Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1101 - 199:

Brick by brick, tile by tile, built with one's own hands, the foundation is solid.

By comparison, our team has become severely crippled after Mr. Tian returned home to handle logistics and the Mountain Girl died.

This isn't just a matter of adding more people; building rapport and trust takes time and can't be established overnight.

Moreover, why offer others the lion's share while taking the smaller portion myself when I can earn merit by Lighting the Lamp and Walking on the River on my own?

Only one person per generation becomes Dragon King; who can guarantee you'll succeed? It's better to focus on the present, get fed first, and concede when Lighting the Lamp for a second time.

Therefore, many Jianghu rogues or ordinary families might lose too many members in a single wave, forcing them to concede when Lighting the Lamp because they simply can't rebuild or replenish their teams, nor do they have the capacity to handle more challenging waves.

Apart from those rare individuals with exceptional personal charisma, only those with esteemed backgrounds can have more powerful followers, and those followers aren't just drawn by family prestige but also believe their chance at becoming Dragon King is higher.

"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

Zhao Yi began to take deep breaths, repeatedly warning himself to remain true to his heart. He worried that after reveling, he would lose interest in his team once he returned.

Li Zhiyuan, on the floor below, couldn't hear the conversation. He couldn't even read Yu Cangsheng's lips, as they didn't move; only his fingers trembled.

But from the changes in the woman in the black dress, Li Zhiyuan could guess what was happening.

Yu Miaomiao didn't die, she was reincarnated through another body, and surely left behind was that cat. There was no need to ask, no need to flip a coin.

That cat always dominated the body, it was Yu Miaomiao herself, the original cat.

When your Life Chart is being drawn, the cat occupying the body would surely send out Yu Miaomiao as a sacrificial offering first.

Moreover, according to the rules, the woman in the black dress absorbed Yu Family members.

After all, Li Zhiyuan had seen the ten layers of the tower, all filled with humans, no demons or other species mixed in.

Li Zhiyuan was sure Yu Cangsheng understood this, yet he reached out to pat the woman in the black dress's head, and she leaned against him affectionately.

Weren't you, Yu Cangsheng, the one who most repelled family traitors, always calling it a beast? But what are you doing now?

Li Zhiyuan couldn't help but wonder what immense profit could drive you to compromise your heart, to grudgingly accept it?

One wrong answer can be ruled out: Yu Cangsheng definitely wasn't pursuing the dream of immortality.

If he sought that dream, he wouldn't linger there as a teacher.

With his strength in life, he could reach here and qualify to enter the tower.

In fact, this tower isn't just plundering; it has its own competitive ecosystem.

If Yu Miaomiao hadn't chosen one of the strongest three, and took out a weaker one, she could absorb their accumulation and enter the tower, taking their place.

The tower bell controlling the bell signifies the bell's ringing is influenced by the tower's rules.

Thus, from the start, this wasn't a game of gaining recognition to find partners, but a battle under tower rules to secure a position on a certain floor, proving tower qualification to replace it, striving for ascension in a more perfect form.

Yu Miaomiao's offering and declaration weren't meant to impress the woman in the black dress but to impress the tower, giving her this opportunity.

The tower's judgment on Zhao Yi deemed him capable of replacing two individuals on the tenth floor.

Of course, defeating others means integration into the tower, and the tower doesn't lose, regardless.

If Yu Cangsheng aimed for immortal ascension, he would enter the tower, secure a position, awaiting the ascension opportunity.

He didn't do so, implying his goal is grander.

Alternatively, maybe he saw deeper aspects, seeking hidden things.

Contemplating this, Li Zhiyuan's gaze fell on the tower again. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Deeper interests?

Negative second floor.

Yu Cangsheng suppressed his strong disgust and repulsion, gently pushing the woman in the black dress away for her to regain composure.

If you are to play human, know your real human age, akin to that young lad downstairs; only a cat can mature early at that small age.

If there were options, if he could properly leave here and return home, he'd spare no efforts to reform the family's atmosphere, even at the cost of his life.

But he has no choice, he can't leave, he's already dead and completely bound to this place.

The family's situation has deteriorated, he's powerless, all he can do is return with this enormous merit under Yu Family name.

To ask Heavenly Dao for a chance and transition, helping the Yu Family gain protection and righting things, at least not entirely diluted, even if segregating a branch.

Yu Miaomiao was pushed away, feeling A Yuan's body consciousness pushing her away...no, disgust.

Though she changed bodies, the original hindrance, always making her hesitate, is completely gone.