Liu Jinsen said:
"Now I am your subordinate... theoretically, if you ask, I will tell. But regarding your brother’s affairs, I only know them; I cannot guarantee that everything is the truth. Wen Xishu, what I will say, and what others will say, are almost indistinguishable."
"Once you know, you might think Wen Chaohua is extremely vile. But perhaps, that’s incorrect. Even so, do you still want to get answers from me?"
The things Liu Jinsen mentioned are actually the same reasons the old principal was unwilling to tell Wen Xishu about the various things regarding Wen Chaohua.
Because Wen Chaohua never wronged one person—Wen Xishu.
So the old principal sincerely hoped that Wen Xishu could find the logic behind Wen Chaohua’s actions in his own way, rather than through others’ accounts.
In others’ accounts, Wen Chaohua is unquestionably a villain.
Wen Xishu said:
"Go ahead, I really want to know. I have my own judgement. But I think I at least need to know what he did in the eyes of the public."
Liu Jinsen was silent for a few seconds:
"Alright, regarding the things Wen Chaohua has done, there are two matters. One is top secret, only those at the director level know."
"Unfortunately, I cannot tell you."
"But the other one, I know, and the people of the six great families know as well. It is extremely heinous, one could say... you can hardly imagine the benefits of doing it. Eh, maybe I shouldn’t say it after all?"
Wen Xishu smiled:
"It’s none of my business, Mr. Liu. You don’t need to burden yourself, just say it. You don’t think I would blame you because of Wen Chaohua’s vile deeds, do you?"
Liu Jinsen indeed had this concern, but since Wen Xishu pointed it out directly, he decided to go ahead:
"So I’ll say it."
Liu Jinsen’s tone was resolute:
"Wen Chaohua, together with the Wen Family, including your uncles, did something that ignited public outrage."
"Slaughter the List."
Wen Xishu had always been guessing what could cause public outrage, and he was thinking in extremely vile directions, but the term "Slaughter the List" still surprised him.
"You mean... the Celestial Ladder List?"
Liu Jinsen sighed:
"Yes. Alas. At that time, Wen Chaohua was a good friend of Xun Hui and Wenren Mirror, a prized student of the old principal. He connected with many Slaughter Tower Celestial Ladder List members through the comrades’ bracers..."
"It can be said that half of the top hundred on the Celestial Ladder List were united, and then..."
Liu Jinsen also showed some emotional fluctuation:
"They entered the Slaughter Tower together, and there, the Wen Family, led by Wen Chaohua, launched a surprise attack..."
"They, together with the monsters in the Slaughter Tower, launched an assault on the group of people from the Celestial Ladder List."
"That battle nearly exterminated half of the top experts on the Celestial Ladder List. Originally, with Wen Family’s power, even Wen Chaohua’s own strength, it was unachievable."
"But according to the few experts who narrowly escaped and returned, it was Wen Chaohua who controlled the Slaughter Tower monsters. Those monsters, which should not obey or be driven by humans, could be mobilized by him."
"Among those monsters, there were elite types, rare types, even... leader types, and even more terrifying existences."
"With the monsters’ help, the Celestial Ladder List experts were overwhelmingly routed, with heavy casualties."
"Only a very few experts with life-saving sequences escaped and returned to the Bunker by luck."
"After this battle, the Bunker’s material supply was disrupted, the exploration of the Slaughter Tower critically insufficient, almost... almost leading to a massive devouring from the Slaughter Tower level."
"The Bunker high command, at the cost of numerous Security Bureau soldiers’ lives, barely managed to stabilize the situation again."
Too vile.
Wen Xishu had thought that for the Wen Family to be completely eradicated in this human rights advocacy world... it must be an extremely vile crime.
He also considered the possibility of it being an extreme grievance.
But now that he knew the course of events, he felt that what Wen Chaohua did was too vile.
This person was too complicated.
He explored the Three Towers simultaneously, became the first disciple under the Bunker’s top figure, and the favored student of the old principal.
He also became brothers with two other illustrious individuals.
Single-handedly, he elevated the Wen Family from obscurity to a prestigious position in the Bunker.
He had a profound understanding of the Three Towers. It can be said that, at a certain stage, Wen Chaohua seemed like the future of the Bunker.
Wen Chaohua’s insights into the Three Towers also changed the old principal’s views on the Three Towers.
Why would such an individual commit such an act?
Nearly half of the experts on the Celestial Ladder List were killed, almost triggering a massive devouring... Besides this, there was another crime of top secrecy that Liu Jinsen didn’t know about...
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"No wonder you didn’t know how to start. If it were me, I wouldn’t know how to start either; it’s really too difficult."
"Mr. Liu, thank you for telling me this. I believe what you said."
Liu Jinsen asked:
"Will you... will you hate Wen Chaohua? His crime was classified as ’human extinction.’"
Wen Xishu thought, this charge is not exaggerated if the truth is really like this.
"The things he did, when objectively described, are indeed monstrous in the Bunker people’s eyes. Human extinction, hah... my elder brother turned out to be like this."
Liu Jinsen was a bit surprised by Wen Xishu’s reaction.
Wen Xishu wasn’t sure how to deal with this either, but after some thought:
"I won’t defend him, but I won’t give up investigating this matter. Mr. Liu, thank you."
"By the way, let me tell you something."
Liu Jinsen didn’t expect Wen Xishu to digest the issue so calmly.
He also hoped Wen Chaohua had a reason, an unavoidable hardship, giving at least some justification.
He feared it might be some kind of cursed fate like in the Wen Family; otherwise, he couldn’t imagine why Wen Chaohua would do such a thing.
Of course, he hoped that Wen Xishu wouldn’t undergo such changes.
"Go ahead, what’s the matter."
"Mr. Liu, my former identity was Wenxun, a freshman at the Three Towers Academy. You should know this. Now, I am no longer Wenxun; I am Wen Xishu. I have reclaimed my identity."
Liu Jinsen said:
"Congratulations, congratulations. But this does increase my workload."
Wen Xishu brought up another matter:
"Moreover, the Xishu Divine Teaching may be of great use next. The Great Devouring is coming, Mr. Liu. I think the Xishu Divine Teaching might help us."