Yin Junchi really wanted to write it down, but the sense of crisis made him break free from the desire to work:
"How can I survive?"
Yin Junchi directly grabbed Wen Xishu’s shoulders with both hands.
Wen Xishu said:
"Leave here, to investigate the secrets of this building from outside. You have to become an outsider to survive."
Yin Junchi looked at Wen Xishu with those huge dark circles around his eyes:
"This building, are we sacrifices?"
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Not sure yet, but you could say we’re sacrifices. By the way, don’t you want to verify what I said?"
Yin Junchi shook his head:
"I know the lawyer Jiang Yingce you mentioned. He’s a very arrogant person. I once hired him to handle a plagiarism lawsuit. That guy used to be extremely pretentious."
"He did move in because I saw it on his Instagram."
Wen Xishu said:
"Can you leave?"
Yin Junchi didn’t want to leave. He was addicted to this state. But Wen Xishu’s story was like a perfect remedy, using the story to make the storyteller Yin Junchi desperately want to survive, even more desperate to know the continuation of the plot.
He wanted to go outside and investigate the truth.
"I can leave. I have to leave... I can’t die. Thank you, Wen Xishu. I have to go. I’ll find a way to contact you from outside. Can you give me your phone number? Also, do you know what’s really going on here?"
Wen Xishu shook his head:
"Unfortunately, I’m still investigating too. But there’s one thing I won’t lie to you about - you are indeed having something taken from you. Think carefully about your reputation, or the labels your readers have given you."
Yin Junchi suddenly felt a bit embarrassed:
"Short and weak... Update weekly, monthly... Four thousand words is the limit for humanity. Writing even one more word would mean I’m mutating..."
He used to be able to say these words with his head held high and justified.
But now, he actually felt deeply ashamed. This brief moment of clarity made him realize how much he had changed.
"So, the supernatural really does intrude into reality."
Wen Xishu said:
"Yes, that’s why we are here. I can only tell you one thing: my arrival is your only hope for survival."
"You have to realize you can’t continue to work tirelessly every day and night. Although your readers are eagerly waiting for you to do so, they don’t want to receive your obituary in a few days and then see this book disappear."
Yin Junchi’s body trembled slightly:
"Speaking of... I really am looking forward to what will happen in the end. If I stay here, the seven of us all die... will some terrible creation arrive? A Demon King? A god or demon with the seven deadly sins?"
Wen Xishu had considered this question. In the Slaughter Tower, is there an ultimate boss themed around the seven sins?
He decided to reveal more information to Yin Junchi:
"They gather, they revel, they begin to love each other. Gradually, they start to know in advance the contents of the apocalypse, and they start preparing for its arrival. Through their efforts, a pillar-like building named Miracle Apartments was born."
"This is the riddle I know. As for the answer, you can help me figure it out."
Yin Junchi shook his head and said:
"I don’t know, but I’ve remembered it. Wen Xishu, thanks again, I’ll get in touch with you. This is so interesting! Although I’m scared, I find it very interesting!"
"Having written so many stories, the supernatural from the stories is spilling over, starting to change my life. I seem to be a key character in this; this experience is terrifying, but also amazing!"
"I’ll investigate from the outside. I need some time."
Wen Xishu nodded.
He was originally worried whether Yin Junchi could get out...
If Yin Junchi wanted to leave here but was stopped by other residents, what would happen? If he used violence in this building, what would happen?
But then, Wen Xishu immediately realized that the difficulty was not as hardcore as he imagined, after all, this is only the seventh floor.
Because a prompt appeared in Wen Xishu’s mind.
[Your interaction with the neighbor has ended, deducting 50 action points, remaining action points: 0 points.]
[Among the seven people, three have the potential to evolve from desires to curses. Yin Junchi’s fate trajectory has been rewritten; he leaves this building voluntarily without losing his work enthusiasm, which will not trigger the town’s seven mechanisms. Congratulations, you are about to receive an invitation. Invitation countdown: 24 hours.]
What the hell... what’s with the impending invitation?
Wen Xishu was startled; can the task reward be deferred? If he had the invitation, he could now go to the Desire Tower World and directly change the story from the base code.
But now... the invitation takes another 24-hour countdown to be obtained.
He hadn’t expected such a game mechanism.
Wen Xishu was sure that after tonight, he would enter an excited state of sleeplessness because the weird influence only deepens over time.
If he couldn’t accomplish something today, it might be harder to do it tomorrow.
"So I have to stay up late..."
Although he complained, under the influence of supernatural power, Wen Xishu was relatively excited and willing to accept it.
He could only wait patiently.
Wen Xishu’s body began to be forcibly returned to his residence.
Next door, Yin Junchi had already started packing, preparing to leave. Whether his departure would be smooth, Wen Xishu could no longer intervene because he had no action points left.