Chapter 266: Met a Very Familiar Person in the Underworld

Chapter 266: Met a Very Familiar Person in the Underworld

Chapter 266: Met a Very Familiar Person in the Underworld
After paying a lot of merit, Wen Xishu's remaining merit was almost gone.

He naturally didn't have time to slowly earn merit here. He had to think of some shortcuts. But for now, he had to find Mr. Jin first.

Soon, the gentle minotaur brought the death list.

"Thank you for your support of our department. It's a quiet place, with only a few people coming to visit regularly."

The minotaur handed the death list to Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu discovered that the roster only showed people from the Three Towers World, including people in the bunker and the real people outside the bunker.

Moreover, the world of the dead keeps a very good roster, counting the deaths of each day on that day, and the names are indexed by the first letter of the alphabet.

From the entire death list, Wen Xishu selected information from the past year in his own timeline to look up.

Wen Xishu quickly found the corresponding time node, so he did not check the earlier ones. However, the scope was also very wide, and it would take a long time to check.

He checked the death toll from the previous three months to the current timeline.

His fingers quickly moved across page after page. The thick death list seemed unable to withstand his speed of reading.

He flipped through the book like an old bookworm who wanted to be the first to finish the chapter.

I have to say, the mortality rate in the bunker is really high.

But even so, the bunker is very livable...

Under such high-pressure conditions, the fertility rate in the bunker remains surprisingly high.

"Strange...are these people still alive?"

Wen Xishu started reading from March before, and he was sure that his ability to collect information would not be wrong. So when he had checked all the letters from A to Z in a certain month, but found that there was no Zhang Hai, Ye Lingfeng, Kate and others...

Wen Xishu was quite surprised that those people in Fengcheng survived.

The blind man survived too?
I have to say, some people are really lucky.

Wen Xishu's hands continued, the time went from three months ago, to two months ago, and then to one month ago...

Finally, he got a little nervous.

Because time has finally come to the nearest node.

He only had to look up the letter j to find Mr. King.

But just in case, Wen Xishu still read through the names of all the letters.

When the finger reached the letter J, Wen Xishu saw the name.

Jin Zhenyuan.

He was stunned at that moment.

The three words "Jin Zhenyuan" were written clearly. He read every word very carefully, and almost couldn't recognize them. Then he sighed slowly:

"It turns out that Mr. Jin... is really dead."

Everything started with the death of Mr. Jin. After Mr. Jin's death, the old principal Albert was also somewhat frustrated. According to what Huang He, a member of the Xishu Cult, said in the timeline three years later -

Xun Hui and Wen Ren Jing would both die when climbing the 70th floor. It is very likely that Mr. Jin's death did not lead to the resolution of cause and effect.

But everyone thought... Sagittarius had evacuated.

Now, maybe if I find Mr. Jin, I can get the information. Even... bringing Mr. Jin back is the meaning of my journey.

Wen Xishu was still very surprised. He really felt that if Mr. Jin had not died, then everything would make sense. There would also be a reasonable explanation for why Sagittarius did not leave.

The conspiracy theory about Mr. Kim can also be established.

Wen Xishu really thought so. He admitted that it was dark, but he felt it was very logical.

But unfortunately, Mr. Jin really died.

"That means Sagittarius has become very strong. He sniped the seventieth to seventy-fifth floors... It has nothing to do with Mr. Jin anymore."

"Did Mr. Jin die in vain?"

Wen Xishu still felt very sad. Such a great man who built the bunker and paved the way for those who came after him ended up dying like this.

This answer made Wen Xishu stand there for a long time.

Mr. Jin is on this timeline, and I can definitely find Mr. Jin.

Then, we just need to bring it back to the bunker, and perhaps all the mysteries can be solved.

People who have died once tend to become more insightful.

Wen Xishu was ready to close the death list and start his next move.

But just when he was about to do so, his hand suddenly stopped.

A feeling of something being wrong spread through his mind.

"Wait, I seem to have missed some key information."

Wen Xishu closed his eyes very tightly. Apparently he had thought of a loophole. The loophole was in all the names he had just crossed out.

He quickly opened his eyes again, with a look of disbelief in his eyes:

"There's a name missing."

Although there is Jin Zhenyuan, and although Wei Pingan mentioned that one of the promoters of China's Dragon Hidden Plan is called Jin Zhenyuan...

This person is most likely Mr. Jin.

But Wen Xishu was too concerned about Mr. Jin and missed a relatively unimportant character.

"Where is Liu Zhizai? Why don't I see Liu Zhizai's name?"

Whether it was Liu or Liu Sheng, Wen Xishu was sure that he had not seen this name, even though the protagonist of this death rescue was not Liu Zhizai...

But as one of the five elders of the bunker, Wen Xishu was sure that if he saw it, his finger would definitely stay there for a while.

Even though he did not get along with this elder, even though he despised this elder in his heart, even though Liu Zhizai hated him.

After all, he is one of the highest authorities in the bunker and also a scarce combat force on the human side.

But now, Wen Xishu suddenly discovered that there was no name of Liu Zhizai.

"Mr. Jin Zhenyuan is dead, but Liu Zhizai is still alive?"

No...something's wrong.

At that time, the old principal clearly felt that Liu Zhizai's breath was gone, and Sagittarius did shoot that arrow.

Mr. Jin's strength is unquestionable. He is second only to the old principal and is the second strongest in the bunker. Although the five elders are powerful, they were all "carried" into the 90th floor by Mr. Jin.

Facing the archer's arrow, it didn't make sense that Mr. Jin was dead but Liu Zhizai was still alive, especially since the old principal sensed that Liu Zhizai was dead and Liu Zhizai did not return to the bunker in the end.

"If Mr. Jin hadn't died..."

"If Mr. Jin hadn't died..."

Wen Xishu kept repeating this sentence. It was obvious that Liu Zhizai was not dead, but he insisted that Mr. Jin was not dead.

The Minotaur next to him was a little puzzled, but since it was the underworld, maybe the guest was thinking about the cause of death and was in some kind of confusion. Everything was normal and he didn't care too much.

"If Mr. Jin hadn't died, then it would make sense for Sagittarius to still be on the 70th floor. And my level on the ladder leaderboard is also over 60. Mr. Jin may have misjudged my level..."

"He thought that Xun Hui, Wen Renjing, and I were on the same level."

"And the impression I give to the outside world is that I climb the tower without taking a break, so will Mr. Jin think that I will definitely break through the 70th floor soon?"

"But there is Sagittarius on the 70th floor, so I might not dare to break through the 70th floor..."

"So what if Mr. Jin died, and the threat and causal lock of Sagittarius disappeared? Sagittarius doesn't have to disappear, his threat is still there, but as long as the people climbing the tower think it's gone..."

“Then you’ll still be shot.”

"How can we make the people climbing the tower believe that Sagittarius has left? That is to make up a story... Let everyone believe that Sagittarius will withdraw once Mr. Jin dies."

"Because Mr. Jin played a trick on Capricorn and brought back Little Jin. Little Jin is likely to have the ability to imitate many constellations. He is an extremely special existence, and it is also possible... to be the key to Long Xia's Longyin Plan."

"Longxia's plan to create a god failed. They need something to correct the failure."

"Mr. Jin's heart...maybe Longxia will always be higher than the bunker."

Wen Xishu thought about this and felt that many things were beginning to connect.

"But here, inexplicably, why must I die... Xiao Jin assassinated me, Mr. Jin's death trap, let Sagittarius kill me... It seems that all of this is to kill me. Why do you want me to die?"

"Am I related to the Longyin Project? Is there something in me that he desires? Has he noticed it?"

Wen Xishu first thought that this thing was not the "Heart of Fusion". The first thing he thought of was the Crazy Dice.

The five elders had all been eager to be interrogated by the Bunker Security Bureau in order to obtain Wen Chaohua's secret.

Now, Wen Xishu, as a legend in the bunker, already knows that Wen Chaohua has done some incredible things and some unreasonable things.

In the Slaughter Tower where communication was impossible, Wen Chaohua commanded the monsters in the Tower.

In the Desire Tower where combat power could not be used, Wen Chaohua slaughtered a floor.

Others don’t know what these things are, but Wen Xishu knows that this is the effect of the insane dice.

Then Wen Chaohua disappeared.

As Wen Chaohua's younger brother, the mentally retarded boy in the Wen family... Wen Xishu, suddenly became wise.

"Wen Xishu was originally very stupid and was about to be executed, but because of me, he slowly started to turn the tide..."

“Without the Crazy Dice, I might be able to climb the tower, but without the Crazy Dice, I would never have achieved what I have today.”

"My status is getting higher and higher, so those who try to interrogate me and find out Wen Chaohua's secrets are becoming more and more cautious."

"They are afraid of me, but they are even more afraid of Albert behind me."

"The Five Elders showed me kindness, and the Security Bureau showed me kindness. I risked my life time and time again for that...but in their hearts, have they really forgotten Wen Chaohua?"

"Do they really recognize me? Maybe they just hide all their thoughts. Maybe they still think that my ability to do this is closely related to Wen Chaohua."

"It's just that they don't dare to dig out the secret."

"But what if it was Mr. Jin who uncovered this secret?"

"As the real owner of the bunker, does he really have no idea at all?"

Wen Xishu seemed to connect everything.

There is no evidence here, it's all speculation, but his speculations are always very accurate.

He didn't think that the Heart of Fusion was enough to make Mr. Jin and him a mortal enemy. If he had something on him that would be feared by the top person in the ninety-story bunker, the highest authority, and even try to kill him...

That can only be the insane dice.

So far, Wen Xishu feels that the Crazy Dice is the most incredible thing, and its authority even surpasses that of God.

After he became famous, he gradually forgot that he was still carrying the huge secret left by Wen Chaohua.

"He didn't dare to kill me in the bunker... at least he couldn't do it himself. And according to Mr. Jin himself, Xiao Jin is evil... so it seems reasonable for Xiao Jin to kill me, and Mr. Jin can clear himself."

"If Xiao Jin can't kill me, then in the second round, Mr. Jin will die. In this way, I will relax my vigilance and maybe I can go to the 70th floor in the future..."

“Even Albert wouldn’t doubt it if I died on the 70th floor… He would only think that it was Sagittarius who did it, and he would never think that there was another calculation behind it.”

With a creepy feeling, Wen Xishu realized for the first time that he had seriously underestimated Mr. Jin.

Mr. Jin was able to use a trick to deceive Capricorn and bring back Little Jin. In this story, Mr. Jin seemed to have paid a huge price...

But what if everything is in Mr. Jin's calculation? If he can fool Capricorn, why can't he fool Sagittarius? Or... reach a cooperation with Sagittarius?
Wen Xishu became more and more convinced that Mr. Jin didn't care about the bunker, he only cared about his country.

"All this is based on one premise, that Mr. Jin is not dead." Wen Xishu immediately came to the conclusion.

But Mr. Jin is dead, and the one who is alive is Liu Zhizai.

But what if the dead one was Liu Zhizai, and the alive one was Mr. Jin?
Wen Xishu's mouth curled up slightly.

"After all, one of us died. No matter what, I will find you!"

Since Jin Zhenyuan appeared in the death list, it means that there must be such a person in the world of the dead.

As long as you find this person, you can verify your guess.

Wen Xishu closed the death register and handed it to the minotaur.

The Minotaur laughed and said:
"You read very quickly. You must have been a very well-read person when you were alive."

As long as they are given enough merit points, these underworld workers will have the qualities that service practitioners should have.

Wen Xishu just nodded and went back into the elevator.

His next step is to look for "Jin Zhenyuan".

He had to find out whether Mr. Zhenyuan's surname was Jin or Liu.

The elevator went down from the fourteenth floor and stopped at the thirteenth floor, the level where merits from the world of the living were collected.

After all, there are the most people here. Those who have just reported to the world of the dead will come here to receive the "gifts from the living."

As I said, some are happy and some are sad.

Wen Xishu doesn't care about this world. Many people only realize after they die who was really good to them when they were alive.

But he was concerned that the elevator stopped for a long time, and there were too many people in and out, so the elevator seemed very crowded. Wen Xishu was in the corner, waiting for the elevator to start, arrive at the first floor of the building, and prepare to leave. There was also another person who was squeezed into the corner. This person was actually preparing to go up to the fourteenth floor.

But he realized that he seemed to have entered the wrong elevator and got into the downward elevator.

He shrugged, somewhat self-deprecating about his own carelessness. Helplessly, he could only wait for the elevator to go down to the twelfth floor before going out.

This man is actually the same age as Wen Xishu and looks very young. He has a handsome appearance and a heroic look between his eyebrows.

It looks like this is a person who climbed the Slaughter Tower during his lifetime.

Wen Xishu had no intention of observing others, but the elevator was too crowded and the other person happened to be facing him. His eyes fell on the other person's face and he was suddenly startled.

Looks really familiar.

Wen Xishu was sure that he didn't know this person...but he just felt that he looked familiar.

That person didn’t see Wen Xishu at first, but there was nothing he could do. After their eyes met... he was also slightly stunned.

His reaction was much greater than Wen Xishu's.

His lips began to tremble and his fingers unconsciously began to bend.

"Wen...Xishu?"

Does he know me?

Are you a Christian?
No... this familiar face is definitely not a believer.

Wen Xishu did not respond, but just looked at the other person.

"You are Wen Xishu! You are Wen Xishu!"

The man's face instantly moved closer to Wen Xishu, as if he wanted to take a closer look at Wen Xishu.

His expression seemed like he didn't want to see Wen Xishu, but gradually, looking at this extremely familiar face, he revealed a complicated expression.

Mockery, resentment, and some indescribable emotions.

The elevator reached the twelfth floor.

The twelfth floor is where business related to the Yang world, or the world of the living, is handled.

Relatively speaking, there are fewer people here.

After all, only by accumulating great merits can one influence the human world. And merits are never enough for many unsatisfied souls.

The man grabbed Wen Xishu by the collar and dragged him to the twelfth floor roughly.

Wen Xishu did not resist either.

Because he seemed to recognize who the other person was.

"You are that idiot Wen Xishu, right?"

"Hurry up and tell me! Are you that idiot Wen Xishu? Tell me now!"

The man lowered his voice and growled:

"Do you think that if you keep silent like before, I won't recognize you? Idiot, do you think Wen Chaohua will come to save you?"

"Stupid! Stupid!"

The man raised his fist and was about to hit Wen Xishu in the face. Wen Xishu did not dodge and never spoke, just staring at the man.

"You son of a bitch, do you think I don't dare to hit you? When I was a kid, the happiest thing I did was to beat you! Beat you up, you idiot! Idiot!"

The man didn't hit her in the end. He just withdrew his fist and grabbed Wen Xishu's collar again.

Wen Xishu seemed to be frightened, and his eyes...were misty.

Some childhood fears are born from the memory of another soul within oneself.

This is Wen Xishu's brother... Another brother, named Wen Tingyun. He is the child of the fool's second uncle. He is also the person that the fool is most reluctant to face and the one he is most afraid of since he was a child.

Because of Wen Tingyun, he would always bully him, tease him, and laugh at him.

He couldn't beat Wen Tingyun, so he could only cry. Crying was the most effective means of counterattack for a fool. Although Wen Tingyun would appreciate the fool's crying, in return, crying could attract Wen Chaohua.

Wen Xishu really didn't expect...

In this place, he could meet his relatives, or rather, the relatives of the fool. Of course, up to now, what he felt was the fear from the fool.

He thought that although he and the idiot had the same body, in a sense, it was not possible to say that he was the idiot's brother...

But he should protect fools, at least prevent them from being bullied.

But Wen Xishu found that he seemed unable to do anything.

Wen Tingyun grabbed Wen Xishu by the collar and mocked:

"I thought you were so capable? Tsk, trash is always trash. Look at how timid you are. There are tears in your eyes. Are you going to cry again?"

"Let me tell you, Wen Chaohua won't die. He won't come here to save you."

Wen Tingyun's tone became more and more excited. He wanted to mock and humiliate this fool.

But those excited emotions, those unwillingness and sadness made him look so hysterical. He laughed at the fool's eyes and there was mist in them, but his own eyes were also red.

He grabbed very hard. In the underworld, or the upper spiritual area of ​​the world of the dead, there would be no conflict between spirits because no harm could be caused.

But his red knuckles showed that he was really trying very hard, and those emotions seemed to be bursting through his soul.

"Every once in a while, I come and look up...two names."

"I never understand, Wen Xishu, I really don't understand...why is it you?"

"I am Wen Tingyun, how am I not better than you? I have forgotten the reason for my death, but I remember! There is not a single coward in our Wen family. When Chaohua proposed his plan, even though it was so absurd, even though we did not understand what it meant! Even though the price... was so heavy, we were willing to do it!"

"But I just can't accept it, I just hate it!"

The word "hate" was said with such sadness and determination that Wen Tingyun's eyes were almost tearing up:

"Everyone is dead. Dad is dead, Mom is dead too! My brother Wen Xingfeng is dead too. Everyone... all the members of the Wen family, they should have had a bright future!"

"But they, we...all died in this plan."

"Only you... withdrew from this plan, because Wen Chaohua couldn't bear to part with you, because since childhood, he has cherished you the most!"

"But why? Every one of us is better than a loser like you! Who doesn't have a brighter future than you? Why are you the one who survived? Why can't I be the one who survived?"

The absolute unwillingness and resentment were written all over the face of Wen Tingyun, who was also 18 or 19 years old. He gritted his teeth and tears fell unconsciously:
"You useless thing! You useless thing! How can you die!"

Sadness was like a tide brought by the moon, drowning the resentment on his face.

Wen Xishu suddenly understood...

It turns out that the reason why he couldn't take action was not because of fear, but because of... reconciliation.

The fool had already forgiven the Wen family members who bullied him back then.

Wen Tingyun cursed at Wen Xishu as a good-for-nothing fool, but when he saw Wen Xishu, he burst into tears:
"Everything is for you, everything is for you, for you, a piece of trash... Do you know, do you know, Wen Xishu, I have envied you since I was a child. Every time I bullied you, Wen Chaohua would always come to help you, and then I would go to my brother to complain, but my brother would only say, don't bully Xiaoshu."

"I just don't understand...why you brothers have such a good relationship even though you both have brothers!"

"Wen Chaohua is the pride of our Wen family. All three of his towers are ranked high. He seems to have no weaknesses and is an absolute genius."

"How I wish I were his younger brother. I wish I had a brother like him. I really want to bully you to let him know how stupid and incompetent you are as a brother. You are such a hopeless loser."

"But he is always very good to you, as if he is indebted to you forever."

"The entire Wen family... the entire family will die for that plan, but... he wants to leave you behind. The only person left alive is you, a fool."

"I really didn't want to give up, because I also wanted to catch up with those people, catch up with Xun Hui, catch up with Wen Renjing, and I also wanted to be the pride of the Wen family. But facing that plan, I, like everyone else, could only choose to die."

"so……"

"How can you die?"

"Wen Xishu, how can you die here? You should be carrying the future of all of us on your shoulders and live a carefree life. How can you, a loser, die?"

Wen Tingyun cried bitterly, and he didn't know when he had taken his hand off Wen Xishu's collar. He couldn't stop crying.

It was as if all the tears he made the fool shed when he was a child were returned to him.

But that kind of sadness and fear is actually thousands of times stronger than what the fool felt back then.

Wen Tingyun seemed to be overwhelmed.

Wen Tingyun and Wen Xishu were actually born in the same year. But Wen Tingyun...died in the killing tower. And Wen Xishu, due to some defects, always stayed in the bunker.

In the entire family's plan, Wen Chaohua has said more than once that the little tree is the key.

Wen Tingyun was very jealous.

After his death and arrival in the underworld, he once swore that if he saw Wen Xishu too early in the underworld, he would definitely teach Wen Xishu a lesson and make Wen Xishu look ridiculous without Wen Chaohua.

He wanted to vent all his inner frustration and resentment on the fool.

But when he really saw Wen Xishu, he had to use anger to cover up his sadness.

Among the Niutou people, Wen Tingyun is one of the very few who regularly checks the death list, because Wen Tingyun is afraid that Wen Xishu's name will appear on the death list too early.

He also prayed silently that the fool could break out of his cocoon and become a butterfly, and reverse his fate.

He hopes that the last bloodline of the Wen family can restore the glory of the Wen family. He hopes that the brothers Wen Chaohua and Wen Xishu can carry out the dreams he once had and make everything come true.

He was so frightened that the desire tormented him and he would regularly look at the names on the death list. He could only feel at ease if there were no flowers or trees in the names.

Now, seeing Wen Xishu's face, Wen Tingyun felt as if his spine had been pulled out.

It was also at this time that Wen Xishu understood why the fool could reconcile with Wen Tingyun.

He suddenly patted Wen Tingyun on the shoulder:

"Sorry, I'm not Wen Xishu. If you don't believe me, you can check the death list on the thirteenth floor."

"I'm just a fan of Wen Xishu. I'm a fanatic of the Xishu Cult."

Since there was no Xishu Cult half a year ago... and Wen Tingyun didn't like dealing with other undead spirits, and was even more afraid of hearing bad news from them, so Wen Tingyun didn't even know what Xishu Cult was.

The mist in Wen Xishu's eyes had long since dissipated, or rather, he had forced it back.

Wen Tingyun said:
"Are you fooling me?"

So next, Wen Xishu told a lot about his past, and coupled with his calmness, not afraid of Wen Tingyun looking it up, the anger and sadness on Wen Tingyun's face gradually disappeared.

After a while, Wen Tingyun was very excited:
"This is what a real man should be like! Great! I knew that boy could do it! Brother Chaohua wanted him to survive so much, there must be a reason!"

"I knew he could do it!"

"The Bunker Legend? Principal Albert's companion? Great, he even... caught up with Brother Chaohua, are you really not lying to me?"

His reaction was so real, so real that the tears that Wen Xishu had held back with great difficulty seemed to be about to overflow from his eyes again.

Wen Xishu suppressed his inner emotions and experienced for the first time... the care from family members, the kind of care that was not mixed with any interests. He suddenly envied the fool.

Wen Tingyun certainly hated him in his heart, but Erlang of the Wen family was not afraid to die bravely, so how could he not tolerate Wen Xishu?

"Of course, believe it or not, if you go downstairs and shout where the Xishu Cult members are, there will definitely be a lot of people who will respond to you. I tell you, the stories they tell about Wen Xishu's deeds may be even more exaggerated."

Wen Xishu's happiness at this moment did not come from bragging about himself, but came entirely from... the smile on Wen Tingyun's face.

"Really... that guy, really did it? That's great, that's great, it would be great if I could see it all!"

"It would be great if I could apologize to him in person."

"Anyway, you're not a little tree, that's really great."

Wen Xishu felt that the fool seemed too emotional and always had a lot of emotions.

He was afraid that a barrage of comments would appear above his head, so he hurriedly found an excuse... and left.

In fact, Wen Xishu still had a lot of things he wanted to do. When the Wen family showed up, he really wanted to find out what the plan was back then.

Does it all have to do with the insane dice?
But he is afraid.

He was afraid that if he was exposed, the entire Wen family would be implicated. They had already made a lot of concessions for Wen Xishu, and he really shouldn't bother them after they died.

After a while, Wen Xishu and Wen Tingyun separated. Wen Tingyun enthusiastically wanted to pull him to the gathering place of the Wen family heroes.

But Wen Xishu refused.

Long time after the two left, Wen Xishu suddenly heard a voice, a voice coming from within his body.

"When I was little, he always looked down on me and bullied me... But, I miss them now too. Although they are different from my brother and may not love me as much, they are dead, and their death is related to me, right?"

Wen Xishu didn't know how to answer. This might be the closest he had ever been to the truth.

He thought for a long time, and finally said:
"Do you want to go and take a look from a distance? I can follow him... Do you want to go and see your parents and other relatives... This may be the only chance."

The fool's answer made Wen Xishu suddenly understand why Wen Chaohua loved his younger brother so much.

"No... don't go. I'm afraid I'll cry ugly... Wen Xishu, we are heroes now, heroes... can't cry like we did when we were kids."

"I can't cry anymore. I can't let them look down on me."

Having said that, tears still kept sliding down my cheeks, falling to the ground like stars.

(End of this chapter)