No matter how high the bar is set, it’s very difficult to trigger recruitment tasks.
Jack, Jennifer, and the An Family Brothers have always been friendly and respectful towards me.
Only Tang Rui had triggered a recruitment task.
This means that even with a medium of communication... even if the chat channel could exchange language insights...
No information can change their fate trajectories.
"I’m afraid that only if I were dropped into Mo’en City and Deep City would I have the chance to receive the recruitment tasks from Jack, Jennifer, and the An Family Brothers."
"But Tang Rui could do it because I had already maxed out favorability with her in the Desire Tower. And even without the cheating knife from Scorpio..."
"I could still trigger the recruitment task with the letter from Tang Rui."
"In other words, chatting and passing on information doesn’t push the timeline forward..."
"Only by maxing the favorability to 100 will it work."
The favorability with Wen Xishu, Tang Rui, and the Phoenix team was maxed out.
But Ding Dong and Granny Wu seemed to have left the Slaughter Tower battlefield.
As for Jack and Jennifer, their favorability was 90. The An Family Brothers were even lower.
There was also another person, the novelist Slaughter Yin Junchi, who had unlocked the recruitment prerequisite but did not appear in the chat channel due to zero favorability.
It shows...
Favorability at 100 is the key; whether they can communicate doesn’t really matter.
"Actually, I can max out favorability... but I was too half-hearted. For Tang Rui, it was because we exchanged memories and could empathize. So, I knew how to maximize the effect."
"But for the An Family Brothers and Jack, I was somewhat lacking. I need to take this as a lesson, focus on details, and not leave a mess in the Slaughter Tower. Strive to max out favorability in the Desire Tower and Deceit Tower and become an Enchanting Demon of Desire Tower!"
Wen Xishu secretly made up his mind.
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The next night passed without any danger.
That night, there was no new content unlocked in the Slaughter Tower. The group still engaged in their strategic battles with the visitors.
The only noteworthy thing was... the bonfire’s energy was almost exhausted.
The bonfire also has durability. It’s not as simple as reigniting it once it’s exhausted.
The bonfire’s durability consumes a special resource related to the area.
So Xun Hui said:
"We must find a new area by the morning of the third day."
In other words, everyone was about to start heading to the next area.
Fortunately...
Xun Hui and Wen Xishu had already scouted this area.
Before dealing with the Ghost Bride, she had invaded another area and devoured that area’s guardian.
That area was then vacated and became Xun Hui and the others’ next bonfire spot.
Wen Xishu felt a bit regretful... after all, the supplies in this supermarket were abundant.
But Xun Hui couldn’t be without a bonfire.
At noon on the third day, Xun Hui completed his fourth kill, but he was seriously injured this time.
However, his level was too high, and his recovery ability was monstrous.
Wen Xishu and the others realized one thing...
Once Senior Xun recovered and his Slaughter Value dropped, this journey would end.
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After hunting the Ghost Bride, for Wen Xishu and Xiaojin, the journey in the Slaughter Tower was just about "keeping the fire going."
Wen Xishu felt a bit guilty about this. In his previous tower climbs, he was used to being the main carry.
This time, he was actually winning by lying down.
"I feel like I didn’t put in much effort."
Yue Yun and Xiaojin felt a bit frustrated upon hearing this. You only tended the fire for two days, but we were tending it the whole time.
If a person has a sense of responsibility, sometimes even winning by lying down will induce guilt.
Wen Xishu could see what Xiaojin and the others were thinking. He thought it wasn’t too bad.
This world is like that; those in the Deceit Tower who wanted to rely on Wen Xishu without any effort... Wen Xishu would think about how to get rid of them.
On the contrary, for those who genuinely wanted to contribute, Wen Xishu could let them rest well.
Of course, the main reason was that Xun Hui was extremely reliable.
This made the journey, which was supposed to be very difficult, surprisingly smooth.
Xun Hui’s fifth battle was actually easier than the fourth because it was against a "Wanderer" with a known strategy.
This Wanderer was called a Big-Head Monster. Its attack method was headbutting the ground.
It had already been defeated, with the first kill achieved by a teacher from the Three Towers Academy.
The teacher received a Slaughter Sequence—Giant Head.
Simply put, the effect was that all parts of his body were considered as head, immune to physical damage, and attacks initiated by the head would ignore the opponent’s defense.
To fully develop this sequence, one would have to frantically use their head to smash the floor.
This meant that unless someone was exceptionally agile, their attacks might easily miss.
Xun Hui’s biggest fear was eerie monsters like the Ghost Bride, who enjoy mental attacks.
Monsters with rules, mental invasions, and eerie transformations were very troublesome for him.
But physical monsters, he welcomed wholeheartedly.
Xun Hui easily defeated the final monster.
Wen Xishu and the others’ first journey in the Slaughter Tower had some ups and downs, but overall, it was smooth.
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By the bonfire.
Usually, Xun Hui would wait until the seventh day before leaving, trying to kill as many monsters as possible.
But this time, Xun Hui didn’t want to risk anything, fearing that Wen Xishu and the others might get caught in the Slaughter Tower by accident.
Wen Xishu knew very well that stepping out of this place meant death, and without Xun Hui, it was also death.