Chapter 79 Scorpio Knife
Chapter 79 Scorpio Knife
"A very strange place..." An Jincheng began to think.
Wen Xishu discovered that he had five minutes left before the necklace's power expired.
But he had no choice but to continue waiting.
An Jincheng said:
"When I first read the plan, I thought about hiding it from my grandfather. But my grandfather's rank is much higher than mine. He should have suspected me a long time ago."
"So grandpa deliberately asked me to participate in the construction of this building. My brother didn't know any of this from the beginning to the end."
"But is there anything particularly weird? I need to think about it."
When Wen Xishu heard this, he realized that An Rong was indeed a ruthless person.
If this old man didn't have the Reverse Seven Plan, perhaps he would focus on cultivating An Youxuan and allow the Sanqiu Group, a business empire, to continue operating.
In fact, An Rongzai did make this choice.
Both of his grandsons were his favorites, but compared with the greater power and longevity brought by evolution, their love was insignificant.
So he can make a rational choice——
If one person must die, then let him who is useless to the Sanqiu Group die. Therefore, An Rongzai chose An Jincheng to be in charge of the Miracle Building project.
It would also be good to observe whether the youngest son of the An family is really greedy.
Wen Xishu thought that maybe this number one player in three-ball games would think about stopping at the right time and not killing the older son if he could kill the younger son. He also seemed patient enough when observing whether the younger son met the requirements for the sacrifice.
An Jincheng was completely controlled by his grandfather. In order not to expose himself and to protect his brother, he began to cooperate with his grandfather.
An Jincheng's fear of An Rongzai was too deep. As the number one person in the Sanqiu Group, An Rongzai's reputation was indeed unmatched.
Honestly speaking, this person is a bit unlucky and doesn't have the qualifications. If he really has the qualifications to evolve into a Gui, he will surely be a super monster in both the Gui Tower and the Lu Tower in the future.
Amgen opens:
"No, sorry. You asked me if there was something strange about this building. I definitely think it was. But what the problem was, I don't know."
Wen Xishu was not surprised:
"Your grandfather does everything perfectly. Since he has entrusted you with the construction, perhaps he is confident that you won't notice it."
"But there must be something wrong with this building. During the construction process, is there any part that you are not responsible for?"
An Jincheng shook his head:
“I did it all until it was completed.”
However, Wen Xishu's words reminded An Jincheng:
"But now that you mention it, I seem to remember one thing. After the completion of the construction, Grandpa said that this building would need to be put aside for a while..."
"But I didn't see my grandfather arrange anyone to check later. The whole building was sealed off and no one could get close. At that time, there were a large number of police officers guarding this area of Jiangnan District."
"In fact, at that time, people could live in the building, but grandpa waited for a long time, saying that he wanted to wait for a suitable day."
Wen Xishu nodded:
"That makes sense. Your grandfather is a very shrewd man. He would definitely give you something that you can't figure out. He hid the thing himself. Come on, let's find it ourselves."
An Jincheng sighed:
"I'm sorry, I... I may not be able to leave here. Those guys outside won't do anything to me if I stay in the house. But if I leave this room..."
Wen Xishu said:
“7-5，14-1，21-9，28-11，35-13，49-3。”
Amgen is puzzled:
"What are you reading?"
"House number." Wen Xishu said.
Amgen asks:
"What house number?"
Wen Xishu pointed to An Jincheng:
"These are the house numbers of the sacrifices. Apart from your greed, the other six sins will live in these rooms." The Miracle Building is actually a columnar building. From the outside, it looks like seven buildings surrounded by each other. "
An Jincheng nodded:
"Yes, that's right. I've seen the architectural drawings. It's actually seven buildings surrounded by a community."
Wen Xishu said:
"There are thirteen households on the first floor, right?"
An Jincheng continued to nod.
Wen Xishu has already started drafting in his mind:
"In other words, if you remove the middle floor of each building... then there are only seven households."
"They are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. If they are connected together, each floor will be a heptagonal structure."
"7 is the number in the middle of this group of numbers. And you live in room 7 in this group of numbers. At the same time, you are also the most important sacrifice, and the people who end up in this room will be given the name An Zhenqi. There are guards on your floor only, and there are guards outside your room only."
"All of these are clues. Have you ever thought that you don't need to leave this room..."
An Jincheng understood, and he said in surprise:
"Could it be that the thing is in this room?"
Wen Xishu said:
"It's hard to say. If the algorithm takes into account not only the room number but also the floor... then the surface formed by connecting these rooms as points is an irregular surface."
"The object may also be present at the center of this surface. However, this possibility is not high because it does not have aesthetic appeal."
An Jincheng was a little confused. Does this person still consider aesthetics?
In fact, he was quite capable. After Wen Xishu gave him the direction, a geometric model quickly appeared in his mind.
If we consider the floors, then the surface formed by connecting several rooms does not look aesthetically pleasing...
Wen Xishu said:
"What was a miracle to your grandfather is just a game to Scorpio. Do you know what's wrong with people who design games?"
An Jincheng shook his head. What kind of game would it be for a rich guy like me to play with supercars and models and play games? There are so many people playing for me...
Wen Xishu said:
"In fact, they are just like novel authors. They like to wait for readers to reveal some not-so-clever designs. Although it is easy to guess, they will still deliberately hint at certain places..."
"This time the hint is quite obvious. Heptagon, seven sins, seven towns. 42-7..."
Wen Xishu said this and began to look around the house:
"Have you searched this room carefully?"
There are still three minutes left before the necklace's power expires. Wen Xishu's speech speed has begun to speed up.
If the house was not searched as soon as they came in, An Jincheng would be disgusted. Wen Xishu even wanted to win over An Jincheng while searching the house.
Now he could only hope that the thing was not hidden very deeply and was just an inconspicuous object...
An Jincheng shook his head:
"I searched, but there didn't seem to be anything special."
Wen Xishu shook his head. What he feared most was this kind of NPC whose attributes were qualified but who was playing rotten. Wasn't that just rebelling against his grandfather?
Not even as good as our Jennifer.
"Have you accepted your fate? Completely? Seriously, have you never considered disobeying Grandpa for once?"
As he spoke, Wen Xishu began to rummage through the drawers.
An Jincheng also began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets, saying:
"That's not the case... I've thought about running away before. It's not that I'm not afraid of death. I've actually been keeping smugglers at Incheon Port. I'm still keeping them now, and they're ready to come at any time."
"I thought, if I regret it one day, I will have someone smuggle me out. This is the only way to get rid of my grandfather."
"In fact, during my days as a loser, I met a lot of people in the gray area. I can't say how much these people's friendship is worth, but it won't be easy for Grandpa to infiltrate them in a short period of time."
"But when I think of my brother, I am willing to die for him."
Wen Xishu had never thought that Mr. An had such a trick:
"It's okay to be afraid of death. You can find a goal to protect that is higher than life, but you can't not be afraid of death."
Wen Xishu looked at the ceiling and found that there was nothing on it. But he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some strange elements in the room.
"The weird zodiac signs, whether it's Virgo or Gemini... they all paid attention to me after I completed the task."
"I think the same goes for Scorpio...their existence must be more advanced than the Honkai Impactors."
The characteristic of the Honkai Impact 3rd is that they are fun-loving people and their memories will not be reset when the copy is reset.
So are the beings at a higher level than them the designers of the levels themselves... or are they not designers but can change some of the contents of the levels?
Wen Xishu's eyes fell on the painting on the wall. It was a woman with a wreath on her head and barefoot, staring into the distance.
At this moment, he seemed to have thought of something and immediately began to look for other similar elements.
On the tea table in the living room, there is a yak made of yellow and white jade next to the tea pet, which looks very imposing.
On the umbrella rack in the room, there is a lion pattern printed on the metal end of the umbrella handle, which is said to be the logo of the world's most expensive umbrella.
Wen Xishu found in the cupboard that there was a plate printed with fish biting each other's tails like an Ouroboros.
The refrigerator is a brand that Wen Xishu is very familiar with. It is produced in Longxia and is a pair of brothers wearing underwear.
There are playing cards on the table with a sheep's head painted on the back.
"Did you buy the crabs in the refrigerator?"
"No, I'm allergic to crab meat. I'm afraid of this stuff and I don't dare to touch it. These things come as soon as they come."
"Why don't you ask someone to clean it up?"
"They will clean even if you call them, but there are some places that they never touch."
The necklace counts down one minute.
Wen Xishu said:
"Tell me about other places you found they deliberately didn't touch."
An Jincheng realized that Wen Xishu must have noticed something.
He pointed to a row of bottles and jars on the kitchen cabinet:
"These things will be wiped. I put them in different positions. I arrange them by height. But the bottle in the middle is obviously the tallest. I always put it at the edge, but they always put it in the middle."
Virgo, Leo, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Aquarius... Wen Xishu was already certain that there were elements of the twelve zodiac signs hidden in the house.
"Let's not waste time. Ever seen anything with a scorpion pattern?"
"Scorpion? Oh, there really is one. There's a kitchen knife with a scorpion printed on it. It's pretty heavy. Judging from its size, it shouldn't be that heavy."
Wen Xishu followed the words and looked to the place where the kitchen knives were stored.
These knives are placed in different slots according to their different uses.
I have to say, as the son of the Sanqiu Group, these supplies are very luxurious. We all know that a good chef's knife is very expensive...
But no matter how good a chef is, he will love the knives in An Jincheng's house.
The knife engraved with Scorpio is indeed heavy. It is a Spanish ham knife among Western kitchen knives.
"Do you eat Spanish ham? Do you practice cooking?"
An Jincheng said:
"You know our An family so well, so you should know...what kind of image I have had over the years. If I want to eat, there will be a bunch of top chefs lining up to cook for me."
Wen Xishu smiled:
Being a prodigal son is actually not that bad. If he doesn't do business, he won't lose all the assets of the Sanqiu Group. The speed at which he loses is slower than the speed at which he earns.
After all, the Sanqiu Group has closed the industrial loop in Caicheng, and is basically catching up with Bruce Wayne's family in Gotham City.
"If I'm not mistaken... this knife is what we're looking for. Well, I like the shape of the Spanish ham knife."
Unable to leave this room, unable to get rid of certain things, some items in the room will be restored... Combined with the previous judgments about this room, Wen Xishu had a rough idea in his mind.
His hand reached for the knife with the Scorpio design on it.
During the entire process after meeting An Jincheng, no options appeared, but the moment Wen Xishu held the knife...
The options appear.
[Ahaha, you found it. I like people who are good at finding things, but now I give you the following choices——]
【1: Take this knife. 】
【2: Destroy this knife. 】
【3: Use this knife to kill the first person you see after you pick up the knife (there will be a surprise).】
【4: Don’t touch it. 】
【5: Use it to cut your palm and let it drink your blood. 】
Wen Xishu chose to take the knife. He would not choose the third option, which must be a prank by Scorpio.
The first person he saw with the knife could only be An Jincheng. If he really killed An Jincheng, he would not be able to complete his mission.
Destroy this knife...Wen Xishu didn't think he could destroy this knife.
Wen Xishu thought that taking the knife away was the right thing to do.
After making the choice, Wen Xishu immediately received a prompt.
[Obtained special item: Scorpio's game knife. Function: Will unlock additional hidden tasks. Attribute: Can only be identified after successfully going to the guide. ]
Wen Xishu said:
"That's it, that's right."
An Jincheng found it hard to believe that such a knife could be the source of the weirdness in the entire building.
"This...you mean, this is the knife? You found it?"
"It's only the seventh level. It would be impolite to make it any harder." Wen Xishu said.
An Jincheng asked: "What is the seventh floor?"
"You understand that I am breaking through the levels. Your grandfather, and even you and your brother, are all the existence of this seventh level."
"I feel like you're treating me like a nobody in the early stages."
"Don't say that. God knows how much you two brothers will have in the future..."
Wen Xishu suddenly stopped talking.
Because at this moment, he received a prompt in his mind.
[When the necklace's duration ends, the gradual indifference side effect begins to take effect. Units affected by the necklace will have their favorability towards you reduced by one level every thirty seconds in the following time. When the favorability drops to a certain value, it will turn into hostility, and they will attack you.]
This was the first clue that he did not leave the building within the duration of the necklace.
But it’s not bad, there’s still time.
The second tip made Wen Xishu more worried.
[You are holding a token that the believers must protect. From now on, the believers will attack you. The believers' favorability towards you will drop directly to negative.]
【The believers are rioting.】
In the entire building, all the staff wearing green clothes became agitated.
An Jincheng also realized that Wen Xishu's expression seemed a little strange:
"What's wrong with you? Speaking of which, what should we do after we find this thing? Is this formation broken?"
The sound of pounding on the door rang out. Hundreds of people in the building suddenly began to twist their bodies collectively.
In the stairwell, all the staff in green clothes began to run frantically towards the 42nd floor like zombies smelling meat.
Wen Xishu said:
"How are your fighting abilities?"
An Jincheng felt the building shake slightly:
"What's the problem? What happened?"
"No time to explain! It's time to test your muscles!"
Wen Xishu thought about escaping through the window. With his parkour skills comparable to those of the protagonist in Assassin's Creed, he could do it even if he fell continuously from the 42nd floor.
But this floor-to-ceiling window is bulletproof and cannot be broken at all.
"Run, An Jincheng, the hatred value of these monsters is with me, start running now!"
Wen Xishu opened the door as he spoke. His movements were neat and swift, he took a step back the moment he opened the door, then bent over and exerted force, the knife in his hand drew an arc trajectory.
The two green-clad guards were killed instantly.
"You actually killed them?"
An Jincheng was a little confused, but not for long, because when he came to the corridor, he saw several guards in green clothes rushing towards Wen Xishu as if they were risking their lives.
He had only seen these people in doomsday movies. They were simply a group of beasts!
An Jincheng understood that Wen Xishu was right, and that knife was really important. After pulling out the knife, all the green-clothed people in the building lost control and became violent.
"Run! Run quickly! There will be a red Ferrari waiting for us when we get downstairs! You get in first, I'll follow!"
Facing the four guards who rushed over directly, Wen Xishu dodged accurately, and with his sword in hand, he killed them continuously! It was unclear whether these people could wake up, but Wen Xishu killed them without any hesitation.
An Jincheng was not shy at this time:
"Okay! Don't let these guys hold you back!"
An Jincheng ran towards another staircase.
While going downstairs, he saw dozens of staff members in green clothes running upstairs.
Occasionally, a few staff members would turn their attention to An Jincheng.
But An Jincheng was able to get rid of them, and soon, the roars of other staff members could be heard in the distance!
These voices were like some kind of instructions, asking these staff to gather together to solve more critical problems. This also made Anjin Cheng's operation quite smooth.
Wen Xishu held the Spanish ham knife in one hand, waved the knife and experienced a low-profile version of the tower-killing mode, while calling A Miao with the other hand.
He just dialed the number, trusting that Ami would know what to do.
Compared to An Jincheng's road, Wen Xishu's road is full of people.
"This Desire Tower is weirder than the Weird Tower, and there's also the Killing Tower gameplay, it's worth it!"
Thinking of this, he laughed, attracting the staff.
At this moment, Wen Xishu was like a god of war. The staff members pounced on him as soon as they saw him, just like vicious dogs pouncing on their prey...
Wen Xishu walked from top to bottom, and they walked from bottom to top.
This also made Wen Xishu always stay at a high position. He calmly watched the enemies rushing over one by one. If it were the reaction of the people in the three towers, these people would actually be very swift.
But in Wen Xishu's opinion... it was actually a bit slow.
Although he himself was not fast, his reaction was quick. Everyone in his eyes seemed to be a beat slower, which allowed Wen Xishu to always dodge, and every counterattack he made would stab into the neck, making those who had lost their self-awareness lose consciousness forever.
At this time, stars began to explode wildly above Wen Xishu's head.
Two-star wanted level.
Three-star wanted level.
Four-star wanted rating.
When Wen Xishu rushed to the first floor, he was covered in blood, and the roar of a Ferrari engine could be heard outside the hall.
[Hidden mission triggered: Lead the An brothers to escape from Caicheng. ]
Got up late
(End of this chapter)