Wen Xiangge and Xiaowu both showed terrified expressions on the screen.
They were of course clear about it.
The first night, during the meeting, everything was still fine. But by the second day...
At the exact moment of midnight, the intensity escalated.
Wen Xiangge felt more disgusted by his behavior yesterday. Xiaowu, on the other hand, felt his skin was dirty. Someone this dirty—how could he be fit to communicate with others?
"Don’t be afraid, since I told you, I have a way to solve it! Don’t be afraid!"
Wen Xishu actually struggled with whether to voice his speculation.
Because by not saying it, his teammates who didn’t know the reason might fall into greater fear.
But by saying it, they would also fall into fear. Especially those who were already scared, whether they could regain confidence to overcome the eerie spiritual invasion, Wen Xishu wasn’t sure about that either.
Xiaowu clutched his head:
"What to do... what should I do... it’s only the second day, and there are still six days to go."
Wen Xishu temporarily ignored Xiaowu because at this moment, Wen Xiangge said:
"Ah Shu, you’re really excellent. If I... if I die here, I hope you can lead everyone out of here. I thought about it, according to what you said, am I corresponding to gluttony?"
Wen Xishu nodded.
"Yes. Gluttony. Besides, you won’t die. Everyone, don’t worry. Seven days is enough time for us to find out the secrets here."
Wu Xiangjiao also recalled that Wen Xiangge said his neighbor was very fat and tall.
"Only a glutton could have that kind of physique. But after coming here, he started to despise food."
"Yesterday, the Venerable’s behavior made me think it was somewhat like Xiaowu, the Venerable was rejecting his own food, denying his own cooking skills."
"It looks like inferiority, but actually, it’s not inferiority, it’s that you start to despise food from the root, so naturally, you won’t think food is delicious."
Sloth, pride, envy, gluttony.
Wu Xiangjiao concluded by analogy:
"There are still lust, wrath, greed, so it seems the college student next to me, is it lust?"
"Damn, no wonder I felt a burst of annoyance during my morning erection!"
"Damn it!"
Venerable Wen felt somewhat relieved hearing Wu Xiangjiao say this.
Because Wu Xiangjiao was a habitual thief before, but after receiving help, he reformed and stopped stealing.
Yet, despite losing his habit of petty theft, other vices surfaced – he liked women.
Sometimes, Wu Xiangjiao would publicly make dirty jokes, saying things like, "My banana is very big, do you want to try it," to women.
This made him increasingly lecherous.
Now, Wu Xiangjiao clearly wasn’t lustful anymore.
Wen Xishu said:
"I speculate, just a speculation, that your aversion to women will gradually deepen to an outrageous level."
If Jicheng was Seoul in his previous life, then Jicheng could be said to be the most absurd city for gender opposition, where a girl could accuse a boy of sexual harassment if he continued to invite her after being rejected three times.
And Wen Xishu speculated that currently, the reverse lust that was influencing Wu Xiangjiao might make his aversion to the opposite sex far exceed the level of gender opposition.
"But Wu Xiangjiao, as you are not terrified because of this, everything is still manageable. You might be affected the least among us..."
"Even I am more affected than you, though I’m just enduring insomnia. We have to find a way now to find the breakthrough."
Wu Xiangjiao nodded. He really wasn’t that scared, even feeling a bit annoyed when he saw his morning erection, but he still sighed: "I’m too healthy."
Relatively speaking, on this second day, since he wasn’t affected by fear at all, although he generated some slight disgust towards such matters, it was harmless.
At this moment, Ah Miao suddenly spoke up:
"Hahaha, don’t be nervous, what’s the big deal, look at you all, smile, it’s fine."
"My master Xishu will definitely bless us to overcome this difficulty."
Ah Miao was extremely optimistic and cheerful.
Wu Xiangjiao exchanged a glance with Wen Xishu through the screen.
Wen Xishu said:
"Ah Miao, you correspond to wrath. Do you still have a way to get angry now?"
"The reverse wrath, as it appears in this game, is defined as joy. You are the most deeply affected, but joy, in the short term, is actually a positive buff."
"Listen, everyone, I need you to do something today."
Ah Miao laughed:
"Joy is fine, no wonder it healed me so much, hahahaha..."
"I used to be beautiful and endured a lot of humiliation to get a spot in Desire Tower. Later, I got a terminal illness and joined Xishu Divine Teaching. Although I achieved momentary peace, I’ve always lived in suffering. Joy is too rare for me."
Wu Xiangjiao was slightly surprised, sighing softly.
Although he wasn’t as good at analysis as Wen Xishu, at this moment, he could feel that when Ah Miao was speaking these words, her true inner emotion was actually bitterness.
But she, the most fearful one, was also the one most deeply invaded by the eerie force; now, even when talking about past suffering, she spoke with a smile.
This was already pathological.
Wen Xishu nodded, following Ah Miao’s words:
"Yes, joy is also good, you can feel happy, and we are happy for you."
"So Ah Miao, Xiaowu, Venerable, don’t be too afraid, as long as I’m here, I will bring you back alive."