Yan Zhisui became more and more confused.
"Don't you want to go home?"
Even though it was the ancestor's order that asked Yan Jiu to return to the fifth floor, in Yan Zhisui's opinion, this invitation was actually a kind of alms, and Yan Jiu should be grateful and accept it with great joy.
But he didn't expect Yan Jiu to refuse.
Yan Jiu helped up the fool who was always grinning, looked at the messy outer courtyard of the mental hospital, and seemed very sad inside.
"I want to go home... but if that place doesn't want me, I'll find a place that suits me better."
Yan Zhisui frowned even deeper. He felt that something seemed different about Yan Jiu, but since he didn't care much about Yan Jiu, he couldn't tell what was different about Yan Jiu.
"Brother, please go."
Of course Yan Zhisui couldn't leave. His expression became much more indifferent. After his false kindness faded away, he said in a calm tone:
"you sure?"
Yan Jiu didn't say anything, but the determination in her eyes showed her dissatisfaction with her brother's brutality.
Yan Zhisui sneered:
"I'm sorry, but this is a mission for me, and you can't leave."
Although they are much weaker than the Guardians, many descendants of rulers also have the strength of captains of the defense army or the investigation army.
Yan Zhisui finally knocked Yan Jiu unconscious and took her away by force.
When facing the interrogation of the Survey Corps garrison, he directly shut the mouths of the Survey Corps members by saying that this is a family affair of our fifth-floor rulers.
The lunatic asylum on the third floor was originally monitored by the seventh team. At this moment, Bai Wu and Wu Jiu were still hanging around in the mechanical city. For ordinary team members, they certainly didn't dare to offend the ruler.
Yan Zhisui also didn't know about Yan Jiu's connections. In his opinion, this sister who had never been liked by others just knew a group of crazy people.
The reason why the Survey Corps was stationed here was just to prevent the earlier kidnapping incident from happening again.
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Tower. Ground floor.
The auditor who was in charge of recording the output of the tower finally saw some big news that he had never seen before.
"Black... black stele?" The auditor of the Survey Corps was stunned.
The fact that someone had returned from the Red Stele had caused quite a stir, and many second- and third-tier media outlets had called it a milestone in the Tower Civilization.
But no one expected that not long after the red stele returned, someone returned from the black stele.
Passersby all stopped in their tracks, and even the miners who were about to enter the white mining area looked sideways.
"Did I see it wrong?"
"Maybe... I think I saw it wrong..."
"Is that stone tablet really not just for decoration?"
"It doesn't seem to be..."
"These guys look average... oh well, they're all better looking than me... but one of them is not as tall as me."
"… "
…
Bai Wu actually thought about whether to go back from outside the Mechanical City, but after all, they had caused a sensation when they entered, and there was a possibility that they would come into contact with the black area again in the future, so they simply returned directly.
As expected, it caused quite a stir.
Soon Mingche called:
Bai Wu still had some good feelings towards Ming Mengde and answered the phone:
"Brother Bai, I heard someone came back from the black area? Is it you?"
"Good fellow, as the captain of the third squad of the Zhenyu Army, did you send someone to keep an eye on the stone tablet? I just came back and you received the news right after that?"
"Well, I, Ming, love talents, and the best way to find talents is to squat on the stone tablet."
Bai Wu nodded. This clear idea was very unique.
Mingche was very excited:
"When I heard that someone had returned from the black area, I immediately thought of you. Oh! Our Zhenyu Army is so unlucky! We lost such an outstanding person like Brother Bai!"
Thinking about the fact that Bai Wu was among the first people to successfully return from the red zone and the black zone, even Mingche thought that Bai Wu was probably just slacking off and that the other big guys in the team were the main force. But this was enough to show that Bai Wu was not simple.
"I have something else to do, Brother Ming. I'll go to your Mingyu Manor next time."
"Okay, I know you must be very busy. I'll be waiting for you at Mingyu Manor with good wine and girls. Just let me know if you want to come."
Bai Wu hung up the phone.
At this time, five of the six members of the team were actually answering the phone. The Xie family had surveillance cameras all over the place, and as soon as Xie Xingzhi came back, Xie Yingjie began to ask for details.
Xie Xingzhi's face was filled with joy, and he must have been proud of having completed his boss's task.
In comparison, Yan Zizai's expression was very calm, even a little serious. Bai Wu didn't know why, but he felt something was wrong. Because Yan Zizai's other hand was clenched into a fist.
Zheng Yue still looked lazy. After receiving the call from Zheng You, he yawned continuously in front of his ancestor.
The call to Wujiu was from Ruan Qingyun.
"More than a week! You disappeared for such a long time without any news! Everyone even thought that you, the deputy leader, were gone!"
Ruan Qingyun's voice was tearful. After all, something like leaving the tower would take more than four hours, which meant a lot of variables.
If it has been more than 24 hours, many people would speculate that something bad has happened to it.
When Wujiu hadn't returned for more than twenty days, Ruan Qingyun thought he was dead and was heartbroken.
Although this time it's only a little over a week, I still feel anxious.
Wujiu wanted to say... There was no way to contact her outside the tower, women are really unreasonable... But after hearing Ruan Qingyun's crying voice, he still didn't say it. In the end, he didn't know why, but squeezed out a very apologetic sentence:
"make you worry."
Only Bai Xiaoyu did not answer the call. It was the first time he was being stared at by so many people and he seemed very uneasy.
Soon, the support personnel from each force arrived.
Zheng Yue, Yan Zizai and Wujiu are all about to leave, and Bai Wu is preparing to go to the fifth floor of the tower with Xie Yingjie.
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The elevator was heading to the fifth floor of the tower. During the 900-meter ascent and descent from the fourth floor to the fifth floor, only Bai Wu, Yan Zizai, Xie Xingzhi, and Zheng Yue were left in the huge elevator.
Bai Wu looked at Yan Zizai:
"Why are you so worried?"
"I'll come to see you after some time." Yan Zizai said something strange.
When Bai Wu heard this, he realized that something was wrong. Then Bai Wu's expression became strange.
He didn't have much contact with Yan Zizai, but he already had some understanding of him. This person was very proud and arrogant.
If it is something that he can solve by himself, or even something that he cannot solve by himself, Yan Zizai will definitely not let himself get involved.
Although they have fought side by side twice, Bai Wu has not forgotten the identity of the other party's inspection team. Their interests are inconsistent, which means that no matter how good Bai Wu's impression of them is, he will still be wary.
But the two have some overlap.
Thinking of this intersection, Bai Wu subconsciously wanted to take out the conch, but the occasion was not appropriate, so Bai Wu did not do it.
"It's serious? Is she in trouble?"
"Nothing for now. It's not a big problem, but it will be troublesome to solve. I will contact you later."
Yan Zizai was a little surprised. How could Bai Wu and him be so compatible? Not only were they compatible in battle, but he could even guess what was in their mind.
Bai Wu nodded:
"Okay, please."
Seeing that Bai Wu's tone and expression were very sincere, Yan Zizai felt a little better.
Bai Wu looked at Zheng Yue again:
"My captain has been with you these days. The original intention of your monitoring team must be to test the strength of the team members who are leaving the tower on the lower three floors of the tower. I want to know, after you report the investigation report of leaving the tower to your respective heads, will the captain be in danger?"
"Your captain? Who is he... Wujiu? That's too much trouble. What if after I report, Lao Zheng asks me to kill him? I may not be able to beat him. It's too much trouble."
Zheng Yue had already planned to report to Zheng You. He was distracted the entire time, half asleep and half asleep during the week-long trip to the black zone, and then he would pass the blame to Xie Xingzhi and Yan Zizai.
Although Bai Wu couldn't see through Zheng Yue, as an apostle, he could feel that Zheng Yue had no ill intentions.
What bad intentions can a lazy person have
Bai Wu felt a lot more relaxed because he was very lucky this time. Xie Xingzhi chose Yan Zizai and Zheng Yue, which obviously had a deep meaning.
Apart from being too proud, Yan Zizai's character in other aspects is so good that he doesn't seem like he is at the fifth level.
And Zheng Yue? He is ridiculously lazy.
These two people were chosen by Xie Xingzhi to leave the tower together, apparently to make things less difficult for Bai Wu.
Therefore, the rulers and guardians of the three monitoring groups decided to only reveal part of the findings in this investigation report.
The fifth floor was soon reached, and Yan Zizai and Zheng Yue soon parted ways with Xie Xingzhi and Bai Wu.
Bai Wu also came to the Xie family’s technology building again.
This time, when the Xie family’s technology building faced the white fog, the threat level was identified as Level 1.
The last time the white fog was at level seven, which was the result drawn by the staff of the Science and Technology Building after looking at various data of the white fog.
But this time it won't work. As the most powerful family among the eight major families in Gaota Tower, the Xie family was the one Bai Wu feared the most before the journey to the Mechanical City began.
But now it has become Bai Wu's least worry, because the Apostle has surpassed the highest specification machine of the Xie family so far.
All the detection methods of the Xie family were ineffective against Bai Wu. If he wanted, the threat level could be adjusted to level 10, or even level 0.
Xie Xingzhi has a transcendent status. In the building, many native and implanted people greet him.
Bai Wu also saw the bald man from last time. In just half a month, this programmer who believed that "there are no limits in life" seemed to have aged a few years.
In the elevator, Xie Xingzhi said:
"The boss will question you separately, and you can also make some requests. You are very important to our Xie family now, Bai Wu, and I hope we can continue to cooperate."
“I also hope that we can continue to cooperate.”
People change, and Xie Yingjie's mind has long been blurred about good and evil. Bai Wu doesn't care about this change. To survive among the seventy-two candidates for rulers on the fifth floor of the tower and become one of the eight permanent forces, he doesn't expect Xie Yingjie to remain a good person.
But as long as Xie Yingjie still remembers the promise he made to Professor Tao, Bai Wu is willing to help the Xie family and needs the help of the Xie family.
"By the way, you call him boss?"
"Yes, I always feel that calling him ancestor would reveal something, and it's awkward, so I just call him boss. And the boss said that he gave me this name because he wanted me to help with things, so I just call him boss."
Bai Wu smiled. Xie Yingjie did not take too much advantage of Professor Tao.
We have reached the twentieth floor.
After saying goodbye to Bai Wu, Xie Xingzhi went somewhere else.
Bai Wu came here again and faced Xie Yingjie again, feeling much calmer.
Xie Yingjie said:
"It seems that you have gained a lot from your trip to the Mechanical City."
The last time I saw the white fog, I could see through it at a glance, but this time all the data in my eyes turned into “???”.
Bai Wu couldn't help but sigh, the note was right, this time he really made more money than he lost. A whole set of sequences was not as useful as an apostle.
"It's okay. I just made friends with the mayor of the Mechanical City. Our relationship is not that good. We just saved each other's life."
Bai Wufan got up and Xie Yingjie coughed twice.
"I thought half a year was a very tight time frame, but I didn't expect you to... complete the task I assigned you in less than a month."
"It was mainly because of some things that delayed it, otherwise it wouldn't have taken a week."
"Alright, alright, I know you're very capable, but where's what I want?"
Bai Wu took out the chip directly without bargaining.
The moment Xie Yingjie saw the chip, he felt like a patient seeing the life-saving medicine.
Bai Wu said:
"The mechanical device that the Xie family gave me is quite useful. At least it gave me and Xie Xingzhi some start-up capital, but I have something better now. The Mechanical City is a shortcut for you."
Xie Yingjie knew what Bai Wu meant, and did not deny it. He frankly admitted:
"Yes, the improvement of science and technology is the result of the joint efforts of countless scientists of an era. I am not as talented as those superstars of the era. Even if I rely on an endless lifespan, it is difficult for me to carry scientific and technological civilization to the next stage."
"So how did you and Zero meet?"
"I do not remember… "
"Don't you remember? Wasn't it you who found him?"
"I was the one who found him, but I don't remember."
Bai Wu understood.
"The technology in Zero's hands is the real technology. With its technology, I can truly master the technological weapons that can be used under the distorted rules outside the tower."
"Don't worry, Zero will guide you regularly in the future, as long as I'm around."
Last time, Bai Wu used Zhong Xue’s head to intimidate Xie Yingjie.
This time, Bai Wu brought out a bigger source of deterrence.
Xie Yingjie also knew that Bai Wu was a rare talent. After returning from the black area this time, even if the guardians of each family concealed part of the situation, Bai Wu and Wu Jiu would definitely attract the attention of the rulers.
And now the force most likely to win over these two people is the Xie family.
"I should give you a little more reward."
"Yes, but the reward I want is very unusual, and you may not be willing to give it."
"What is it?"
"I want to drink from the fountain of eternal life."
Xie Yingjie widened his eyes:
"How did you know about the Fountain of Eternal Life?"
"There were seventy-two rulers on the fifth floor back then, and in the end only eight of you were left. But those who didn't stay on the fifth floor weren't all dead. I was lucky enough to meet one."
Xie Yingjie was silent for a long time. Bai Wu was not in a hurry to urge him, and did not show much interest in the Eternal Life Spring. Instead, it seemed that he was testing Xie Yingjie's sincerity.
Xie Yingjie could no longer see through the white fog. After thinking for a long time, he said:
"I promise you, come with me."