviously more ferocious. Although his voice became fainter, Wen Xishu still caught the key information in this sentence.
“Sure enough, there is still one more level.”

Wen Xishu, who was originally a little unsure, took firm steps.

Shortly after Jack finished speaking, a warm breeze blew behind Jennifer.

Gentle and warm, compared to the cold, it seems like there is a paradise behind me.

Wen Xishu immediately became alert.

“Jennifer…Jennifer…My poor daughter, come to your mother!”

The woman’s voice seemed to be able to dispel the horrible chill.

There was an endless road ahead for Jennifer. She didn’t know how many flights of stairs she had to go down, and the coldness that penetrated into her bones.

But behind Jennifer, the narrow and depressing staircase seemed to be widened, and there seemed to be a bright and warm road behind her.

Wen Xishu instantly thought of the “performance” he had seen not long ago.

Only then did he realize that Jack was indeed like him, holding grudges and taking revenge, a classic case of tit-for-tat.

When Jack begged Jennifer to let him watch his performance, Yulia completely broke Jack down with one sentence, “Jennifer, don’t look back.”

Now forced by the situation, Wen Xishu shouted something similar.

“Jennifer, don’t look back!”

Jack’s inner thoughts will become concrete. His greatest hatred for Yulia is not Yulia’s contempt for the poor, but that Yulia forbade Jennifer to watch his performance.

At this time, the hatred was also materialized, and an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

The woman behind him was not Yulia at all, but the embodiment of Jack’s spirit.

Just when Wen Xishu thought that Jennifer would be killed again and he could only achieve a bad ending with a low score –

Jennifer didn’t even look back.

A hint that surprised Wen Xishu greatly appeared in his mind.

[Your stable emotions gave Gui Jennifer faith. The favorability reached the standard, and Gui Jennifer chose to believe in you at this moment.]

Increasing favorability three times actually has such an effect.

Jennifer is actually smart.

She probably guessed that her mother wouldn’t be around at this time.

When her mother asked her to stay under the bed and left…

Jennifer was wondering if her mother was going to abandon her. Was she just hiding under the bed, a tool to attract Uncle Jack?
But if Wen Xishu’s previous performance had not been so stable, Jennifer might still have turned back in such a scenario.

The woman continued to scream, her voice became more and more shrill, and even gradually became hideous.

“Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer! Jennifer…”

The sound became faster and more eerie.

But Jennifer just closed her eyes and hugged Wen Xishu tightly with her two small hands. Wen Xishu did not give up his vigilance, but his inner evaluation of Jennifer improved a lot.

He had to admit that this little girl was indeed a qualified target for protection, and she did not have the characteristics of a mentally retarded NPC who would forcibly increase the workload for the protagonist.

What made Wen Xishu even more excited was that he finally saw the staircase exit.

As the woman’s cries gradually faded, the endless staircase came to an end. Wen Xishu successfully reached the first floor of the building.

The stairs on the first floor are just a few steps away from the exit of the building.

The mission is about to end.

“Jennifer, do you think you can leave me by escaping from this building? Can you handle the outside world by yourself? This is just the beginning.” “I will be with you forever!”

Jack’s voice came from a distant floor.

Wen Xishu suddenly stopped, looked at Jennifer, and said with a smile:

“Sorry, Jennifer, please leave here first. I have something else to do.”

The mission is completed if you can get Jennifer out of the building and leave successfully yourself.

To be precise, the key is to leave successfully. Whether Jennifer can leave only affects the final degree of completion.

Combined with the hints in the invitation letter, Wen Xishu was extremely certain that there was still some area that could be explored further in this mission.

So he didn’t plan to complete the task now.

When Jennifer reluctantly left the building, he first covered his login device with his sleeve.

Then he took out the invitation, bit his finger and pressed his fingerprint on it.

The lines on the invitation began to move.

At this moment, everything around was still and time was completely frozen.

[You are about to go to the [rest area], the progress of the Weird Tower Trial is paused, and all objects in the area, including players in the other three towers, will enter a time-stop state. ]

[The time you enter the Desire Tower through the invitation letter channel cannot exceed 48 hours. After 48 hours, you will be forcibly sent back to the Weird Tower. You can also return to the Weird Tower in advance through the invitation letter.]

Two pieces of information emerged in Wen Xishu’s mind.

What makes him very satisfied is that if it is a multiplayer mission and one person receives an invitation, the others will also enter a time-stop state.

This means that even if you team up with others to explore the spooky tower in the future, you can use the invitation letter without worrying about being discovered.

However, the invitation letter is obviously not easy to find. I guess the conditions for obtaining the invitation letter are different for each task.

The surrounding scene became blurry and Wen Xishu was unable to move.

Originally, he was thinking that the invitation letter interrupted the progress of the mission and caused everything in the Ghost Tower to stop in time.

So, can I do something during the time stop, just like the hero in the Japanese movie?

It seems impossible now.

Compared to other objects in the area that were stopped in time, Wen Xishu was not much better.

The only thing he could do was think.

But there was not much time to think, and there was no time to feel this stillness…

He felt dizzy and then entered the next area.

……

……

“The sixth level, the mission to help basketball players gain happiness, does anyone know the details? I heard that we need to learn how to fly a helicopter?”

“I am eighteen, eighteen years old, eighteen inches tall, and will soon go to the ninth floor. My mission goal is to bring happiness to the game producer Miyazaki Yinggao. Can anyone tell me if this person is a pervert? How can I make him gay? I can only use my power to convince people!”

“The fourth level, the sky-high wedding mission, sells strategies, and teaches you how to act like a tall, rich and handsome man in front of the mission target. Make sure to make her happy, make her take the initiative, and make her unlock hidden moves.”

Waves of shouting coming from a distance made Wen Xishu a little confused.

But he soon realized that he seemed to have not entered the Desire Tower yet, but entered some kind of transit area.

The tower rest area.

Anyone entering the Tower of Desire, Tower of Weirdness, or Tower of Slaughter for the first time will directly enter the area of ​​the corresponding tower system.

From the second time onwards, you will enter the “rest area” first.

All three tower players can stay in the rest area for up to one hour.

During this hour, you can ask other three-tower players in the same time period for strategies for certain levels, or ask if there are anyone doing the same task and seek to team up.

Or here, you can sell certain items, guides, and special props needed for some scenes.

Of course, you can also climb the tower in advance and not stay in the rest area.

The rest area is like a market, with many booths and shelves.

But if you look down, you’ll find that the area is more like a chessboard, with crisscrossing aisles, nineteen vertical and nineteen horizontal.

Many people occupied a booth, selling various things.

Wen Xishu’s sudden appearance also attracted people’s attention.

“Wow, you look like you’ve just reached adulthood. Whose family are you from, young man?”

The area where Wen Xishu is located is the vertical and horizontal area of ​​ten, which is the center of the rest area and the Tianyuan position of the chessboard.

The person who greeted Wen Xishu was a fat uncle with a kind face and a friendly smile.

His smile was kinder than Sha Ruijing’s, but it also had a treacherous and flattering tone, perhaps because his chin was too round.

Next to this man, there was a woman who was cold as ice, with sharp eyes, but her facial features were definitely delicate.

“Oh, I am sorry. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ji Boda, and this is my wife Liu Ruyan.”

“We have all the information you want. I wonder which family you belong to, little brother?”

Ji Boda was very polite.

Because in his opinion, those who can directly enter the Desire Tower at the age of 18 are still yellow people…

This is definitely not an ordinary family.

However, there is one thing that Ji Boda doesn’t understand very much, why this young man is in the Tianyuan position.

This is not a place for a novice.

Wen Xishu smiled and said:

“I’m just a newbie who just climbed the tower. What do you mean by a nobleman? I’m just a citizen at the bottom of the bunker.”

Ji Boda waved his hand and said:

“You’re joking, little brother. The fact that you can come to the Tianyuan District proves that your tower climbing level is the highest during this period of time.”

When Wen Xishu heard this, he knew there was something fishy going on here, so he didn’t act pretentiously and asked directly:
“It means that the closer to the center the initial position appears here, the higher the level?”

Ji Boda looked at Wen Xishu carefully and saw that he really didn’t seem to be pretending. He was a little curious:

“You really don’t know?”

Wen Xishu shook his head:
“I really do not know.”

Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan looked at each other. This time it was Liu Ruyan who spoke. Her tone was cold, but her voice was pleasant:

“It’s normal that you don’t trust us. We sell information from the first to the thirty-seventh floor. We have a lot of information.”

“If you have any questions, you can ask us.”

Wen Xishu looked around and found that he and the couple were indeed the only ones in Tianyuan District.

One’s own level corresponds to the twenty-first floor of the Desire Tower.

Although there was a lot of noisy shouting outside, proving that there were a lot of people in the rest area…

But with so many people, the level of exploration is not high, maybe only between one and ten levels.

And I have already arrived at the Tianyuan position.

In other words, in this hour, my twenty-first floor was the highest. Only Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan were about the same level as me.

Unless someone of a higher level comes in here and squeezes me out.

Wen Xishu roughly knew which area ordinary tower climbers usually hung out in.

This couple can sell information from level one to level thirty-seven, so they must be experts among experts.

He said:
“I need to go to the twenty-first floor and help a child named Jennifer and bring her happiness.”

When Ji Boda heard the words “Twenty-first Floor” and “Jennifer”, his heart was filled with shock.

Because the young man in front of him was too young, and looked like he was just old enough to be allowed to climb the tower.

Such a young person has actually explored more than twenty floors. He is truly a genius of the Desire Tower.

He became more and more convinced that the young man was a rich kid from the bunker.

　Two big chapters, exactly 10,000 words! I’m so strong!

　
(End of this chapter)