Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"So it's the same fifty years ago as it is now?"

"Everyone has disappeared, and the world has been wiped clean?"

Lu Xitong remained silent for a while.

"To be honest, I don't know the specific relationship between the two, but the closing time was indeed earlier this time."

"Theoretically, the Black Tower Gate should not close for another 12 years."

"Twelve years? How do you know that the Black Tower Gate will close soon?"

Lu Xitong smiled calmly:

"It's very simple. Anyone who has entered the Black Tower can sense the opening or closing of the Black Tower's gate no matter where they are afterward."

"The terms 'closing' and 'opening' here include 'about to close' and 'about to open'."

"Consider it a 'welcome gift' from Black Tower."

"That's the only explanation."

Chen Xi had thought he could learn some information about the world becoming a blank slate, but it turned out to be a completely different matter.

Chen Xi then asked about two more important things.

One is about symbols.

The other is the indigenous people.

The symbol is somewhat mysterious, and Lu Xitong doesn't know much more about it than Chen Xi.

The only certainty is that there are ten symbols in total.

Because only Yang Wei could see those numbers, Chen Xi knew that the numbers must be from 1 to 10.

This is somewhat similar to the Overlord Sequence, the Supreme Talent, and Forbidden Items.

Unfortunately, Lu Xitong had no clue about these numbers; she didn't even know that numbers existed.

She drew Chen Xi's attention to an elderly man with a full head of white hair carrying a long sword.

Lu Xitong called him "the man who carries a sword"!

And this person carrying a sword symbolizes...

It was slaughter!

This is a symbol that one should not allow any living creatures around them; it is extremely terrifying.

However, Lu Xitong said that the symbols have nothing to do with the extraordinary or the fake, and are independent systems.

But Chen Xi doesn't think so. Because of his identity as a painter, he believes that the symbol should have some connection with the extraordinary.

However, he was confused about the specifics and didn't say anything.

As for the indigenous people, Lu Xitong had no clue; she had only heard of them but had never seen them.

There was no information available, so naturally, no one knew what the infinity symbol specifically represented.

As they continued walking, they chatted intermittently.

Although the meeting was very brief, we got along quite well.

The two of them discussed the issue of the closed door again. Lu Xitong said that the closed door does not mean that one cannot get out. As long as one obtains the "key" to the Black Tower Gate, one can still get out.

However, she had no information about the key.

Not all of Chen Xi's questions were very purposeful, after all, they had talked about many things in a very casual way over the course of several days.

It covers everything from astronomy to postpartum care for sows.

Chen Xi also learned that the terrifying top laner who had relegated Bin to the bench was none other than Lu Xitong.

"Do you think you can still upgrade like this?"

"After all, all ordinary people have now entered the Black Tower."

"some."

"The upgrade from Tier I to Tier II isn't just about performing and killing fake humans; those are just the simplest and quickest ways."

"The others are more complicated and inefficient, but they do exist. I won't go into them since you're almost at Tier III now."

Chen Xi nodded.

Like Awakening, Black Tower Stone is the most stable method that has been found, but it is not the only method.

"So, what brings you into the Black Tower?"

"I don't think you came in just to close the door."

This was a rather private question, and Chen Xi hadn't originally planned to ask it.

But after chatting with the other person for a while, I felt good about it, so I just casually mentioned it as a casual conversation.

"I'm going to find a turtle."

"This turtle is called the 'Prophecy Turtle.' It's not a living creature, but rather a moving safe zone."

"And it's one of those extremely rare, 100% safe zones."

"Your ability to predict the tortoise's future is that if you tell it something, it can give you a 'yes or no' answer with 100% accuracy, but the timing is unknown."

Similarly, there is no such thing as a free lunch; asking questions also comes at a price, and that price depends on the question itself.

Chen Xi nodded without surprise. Since Lu Xitong didn't mention her question, it was a secret. Although Chen Xi was a little curious, she could only give up.

This prophetic tortoise is quite interesting; I wonder if I'll ever encounter one.

Although we don't know what the cost will be, we can only ask it to answer one question.

He had a lot of questions; even if he could only find out if the answer was yes or no, Chen Xi still had many questions.

So Chen Xi hasn't figured out what the problem is yet; he'll deal with it when he encounters the prophetic tortoise.

three days later.

Chen Xi and his companion successfully arrived at the Black Tower Gate.

At this point, Chen Xi's progress has reached 99% of Stage II!

Along the way, he didn't learn anything else, but he did learn a lot of skills to gain experience!

He directly used stitching to control those Ta slaves, and then Lu Xitong went up and punched them one by one.

Initially, it was just to save time, since Chen Xi's mission was to kill.

But I didn't expect that assists would also earn experience points.

Chen Xi didn't know how the experience points were calculated; he had only made simple adjustments, but he had gained a lot.

Although the number of Tanus has doubled, it shouldn't have increased by 2%.

According to Chen Xi's own estimation, he should only improve by 1% at most.

For now, we can only attribute this achievement to Lu Xitong's stage of half-entering sainthood.

"what?"

"There's even a crystal tree!"

"I thought this creature was extinct."

Lu Xitong looked at a corner of the Black Tower, where there was a timid-looking tree with legs.

A sapphire the size of an apple was hanging on the tree.

According to what Liu Ma said at the time, this should be a crystallized fruit, only it wasn't as big as the head he had described.

The effect is to increase lifespan.

Chen Xi never expected to run into him at this time.

Upon seeing the two, the Crystal Tree immediately attempted to flee.

Unfortunately, he encountered Lu Xitong, who was only halfway to sainthood, and died on the spot.

"This size can probably add about 20 years to one's lifespan."

Lu Xitong is like a human-shaped electronic scale, making assessments.

(Bad news! We didn't get into the Black Tower! I've sped up the writing, but I still haven't finished. There's still a little bit left. We'll enter the Black Tower in the next chapter!)