"Sorry, my identity is rather special, so I can’t reveal myself. Once I’m discovered, I might be hunted down," said the curator.
Wen Xishu had formed a certain judgment about this curator in his heart.
He suddenly felt a strong urge to blurt out the curator’s true identity.
But considering that the other party might have a stress reaction, and he couldn’t gauge the other’s power, Wen Xishu didn’t reveal the answer.
Destroyer.
"Alright, I respect your thoughts," Wen Xishu nodded.
The curator said:
"What do you need to know? Since you could get in, it means you’ve broken through the first human cave."
Wen Xishu nodded:
"I want to know the secret of the Human Cave Village. Of course, I can also tell you how I broke through the human cave."
The curator sighed:
"Getting deeply involved with that place will inevitably bring a curse upon you... I just hope to find someone to destroy the human cave. But I know little about its internal structure."
"I don’t want to know either. So please don’t tell me how you survived inside the human cave."
Wen Xishu didn’t expect the curator’s response to be like this.
He remained skeptical about the truth of this statement and continued to ask:
"But surely you know some things about Human Cave Village?"
The curator said:
"Yes, that place used to be Hujiang District 19, a relatively backward area, completely different from District 20."
"But the people there were all very successful and happy."
"You only need to know one thing... Everyone who comes out of District 19 is an elite, a dragon among men, a successful person."
"Everyone there is a winner in life in people’s eyes."
"Either they have an extreme appearance that makes others feel inferior, or they possess an extreme wisdom that makes others feel ignorant."
"Or they have amazing wealth, astonishing luck... And of course, everyone is healthy."
"District 19 is said to have something that can make people happy!"
The curator’s words shocked Wen Xishu.
Though he knew that the theme of Human Cave Village was related to happiness...
A place where everyone is happy, isn’t that a bit too far-fetched?
"You seem to be holding something that I’ve never seen before," the curator spoke.
In absolute darkness, with his senses deprived, Wen Xishu couldn’t see the curator’s appearance...
But it was clear that the curator could see him.
Wen Xishu said:
"This is misfortune. If you need me to help unravel the curse of Human Cave Village, then you must know certain things. Some karma is unavoidable."
The curator was visibly surprised upon hearing the word ’misfortune.’
"Misfortune? This is what you brought out from the human cave?"
"Could it be that the condition to leave the human cave is to collect misfortune? Gathering enough misfortune... Perhaps it’s the key to enter the black vortex?"
The curator was very smart.
Wen Xishu said:
"Yes, digging out misfortune from a life of absolute happiness. I believe this is also a key to entering the ultimate place."
These words seemed to clarify everything.
After thinking for a while, the curator said:
"I see. It looks like this isn’t difficult for you."
Wen Xishu shook his head:
"If I were to rate the danger level of the human cave, I’d give it a ten out of ten."
"If you’re interested, I can tell you the details inside the human cave."
The curator hurriedly stopped him:
"No, I don’t need to know, I’m already in enough pain. But even amidst such pain, I desperately want to live, I don’t want to die."
Wen Xishu had almost determined that this curator was indeed the Destroyer.
He grew increasingly curious—
A Destroyer who fears death?
Isn’t the death of a Destroyer supposed to start a new journey?
"What do you need me to do for you?" the curator asked again.
Wen Xishu said:
"Is the happiness in Human Cave Village derived from some supernatural power? You just need to answer yes or no."
The curator said: "Yes."
Wen Xishu then asked:
"Is there a little boy in Human Cave Village? Wearing a white kimono, with curly hair, looking like a... little angel."
The curator said:
"No. Or rather, I don’t know. I have little knowledge of Human Cave Village."
Wen Xishu changed the subject:
"In other words, you don’t belong to District 19."
"Yes, the original people of District 19... have all become part of the human cave, surrounded by those floating ruins," the curator said.
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Then you belong to District 20?"
The curator fell into silence again but eventually said:
"Yes, I belong to District 20. Originally, I should have been a very happy person, carefree. My daily task should have been to make myself happy."
Wen Xishu seemed to detect a hint of hatred from the curator’s voice.
Indeed, the daily routine of a Destroyer involves toying with others. Trapped in a cycle, repeating endlessly, constantly creating upheavals.
It’s truly carefree.
"But now... I have become the bearer of all pain!"
"All the pain you suffer, as the curator of the Pain Auction, I will bear it again!"
"I’m in great pain, immense pain! But my pain is destined to serve others!"
The curator was clearly standing up.
Wen Xishu’s sense of smell had been extremely weakened, so he couldn’t smell the stench of rotting flesh that endlessly regenerates, rots, and regenerates again.
But his hearing wasn’t weakened; he heard the moment the curator stood up—
The sound of flesh tearing.