Chapter 28 The Belated Tower
Wen Xishu still knows too little about the common sense of this world.

Because the memory of the original owner of the body cannot be completely retrieved.

Albert seemed to understand this and didn’t care too much about why Wen Xishu didn’t know this common sense.

“The importance of the Weird Tower is self-evident, but there are sunk costs in exploring the Weird Tower.”

“You should know that the main groups of people who explore the strange tower are death row prisoners, terminally ill patients, or people who are at the end of their rope due to other reasons.”

“Normal people seem to be willing to go to the Tower of Desire, and if they have no other choice, they will go to the Tower of Slaughter, but they are definitely not willing to go to the Tower of Weirdness.”

“Because once you enter the Trickster Tower, all the sequences, abilities, and attributes in the tower system will be reset to zero.”

Wen Xishu guessed that this was not the absolute reason why people were unwilling to explore the strange tower.

Sure enough, Albert added:
“But you must be thinking, if we explore the strange tower first, wouldn’t this kind of thing not exist?”

“Why do people choose to explore the Tower of Desire and the Tower of Slaughter first?”

“Is it just because the Desire Tower is easy?”

“But the Slaughter Tower is also very dangerous. Why are there still far fewer people exploring the Weird Tower than the Slaughter Tower?”

Wen Xishu nodded. He was indeed thinking about this question.

Albert’s answer surprised Wen Xishu:

“Because the Weird Tower was built later than the other two towers.”

Wen Xishu was stunned.

He thought of many reasons. For example, the rules in the Ghost Tower were complicated, and there was a magic resistance mechanism, which meant that in addition to being familiar with the boss’s combat mechanism, he also had to be on guard at all times to prevent certain strange rules from being triggered due to too low magic resistance.

But he never expected that the truth would be so simple and crude. The strange tower…

It actually arrived the latest, the three towers did not arrive at the same time.

Albert was somewhat emotional:

“In this world, there are right things and easy things. Most people choose to do the easy things because the former are too difficult.”

“But humans are resilient. Human civilization has never fallen even after the apocalypse.”

“The bunker has a population of tens of millions… How is it possible that we can’t find people willing to take risks for all of humanity?”

“But when I was not as old as I am now, we had no qualifications to enter the strange tower. How can we enter if the strange tower does not appear?”

“In my life, I don’t like to do things that are too easy. I rarely enter the Desire Tower.”

“I have no interest in the past of those monsters in Luta.”

“Because I discovered a long time ago that before the creation of the Trickster Tower, even if you knew the past of those monsters… it seemed that a piece of the puzzle was missing, so it was impossible to present a complete puzzle.”

“No matter what you do in the Desire Tower, it will be very difficult to change the monsters in the Slaughter Tower.”

“And earlier, it was difficult for people who explored the Slaughter Tower and those who explored the Desire Tower to communicate.”

“For example, people in the Tower of Desire may become monsters in the Tower of Slaughter in the future. But after becoming monsters, their appearance will be completely changed and it will be difficult to recognize them.”

“In the Killing Tower, when monsters meet, a fight will be triggered. To put it in a fashionable way, they will be killed instantly if they show their heads.”

“You have no way of figuring out who it is in the Desire Tower.”

“And how can you save it?”

Wen Xishu nodded.

That’s true. The appearance of Weird Jack is very different from that of Lustful Jack.

If Lu Jack doesn’t speak, we won’t be able to get enough information… Wen Xishu can’t figure out no matter how hard he tries, this is the Jack in the Desire Tower.

“So the Desire Tower is an easy thing, but someone has to do the right thing. Before the Trick Tower appears…”

“For me, the right thing to do is to conquer the Slaughter Tower.”

Wen Xishu couldn’t help but ask:

“Why do you think so?”

Albert said:

“You also said that the Desire Tower is in the past, and the timeline of the Desire Tower is earlier.”

“If one day, humans return to the previous world, do you think they will return to the past? What they will face is likely to be a world occupied by the Slaughter Tower monsters.”

“Although you can bring back supplies and survive easily in the Desire Tower, I always think that the Slaughter Tower allows humans to gain power, not just a pure experience game.”

“These powers may be the only means for humans to protect themselves.”

“So I rarely challenge the Desire Tower. In an era without the Trickster Tower, many of us can only choose the Slaughter Tower for the future of mankind.”

Wen Xishu nodded slowly.

Sure enough, not all people are stupid, and it’s not that people don’t know how to explore the strange tower, but in that era, humans had no choice.

At the same time, the delayed appearance of the strange tower also led to sunk costs in the overall survival decisions of mankind.

Wen Xishu’s understanding of Albert has changed slightly. At least he is no longer a pure old psychopath.

“So, without the assistance of the Desire Tower and the Trick Tower… you relied solely on the Slaughter Tower to accumulate attributes and break through the Slaughter Tower?”

“Excuse me, you specialize in the Slaughter Tower. How many levels have you reached now?”

Wen Xishu asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time. He could probably feel that Albert was not simple.

But I still want to judge how difficult the other party is through specific numbers.

“I’m old and useless. I’m just mediocre in talent after all.”

Albert sighed. Wen Xishu had an idea in his mind, thinking that the old principal was probably on the 50th or 40th floor, or even lower.

Anyway, an old man, even if he can reach the 40th floor, is still a remarkable existence. He is definitely qualified to be the principal of the Three Towers Academy.

After all, although there are not many levels to explore, being able to survive for so long must mean rich survival experience.

I think these experiences are also valuable and are enough to be used for giving lectures, opening schools and establishing institutions.

What’s more, the first person on the ladder is only on the 50th or 60th level.

Hearing Albert say that he was dull, Wen Xishu wanted to comfort him, saying that not everyone could be as abnormal as Xun Hui.

But the next second, there was a problem with his usually strong micro-expression management.

Albert said somewhat unwillingly:

“I have been stuck on the 96th floor for some time. I don’t know if I can break through to the 99th floor in my lifetime. I really want to know how many floors there are in the Slaughter Tower.”

“Eh……”

After saying this, Albert suddenly widened his eyes. He saw a line of comments floating above Wen Xishu’s head:
[Oh my god, if you are a man, you should go to the 100th floor? What kind of terrifying existence is this? ]

Wen Xishu’s emotions really changed drastically, and he was extremely horrified.

As a result, he lost control for the first time, thus triggering the weird sequence 37: mental barrage… which was considered a negative effect.

When in certain extreme emotions, he will present his thoughts in the form of barrage to the relevant target. This relevant target is the person who triggered his extreme emotions.

Although Wen Xishu did not know the specific ranking of the ladder, he roughly knew that the strongest players on the ladder at the moment, Xun Hui from the Lu Tower and Wen Renjing from the Lust Tower, were both on the 50th or 60th floor.

He thought this was the ceiling of humanity.

But now, he understood personally the meaning of the guide’s words.

There are some terrifying beings among humans.

The old man in front of him is probably the most terrifying one among them.

“Hahahahahahaha, this is so funny. Your weird sequence is so interesting.”

Albert’s laughter made Wen Xishu realize…that he might have been exposed.

But he no longer cares.

The newcomer in the Novice Village with bare buttocks in front of the old man who has played the latest version since the server was first launched and has maxed out his equipment…what difference does it make whether he is exposed or not?
Wen Xishu now understood one thing more clearly, why Albert did not explore the strange tower even after it appeared.

Because such people are the real legends of the bunker. Exploring the spooky tower means starting all over again. For Albert himself, perhaps he is longing for new adventures in his heart.

But for the human camp, they must be afraid that such top-level combat power might accidentally die in the strange tower.

Albert is a powerful man who can change the fate of mankind. Naturally, the bunker disagrees with such a person and starts exploring the strange tower from scratch.

This is a risk that even the bunker cannot tolerate.

After a while, Wen Xishu’s surprise gradually subsided.

Albert said:

“You are doing great. I am already looking forward to your performance in the first semester.”

“The Three Towers Academy can make the properties of the three towers take effect within the academy.”

“You can understand it as a superpower academy composed of people with the Desire Sequence and the Killing Sequence.”

“Most people who graduate here are doing pretty well.”

“But the final exam is not easy, and the probability of repeating a grade is very high. Some of the rules are not set by us, but come from Santa Academy.”

“Anyway, you’re welcome to the academy. You passed my test.”

Albert has actually been testing Wen Xishu.

Now he is sure that Wen Xishu is a good seedling, and perhaps this child is hiding some secrets of Wen Chaohua.

Maybe Wen Xishu was able to pass the strange tower with the help of Wen Chaohua.

But that doesn’t matter. In Albert’s opinion, Wen Xishu’s own qualifications are also worth cultivating.

“Don’t let me down.”

Wen Xishu asked:
“You said this is the superpower academy for those who possess the Desire Sequence and the Killing Sequence…”

“But there doesn’t seem to be any mention of the weird sequence?”

Albert laughed:

“Yes, yes. That’s why you are the one worth looking forward to! Hahahahahaha…”

Thinking about the barrage that just passed over Wen Xishu’s head, and the fact that Wen Xishu’s eyes moved upwards at the beginning, he must have seen his own barrage.

Albert thought that the spooky tower was really fucking fun.

such a pity……

He himself is too important, and countless people in the Great Devouring have to rely on him to be saved.

He could no longer arbitrarily choose the most dangerous, most difficult, but most correct thing as he did decades ago.

This also meant that he had no chance to experience the strange sequence of the strange tower.

These sequences are very interesting in the eyes of Albert, who has some mischievous qualities.

So he was very much looking forward to Wen Xishu’s performance in the first semester.

But before that, in order to avoid some trouble, he had to ask Wen Xishu to do one thing.

(End of this chapter)