Chapter 2: Curse

"Cross this passage, and you will arrive at the Lord World."

"You may go and lift the seal."

Lu Cang looked at the Old Man who had given him these instructions, nodded slightly, and expressed his gratitude.

He then hurried toward the passage with several companions.

Beneath the body concealed by a gray linen robe.

lay vast patches of black-red rot.

This was the Curse.

In this world, everyone must enter the Lord World upon turning eighteen.

Otherwise, the Curse will continue to spread, killing a person before they reach twenty.

The speed at which the Curse spreads varies.

For some, mere days after their eighteenth birthday, they are completely corrupted by the Curse.

But even if it spreads the slowest, no one can survive past twenty.

Lu Cang is now entirely covered in black-red, already in the final stage of the Curse.

If he cannot enter the Lord World, he will likely die.

While stumbling and running toward the passage.

Lu Cang could not help but recall the day he awakened.

He himself was a transmigrator who had come to this world.

Originally, following the law of transmigrators.

he believed he would surely shine brilliantly in this world.

But...

he did indeed awaken a special domain.

However, it was classified as an evil-type domain.

Possessing grave danger.

Possessing extreme aggression.

As a result, the 【Reception Society】 determined he could not be allowed to enter the Lord World.

They left Lu Cang in the original world to wait until the Curse consumed him to death.

In the understanding of the 【Reception Society】.

there is only one single path leading to the Lord World.

As long as Lu Cang is prevented from entering that world.

he will perish on his own.

At first, Lu Cang fell directly into despair.

The Curse spread very quickly.

He might not even last half a year.

But then, one day.

Lu Cang, by chance, met a member of the 【Zuzhou Society】.

The 【Zuzhou Society】 consists of people who awakened special domains, were excluded, and could not enter the Lord World.

What type of domain one awakens is entirely beyond one's control.

Yet simply because one awakened this type of domain.

one is forbidden from entering the Lord World, thus being consumed by the Curse and losing one's life.

No one is willing to meet such a bitter end.

And in the hands of the 【Zuzhou Society】 lies a secret passage.

This passage can also lead to the Lord World.

Lu Cang, adopting the mindset of treating a dying horse as a living one.

contacted the 【Zuzhou Society】.

If he did not try, he would be consumed by the Curse and die with one hundred percent certainty.

But if he tried, there was at least a sliver of hope for life.

Now it seems this counted as a successful gamble for him!

Lu Cang sprinted quickly toward the dark teleportation portal ahead!

Bang!

The instant he touched the teleportation portal.

a sound seemed to erupt within Lu Cang's body.

Like the sound of glass shattering.

Almost at the same time.

the black-red rot on Lu Cang's body vanished completely in an instant.

Replaced by fresh, pale skin.

Swish!

The instant he stepped across the teleportation array.

Lu Cang appeared at a cave entrance.

【Lord World】

"Finally… I'm in."

Lu Cang gasped for breath in heavy gulps.

The pressure of the curse was excruciatingly painful.

It had even made him forget how smooth normal breathing felt.

Lu Cang looked around him.

At the same time, a prompt popped up before Lu Cang!

【You have entered the Lord's World】

Before him was the cave's exit.

Behind him was the dark cave.

【You have received Newbie Protection】

【You have received Invincibility】

【Invincibility Duration: 7 days】