Arc 15The Three Towers Company

Wen Xishu rescued Liu Jianxin from Aquarius’s influence, then gathered allies and entered a Three Towers Company challenge as C District’s boss. He outmaneuvered Yun Xinghe’s attacks and drew A District’s employees away, leaving Yun Xinghe with no employees.

  • Wen Xishu guided Liu Jianxin through trials that awakened his Chivalrous Heart, then Liu handed over the Invitation Letter and killed himself so Wen Xishu could reach the True World.
  • Wen Xishu entered Deep City and rescued Liu Jianxin from Aquarius’s Ritual, helping him awaken his swordheart and break free of Ruinbringer Wang Ming’s loops.
  • Wen Xishu received the Ten-Thousand Sword Manor, welcomed Xu Manjin and other allies, and entered a Three Towers Company interview challenge.
  • Wen Xishu became C District’s boss and kept his team alive by limiting overtime, distributing points, and protecting employees’ health.
  • Yun Xinghe drove A District through overtime and attacked C District’s earnings, but Wen Xishu arranged a point exchange with Lorenzo and let his team rest.
  • A11’s DR collapsed during forced overtime, leading her to attack Zlatan and be erased, and Clark Kent and many A District employees then sought to transfer to C District.
  • After A District’s Expedition blocked C District’s regular earnings, Wen Xishu warned its employees that Yun Xinghe would spend their points on further Expeditions.
  • A District’s four remaining employees resigned and transferred to C District, leaving Yun Xinghe with no employees.
Chapters 354–378 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 354Knowing the Martial World by Its Voices

Wen Xishu used his voice and a staged encounter to steer Liu Jianxin away from robbing an escort shipment and toward a chivalrous reputation, then posed as Liu’s sword spirit. At Riverside City, Liu still planned to drug and rob Xiao Jianglong, while Wen Xishu watched for another chance to redirect him and obtain the Invitation Letter.

  • Wen Xishu traveled to Ox Family Village and arranged for Jin Wuming to guide Liu Jianxin into using the Original Heart Swordsmanship against the bandits.
  • Liu Jianxin killed the bandits, received Jin Wuming’s Impermanence Sword, and wondered why he had acted like a hero.
  • Wen Xishu explained to Jin Wuming that he wanted Liu to build a chivalrous reputation and eventually reveal an Invitation Letter to another world.
  • Wen Xishu spoke to Liu Jianxin as a supposed sword spirit and learned through simulations that Liu still intended to betray Xiao Jianglong.
  • Liu Jianxin met Xiao Jianglong at a tavern and prepared to drug him, but fate seemed poised to force Liu into another act of chivalry.

Ch. 355The Great Hero Liu

Liu Jianxin fought alongside Xiao Jianglong at Apricot Grove, killing Murong Xing and helping the Beggar Gang defeat the Martial Alliance, while his growing respect for Xiao Jianglong stirred a faint hope that the martial world could change. After Liu Jianxin became famous, he reluctantly accompanied Xiao Jianglong to Shaolin for a martial assembly that he suspected was a trap.

  • Liu Jianxin attended the Beggar Gang disciplinary assembly with Xiao Jianglong, who accepted the gang's punishment after suppressing the elders' rebellion.
  • Murong Xing and Martial Alliance forces attacked the vulnerable Beggar Gang, and Wen Xishu prompted Liu Jianxin to fight beside his sworn brother.
  • Liu Jianxin struck Murong Xing with the Original Heart Sword Art, and Xiao Jianglong killed him with Regretful Dragon Strike before they routed the Martial Alliance forces.
  • Liu Jianxin spoke in Xiao Jianglong's defense, prompting the rebellious elders and other Beggar Gang members to apologize and accept their leader.
  • Liu Jianxin began to hope that he and Xiao Jianglong could overthrow the corrupt martial world, though he still feared the Martial Alliance.
  • After hearing that Shaolin planned a martial assembly to unite opposition to the Martial Alliance, Liu Jianxin accompanied Xiao Jianglong despite suspecting a trap.

Ch. 356The Mount Shaoshi version of the showdown at Bright Summit

At the Shaolin martial assembly, Abbot Xuanyong poisoned the gathered heroes and joined the Martial Alliance in trapping them. Though Liu Jianxin planned to escape, Xiao Jianglong’s courage moved him to summon the Sword Spirit and stand beside his sworn brother against the enemy.

  • Liu Jianxin and Xiao Jianglong arrived at Shaolin with heroes from across the martial world, who hoped to overthrow the Martial Alliance.
  • Abbot Xuanyong welcomed the heroes to a martial assembly, while Liu Jianxin refused to eat the food despite the others finding no poison in it.
  • The heroes awoke weak and powerless after Shaolin’s incense and vegetarian food combined to poison them, and Xuanyong revealed the trap as Martial Alliance forces arrived.
  • Liu Jianxin considered slipping away, but Xiao Jianglong and the sect leaders urged him to escape while they sacrificed themselves to protect him.
  • When Xiao Jianglong faced Xuanyong on the fighting platform, Liu Jianxin summoned the Sword Spirit and stepped forward to shield his sworn brother.

Ch. 357Liu Jianxin's Invitation Letter

Liu Jianxin defeated the Shaolin abbot and the Zither Demon as Beginner’s Swordsmanship advanced, drawing strength from memories of his father and his resolve to become a hero. After awakening his Chivalrous Heart and receiving an Invitation Letter, he faced the arrival of Wen Xishu, the Martial Alliance’s greatest demon.

  • Xuanyong struck Liu Jianxin with Great Strength Diamond Palm, but Liu Jianxin clung to his sword as his Beginner’s Swordsmanship leveled up.
  • Wen Xishu urged Liu Jianxin to play the false hero to the end, and Liu Jianxin defeated Xuanyong with a swift sword thrust.
  • The Zither Demon’s music forced Liu Jianxin to relive painful memories, but his father’s encouragement helped him resist the temptation to abandon his sword.
  • Liu Jianxin reached level ten in Beginner’s Swordsmanship, awakened his Chivalrous Heart, and killed the Zither Demon with one strike.
  • Liu Jianxin received an Invitation Letter as Wen Xishu appeared in the arena, alarming the martial heroes and reassuring the Martial Alliance demons.

Ch. 358Dying for a chivalrous heart

Wen Xishu revealed that he had guided Liu Jianxin through the Rivers and Lakes to restore his chivalrous ideals and prepare to challenge the real Liu Jianxin. Convinced that his death would help awaken his other self, Liu Jianxin gave Wen Xishu the Invitation Letter and killed himself.

  • Wen Xishu revealed that he had arranged Liu Jianxin’s trials and explained that Liu Jianxin had once become the treacherous Martial Alliance Leader in both the Original World and the True World.
  • Wen Xishu explained that he had reversed their roles to let Liu Jianxin experience the Rivers and Lakes as a challenger and recover his original chivalrous aspirations.
  • Liu Jianxin acknowledged that he still hoped to become a hero, while Wen Xishu explained that he intended to enter the True World and awaken the real Liu Jianxin.
  • Wen Xishu admitted that he had to kill Liu Jianxin to reach the True World, and Liu Jianxin chose to trust him.
  • Liu Jianxin handed Wen Xishu the Invitation Letter and killed himself with the Impermanence Sword.

Ch. 359Encountering Aquarius in Deep City

After completing the martial arts world, Wen Xishu learned that Evelyn had not returned and discussed the Deep City mission with Wen Renjing. In Deep City, simulations revealed that Aquarius would corrupt Wen Xishu if he tried to save Liu Jianxin, so he headed for Liu Jianxin’s office prepared to confront her.

  • Wen Xishu left the martial arts world after achieving a perfect ending and entered the Desire Tower’s Rest Area.
  • Wen Xishu met Wen Renjing, learned he had been away from the Bunker for only two and a half days, and heard that Evelyn had not returned.
  • Wen Xishu and Wen Renjing connected their missions, identifying Liu Jianxin as the boy who had once defended Chen Juan and discussing the Ruinbringer’s possible influence on Deep City.
  • Wen Xishu arrived in Deep City and used the Scorpion Dagger to simulate his mission, discovering that Aquarius could capture him and twist his sense of good and evil.
  • Wen Xishu tried dozens of simulations to find a way to save Liu Jianxin without drawing Aquarius’s attention, but none worked, so he went to the golden office tower to confront her.

Ch. 360(130,000-word chapter) The Doomsday Duo

Wen Xishu entered Aquarius’s Good and Evil Corridor to rescue Liu Jianxin, who had nearly embraced the evil that promised power after years of betrayal. By joining forces, the two broke through their Heart Wall, and Liu Jianxin awakened a shining swordheart as a righteous swordlight began cutting open the Corridor.

  • Liu Jianxin entered Aquarius’s Ritual, then resisted its Evil Tide after hearing someone call him back and invoke Ye Jianxin.
  • Wen Xishu summoned Sagittarius to hold Aquarius at arrow-point, then entered the Good and Evil Corridor to reach Liu Jianxin.
  • Liu Jianxin relived the betrayals and injustices that had exhausted his faith in heroism, while Wen Xishu reached him and shared memories of his own desperate journeys and salvations.
  • Wen Xishu repeatedly hurled himself against his thorn-covered Heart Wall, and Liu Jianxin joined him until the wall cracked and Liu Jianxin’s swordheart awakened.
  • Liu Jianxin’s sword intent helped shatter the Heart Wall, and a blazing righteous swordlight began slashing open the Good and Evil Corridor before Aquarius and Sagittarius.

Ch. 361Leaving a humiliating mark on Aquarius

Wen Xishu and Liu Jianxin escaped the Good and Evil Corridor, and Sagittarius forced Aquarius to retreat after marking her so he could track her. Sagittarius explained how the Seventieth Floor connected to the Three Towers War before departing, and Wen Xishu asked Liu Jianxin to help him kill the Ruinbringer.

  • Wen Xishu and Liu Jianxin emerged from the Good and Evil Corridor without being corrupted, and Liu Jianxin awakened his sword power.
  • Sagittarius shattered Aquarius’s escape circle, while Liu Jianxin’s wooden sword flew to him and became Ye Jianxin’s sword.
  • Sagittarius struck Aquarius with a Sagittarius Mark and warned her to keep quiet, so she left in humiliation.
  • Sagittarius explained that Constellations encountered above the Seventieth Floor could project their future consciousness, then vanished.
  • Wen Xishu told Liu Jianxin that the Ruinbringer, also known as Rivers and Lakes Omniscient, had tormented him, and Liu Jianxin agreed to kill him.

Ch. 362The Ruinbringers' Leader

After helping Liu Jianxin recover and uncovering his martial arts Sequence, Wen Xishu tracked down the Ruinbringer who had manipulated Liu’s fate and learned about Ruin’s higher-level powers. A call to request a regional exchange was denied by a woman Wen Xishu recognized as Evelyn, leaving him stunned.

  • Wen Xishu learned that Liu Jianxin’s Three Towers Sequence, Theme Fervor, transformed his perception of the world into a martial arts setting and let his beliefs manifest as martial power.
  • Wen Xishu and Liu Jianxin found Ruinbringer Wang Ming, whom Liu recognized as the person behind his suffering, and Wen Xishu told him that Liu’s fate had been anchored and the cycle broken.
  • Wang Ming explained that Ruin divided its higher-level members into Shadows, who could exchange regions, and Ghosts, who gained supernatural powers to influence people and derail fate.
  • Wen Xishu ordered Wang Ming to contact Ruin and request an exchange; the call connected to a woman who consulted the Leader and denied the request.
  • Wen Xishu recognized the woman’s voice as Evelyn and wondered why she was speaking with Ruinbringers.

Ch. 363The martial arts journey came to an end

Wen Xishu finished the Strange Tower journey, reunited with the Guide, and answered Heart-Questioning about why he had guided Liu Jianxin toward redemption. He received the Ten-Thousand Sword Manor, a rare facility that could supply the Bunker with growing swords and generate Tower Power, and left satisfied with the reward.

  • Wen Xishu spared Wang Ming but ordered Liu Jianxin to kill the Ruinbringer, ending the loops and freeing Liu Jianxin from the Constellation's influence.
  • Wen Xishu said farewell to Liu Jianxin and returned to the Guide's room, where the Guide's three heads reacted to his powerful authority with new respect.
  • Wen Xishu entered Heart-Questioning and explained that he had guided Liu Jianxin because he wanted to understand his past and believed saving him was right.
  • Heart-Questioning explained that Wen Xishu had gained Leo's affinity by meeting its criteria and activating part of the Lionheart Brand, then awarded him a Beyond Level Seven Facility.
  • Wen Xishu received the Ten-Thousand Sword Manor, which produced swords that grew with their owners and could be smelted for Tower Power, and welcomed the reward.

Ch. 364A full upgrade for the Ladder Ranking's top climbers

Wen Xishu’s Strange Tower climb reached the Seventy-First Floor, bringing the Three Towers’ leading climbers to roughly the same level, and the Bunker flocked to his Ten-Thousand Sword Manor for its high-grade weapons. Xu Manjin was invited into the Swordcasting Hall, where he met Wen Xishu and other top climbers, chose a sword suited to his insight into human nature, and recognized Wen Xishu’s hope of finding allies for the coming Three Towers War.

  • Wen Xishu’s ranking rose to seventy-one floors, startling the Bunker and drawing the Three Towers’ progress level with one another.
  • Xu Manjin went to the Ten-Thousand Sword Manor, where a sword-bearing boy recognized his destined connection and escorted him into the Swordcasting Hall.
  • Wen Xishu welcomed Xu Manjin among Albert, Xun Hui, Wen Renjing, and Zheng Zai as they selected weapons, while Albert explained that the Swordsmith was forging him a Non-Sword.
  • Xun Hui chose Suppress Evil, Zheng Zai chose the Gluttonous Beast Sword, Wen Renjing chose a purple Dreamlike sword, and Xu Manjin found a purple short sword with the Heart Thorn trait.
  • Wen Xishu told the group that Evelyn might still be alive, and Xu Manjin realized that Wen Xishu hoped to gather more allies to fight beside him in the Three Towers War.

Ch. 365The Three Towers Company's employee badge

Xu Manjin gave Wen Xishu a Three Towers Company interview badge, and Wen Xishu entered the Strange Tower to investigate the mysterious organization. He arrived at the company’s interview with twenty-nine other survivors as the assessment began.

  • Xu Manjin gave Wen Xishu an employee badge that sent its wearer to a Three Towers Company interview challenge.
  • Wen Xishu discussed the disappearances of Old Jin and Evelyn with Albert, who vowed to kill them if they could not be brought back.
  • Wen Xishu wore the badge, entered the Strange Tower, and received a floor-fifty-nine mission to pass the company’s interview assessment.
  • Wen Xishu woke in a large office with twenty-nine other survivors, and the company announced that it would select suitable employees.

Ch. 366Choosing a boss

Wen Xishu warned the survivors about the Strange Tower’s rules and learned that they had to earn survival points while choosing a boss with absolute authority. As the election began, Wen Xishu tried to organize a fair vote, but a healer emerged as a rival and someone’s killing intent shifted toward a new target.

  • Wen Xishu stopped Shen Changfeng from leaving and demonstrated that the tower eliminated anyone who exited early.
  • The tower announced that employees had thirty days to earn survival points, warned that those below zero would be scrapped, and punished Gao Lele for interrupting.
  • The tower ordered the survivors to elect a boss who would control schedules, rest, employee data, and the distribution of points.
  • Wen Xishu warned that a tie could leave the team without a boss and get everyone killed, then urged the survivors to hold an election as he prepared to seek the position himself.
  • A shrewd blonde woman revealed that she could heal others and appealed to the group, while Wen Xishu sensed that an attacker’s killing intent had shifted away from him.

Ch. 367Turns out I was the great power all along

Wen Xishu won a unanimous vote to lead C District by demonstrating his memory, rule-reading ability, and combat power. After learning about the rival districts and the limits on their abilities, he prepared to navigate a deadly month-long competition while expecting the other bosses to target him.

  • Clark Kent challenged Li Weiwei for the boss position, arguing that strength mattered more than medical skills, while Li Weiwei countered that she could direct the team and help it earn points.
  • Wen Xishu argued that the boss needed to interpret rules and protect employees, then used his shadow to test dangers and intimidated Clark with the threat of Jack's Mental Barrage.
  • C District unanimously elected Wen Xishu as boss, and the team learned that he had defeated a red house and was skilled at cheating.
  • Wen Xishu collected his employees' names and abilities, including Shen Changfeng's ability to go without food, water, or sleep, Gao Lele's ability to turn waste into treasure, and Li Weiwei's injury-conversion ability.
  • The screen revealed the other district bosses: Yun Xinghe of A District, Alexander of B District, and Lorenzo of D District, before announcing a month-long contest and displaying internal affairs, diplomacy, and military strategy options.
  • The vending machines revealed that points were required to buy food and drinks, and that abilities could not replenish HP or DR; Wen Xishu realized his impressive achievement might make the other bosses target him.

Ch. 368A fierce struggle

Wen Xishu guided Section C through its first twelve-hour workday, then tested overtime by approving only Shen Changfeng and discovered that overtime cost far more health than its points could restore. After the first-day scores were announced, A District targeted C District with a campaign and a recruitment offer, leaving Wen Xishu to manage both outside pressure and his employees’ survival.

  • Section C completed its first day of individually calibrated arithmetic work, and Wen Xishu concluded that every employee had to maintain accuracy and efficiency through twelve hours of work.
  • Li Weiwei, Clark, and Shen Changfeng applied for overtime, but Wen Xishu rejected Li Weiwei and Clark while approving Shen Changfeng to test overtime’s effects.
  • After Shen Changfeng worked six overtime hours, Wen Xishu found that he had lost thirty HP, that restoring health cost more points than overtime earned, and that Shen Changfeng’s DR had risen.
  • Wen Xishu kept one of Section C’s thirty-one points and distributed the other twenty-nine equally, then learned that each employee needed one point per day to avoid being forcibly downsized.
  • The company announced that A District had earned 70 points, B District 31, C District 34, and D District 47; Wen Xishu suspected D District had an expert and recognized that B District’s remaining points suggested internal bloodshed.
  • A District launched a successful campaign that would reduce C District’s next-day earnings and invited dissatisfied C District employees to defect, while Wen Xishu prepared to confront the resulting unrest and survival pressures.

Ch. 369Resolving the internal crisis

Wen Xishu tried to keep C District united through a coming points shortfall by arguing that protecting HP mattered more than earning points, while Clark transferred to A District. There, Clark joined Yun Xinghe’s fiercely competitive system and drank stimulants after being urged to work overtime.

  • Wen Xishu calculated that C District would face a survival shortfall, planned one hour of overtime for the team, and exempted Shen Changfeng because of his low HP.
  • Clark rejected Wen Xishu’s equal-distribution approach and transferred from C District to A District despite Wen Xishu warning him about the dangers of overtime.
  • Wen Xishu explained that overtime cost five HP and used Shen Changfeng’s losses and recovery to persuade C District that health mattered more than points; Li Weiwei helped steady the team.
  • Clark arrived in A District, where Yun Xinghe had divided the employees into competing squads and made the Lucky Team’s position the prize.
  • Yun Xinghe gave Clark eerie stimulants and urged his squad to work overtime, claiming the leading team received special assistance; Clark drank them, convinced he had chosen the right boss.

Ch. 370The First Team to Be Wiped Out

Clark entered A District’s second-day battle and worked overtime in a flow state while Yun Xinghe used harsh punishments and a Life Loan to drive the team’s productivity. A District’s campaign crippled B District and invited its employees to defect, while Wen Xishu chose not to compete for them and began planning another move through Li Weiwei.

  • Yun Xinghe publicly punished underperforming employees, including pregnant A11, and used humiliation to push A District toward greater productivity.
  • Clark worked hundreds of math problems in a flow state, while Yun Xinghe unlocked the Life Loan after A District’s average contribution passed two points per person.
  • Alexander’s abusive rule over B District drove three people to their deaths and five to transfer, while the remaining employees competed for his favor and points.
  • A District led the second-day results with 46 cumulative points, while B District had only 13 and C District had 7.6.
  • A District’s upgraded campaign cut B District’s next-day earnings by thirty points and invited dissatisfied employees from B, C, and D Districts to join.
  • Wen Xishu declined Li Weiwei’s suggestion to recruit B District’s employees and called her inside to discuss plans he could carry out through her.

Ch. 371Li Weiwei's high-value tactics

Wen Xishu used Li Weiwei's image to strengthen employee loyalty while investigating how work intensity affected DR and suspecting that overtime triggered hidden rules. After B District went bankrupt and A District absorbed many of its people, Wen Xishu realized A District could soon threaten multiple groups at once.

  • Wen Xishu told Li Weiwei to build employee loyalty by offering selective warmth and support while preserving her sanctified image.
  • Wen Xishu observed that employees' DR rose after overtime and Li Weiwei's encouragement, then reasoned that excessive overtime might eventually cause DR to collapse.
  • Wen Xishu rejected all voluntary overtime requests and gave Li Weiwei 3.6 points to distribute, prompting employees to believe they were special to her and making them less likely to leave.
  • The second-day results showed B District had gone bankrupt, A Company had earned privileges for bringing it down, and C District had retained 1 point while D District retained 9.
  • Wen Xishu concluded that A District had likely absorbed at least nine people from B District and could now have a population above 40, enough to attack two groups at once.

Ch. 372An internal employee of the Three Towers Company

Mystery Thirteen disposed of Alexander after finding him irredeemably depraved, while Yun Xinghe used Zlatan’s promotion to drive A District’s employees back into competition. As night fell, Lorenzo’s analyst predicted that Yun Xinghe would launch a devastating attack at two in the morning, and Lorenzo asked which district would be targeted.

  • Mystery Thirteen killed Alexander and his two followers after finding them in a depraved state at the Three Towers Company.
  • The voices on the company screen discussed Yun Xinghe, Lorenzo, and Wen Xishu, including the possibility that Wen Xishu bore a brand left by a powerful candidate for boss.
  • Yun Xinghe promoted Zlatan to honorary team member and promised him a share of the pooled points, using the reward to motivate A District’s employees to keep working.
  • Yun Xinghe discovered a permission that would let him launch an unprecedented super expedition against another group and planned to choose a target that night.
  • At D District, Lorenzo’s disciplined followers reported for duty, and D03 predicted that Yun Xinghe would strike either C District or D District at two in the morning.
  • Lorenzo asked D03 which district he believed Yun Xinghe would target.

Ch. 373Wen Xishu's "cheating"

Lorenzo and Yun Xinghe expected A District’s attack to leave C District unable to survive, but Wen Xishu’s team still earned thirty points. Yun Xinghe accused Wen Xishu of cheating, while Clark Kent realized the score had a legitimate explanation.

  • D03 predicted that A District would attack C District after eliminating B District, while Lorenzo wondered how Wen Xishu would respond.
  • A District launched a campaign that blocked C District from earning points through normal work and secretly transferred most of its overtime points to A District.
  • Yun Xinghe waited for C District employees to defect, then drove A District employees through more overtime with stimulants and promises of rewards.
  • Clark Kent deduced that A District’s attack involved overtime and feared that C District’s score would be plundered.
  • The fifth-day results showed C District earned thirty points and A District earned sixty-one, prompting Yun Xinghe to accuse Wen Xishu of cheating.
  • Clark Kent told Yun Xinghe that Wen Xishu had not cheated and that C District’s score made sense.

Ch. 374Master Yun's Brilliant Plan to Set the World Right

Wen Xishu used a carefully staged diplomatic exchange with D District to protect C District from A District’s point-stealing attack without making his employees work overtime. Yun Xinghe realized D District had given C District points, while Clark Kent began regretting leaving Wen Xishu’s team.

  • Wen Xishu explained to Tang Zhe that A District could steal C District’s overtime points, and revealed his plan to use the free-trading period and D District’s need for manpower to counter it.
  • Wen Xishu sent Tang Zhe to negotiate a one-at-a-time exchange: D District would distribute overtime points to transferred C District employees and send them back, or C District would send its remaining people to A District.
  • Yun Xinghe saw that D District had given 28 points to C District, leaving C District with one point after population expenses and D District with ten.
  • C District broadcast that its employees had neither worked overtime nor even gone to work, prompting Yun Xinghe to react angrily and Clark Kent to worry about A District’s morale.
  • Clark Kent felt his depleted HP and began missing Wen Xishu’s team, wondering whether he could return.

Ch. 375Reward for an anti-rat-race tendency

Wen Xishu purchased a tendency reward that concealed everyone’s DR values, believing it could disrupt Yun Xinghe’s and Lorenzo’s strategies. On the sixth day, Yun Xinghe forced A District to work overtime without realizing its employees’ DR was collapsing, and A11 finally broke down during the shift.

  • Lorenzo accepted Wen Xishu’s deal to transfer 28 points and prepared to stockpile points against Yun Xinghe’s possible attack.
  • Wen Xishu’s team celebrated its victory, benefited from a full day of rest, and earned a tendency reward for avoiding overtime.
  • Wen Xishu spent five points to hide DR values across all teams, expecting the change to hinder his opponents’ decisions.
  • Yun Xinghe berated A District and ordered everyone to work overtime, unaware that their DR had begun falling from dangerously high levels.
  • A11’s DR plunged as she struggled through her work, but Yun Xinghe shamed her into overtime after she earned only 0.5 points.
  • During overtime, A11’s DR continued to drop unseen, and she broke down while the rest of the team kept working.

Ch. 376The drastic changes brought by invisible DR

After A11’s low DR drove her to kill Zlatan, A District’s workforce lost faith in Yun Xinghe and began demanding to leave for C District. Lorenzo realized that invisible DR had destabilized A District and left D District vulnerable to C District’s no-overtime policy.

  • A11 hallucinated that Zlatan was depriving her child of a better life, attacked him in the Rest Area, and was erased after killing him.
  • Clark Kent identified A11’s dangerously low DR as the cause, and the employees stopped overtime and began asking to transfer to C District.
  • Yun Xinghe threatened to withhold the employees’ points to keep them working, but Clark Kent resigned and challenged him to release the points.
  • In D District, D02 warned Lorenzo that A District’s crisis stemmed from invisible DR and recommended stopping overtime so employees could recover.
  • Lorenzo concluded that A District’s collapse would drive its employees toward C District and leave D District unable to compete for workers or life assets.

Ch. 377Lorenzo's Effortless Victory

Lorenzo expected Yun Xinghe to attack Wen Xishu after most of A District’s employees defected, but C District’s huge overtime haul gave Wen Xishu a strong reserve. Yun Xinghe launched an expedition that barred C District from earning points through regular work, and Wen Xishu ended the chapter insisting he would neither lay off employees nor let them die.

  • Mystery Two refused to help Yun Xinghe, while Mystery Three learned that the game would continue and the pregnant woman had been sent away.
  • Forty A District employees applied to transfer to C District, leaving only four people with Yun Xinghe.
  • Wen Xishu’s C District earned 111 points in a day, raising its cumulative total to 92.6 and surprising Yun Xinghe and Lorenzo.
  • Lorenzo and D03 concluded that Yun Xinghe could use repeated expeditions to force C District into a crisis because it had taken in so many employees.
  • A District launched a successful expedition that prevented C District employees from earning points through regular work the next day.
  • Tang Zhe asked whether Wen Xishu would lay people off or let them die, and Wen Xishu said he would do neither and would avoid overtime.

Ch. 378The killing blow against Yun Xinghe

Wen Xishu reasoned that employees could defeat a tyrannical boss by leaving together, then used a declaration about wages and Yun Xinghe’s dwindling points to persuade A District’s remaining employees to resign. The four employees joined C District, and Yun Xinghe’s employee count reached zero just as a notification appeared.

  • Wen Xishu explained that Expedition checks depended on the boss’s points and argued that a team with no employees would be wiped out.
  • Wen Xishu and Tang Zhe concluded that A District’s employees might leave Yun Xinghe because he withheld their points while C District paid its employees.
  • Wen Xishu issued a declaration warning A District’s employees that Yun Xinghe would spend their points on further Expeditions and leave them with little to share.
  • A District’s four remaining employees submitted resignation requests after recalling that Yun Xinghe had refused to give Clark Kent his share of the points.
  • Yun Xinghe tried to launch more Expeditions, but the four employees left for C District, reducing his employee count to zero as a notification appeared to everyone.
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