Chapter 31: The Bosses of the Slaughter Tower

Nisen jumped up excitedly:
"Bro, I don't think you guys are simple at all, and this treasure must be far from ordinary. As long as the three of us work together, we will definitely be able to overcome any obstacle!"

Wen Xishu was gradually getting used to Nisen’s must-rhyme speaking style.

Yue Yun asked:
"If there is only one treasure, and the three of us find it, how shall it be divided?"

That was a very good question, and Nisen fell silent.

Wen Xishu felt a strange urge to laugh. A person's life is one of constant compromise and self-diminishment. He had seen too many cases of people who held grand dreams in their youth, only to shrink back step by step until they settled for being nothing more than ordinary. Having lived two lives, he was naturally uninterested in anything ethereal or illusory. Especially the trope of "a treasure everyone fails to find, but I can"—he completely dismissed the idea that such a thing would happen to him.

However, looking at Yue Yun, it seemed he was already convinced that the academy’s treasure belonged to him by right. This actually gave Wen Xishu a feeling of being back in his student days. Of course, as a transmigrator, it would be a lie to say he had no expectations for his own life.

"Let’s see who it’s best suited for. Even if it is a treasure, it might not align with one's own attributes. When the time comes, we’ll see who the treasure fits best, and give it to them."

"It’s fate that we’ve come together. If we can find something that all our predecessors have failed to locate, it just goes to show that the three of us are extraordinary together."

"The treasure itself is secondary."

Wen Xishu was indeed very good at playing the role that everyone found warm and likable, much like he had done with Jennifer inside the Weird Tower. His words made both young men, Yue Yun and Nisen, feel very comfortable.

"Yo! This is our invincible bond! We are destined to become the best of partners! Though there are many hardships ahead, anyone who dares to block our path will surely pay!"

Nisen continued his cringeworthy performance. Yet, those things that people find embarrassing after reaching the age of thirty are precisely what make student days the most unique.

Wen Xishu said:
"Nisen, why don't you start by telling us if you’ve gathered any clues?"

Nisen nodded:
"It is said that this treasure only appears at night. It cannot be seen during the day."

"At night, some special guidance will appear. As long as you pay attention, you will find something like an entrance."

Nisen stopped speaking. After a long while, Yue Yun continued his "cool-guy" contemplation pose and asked:
"That’s it? Just that?"

Nisen shrugged:
"This is already quite good. It’s much better than those who try to find the treasure during the day!"

Yue Yun took a deep breath. In such a massive academy, these clues were roughly equivalent to having no clues at all.

Yue Yun suggested:
"In that case, let’s familiarize ourselves with the academy first. Are you two interested in touring the grounds with me?"

Wen Xishu was certainly interested. His injuries were healing quickly, and walking was no longer an issue. Since it was the Three Towers Academy, there had to be some things typical of an academy—for instance, the stereotype that an academy must have a library. Wen Xishu quite wanted to visit the library.

Thus, the three set off together to tour the academy. Yue Yun, whose academic scores were perfect, used his brain to record the layout of the place. Every scene passed, every detail of every building, he memorized. It would make it easier to spot differences at night.

Wen Xishu didn't bother with these things; he had little interest in the treasure. He held the mentality of "it would be fine to try, but it doesn't matter if we don't find it." His main goal was to familiarize himself with the academy's layout.

The academy was divided into Department Zones and Campus Zones. The Department Zones were areas exclusive to the Slaughter Tower Department and the Desire Tower Department. The most unique aspects of these zones were the simulation halls. The Slaughter Tower Academy’s halls simulated various monsters, though rarely "elite" or "boss" types. The Desire Tower Department’s halls simulated various social interaction scenarios. The Slaughter Tower Academy also had wooden posts that provided damage feedback, while the Desire Tower Department had emotional fluctuation monitors to verify which words were most moving. Teachers primarily trained and coached students within these halls, explaining knowledge relevant to their respective tower departments. Dormitories were also located within these zones.

The biggest feature of the Department Zones was that Bunker citizens within them could utilize the power of the Three Towers, but they all followed one principle: the independence of the Three Towers' abilities. For example, one could not use Desire Tower powers within the Slaughter Tower zone. Of course, Weird Tower power did not seem to be restricted. Furthermore, the Three Towers' sequence powers could not be used against one’s own kind outside of class hours; if discovered, one risked expulsion.

Beyond the Department Zones lay the Campus Zones, which included the canteen, library, and lecture halls. Among these, the most frequented by students were the canteen and the library. The library had a bit of a medieval fantasy vibe. At its rooftop, a massive, clover-shaped device resembling a fan was suspended. It was truly enormous and crafted from brass, yet no one knew how it stayed afloat.

Powers from the Three Towers could not be used in the Campus Zones, making it just like a normal academy. Therefore, countless students were awestruck by this floating clover-shaped device. The library itself was one of the tallest buildings in the bunker. You could say it was a tower filled with books. Currently, the bunker’s collection did not fill the entire tower, but even so, it was arguably the place with the largest collection of books in the bunker.

Students mostly read on the first six floors, especially the sixth. The sixth floor was filled with books concerning the Slaughter Tower and the Desire Tower. Thus, students from both departments could cross paths in the Campus Zone. Occasionally, some Desire Tower students would be hit on by Slaughter Tower students, as the former generally came from better families and were more attractive.

Entering the library and canteen required a student ID. Albert had already taken care of this for Wen Xishu. The student IDs for the Desire Tower Academy had a white background, while those for the Slaughter Tower Academy were red. One could tell a student's affiliation at a glance.

So, when Wen Xishu, Nisen, and Yue Yun arrived at the library, some of the few Desire Tower students present cast looks of disdain. This was a second-year senior from the Desire Tower department named Luo Qian, who was quite attractive. Over the past year, Luo Qian had slept with many young nobles from the Desire Tower department, successfully cashing in on her "talent." She had begun living an upper-class life, shopping freely and enjoying various entertainments on the sixth functional level. Looking at the Slaughter Tower students, she couldn't help but look down on them.

"Vulgar Slaughter Tower students."

This was the stereotype Desire Tower students held toward the Slaughter Tower department. In the eyes of Luo Qian and many of her peers, they were the elite, the ones contributing to society with their brains. The Slaughter Tower students were just a bunch of thugs with no brains, relying only on brute force.

This group coming to the library was nothing more than an attempt to pick up girls. For instance, the girl named Jiang Xue in the corner had been harassed by quite a few Slaughter Tower freshmen. Luo Qian watched this, indifferent. She didn't like Jiang Xue. Judging by her clothes, it was clear she was from the lower levels; although Luo Qian had once been from the lower levels herself, she now loathed lower-level people, having convinced herself she belonged to a different class. Furthermore, Jiang Xue’s beauty made her feel inferior.

There is a saying: "Your thousand interpretations and readings of me do not constitute one-ten-thousandth of me, yet they reveal everything about you." In Luo Qian’s eyes, a girl like Jiang Xue must be a slut to the core; otherwise, why enter the Desire Tower Academy? Seeing Jiang Xue politely decline the Slaughter Tower freshmen and return to her serious reading made her feel nauseated.

[Disgusting bitch, acting all pure. Isn't she just waiting to be slept with by the young masters from the upper levels?]

When the mental "bullet screen" comment floated by, Wen Xishu noticed this senior named Luo Qian, whose internal hatred toward a certain freshman had reached an extreme. At the same time, he followed her gaze to look at the freshman being mocked.

Wen Xishu could imagine the hardships of some lower-level women in the Desire Tower department, but he was not interested in the fates of others. He was merely surprised... that one could see mental bullet screens even in a campus area like the library?

On his way there, Wen Xishu had been asking about common knowledge. He now knew that the Three Towers' sequences could only be used within their respective department zones. But this seemed to indicate something else—the Weird sequence could be used anywhere within the Three Towers Academy, whether it was a Department Zone or a Campus Zone.

Wen Xishu fell into thought... The Three Towers Academy was the only one that lacked a Weird Tower department, while the Slaughter and Desire Towers both had theirs. According to Albert, the art of raiding the Weird Tower couldn't be taught; it was unpredictable and had no laws. But was that really the case?

A treasure no one could find, the Weird Tower sequence covering the entire academy, an institution called the "Three Towers Academy" that lacked a Weird Tower department... Wen Xishu frowned slightly, unable to make sense of it all. Yet he had a vague feeling that perhaps the so-called treasure was related to the Weird.

He didn't ponder this for too long, as he soon found the book he was looking for. Wen Xishu, Yue Yun, and Nisen did not care about the disdainful looks from the Desire Tower students. The three of them decided to study in the library for a while and wait until nightfall to hunt for the academy’s treasure.

Nisen was reading *A Guide for Slaughter Tower Academy Freshmen*, written by one of the academy's teachers. Yue Yun was reading *A Summary of Slaughter Tower Sequences*. Wen Xishu found a *Slaughter Tower Monster Compendium*.

Inside, there were things that piqued his interest.