Within the dark, fetid cave, Han Wu reviewed the areas he had explored while transformed into a Dark Curse Bug and pieced them together into a three-dimensional mental map. He traced the paths in his mind, searching for the mine’s exit. Soon, he spotted a small group of gnomes mercilessly whipping a cluster of emaciated humans, apparently forcing them into a specific shaft.0

While Han Wu was startled by the grisly scene, one of the gnomes peered into the shaft where he hid and somehow spotted him. It bellowed, cracked its whip, and lunged forward, presumably to punish him for straying from the group.0

Han Wu would not allow it. Though weakened...0