"It happened while I was in that country. I was lucky enough to see him once." The man shuddered involuntarily. "I almost got caught too."
"I don't know if Mental Evolvers are..." The man pointed to his head, putting it delicately. "Different from ordinary people in the way they think."
"He made the people in that country kill each other, and it wasn't to plunder resources. He just enjoyed killing people. That included the Players he caught. I saw him cut people open and take their brains with my own eyes. He was raving mad, and it didn't look like he was conducting some kind of experiment. It felt a bit like..."
He seemed reluctant to say the rest, so Xu Huo supplied, "Brain food?"
The man was left speechless. Genuine fear showed in his eyes. "It seemed that way... Anyway, a lot of Players were killed back then. It was a horrifying scene."
"After that, I haven't really liked interacting with Mental Evolvers."
He cautiously studied Xu Huo's expression, then added, "And it wasn't just him. I heard there's also a really powerful female Player who's the same way. She likes making people line up to kill themselves."
"Do you mean Dou Shengnan of the Ghastly Sound Knights?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow.
"I don't remember if that's her name," the man stressed. "Anyway, there are quite a few Evolvers like that."
Super Evolvers, especially those who underwent Mental Evolution, seemed to end up at least a little unhinged by the time they reached the peak of their Evolution. Of course, he didn't dare say that out loud.
"So I really wasn't with that guy just now."
Xu Huo nodded. "Don't worry. I'm not like them."
The man managed a strained smile.
Still, Xu Huo felt something was off.