The very first sentence struck Wen Xishu as absurd.
The Pain Auction? Human-Hole Village?
"You mean I'm in Human-Hole Village right now."
Wen Xishu looked at the woman. Although she stood at an angle, her hair seemed to defy gravity, extending perfectly straight at that same angle.
It had a very Japanese aesthetic.
Aqua-blue hair, aqua-blue clothes, and a hazy, illusory quality to her whole figure. She didn't look real at all.
Wen Xishu realized that she might... not be human.
"Yes, you are in Human-Hole Village. Before you enter a Human Hole, I suggest you accompany me to the Auction House and bid on some things that can help you survive," the woman said with a smile.
Wen Xishu remembered. The Pain Auction... Albert had said that pain had become a kind of currency.
"Why is this house tilted?"
"Not long ago, a major collision occurred here... Many unusual force fields appeared, causing some buildings to float in the air," the woman explained earnestly.
Wen Xishu asked again:
"Who are you?"
"I'm Void 04, an attendant at the Auction House," Void 04 said with a smile.
What a thoroughly standard robot name.
It seemed she really wasn't human.
Wen Xishu immediately interpreted her as a Guide, an NPC who guided newcomers.
"A major collision happened here... so it's ruins now?"
"Yes, the outskirts have become ruins, but Human-Hole Village still exists. If we cannot deal with the Human Holes in Human-Hole Village, our world will remain cursed with misfortune. So, Hero, please accompany me to the Pain Auction, bid on items suited to you, and purify the Human Holes." Void 04 smiled.
Wen Xishu suddenly wondered why this felt so intensely familiar.
"Do people like me often appear nearby?"
"No... but according to the clues we've obtained, people who