Tower of Desire

Biodata

Overview

The Tower of Desire is one of the Three Towers alongside the Tower of Slaughter and Tower of Deception. It is regarded as the gentlest and lowest-risk tower system, with climbers generally seeking to fulfill mission targets' desires and increase their happiness rather than fight. Successful explorations can yield survival supplies for the Bunker. 3 4 10

Its missions require climbers to understand human emotions, relationships, and each area's predetermined story. Higher completion requires more than temporarily pleasing a target; climbers must identify and address the underlying cause of their unhappiness. 9 13 29

Despite the popular emphasis on romance, the desires underlying the tower are not limited to love or sexual attraction. Tang Rui's hidden mission demonstrates that confronting hatred and resolving suppressed inner conflicts can also fulfill its deeper objectives. 52

The tower also serves a strategic purpose beyond obtaining supplies. Albert and Wen Chaohua characterize the Tower of Desire and Tower of Deception as humanity's means of diplomacy, while the Tower of Slaughter supplies military strength. Changing the pasts of future monsters can make them potential allies in the Three Towers War rather than inevitable enemies. 85

Rules and Mechanics

Prohibition on Violence

The Tower of Desire prohibits killing and violent acts. Upon entering it, climbers ordinarily become unable to fight and revert to ordinary people, making it functionally similar to a non-combat dating simulation. 2 10

• The Tower's formal prompt describes it as “a place of love” and instructs climbers to proceed with love and responsibility. 10
• The restriction applies to players and corruptors alike. 13
• Wen Xishu's Madman's Dice anomalously erased the prohibition from his prompt, allowing him to commit violence within the tower without realizing the rule had been bypassed. 10 12
• This exception later allowed Wen Xishu to use lethal force against Deer Island's dangerous figures and destroy an armed trafficking compound during the twenty-ninth-floor mission. These actions do not represent the abilities available to ordinary Tower of Desire climbers. 134 135 152

The prohibition does not make all missions safe. Higher-floor interference, dangerous inhabitants, and Constellation involvement can create lethal challenges even within the Tower of Desire. One of Wen Xishu's explorations received a “no return” danger rating, which the Guide explained would very likely have killed anyone other than him. 73 124

Independent Tower Systems

The powers, attributes, sequences, and items of the Three Towers are normally isolated from one another. 2

Madman's Dice can override this separation through Three-Phase Power, permitting the simultaneous use of the three tower systems' abilities and rules when triggered. 5 38 48

The Four-Unlikes effect later gave Wen Xishu access to the corresponding Tower of Deception and Tower of Slaughter stat panels inside the Tower of Desire while clearing his Desire stats for that run. This made him physically superhuman in a setting where other climbers ordinarily lacked exceptional physical abilities. 152 330

Luck Value

Luck Value is the Tower of Desire's core attribute. It affects the temporary identity assigned to a climber upon entry, including their starting location, wealth, legality, possessions, mission timing, initial favorability with the target, and whether that identity has enemies. 17 48

Climbers can allocate Luck Value to particular entry advantages rather than leaving every starting condition random. Teammates can also pool their Luck Value: Wen Xishu and A Miao combined theirs into twenty points before entering their shared hidden mission. 74

Without an Invitation Letter or other navigational assistance, even finding a mission's important people can take considerable time. Ordinary climbers may begin in a populous city without an ideal opening and must rely on their Luck Value to improve their circumstances. 330 348

Completion and Rewards

Mission progress is measured through a target's emotional state and a completion level. Raising happiness enough for a mission to be technically completable does not necessarily produce a high completion rating. 9

• A Level 1 completion is the minimum outcome and can result even when a target is easily pleased. 9
• High completion depends on resolving the area's deeper story and altering the target's trajectory. 13 17
• Tower of Desire exploration can provide supplies and special items for the Bunker. 3 10 18
• Wen Xishu's exceptional performance in Moen City earned him the Truth Serum Wine Cups. 18
• Hidden objectives can produce a special completion state even without increasing the displayed Happiness Value. Tang Rui's happiness remained at zero when her hidden ascension mission reached completion. 52
• Some Desire rewards remain locked until the corresponding Tower of Deception trial is completed. Both the ordinary and hidden rewards for Tang Rui's Desire trial followed this arrangement. 52
• Experience gained can depend on the standing of the people encountered. The Guide cited this when explaining why Wen Xishu's Desire level had overtaken his Deception level after a particularly dangerous exploration. 124
• Not every assisted entry imposes a mandatory mission. The enhanced entry options awarded after a perfect Tower of Deception ending explicitly remove the mandatory objective for that Desire scenario. 284 327

Later rewards extend beyond supplies and ordinary items. After completing Pen Town's sixty-sixth floor, Wen Xishu received a key from the White Desire Head that could open a door to the latest timeline of the Three Towers World. He chose to postpone using it. 426

Invitation Letters and Enhanced Entry

Invitation Letters obtained through the Tower of Deception provide access to corresponding Tower of Desire scenarios at crucial moments. Their value lies in identifying the people and events central to a catastrophe, rather than leaving the climber to search an enormous pre-apocalypse world without sufficient direction. 10 106 112

Wen Xishu's early Invitation Letter missions allowed forty-eight hours instead of the ordinary seven-day period. The Moen City letter placed him at a moment when Jack's fate could still be redirected, while the Jiangcheng mission similarly required him to act within two days. 10 48

Achieving a perfect ending in a Tower of Deception stage can strengthen the subsequent Invitation Letter entry if the climber's attributes meet the requirements. Wen Xishu first discovered these additional benefits when his Luck Value qualified him for assistance in De City. 284

Wen Xishu used the first option to become Ethan, the Dark Web's maintainer, and act before assassination contracts reached their intended recipients. The discovery established that thoroughly completing a Deception stage and then entering Desire are complementary approaches, rather than alternatives. 284

Floor Selection and Exploration Difficulty

Climbers can ask their Guide to lower the floor they are currently able to challenge, but doing so carries a cost. Evelyn used this mechanism, and many cautious Desire climbers similarly stayed on lower floors rather than accepting the dangers of continued advancement. 147 199

• Areas below the twentieth floor are generally regarded as almost risk-free. 47
• Beyond the twentieth floor, climbers can encounter targets who are much harder to please, and the risk to life increases. 15 199
• Even Wen Renjing's powerful charm and Desire Sequence do not guarantee high completion on difficult upper-floor missions. 16
• The Tower of Desire and Tower of Deception can have more complicated upper-end challenges than the Tower of Slaughter, whose primary obstacle is sufficient combat strength. 183

Story Structure

Each floor and area possesses a fixed story populated by intelligent Three Towers people. These people are originally human, but their actions are normally constrained by predetermined trajectories similar to NPC scripting. 9 13

When different players undertake the same mission, the area returns to a designated point in time and repeats its storyline. Understanding an area's narrative is therefore essential for achieving a high completion rate. 13

Effects imposed on residents ordinarily reset when the instance restarts. For example, the escalating hostility caused by Gradient Indifference persists through a run but does not survive the next instance's memory reset. 74

Corruptors

Corruptors, also called Blighted Ones or Ruinbringers, are abnormal inhabitants who retain memories across mission restarts. Their awareness lets them oppose, deceive, or manipulate players, causing missions to diverge from their original scripts. 13 14

• Corruptors become more likely to appear on higher floors. 13
• Their interference can make previously reliable strategies obsolete and greatly increase the chance of mission failure. 13
• Despite their abnormality, corruptors remain bound by the Tower of Desire's prohibition on violence. 13
• Their interference can accumulate over successive loops. On Deer Island, a Ruinbringer repeatedly improved the public images of seven dangerous figures, worsening the future rather than merely obstructing one climber's mission. 132 134
• Ruinbringers are not uniformly incapable of cooperation. Jessica, whose personality had been reversed through purification, helped Wen Xishu oppose Priest and exposed his exploitation of the town's evil. 168
• Anchoring a changed outcome can remove a Ruinbringer's status and associated regional confinement, as Wen Renjing explained regarding Jessica. 171

Evelyn discovered a dangerous organization on the ninety-first floor and later reported that the Ruinbringers had an organization and a source connected to Pisces. She resumed her ascent to investigate and try to eliminate the problem at its origin. 298 332

Fate, Reality, and the Other Towers

The Tower of Desire presents the earlier lives and circumstances behind many beings encountered in the other towers. The Tower of Deception, meanwhile, consists of lands constructed from obsession and can reveal which people and events are truly important. Although this often resembles moving from a distorted future into its past, the distinction is not simply literal backward time travel. 27 168 217 224

When something changes in the Tower of Desire, the Three Towers automatically simulate a corresponding timeline. This mechanism is governed by the game's rules and is binding even on the Twelve Zodiac Signs; Pisces cannot freely override it. 224

• Altering Desire inhabitants' fates can change the objectives and conditions of a corresponding Deception stage. Wen Xishu's intervention in Moen City changed Jennifer's mission from rescue to escort. 54
• Resolving a person's inner conflicts can affect their later transformation or ascension. Tang Rui's hidden mission removed vulnerabilities that had prevented her from reaching her potential and eliminated a destined calamity for her Slaughter form. 52
• Anchoring new paths for future boss-level monsters while they are still human creates the prerequisites for advancing the Tower of Slaughter's timeline. 112
• Building affinity and changing fate can create recruitment opportunities in the Tower of Slaughter. Wen Xishu connected Tang Rui's immediate recruitment availability to having already maximized her affinity in Desire. 113
• The changes are not confined to the Tower of Deception's World of Obsessions: they also affect the real Three Towers World and battlefield. The changed outcome of Chen Ming's story deprived Aquarius of a source of the Power of Good and Evil. 329

A favorable Deception ending does not automatically mean reality has changed. After the Balance Tavern mission, Sagittarius explained that Wen Xishu's companions still had tragic fates in reality because he lacked an Invitation Letter and could not enter the corresponding Desire scenario. 313

This distinction underlies the towers' complementary rewards: Deception exploration can provide powerful abilities and key items, while Invitation Letters enable Desire interventions that change actual trajectories of fate. 242 258 284

Cross-Tower Cooperation

Related challenges can draw climbers from different towers toward the same people and locations. When Wen Xishu investigated Hujiang's Districts 19 and 20, Wen Renjing received the Desire mission Pain Payback in those same districts, while Xun Hui entered the Tower of Slaughter at nearly the same time. Wen Xishu and Wen Renjing suspected that this convergence was a mechanism for a shared level-seven challenge and a possible Level Seven Facility. 183

A later Heart-Questioning reward unlocked Mystery-Desire Twin Resonance for the Bunker's climbers. If one person enters a Deception floor while another simultaneously enters the same Desire floor and receives a corresponding mission, they gain limited opportunities to communicate according to their mutual affinity. 346 350

Zheng Zai and A Miao demonstrated its practical value. Deception clues helped A Miao identify important Desire inhabitants, while the information she gathered in Desire helped Zheng Zai make correct judgments in Deception. Their cooperation allowed both to approach higher completion levels. 350

Environment

The Tower of Desire contains expansive world-like areas rather than a single physical tower. Its environments can include modern cities, commercial districts, slums, and views of the stars and sea absent from the sealed Bunker. 5 10

Its apparently ordinary environments can conceal severe abnormalities. Miracle Tower contains employees who repeat mechanical routines and smile in unison, while Deer Island contains deformed residents and mutated vegetation despite existing before the wider apocalypse. The tower's “loving” presentation therefore does not mean its inhabitants or societies are inherently benevolent. 76 132

Rest Area

After their first entry, climbers pass through the Tower of Desire Rest Area before entering missions. It serves as a gathering point where climbers exchange strategies, recruit teammates, and seek advice from explorers at similar levels. 8 47

• Rest Area zones correspond to approximate exploration levels. 8 47
• Climbers often remain in their current zone to interact with people of comparable progress. 47
• The Tian Yuan Area, also rendered as Heavenly Origin, is associated with higher-level climbers, including Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan. 8 47 95
• Wen Xishu continued to pass through this Rest Area when entering by Invitation Letter, even during the Great Devourment, whose vortex entries otherwise bypassed rest areas. 152
• Compared with the impoverished appearance of the Tower of Deception Rest Area's early explorers, Desire climbers were often finely dressed and visibly prosperous. 38

Following Albert's reforms to climber treatment, some Desire explorers in the Rest Area blamed Wen Xishu for their diminished privileges. Their hostility reflected resentment over the rising standing of Deception and Slaughter climbers rather than a change in the Rest Area's formal function. 218

Known Areas and Missions

Moen City

Moen City is a twenty-first-floor area containing a prosperous CBD and an impoverished old-building district. Jennifer's mission is tied to the fates of Jack, Yulia, Remian, Anderson, and a corruptor posing as a doctor. 9 10 12 13

Wen Xishu used an Invitation Letter to enter Moen City from the Tower of Deception, giving him forty-eight hours rather than the normal seven-day mission period. 7 8 10

His intervention changed the area's causal chain, increased Jennifer's favor, and contributed to an Area Reset affecting the corresponding Tower of Deception and Tower of Slaughter scenarios. 13 14 17

The resulting change from rescuing Jennifer to escorting her became an early demonstration that Desire interventions could directly alter a Deception scenario's overall outcome. 54

Jiangcheng

Jiangcheng is a sixth-floor area centered on Tang Rui. Wen Xishu entered with twelve points of Luck Value, which placed him near the mission target and provided a favorable starting position. 48

Wen Renjing had previously spent seven days giving Tang Rui romantic experiences but achieved only Level 1 completion. He later learned more about her fate through another mission and regretted failing to anchor a different ending for her. 47

Wen Xishu's intervention uncovered the hidden mission Slaughter Rui's Ascension Journey. Its prompt emphasized that desire includes more than love, and the mission progressed as Tang Rui released suppressed hatred and the causes of her future vulnerabilities were removed. At completion, her Happiness Value still read zero, but the trial entered a special completion state and her Slaughter form's destined calamity disappeared. 52

Miracle Tower

Miracle Tower's Desire version contains far more people than its Deception counterpart, but many behave like numb, mechanical workers. Wen Xishu used Gradient Indifference to blend into the building and reach room 42-7 while looking for An Jincheng. Similarities between the two versions' layouts also helped him recognize dangers he had avoided in Deception. 76

Deer Island

Deer Island is a pre-apocalypse testing ground whose residents and environment have already undergone extensive mutation. Its mission leaves the choice of whom to redeem to the climber rather than identifying a single happiness target. 132

Repeated Ruinbringer interference had transformed the reputations and circumstances of seven pivotal figures and undermined Master Lingqing's ability to help. Wen Xishu concluded that the current Desire version had deteriorated beyond the version reflected in his original Deception stage. 132 134

After killing the seven dangerous figures, Wen Xishu returned to Master Lingqing and questioned whether killing was the best available solution. Lingqing chose to establish a refuge and then travel to Hujiang to confront the source of the catastrophe. The corresponding Deception floor subsequently restarted with changed conditions, and Wen Xishu used Lingqing's Wooden Fish to find surviving humans. 135

The Ark

The Ark challenge demonstrates that obtaining a good Deception ending may not be enough to preserve a favorable outcome. Wen Xishu's Invitation Letter warned that Pisces could employ the Time Walker's corrections to erase the timeline in which Sirius had been saved. 217

Upon entering Desire, Wen Xishu received guidance from Scorpio, who explained that he needed to navigate the Time Turbulence and rescue Sirius to interfere with Pisces's plan. The challenge also clarified that the Three Towers' timeline simulation was a rule even the Constellations had to obey. 218 224

De City

De City is a crowded port city in the Free State, less than three hundred kilometers from Moen City, and the Ark's first boarding location. Wen Xishu entered it through the enhanced transmigration option as Ethan, inheriting the Dark Web maintainer's memories and relationships. 284

This identity let him monitor the assassins' accounts and intercept the contracts intended to lure them into disasters. He then sought Clara, whose unlocked character information indicated familiarity with the plot. 284

Relationships

• Tower of Slaughter — Fellow tower system; its combat-oriented powers and items are ordinarily incompatible with the Tower of Desire. Changing future monsters' fates in Desire can nevertheless affect Slaughter timelines and create recruitment opportunities. 2 85 112 113
• Tower of Deception — Fellow tower system with a mutually causal relationship to the Tower of Desire; Deception scenarios can reveal the causes behind distorted fates that Desire missions may alter. Invitation Letters and Mystery-Desire Twin Resonance provide additional ways for the two systems' explorers to cooperate. 27 28 346 350
• Three Towers Guide — Its white head represents the Tower of Desire and offers greater assistance within this system to climbers who select it as their specialization. Guides can also lower a climber's challenge floor at a cost. 16 147
• Three Towers people — Intelligent inhabitants whose original destinies form the basis of Tower of Desire area stories. 9 13
• Bunker climbers — The Tower's primary explorers; many favor it due to its high survival rate and potential material rewards. 3 4 10
• Tower of Desire Academy — An academy department that trains students in social interaction and emotional-response techniques for Tower of Desire exploration. 9 31 47
• Wen Xishu — A Deception specialist whose Invitation Letters and exceptional cross-system abilities let him identify pivotal events, use otherwise prohibited powers, and anchor altered fates. 10 106 152 284
• Wen Renjing — A leading Desire explorer whose research describes the tower's stories and Ruinbringers. His abilities include influencing favorability and calming others' emotions, but ordinary Desire entry does not always reveal the true central figures of a scenario. 13 16 59 348
• Evelyn — A high-level explorer who investigated the Ruinbringers' organization and its connection to Pisces, including a dangerous discovery on the ninety-first floor. 147 298 332
• Pisces — Connected to the Ruinbringers' source and opposed Wen Xishu during the Ark's timeline challenge. 217 218 298 332
• Aquarius — Maintains opposition to climbers' interference within Desire scenarios. Changed outcomes can weaken Aquarius's sources of power in the real Three Towers Battlefield. 171 258 329 359
• Scorpio — Sometimes cooperates with climbers through the Three Towers mechanism; directly advised Wen Xishu during the Ark challenge. 217 218

Trivia

• Love between a man and a woman ranks first on the Bunker's Dopamine Pleasure Ranking, with a score of 550; this has shaped the popular belief that romantic affection is the most direct route to Tower of Desire success. 3
• The Tower of Desire's survival rate is described as nearly 100% due to accumulated human experience and increasingly strict entry qualifications. 10
• Wen Renjing, first on the Tower of Desire Heavenly Ladder Ranking, has explored beyond the sixtieth floor. 9
• The Tower of Deception appeared later than the Tower of Desire and Tower of Slaughter. 28
• Desire climbers' former privileges became a source of controversy after Albert reformed Bunker treatment. He told those unwilling to accept reduced status to surpass the thirtieth floor or change towers, distinguishing dangerous advancement from repeatedly performing easy lower-floor work. 199
• The comparison that the Tower of Deception is the Tower of Desire's “instruction manual” describes how a focused land of obsession can identify the central story hidden within Desire's much larger world. 348 350
• Knowledge can also be acquired from residents. Wen Renjing improved his chess by learning from a brilliant Desire inhabitant whose spirit had been broken after facing a supercomputer. 24