[{"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-35":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},687769,922,"Chapter 35: The Patient Seemed More Rational Than Him, and the Medication Isn’t a Key Item for Completion","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned eerily silent. No one expected this kind of internal conflict to break out, especially when there had been no progress on the task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian stayed quiet for a few seconds, clearly struggling to process the information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he mean by “he ate it all himself”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he stepped up to defuse the situation: “Mr. Kirk, what exactly do you mean by that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly what I said,” Kirk replied bluntly. “I never imagined someone’s game ability would be… eating?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It just feels like he’s deliberately hindering our progress in this game.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk looked visibly irritated—much less rational and arrogant than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you looked closely, there was a scratch on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had come from failing to bring back the yuxiang shredded pork—his patient Long Liu had actually dug out a piece of stone from the ground and hurled it at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to ask for help directly in his livestream, since the external staff had been watching all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Agent Jiu Tian, yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. The Player in the red mask ate all the distributed items in the asylum.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Not just the medication, but the food too! All of it!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: After counting, that’s 112 total portions! No way a human could do that. The volume alone exceeds the world record for competitive eating.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Our guess is that this is an Extraordinary Power unique to him. The level and peculiarity are completely unhinged... but so far, it seems kind of useless.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian stared at the message on the screen from his own people, brain feeling short-circuited. His reaction now looked just like Kirk’s earlier face when he first encountered Lu Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brain Cramp Syndrome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the h*ll? Is he insane? Why would he eat all that? That stuff’s not even edible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t he worried about killing himself with food? Was he trying to test out his own superpower?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait—what’s the backstory here? Why did he eat it? Why eat *all* of it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There wasn’t any trigger?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Unfortunately, Agent Jiu Tian, there was no backstory, no real reason.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: If we had to give one, it’s that he said he was hungry from the start. He was hungry, so he wanted to eat, so he ate everything. Very... absurd.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Our behavioral analysts have been monitoring, but they can’t determine any clear motive. There’s suspicion that his mental state is extremely unstable.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Compared to him, the patient in his room actually seemed a lot more rational. It’s worth noting that this patient initiated two rational conversations with him—something none of you other Players have managed to do.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Sadly, the patient was more rational, but *he* wasn’t—so nothing useful came of it.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian’s frown deepened. He couldn’t make sense of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No reason, no motive… and yet the outcome wasn’t necessarily bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the actual h*ll—how is the patient more rational than *him*?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mental patient could actually hold a logical conversation with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this really as meaningless as it looks?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, since being chosen for The Chosen’s Game and becoming a Special Affairs Agent, he’d had a long stint working at the grassroots level. He knew not everything was as simple as it appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the rules to the letter often didn’t get things done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, it was usually those who ignored rules or skipped procedure that actually got results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know what was up with Lu Ce. Couldn’t think of any logical explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Also, one more thing to be extremely cautious about.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: No matter what, do NOT provoke him! Don’t mess with that guy!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: His Combat Power is absolutely terrifying.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm? Jiu Tian raised an eyebrow. This was the first time he’d ever seen Combat Power described as “absolutely terrifying”…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Lu Ce, who’d been lying down the whole time, finally spoke, interrupting Jiu Tian’s train of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh hey, it’s you—the guy who begged for food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, still didn’t get any?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly speaking in code, a conversation only the two of them could understand, lying comfortably on the floor like he didn’t have a care in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Big Guy and the woman stood off to the side, totally confused by whatever this weird exchange was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk, no longer arrogant, now looked like he was grinding his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That medication is for the mental patients—not for *you* to eat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve clearly lost your mind from eating too much! If you’re that far gone, then just quit. This game isn’t for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, just ’cause you didn’t get any food doesn’t mean you can blame me. I got my food—means I’ve got skills…” Lu Ce kept spouting nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough!” Kirk snapped. He completely lost it. The man who’d always lived on a pedestal now felt the soul-crushing despair of talking to a brick wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you even realize? If I had gotten that medicine, I’d be this close to full control! I was almost there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Hell Mode Game wasn’t even supposed to be that dangerous, but *you* turned it into a living nightmare!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chinese guy, I don’t know if you’re just playing dumb, or if you’ve completely lost it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That medication was a Key Item for Completion—you’re blocking the game’s progress! You’re making Hell Mode even worse! You’ll drag all of us down to h*ll with you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So either play properly, or get the f*ck out! Quit this game right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Lu Ce, still lying on the floor, slowly lifted his head and glanced at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From behind the red mask, it was like a sharp beam of light shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk felt like a predator had just locked onto him in the wild—his mind went blank for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you know the medication is a Key Item for Completion? Who told you that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned their eyes toward Lu Ce in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke... like a normal person?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time he’d said something meaningful—actually held a conversation like a regular Player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk’s brain stalled for a moment. Jiu Tian was also thinking it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they thought about it... the game never actually *said* anything about the medication!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only on the meal tray label that it said the medication could relieve symptoms—right next to that sh*t-looking food. It was just... part of the meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what did the medication actually do? What was its mechanism? What condition was it even meant to treat? None of them knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Kirk himself had originally been skeptical and had wanted to rely on his own abilities without the meds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, they’d all just... assumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce kept talking—this time, with complete confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That medication isn’t some Key Item for Game Completion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he said that, it hit like a thunderclap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone fell silent—even the tin-can robot Tom in the corner, who hadn’t moved at all until now, turned his head to look over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk furrowed his brows, deep in thought. Everyone was thinking hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re saying…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not a game item...” Lu Ce muttered as he laid back down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s my breakfast. Ah, kinda hungry again… When’s lunch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk: ##%%￥#！(╬▔皿▔)╯\u003C\u002Fp>",1220,"2026-06-02T09:03:26.862Z",1,"novelbin.me","ebe2b05cadd4b36d15f319e8cc47d77096e0a5a81ce323230ffec6998de5039a","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-36","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-34",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]