The next day.
Albert wore a black cloak and hood. From a distance, his full beard was visible, but not his eyes beneath the hood.
Albert rarely dressed like this.
Wen Renjing said:
"Teacher, you're dressed like this again. Every so often, I see you wearing this."
This was a garden in the Forbidden Grounds of the Tower of Desire Academy's Department Zone, also where Wen Renjing and Wen Xishu had talked before.
Albert often played chess with Wen Renjing here.
But today, someone else would be coming too.
"Is this what you called... three-player Chinese chess?"
Albert looked at Wen Renjing's modified Chinese chessboard with some interest.
Wen Renjing said:
"Yes. It's rare for the three of us... the two of us to play chess with you again, so I specifically learned this in the Desire Tower World."
Albert nodded:
"Very good. By the way, have you gained any new extensions to your desire sequence lately?"
Wen Renjing nodded and said:
"Yes."
Albert smiled:
"Good. Keep working hard, Renjing. Although your floor is higher than Xun Hui's, the Desire Tower is less difficult to explore, and its exploration depth has a very high upper limit."
Wen Renjing wholeheartedly agreed:
"I've never let up, Teacher. It's just... sometimes my luck really isn't very good."
Albert said:
"Not long ago, I heard that boy Wen Xishu say he'd turned someone who might have been Boss-Level into an Overlord. In his exploration report on the seventh floor of the Strange Tower, there's a passage about saving seven people in an apartment building. The key was actually the seventh person."
Wen Renjing said softly:
"Yes, Teacher. I've actually been following Wen Xishu's tower exploration reports too. Sometimes I can't help marveling at his astonishing talent. His potential might not be any less than