Exceeding Completion Level

Wen Xishu had no intention of altering his appearance.

As a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast with a death wish, Wen Xishu had to admit that this body suited him inexplicably well.

While protecting Jennifer, he had felt remarkably at ease.

Though it had not yet reached the absurd level of his previous life, it was still quite good. With some training, its upper limit would only rise higher.

Besides, keeping his original face would make it easier to work with the people in the Bunker. If he needed to hide his identity, he could just use a mask.

But Wen Xishu's greatest problem now was that he needed fame.

Only if his reputation was big enough could he survive.

Enough people had to know what Wen Xishu had done, how much he had contributed, and what Wen Xishu had brought back from the Strange Tower.

If he had achieved a Level Four Completion, then everyone had to acknowledge it. There could be no possibility of it being denied.

In other words, he needed to raise the public cost of having him killed.

Wen Xishu did not deliberate for long. After a brief thought, he said:

"Codename: Wen Xishu. My body doesn't need any adjustments either."

"No problem. Simple and convenient. Next comes your reward for this mission. Yohoho, this really is quite a generous reward!"

Once the guide finished speaking, a life-sized mirror abruptly appeared before Wen Xishu amid countless floating clocks and doors.

In truth, Wen Xishu had barely looked in a mirror since transmigrating. Until this moment, when he looked at his reflection...

Mm, not bad. He was handsome enough. Calling himself Bunker's Wu Yanzu would not be much of a stretch.

But his hair was really getting too long. Once he returned to the Bunker, he needed to find a barbershop and get it cut.

Naturally, this was not merely a mirror for tidying one's appearance. Besides his reflection, it displayed several things.

Codename: Wen Xishu.

Slaughter Tower Level: 1. Maximum Slaughter Value: 100.

Strange Tower Level: 6. Magic Resistance: 12 points.

Desire Tower Level: 6. Luck Value: 12 points.

Three Towers Inventory: Four slots.

Number of Sequence Slots: 1.

Since he had never entered the Slaughter Tower, Wen Xishu was still a newcomer there, at Level One.

As for Slaughter Value, Luck Value, and Magic Resistance, they appeared to be the different core attributes of the three towers.

Wen Xishu had not expected that merely being invited into the Desire Tower would earn him such a high level there as well.

"Your growth is terrifying. Honestly, this is the first time a newcomer has reached Level Six directly during their first exploration of the Strange Tower," the guide said with a sinister chuckle.

"And your completion level... is exceptionally high."

Wen Xishu was intrigued.

"Did I achieve a Level Four Completion?"

The guide shook its head.

"Level Four? Of course it can't be Level Four."

After a brief pause, it continued:

"A Level Four Completion is indeed excellent, but it cannot completely change the fate of the mission targets. It cannot free them from their original shackles of slaughter."

"But you were different. You influenced the Strange Tower, the Desire Tower, and the Slaughter Tower. Most importantly, you triggered an Area Reset."

"This means that in both the Slaughter Tower and the Strange Tower, the fate of the area's targets was completely shattered. They are free now. They have been freed from the strange shackles and the shackles of slaughter."

Wen Xishu was somewhat puzzled. He had not gone to the Slaughter Tower, so how had he influenced its world?

"So what Completion Level did I achieve exactly?"

The guide was so excited that its other two heads opened their eyes as well. All three heads spoke together:

"Tower Ascender, this was no easy feat."

"No, this was an achievement worthy of being called outstanding!"

"Even if newcomers challenge this area in the future, nothing they do will be able to overwrite the changes you made. Moreover, their evaluation coefficient will be greatly reduced."

"Because you achieved a Level Six Completion."

Level Six Completion.

Wen Xishu was slightly stunned.

Though Level Seven Completion existed, it only appeared on certain specific floors.

For the Jack's Haunted Tower Area in Moen City on the twenty-first floor of the Strange Tower, Level Six was the highest Completion Level.

And from the guide's words, it seemed he was the first person to achieve a Level Six evaluation in this area.

Even if future Tower Ascenders replicated what he had done, their evaluation would be lowered due to the reduced coefficient, and they would not reach Level Six.

Naturally, they would be unable to change Jack and Jennifer's trajectories.

That truly surprised Wen Xishu. It was as if he had anchored a constantly shifting story.

"Excellent work. You will receive exceptionally abundant material rewards."

"Many people will rely on your supplies to survive. Of course, there will not only be supplies, but also items and facilities."

Wen Xishu had a strong heart, so he suppressed the excitement within him.

"As far as I know, the supplies earned through a Level Six Completion are enough to keep everyone on one level of the Bunker alive for a certain period of time?"

The guide nodded.

Wen Xishu suddenly recalled what Liu Jinsen had said. The lower Residential Layers, the most densely populated levels in the entire Bunker, were suffering from an epidemic.

He asked:

"Can I choose to exchange supplies such as survival rations and water for medicine?"

All three of the guide's heads stared at Wen Xishu.

"Unfortunately, you cannot. Medicine, food, daily necessities—those things are distributed randomly."

"And medicine is the rarest. The chance of receiving medicine as a settlement reward is also the lowest."

That was reasonable.

Since the epidemic in the lower levels had not been resolved even now, obtaining medicine was likely far more difficult than obtaining food.

Wen Xishu was not discouraged and continued listening.

"However, your situation this time is very special. As someone with a Level Six Completion, you may additionally obtain one top-tier facility."

"Once the facility is placed in a Bunker's Function Layer, you may choose to consume a portion of your supplies and replace them with items consumed by the facility," the guide said with a smile.

Wen Xishu understood what that meant.

"So I get to choose the type of facility myself?"

The guide answered:

"Yes, but facilities have maximum quantity limits. If you choose this facility this time, you may have to choose another facility next time."

"Of course, most Level Six Completion facilities remain unclaimed so far."

Wen Xishu recalled what Sha Ruijing had said: the essence of exploring the Three Towers was transporting the Three Towers...

Now, he truly understood that statement.

If one explored the Three Towers enough times and achieved Level Six rewards enough times...

Then the Bunker was like an apocalyptic shelter one could customize personally.

"If I choose this facility... will the facility also be marked as 'owned by Wen Xishu'?"

The guide shrugged, all three heads swaying together.

"That's right. Everyone who enters this facility will know that you brought it here—or rather, that it was brought here by a Tower Ascender codenamed Wen Xishu."

"But I must remind you that ownership does not mean it can only be used by you. As far as I know, humans in the Bunker have their own governing bodies."

There was no need to spell it out. Wen Xishu understood.

If he brought in a facility, then although it would be listed as belonging to him, it could very well be requisitioned by the Bunker Security Bureau or the Bunker Administration Bureau.

If he was lucky, those agencies might give him some Bunker currency and forcibly buy it from him.

If he was unlucky, they might take his reward for free and make him disappear afterward.

So he had to build up his reputation.

Though he could not assume the Bunker Security Bureau and the Administration Bureau were his enemies—

The Wen family members' atrocities and Wen Chaohua's vile conduct were both matters Wen Xishu needed to deal with now.

"According to one of my friends, a Level Six Completion facility is something capable of bringing a change significant enough to transform human Bunker civilization."

"I want to know: does that include hospitals?"

Though a Foot Bath Shop would be wonderful, if he wanted to survive, he could only compromise and choose a hospital first.

The guide nodded.

"Of course. Level Six facilities naturally include hospitals. You may understand them as hospitals beyond humanity's current technology. The maximum number of Level Six Hospitals is two."

"Among the Level Six buildings humanity currently possesses in the Bunker, there are no hospitals. You may choose a hospital."

"Correspondingly, if you are willing to consume fifty percent of your supplies, the hospital will come with a certain amount of initial medicine and medical resources."

Wen Xishu frowned.

"From what you said earlier, the Bunker currently has more than one Level Six building."

"And to achieve a Level Six Completion, one must cause massive changes in all three towers and break their shackles?"

"Are there many people in the Bunker who have achieved something like that?"

The guide shook its head.

"Of course not many, though there are indeed some Level Six facilities. You are mistaken about one thing. Level Six Completion does not require causing enormous changes in all three towers, or rather, it does not require breaking the shackles of slaughter and strange shackles."

"Even without breaking the shackles, one may achieve Level Six. But breaking the shackles will always begin at Level Six."

Wen Xishu understood.

What the guide meant was that what he had done was actually more difficult than the original requirements for a Level Six Completion.

Perhaps due to floor restrictions or some other reason, there was still a certain gap between this and Level Seven, but he had already exceeded the requirements for Level Six.

At the same time, even exploring only one tower could presumably lead to Level Six.

The guide seemed to know what Wen Xishu was thinking and added:

"Besides, some things cannot be done by one person, but that does not mean they cannot be done by a group. Humanity has also had golden ages in its history."

"But such matters fall outside the scope of what we guides can answer. You can learn about them yourself in the Bunker."

Wen Xishu asked again:

"Are there Level Seven facilities?"

The guide said:

"There are. As I said, once humanity unites, it can be terrifying—especially since the Bunker has a small number of beings who can only be described as horrifying."

"Among the known Level Seven facilities in the Bunker, the most famous is the Three Towers Academy."

"After the Three Towers Academy was established, the progress of exploring the Three Towers increased drastically. Among them are quite a few extraordinarily gifted newcomers."

"Your first exploration was very successful, but they are equally formidable. Don't get too proud."

Wen Xishu had a clearer picture now.

It seemed humanity's research into the Three Towers ran far deeper than he had imagined.

People's stereotypes about things were often shallow. Just as he had once thought the Desire Tower was simply a tower for sex, while the Slaughter Tower was merely a tower for fighting.

Only after truly coming into contact with them did he realize that conquering people with one's dick was actually quite low-level. But too many people did it that way.

And among the minority, there were surely people with profound thoughts and understanding of the Three Towers.

Perhaps no one else could influence all three towers at once like he could.

But humanity as a whole, while exploring the three towers simultaneously, had also triggered some special rewards during the process.

And even setting aside the collective, many powerful individuals existed.

Furthermore, Wen Xishu had not expected the Three Towers Academy to be a Level Seven facility.

The Three Towers Academy included the Tower of Slaughter Academy and the Tower of Desire Academy. It now seemed this was no ordinary school.

The academy might possess certain special functions.

However, the guide did not reveal any details. He could only investigate further after returning to the Bunker.

Wen Xishu grew increasingly curious about this world.

"I choose the hospital."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"As you wish, but you must still make some final arrangements."

Wen Xishu quickly understood what that meant.

The mirror before him no longer reflected his appearance. Instead, it displayed a three-dimensional structural map of the Bunker.

The Bunker currently had sixteen levels in total.

Eight Function Layers and eight Residential Layers. The Function Layers were even-numbered floors, while the Residential Layers were odd-numbered floors.

The more authority, status, position, and wealth one possessed, the higher the level one lived on.

Human society within the Bunker formed an extremely straightforward pyramid structure.

Many Level Five facilities and Level Four facilities offered a degree of entertainment, but all such buildings had been placed on the higher Function Layers.

The Function Layers accessible to people in the lower levels only contained Level One to Level Three facilities. These facilities often possessed only the most basic functions.

This resulted in an enormous disparity between their medical resources and living resources and those of the higher levels.

However, the Bunker allowed people to rise through the levels, and the method was simple—explore the Three Towers.

Proving oneself in the Three Towers seemed fair to Wen Xishu.

Though he was a transmigrator, Wen Xishu did not view himself as some god.

Much of the time, he could even understand the Bunker's rulers quite well.

But this time, he still chose the second floor, the Function Layer serving the people of the lower levels, and placed this Level Six facility there—the hospital.

After everything was done, the guide said:

"I am already looking forward to seeing how people view you after you return to the Bunker."

"Your situation does not seem very good, but there will surely be great changes ahead."

"After all, every Level Six facility would directly change the lives of humanity in the Bunker."

The black head laughed as sinisterly as ever.

But Wen Xishu was not afraid of that smile. He was also looking forward to seeing what would happen once he returned to the Bunker.

The guide continued:

"Lastly, your exclusive reward—something no one can take away from you—is a gift from Deception Jack."

"This is an incredible treasure."

There would be another update at noon.