While Wujiu was processing the investigation report on the exploration of Xuanhui City, Bai Wu made some preparations and went to the third floor.
He planned to leave the tower again within two days after a good rest, so every time he returned to the tower, Bai Wu would deal with all the things that could be handled as soon as possible.
There are two things going on this time.
Visiting Yan Jiu and maintaining friendship was secondary. The main purpose was to get some information about the ruler of the fifth level from Yan Jiu.
The second step is to interrogate Lilith, extract information about Cain, and try to make Cain answer a multiple-choice question.
Because he did not agree to provide Yan Jiu's information to the Zhenyu Army, the "Ci" in Bai Wu's name was still not removed.
On the elevator to the third floor, his perception increased as his companion force increased, and he began to listen to some people's conversations.
The conversations among the lowest-level miners are often about whether the area they are heading to today is dangerous, whether anyone from a certain gang is looking for trouble, or whether there is anyone in the supervisor's investigation corps who would like to accept bribes.
But once they got rid of their identities as miners and became workers serving the third-level nobles with a monthly income of 3,000 towers, the topic turned to the big things on the fourth and fifth floors of the tower.
For example, the last military exercise between the two armies, the future situation of the tower, energy distribution, when the red zone will be conquered, and other high-tech topics. Mixed in with some sighs that this survey corps is not good enough, or that the level of this management is too low, if it were me, I would do this and that.
Some foremen from the second floor who earn 6,000 to 8,000 taels a month discuss which of the new communication tools is better. Most of them rent houses on the second floor, and then take secondary tags and go to work on the third floor every morning.
Although everyone can clearly see the difference between them and the capitalist aristocrats, they are still accustomed to living frugally and then saving money to buy some "luxury goods within their means" in an effort to show that they are different from other workers.
There were also some people with higher incomes who had made a name for themselves in the aristocratic class. Their incomes were much higher than those of the first two levels, but they basically had no conversations and looked worried.
The note given by the Eye of Prell is that most of these people are thinking about how to make more money.
There was only one exception, and that was the two members of the Zhenyu Army who were riding the elevator.
They were true aristocrats, but because of their profession, the topic of discussion was the details of the military exercises between the two armies.
"Both the captain and the commander of the Survey Corps take this incident very seriously... But it seems that the higher-ups intend to keep this matter low-key, and are said to be trying to suppress it."
"Yes, it is said that although there are many injured, only the captain of the Survey Corps' 13th Division was killed. We should learn from this. As for the truth, it is said that we will give everyone an explanation."
"What are you going to tell us? The captains and elite members of each team disagree. Although we have always been at odds with the Survey Corps and dislike each other, this time, led by Team One Team Yuan, the matter has become a big deal and they said they must conduct a thorough investigation."
"Hey, it's not just Captain Yuan, the captains of the other teams are also like this, and the people from the Survey Corps are even more so. If this really gets out of hand, I don't know how the higher-ups will handle it."
This conversation also confirmed Bai Wu's guess.
Cain's death was just a change of body, but his suicide more or less allowed some people to point the finger at the rulers.
Bai Wu didn't like the rulers, not because of Cain, but because of the system of the tower and some things he felt outside the tower.
But right now, let alone challenging the fifty-first floor, people are probably not strong enough to even challenge the fifty-first floor.
"Cain's original intention was to provoke a conflict between Shorty and the higher-ups. Although he failed, this did stir up a conflict between the elite troops of both armies and their rulers. Although I was a little surprised that the Zhenyu Army would be so active, it seems that Captain Liu... died in a tragic way."
If this matter continues to escalate, Bai Wu guessed that the ruler of the fifth floor might take action.
But this problem is easy to solve, and he has already thought of how to deal with it.
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The third floor, the insane asylum.
Bai Wu did not waste any time and went straight to Yan Jiu's location when he arrived at the mental hospital.
He didn't care whether Zheng Daxi and the nurse had swapped roles, or what chess game the two old men were playing this time.
When there was a knock on the door, Yan Jiu was practicing smiling in front of the mirror.
Her smile has become much more natural than before, because Liu Chengzi looks good when she smiles, and she will learn from him.
There was a knock on the door and she stopped laughing halfway, rubbed her face, opened her eyes wide and stood up to open the door.
"You came to see me."
Liu Chengzi knocked on the door in a hurry, while Bai Wu knocked on the door slowly. So when Yan Jiu heard the knock on the door, he knew it was Bai Wu.
The little girl still looked at Bai Wu calmly. Bai Wu nodded and said:
"I want to consult you about something."
"OK."
Yan Jiu is as obedient as a 100% obedient tool, although she has recently learned to refuse others.
For example, she explained to her neighbors that she was not a time traveler. But when she saw the white fog, she still couldn't refuse.
Bai Wu felt that he should say something else to ease the atmosphere. After thinking about it... it was too much trouble. He got straight to the point:
“What do you remember about the fifth floor?”
"The fifth floor of the tower? I remember everything that happened when I was a kid."
Yan Jiu has a photographic memory and can accurately draw everything he sees. He can be called a human camera.
"How many rulers of the tower are there?"
"I didn't know that... I'm sorry."
"What's there to be sorry about? Just tell me what you know."
Yan Jiu thought about some things she had heard when she was a child and some scenes she had seen in the yard. After sorting them out, she found paper and pen and drew for Bai Wu a distribution map of the rulers of the fifth floor that she had imagined in her mind.
"There was very little information available to me as a kid... That's all I know."
There are five things drawn in this picture.
There are many square pyramid black towers in the picture, just like the ones on the fourth floor, but the spacing is not as dense as on the fourth floor. There are more huge buildings similar to black towers - manors.
The Yan family is located in the north, the Zhong family is in the northeast, and the Pang family is in the northwest.
Directly south, opposite the Yan family, is the Xie family that Bai Wu is looking for.
This surname does exist.
In the east, the Qin family is closest to the entrance of the fifth-floor elevator. Bai Wu speculates that this should be Qin Zong's family
It is said that Qin Zong is from a certain ruler's family.
"It seems that Qin Zong does not have immortality, and the Eye of Prell shows that Yan Jiu does not have immortality either. In other words, these descendants of the fifth layer are the same as normal people. So, what allowed the rulers of the fifth layer to survive for seven hundred years should be some kind of external force?"
Bai Wu narrowed his eyes, Yan Jiu held his chin with both hands, staring at him without blinking.
"By the way, do you have any information about this Xie family?"
"I know a little bit... Because our Yan family is responsible for energy, and the Xie family is responsible for weapons manufacturing. So we often cooperate with each other, and sometimes I secretly eavesdrop on their conversations."
"The head of the Xie family is called Xie Yingjie?"
"I don't know, right..."
"Don't say sorry." Bai Wu interrupted Yan Jiu's apology.
"You have to remember, I'm asking you to do something for me. You can be polite, but you can't be more humble than me."
"Got it." Yan Jiu nodded.
"What do you know about the Xie family?"
"Each family has a different core. The Xie family's core is a weapon of mass destruction in some physical field. However, since weapons cannot be used outside the tower, it seems that the Xie family wants to intimidate those inside the tower. However, the Xie family has never shown this before."
After a pause, Yan Jiu said:
"These are the original words of my father and brother. The Xie family seems to have the ability to intimidate the other families, but they have not shown greater interest in the power struggle in the tower. This makes the Xie family very special. The person who visited my house that time also returned to this question. My brother asked why the Xie family is obsessed with making weapons."
"How did the Xie family respond?"
"He said that one day they would be useful outside the tower."
Bai Wu was slightly surprised. From this perspective, the head of the Xie family is most likely Xie Yingjie...
"By the way, I have one more thing to ask. The highest decision-maker in the Yan family is your father?"
"Really? But I don't know. Every family seems to have some secrets. Our family also has a forbidden place... It is said that you must never go there. If you go there, something terrible will happen."
"What terrible thing happened? Do you know the details?"
Yan Jiu's eyes were a little empty as she tried to recall the details of her childhood. She had always been obedient and didn't dare to go to places that she was not allowed to go, but her brother had been there.
"My brother has been there before, but after that... he disappeared for a week. It was a six-story black pyramid tower. When my brother came back a week later, he had no memory of what happened. He would only be so scared that he dared not speak and would tremble for a long time when he occasionally saw the black tower."
Forbidden area.
Bai Wu seemed to be thinking about something.
"It seems that this is where these old monsters who have lived for seven hundred years hide? This may be a semi-public secret that can be known but not spread. If you break into the forbidden area, you will also face the risk of losing your memory."
"What are you thinking about?" Yan Jiu said.
"Nothing much, thank you for the information. I plan to leave the tower tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so I haven't finished the things I have on hand yet."
Yan Jiu nodded. Liu Chengzi also said that Bai Wu was her business partner and friend, but he was rarely seen there.
If it is not for survival, no one is willing to leave the tower, but Bai Wu is different. Bai Wu seems to be addicted to leaving the tower.
When Bai Wu stood up, Yan Jiu suddenly remembered what Liu Chengzi said: You have to ask him out!
So she stood up suddenly, still with that dazed expression, but said decisively:
"Bai Wu, I want to invite you to dinner."
She was afraid of being rejected, so she added her motivation:
"As Orange said, treating friends to a meal can help you get closer to them!"
Bai Wu was stunned for a moment and said, "What else did she say?"
"She also said that different boyfriends should be in different restaurants, and you should remember their tastes and not make mistakes. If there are two with the same taste, kick out the one with worse overall conditions."
"Delete this sentence from your mind."
"Oh, well, I forgot."
Bai Wu thought it was a little funny, but Yan Jiu was very serious:
"She said it should be in a romantic setting so that after dinner, you will like me more."
Bai Wu looked at Yan Jiu, and after a moment's silence, he said:
"It's a good thing that you want to treat me to a meal. But I refuse."
"Why?"
"A romantic environment must be accompanied by food that everyone likes. I have no doubt that decorating this place can create the basic romantic requirements of the general public, but food cannot do that. I don't like to eat nutritious meals."
Yan Jiu didn’t quite understand, and Liu Chengzi wouldn’t understand either.
But Yin Shuanglin Wurou and Wujiu and others might understand. Most of the people in the tower have never tasted the delicacies of the pre-tower era.
They are born to eat nutritional meals, eating only to stay alive, not to provide sensory enjoyment.
So Yan Jiu and Liu Chengzi didn’t understand that the so-called romantic dinner, in Bai Wu’s view, was just everyone sitting in an exquisite place and eating shit together.
This is not romantic at all.
Yan Jiu was a little disappointed. He lowered his head and thought about what to do. At the same time, he also asked a question:
"But... this is the only thing we can eat."
There was disappointment in her tone.
Bai Wu walked to the door and turned around and said to Yan Jiu:
"I only refused the food, not your invitation. I will tell you when I have prepared the food."
The little girl raised her head suddenly and stared at the white fog with her big eyes.
"goodbye."
Bai Wu said goodbye cleanly and turned around.
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After the asylum obtained some information, Bai Wu went directly to the interrogation team of the second-floor Investigation Corps branch without any delay.
Yun Shu, Xue Ci and team leader Tian Xun were all there.
Just an hour ago, they had injected Lilith with an anesthetic.
White mist requires a very high dosage.
This dose is enough to be fatal for an ordinary person.
But Lilith is obviously not an ordinary person. Like Cain and even those rulers, she has a special physique that allows her to survive for seven hundred years.
Moreover, the companion power of level six and above also allows Lilith's body to offset the side effects of many potions.
Taking all this into consideration, the dose used by Bai Wu was large.
But that was not necessary now, as he was about to interrogate Lilith himself.
"Is there any potion that can neutralize or stimulate her? I want her to wake up."
After arriving at the temporary detention center of the interrogation team, Bai Wu stood outside the cell and looked at Tian Xun.
Tian Xun frowned and said:
"We have done a companion force test. This woman's companion force is very high, and her strength is not inferior to some squad leaders. Are you sure you want to wake her up? Or should we call Team Gu to help?"
"Don't worry, I know my limits. There's no need to trouble the captain for such a small matter."
Tian Xun was still a little worried, but he finally followed Bai Wu's instructions and prepared the medicine.
After Tian Xun left, Bai Wu said to Yun Shu:
"Do you have needles? A three-edged needle or a fine needle will do. A thicker one will also be fine."
"What do you want the needle for?"
“Imitate and learn.”
The Survey Corps branch actually had this kind of prop, and Yun Shu quickly went to help Bai Wu get it.
Xue Ci was left alone looking at the white mist, who had a strange expression on his face:
"What’s wrong with you?"
“I’m looking for a feeling.”
"What does it feel like?"
“What it feels like to be a dad.”
Recalling some of his past events, Bai Wu's expression suddenly became kind and friendly. His smile was like a spring breeze, with a strange affinity.
But for some reason, when Bai Wu's gaze fell on Lilith, Xue Ci felt a little creepy.