[{"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-36":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},687770,922,"Chapter 36: Repair, Growth! The Terrifying Power of the Gluttony Mask","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-36",36,"\u003Cp>“Fck! You son of the btch! %$#$!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk immediately exploded with curses. The emotions he’d painstakingly held together completely collapsed—he had never seen a player like this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just been deep in thought, starting to think maybe this guy actually had some unusual insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, just as he was getting serious, the guy suddenly hit him with a: “That was breakfast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why the h*ll didn’t you say that was your last meal before execution!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still not cured yet, are you?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you even know what time it is?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost coughed up blood in reverse. Kirk’s face turned beet red from anger as he pointed at Lu Ce and started laying into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But honestly, he didn’t even know what to say anymore. Investigating a mental hospital, only to find out your teammate’s a mental patient? How the h*ll are you supposed to work with that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my god, what’s wrong? Poor Tom? Did that white cat mess with your feelings again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I’m Tom.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I’m not poor. And also, call me the Great Tom!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the corner, the metal robot that had previously turned its head spoke up seriously, then turned its head back around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female player bowed her head speechlessly, feeling a splitting headache coming on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Guy immediately started cursing again as he redid his bandages. He’d been so mad earlier, two more streams of blood had burst out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole scene had turned into a complete farce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously serious atmosphere collapsed in an instant. No one was thinking about medicine or no medicine anymore—it all just felt like the ramblings of a man lost in mental confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian also had a headache. He had been thinking that Lu Ce, being someone extraordinary, would do something unique. He’d really been thinking hard. But now… maybe it’s best to stop overthinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better not follow a lunatic’s logic and end up getting played to death in this Hell Mode Game. That kind of thing reallycouldget you killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This team is a nightmare to lead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, remembering what his colleague said about Lu Ce’s top-tier combat power—and considering they absolutely couldn’t afford internal conflict—he quickly stepped in to smooth things over:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, calm down for a moment. Let’s focus on the game and not fight among ourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm? Show-Off Guy in Red?” Lu Ce suddenly seemed to recognize Jiu Tian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian’s face twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seriously, bro? Aren’t you supposed to be mentally unstable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How the h*ll do you still remember the nicknameyougavemeso clearly?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go f*ck away from me!” Kirk had nothing more to say. He left behind a cold line and walked away from the group to sit farther off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no such thing as a team here. These useless people were either dead weight or, like that lunatic, flat-out liabilities!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d just have to plan things out on his own from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce continued lying on his back like he hadn’t heard a thing, completely immersed in his chaotic world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling Jiu Tian “Show-Off Guy in Red” earlier had been intentional. It was the one bit of responsibility he could offer to the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was trying to send a signal—he hadn’t completely lost his mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t let his mind slip into chaos, he wouldn’t be able to absorb the bonuses from the Gluttony Mask. So he allowed himself to act erratically, indulging in every irrational impulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But deep down, he still clung to the bare minimum of rationality. After all, becoming a complete lunatic and being controlled by the mask—that was unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether anyone actually picked up on the signal he was sending, whether anyone understood him... that was anyone’s guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he was enjoying it. Experiencing that sense of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The side effects of the Gluttony Mask were severe, but the special power bonuses it gave... far exceeded the Greed Mask!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>112 portions of food. 700 unknown pills. It had created a massive surge of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce felt like there was a powder keg inside his body, ready to explode with overwhelming force. That slash of his earlier? Child’s play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raging energy was swelling inside him. Every little bit that got absorbed would instantly start repairing his body and boosting his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the room, when Long Wu had attacked him, Lu Ce had let himself be torn apart and racked up four or five Pain Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, to the other players, he just looked a little disheveled—no one realized he had been injured at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because all his wounds had already fully healed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy accumulated in his body gave him an absurd level of regeneration when it came to open wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, his Strength had gone from 24 to 25!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, all his attributes—except Spirit—had increased by one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t from stat allocation. This terrifying effect came from the Gluttony Mask. That powerful energy, even the tiniest bit absorbed by the body, had such astonishing results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to fully enjoy this mask. As long as he kept that baseline rationality, the surface-level madness didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he wasn’t sure if it was just the mental chaos syncing well with this place…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he genuinely felt that in this disordered, unclear state, he was seeing a lot of things more clearly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like those pills. Like these people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The argument ended. There was still some time until lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk sat alone, facing the wall, deep in thought. Lu Ce lay still on the ground. No one knew what these two Perfect Completion Players were planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian tried several times to start a conversation, hoping to gather any new information or coordinate next steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very few responded. From the breakfast session earlier, everyone had only gleaned two shared insights: one, patients only calmed down after taking medication; and two, patients always claimed they weren’t sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very in line with symptoms of mental illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this kind of intel wasn’t much help for progressing the task. After some hesitation, Jiu Tian finally shared his own discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My patient told me one thing. Aside from insisting he wasn’t sick... he also said, ‘I’m innocent.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know if it helps, but please take it into consideration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Guy and the woman didn’t react, but Kirk and Lu Ce—still lying down—both twitched their ears noticeably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lunchtime is about to begin. You all know the rules. Get ready.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was almost up. The large door opened again. The metal robot Tom rolled out on his treads and exited the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lunchtime begins. Players, please begin the game!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk slowly opened his eyes and walked toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the history of international medicine, there has never been a fixed standard for grading the severity of mental illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, they had to find the one who was the most mentally ill—yet all the patients claimed they weren’t sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed... it was time to change strategies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, he turned around and looked at Lu Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-06-02T09:03:26.862Z",1,"novelbin.me","8400bb95cc5d8e63c5b44aa959950a8aff8fa2a1e884c8a0d83ede4e360a0e6f","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-37","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-35",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]