The Bunker, three days earlier.
Wen Xishu's name had vanished from the Ladder Ranking, sending countless people into a panic.
The Elders soon learned of it as well.
Luo Feng was considering another question: if Wen Xishu died... what would happen to Albert?
He did not think Albert would sink into despair, even though he had finally found someone who walked the same path.
Losing such a companion would only make Albert even more reckless.
He would climb the towers with even greater zeal.
In that case, Albert might well return oversight of the Bunker to the Five Elders.
What Luo Feng cared about, of course, was power. And he was not alone. William Gordon and Matthew Jones were just as eager to control the Bunker.
Still, that thought left Luo Feng feeling somewhat ashamed of himself.
Unlike before, somewhere along the way, he had come to acknowledge that-
Wen Xishu was someone just as worthy of attention as Albert.
If a man like that truly died, it would indeed be a loss for the Bunker.
The Elders ultimately kept their composure. Though they had already begun imagining certain possibilities, unlike the common people below, whose emotions swung wildly...
They chose to wait and see, revealing no particular... leanings.
The various families beneath them, however, reacted differently.
The entire Miyamoto Family was praying, while Miyamoto Yoshiki loudly proclaimed throughout Three Towers Academy, "Your Orphanage Director Wen is dead. He was just a nobody who couldn't hold out past fifty-odd floors."
William Hockner was so anxious his hair practically turned white. After all... every one of his businesses depended on Wen Xishu.
Without Wen Xishu, all his efforts would go down the drain.
The Xishu Divine Church, however, managed to turn the tide. After Wen Xishu's name disappeared, Wen