Chapter 100: Don't use your brain if you can cheat
Chapter 100: Don't use your brain if you can cheat
[Due to the changes in the plot of the Tower of Desire, the "deceased great inventor" on the eighth floor of the Tower of Trickster will be restarted. 】
[All players who are currently participating in this mission (except those who have received the invitation) will have their memory modules changed synchronously. ]
【The memory module is being changed.】
[The strange tower starts the logic repair simulation. 】
[Simulation begins. 】
[Phoenix is dead, but Ding Dong is truly born. With the help of Ding Dong, Wu Huixin, Lei Yihong, Mo Yuan, Qian Lele, Xiang Yang and others move towards the safe place that Ding Dong expects in his heart.]
[Due to the special nature of the Dingdong team, they did not participate in the Three Towers War.]
[However, due to the intervention of an unknown force, Ding Dong left enough treasures on the fourth floor of the original Fourth Mental Hospital Inpatient Department, and this museum, which was supposed to be removed, still exists. ]
[After the apocalypse, those who had been helped by Ding Dong in the past found that Ding Dong's belongings could really help them. They found out where Ding Dong had been, and countless people rushed into the museum, trying to loot it.]
[But this also triggered the museum's protection mechanism. After many items were stolen, the museum triggered a more stringent deep protection mechanism. ]
[The Fourth Mental Hospital has become a place where strange creatures live. Only on the fourth floor of the inpatient department, strange creatures dare not approach easily. Until one day, you and your partner airdropped to the fourth floor of the inpatient department and started a new round of purification and exploration tasks. And those strange creatures on the three floors below are also waiting for the results of your hunting. ]
[Related memory modules have been replaced, the scene is loading...]
[Your favorability with Gui·Wu Huixin increases to 100. ]
[Your favorability with Gui Mo Yuan increases to 100. ]
[Your favorability with Gui Xiangyang increases to 100. ]
[Your favorability with Gui Lei Yihong increases to 100. ]
[Your favorability with Gui Qian Lele increases to 100. ]
[Your friendship with Ding Dong has increased to 80. (You can continue to improve it through additional tasks)]
[Due to the particularity of the places where the above characters have gone, they did not participate in the Three Towers War, so they cannot be recruited for the time being (the second stage of recruitment can be unlocked through additional tasks)]
The surrounding scene began to change, which was the prelude to returning to the Ghost Tower.
Wen Xishu couldn't hold back his smile at this moment. What the old principal Albert said was right, the people in the bunker were the real ones who could decide the final fate.
Compared to the bunker man, the twelve zodiac signs are nothing.
Originally, Wen Xishu was just guessing that perhaps he could deliberately instill certain consciousness to make key characters perform certain behaviors.
But this idea is a bit too bold.
But when these prompts appeared, Wen Xishu finally confirmed that players can really change the content of the levels of the Strange Tower by influencing subsequent anchors.
“With the intervention of unknown forces, the museum that should have been evacuated still exists.”
Wen Xishu couldn't help but repeat these words silently in his mind.
The unknown power inexplicably gave him a feeling of satisfaction. In the task prompts of the three towers, the player's intervention was described as "unknown power".
Although when facing Jin Zaimin, Wen Xishu realized that An Rongzai, who was behind Jin Zaimin, was very eager to get the help of the bunker people to prevent being swallowed by the "giant whale" Pisces in the future.
But now, Wen Xishu felt that power more intuitively.
"But what's worth noting is that they actually found a hiding place. Since they didn't participate in the Three Towers War, this also resulted in... their prefix not changing from Gui to Lu."
"In other words, the monsters in the Slaughter Tower, in addition to their great evil intentions towards humans... have other criteria for judgment."
"Or, the prefix of 'slaughter' has nothing to do with hatred for humans, but is it just because we participated in the 'Three Towers War' and must take a stand?"
As he gradually became more familiar with the three towers, Wen Xishu has gradually mastered the advanced gameplay of the "Three Towers Game".
Now he is convinced that the bunker people are using mysterious powers to influence the "Three Towers War" that has already begun.
Among those monsters with the prefix "杀" that originally had a stance, or were actually hostile to humans, a small number of them can be recruited by the humans in the bunker.
At the same time, as a bunker man, you can also change the level design of the Weird Tower in the Desire Tower.
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Weird Tower, eighth floor.
The white light that reshaped the scene gradually faded away, and Wen Xishu now had a compass in his hand.
However, Wen Xishu did not use the compass immediately, but put it away first.
He looked back and saw that the room number had not changed, it was still 4-26. Zheng Zai was standing at the door, standing guard for Wen Xishu very seriously.
Wen Xishu turned around and saw Zheng Zai:
"Old Zheng."
"Brother Wen, what's wrong? Do you have any instructions?"
For Zheng Zai, Wen Xishu had just given instructions and asked him to stand guard at the door.
Wen Xishu would still confirm out of habit:
"I need to ask you something."
"Then I'll come in?"
"Well, come in. There's no need to stand outside."
Zheng Zai was a little confused, but as I said before, everything Brother Wen did had its own meaning.
"whats the matter?"
"What happened to us earlier? I need you to review it for me." Wen Xishu asked directly.
Zheng Zai asked seriously:
"From the beginning?"
"Yes, let's start from the beginning."
So Zheng Zai cooperated very well and began to narrate the various things that happened, including how the lamp god of war Wang Ying used a desk lamp to forcibly kill a hundred primary level one normal species.
Including Tong Ming being killed by a knife, and Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai solving two levels by using handles and wrenches.
This also includes Wen Xishu's five-star review.
Almost everything was as Wen Xishu had imagined.
Wen Xishu said:
"Okay, that's great. One more question. What is the mission description?"
Zheng Zai nodded:
"There is an inventor who opened a museum here, and many people came to rob it. However, identifying the items in the museum is risky. The mission hopes that we can find the items with courage and wisdom, or we will be lucky enough to meet the right person."
Wen Xishu was very satisfied after listening to it:
"Come on, Lao Zheng, let's go to the next room."
Everything was the same as before he left, except for the task description.
Of course Wen Xishu knew who that destined person was.
Zheng Zai was somewhat puzzled:
"Brother, you said before that there is a very powerful thing hidden here that can help us get out of here. Now it seems to be related to the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hands and feet on the radio and the lamp."
"And then we found our way here, and I thought, you must have a clue, have you solved the mystery now?"
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"It's not solved. There's a change of plan."
Zheng Zai looked serious:
"Are we thinking in the wrong direction?"
"That's right, but as the destined one, I don't need to use my brain like everyone else. I'll just cheat." Wen Xishu did not avoid Zheng Zai.
Zheng Zai was a little surprised:
"You mean, you are the destined one?"
Wen Xishu told the truth:
"correct."
Zheng Zai was a little confused. But seeing that Brother Wen looked serious, he thought that things were not going in a bad direction.
Wen Xishu took out the fake destiny compass.
The pseudo-fate compass has two functions: one is to directly tell you the direction of opportunity, and the other is to predict through dreams so that you can avoid disasters and seek good fortune. It is basically the same as the real fate compass, but the effect is much weaker.
Wen Xishu is currently experiencing the first function.
"Hey, bro, where did this come from?"
"A friend gave it to me. It can improve my luck and always guide me to find useful items. It's good to use your brain, but now I just want to put it down and rest."
As Wen Xishu was talking, he followed the direction indicated by the pointer and walked out of the house. The pointer of the pseudo-fate compass kept changing, changing every two seconds. Wen Xishu followed the pointer and soon arrived at the door of room 4-29. After opening the room, what appeared in front of Wen Xishu was a vacuum cleaner.
The content of the note was a mess of gibberish. Wen Xishu could see a little bit of [absorb, positive, empower. ]
These few words cannot accurately determine the function of the item, but Wen Xishu said:
"Old Zheng, go notify Captain Wang and the others and ask them to identify the item. If they don't want to identify the item, then we will do it."
Zheng Zai was secretly surprised. Brother Wen's tone was so confident, as if he was sure that this item could help him get through the fifth level.
"Are you so sure, brother? This item... has the ability to clear the fifth level?"
“Yes.”
"Why don't we use it ourselves?"
"Don't worry, they may not dare to identify it. Let me think about what they will choose."
Wen Xishu paused and continued:
"I am absolutely confident that I can find better items next time. But if Captain Wang and his team don't have the courage to identify them, then it will be natural for me to do certain things later."
The biggest difficulty for climbers challenging this level is that they don’t know the attributes of the items. Identifying the items is like opening a blind box.
If you can know the properties of the items, then when you reach the eighth level, compared to other people, it will be like Jiang Boyao beating Cai Xukun or Jiang Wei beating a chicken.
The reason why Wen Xishu was willing to give Wang Ying and the others a multiple-choice question was because he fully believed that this small compass could find the real treasure, at least in this mission, without any doubt.
Once things become easier, you will naturally have more energy to do other things.
For example, observing teammates.
In Wen Xishu's opinion, the survival value of teammates depends first on the relationship between them and themselves, and secondly on the qualities of the teammates themselves.
He thought it was necessary to test Wang Ying and Aspasia.
After all, Wen Xishu discovered during the last Reverse Seven mission that the total amount of mission rewards was fixed, and the more people there were, the less the reward would be.
In a place like the Weird Tower, Wen Xishu would not accept some overly selfish people to share his reward, unless the other party had contributed to the completion of the mission.
And this time, he and Zheng Zai were actually fighting for their lives.
Zheng Zai whispered:
"Brother, you said before that as long as they are willing to pay enough, we can do more."
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Lao Zheng. What I said before is still valid. As long as they can afford the compensation, we can do more work for them."
But the problem is that they may not be able to afford the remuneration, and the remuneration may be just empty promises. Wen Xishu did not say this.
Zheng Zai nodded:
"Okay, I'll go inform them!"
Zheng was very efficient in his work, and soon Wang Ying and Aspasia arrived at the room where Wen Xishu was.
After listening to Wen Xishu's story, Aspasia asked:
"Brother Wen, are you so sure?"
"Yes, if you don't use this thing, I will use it myself, but I thought you gave me the desk lamp before, and you have nothing in your hands, so I have to give you something in return." Wen Xishu said with a smile.
He was telling the truth. But Aspasia thought it didn't make sense:
"You are sure it can clear the fifth level... but you still gave it to us?"
Wen Xishu said patiently:
"If you clearly don't want to use it, I will choose to use it. Have I made it very clear? Do you want to use it?"
The game of human nature is a very interesting thing.
In Zheng Zai's eyes, this was a no-brainer and he would definitely agree without hesitation. But Zheng Zai didn't expect that Wang Ying and Aspasia would actually hesitate.
Zheng Zai’s thought was, could Brother Wen really harm you?
But Aspasia felt that in a place like this, the possibility of mutual help was already very low after Tong Ming's death was still considered a pass. Wen Xishu's behavior seemed more like he was not sure whether this thing would work, so he just found two people to try it out first.
If he was so sure, shouldn't he keep all the good stuff for himself? After all, there were still so many levels to go, so it would be most reasonable to have a few more items to cover the bottom, right?
This was Aspasia's idea.
Wang Ying is smarter than Aspasia.
He did know that Tong Ming died in the second level but was still considered a clear, which led to some dark thoughts in everyone's hearts. He admitted that he had thought about it too.
But Wang Ying felt that this was only the fifth level, and Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai would not let him die now.
Logically speaking, since one person's death can force you to advance to the next level, choosing a later level will better maximize the value of the dying person.
Moreover, Wen Xishu had saved him before, so Wang Ying felt that Wen Xishu would not harm him. In addition, he had a feeling before that Wen Xishu seemed to have his own way of judging the value of items.
He felt in his heart that he should give it a try.
But Tong Ming's death made him feel that there was no so-called chosen one in the Ghost Tower. Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai might also die suddenly in the next level. The lunch boxes in the Ghost Tower were never unreasonable.
All of Wang Ying’s ideas were correct, but what really hindered him was his cowardice.
Wen Xishu urged:
"Have you thought about it? If you are sure you don't want to identify it, then Lao Zheng and I will use it. It's okay."
Aspasia smiled charmingly:
"You have the handle that can control Lao Zheng. With that thing as a backup, you can even fight the monsters head-on."
"Brother Wen, it's not that we don't trust you, but we don't have anything to back us up. So... could you please lead us?"
"I promise that after we return to the bunker, the Gambling Stone Club will definitely repay this favor. You will always be our Gambling Stone Club's friend."
Wen Xishu pretended to frown:
"But if I die, the friendship of the Gambling Stone Club will be meaningless to me. In a sense, this is the fifth level, but it is also the easiest level among the levels we will face next..."
Aspasia was startled and lowered her voice:
"You will be fine. I believe you can pass all the levels!"
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Okay, thank you for your blessing, no problem. Then Lao Zheng and I will appraise this item, and you can look for other things. Good luck."
Wen Xishu smiled again, politely, but Zheng Zai suddenly felt that... Brother Wen seemed to have regarded these two as dead. That smile actually scared him a little.
Just as Wen Xishu was preparing to make the appraisal, Wang Ying suddenly said:
"Brother Wen, let me do it! Let me do it! I believe in you. I've been to the fifth level before!"
Wen Xishu said "Oh" unexpectedly:
"Captain Wang, are you sure? The fifth level might be several levels more dangerous than the fourth level."
Aspasia was also shocked: "Brother Wen has agreed to take us, why are you still..."
Wang Ying glared at Aspasia:
"I don't want to be looked down upon, Brother Wen. Since I'm the captain, I can't always trouble the team members for everything. Let me do it. I can do it."
In fact, Wang Ying was very scared inside, but he felt from the front that there seemed to be other living things under the hospital.
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"Captain Wang, have you made up your mind?"
Wang Ying nodded:
"I've thought about it. You're right. Although the next level is the fifth, this is the easiest level among the following levels. I'm taking advantage of this."
Wen Xishu was really a little surprised.
He actually didn't like Wang Ying. Wang Ying was unhappy with his previous speeches, almost telling him not to steal the spotlight from the captain.
However, Wang Ying was obviously very scared, but he would still do what a captain should do for the title of captain. Although he could not tolerate people under him being stronger than himself, he would also stand in front of his subordinates when something happened.
What drove Wang Ying to overcome his fear was actually his self-esteem. Some people live for their substance, while others live for their appearance. In this world, it is not easy to be able and willing to take responsibility.
"Then I wish you all the best, Captain Wang."
Aspasia looked hesitant:
"Are you...are you sure you want to identify this? Have you thought it through, Eagle?"
Wang Ying nodded. He would either not do it or not regret it:
"Come on, shall we go together?"
Aspasia hesitated for a few seconds and shook her head slowly:
"Eagle, how about you...you identify it yourself."
Wang Ying looked at his partner in astonishment. Wen Xishu was very satisfied with the result.
"We are all members of the Gambling Stone Society... Old Eagle, if we all die... who will report to the boss? Now, I think it's better for us to act separately."
Wang Ying was silent for a while, then finally nodded:
"Okay, you're right, I'll do it alone then."
Zheng Zai noticed that the smile on Brother Wen's face seemed to be brighter.
(End of this chapter)