Tower Climbing Strategy

Tower Climbing Strategy

In the time that followed, Wang Wen barely attended any classes at the academy.

He would go back to sleep every day, wake up in the morning to exercise, and occasionally share a meal with the thin, small boy.

All his remaining time was spent in the Guard Department training grounds, where he became a model of industry.

He guided the Four Vajras surrounding Vice Chief Jiang, helping them polish various mechanisms bit by bit.

From time to time, he would even personally step in to adjust the finer details.

He demonstrated the disassembly process of every mechanism with tireless patience, explaining various permutations to spark their inspiration and creativity.

The physical training corner of the grounds was also overhauled; he adjusted and improved the equipment based on the highly optimized training methods from twenty years in the future.

Anything useless or ineffective was discarded, replaced with facilities that fit within the Guard Department's current budget.

Most importantly, he added a scientific decryption training area, with the industrious Wang Wen providing the instruction himself.

During this period, Wang Wen ate and trained alongside the Four Vajras.

At first, because his physical stamina couldn't keep up, the well-trained guards often teased him: "Teacher Wang, physical training is different from other projects. Why don't you just watch us practice instead of demonstrating it yourself?"

Drenched in sweat, Wang Wen ignored them entirely.

When they became truly too noisy, he simply added a few more pounds of weight to their loads.

Helplessly, the more he did this, the more "rampant" the Four Vajras became; they would often be too exhausted to speak, yet still point at Wang Wen and laugh.

But soon, they realized that the distance between themselves and the once-frail Teacher Wang was shrinking significantly!

This discovery gave them a real shock.

How many years had the guards been training?

How many days had Wang Wen been training?

Even if there was a saying that training had "diminishing returns the later you start," it shouldn't be this extreme, right?

The key was that Wang Wen's training always radiated an aura of "if it doesn't kill me, I'll train until I die."

He trained until he was injured or even went into shock several times, and the medical supplies specifically stocked in the training grounds by the Guard Department were almost entirely consumed by Wang Wen.

The Four Vajras grew worried, fearing that if things continued this way and Teacher Wang trained himself to death, no one would be willing to teach them mechanism arts and scientific decryption for free.

These were the most formal academy courses, not at all on the same level as the amateur methods outside; in one week, they had made more progress than in the past year!

Moreover, this desperate method of training caused immense damage to the body.

In the long run, the joints, ligaments, bones, and internal organs would all suffer varying degrees of injury.

If he truly ended up disabled, it would be no laughing matter.

But only Wang Wen knew in his heart that what he was pursuing right now was speed; no matter how damaged his body became, he would have ways to fix it in the future.

He had confidence in the items from the World Tower.

Everything is difficult at the start, and his current cooperation with the Guard Department was the most important thing.

Without visible gains, they would likely lose patience with the partnership.

It had taken so much effort to reach an agreement; it would be a shame to give up halfway.

In Wang Wen's view, he had to at least flip the power dynamic, turning the situation from him "begging" the Guard Department for cooperation into the Guard Department begging him for it!

A few days later, the Four Vajras entered the tower according to Wang Wen's plan.

Vice Chief Jiang did not go on this trip; he needed to remain at the Guard Department to oversee the big picture.

A few more days passed.

The Chief returned from his business trip.

The lead guard also returned.

His condition seemed terrible; for some reason, he was covered in injuries, and his hand was even in a plaster cast and bandages.

The moment he saw Wang Wen in the Guard Department, he immediately tried to rush over to fight him to the death.

How could this be allowed?

Because the training intensity between Wang Wen and the Four Vajras had been so high during this time, their food couldn't be too light. Wang Wen had specifically spent thousands of ocean dollars to buy plenty of meat products for the Guard Department cafeteria to improve the nutritional content of their meals.

In this day and age, as long as the cafeteria chefs had meat to cook, they didn't care who bought it, and the procurement department was thrilled to save so much money on meat costs.

The guards had ribs, beef, and chicken legs at every meal, and they couldn't help but feel grateful to Wang Wen.

Seeing the lead guard trying to fight Wang Wen, they hurriedly stepped forward to break up the scuffle.

With so many people in the chaos, it was inevitable that the lead guard's injuries were worsened by the intervention.

The Chief had originally returned from his trip with a look of joy on his face.

The chair was barely warm when this scene unfolded at the Guard Department, the mood instantly shifting from sunny to overcast.

Ignoring the Deputy Chief's report on recent operations, the Chief dragged the lead guard into the office.

Wang Wen exchanged a glance with the Deputy Chief, shrugged, and went back to his own business.

It was clear that the lead guard had returned empty-handed once again.

Word was that he had even fallen out with his sworn brother, their dispute escalating until they came to blows.

No matter how well-trained the lead guard was, he was ultimately just an ordinary person who hadn't even cleared the hundredth floor.

His opponent, however, was a regional expert who had reached the two-hundredth floor.

If it came to a fight, the lead guard had no chance of winning unless he drew his gun.

And if he did draw his gun, he might lose his life.

After all, drawing a gun meant things were getting serious, and if things got serious, a two-hundredth-floor climber would likely use a World Tower item like the Earth-Shaking Talisman.

The situation would become impossible to control.

Seeing that the lead guard had been taught a sufficient lesson, Wang Wen stopped tormenting him.

He explained the activation rules for the items to the Chief.

The Chief's face turned pitch black upon hearing them.

Learning that the other party who snatched the Earth-Shaking Talisman was the First Consortium, he had nowhere to vent his anger and could only dump it all on Wang Wen.

"Why didn't you say such important information earlier?" The Chief pointed at Wang Wen, his face full of rage. "You deliberately set the guards up!"

"I only said there were fifty Earth-Shaking Talismans, and you got them, didn't you? It's not my fault he was unlucky and greedy." Wang Wen walked away without lingering.

He still had to focus on organizing the next "Tower Climbing Strategy".

His preliminary goal was to get the Four Vajras to the three-hundredth floor as quickly as possible.

The Guard Department could not afford to take risks.

Therefore, climbing the tower required complete preparation.

Since he could not enter the tower himself, there were many factors that needed to be considered in advance.

He wrote them down one by one in a notebook, and as they accumulated, the Four Vajras jokingly dubbed it the "Tower Climbing Strategy".

Before he could finish organizing, the Chief roared furiously at the Deputy Chief inside the office: "I don't agree!"

The Deputy Chief emerged from the office and said helplessly to Wang Wen, "The cooperation might be falling through."

Before the words had even faded, a commotion erupted at the entrance of the Guard Department.

The Four Vajras had returned!

The leader, Jiang Daoli, held an item high in his hand, his expression ecstatic: "A World Tower item, the Ginseng Fruit! We reached the two-hundred-and-fiftieth floor! Deputy Jiang, we've caught up to you!"

The fame of the Ginseng Fruit was far greater than that of the Earth-Shaking Talisman.

There were two reasons for this.

First, the Earth-Shaking Talisman was a rare item that few knew about, while the Ginseng Fruit was merely a common item; almost anyone who reached the 250th floor had a chance to obtain one, provided their luck wasn't abysmal—like the forty-four unlucky runs in Wang Wen's past life where he never even saw food.

Second, although the Ginseng Fruit was a common item, its effects were anything but ordinary, as it was, after all, a product of the World Tower.

Ginseng Fruit -- Consuming it restores one year of vitality to the body's aging organs; eating more has no additional effect.