Three Towers Game

Chapter 312 The Trade Fair and Virgins
Albert and Wen Xishu can be said to be the two "leaders" of the Three Towers Academy, both of whom are extremely capable.

After proposing an activity that would benefit both themselves and others, the two quickly developed a concrete plan.

The six major families are promoting their cause, and the Xishu Cult is also doing so.

Especially William Hawkner of the William family.

After the death of the old elder Liu Zhizai, Albert truly took over the position of "Emperor" of the bunker.

He reduced the frequency of climbing the tower slightly. Albert didn't need to worry too much about managing the bunker; all he needed to do was stay alive.

Without Lao Jin, the five elders felt they had lost their support, and now they had Wen Xishu, a fellow traveler of Albert...

The five elders now dare not gamble that Albert will continue to ignore bunker politics as usual.

The five elders now all have kind and benevolent faces.

William Gordon went on to praise William Hawkner highly, believing that the boy had a great business sense and strategic vision.

Gaining Wen Xishu's favor is of great help to the William family, one of the five elder families.

William Hawkner covered all the costs for the trade fair, including setup, advertising, labor, booth fees, and auditing fees.

Of course, to ensure everyone could come, he even put on a song and dance performance during the event.

The Wen and Xun families, two of the six great families, were very frustrated because none of them had a business genius; they were all a bunch of mediocre people.

Although Wenren Jing is certainly more prominent than William Hawkner, among these second-generation figures…

Who knows, in the future, the one who will be the most successful will not be the one who climbs the tower the best, but the one who is the most adept at getting things done.

William Hawkner certainly seized the opportunity and made a name for himself.

Even the following day, when the academy's departmental area—the area where item abilities could be used—was transformed into a sizable trading area with many exquisite stalls…

Albert praised William Hawkner, and that afternoon, Albert went to William's house to catch up with William Gordon, one of the five elders.

That evening, everyone received a message from the bunker's government office—

This afternoon, Albert, the Bunker Legend and Principal of the Three Towers Academy, went to the sixteenth floor and had a friendly talk with the head of the William family. The two sides had an in-depth exchange and fully exchanged views on the trade fair. Albert pointed out that the Five Elders are an indispensable and important part of the Bunker, and both sides should further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, promote personnel exchanges, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

The bunker is only so big. If you can't expand outwards and can't get benefits from the three towers, then you can only find a way to survive in the bunker.

In short, with the help of the William family, everything went incredibly smoothly.

Wen Xishu was also at a dinner party when William Hawkner personally reported on the details of the trade fair.

Simply put, the trade fair will be divided into two parts.

The first part is the market.

After review, items whose value is difficult to determine will be advertised, sold, and traded by their owners in the market.

The items or sequences in the market are most likely not priceless.

However, it's hard to say. It's possible that the review process made a mistake, or that some items might not work well in most environments but have a remarkable effect in a few scenarios.

It may also be someone who can be of great help to certain people with specific abilities.

The price of these kinds of items is hard to determine. Whether they can be sold, and how easily they can be sold, depends on how the owner promotes them.

The second part is the auction area.

The items in the auction section are, simply put, "easy to sell".

Whether it's an item or a sequence, once you get it, as long as you have inventory and sequence slots, it will definitely be an item that greatly improves your character.

There are very few items available for the auction at the moment.

Because those who possess such items often have sequences that are not tradable.

Or the items in the Tower of Slaughter have level restrictions.

To find useful items with low level restrictions, or tradable sequences that offer significant upgrades... and items that the holder is willing to sell—

Even the accumulated heritage of the entire bunker over several decades is rare.

On the contrary, Albert and the five elders provided a number of tradable sequences.

There is very little support from the general public.

The saying that true masters are often found among ordinary people seems to fall short of scrutiny at this moment.

Compared to the market area where tens of thousands of people registered to get a stall on the same day—

The auction area was quite deserted; there were only nine items available for auction at the moment.

Seven of these items came from the five elders and the former principal, or from the six major families.

Of course, this is only the first day of preparation. Preparing for this project will take several days.

Because the items for auction were so rare, the market opened first, and the auction will wait a week to see the feedback before deciding whether to continue.

Fourth day.

This was one of the longest Wen Xishu had ever stayed in the bunker.

After not climbing the tower for several days, his tower addiction kicked in. He dreamt about unlocking some awesome points with the Dice of Madness and unlocking some awesome abilities with the Scorpion Knife.

But upon waking, I felt utterly powerless, as if I were trapped in a bunker and unable to escape.

Because Albert forced Wen Xishu to take a break, and because Wen Xishu needed to attend various events.

Fortunately, the market had opened by the fourth day, and Wen Xishu had finished all her various chores.

He began browsing the market.

To make the market familiar, it was designed to resemble the layout of a rest area with 19 interconnected streets.

Wander through the various stalls along the crisscrossing lines.

On the morning of the fourth day, Wen Xishu arrived at the school and immediately sensed the overwhelming popularity of the Three Towers Academy.

Normally, the Three Towers Academy is not open to the public, since this department area allows the use of sequences and items and is a special area.

But today, the Three Towers Academy is overflowing with people to facilitate transactions.

If it weren't for the restrictions that only people with a specific registration number could enter, the population density of this market would probably be comparable to that of a train in India.

Even with restrictions limiting entry to those with a specific sequence, and even with the division into three areas: the Weird Sequence, the Killing Sequence, and the Desire Sequence...

But every area was still crowded, even the eerie area that Wen Xishu was browsing.

The bizarre sequences are often characterized by extremely strange abilities. Wen Xishu had not expected that less than a month after the Ghost Tower incentive policy was launched, so many people would set up stalls.

He even ran into an acquaintance at the first stall he visited.

"Boss, how much for this? Exchange with merit points? Or barter?"

It was a girl's voice, which surprised Wen Xishu slightly.

He turned around and saw a familiar face: Jiang Xue.

"Can I trade you my desire sequence? Desire sequence 244: Asceticism."

"What a piece of trash! I won't trade, I won't trade. I can't even get into the Desire Tower, what the hell am I supposed to do with the Desire Sequence? You guys from the Desire Tower, don't come here showing off your superiority." The stall owner cursed directly.

Wen Xishu found it interesting and stopped to watch for a while.

In fact, there are many contradictions in this world.

If there's a group of people in this world who can earn a decent living without working hard, and you're not one of them, you'd probably dislike those people.

Jiang Xue knew that the other party had misunderstood her:

"I'm sorry, I just transferred to the Tower of Ghosts myself. I'm really sorry, I don't have any other specializations. Can you accept merit points?"

“I just heard you explain the function of this sequence to the previous person, and I found it very interesting. Please consider it; I really need it.”

The strange sequence being sold by the vendor, numbered 306, is one of the later sequences.

However, the tradable sequence, coupled with its somewhat useful abilities, was very attractive to Jiang Xue. Not long ago, Jiang Xue became one of the rare cases of transferring from the Desire Tower Academy to the Mystery Tower Academy.

This has led many people to rediscover the girl.

Jiang Xue originally thought that she could grit her teeth and use her humiliation to pave the way for the advancement of Yuta Academy.

But then she discovered two things, the first thing—

The rich kids know your mindset. Don't think that in this world, you can become strong simply by being dirty and depraved. In fact, those who offer you this opportunity often know how to exploit this mindset and take advantage of you.

However, people tend to remember only those who succeeded by chance.

She witnessed too many boys and girls using their bodies to advance their careers, only to end up with nothing.

Climbing the tower, making the seemingly difficult choice, is actually the right thing to do.

The second thing was the appearance of Wen Xishu. Jiang Xue realized... this person, who was the same age as her, had stirred up a storm.

The current hot trend is heading to the Tower of Ghosts.

So she made a bold decision to become the first transfer student in history to move from the Tower of Desire to the Tower of Ghosts.

Wen Xishu never expected that the transfer student the academy spirit had mentioned was Jiang Xue.

In this world, many people's attention is focused on Xun Hui, Wen Xishu, and Wenren Jing.

But in reality, this world is not lacking in people who are ruthless to themselves.

Wen Xishu decided to send his greetings:
What is the purpose of this sequence?

The stall owner looked at him and thought, "Why does this person look so much like the person in the market poster?"
He suddenly realized:

"Ah! You're Dean Wen!"

Jiang Xue was also startled, then overjoyed:
"Dean Wen, are you here to browse the market too?"

Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"Yes, shopkeeper, what effect does this sequence have?"

The stall owner thought to himself, "Maybe today I can exchange my trash sequence for a good one. After all, my stall has been visited by a legend, so I have to promote it properly."
The stall owner immediately smiled and said:

"This sequence is the bizarre sequence 306: Needle at the Bottom of the Sea."

"Simply put, this sequence makes it impossible for others to guess what you are thinking and to see your true thoughts."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xishu found it quite interesting:
"Then your sequence is inferior to her asceticism; you should exchange with her."

"After all, as long as my acting is good enough, no one can tell what I'm thinking."

The stall owner shook his head and said:
"No, no, no, Dean, this is different. Do you know how I obtained this treasure?"

"I earned this by participating in a game on the sixth floor of the Tower of Horrors. The game involved imitating the monster's parents in front of a terrifying monster, but without making the monster remember that these were its parents."

"I put a lot of thought into it back then. The biggest effect of this sequence is that... even if others have mind-reading abilities, what they read will be the wrong thoughts."

"Of course... it also has a side effect. That is, after I put it into the sequence slot... I'm in the rest area, and nobody understands me."

"I wanted to exchange information with the other party, but they couldn't figure out what I was thinking. In short, no matter what I expressed, they wouldn't think in the direction I really wanted."

Wen Xishu was puzzled:
"What do you want this for?"

Jiang Xue said:

“The last time I explored the Tower of Horrors… I encountered a woman who claimed to be a virgin. What a nutcase, I felt she was insulting me.”

Yes, virgins are extremely rare at the Desire Tower Academy.

Of course, the same goes for virgins.

Wen Xishu's gaze suddenly turned serious.

“It’s strange, she seems to be able to read my mind, she knows all my thoughts.”

“I hate this feeling of being controlled. I feel like I need to become an unpredictable person.”

Wen Xishu was initially wondering why this student wanted such a niche sequence. He only intended to ask, not expecting to get any real or useful information.

But to his surprise, he actually heard that word from Jiang Xue.

Virgo, so naturally he thought of zodiac signs.

Jiang Xue realized that Dean Wen seemed interested, so she continued:
"She seemed to have nothing to do with the eerie thing itself. My first encounter with her was on the fourth floor. My task at the time was to play a game with a girl."

"The girl seems to have suffered some kind of trauma. I suspect that the arrival of the apocalypse will turn some people with tragic experiences who are unable to move on into corresponding monsters."

"The girl will list some people, and we will choose one to kill based on their characteristics."

"There are good people and bad people inside. You pass the level by killing the bad people."

"And then... I made the right choice. I killed a... woman who looked strange, but it turned out to be a man."

"Finally, I heard a story. It was about a girl who had a boyfriend who loved her very much. They had been together for a long time and she thought they would love each other forever, but one day, she found out that her boyfriend was cheating on her."

"The person she was having an affair with was a... man, an older man dressed as a man named Ah Hong."

Wen Xishu thought to herself, "This world is still too crazy."

Jiang Xue said:

"I had already finished the game, but suddenly I encountered someone who claimed to be a virgin..."

"It's strange, she seems to know everything I'm thinking, and she even asked me if I wanted to be with her."

“I really dislike this person. I hate being seen through, so I thought, if only there were something that would prevent me from being seen through.”

Wen Xishu understood; this really was... a very suitable prop.

Sequence 306, Needle at the Bottom of the Sea, allows Jiang Xue's behavior to be incomprehensible to outsiders.

Wen Xishu said:
"This sequence will make you seem very different and lonely."

Jiang Xue nodded:
"But I've attended Professor Yin Ze's classes, and I think he's a bit extreme in some ways, but he does have his merits."

"I don't think you've fallen in love with those weird creatures."

"Should you... try to understand them?"

Jiang Xue glanced tentatively at Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu thought to herself, "Damn, that look in his eyes is as if he's asking me if I'm a weirdo."

Wen Xishu revealed an expression of appreciation:
Yes, I understand them.

Jiang Xue nodded:
“Yes, Dean Wen, so I was thinking that, on the one hand, I cannot be understood, but correspondingly, this sequence may also put me in an environment where I am not understood... to think about how to be understood.”

Wen Xishu thought to himself, "That's really amazing."

Only by deeply experiencing the feeling of being misunderstood can one understand those equally misunderstood strange beings.

Wen Xishu said:
"Then I wish you success in obtaining this sequence."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the shopkeeper:
"Shopkeeper, why don't you sell it to her? She's one of the most talented students I have. She'll definitely rise to the top of the leaderboard in the future."

Jiang Xue was flattered, and the shop owner's eyes lit up as well.

That's how the deal was struck.

After accepting Jiang Xue's thanks, Wen Xishu did not linger, but he did give her a brief explanation.

If Jiang Xue encounters this self-proclaimed virgin again, she must remember every detail about him.

After giving his instructions, Wen Xishu left Jiang Xue.

He was in a hurry to shop; looking at the huge market, he had developed a strong interest in shopping.

He himself began to wonder if there were any items that others looked down upon but that had miraculous effects on him.

(End of this chapter)