The biggest trouble was solved at once.
The shackles hanging in everyone's heart disappeared.
Without a doubt, the people from the Land of Freedom's Investigation Bureau used many means to ensure that these top assassins would obey orders.
And undoubtedly, they all knew inside that they were expendables.
Now, this trouble was resolved.
Logically, this should be the biggest challenge of the mission.
Just like in all hated-player games, when the tower-climbing players think they have led the assassins and killed those nearly impossible-to-kill super targets... feeling a sense of accomplishment—
Bang, the real evil activates the detonator, and your friends who are both righteous and wicked yet flesh and blood, and with whom you share life and death... their heads explode.
You might luckily survive, but the designer would question you—was it all worth it? Did you have fun?
Actually, from the moment the mission was examined, Wen Xishu had foreseen many possibilities, and he believed the greatest possibility was the one he suspected.
Of course, are these assassins good people? Not necessarily, but if they were villains, absolute villains, they would have no weaknesses and wouldn't be used as pawns.
Expendables are often those whose humanity has not been extinguished.
In a normal game flow, to solve Zoe without triggering the detonator would certainly be extremely difficult, Wen Xishu could imagine he might have to exhaust his mind.
But now, he easily achieved it by leveraging the power of the Master of the Netherworld. Without any pressure, this round was even more like... hitting fish than the bizarre championship for Wen Xishu.
When Wen Xishu spoke those words, the assassins, now free of worries, were stunned.
After a long while, Boss Chrysanthemum Igor bowed to Wen Xishu:
"Thank you very much for saving my family."
Cannon also said:
"This is far scarier than infinite ammo, your Longxia is truly terrifying, but thank you very much, I owe you a life."
Shadow no longer appeared phantom-like, he reached out his hand:
"No more collar, I went from dog to human, thank you for giving me the chance to be a person."
Canon said:
"I am an extremely vile assassin, in the assassin world... I symbolize evil, that Boss Chrysanthemum, there are quite a few self-proclaimed righteous guys who specifically take jobs to kill villains."
"But I am the villain in their eyes. I don't understand why you saved me?"
Night Demon also said:
"I'm the same as Canon, because of the night, it seems everyone loves to view me as a misfit, your great kindness, I will repay with my life, but we... don't know each other, right?"
Wen Xishu did not answer this question immediately.
Because he suddenly received something long-lost.
[When true freedom arrives, they can finally decide, in this world where humans cannot be humans and monsters are everywhere, to accomplish a grand assassination. Congratulations, you have obtained the invitation·Epic Assassination.]
Wen Xishu was somewhat troubled.
How to say, the feather pen given by Death God, actually doesn't kill real people, it kills obsessions. Because this thing can only be used in the Land of Obsession.
In other words, actually Death God gave him the power comparable to God, just to tell the Obsession World—these obsessions in a Schrödinger's death state, I can also kill.
This is a warning. Warning the Obsession World, which is Deceit Tower, not to bring business to the Netherworld.
Undoubtedly, the Master of the Netherworld, that crow is really strong, this tool gives Wen Xishu a feeling of being the Game Master.
But—exclusive to Deceit Tower.
To truly obtain the invitation, enter the Desire Tower, then it would be facing the real Savior. Perhaps even beyond the Savior, just the Investigation Bureau and Destructive alone might be too much for Wen Xishu to handle.
"I need to come up with something. Moreover, after entering the Desire Tower, it's like returning to the historical node, they met me in the Obsession World, lifted the collar, but not in history."
"If there is no Death Feather Pen... how should I get Zoe to remove the collar?"
Wen Xishu understood that if he continued actions in Deceit Tower, everything that followed would be very smooth.
Obtaining the invitation is a good thing, but this time, Wen Xishu planned not to use the invitation immediately.
"Considering the appearance of the invitation, I need to carry out an experiment."
Zoe went to attend to eliminating the criminal records of several assassins. Wen Xishu had already written Zoe's death with the seven-colored feather pen.
But he suddenly wanted to test whether he could change the method of death before Zoe died.
So Wen Xishu started writing something again, writing on his own palm. He needed Zoe to come back to the weapons room.
Wen Xishu was just experimenting, unsure if it would work.
But soon, Zoe indeed returned to the weapons room, as if lost, walked to the weapons room, and then immediately left again.
The assassins were a bit confused, they only saw the ultimate killer scribbling and writing, not knowing what this killer king was trying to do.
But Wen Xishu was very excited.
"That's right, it's feasible, as long as Zoe hasn't died... then I can continuously pile up directives, delaying Zoe's death... and before Zoe reaches death, I can retract her unfulfilled directives."
"If I can accomplish this, perhaps I can really head towards Desire Tower."
Wen Xishu issued numerous directives to Zoe, these directives... were enough to delay Zoe's death until the mission ended.
Among these directives, there were also some key operations, such as—Zoe's weak spot, Zoe's fatal flaw, and the entire structure of the Investigation Bureau's branch, the route map, as well as the safety settings of the detonator, the detailed method to disarm the detonator.