Chapter 106: Curse of the Slaughter Tower
Chapter 106: Curse of the Slaughter Tower
The next day.
Albert was wearing a black cloak and hood. From a distance, his beard could be seen, but his eyes could not be seen under the hood.
Albert in this outfit is rare.
Wenrenjing said:
"Teacher, I see you dressed like this again. I see you dressed like this every once in a while."
This is a forbidden garden in the department area of Yuta Academy, and it is also the place where Wen Renjing and Wen Xishu chatted.
Here, Albert often played chess with Wenren Jing.
But today, there is another person coming.
"Is this what you called...Three Kingdoms chess?"
Albert looked at the chess board improved by Wenren Jing and became interested.
Wenrenjing said:
"Yes, it's rare for the three of us... the two of us to play chess with you again, so I learned this in the Desire Tower world."
Albert nodded:
"Very good. By the way, has your desire sequence been expanded recently?"
Wen Renjing nodded and said:
"some."
Albert laughed:
"That's good. You have to work hard, Mirror. Although your level is higher than Xun Hui, the difficulty of exploring the Desire Tower is low, and the upper limit of the exploration depth is very high."
Wenren Jing deeply agrees:
"I have never slacked off, Sensei. It's just... sometimes I just don't have good luck."
Albert said:
"Not long ago, I heard from that kid Xishu that he turned a guy who might have been a leader into a master. In the exploration report he wrote about the seventh floor of the Weird Tower, there was a paragraph saying that the key to saving seven people in a certain apartment was actually the seventh person."
Wen Renjing said softly:
"Yes, teacher. Actually, I am also paying attention to Wen Xishu's tower climbing report. Sometimes I have to sigh that he really has amazing talent. His potential may not be inferior to Chao... Wen Chaohua."
Wen Renjing paused and continued:
"I actually remember that mission, but I asked many people who explored that mission with me..."
"It turns out that the mission everyone received was to bring happiness to six people. Those six people were the six residents of Miracle Building, lawyer Jiang Yingce, actor He Taiping and others."
"Wen Xishu mentioned An Youxuan and An Jincheng... It's hard to dig out information from those six people."
"Of course, it's not that there's no way to find out. It's just that it's going to take a long detour."
Wenren Jing has an appearance that everyone likes, and he also has the ability to see through people's hearts, but he does not have an "invitation letter".
The depth of exploration of the Desire Tower actually depends largely on the timing, location, and even identity of entry.
Wenren Jing can use lucky points to adjust, but without an invitation letter, he will always appear in a slightly distant location.
Moreover, since he had never experienced the Weird Tower, it was difficult for him to know what the deepest despair experienced by the targets of the Desire Tower mission was.
But Wen Xishu is different in this regard.
Wenrenjing said:
"I actually understand a little bit why Wen Chaohua said that to you."
Albert said:
"You mean, that strange tower is the most important?"
Wen Renjing nodded:
"Teacher, if we go directly from the Desire Tower to the various trajectories before the end of the world in the Three Towers, we will be facing the world of all living beings."
“That world is so huge, and it’s hard for me to find the right entry point.”
"But the Weird Tower is different. Wen Chaohua discovered it through the invitation letter. It is completely different from the way others enter the Desire Tower."
"Now, Wen Xishu has also proved this."
Albert laughed:
"That's fair, isn't it?"
Wenren Jing knew what this sentence meant.
"Yes, that's fair indeed."
There is no need to take risks in the Tower of Desire, but there are risks in the Tower of Trick. You can be envious of Wen Xishu for getting the invitation, but no one will stop you from trying the same thing.
Many people explore the spooky tower, but how many of them get the invitation? Almost none.
Wen Renjing chuckled and said:
"It's fair, so I don't dare to go. But fortunately, with the help of some Desire Sequences, at a higher level, I can gradually find those Honkai Impactors."
"I think there might be a day in the future when he and I can join forces."
Their conversation was interrupted because a figure suddenly jumped over the iron gate.
"Mirror, old man, I'm sorry I'm late."
The man who was speaking was tall, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, but he did not look too strong. He sat on the third stool very familiarly.
"Chess? Why are you playing this again? Can you try a little luck?"
"Xun Hui, you have become more murderous recently." Wen Ren Jing said.
The person who came was Xun Hui, the number one on the ladder list of Lu Tower.
The only one who could get both Xun Hui and Wenren Jing to play chess with him was Albert.
Albert laughed:
"I knew you didn't like chess, so I actually brought a deck of playing cards."
Wen Ren Jing gave a wry smile and then put away the chess pieces and chessboard.
Xun Hui said:
"It's not that I don't like it, but you called us here, so it must be something serious, right?"
"I am a competitive person and I must win everything. It's too tiring to listen to the business while trying to think with you two."
"Just play with something that relies on luck. Old man, don't shuffle the cards. It's useless to shuffle them. Let the mirror do it. The mirror has no power."
Wenren Jingxin said, As expected.
Whenever they played cards, he would be the one to shuffle the cards, because Albert and Xun Hui's hands were too fast, so it was easy for them to cheat.
As for these two people, it can only be said that they are worthy of being master and apprentice. The older one will never play according to the normal rules if he can cheat, and the younger one is the same.
After a long time, the two had to reach a tacit understanding and let Wenren Jing, who was relatively impossible to cheat and did not have amazing hand speed, shuffle the cards.
The three of them began to draw cards, and Xun Hui said:
"Tell me, old man, what is the matter that you called me here for?"
Albert did not answer, but said first:
"Have you felt that your temper has become more and more irritable recently?"
Xun Hui nodded:
"Have."
Wen Ren Jing's expression became more serious.
At this time, Albert's hand touched the cards a little faster. Xun Hui said coldly:
"Just keep your mouth shut, don't be a jerk."
Albert put the cards back without changing his expression and continued:
"Do you smell anything?"
Xun Hui looked at Albert. The old man was now wearing a black cloak, as if he was deliberately hiding himself.
Xun Hui said:
"Old man, you smell of blood."
Wen Renjing was shocked:
"Teacher, what did you do?"
Albert was very satisfied:
"Very good, boy, your five senses have become stronger. What floor of the Slaughter Tower are you on now?"
Xun Hui's tone was neither hot nor cold:
"Floor 59."
"Oh, you are about to break through the 60th floor. That's great. You are only in the third year and haven't even graduated yet." Albert was more and more pleased.
But the next second, all the smiles on his face disappeared:
"This is the first thing I want to tell you today, Xun Hui, it's time for you to kill someone."
This statement is really shocking. It is because Wen Renjing has the special ability to calm himself down that he appears very calm.
Xun Hui frowned slightly and said with a resolute face:
"Old man, please speak clearly."
Albert said:
"You can choose to go to the Desire Tower, enjoy life there and get rid of your hostility."
"You can also choose to stay in the bunker for a long time and no longer consider hanging out in the Slaughter Tower."
"But if you still want the Slaughter Tower and want to become stronger, then the hostility in you will become more and more serious."
"You must have started to feel some inexplicable irritability recently, right?"
Xun Hui did not hide the fact that Albert and Wenren Jing were the two people he trusted the most.
"Yes, I started dating a girlfriend not long ago. When I was doing certain things, I would think of some strange images." Wen Renjing pricked up his ears to listen to gossip. Xun Hui said:
"Looking at her fair skin and listening to her gasps of pain, I suddenly wanted to tear her apart. It seemed that would make me happier than having close contact with her. I wanted to make her bleed and her flesh shattered."
Xun Hui said these creepy words seriously because he had killed too many monsters.
Xun Hui also restrained this desire. Xun Hui has been a straight-forward person since he was a child. He felt that he was just expressing some ideas and it was not a crime.
So he was very calm.
As for killing, Xun Hui felt that it was not something that needed to be concealed; it was just a job.
Albert said:
"I had your reaction when I was on the 40th floor. You are better than me. You managed to control yourself. I didn't control myself at that time."
"I'm telling you, I really did kill someone. You just had desires, but I didn't control them. When Lao Jin and I were climbing the tower, an official from the Government Affairs Bureau scolded me for not respecting Lao Jin enough."
"So I tore him to pieces right in front of Lao Jin. Everyone around me was terrified because I was a lunatic. Hahahahaha. Many of those who still remember this incident are now in high positions."
"They are all afraid of me."
"After killing someone, I felt much more relaxed and no longer had that irritable feeling."
"Old Jin noticed something was wrong with me and talked to me for a long time. Later, I found that every once in a while, I wanted to kill someone."
"So Lao Jin and I came to the conclusion that this is a curse. Now that I am old enough, I have verified many of my guesses, and they are all correct."
"Xun Hui, Mirror, I kill people all the time, but you don't know it. And I want to tell you, the higher the level you climb in the tower, the stronger your desire for crazy killing will be."
"I've been to the Desire Tower. There, I had no way to use violence. Under the constraints of the rules, I gradually found peace. But one cycle takes seven days, and it often takes several cycles to achieve peace."
"Unfortunately, I can't stay that long. I have to find a way to keep climbing the tower."
"Of course, this happened decades ago. Later, Lao Jin and I gave the official's family some merit points, and they are living a good life."
The teacher actually had such a cruel side? Wen Renjing was secretly surprised.
Xun Hui said nonchalantly:
"Is this the only way? And why am I like this?"
Albert said:
"It's very simple. After reaching the twenty-fifth level, people who meet certain conditions will undergo these changes. They will begin to desire to kill and become violent. You are one of those people who meet the conditions, but you are extremely strong inside, which enables you to suppress that desire to kill."
"If you continue to explore the Slaughter Tower regardless of anything, your desire to kill will become stronger and stronger. If you don't release it regularly and let it accumulate..."
"Then you'll turn into a bloodthirsty and brutal monster. It's like accidentally killing too many monsters and forgetting to light a bonfire."
Xun Hui's face seemed to have only one expression. He didn't care that this had happened to him. He just asked coldly:
"Why? I killed to the critical value every time, but never exceeded the limit... I believe that I controlled every time I killed."
Albert laughed:
"That's the reason. Once the killing value exceeds the limit, you will become a monster. Therefore, many people's safety line is not set at the critical point. Most people will leave if they meet the criteria for leaving the Slaughter Tower."
"Only people like you and me...will always think about maximizing the benefits each time and completing as many kills as possible. So every time we go, we try to stay at the critical point and stay for several days, or even almost seven days."
Xun Hui was puzzled:
"But the rules allow us to do this, so why not? Killing monsters is a very interesting thing. Beheading, dismembering, and cutting off the head can make me feel calm. And by doing this, I can get stronger and better rewards."
Wenren Jing felt like this was the first time he had completely become a supporting role.
It wasn't the first time the three of them had this conversation, but it was definitely the first time they had discussed this topic.
Wen Ren Jing then realized that it turned out that his teacher and Xun Hui were... murderous by nature.
Albert said:
"In this respect, we are quite similar. I prefer to use sequence power to melt the enemy directly."
"That's not the point. The point is... killing to the point of breaking point every time will cause certain forces to affect your character. You can understand this as a curse. In fact, it is indeed a curse."
Albert suddenly narrowed his eyes and said seriously:
"I understand that the Slaughter Tower is afraid of you, so some kind of rule is refusing you from entering the Slaughter Tower, or assimilating you."
Xun Hui was a little surprised when he heard this for the first time:
"You've never said that before."
Albert said:
"Because I'm so used to it. I didn't expect that someone would have the same symptoms as me so soon."
Xun Hui said seriously:
"I don't want to give up exploring the Slaughter Tower, and I don't want to slow down my pace of exploring the Slaughter Tower. Old man, I hope to fight alongside you before I turn thirty."
"I'm really afraid that you'll be too old and die ahead."
Albert laughed again:
"Hahahahahaha, Mirror, you are not as good as Xun Hui in this respect. I like talking to Xun Hui."
Wenren Jing smiled, feeling quite helpless.
Albert said:
"Whether you hang out in the Desire Tower or stay in the bunker, the essence is to rely on time to wear down your anger."
"If you don't want to waste time, then there is only one way to ease the curse, and that is to kill someone."
Wenrenjing asked:
"So, teacher...you have actually been killing people all these years?"
Albert did not deny it at all:
"Yes, I just killed a man today, a man in charge of case arbitration in a department under the Administrative Affairs Bureau. I feel refreshed now."
Wen Renjing shook his head first, then sighed:
"I guess this person really deserves to die? He has done a lot of evil things?"
Albert said:
"Yes, the people I have killed so far all have these characteristics. The person I killed this time took advantage of his position and wrongly convicted many cases."
"Before that, I have killed rapists, fraudsters, and people who set up honey traps. Once I disguise myself as a stupid old man with a lot of money, more bad people will appear around me. I like them to do bad things, the more conscienceless the better."
"Of course, even if one day there are no more bad people in this world, as long as I still have to climb the tower, I will not give up killing people."
"Kill the good guys too."
The kind-looking old principal looked calm and spoke slowly when he said these words, without any disturbance in his voice.
Wen Ren Jing didn't say anything. He knew that the teacher was committed to solving the puzzle at the top of the Lu Tower. To this end, he would clear away any obstacles that stood in the teacher's way.
Xun Hui said:
"You've been killing people for so many years. You've hidden it really well, old man. It seems that you can't justify your murders."
Albert smiled contemptuously:
"There is nothing to defend. If A is always wrong and B is always right in this world, it would be perfect. Unfortunately, it is not the case. In this world, A is often wrong, but less wrong, and B is also wrong, but more wrong."
“All the choices in life are nothing more than choosing the right one, and when there is no right option, choosing the one with the least loss.”
Wen Ren Jing was somewhat helpless, but he knew very well that the teacher was already trying his best to control it.
Xun Hui completely agreed with this and he didn't mind killing people.
"In that case, please give me a kill list. I need it for the next three years. I will not stop climbing the tower."
The feeling Xun Hui gives people is that of a murderous aura, cold-blooded yet decisive.
Albert shook his head:
"Psychopath, if you want to kill someone, you have to investigate slowly."
Wen Renjing suddenly spoke:
"Teacher, why doesn't Wen Chaohua show these behaviors?"
Albert shook his head:
"If we don't count what he did, judging from his previous performance, he doesn't seem to be affected by the curse. He is just like us, always pursuing the completeness rating and will kill as many people as possible to reach the upper limit of the kill value."
"But every time he sees me, I don't sense any murderous intent. The curse doesn't seem to have any effect on him."
Wenrenjing said:
"Does that mean he knows some way to circumvent it? Maybe he doesn't know it himself, but he just inadvertently did something to circumvent it?"
"Although this is a bit far-fetched...but I always feel that Wen Chaohua and Wen Xishu are both quite special. Maybe we can find a way to suppress the curse of the Slaughter Tower from Wen Xishu."
Wen Renjing sighed:
"This curse is indeed simple to deal with. Killing people... is actually easy for people of our status. But a curse is a curse. I think if it can be lifted, we should at least try."
Xun Hui thought for a while and then said:
"Wen Xishu, is he Wen Chaohua's younger brother? The guy who has been in the spotlight recently and completed the sixth level of the Weird Tower four times in a row? Mirror, you actually think that he can help me and the teacher get rid of the curse?"
Wen Renjing shook his head:
"I just think that he might find some special ways. This feeling is strange, but I do think that he might be someone who can always bring surprises, just like Wen Zhaohua."
Albert was very pleased with this turn of topic:
"Yes, it's this little guy, very interesting. Now that I'm talking about him, let me talk about the next thing."
Xun Hui and Wen Ren Jing listened carefully. Albert said:
"This is a very interesting little guy. Regardless of whether you think Wen Chaohua gave him some kind of opportunity or treasure... but now it seems to me that this little guy will be able to fill Wen Chaohua's vacancy in the future."
Xun Hui and Wen Ren Jing were both shocked by this. The teacher's evaluation of Wen Xishu seemed a little too high.
Albert just laughed and said:
"Xun Hui, he is going to climb the tower today, along with Lao Jin's grandson. You should go with them. This is his first time to land in the Slaughter Tower."
(End of this chapter)