Top-Level Meeting

Bunker, Second Level.

As the lowest Function Layer, it saw heavy traffic, but most of the people here were from the lower levels.

Aside from the Bunker Security Bureau, the Bunker Administration Bureau, and the staff of their subordinate departments, such as the Bunker Health Bureau, hardly any higher-ups came to the Second Level.

They considered it filthy.

Especially now that an epidemic was raging among the lower levels. To prevent the disease from spreading to levels above the Fourth Level—

The passage from the Second Level to the Third Level was now practically sealed shut.

Even people from the upper levels who wanted to come down had to be quarantined and complete cumbersome procedures.

Naturally, this caused dissatisfaction among all Bunker citizens on the First Level Residential Layer.

They held up banners in protest, went on strike, recorded the misery of their families, and accused the upper levels of trampling on human rights.

But it was useless.

The concern the upper levels showed for the human rights of those below them was condescending.

Black Lives Matter was certainly right, but if a Black person from the lower levels provoked a true white aristocrat, especially one of the upper-level elites...

They would probably die without a sound.

That was the Bunker. It was certainly unjust, but it was indeed the correct course of action.

When faced with an epidemic that could not be solved, the upper levels believed that sacrificing some people was better than sacrificing everyone.

For several days in a row, the passages leading upward had remained closed.

The lower-level residents suffered because of it, and so did the frontline personnel of the Bunker Health Bureau.

Coughing, vomiting, the sour stench of all kinds of fluids in the air... These things filled the First Level Residential Layer and the Second Level Function Layer.

The Health Bureau personnel found it easy to empathize with the lower-level residents. Were they not lower-level people themselves?

They only hoped that the upper levels would send support.

They had thought this isolation from the upper levels would continue for a long time, but today, the Second Level suddenly changed.

Hundreds of doctors from the upper levels, clad in protective suits, descended from above for the first time ever.

It was not just doctors. The armed Bunker Security Guard arrived with them.

This was a subordinate department of the Bunker Security Bureau, used to suppress unrest within the Bunker.

The reason they had suddenly arrived today was that a miraculous building had appeared on the Bunker's Second Level.

That enormous hospital, whose style was completely unlike every other building on the Second Level, had suddenly descended into the Bunker.

An hour earlier.

The hospital that had appeared out of thin air drew many lower-level residents to watch.

In the lower levels, hospitals were the one place gangs and thugs would never provoke or cause trouble in.

And this suddenly appearing hospital possessed an indescribable sense of technology. It looked like a building from the future.

The patients longed for treatment. With a hospital appearing at such a time, naturally some people could not resist going in to explore.

As people continuously flooded into the hospital, someone soon shouted:

"This was brought here by someone codenamed Wen Xishu! My God! This is a Level Six Hospital!"

"We're saved! We're saved!"

"Wen Xishu, Wen Xishu! He brought a Level Six Hospital! Quick! Go get the people from the Health Bureau!"

If one looked carefully, one would find that a small number of people were merely emphasizing Wen Xishu's name, rather than caring about the hospital's arrival itself.

Under these people's guidance, everyone's attention quickly shifted to Wen Xishu, the hospital's owner.

More and more people rushed inside.

For people in the lower levels, their favorite topic of conversation was who was stronger on the Ladder Ranking.

So-and-so on the Ladder Ranking had obtained some Sequence again; although their level was not high enough, so-and-so's individual combat ability was definitely stronger than so-and-so's...

But the information they actually possessed was very limited.

Just as they shouted Wen Xishu's name, it spread in an extremely short time...

Yet not a single person mentioned that he was the younger brother of Wen Chaohua, a heinous criminal.

Because they had no idea how vile Wen Chaohua was, nor did they know that the entire Wen family was full of "bad seeds."

Naturally, they did not know Wen Xishu either. But under the guidance of some people, the crowd began to

Be moved, celebrate, and vent!

Wen Xishu's name also spread rapidly.

The suddenly appearing Level Six Hospital gave them enormous hope.

But before long, the news reached the upper levels as well.

The upper-level Security Bureau troops in riot gear soon drove the lower-level Bunker citizens out of the hospital.

The troops from the upper levels occupied the hospital.

Bunker, Sixteenth Level.

As the eighth Function Layer, this was a Function Layer only the Bunker's absolute rulers could enter.

This entire Function Layer contained nearly more than half of the Bunker's Level Six facilities and Level Five facilities.

Yet this most luxurious Function Layer served only a very small number of people.

The director of the Bunker Security Bureau's First Branch, the director of the Bunker Administration Bureau's First Branch, the director of the Bunker Security Bureau's Second Branch...

These people were currently seated in the "conference room."

This was a Level Seven Facility—the Conference Room.

Level Six represented advancement, excellence, and technology. But Level Seven often possessed some kind of special power.

The Level Seven Conference Room automatically generated all kinds of data, informing its administrators of the Bunker's latest changes.

Population changes, changes in population age, changes in population health, birth rates, death rates.

As well as—the distribution of Bunker buildings and supplies.

At this moment, under the direction of the Bunker Elder Council, the directors of the Bunker Security Bureau and Bunker Administration Bureau, the Bunker's two largest departments, had convened a meeting.

The subject of the meeting was the massive supplies and Level Six facility that had suddenly arrived.

"Wen Chaohua definitely helped him. Otherwise, how could someone who had never entered a tower before achieve Level Six Completion in the Strange Tower?"

"Directors, it can now be almost confirmed that Wen Xishu and Wen Chaohua are indeed closely connected. I believe we should begin a more intensive interrogation."

The speaker was not a director of the Bunker Security Bureau, but the secretary of the Security Bureau's First Bureau.

The director of the Bunker Security Bureau's Second Bureau had a potbelly, a balding head, and the air of a leader. With a rather amiable smile, he said:

"Young comrade, don't jump to conclusions. We cannot rule out the possibility that Comrade Wen Xishu is truly a genius at exploring the Strange Tower."

"Besides, the Xun family also mentioned the Three Towers Co-exploration Principle. The exploration of the Strange Tower is about to begin in full swing, and for Wen Xishu to achieve such results on his first tower entry means he is highly suited for use by the Security Bureau."

"Whether they are death-row prisoners or social elites, as long as they can explore the Three Towers, they have value."

At that moment, a white woman from the Bunker Security Bureau's Third Bureau, with high cheekbones, a prominent nose, and sharp eyes, said:

"Don't forget one thing. If the Wen family members' atrocities happen again—if they slaughter indiscriminately in the Desire Tower—it could very well make us unable to explore the Desire Tower."

"If Wen Chaohua truly helped Wen Xishu, then we cannot conclude that Wen Xishu is a genius. Every member of the Wen family deserves to die. How could someone like that be entrusted with important duties?"

"Squeezing out any clues he has regarding Wen Chaohua, then executing him—that is what should be done now."

The director of the Sixth Bureau was the youngest of all the Security Bureau directors. He was thirty-seven and had risen to his position through outstanding military achievements.

His sword-like brows and bright eyes, paired with a square face, gave him an imposing presence.

"I told you this woman only knows how to ruin things, didn't I? Do you fucking hear yourself?"

"What, someone brought back a super facility capable of changing the medical conditions for everyone in the Bunker, greatly easing the supply pressure on the lower levels, and possibly even solving this epidemic—and instead of rewarding him, we're going to execute him?"

"So Bunker law is really decided by slamming a hand on the table? Or have you already prepared to smear him?"

At that moment, the director of the Bunker Administration Bureau's First Branch suddenly spoke:

"Stop arguing, everyone. First, let's look at what he brought back this time. I do advocate executing Wen Xishu..."

"However, public opinion will probably be difficult to suppress unless we completely ignore the medicine Wen Xishu brought back."

The director of the Security Bureau's Second Bureau said:

"So this medicine is extraordinary?"

Everyone's gaze turned toward the table in the center of the conference room. Soon, someone sucked in a sharp breath.

"So this is what Level Six hospital supplies are like. They are completely different from Level Four and Level Five supplies."

A massive holographic image appeared in the center of the conference room.

The image displayed the notes for the medicine brought back by Wen Xishu.

Level Six Medicine—After use, cures all viral diseases and grants immunity to all diseases for fifteen days. Note 1: It cannot heal injuries; this medicine is effective only for treating illness.

Note 2: The medicine can only eliminate diseases and cannot replenish nutrition.

Note 3: This medicine has a nine-month interval between doses.

Everyone fell silent.

The medicine Wen Xishu had brought back did not merely have the possibility of solving the epidemic disaster in the lower levels—it could absolutely solve it.

Everyone understood what it meant to cure all viral diseases and grant immunity to all diseases.

"So these are the supplies brought out of the Strange Tower. They really defy all reason."

As Liu Jinsen's superior and the director of the Bunker Security Bureau's Second Branch, he hoped Wen Xishu would survive.

Now, his smile became even more obvious.