Chapter 182: The God Who Manufactures Happiness

The Curator certainly did not want to know too much about the Human Caves; he only hoped someone could dismantle them.

However, it had to be said that throughout this conversation, Ye Lingfeng had intentionally or unintentionally provided too much information.

He could only add:

"It seems the biggest problem lies in the fact that you cannot realize you are yourself? So that is the characteristic of the Human Caves."

"I am not me" is indeed the most terrifying aspect of the Human Caves. Ye Lingfeng had so many methods, but he couldn't handle the trick of "the self not existing."

"Perhaps pain can wake you up. You have many items on you that cause you pain, don't you?" the Curator said.

Ye Lingfeng shook his head:

"Those things cannot be used by sub-personalities, and the sub-personalities dare not approach the master personality. I don't know if you can understand what I mean by that..."

"In short, I currently cannot realize who I am. I actually relied on some luck to escape from the first, outermost Human Cave."

The Curator nodded. He suddenly smiled; at least, Ye Lingfeng could hear the amusement in his voice:

"At the very least, we have reached a consensus—"

"That pain can awaken your self. It's just that in that world, you couldn't realize you were in pain, right?"

Ye Lingfeng nodded. Judging by the amusement in the other's voice, it seemed the Curator had some idea, but clearly... it wasn't a good one.

The Curator said:

"You left the auction house for the first time, and from the time you returned from the Human Cave, less than two hours had passed..."

"How much time did you spend inside the Human Cave?"

Ye Lingfeng thought for a moment and said:

"Not much time. Even counting the time spent searching for the Human Cave, it was less than twenty minutes."

The Curator continued to smile:

"In other words, you spent nearly an hour inside the Human Cave."

"Then, if you head to the deepest part of the Human Cave to find that most massive one—presumably, the time spent won't increase by much."

"About an hour after you leave the auction house, I will help you manufacture pain. Are you willing to accept?"

Ye Lingfeng seemed to understand the Curator's little scheme:

"You have a way... to make me feel pain? Even if I enter the Human Cave, you can still do it?"

The Curator said:

"Of course. As long as you are willing, I can leave a mark on you, but I must tell you..."

"Once the mark appears, I can, by my own will, transfer my own pain to you. Simply put, you will share the pain I suffer."

"You will transfer my pain."

The Curator's heartbeat quickened; clearly, he was very eager to establish this "pain link" with someone.

Ye Lingfeng naturally knew the risks of doing this:

"You can do such a thing? Then why didn't you choose to establish this connection with someone else? You seem very miserable, and you are also eager to get rid of this pain. Since you can do this, why not find someone, or even trick someone, into establishing such a connection? You could completely manage to leave the mark on someone, right?"

The Curator shook his head:

"No, I cannot do that. Only when the other party fully agrees can such a mark be established. And even if the other party fully agrees, as long as they regret it afterward... even if the mark has already been carved, it will disappear."

The Curator's voice carried resentment again:

"No one is willing to establish such a link with me..."

"I told you, other people's pain can bring benefits, but my pain brings no benefits."

"Adventurers, the world that pursues pain is actually no different in essence from our normal world."

These words of the Curator could be considered a moment of clarity.

The world that pursues pain is indeed no different from the normal world.

Because the pursuit of pain is because pain brings positive benefits.

A world where pain can yield benefits is perhaps even more ideal than the normal world.

In the normal world, for the sake of money, who isn't embracing pain and working hard?

But in the normal world, one often suffers various pressures and pains in life without gaining any benefits—for example, working nine-to-six, only to end up with nothing at the end of the year. In fact... it even makes life more difficult.

Therefore, although the people in District 20 of Hujiang in the Mysterious Tower pursue pain and look pathological, everyone is a holder of the means of production.

But the Curator is an exception. Others' pain has benefits, but his pain provides benefits for others...

So, in a sense, others' pain is normal work, while his pain is unpaid overtime.

Once pain is detached from benefits, no one is willing to suffer even half a bit more pain.

Only in the real world would people do such things.

"No one will be willing to suffer pain for no reason. I am naturally eager for someone to share my pain. But there is no such person. There were some earlier, but now... there won't be."

"And I cannot expose my secret too much."

"However, you are different, adventurer. If you enter the Human Cave, if you need pain to awaken yourself, then pain is beneficial to you, isn't it?"

Ye Lingfeng had to admit that the Curator's logic was clear.

At the same time, Ye Lingfeng was not afraid; after all, if this was a trap, even if he stepped into it, he wouldn't be afraid of falling in.

After all, the process of returning to the Bunker or turning the Tower would erase the traces he left on another tower.

And Ye Lingfeng was holding an invitation letter for this round.

"Fine, come on. I agree to establish this pain link with you."

The Curator was overjoyed. He did not harbor any conspiracy in this act.

It was just that he was truly too eager to alleviate his own pain.

The establishment of the ritual was completed quickly.

That painful link symbol had already been branded onto Ye Lingfeng.

The Curator also kept his promise and did not immediately make Ye Lingfeng feel pain.

"I will transfer my pain to you in an hour. I hope it will be of help to you."

"Warrior, you should take action."

Ye Lingfeng did not hesitate any longer and turned to walk back.

When he went to see the Curator, Ye Lingfeng had walked a very long way, to the point that he felt the other party had some kind of space-type ability.

But on the way back, Ye Lingfeng did not walk for the same amount of time; he walked out very quickly.

This also made Ye Lingfeng firmly believe—

The Curator had space-type abilities.

Ye Lingfeng quickly returned to the auction house scene.

Yoshida Da Wu had been waiting for a long time. After Ye Lingfeng appeared, he immediately began to question Ye Lingfeng about his grandson, Yoshida Xiaohui.

Ye Lingfeng said simply:

"Xiaohui cannot come back. He is already dead. However, if there is a world after death... Xiaohui is very happy in that world."

Yoshida Da Wu, who only had half a head, immediately shed muddy tears.

He began to hammer the ground frantically with his head:

"I harmed him! I harmed him!"

Ye Lingfeng shook his head:

"No... your starting point was good. Yoshida Xiaohui did indeed live very happily, but only in that world inside the Human Cave. If he could truly experience that world, he would be grateful to you. Mr. Yoshida, I think the Human Cave Village does indeed possess a method to make people happy."

"For the specifics, I have to wait until I explore the Human Cave again. Please wait for my news."

Yoshida Da Wu looked up:

"Thank you, adventurer. I believe what you said. I don't know how to repay you, but if you have anything you want to do, you can order me at any time!"

Ye Lingfeng nodded and did not decline:

"In the future, we will meet in a more real world."

Promises in the Mysterious Tower had no meaning. But Ye Lingfeng also knew that Yoshida Da Wu was indeed one of the few normal people who truly loved his grandson.

If the invitation letter could allow him to return to a certain key node—

Perhaps he could save Yoshida Xiaohui.

But before activating the invitation letter, Ye Lingfeng had to figure out—

Who the real boss was.

Only then could he head to the Tower of Desire and solve it once and for all.

Soon, a portal appeared beside Ye Lingfeng.

"Let's go... warrior," Xu 04 said.

Ye Lingfeng was very curious, if he drank this wine, what kind of memories would it awaken?

In the end, he did not try it, but walked into the portal.

Human Cave Village.

The floating buildings around seemed to have become higher.

The sky was gray.

Ye Lingfeng walked in the gray world, looking at the human-shaped caves one by one, feeling only a kind of psychological horror.

He walked toward the depths of Human Cave Village. The Human Cave Village in the depths had a different scene from the outskirts.

The village was shrouded in thick fog, and visibility was extremely low.

If one was not careful, one would walk in front of a cave entrance and might be sucked in with one step forward.

Most of the houses by the roadside were dilapidated, and the wooden door frames were covered with dark green moss. Some eaves had faded talismans hanging from them.

They were painted with strange symbols in dark red pigment, looking like some kind of twisted eyes.

These eyes swayed in the wind, appearing from the fog from time to time.

Ye Lingfeng always walked very, very slowly, not letting himself enter any Human Cave.

But he knew he had reached the deepest part of Human Cave Village.

Soon, Ye Lingfeng discovered a relatively huge mansion.

The characters "Fortune God" were carved upside down on the lintel of the mansion.

Ye Lingfeng pushed open the mansion door, and a heavy, moldy smell rushed toward him. The tatami mats in the entryway had turned yellow and black, and stepping on them felt sticky.

The paper sliding doors on the walls were broken in several places. Through these holes, Ye Lingfeng saw faint light flickering in the depths of the corridor.

Those were candle flames. These candle flames had actually not gone out.

Several portraits hung on the walls on both sides of the corridor, but the faces on those portraits had been deliberately smeared, leaving only empty eye sockets.

Ye Lingfeng felt a huge chill.

"Don't come in... don't come in... don't disturb everyone's happiness."

The little boy's voice sounded again.

This meant that Ye Lingfeng had reached the edge of a certain Human Cave.

"I beg you, leave quickly, big brother. Everyone is living very happily; why do you want to make them unhappy?"

Ye Lingfeng thought for a moment and found that he didn't see the Human Cave at all.

But he could hear the sound of the Human Cave.

So, did this mean—the Human Cave was hidden by some kind of power?

He decided to respond to the little boy:

"If everyone is very happy... then what is the black vortex in the sky?"

"And what is the curse that everyone fears? How could there be a completely happy life in this world?"

"Some people's happiness is even built on the unhappiness of others. Why do you think... everyone is happy?"

"They are so far from the truth; how can they talk about happiness?"

The little boy did not speak.

Ye Lingfeng did not care; he continued to go deeper into this mansion in Human Cave Village.

At the end of the corridor was a Japanese-style room, with the eye symbols painted all over the paper sliding doors.

Ye Lingfeng pushed open the door, and a low table was placed in the room.

And beside the low table—

There was a kneeling Human Cave.

Judging from the outline, before this person became a Human Cave, it seemed they were kneeling and praying.

Sure enough, looking in the direction the person was praying, one could see a shrine.

A wooden statue of a god was enshrined in the shrine. The statue had exaggerated proportions, a particularly large head, and only a huge eye carved on its face.

"It seems this is the most critical Human Cave, right?"

Walking all the way here, although there was no danger, the weirdness and gloom of Human Cave Village still gave one a kind of psychological fear.

Ye Lingfeng checked the time.

Fifteen minutes remained until the hour was up.

"Fifteen minutes in the outside world; inside the Human Cave, perhaps it's just enough to finish experiencing one node."

"Come on, let me see who I will play this time, and what is the reason for the happiness brought by Human Cave Village!"

Without any hesitation, Ye Lingfeng walked into the Human Cave.

Inside the Human Cave.

The seven-colored tunnel appeared before Ye Lingfeng's eyes again.

The little angel-like boy in the kimono appeared again. It seemed he was still thinking about a certain problem and did not speak.

He just looked at Ye Lingfeng with pleading eyes, wanting him to leave.

But Ye Lingfeng naturally could not just leave like this.

"Big brother... why don't you just stay here? Don't go in... I don't know what's inside, but I know that this person brings happiness to everyone."

"Please don't... please don't destroy him."

Ye Lingfeng shook his head:

"What is the difference between happiness detached from reality and illusory delusions?"

Ye Lingfeng did not say much more and walked into the Human Cave.

Tears appeared in the little boy's eyes.

He was afraid, afraid that the world where everyone was happy would collapse.

But he also didn't know how this world was established or how it existed.

He just felt that his mission was to persuade others to leave the Human Cave.

And as his body completely submerged into the interior of the Human Cave—

Ye Lingfeng's consciousness began to fade slowly, and the memories of another person rushed in completely.

Node 01.

Morita Yu put on a white kimono; today was the day he officially began to bring happiness to others.

Washing his face with a handful of clear water, Morita Yu looked up at his appearance in the mirror.

Every word used to describe the handsomeness of a man could be used on this face.

"I hope everything goes well today, and I hope I can become someone who brings happiness to everyone!"

"This is my happiness!"

People always said that Morita-sama was becoming more and more divine.

This was indeed the case.

Thanks to a handsome face, plus that look of compassion for all living things and a smile that made people feel like a spring breeze...

Tenmoku Village was able to make a name for itself in Hujiang, which was full of temples.

Of course, this reputation could not come from one person's appearance. The reason Tenmoku Village had such a great reputation was that this village seemed to be able to bring good luck to others.

This was also related to Morita Yu. In a sense, Morita Yu himself was like a miracle.

Actually, Morita Yu wasn't good-looking at the beginning. People always said that girls changed eighteen times, but they didn't expect that a boy would also have a huge, face-changing transformation between the ages of fourteen and eighteen.

The fourteen-year-old Morita Yu was originally... definitely not handsome, even somewhat ugly.

But at fifteen, sixteen, seventeen... in those few years, Morita Yu seemed to have been favored by the God of Tenmoku.

He began to become better and better.

He was originally a bit fat, but gradually, his body began to thin out, and his figure became well-proportioned.

The people of Tenmoku Village weren't very tall, and in fact, the people of Hujiang weren't very tall either.

But Morita Yu began to grow taller slowly. His height of 1.86 meters made him stand out among his peers like a crane in a flock of chickens.

At eighteen, Morita Yu began to wear a white kimono, floating like an immortal. He no longer wore daily casual clothes; he was always in a white kimono, like attending a wedding.

But because of his figure, he looked more like an immortal.

His appearance had completely changed, becoming something that would make men look at themselves with shame and shake their heads, and something that would make women blush when they saw him.

He began to possess a "divine appearance."

People began to describe Morita Yu as someone favored by the God of Tenmoku.

But gradually, people heard a rumor... perhaps Morita Yu was the God of Tenmoku.

Shaking his head, Morita Yu stopped recalling the past.

"Next, as long as I show a miracle... I can become a true god in everyone's eyes."

"I am a god... I am a god!"

Morita hinted to himself this way. After all, being able to show miracles meant Morita was a true god descended to earth. The fact that he could make people happy—was something he spread himself.

Because the things that happened to him became more and more outrageous, he became healthy, handsome, and even smart, and his family became richer and richer...

This also led people to believe that God favored Morita. So Morita was a true god descended to earth; although it was outrageous, many people soon began to believe it.

Morita Yu walked out of his room.

He began his first "consultation" of his career.

The first person to consult him was a man in the village named Koizumi Kyohei.

Forty years old.

Koizumi Kyohei didn't actually believe there were so-called immortals in this world, but thinking that everyone praised this Morita... anyway, it didn't cost money, so he might as well try it.

When Koizumi Kyohei saw Morita Yu, he immediately felt that sense of holiness.

What a beautiful face; such a face appearing on a man—if this wasn't a god, what was?

Just at this moment, Morita Yu seemed to hear a voice. A somewhat sharp, mocking voice.

This made him slightly puzzled.

"Tsk, with this look, he could probably go fifty-fifty with Wen Renjing? But I still prefer Wen Renjing's type."

A strange voice.

Morita Yu did not look around; he had long used his divine power on himself, giving himself amazing five senses...

So he was sure that the voice was not around him, as if it were in his own mind.

"Wen Renjing... how strange, why would I use that tone and blurt out such an unheard-of name."

Morita Yu didn't think too much about it.

Because soon, Koizumi Kyohei began to say respectfully:

"Morita-sama, I heard that you can make people lucky. I don't know if it's true or false... but if you can really do it... please help me!"

Morita Yu showed a gentle smile:

"What do you need me to do for you?"

He stood there, looking at Koizumi Kyohei, who was also standing but bowing slightly.

Koizumi Kyohei said:

"Nothing much... it's just that I'm too poor, and my wife always says I have no future following me and wants to divorce me."

"Ah, I actually send money home every month, but I haven't for the past few months because I found a business opportunity, a way to make myself completely rich!"

"But my wife doesn't understand me and complains that I don't care about the family's expenses."

"I just had bad luck and failed. If only I had good luck, you... if you are really a messenger of God... no, an incarnation of God, can you grant me good luck?"

"And... can you give me some capital?"

Morita Yu's smile almost froze.

"The business opportunity you mentioned... is gambling?"

"Of course! If I had enough good luck, I could gain happiness, couldn't I? I've prayed to many gods, but none of them worked. After all... there are no gods in this world, right?"

Morita Yu sighed:

"I understand. I will make you happy. Come with me."

Koizumi Kyohei was shocked:

"Really?"

Morita Yu said:

"Next, I will perform a ritual to expel the unhappiness from you."

"You will become lucky because of this."

Koizumi Kyohei had never heard of such a thing, but thinking that Morita Yu wouldn't harm him, trying it wouldn't hurt.

So Koizumi Kyohei began to follow Morita Yu into a room.

Inside the room, Morita Yu chanted some kind of obscure incantation that people couldn't understand.

As the incantation was chanted continuously, gradually Koizumi Kyohei felt some kind of black mist emerging from his body.

This black mist was soon captured into a bottle by Morita Yu using means that could be called sorcery.

Soon after, Koizumi Kyohei felt refreshed all over.

He seemed to be able to perceive that he was different from before.

But he couldn't say exactly how he was different.

"Go, your life afterward will be smooth sailing."

Koizumi Kyohei left happily.

Morita Yu suddenly began to talk to himself.

"Gambling is wrong."

"I know gambling is wrong... but I will bring happiness to anyone. He is also a person from our Tenmoku Village. There are many forms of happiness. Gambling brings unhappiness, so people think gambling is wrong, but what if gambling brings people happiness?"

"I don't know."

"I know that making everyone happy is my mission as a god! For this mission, paying any price is worth it. We love this world, and we hope this world becomes better, don't we?"

Morita Yu's face flickered between light and shadow.

He was a bit tired, so he planned to take a nap.

In his sleep, Morita Yu dreamed that he had gained a lot of fame.

He had gained the favor of many women and received countless praises from this world.

He was very happy now, and even in his dreams, he only had beautiful dreams.

Morita Yu did not notice—

A man wearing a mask appeared. But this man never spoke, nor did he let himself appear in Morita Yu's line of sight.

This person was not someone else, but Ye Lingfeng's sub-personality.

Having had the experience from last time, Ye Lingfeng's sub-personality naturally wouldn't try to awaken his master personality—Morita Yu—again.

After all, this Human Cave was very special.

If he made the other party feel a crisis, he might really die. Even if it was just causing the other party to be suspicious.

However, what made Ye Lingfeng's sub-personality a bit concerned was that Morita Yu's last self-talk was not interfered with by himself...

But it was truly Morita Yu talking to himself.

"Could it be that this Morita Yu also has multiple personalities?"

"No, that's not right."

The "Absolutely Calm Version of Ye Lingfeng," which symbolized reason and calm thinking, felt intuitively that... Morita Yu had a problem.

"Let's continue to observe for now."

Node 01 did not end.

Soon, Koizumi Kyohei won a lot of money at the casino.

Koizumi Kyohei began to promote Morita Yu's miracles.

"Morita-immortal can really give me good luck. I win every bet now; I'm too lucky!"

In gambling, if someone wins, someone must lose.

Behind Koizumi Kyohei's success were countless families ruined just like Koizumi Kyohei's. However, they were all gamblers, so they weren't worth sympathizing with.

But at least from Koizumi Kyohei's perspective, he was the one winning money, the one who was happy.

Soon, under Koizumi Kyohei's promotion, the claim that Morita Yu was a true god descended to earth gained higher credibility.

Gradually, more people came to find Morita Yu.

"My hair is so thin; I really want to have thick hair," said a girl from Tenmoku Village.

"No problem. You will no longer be troubled by hair."

Not long after completing the ritual and extracting the girl's unhappiness into the bottle, the girl's hair began to become thick and supple.

She became confident and happy because of this.

She was already beautiful, but her hair was too sparse, giving her a deep sense of inferiority.

After becoming beautiful and confident, she immediately felt that her current boyfriend was no longer worthy of her. She could pursue better goals.

Thanks to Morita Yu's ability, she was always happy and soon had a new boyfriend. Taller, handsome, richer, and more like Morita Yu.

But as mentioned earlier, if someone is happy, someone must be unhappy.

The man who lost his girlfriend and the woman whose boyfriend was snatched away... were all victims of this happiness.

But people didn't care about the unhappy people.

Because people crave happiness, and their eyes are always focused on the happy people.

Morita Yu's reputation grew larger and larger.

More people in Tenmoku Village sought out Morita Yu.

The most famous one was limb regeneration.

Ishihara Shunpei, a villager who had lost a leg, actually had his limb regenerated after Morita Yu showed a miracle...

However, at this time, Hujiang had already begun to have many monsters and urban legends...

So miracles like limb regeneration didn't seem to attract much attention in the current Hujiang.

The end was approaching, and more and more strange events were occurring in more places.

Only the people of Tenmoku Village lived in happiness.

Gamblers had the luck to win everything.

Girls with hair loss had hair volume comparable to anime heroines.

Villagers who lost a leg had limbs that allowed them to move fast.

Not just these—

Morita Yu's miracles continued to manifest.

The unhappiness of Tenmoku Village was disappearing bit by bit.

Parents whose children were disobedient revealed their unhappiness to Morita Yu, and overnight, the children became excellent and obedient, becoming the "other people's children" in the eyes of countless parents.

A victim complained that his girlfriend fell in love with a blonde guy; after Morita Yu absorbed the unhappiness, suddenly the girlfriend changed her mind and loved the victim devotedly.

A laid-off older programmer received a job offer from his original company the next day; not only was he not laid off, but he was promoted two levels because of it.

The black liquid in the bottle became more and more, and the happy people became more and more.

Reincarnation of the God of Tenmoku, the god in charge of luck, Morita-immortal, savior...

These titles fell on Morita Yu. The Morita family mansion became larger and more magnificent.

One afternoon, Morita Yu looked at the black liquid that was already three-quarters full in his mansion, and a hidden worry rose in his heart.

"It's okay, my limit certainly won't be just this much, right?"

"I can still do more, right? This is my happiness! My happiness is to bring happiness to more people!"

"This is the meaning of my life!"

These words didn't seem wrong, but for some reason, when he said these words, the divinity on his face disappeared completely, replaced by a ferocious posture.

At this time, many people began to visit Morita Yu.

They brought gifts, brought various gains after having a happy life, to thank Morita Yu.

They praised Morita Yu, kneeling and worshiping Morita Yu with an attitude toward a god.

Seeing this scene, Morita Yu's worry about the black liquid also disappeared completely.

He no longer thought about those annoying things, but said very happily:

"I am so happy."

A "1" appeared deep in the crevices of Morita Yu's palm prints.

But Morita Yu didn't care about this, unlike Yoshida Xiaohui, who always had a sense of "self-deprecation" and "inferiority."

Morita Yu's special background made him firmly believe that he was the one who could bring happiness to others.

He firmly believed that he was the incarnation of a god, and all the strange things that happened to him wouldn't make him reflect, but only make him feel... that this was the manifestation of a miracle.

However, deep in his spirit, in the place called the dream...

The "Absolutely Calm Version of Ye Lingfeng" had already learned the truth about "happiness" through observation.

"So that's it; I seem to have figured out the secret of Human Cave Village."

But this time, he didn't do anything. He was just waiting, waiting for the right time to reveal the truth.

Ye Lingfeng didn't wait long.

Because pain arrived as scheduled.

Node 02.

If there were no such pain, in this node, Morita Yu would find a way to solve the black liquid that was about to overflow.

He would slowly change from an immortal of Tenmoku Village to an immortal of Hujiang.

Slowly, all the unhappiness from Hujiang would be absorbed by him.

Hujiang would become a happy city, and this country would also become a happy country under his efforts.

Of course, by Node 03... perhaps Morita Yu would become a savior in the true sense.

A god who saves the world.

The later the nodes, the more they deviate from reality.

It was like at the beginning, Yoshida Xiaohui's life, the degree of absurdity was just that a person with intellectual disabilities scored what a normal person could score.

But gradually, he even became a wise man in this world.

The degree of absurdity became more and more exaggerated.

Morita Yu was the same.

From the beginning of making people in the village happy, gradually, it would become outrageous to make people all over the world happy.

Everything should have been moving along this outrageous trajectory—

But at this moment, the Curator far away at the Pain Auction House finally began the pain transfer.

When Morita Yu was planning to head to District 11 in the center of Hujiang to make those tormented by urban legends happy...

Morita Yu, sitting in a luxury car, suddenly began to feel intense pain.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The pain that tore everything apart struck instantly.

It was like a calm sea surface suddenly raising a super giant wave hundreds of meters high.

It was also like a giant beast in the deep sea finally starting to feed.

Morita Yu's immortal appearance shattered instantly; his eyes were about to split, saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were full of bloodshot veins.

This extreme pain made Morita Yu feel fear, anger, suspicion, and all kinds of negative emotions.

At the same time...

Not far from Morita Yu, a female assassin wearing a mask appeared, a two-headed monster appeared, and a child emitting flames appeared.

They represented the suspicion, fear, and anger of the Human Cave host.

They appeared, and they could instantly kill anyone who tried to make the host unhappy.

But this time... they didn't find a target.

The absolutely calm version of Ye Lingfeng, hiding in the dream, couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Of course you can't find a target, because the target is outside Human Cave Village."

The Curator was simply like an antidote growing next to a poisonous plant.

It was like the heartbreak grass next to the heartbreak flower in a martial arts novel.

Although both were poisonous, they could neutralize each other's toxicity.

Because no one had ever walked out of a Human Cave before, no one knew that the condition for leaving a Human Cave was to manufacture unhappiness and collect unhappiness in a world of absolute happiness.

And the biggest difficulty of the Human Cave was losing one's self.

These things could be solved by pain.

But people dominated by pain currency didn't know this restraining relationship at all.

At this time, the pain and tearing sensation brought by the severe pain made Morita Yu feel unhappy.

The world of the Human Cave actually began to collapse. Ye Lingfeng's master personality was not awakened because of this...

Because Morita Yu had never doubted himself.

However, the calm version of Ye Lingfeng's sub-personality was not in a hurry.

It didn't matter if the master personality wasn't awakened; he had already found the truth from Morita Yu's past experiences.

Next, he just needed to constantly feel the pain and force himself to leave this world.

Morita Yu let out a heart-piercing roar.

That intense pain made the driver feel terrified.

And all the manifestations of negative emotions had no way to start, and could only watch the world shatter.

They couldn't kill Morita Yu either; their existence was to kill those who tried to make Morita Yu unhappy.

But Morita Yu himself had to survive.

Since the master personality was not awakened, he naturally didn't know how to lift the pain link.

Morita Yu's unhappiness accumulated quickly... This immortal relied on extreme pain—to collect enough unhappiness to leave this place.

Finally...

The world showed cracks. The street scene of Hujiang turned into a seven-colored tunnel.

Ye Lingfeng, who had almost bitten his gums until they bled, suddenly woke up.

"I... where am I? Why did I come here?" Ye Lingfeng's expression was very manic.

Because of the extreme pain, his face was now somewhat distorted.

"I am..."

"Am I Morita Yu? No... that's not right, I am Ye Lingfeng."

Accompanied by heavy breathing, Ye Lingfeng gradually found himself.

"Big brother, continue to explore the Human Cave... you will really lose yourself. You are more confused than the first time."

Said the little boy in the white kimono.

The first time, when Ye Lingfeng left the tunnel, he had a feeling of Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly.

Was it Ye Lingfeng who became Yoshida Xiaohui, or Yoshida Xiaohui who became Ye Lingfeng?

At that time, he was clearly awakened autonomously, but he couldn't help but have such a feeling.

And this time, his master personality was not awakened, which meant that from beginning to end, he felt he was Morita Yu.

He only relied on the unhappiness accumulated by pain to force his escape.

This also led to the fact that this time, it was even harder for him to anchor himself.

"I am Ye Lingfeng... I am Ye Lingfeng..."

Ye Lingfeng kept repeating this to himself. At the same time, he lifted his pain link with the Curator.

"So that's it... I understand, I am Ye Lingfeng, I just entered the Human Cave, and I was playing Morita Yu."

After confirming it many times, Ye Lingfeng finally anchored himself.

He did not deny the little boy's words.

If he continued to explore the Human Cave, after many times, he would truly lose himself.

Perhaps next time, even if he left the Human Cave, he wouldn't be able to awaken his master personality and would still think he was the existence inside the Human Cave.

After being silent for a long while, Ye Lingfeng said:

"I have already figured out everything about Human Cave Village. Morita Yu... is not the one who truly brings happiness."

Hearing Ye Lingfeng's words, the little boy's expression froze.

"There is no God of Tenmoku, no so-called Morita-immortal. All of this is just a Human Cave version of Morita's life."

"In reality, Morita couldn't do any of this at all. Morita in the Human Cave is just Morita's ideal self."

"He fantasized that he was an immortal, fantasized that he could use some kind of power to become a god recognized by the world."

"But he had also worried about the backlash of such power."

Ye Lingfeng said, already holding the invitation letter in his hand.

A trace of sadness suddenly appeared in the little boy's eyes.

"Big brother... what are you going to do?"

Ye Lingfeng looked at the little boy:

"After Morita Yu transferred the unhappiness of that gambler... I realized that the scene of putting black liquid into a bottle was very similar to the process of me collecting unhappiness in the Human Cave."

"And at that time, Morita was talking to himself. At first, I thought Morita had multiple personalities, but in reality, that wasn't the case."

"He was talking to himself only because that was the beautified process of the Human Cave version..."

"In reality, Morita was convincing someone. In reality, Morita never relied on his own power to transfer unhappiness."

"He just used that person's power to package himself as an immortal."

The little boy looked at Ye Lingfeng blankly, as if his brain had gone blank. But at this moment, he seemed to remember something again.

Ye Lingfeng looked at the little boy:

"The secret of Human Cave Village, the immortal who devours the unhappiness of others, is actually you, right?"

(End of chapter)

"The secret of the human cave village, the immortal who devours the misfortune of others, is actually you, right?"

(End of chapter)