The Great Devourment was coming.
Those words hit hard. Albert had been wondering whether the boy had gained something special after achieving level six yet again.
Instead, the first thing out of his mouth was terrible news.
Albert's expression grew grave.
"I'm not very familiar with the Strange Tower's Guide, though the Slaughter Tower's Guide is very courteous to me. But my recent tower climbs haven't caused much of a stir. He hasn't given me any useful information, either. Did your news come from the Strange Tower's Guide?"
The Black Deception Head actually ignored the Old Principal?
Looking at it that way...
It seemed understandable that he had given Wen Xishu that three-part response of "hard to say," "won't say it's good," and "can't say for sure."
Wen Xishu said:
"Yes. The Strange Tower's Guide explicitly told me that the Great Devourment would happen soon... I learned some things about it from him, too. That's why I came to tell you."
Albert said:
"What do you want to know about the Great Devourment?"
Wen Xishu said:
"Could we understand the Great Devourment as the Strange Tower's missions moving into the Bunker?"
Albert nodded.
"Yes, you could put it that way. Many vortexes appear during the Great Devourment, and they keep swallowing people in the Bunker."
"These vortexes are generally concentrated at the very bottom. The higher the layer, the fewer vortexes there are."
"And depending on your magic resistance, you can see certain clues in each vortex. If we leave them alone, they keep expanding, constantly absorbing things around them, including people and buildings. The worst outcome is an entire layer being destroyed. Not destroyed, to be precise-simply disappearing."
"For example, the Second Floor's Function Layer becomes the first floor's Residential Layer. Of course, that has only happened once in