"Butcher Tower... Butcher Tower?!"

Reciting these two words she had never heard before, Yun You was taken aback and instinctively repeated them a few times.

"Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute... don't say it out loud!"

Yuanbao reacted quickly, hurriedly stopping Yun You, then waved a hand to set up a pure white private space, isolating the shop from the outside world.

"This matter is of great importance, we can't let outsiders know..."

Yuanbao let out a long sigh and whispered, "If people with ill intentions see it, it could mean big trouble."

"Although Ethernet can be used in fully anonymous mode, and even top-tier hackers can't decode it, there's always an exception to everything, so it's better to be cautious."

"After all, this thing is truly astonishing, so we have to be careful."

Hearing this, Yun You became even more curious.

"So what's with all the mysterious hints; what exactly is this so-called Butcher Tower?"

"It's a treasure."

Yuanbao raised her head, looking directly into Yun You's eyes, her gaze becoming extremely serious for the first time.

"To be precise, it's a key to unlocking a treasure."

"Wu Ming..."

She called Yun You by her online name and softly inquired, "Have you heard of - Tower Civilization?"

"Tower Civilization?"

Yun You couldn't help but recall her previous encounter at [Huangxing Bar], remembering that strange headless monster and its bowing and chanting behavior.

"Are you referring to the Tower People and the tower they worship?"

"Correct."

Yuanbao nodded and said, "But what you mentioned is not comprehensive; within the Apprentice Death God, generally speaking, things like these are all considered part of Tower Civilization."

"And there are records about them within the Apprentice Death God?"

Yun You asked in confusion, "I heard people say that after Nest City and Tower Civilization went to war, Nest City, being the victor, destroyed all information related to the Tower People."

"That's the official narrative."

Yuanbao shrugged and said casually, "But there's no such thing as 100% secrecy in this world; once you do something, it's bound to leave a trace... Records are the same."

"In the organization of Apprentice Death God, the higher your authority, the more you can learn, and I just happened to have reached the threshold for reading, thus I came to know about Tower Civilization."

"Their culture of belief; their legends; their social structure... and what remains of them... uh, drifting too far, let's get back to your Butcher Tower."

She patted the golden disc's backside design.

"Since you know about the Tower People, you should know they worship 16 towers, and the [Tower Master] within each, which in their terms is the 'Supreme God.'"

"Although some legends are uncertain, what is confirmed is that these Supremes indeed exist and use some unique methods to select their 'favored' individuals from the multitude and give them tests."

"And this Butcher Tower is one of them."

Yuanbao flipped the golden disc around, pointing to the largest humanoid pattern on it, which is the "Smiling Giant" sitting cross-legged on a Lotus Platform.

"This is the Tower Master of the [Seventh Tower] - Smiling Awakened One·Nan Jia, described in the Tower People's records as a Supreme with a very benevolent face and an explosively good temper."

"Explosively good temper?"

Yun You recalled the scene where that headless monster shattered a person's head with its heartbeat, inevitably feeling a twinge of astonishment.

"Indeed, good to the point of explosion... It exploded the head right off."

The girl muttered softly in complaint.

She realized that these "big figures" always liked to claim a good reputation for themselves, using methods and mentalities more ruthless than anyone else yet striving for the title of a kind-hearted person.

The Apprentice Death God is like this, so is the Tower Master.

In this way, both are just birds of a feather.

"The Smiling Awakened unleashes incarnations upon the world through sacrificial means."

Yuanbao's words interrupted Yun You's random thoughts.

"And if you can defeat its incarnation, you qualify to obtain the disc in your hands, which is the foundational tray of the Butcher Tower."

"It's said that this object used to be the place of enlightenment for the Smiling Awakened, containing numerous opportunities and treasures, and having it grants you the qualification to acquire treasures."

At this, Yuanbao paused for a moment.

Even though she is currently in a private space, the girl still instinctively lowered her voice, cautiously saying, "I don't know what treasures exactly the Butcher Tower contains... but I can give you an example."

"I heard from my teacher that the Supreme Council member of Nest City No. 3 - [Old Actor, Jimmy], was just an ordinary Apprentice Death God over a year ago, with a Death God rank of only level 2."

"But after visiting the Butcher Tower, his power skyrocketed like it was riding a rocket, reaching level 3 in two months, level 4 in a year, and now he's even starting to attempt level 5."

"Yet those who know him say this guy was initially weak to the bone, taking nearly ten years to progress from level 1 to level 2, and even then, he barely managed it through Genetic Transformation Potion..."

"For someone with such a poor talent to reach level 4 in a short time, it must relate to the treasures in the Butcher Tower."

Yuanbao leaned close to Yun You's ear and earnestly said, "Can you understand the gold content of the Butcher Tower if it can forcefully elevate a weakling to level 4?"

"I understand."

After a moment's silence, Yun You gave a definitive answer.

She had previously researched the ranking division of Apprentice Death Gods online and knew that there were dozens, even hundreds of times the hard strength and quantity gap between each rank.

The last population census in Nest City No. 3 numbered 600 million people, while there were 50,000 Apprentice Death Gods, with about 46,000 at rank 1, less than 3,500 at rank 2, not more than 400 at rank 3, and only a few dozen at ranks 4 and 5.

As for higher ranks... sorry, even the Nest City Official Council has no authority to investigate.

Although these are only the publicly available data, it suffices to illustrate how vast the gap between high-ranking Apprentice Death Gods and ordinary ones is.

If a rank 2 Apprentice Death God is a small-time street overlord, then a rank 4 one is undoubtedly a ruler of a city district, with the gap being like that between a small workshop and a big enterprise.

The capabilities of the Butcher Tower are truly astounding.

Yun You thought of her master Old Jin.

That guy, so powerful that Yun You felt not the slightest will to resist, probably isn't more than a "rank 4 Apprentice Death God"...

Such a powerful entity that the Butcher Tower could directly nurture...

Yun You suddenly felt a bit terrified.

She realized that right now, she was like someone parading an invaluable gold mountain openly before people...

Yuanbao was right.

If this stuff were discovered, she would have a major problem.

Apprentice Death Gods, Mercenaries, and the Nest City Official Council... None would let such a fat piece of meat slip by.

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