Ah Wen?
The black deceitful head paused for a moment, then reacted, realizing it was referring to the Heart Inquiry behind the door.
When Wen Xishu entered the Heart Inquiry door, he still said:
"Of course, it’s not easy for everyone to get acquainted. If you have any explosive news about the Three Towers or the Bunker that’s not ’hard to say’ anymore, you can tell me."
"But I’m not that curious, after all, I have Ah Wen. Let’s see how you perform."
Wen Xishu smiled and entered the door.
Leaving the three heads of the guide staring at each other.
The red slaughter head said:
"We have to do something."
The black deceitful head said:
"What if he doesn’t make it that far?"
The white desire head said:
"You don’t understand. To curry favor, you must have a good attitude when people are weak."
"When the sun sets, you don’t accompany; when it rises again, who are you?"
"Thirty years at the bottom of the Three Towers, thirty years at the top, don’t underestimate the poor in the Bunker..."
The black deceitful head was silent for a moment:
"Alright, next time... we must show something."
...
...
Wen Xishu didn’t know what the guide’s three heads were talking about.
He entered the warm Chaos Domain again.
The Heart Inquiry ceremony was straightforward, directly diving into the main topic.
[Congratulations on your return. Let’s begin. You possess the power to overturn everything. Actually, if you kill Liu Jianxin, you can complete the task with the highest completion. Why do you deliberately guide him?]
"To me, climbing the tower isn’t a task, but a process of understanding the real apocalypse. I need to know what Liu Jianxin has been through?"
Wen Xishu actually guessed such a question would arise.
[Second question: if before all this starts, you’re told that simply killing Liu Jianxin will bring forth all plotlines directly, without needing your deliberate guidance, would you still do it?]
Wen Xishu thought:
"I would."
[You need to answer more thoroughly.]
"Can I understand that you want to know why I would do it? Doesn’t this count as three questions?" Wen Xishu said.
[It’s two.]
"You’re being a bit sneaky, but as I’m fond of you, if you say it’s two then two it is, but you also need to answer my question."
[You should continue to answer.]
Wen Xishu shrugged:
"I don’t believe in rules, my habit is to break them. If the rules tell me there’s a thing that’s easy to do and correct, I would gladly do it. If there’s only one way to achieve correctness."
"But since I was young, I’ve liked to verify the calculations, which means using a different method after finding the result to verify it again."
"If there’s an easy and correct way to do something, and also a difficult and correct way, I instinctively feel the easy way is peculiar."
"It’s like if someone lives too miserably and suddenly becomes happy, they’ll feel guilty, thinking to find some hardship to balance."
"Alright, it’s my turn, why did I win the favor of Leo?"
[Everything you did in the Good and Evil Corridor meets the standards Leo chooses for subordinates. The Lion Heart requires courage. You’ve activated a part of the Lion Heart Brand. When fully activated, you can receive Leo’s gift. That’s the next question, do you regret entering the Good and Evil Corridor?]
"No regrets. Nothing to regret. I’ve already answered before, saving Liu Jianxin was the right thing."
"I’ve already made him turn from evil in the Deceit Tower, there’s no reason to let him fall in the Desire Tower."
[But your approach seemed reckless, you should know Aquarius Field isn’t easy to break through. There’s a risk in your approach—not saving anyone while sacrificing yourself, is it worth it?]
Wen Xishu shook his head:
"I did it just because things were urgent, I didn’t think much. I felt Liu Jianxin shouldn’t be corrupted, so I rushed in, the consequences couldn’t be considered."
"If you ask me if it’s worth it, of course, it’s not, but I have a bunch of treasures, and Sagittarius is outside watching over, betting a bit seems reasonable, right?"
[Next question, you repeatedly choose what you think is right, but nearly all these right choices... have a direction—redemption. Can I interpret this as you having a Savior complex?]
Wen Xishu shook his head:
"How could I have such a thing? I just feel having them appear as good people might be the highest task reward. All my starting points are based on benefit."
"After all, if Jack despises Jennifer, An Family Brothers become dark, Tang Rui becomes twisted... if these things are the best ending, then what’s the need for the Bunker People?"
"Logically speaking, since there’s completion, there’s the best solution. Naturally, the harder the solution, the more reasonable."
[Really no Savior complex at all?]
"No. This counts as a new question, right?" Wen Xishu behaving very benefit-oriented.
[Do you expect a world where everyone has a hero’s heart?] Heart Inquiry doesn’t answer Wen Xishu this time but directly asks the next question.
"I expect it, after all, scheming and calculating are quite tiring. You always need a few people you can trust, or rather, the world should give you a sense of not being that rotten, right?"
[So, you wish instead of solely saving Liu Jianxin, the whole world has more Liu Jianxin?]
"You could put it that way."
[I have finished asking, and your reward for this time is decided. Originally, your performance wouldn’t earn this reward, but I can remove some other rewards.]
Wen Xishu understood, it meant removing unimportant rewards, then enhancing the rarity of his sole reward.
He started anticipating:
"I see, is it a rare sequence, top-tier rune? Or some powerful item?"
Heart Inquiry’s response was brief:
[It’s a facility.]
Wen Xishu was a bit stunned, suddenly not amused:
"Facility? Level 7 facility? I don’t need this thing. Why does it feel like the reward has decreased!"
"I need a sequence, could you trouble to give me something like Lian King’s Reincarnation, Theme Enthusiasm, Celestial Kingdom of the Goddess of Suffering kind of awesome sequence!"
A facility is placed in the Bunker and can’t be taken into the Three Towers to help combat, Wen Xishu naturally doesn’t need it.
Heart Inquiry unexpectedly answered:
[You haven’t been selected by these top sequences. Forward sequences need to be ’selected’ by the sequence. Good luck, you can leave now.]
Wen Xishu exited the Heart Inquiry.
He looked down and found his level had been raised.
[Deceit Tower Level: 57. Anti-Magic Value: 144 points.]
[Desire Tower Level: 56. Luck Value: 140 points.]
[Tower Power Value remaining 25 points.]
But the Tower Power Value didn’t change, damn it, where’s my Tower Power Value?
Promised, someone step up to provide me Tower Power Value?
Wen Xishu was a bit angry, why was the reward so weak this time?
But soon, his gaze fell on the facility rewarded this time.
[Ultra Level 7 Facility: Ten Thousand Swords Manor.]
[Only by achieving the highest achievement in pure thematic challenges can this reward be obtained.]
[Ten Thousand Swords Manor: a place yearned for by all heroes in the Martial Hero World. Everyone can enter Ten Thousand Swords Manor, paying certain resources to exchange for their own famous sword. Ten Thousand Swords Manor will also continually produce good swords.
The swords of Ten Thousand Swords Manor, sharpness is secondary, the most important is having growth attributes. As the owner challenges the Three Towers, the swords of Ten Thousand Swords Manor will enhance some special equipment entries matching the owner.
The final number of entries will be determined based on the equipment grade.
Note 1: The equipment grades are: White, Blue, Purple, Gold, Orange, Red.
Note 2: The higher the overall righteous heart of the Bunker residents, the lower the price for purchasing Ten Thousand Swords Manor’s famous swords.
Note 3: Manor Master of Ten Thousand Swords Manor—i.e., the owner of this facility, will periodically receive crafted treasures from Ten Thousand Swords Manor (at least purple). If the Manor Master is dissatisfied with the weapon, it can be melted as consumables to provide the Manor Master with special energy—Tower Power Value.]
As the saying goes, what kind of rubbish is a facility...
This was Wen Xishu’s thought before reading further, but after reading...
He couldn’t help but sigh:
"But to speak plainly, facilities are good, facilities need to be managed."
Without a doubt, the enhancement brought this time, whether for himself or for others, is tremendous.
Moreover, the most terrifying aspect of this reward is that the facility actually equates to being able to stably provide Tower Power Value output.
Wen Xishu’s face once again broke into a smile.
"I still underestimated Level 7 completion."
(Recently a bit what, always waking up in the afternoon, updates are delayed. But as long as I haven’t posted a list of failures, I’ll keep updating.)