The King of Curses
Chapter 66 - 66 28 Destiny Favors Her

66: Chapter 28 Destiny Favors Her 66: Chapter 28 Destiny Favors Her An Zhizhen was a strange person.

She knew this very well but never considered it to be a defect of any kind.

This was not an innate physiological shortcoming, but a subtle deviation that had arisen between her personal cognition and societal common sense.

If society was like a massive machine, thunderously churning, there were always a few gears, mismatched in size or excessively worn, that did not fit.

Some saw this as a dysfunction or imbalance that needed correction, like a disease that required treatment; but in her eyes, since common sense was not a natural state but a man-made construct, potentially shifting with each era, there was really no such thing as inviolable sanctity.

But after all, most people ultimately lived on this side of life, and those black sheep among the flock of sheep, in order not to be cast off to drift on the Fool’s Ship, had no choice but to keep silent.

Those lacking ambition would lie low, either having their edges worn away or eventually losing control and being shunned, ostracized, or even imprisoned…

But she did not want this.

All these signs began with the passing of her relatives.

An Zhizhen grew up in an affluent, upper-class family; her father was a businessman, and her mother was a pianist.

Though theirs was a marriage lacking in affection, they were respectful to each other, albeit often apart due to the father’s business trips and the mother’s world tours…

Since elementary school, she had been taken care of by her retired official grandfather.

Until the day her grandfather died of illness.

That was the first time An Zhizhen witnessed someone’s passing up close.

The old man, once talkative and ruddy, lay on the hospital bed, skin and bones, hunched over like a skeleton.

With sunken eyes and an odd scent to his body, his frail, hoarse voice calling her name as he looked at her was terrifying to the young girl.

Regardless of what kind of wealth, status, or reputation one had, no matter how happy and fulfilling a life one lived, at that moment, all beauty lost its meaning, all meaning dissipated into nothingness.

Children are often afraid of unclear things, most of which they gradually forget as they grow up; but An Zhizhen was different, for after the fear, she thought about how to overcome it.

She wanted to take control of her own destiny, and her interest in biological science, in medicine, perhaps began at that moment.

But the power of an individual was so weak, while the world they faced was so vast and immeasurable.

Against the currents of the times, one could capsize at any moment.

She wanted to find that dream.

—So, to become a politician?

It was the organizational power of human beings that allowed the creation of a brilliant civilization; it was only after becoming “a kind” that they could turn into monsters.

Yet even if one climbed to the brain of this monster, one still could not manipulate it at will.

Not only was there the risk of backlash, but the impotence of the individual remained unchanged.

—So, to become a scientist?

If she could truly make an astonishing discovery that would upend the modern industrial system and the order of the scientific community, she might find the answer she sought.

But that hope was undoubtedly elusive.

It was from that time that An Zhizhen realized the abnormality of her own personality; she found that her thoughts were ludicrous and wildly imaginative, the kind of thinking only the great villains in fictional works had; and since everyone was ordinary with no superpowers or magic, such fantasies would always remain just that.

But whether it was fortunate or not, aside from her way of thinking so distinctly different from others’, An Zhizhen was also very smart and precocious, so she had always managed to keep this contradiction between herself and the group well hidden.

In others’ eyes, everything about An Zhizhen was perfect; she had a good background, stunning looks, elegant speech, a warm personality, was popular, intelligent, talented in studies and art, and trusted by teachers, parents, and classmates.

After graduating from a prestigious university, she smoothly embarked on an academic path.

Everything had gone so predictably.

An Zhizhen thought that unless there was some astronomical probability effect so minute as to be nearly imperceptible, she would never find the answer she sought.

So, this masquerade might continue for a lifetime, even if she married, had children, and grew old—she was mentally prepared for this.

Until the arrival of the Curse Power.

An Zhizhen hadn’t encountered or experienced anything particular; she simply awakened naturally and immediately realized its function.

Now, “whether it was her inherent personality that attracted the dreadful power of the Heavenly Leader to her,” or “it was the latent power within her to manipulate others that twisted her personality”…no longer mattered.

That one-in-billions chance had come true; she had found her answer, and her repressed ambition swelled dramatically—

Most people, after all, lived on this side.

Those black sheep among the flock of sheep, in order not to be cast off to drift on the Fool’s Ship, could only remain silent.

But she didn’t want this.

What she wanted even more was to hold the power to decide right from wrong, good from evil, in her own hands; she wished to build a giant ship for all the people of the world, then herd them aboard.

Only by facing the stormy seas again could a stagnant human society regain the spirit of adventure.

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