Deceit Tower rest area.
Nowadays, the rest area of Deceit Tower has somewhat taken on the feel of the rest area of Desire Tower, making it appear quite lively.
The Celestial Essence Region naturally belongs to Wen Xishu. Even without the Three Highs, Wen Xishu would have largely occupied the Celestial Essence District.
After equipping the sequence and tools, Wen Xishu began to decipher the task.
Finally, everything returned to how it initially was. The process of climbing the Deceit Tower reverted to the familiar procedure, no longer like the Great Devour, with no task clues and a direct entry into the scene.
Occasionally, someone in the rest area of Deceit Tower would ask for help on accomplishing some tasks.
But Wen Xishu ignored them when no familiar faces were around.
This was normal, even though he had climbed Deceit Tower many times, there were countless areas in this vast and strange world that he had yet to explore.
Wen Xishu had no time to bother with others now.
Because this time, he was facing the sixty-third floor of Deceit Tower.
Undoubtedly, this was Wen Xishu's highest level in Deceit Tower. Under the influence of the Three Highs, he had forcibly elevated to the same stage as Wenren Mirror and Xun Hui.
With the Celestial Ladder List about to appear, Wen Xishu was confident that if he survived, his name would again astonish everyone.
This of course would be great, but the premise was to come back alive.
And this time, he sensed that the task was not as simple as it seemed.
[Task Name: Voyage on the Sea of Sin.]
[Task Description: The sea was not always like this. People did not know why the sea transformed. For a long time, the grand Ark achieved ecological balance. People thought—human civilization floating on the sea was successful. People cheered, people cried, people sang praises!
But one day, the strange rules overshadowed the sea, and no one knew where the persistence came from.
The sea that supported survival turned into the mysterious Sea of Sin. Beneath the Sea of Sin, countless eerie creatures lurked.
Do not float on the sea forever, seek out the islands. After paying a painful price, everyone on the Ark finally found a brutal way to survive.
Perhaps, you will help them escape the Sea of Sin. Or, you too, will be devoured by the Sea of Sin.]
The Sea of Sin.
The name brought a strange sense of familiarity to Wen Xishu.
Because the old man selling tea, that eerie existence, which didn't seem to belong to the Three Towers War or the Bunker, had mentioned a place.
The Evil Land.
Wen Xishu's first thought was whether the two were related.
But undoubtedly, no one could answer him now.
Although there were more people in the rest area of Deceit Tower, Wen Xishu's acquaintances were all celebrating the victory of the Great Devour.
Wen Xishu didn't delay, he directly activated the login device.
The journey to battle the Sea of Sin officially began.
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The lead-gray clouds pressed down on the sea like an iron curtain, waves shattered into scarlet fragments in the raging wind.
The immense steel behemoth, weighing millions of tons, shook violently with the ocean's eerie undulations, like a child's paper boat.
A tumor-like bulge suddenly rose on the sea, causing a group of people to cry out in shock.
The broadcast began to blare:
"Everyone, close the hatches immediately, and stay in your rooms!"
"We have encountered a Sea Beast of Sin, sin level red!"
The blood-red sea indicated the formidable strength of the creature below.
Even though the Ark had evolved several times, people still didn't dare gamble on whether the Ark could withstand that monster.
Moreover… they had to land on the island, or a greater disaster would strike.
...
The lights flickered. The dining table swayed.
Some were feasting voraciously, others remained silent.
Wen Xishu had gone through many beginnings, as a park prisoner, as a park beggar, but this time...
It seemed he was in a decent environment.
This was a luxurious cruise ship dining room, emptied out with only their table of people eating.
The delicious food on the table was tempting. Wen Xishu's appetite grew, as he hadn't had such things in the Bunker.
He picked up his chopsticks and observed his surroundings.
Eight people at the table, standard banquet size, fully equipped with all kinds of top-tier seafood dishes.
The eight received exceptional treatment.
But Wen Xishu quickly noticed something was off. Including him, there were eight people dining together, some gorging, others worried.
What caught Wen Xishu's attention more were the armed guards at the perimeter.
Yes, there was a circle of soldiers with guns standing guard, and every entrance of this dining room was heavily guarded.
Wen Xishu immediately realized—
His situation might not be as good as it appeared.
"From the outside, it looks like the second wave of disaster has arrived. Ha, we will soon be forced to land. Hey brother, your face looks like you're from the East? Which area of the Ark are you from?" a man with long hair and a beard spoke with a muffled voice.
His words were slurred, not due to pronunciation but because he was stuffing his mouth with chicken drumsticks. The man seemed quite hungry, greedily devouring the food.
At the table, the others didn't have as good of an appetite as he did.