In a small town within Cloud City, there was an orphanage. Under the efforts of the director, the children in the orphanage grew up healthily.
Some children would be adopted, finding support and attachment. But ultimately, those children would disappear.
Just like the other children in the orphanage.
No one knew the reason for their disappearance. The Cloud City police focused their attention on traffickers from Old Myanmar...
Please help them find happiness, uncover the truth, or help them find relief.
At first, Wen Xishu thought this mission was related to the little girl.
Perhaps the little girl was merely twisted, played with by The Corruptors.
As if, if he didn’t appear... then one day, Master Lingqing would also be corrupted by The Corruptors.
This was Wen Xishu’s first reaction.
But after seeing the mission description, he realized... things were not that simple. This mission hardly mentioned the little girl.
It had nothing to do with the train either. The task was to help three police officers find relief.
This gave Wen Xishu a very bad premonition.
Wen Xishu quickly relayed information about the 29th layer and Cloud City.
Upon hearing these keywords, both Ji Bodah and Liu Ruyan’s expressions changed.
"This is bad, Wen, that place is dangerous! There are several areas in the Desire Tower where nearly everyone who goes there dies."
"The Valley of Elephants on the 44th layer is one, then there’s the New Fortress on the 48th layer, and the mission you’re about to go on."
Ji Bodah’s expression turned noticeably serious:
"We haven’t encountered the Valley of Elephants on the 44th layer ourselves, but according to Wenren Mirror, going there is certain death for ordinary people."
"Then there’s the 48th layer... though not anymore, it used to be extremely dangerous, but... for some reason, no one has managed to clear it since then."
Upon hearing that no one had managed to clear the 48th layer, Wen Xishu suddenly thought of a possibility.
Some areas on the 48th layer might be adjacent, and then... someone had massacred all of them.
Thus, no one received a mission for that layer anymore.
"And then there’s the 29th layer. The danger in these places lies in one thing alone!"
Ji Bodah said slowly:
"The Corruptors, do you know of them?"
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Teacher, please continue."
"Alright, though we know only a bit more than you do, the information from Wenren Mirror suggests... it’s very likely the targets of the Bunker climbers’ salvation could be The Corruptors themselves. It sounds absurd, but it could indeed be true."
Ji Bodah continued:
"In the Desire Tower, most of the people we save possess some qualifications. I think you understand this, right?"
Wen Xishu nodded, he understood it all too well.
"Simply put, according to Wenren Mirror, those with qualifications in the Desire Tower are constrained by various predicaments. Before the apocalypse arrives, they can’t fully grasp their powers, and they might not even know they have them."
"So often, missions in the Desire Tower aren’t dangerous, and you hardly see many Ability Users in the Desire Tower."
"But, if they could, like The Corruptors, cycle through memories... they might realize they possess terrifying powers before the apocalypse."
Wen Xishu understood.
In other words, this mission, for instance, is akin to him going to Rokkasho to find Master Lingqing and The Corruptors—only to discover that Master Lingqing is The Corruptor.
This indeed made things difficult.
Yet Wen Xishu felt that... the 29th layer couldn’t be that extreme.
It’s just the 29th layer, how could it be crazier than the 42nd layer?
Could it be that The Corruptors and qualified individuals were the same person?
Still, Wen Xishu had his doubts, but he chose not to argue, as it would be pointless.
He thought about it and decided to investigate himself.
Wen Xishu spoke no further:
"Teachers, thank you for the information. Rest assured, this mission might kill others, but it won’t kill me."
With that, Wen Xishu no longer hesitated and activated the login device.
This time, Ji Bodah and Liu Ruyan finally saw—
Wen Xishu’s login device was black.
"The 48th layer, you really dared to mention that," Liu Ruyan said after Wen Xishu left.
Ji Bodah smiled:
"He will become a hero of the Bunker, I’m telling you. Soon, the things he wants to know will all be revealed to him."
"Do you think the Wen Family might overturn the case?"
Liu Ruyan shook her head:
"The greatest master of the Miyamoto Family died at the hands of the Wen Family, do you think... the Miyamoto Family will allow the case to be overturned?"
"It’s not just the Miyamoto Family, many Celestial Ladder List experts also died."
"Wen Xishu is indeed a hero, but about Wen Chaohua, I suggest you don’t tell him too soon."
Ji Bodah was nonchalant:
"Honey, you don’t understand. The old principal has waited too long for someone like him to appear. Just wait and see."
Liu Ruyan said:
"I just hope the kid can survive. With his speed of climbing the tower, creating miracles today and dying tomorrow would not be unusual."
Ji Bodah just smiled:
"We aren’t legends, we can’t speculate with the mindset of ordinary people. I’m really curious about the true trajectory of the mission on the 29th layer, Cloud City. I think we’ll know the full story once we return."
Liu Ruyan felt her husband might have too much confidence in that kid.
In fact, Ji Bodah just had confidence in the old principal.
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