Arc 3The Seven Sins of Miracle Tower

After completing Tang Rui’s Strange Tower trial, Wen Xishu returned to the Bunker and entered a new Strange Tower mission at Miracle Apartments, where the seven deadly sins were warping residents. He helped some residents escape and then entered Miracle Tower with A Miao to investigate An Jincheng and Reverse Seven.

  • Wen Xishu helped Tang Rui complete her revenge, and she killed Yan Zhihai, her parents, and Lin Huiru before they parted ways.
  • Wen Xishu returned to the Strange Tower, purified Tang Rui’s diary and graduation photograph, and survived the final trust trial with Zheng Zai.
  • The Guide rewarded Wen Xishu with the Capsized Boat House, and he met Wen Renjing, who promised to help protect him and prepare useful items.
  • Wen Xishu entered a Strange Tower mission at Miracle Apartments with Wen Xiange, Xiao Wu, A Miao, and Wu Xiangjiao, and discovered that the residents’ traits were being warped into the seven deadly sins.
  • Wen Xishu explained the building’s influence to his teammates and persuaded Yin Junchi to leave, preventing the Seventh Suppression Mechanism from activating.
  • A Miao persuaded He Taiping to leave, and she and Wen Xishu received Invitation Letters that brought them to the Desire Tower Rest Area.
  • Wen Xishu and A Miao pooled their Luck Value and entered Scorpio Mode, where they separately made their way toward Miracle Tower.
  • Wen Xishu evaded the police, met A Miao outside Miracle Tower, and entered using Wen Renjing’s necklace before reaching apartment 42-7.
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Ch. 51A rainy-night massacre

Wen Xishu and Tang Rui hunted down Professor Yan Zhihai during the torrential rain, and Tang Rui killed him for the abuse he had inflicted on her as a child. After they shared the truths of their pasts, Wen Xishu urged Tang Rui to confront her parents’ role in her suffering and prepared to take her to settle more scores.

  • Tang Rui accepted Wen Xishu’s invitation to take revenge, and they broke into Yan Zhihai’s villa during the storm.
  • Wen Xishu beat Yan Zhihai while Tang Rui comforted the frightened girl he had been tormenting.
  • Tang Rui killed Yan Zhihai with a kitchen knife and fountain pen, then broke down as she released years of grief and anger.
  • Wen Xishu told Tang Rui the truth about his adoptive parents and the fire that killed them.
  • Wen Xishu reminded Tang Rui that her parents had read the diary page about Yan Zhihai’s abuse, and she recognized how they had failed to protect her.
  • Wen Xishu called Tang Rui “Little Parrot” and set out with her to pursue his remaining targets.

Ch. 52Tang Rui's Slaughter Tower Ascension

Wen Xishu helped Tang Rui pursue her hatred and triggered the hidden quest for Slaughter Rui’s ascension. After Tang Fangtian and Cheng Yingna chose to sacrifice Tang Rui’s body parts to save themselves, the quest reached completion, leaving Tang Rui’s happiness at zero and unlocking hidden rewards after the Strange Tower trial.

  • Wen Xishu realized that killing Yan Zhihai had begun Tang Rui’s Slaughter Rui ascension journey, which had already reached 27% progress.
  • Wen Xishu and Tang Rui continued their killing spree, and Wen Xishu looted valuables from Yan Zhihai’s room.
  • Wen Xishu broke into Tang Fangtian and Cheng Yingna’s home and forced them to play a money-transfer game to buy their lives.
  • When the couple ran out of money, Wen Xishu offered them a choice between surrendering their own body parts or Tang Rui’s.
  • Tang Fangtian and Cheng Yingna chose to sacrifice Tang Rui’s hands, feet, and eyes, pushing Slaughter Rui’s ascension progress to 100%.
  • Wen Xishu received notifications that Tang Rui’s destined calamity had disappeared and that the hidden quest was complete, with rewards pending the Strange Tower trial.

Ch. 53A new anchor

Wen Xishu helped Tang Rui confront and kill the three people who had ruined her life, completing her quest and changing her fate before the apocalypse. After they parted, Wen Xishu understood the final clue and realized he could speedrun both the Desire Tower and the Strange Tower.

  • Wen Xishu realized Tang Rui's parents had completed the quest by choosing not to save her, and that their decision revealed they did not love her.
  • Tang Rui killed her parents, then asked Wen Xishu to help her settle one last grudge against Lin Huiru.
  • Tang Rui confronted Lin Huiru in the rain and killed her, while Wen Xishu observed her growing control of Mixed Feelings.
  • Tang Rui and Wen Xishu introduced themselves, promised to survive, and said goodbye after discussing the coming apocalypse.
  • Wen Xishu reviewed the three victims' corresponding items and, as he prepared to return, solved the clue that would let him speedrun the Desire Tower and the Strange Tower.

Ch. 54Speedrunning the Strange Tower

After the Desire Tower changed Tang Rui’s fate, Wen Xishu returned to the Strange Tower with his memories intact and solved the first purification puzzle. He led Park Mihee and Zheng Zai into the second scene, where a new threat appeared as the group received instructions to keep a diary.

  • The Invitation Letter restarted the sixth-floor mission with a revised story in which Tang Rui’s betrayal and the Fourth Door had never occurred.
  • Wen Xishu returned to the Strange Tower, explained that the award certificate was the first contaminated object, and purified it.
  • Wen Xishu declined to take Park Mihee back early and asked Zheng Zai to continue with him through the next scene.
  • Wen Xishu, Park Mihee, and Zheng Zai entered a bedroom from Tang Rui’s past and found a bowl of sweet soup surrounded by black aura.
  • Countless eyes appeared throughout the bedroom, and a prompt instructed the group to record everything that happened at school in a diary.
  • Wen Xishu told Park Mihee and Zheng Zai that he had figured everything out and instructed them to follow his directions.

Ch. 55Wen Xishu and his all-seeing eye

Wen Xishu guided Zheng Zai and Park Mihee through the second Strange Tower stage by identifying Tang Rui’s diary as the item to purify, then led them into the final stage. There, a prompt introduced a trial about trustworthy friends, and Wen Xishu began weighing whether to eliminate his teammates.

  • Wen Xishu explained that the eyes marked their Control Index, and he, Zheng Zai, and Park Mihee recorded their bad deeds to make the eyes disappear.
  • Wen Xishu inferred that purifying Tang Rui’s diary would clear the stage, found it, and purified it, restoring Zheng Zai’s and Park Mihee’s freedom of movement.
  • Wen Xishu warned that the stages’ mechanics could overlap, then led Zheng Zai and Park Mihee through the door to the final stage.
  • The trio entered an office building tied to Tang Rui’s betrayal, and a prompt asked whether they had a friend they could trust.
  • Wen Xishu interpreted the prompt as a cooperative trial, stopped Park Mihee from calling on an absent friend, and considered whether to wipe out his teammates.

Ch. 56The curtain falls on Parrot's Lament

Wen Xishu, Zheng Zai, and Park Mihee endured a deadly trial that exposed their thoughts and forced them to name those they trusted. Park Mihee died, while Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai survived, purified Tang Rui’s photograph, and returned to the Three Towers Guide for their ratings and rewards.

  • Wen Xishu had Zheng Zai and Park Mihee stand back-to-back, stopping the laughter and linking their thoughts in a relay.
  • Wen Xishu worked out that the trial would judge their trust, while Park Mihee’s thoughts revealed her intention to report him to a Bunker officer.
  • The trial prompted each person to silently name those worthy of trust, and Park Mihee died when neither Wen Xishu nor Zheng Zai named her.
  • Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai named one another and survived the trial, after which Wen Xishu found and purified Tang Rui’s graduation photograph.
  • Wen Xishu received the special item Letter from Outside · Tang Rui and new affinity notices, then he and Zheng Zai disappeared as they were transported to the Three Towers Guide.

Ch. 57Another generous haul of rewards

After completing his second Three Towers exploration, Wen Xishu received a specialized rune, a Level Six Capsized Boat House, and a mysterious warning that he had been marked after encountering Eerie Virgo. He returned to the Bunker, where students discussed his latest facility and Yue Yun questioned Wen Xun about his sudden departure and possible connection to Wen Xishu.

  • The Guide gave Wen Xishu a letter that could help him meet Tang Rui again and a rune that added a memory-resonance effect to his Mental Barrage sequence.
  • The Guide awarded Wen Xishu Level Six completion and a Capsized Boat House, which Wen Xishu placed near the Level Six Hospital on the Bunker's second floor.
  • When Wen Xishu asked about Deceptive Gemini and Eerie Virgo, all three Guide heads said he had been marked but could not explain by whom.
  • Wen Xishu returned to the Bunker without being interrogated, and students at Three Towers Academy discussed the new facility he had brought back.
  • At the cafeteria, Yue Yun asked Wen Xun why he had suddenly left and whether his special classes were connected to Wen Xishu.

Ch. 58True charm and false charm

Wen Xishu discussed Miyamoto Yoshiki’s strength with Yue Yun and Nissen, then learned that Wen Renjing had invited him to meet. He arrived at the secluded garden and was startled by Wen Renjing’s appearance.

  • Yue Yun told Wen Xishu that Miyamoto Yoshiki had won the fitness test, with Nissen second and Yue Yun third, and suspected Yoshiki had a Sequence.
  • A day earlier, Albert praised Wen Xishu for bringing back Level Six supplies and the Capsized Boat House, explained that the Great Devourment changed the Bunker’s layout, and warned him about the secrets others might think he knew.
  • Wen Xishu asked Albert to arrange a meeting with Wen Renjing, and Albert agreed while asking whether Wen Xishu was straight.
  • Wen Xishu invited Yue Yun and Nissen to visit the Capsized Boat House, and both agreed to go with him the next afternoon.
  • Jabbar arrived and told Wen Xishu that Wen Renjing had invited him to play chess, exciting Nissen and attracting the cafeteria’s attention.
  • Jabbar led Wen Xishu to a secluded garden, where Wen Xishu met Wen Renjing and was startled by his appearance.

Ch. 59The secret of the Desire Tower's top climber

Wen Xishu met Wen Renjing, who thanked him for helping Tang Rui and offered to support his future tower climbs. Their conversation hinted at a dangerous secret involving the tower top climbers, leaving Wen Xishu to suspect that Albert was protecting them from a threat.

  • Wen Renjing recognized Wen Xishu’s Invitation Letter and explained that Wen Chaohua had told him about the Strange Tower.
  • Wen Xishu told Wen Renjing that Tang Rui had recovered and that those who hurt her were dead, prompting Wen Renjing to thank him and promise to help shield him from scrutiny.
  • Wen Renjing revealed that he, Wen Chaohua, and Xun Hui had once been close friends and fellow disciples before Wen Chaohua betrayed them.
  • Wen Renjing offered to prepare useful items and sequences for Wen Xishu, then urged him to trust Albert and prove himself worthy of learning their secret.
  • Wen Xishu inferred that the tower top climbers faced a threat and wondered whether Albert, whose Slaughter Tower record far exceeded theirs, was the Bunker’s strongest protector.
  • Wen Xishu returned to his dorm and decided to challenge the Academy Secret Treasure again, hoping his improved magic resistance would help him decipher the library’s shadow.

Ch. 61Wen Xishu, the owner

Wen Xishu deciphered more of the Library’s shadow and suspected that solving the Tower of Deception Academy’s secrets could make him its director. He then visited the Capsized Boat House with Yue Yun and Nissen, where he welcomed a group of Tower of Desire Academy students while concealing that he belonged to the facility.

  • Wen Xishu read the words “orphanage director” and “principal” in the Library’s shadow, and decided to explore the Strange Tower sooner to investigate the director’s identity.
  • Yue Yun and Nissen asked to learn Wen Xishu’s special course, and he promised to teach them after midterms if they still wished to learn.
  • Wen Xishu, Yue Yun, and Nissen received leave and traveled to the Bunker’s second level, where Wen Xishu’s fame was widely celebrated.
  • At the Capsized Boat House, Wen Xishu’s group joined Wang Xia, Zhang Tingyao, Huo'erjina, Bai Xiaoyu, and Jiang Xue in line.
  • Wen Xishu received a message from the Capsized Boat House and realized that, as someone who belonged there, he would not be affected by its voyage.
  • Wen Xishu welcomed Wang Xia and the others into the Capsized Boat House, while Wang Xia remained unaware that he was about to face public humiliation.

Ch. 62What a delightful capsizing

Wang Xia chose the Capsized Boat House’s highest difficulty, where Flip expanded the guests’ statements into humiliating revelations. The game left Wang Xia’s relationships in turmoil as Flip began exposing his womanizing and hinted at a secret involving a handsome young man.

  • Wen Xishu explained that Flip would turn each guest’s sentence into a narration that could expose secrets, after Wang Xia chose the raging-storm difficulty.
  • Flip revealed that Nissen privately compared his size with Wen Xishu, earning laughter from the group.
  • Yue Yun asked whether Wang Xia planned to marry Huo’erjina, and Flip exposed Yue Yun’s vow to avoid dating until he passed the Slaughter Tower’s thirtieth floor.
  • Flip twisted Zhang Tingyao’s warning into a revelation that Wang Xia and Zhang Tingyao had shared girlfriends and had a foursome with Huo’erjina and Bai Xiaoyu, alarming Jiang Xue.
  • Wang Xia denied the accusation and boasted that he was a womanizer, prompting Flip to begin revealing a secret about a handsome young man at the Tower of Desire Academy.

Ch. 63Volunteering for overtime to explore the Strange Tower

Wen Xishu used the Capsized Boat House’s game to help Jiang Xue protect herself and learned that its secrets could be adjusted to attract repeat visitors. After leaving, he told Liu Jinsen he wanted to explore the Strange Tower again, and Liu agreed under the condition that Wen Xishu submit a detailed report after each ascent.

  • Wen Xishu signaled Jiang Xue to hold back her anger, and she persuaded the group to keep Wang Xia’s secrets in exchange for friendship and rewards.
  • Wang Xia tried to promise generous rewards, but Flip exposed more of his secrets before Huo'erjina took her turn.
  • Wen Xishu, Yue Yun, and Nissen left the Capsized Boat House, and Yue Yun and Nissen pledged to compete with him and surpass Miyamoto Yoshiki.
  • Wen Xishu visited the Principal's Office and called Liu Jinsen to request permission to explore the Strange Tower ahead of schedule.
  • Liu Jinsen warned Wen Xishu that his previous team’s deaths had caused trouble and required him to write a detailed report after every tower ascent.

Ch. 64Reverse Seven

Wen Xishu received Wen Renjing’s dangerous necklace and chose new Madman’s Dice effects before entering a seventh-floor Strange Tower mission called “Reverse Seven.” He arrived in the Rest Area among an excited group who worshipped him as Saint Wen, just as a man offered to have members of the Xishu Divine Church accompany him.

  • Wen Xishu agreed to cooperate with Liu Jinsen, who explained the Bunker’s rules for installing facilities and urged him to stay cautious in the Strange Tower.
  • Jabbar gave Wen Xishu Wen Renjing’s item, Gradient Indifference, which raised nearby Desire Tower beings’ favorability and willingness to tell the truth but caused their hatred to grow after its effect ended.
  • Wen Xishu accepted advancement to a maximum accessible floor of ten, rolled the Madman’s Dice, and selected Twofold Chain and Quality Upgrade.
  • Wen Xishu entered a mission set seven days before seven deaths at Miracle Apartments, where he had to survive as an investigator and find the demon hidden among the residents.
  • Wen Xishu appeared at the Tian Yuan position in the Rest Area and met a bearded man who offered to send members of the Xishu Divine Church with him.

Ch. 65Miracle Tower

Wen Xishu joined a group of believers from the Xishu Divine Church and entered the Strange Tower’s Reverse Seven mission with them. They arrived at the luxurious Miracle Apartments in Qi City, where Wen Xishu noticed a new action-point system and began investigating the building’s clues.

  • Wen Xishu met Wen Xiange, Xiao Wu, A Miao, and Banana, then agreed to enter the mission with them while denying any devotion to himself.
  • Wen Xishu and the others entered the seventh floor of the Strange Tower and arrived outside the Miracle Apartments in Qi City.
  • Wen Xishu noticed that the mission introduced action points and memorized the seven themed rows of sofas in the lobby.
  • Wen Xishu warned the group that they had to save seven households despite having only five players, and that action points might be needed to investigate their neighbors.
  • The staff member assigned the five players separate rooms on different floors, and Wen Xishu settled into room 14-2 beside one of the mission households.
  • Wen Xishu considered the apartments’ unusually low rent and the mission’s clues, then recalled a potentially important hint.

Ch. 66The future of the Xishu Faith

On the first day at Miracle Apartments, Wen Xishu persuaded the group to share information and concluded that the seven doomed households might have been selected for a sacrifice. He went to meet his neighbor Yin Junchi, learned that he was a horror writer who could not sleep, and was invited into his apartment.

  • Wen Xishu joined a meeting started by Wen Xiange and proposed that everyone first question their neighbors, then share what they learned.
  • Wen Xishu compared the group’s mission descriptions and reasoned that wealthy people had selected the seven households for a possible sacrifice tied to the coming apocalypse.
  • Wen Xiange, Xiaowu, Amiao, and Wu Xiangjiao agreed to investigate their neighbors for shared strange experiences.
  • Wen Xishu chose to interact with neighbors and found that the Strange Tower could make residents’ bodies move on their own.
  • Wen Xishu introduced himself to Yin Junchi, claimed to know feng shui, and learned that Yin Junchi was a horror writer who had been unable to sleep since moving in.

Ch. 67The strange residents

Wen Xishu investigated writer Yin Junchi’s disturbing hallucinations while the other residents visited their neighbors and encountered unsettling personalities. The chapter ended with Wen Xishu asking whether Yin Junchi had hallucinated before developing his horror story.

  • Wen Xishu visited Yin Junchi, learned the writer had moved in at the Three Ball Group’s invitation, and heard about a recurring vision of 630 people staring and howling at him.
  • Wen Xiange brought food to his neighbor in 7-5, who refused it because he was trying to lose weight; Wen Xiange then discovered he could not act without action points.
  • Wu Xiangjiao entered university student 21-9’s home, but the student rebuked him for bringing up women and sent him away.
  • A Miao visited the comedian in 35-13, who cheered her up with his optimistic outlook before she was forced to leave.
  • Xiao Wu met lawyer Jiang Yingce in 28-11, who claimed his room was still dirty, though Xiao Wu saw that it was spotless.
  • Wen Xishu used his annotations to inspect Yin Junchi’s belongings and asked whether the writer had experienced hallucinations before creating his horror plot.

Ch. 68Not a single normal person

Wen Xishu connected the neighbors’ strange behavior to fear and investigated Miracle Tower as the second day began. He reached the Forty-Ninth Floor by surviving a strange elevator encounter, then discovered a mother’s excessive indulgence of her son.

  • Wen Xishu listened as Xiao Wu, Wen Xiange, Wu Xiangjiao, and A Miao described their neighbors, and he realized fear had triggered abnormal changes in some of them.
  • Wen Xishu searched his room, researched Yin Junchi and An Zhenqi, and overheard Yin Junchi writing excitedly late at night.
  • Wen Xishu deduced that the remaining households were on floors 42 and 49, then used 50 action points to explore Miracle Tower and went to the Forty-Ninth Floor.
  • Wen Xishu encountered a motionless staff member in the elevator and watched the figure while using a Mirror until he safely reached the Forty-Ninth Floor.
  • Wen Xishu overheard a boy making noise in the corridor while his mother encouraged him, and he concluded that the residents’ psychological traits were being amplified to excess.

Ch. 69The truth behind Reverse Seven

Wen Xishu realized that the building amplified and reversed traits connected to the seven deadly sins, and he identified several residents’ conditions. He told the others his conclusion at the meeting, but the chapter ended before he explained how to break the effect.

  • Wen Xishu recognized that his own unnatural energy and resistance to sleep came from an escalating supernatural influence, and he realized Yin Junchi was working himself toward sudden death.
  • Wen Xishu inferred that Xiao Wu’s urge to bathe reflected inferiority rather than germaphobia, then concluded that the building’s seven corresponded to the seven deadly sins.
  • The next morning, Wen Xishu saw that A Miao, Xiao Wu, and Venerable Wen were already affected, while Wu Xiangjiao seemed mostly unaffected.
  • Wen Xishu told the group that the building’s sacrifice involved the seven deadly sins and explained that Yin Junchi’s sloth had been reversed into compulsive work.
  • Wen Xishu explained that the mother on the forty-ninth floor had lost envy and become indulgent, and that Xiao Wu and his lawyer neighbor had lost pride and become insecure.

Ch. 70When Stories Became Reality

Wen Xishu explained that the building’s supernatural influence was reversing the seven deadly sins in the residents and urged his teammates to persuade their neighbors to leave. He then used a story connecting Yin Junchi to Miracle Tower and its seven symbolic sofas to unsettle the sleep-deprived novelist, leaving him wondering whether the story’s doomed writer was himself.

  • Wen Xishu identified the teammates’ worsening conditions as reversed forms of the seven deadly sins and told them to approach their neighbors and convince them to leave.
  • Wen Xiange rallied the group, and Xiao Wu, A Miao, and Wu Xiangjiao agreed to try to persuade their neighbors while remaining wary of the building’s influence.
  • Wen Xishu warned the group that they could not leave without enough action points, but said they could pursue the side mission of keeping seven households from breaking apart.
  • Wen Xishu visited Yin Junchi, found him irritable and unable to sleep, and offered to give him inspiration for his writing.
  • Wen Xishu told Yin Junchi a story linking Three Ball Group, An Zhenqi, Miracle Tower, and seven sofas representing the deadly sins.
  • Wen Xishu revealed that seven people would die in the story and asked Yin Junchi whether the novelist would survive.

Ch. 71An Invitation Letter on Credit

Wen Xishu revealed to Yin Junchi that the Seven Taboos Building was draining the seven deadly sins from seven residents, and helped him choose to leave before the Seventh Suppression Mechanism activated. As Wen Xishu waited for an Invitation Letter, Wu Xiangjiao tried to persuade Che Renxiao to leave, but Che Renxiao’s disgust toward lust had warped into a dangerous plan for purification.

  • Wen Xishu told Yin Junchi about the seven residents whose sins were being drained and the 630 other people in the building, convincing him that he needed to escape and investigate from outside.
  • Yin Junchi confirmed that Jiang Yingce had moved into the building, agreed to leave voluntarily, and promised to contact Wen Xishu while sharing the riddle about Miracle Apartments.
  • A notification told Wen Xishu that Yin Junchi’s fate had been rewritten, the Seventh Suppression Mechanism would not activate, and Wen Xishu would receive an Invitation Letter in 24 hours.
  • Wen Xishu returned to his apartment with no action points left and considered how to save the remaining residents and recruit characters with the Slaughter prefix.
  • Wu Xiangjiao visited Che Renxiao and found him watching a childbirth video; Che Renxiao declared that human bodies and reproduction were disgusting and announced that they should complete a purification.

Ch. 72Another Invitation Letter

Wu Xiangjiao, Xiao Wu, and Wen Xiange failed to persuade their neighbors to leave, while A Miao helped He Taiping decide to leave his apartment. A Miao received notice that He Taiping’s fate had been rewritten and that an Invitation Letter would arrive in 24 hours.

  • Wu Xiangjiao failed to convince Che Renxiao to leave, then returned to his apartment and worried that the supernatural influence might affect him too.
  • Xiao Wu visited Lawyer Jiang Yingce, but Jiang’s fear of being dirty drove Xiao Wu to return home and scald himself while trying to wash clean.
  • Wen Xiange visited Bai Dongsheng and witnessed his extreme cycle of hunger, eating, and vomiting before the supernatural force returned him to his apartment.
  • A Miao confronted He Taiping when he asked her to cut a permanent smile into his face, and she slashed her own face instead to show him she could face pain.
  • A Miao persuaded He Taiping to leave the apartment, then received a notification that his fate had been rewritten and an Invitation Letter would arrive in 24 hours.

Ch. 73Teaming up for the Desire Tower

Wen Xishu learned that A Miao had earned an Invitation Letter and brought her with him to the Desire Tower's Rest Area. After A Miao checked his ID, she realized that Wen Xishu was the Bunker's Owner, and he asked her to keep it secret.

  • A Miao told the Xishu Divine Church that she had persuaded her neighbor to leave and asked about Invitation Letters, while Wen Xishu recognized that she had earned one.
  • Wen Xishu ordered Xiao Wu to stop other activities and use his action points to start meetings, then advised Wen Xiange and Wu Xiangjiao to switch neighbors.
  • Wen Xishu received an Invitation Letter for a quest involving the Conglomerate Family's Youngest Son, Scorpio, and clues to level seven completion.
  • A Miao received an Invitation Letter too and agreed to meet Wen Xishu in the next area, while he told the others to conserve their action points.
  • Wen Xishu and A Miao used their Invitation Letters to enter the Desire Tower's Rest Area together.
  • A Miao checked Wen Xishu's ID, recognized his name as the Bunker's Owner, and heard him ask her to keep his identity secret.

Ch. 74How to Use Luck Value

Wen Xishu and A Miao prepared to enter the Desire Tower, where their shared hidden mission concerned a plutocrat’s youngest son and the seventh person connected to the Miracle Tower sacrifices. After pooling their Luck Value, Wen Xishu chose an entry option, and the two vanished into the game.

  • Wen Xishu revealed his identity to A Miao and asked her to keep it secret; she told him her initial Luck Value was nine and confirmed their Invitation Letter tasks matched.
  • Wen Xishu and A Miao met Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan, who shared details about a different seventh-level Qi City mission and reacted with surprise to Wen Xishu’s Strange Tower device.
  • Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan confirmed that Wen Xishu’s unusual background was known to the Old Principal, and they wished him well as he prepared to enter the Desire Tower.
  • Wen Xishu and A Miao agreed to pool their Luck Value, giving them twenty points, and Wen Xishu selected one of the available entry options.
  • Wen Xishu and A Miao vanished, while Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan hoped they would both return safely.

Ch. 75Scorpio Mode

Wen Xishu entered the Desire Tower in Scorpio Mode as a homeless man and used its choice-and-dice system, violence, and Mental Barrage to learn that Miracle Tower was in South River District. Meanwhile, A Miao woke up as a race car driver and turned her Ferrari toward Miracle Tower, leaving their reunion uncertain.

  • Wen Xishu learned from a radio report that Miracle Tower was already attracting rumors, then discovered that Scorpio Mode presented action options resolved by dice rolls.
  • Wen Xishu left the homeless man and beat up a cyclist, using Mental Barrage to make him think about An Jincheng and Miracle Tower.
  • Wen Xishu sensed A Hui's memory of Miracle Tower in South River District, took his phone, money, and bike, and rode toward the tower.
  • A Miao woke up as a race car driver in Bell City District and chose to drive toward Miracle Tower.
  • A Miao's Ferrari reversed away from the race and sped toward Miracle Tower while Wen Xishu wondered how she could reach him.

Ch. 76Miracle Tower in the Desire Tower

Wen Xishu stole a taxi to reach Miracle Tower, where he reunited with A Miao and used Wen Renjing’s necklace to pass through the building unnoticed. He reached the guarded door of apartment 42-7, where he hoped to find An Jincheng, and considered how long the tower’s influence might have transformed him.

  • Wen Xishu carjacked a taxi after its driver refused to take him to Miracle Tower, earning a one-star wanted level as police pursued him.
  • Wen Xishu evaded the police and met A Miao outside Miracle Tower; he asked her to wait nearby and help him escape when he called.
  • Wen Xishu entered Miracle Tower by choosing to blend in, and Wen Renjing’s necklace made its residents and guards treat him as one of their own.
  • Wen Xishu rode to the forty-first floor, passed guards on the stairs, and reached the entrance to apartment 42-7.
  • Wen Xishu reflected that An Jincheng, later known as An Zhenqi, had been affected by Reverse Seven longer than the other residents.
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