Materials Department

The phone call didn't last long. After all that needed to be said was conveyed, Wen Xishu hung up.

Albert said, "Mhm, looks like you're busy. I'm looking forward to your performance this afternoon. Also, whatever you do, don't tell anyone you've seen me."

Albert Napolitano was a very mysterious person. A large part of this mystery stemmed from the fact that no one knew where he was.

Wen Xishu said, "Can I learn anything from the courses at Tower of Slaughter Academy?"

Albert burst into laughter, "Hahahaha, those kids can teach you some fighting skills, but it's not very meaningful. Listen to me, kid, you're different from them. You can take these courses, but don't treat them as precious."

"The path you need to take is the one Wen Chaohua walked back in the day."

Wen Xishu froze, "Wen Chaohua... was also exploring the Tower of Deception? Why is his name unknown to anyone?"

Albert said, "Because his Three Towers ID wasn't Wen Chaohua. And only a handful of people knew his ID. So even though he was very high on the Ladder Ranking... well, you understand, right?"

Wen Xishu instantly understood.

Wen Chaohua used a different name and kept a low profile, so even though Wen Renjing and Xun Hui were famous, he remained obscure.

After all, people were more interested in discussing the top ten, top five, or top three.

Of course, Wen Renjing and Xun Hui's Three Towers Codenames weren't their real names either, but theirs had been uncovered.

Wen Xishu asked again, "So where does Wen Chaohua rank... on the Ladder Ranking?"

Albert shook his head, "I haven't looked in ages, I've forgotten. You'll have to ask a Guide, but I remember, on the Tower of Slaughter, he was ranked in the twenties or so?"

Wen Xishu felt a slight disappointment.

In his opinion, even if Wen Chaohua couldn't compare to Xun Hui and Wen Renjing, he should still have been in the top ten of the Ladder Ranking.

Someone the Security Bureau was so interested in couldn't be too bad. Even being in the top hundred of the Ladder Ranking meant someone was extraordinary, but Wen Xishu still felt Wen Chaohua's ranking was too low.

However, Albert then added, "He didn't specialize in just one tower. He first started by clearing the Tower of Slaughter, then found it boring and moved to the Tower of Deception. But later, he became interested in the Tower of Desire."

"His rankings on the Tower of Slaughter and Tower of Desire are the same. As for the Tower of Deception... it doesn't have a Ladder Ranking, but if it did, he'd likely be number one."

Wen Xishu's mouth fell open slightly, unable to hide his surprise.

He knew the Tower of Deception didn't have a Ladder Ranking. It was because a Ladder Ranking could only be formed if there was a certain base number of explorers.

If the number of Tower Ascenders was less than ten thousand, a Ladder Ranking couldn't be established.

Humanity's exploration of the Tower of Deception was still too limited.

It was just that Wen Xishu hadn't expected Wen Chaohua to be one of the rare "three-tower doctorate" holders.

He immediately felt... relieved.

"The Tower of Deception adding credits isn't for your benefit. We genuinely need people to explore it."

"Since you have a talent for it, you might as well delay exploring the Tower of Slaughter. If you explore the Tower of Deception to a certain extent and then go to the Tower of Slaughter, you'll find a surprise."

"Perhaps, you already know what that surprise is."

"Alright, get out of my office. Remember not to mention me to anyone." Albert hiccuped, he seemed a bit drunk.

Wen Xishu didn't ask any more questions and left the Principal's Office.

After Wen Xishu left, Albert suddenly started laughing and muttered to himself, "Whether it's for the credits or the Security Bureau's request, neither can reasonably demand someone go to the Tower of Deception. In fact, he could have asked for more, or even refused."

"That's the most interesting part. Even though he knew full well the Tower of Deception was very dangerous, when asked to go there, he barely refused, only offering a perfunctory complaint."

"Your brother is even crazier than you were back then, hahahahaha..."

Afternoon. The male dormitory in the Tower of Slaughter Department Area of Three Towers Academy.

Nissen had finally thought of a perfect dance move, though in Wen Xishu's eyes, it was as awkward as "Please Don't Fight Anymore."

Meanwhile, Yue Yun had finished his workout, was covered in sweat, and was preparing to clean himself up in the dorm.

After they returned to the dorm and finished their respective tasks, with class approaching, neither of them noticed Wen Xishu's absence. They then saw a note on the desk.

The content was roughly:

"I've been assigned a special task that must be kept secret for now. I won't be attending class with you this afternoon. I'll be disappearing for a while, but the exact duration is undecided."

Special coursework, classified, mysterious disappearance, time to be determined.

Seeing these words, Yue Yun's heart was no longer calm. He wouldn't be jealous, but he couldn't help but wonder...

"Why haven't I received this kind of attention?"

"I must not be strong enough, not desperate enough. I must go all out in all future opportunities to become stronger."

"Wen Xun is not a simple person. To have a private course... Good, on the path to becoming number one in the Three Towers Academy, there should be someone like him to motivate me."

Wen Xishu probably didn't realize how much of an impact these words had on Yue Yun.

Nissen, on the other hand, was simple-minded and just exclaimed, "Wow!"

"Wow, this is so cool! Wen gives me such a sense of mystery! I can't wait for him to come back!"

Wen Xishu also wanted to return sooner.

But he didn't know when he could return this time, or if he could return at all.

Wen Xishu had already accepted the fact that he had to constantly flirt with death. After all, that's what he did in his previous life.

It's just that this life, he'd replaced various extreme sports with tower climbing.

Two hours earlier, before Nissen and Yue Yun had returned to the dormitory, Wen Xishu had already gone to the Materials Department of the academy.

Since he only had one sequence slot and already possessed Weird Sequence 37: Mental Barrage, Wen Xishu did not borrow a tradable sequence.

However, he inquired and found that the academy's tradable sequences were all numbered in the hundreds and two hundreds.

In Wen Xishu's opinion, these seemed like trash sequences. But judging from the proud expressions of the Materials Department staff... these sequences seemed quite rare.

He had underestimated the difficulty of obtaining sequences. Even sequences numbered beyond one hundred were highly coveted by many people outside.

The Materials Department had many pieces of equipment, displayed like a museum. Many people also browsed there.

Wen Xishu only borrowed one piece of equipment.

Although he had four inventory slots, for the sake of being low-key and not attracting attention, he only claimed to have one inventory slot.

This item's attributes were very ordinary.

Item attributes could only be viewed within the Three Towers, but the Materials Department knew these attributes. They had long ago written down the earliest owners and attributes of these items on paper and made them into exquisite cards.

The card color represented the item's rarity.

A white card indicated a very common item, and a blue card indicated a fine item. A purple card was for rare items, and an orange card was for legendary items.

Of course, Wen Xishu had not seen many blue card items so far, let alone purple or orange cards.

It was worth mentioning that the Truth Serum Wine Cups, despite being consumables, were blue card-level items.

The Materials Department did have purple card-level items, but those were not available for first-year freshmen to borrow.

That would require additional approval from the School Affairs Office and the Materials Department.

The item Wen Xishu originally chose was a blue item, but there were too many people queuing to borrow it.

In such a situation, the staff of the Materials Department would have to select who was the most suitable. Wen Xishu did not want to put himself in the spotlight.

So he chose a white item with very low stats, but its special attribute satisfied him greatly.

The card description of this item was as follows:

[Owner: Albert Napolitano.] [Item Name: Forgot My Keys.] [Item Description: If you also often forget your keys, why not try this thing? Although it's a pair of gloves, it's really suitable for knocking on doors.] [Item Attributes: Attack +5, extremely high bonus damage against doors in all senses.]

Attack +5, this was truly the lowest possible stat. Among white items, it was quite low.

Wen Xishu currently had no concept of stats like +5.

Coupled with it being gloves with almost no attack range bonus, no one was willing to use it.

But Wen Xishu felt it was very good from the first glance.

It was uncertain whether it could be used in weird scenarios, but if it could... perhaps when encountering scenes where "the door cannot be opened from this side," this thing might have a miraculous effect.

Also, Wen Xishu felt that gloves were not flashy, and perhaps this thing could be used in the Tower of Desire as well.

If you walk around the street wearing gloves, the police won't question you, but if you walk around with a machete, the treatment would be different.

After finishing this matter, Wen Xishu did not delay and quickly returned to the dormitory. While Yue Yun and Nissen had not yet returned, he activated the Login Device.

The black wristwatch tightly gripped his arm like a suddenly closing mouth.

Familiar words reappeared in Wen Xishu's mind.

[Welcome to the Three Towers Game, entering the Rest Area.] [Current maximum accessible level: Level 7.] [Special item "Madman's Dice" detected. Do you wish to roll it?]