"Only those code-named ’Xu’ can open the portal to let us into the Human Cave Village."
"Kid, you very likely are the chosen one by them."
"A layman like you is practically heaven-sent. For us to obtain these things, we have to gouge hearts and flay flesh of our loved ones. But for you, it’s like peeling a fingernail. So... you are definitely going to be the warrior this time."
Wen Xishu asked:
"Uncle, what do you want me to do?"
The half-headed old man solemnly said:
"This bottle of Pain Sake is now yours. I just had a sip, hope you don’t mind. Consider it my payment."
"I want you to go to this Human Cave..."
The half-headed old man took out a photo.
The content of the photo showed a shadow of a human walking with a slight tilt...
From the outline, it was definitely a human shadow.
But on closer inspection, it was not a human shadow, but pitch-black darkness, not light, but real darkness, like the entrance of a cave.
"This is the appearance of the Human Cave formed by my grandson. I hope the first Human Cave you explore is about him."
"Actually, this is helpful to you. You already know my grandson’s life, but you don’t know the other Human Caves."
"So with a comparison, you can learn what is inside these Human Caves."
This was indeed a very good request, and Wen Xishu had no reason to refuse.
A wine that can inflict mental pain, a necklace that isolates death through pain, and knowing the backstory of the person who turned into a Human Cave, it counted as having intel and preparation done.
Next, all that was needed was to wait for the auction to end.
Six items were auctioned in total.
The fourth item, named Pain Umbilical Cord.
It was a summoning item... Simply put, it would let the user experience the pain of childbirth and summon various otherworldly monsters.
It was worth noting that it was not just the pain of ordinary childbirth. If the summoned monster was a mammoth, then the user would have to experience the pain of giving birth to an elephant with human organs.
This was impossible in reality, but under the item’s effect, that pain could be simulated.
For those with low pain tolerance, this pain would be enough to kill them.
But Wen Xishu was very interested.
He found one thing, here like in the psychiatric hospital museum, before the task was completed, the auctioned items had no quantity limits, in other words, they did not occupy inventory slots until taken out of the instance.
So the more the better.
But... these items were indeed extremely terrifying. All of them were aimed at making you suffer to the point of wanting to die.
Wen Xishu became increasingly curious about what kind of person the creator of these pain rules was.
After Wen Xishu’s juvenile demonstration of steel needle stabbing the gums but still crushing everyone... everyone knew that when a layman got involved, they had no chance.
Thus, Wen Xishu obtained the third item—Pain Umbilical Cord.
The shape of this thing was like a several-meter-long intestine. Once connected to the user, it would continuously produce monsters...
If the pain was unbearable, it could be forcibly removed.
Wen Xishu did not fight for the fifth item.
This item was a hammer shaped like a human spine, with immense power. It could be said to have a destructive force.
But the side effect was that every swing permanently lost a part of true memory.
Wen Xishu had no interest in this hammer. Anything with side effects related to the mental world, he directly ignored.
But for others, it was quite the opposite.
Having no memory in this painful world was a good thing for most.
The sixth item was called Paradox Heel.
It could achieve subsonic speed movement, but each step would cause micro fractures in bones. This would lead to significant physical damage to the user’s body.
Since it was damage and not pain, Wen Xishu also did not choose this item.
After six items, the auction ended.
Wen Xishu at the auction, at the cost of bleeding gums and peeling nails, defeated all the Pain Immortals here.
And was hated by a girl named Linnai.
Of course, he didn’t care.
Soon, Xu04 said:
"Congratulations warrior, you have obtained many items, though you should have taken all of them for yourself."
Wen Xishu shook his head and replied:
"I am not interested in some of them. Now tell me, how do I get to the Human Cave Village?"
Xu04 took out a knife again:
"I will take you to the Human Cave Village."
Wen Xishu frowned slightly:
"You aren’t going to perform seppuku again, are you?"
"Of course, pain allows me to teleport more accurately." Xu04 admitted.
Wen Xishu said:
"How about... you take a sip of this sake?"
He took out the Pain Sake.
Xu04 immediately shook her head:
"No... no, I beg you, don’t ask that, the mental pain is something I can’t bear!"
Xu04 was terrified. Wen Xishu thought of the scene at the auction where everyone scrambled for the Ouroboros Injector... he roughly understood.
They enjoyed physical pain.
But mental pain scared them. Of course, even so, for someone whose body could no longer feel pain, like the half-headed old man, they would still try their hardest to bid for items.
Wen Xishu said:
"Alright, then please lead the way."
Xu04 stabbed the knife into her abdomen. Compared to last time, the knife went a few inches lower.
Just looking at it made Wen Xishu feel pain.
With a mixed expression of pain and joy on Xu04’s face, the portal opened: