[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste":3,"chapter-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-259":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},687843,922,"Chapter 259: Everything About You Belongs to [Life]","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-259",259,"\u003Cp>Xie Antong fell silent for a moment. Indeed, the game's objective had always been prison escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lu Ce's voice came through again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, this information of yours has made me consider many things. If that's the case, then everything seems to make sense...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While fiddling with the three brains in his hands, Lu Ce began piecing things together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, he had already spotted inconsistencies in the prison's regulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rules clearly stated \"feed at least one per day,\" yet the prison guards and warden had strictly adhered to feeding exactly one per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed this modification to the rules was their collective effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time and again, they had struggled against the thoughts controlling them, ultimately choosing this compliant option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something had tried to brainwash them, yet they had retained their true selves while brainwashing themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having figured it out, Lu Ce couldn't help clicking his tongue in irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after all this, he was actually the biggest bastard here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh, not that it mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I mean is, right now...\" Xie Antong's voice grew solemn. \"If those three aren't our enemies, and are even helping us to some extent...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what exactly is this game's primary adversary?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce surveyed his surroundings—the seemingly endless swarm of goblins, the sprawling underground pipes, the prisoners nailed and tortured against the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clusters of green tubes rooted into the walls, stretching toward the distant black barrier at the end...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think I might know what we're up against,\" Lu Ce muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Outside, you've already fought those things shrouded in black robes, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Xie Antong replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Underneath their robes... it's some kind of revolting green creature.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not very tall. The previous black-robed figures were just two of these things stacked together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Green... like goblins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Antong gave a rough description as prisoners began clashing directly with the goblins, green and red blood splattering across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now I don't know... if those three aren't the enemy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What should we be doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the trio practically self-harm to create opportunities for the prisoners, Xie Antong found it hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was pure psychological warfare! Accustomed to direct conflict and life-or-death struggles, she hadn't expected such self-sacrificial assistance in this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you forget to take your meds today? Brain not working?!\" Lu Ce didn't hold back, immediately snapping at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a prison break! What you're doing outside is breaking out! Why the hell do you care about anyone else's survival?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone has their own battlefield. Their lives are their own problem. Even if I'm using them, that's their damn fault. In this game, nobody gets to be self-righteous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you can't shed that outdated morality, then go give yourself another injection. What, can't afford the meds anymore?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rapid-fire tirade from the other end of the headset left Xie Antong momentarily speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, she steadied herself and surveyed the chaotic battlefield around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was charging madly—destroying, fighting, dying. As the central commander, the pressure was unlike anything she'd experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd never borne responsibility for an entire battle's outcome, for so many direct deaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like someone with zero war experience suddenly becoming an officer—every order determining countless lives lost. Despite having abilities beyond normal humans, she lacked the mental fortitude to match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She almost wondered if she'd develop post-traumatic stress disorder after this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steeling herself, she began treating life-and-death before her as inconsequential, embracing cold-blooded efficiency. Using the final moments of Sound of Falling Snow's effect, she commanded everyone to tear down the walls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the prison break's enemy wasn't those three, then it was the prison itself preventing their escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From above, the crowd resembled arrowhead-shaped torrents charging toward areas Xie Antong suspected might lead outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only suspected!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her guesses required testing with human lives—psychological pressure she had no idea how to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was starting to doubt whether there were even enough prisoners to die for this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if deaths mounted, they might lose control entirely, descending into riots and mutiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their current fearlessness largely relied on Charge Horn's mental influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, a physically-enhanced player reached a wall near a drainage outlet. Lifting a two-meter tower shield, he charged at the wall like a battering ram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deafening crash, the player was sent flying backward, screaming as his arm clearly fractured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously destructible prison walls suddenly became impervious here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall remained completely intact—not even a crack—only denting slightly before the dent began slowly repairing itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seemingly brick-and-stone wall actually possessed some form of elasticity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other players and prisoners noticed the anomaly, their eyes lighting up as they collectively charged to topple this unusual barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, dozens of thin tubes shot out from the wall like water snakes, piercing into nearby combatants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those impaled immediately went limp, their bodies failing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Antong's eyebrows shot up. She immediately relayed this to \"Sin,\" certain he'd seen things underground they hadn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce abruptly looked up, cleared the surrounding goblins, and leaped to tear at the tubes connecting each wall-mounted prisoner and stretching into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were tubes even Hell's Roar couldn't sever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when Lu Ce pulled, they snapped easily—only to immediately pierce into his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, it didn't even appear as penetration. The elastic tubes resembled thick blood vessels, as if they'd grown naturally from Lu Ce's body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice began echoing melodiously through the green underground passageway, an ethereal sound from ancient times:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything about you belongs to [Life].\"\u003C\u002Fp>",920,"2026-06-02T09:03:27.233Z",1,"novelbin.me","d51817a7023fe2433d4acf1f805b3a3743c59f399196fbf62339c84396cc87e8","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-260","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-258",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]