[{"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-43":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},687777,922,"Chapter 43: Got Nothing to Do, So I Stabbed Tom","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>【Lunch time is over. All Players, please return to the Initial Rest Area!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【......】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system prompt suddenly rang out, repeating three times like a battlefield’s retreat signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk let out a breath of relief. Throughout the lunch period, his nerves had been strung tight, like he’d just been through a war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, his back was soaked in sweat—something he hadn’t even noticed during the earlier intel gathering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah! Aaaahhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Liu’s chains rattled violently, his face turning red as he strained forward, like he wanted to lunge and bite Kirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk touched the scratch on his face with some apprehension—it was left by Long Liu during his earlier rampage, when Kirk hadn’t dodged in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he was now very close to the truth, stepping into territory untouched by the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The issue between these two groups might be directly related to the ultimate goal of the Game, though he hadn’t yet figured out what the connection could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, progress was progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly bowing toward Long Liu, Kirk said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Respected sir, today’s noon psychological counseling is now over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looking forward to our next session.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Kirk opened the door behind him and walked out backward from the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the room where Lu Ce was, he and Wang Ao also heard the system voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this time, it was clearly Wang Ao who let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard that sound, his eyes lit up like a drought meeting rain. He lowered his head and peeked cautiously at Lu Ce with a pitiful glimmer in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce also stood up with some lingering satisfaction, picked up his mangled right hand, and pressed it against his mask, carefully licking off the blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he licked, he stared at Wang Ao lying on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Ao shrank back a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This guy… he’s not planning to eat me, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, that thought popped into Wang Ao’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce held the iron shard without a word and turned to walk toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Ao’s limp body leaned against the wall, collapsing to the floor. That demon of a man was finally leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Lu Ce turned back at the doorway, and the mask showed a friendly smile (*^_^*).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll come back and visit you later, Mr. Wang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he politely closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light in Wang Ao’s eyes went out. His heart, which had been hanging by a thread, was now completely dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Honestly, I think Kirk’s pretty sharp. The Masked Man always seems to stumble into info by accident.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: I think the Masked Man just blends in way too well with the mental patients—no communication barrier at all.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: The Masked Man grabs a mental patient and just straight-up tortures them.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Actually, comparing the two exits, the real gap is their difference in combat power.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the viewers chatted, they noticed Lu Ce didn’t head back to the Initial Room after leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he went in the opposite direction—straight into the open room where Tom was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked right up to Tom, said nothing, and struck without warning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stabbed the iron shard—confiscated from Wang Ao—straight into the metal head of the iron-skin robot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Crack!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such force, the shard went halfway in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom: ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spectators: ??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Official monitoring staff: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dude… are you okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seriously got a screw loose—why go mess with the Game Host for no reason? Isn’t that just asking for trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mouse licking a cat’s b***, looking for a thrill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【...Player, do you have a problem?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why didn’t the system prompt go off? Shouldn’t this have triggered some hidden in-game mission or maybe a new Achievement Badge?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seriously nothing? So stingy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom: ......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>G*dd*** it, my face turned iron-blue from anger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, Tom’s face was already iron-colored to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Players should focus on the Game and not think about anything else!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, delicious Tom, you really do smell amazing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The Great Tom!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce didn’t waste time bickering and immediately turned to leave, heading down the big circular hallway toward the farthest room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a blood-curdling scream echoed down the long curved corridor—it was inhuman, gut-wrenchingly shrill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expression on Lu Ce’s mask shifted slightly as he continued walking toward the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he arrived at the Initial Room, he found he was the last to arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, a trail of blood led directly to the room. Looking up, he saw Big Guy’s twisted, pained face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his right arm looked almost severed—white bone shards were visible where the skin had split. Only the flesh kept it barely attached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian was beside him, helping to stop the bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got any meds? Hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Guy, grimacing in pain, pulled out a Basic Healing Potion from his backpack and poured it on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash, the torn flesh began to squirm and slowly knit itself together. The bleeding slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Big Guy finally let out a breath and plopped down on the floor, drenched in sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s too much, focus on keeping yourself alive first! How’d you end up like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian, being part of the Official Organization, had the instinct to protect others and immediately asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I f***ing hit him! Those things’ mental states are too unstable—it’s impossible to stay alert the whole time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone’s level of restraint is different, and that guy… he just straight-up pulled down his pants and started jerking ** at me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian: …..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay yeah, no man could’ve held it together after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, the woman called Jinsheng turned pale, looking like she might puke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that Big Guy wouldn’t die from blood loss, Jiu Tian finally relaxed and sat off to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had only been an hour, but everyone felt drained—mentally and physically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, except Lu Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirk sat far off, glancing at Big Guy and calmly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you can't, exit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing more to say. In his eyes, these people were useless. Might as well focus on survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the heavy silence, everyone finally noticed Lu Ce, who had just walked in without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian gave him a quick glance and was immediately shocked—he saw Lu Ce’s nearly shredded right hand and nearly blew his top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew very well—this crazy guy was probably the one with the highest Combat Power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You actually got injured too?! Who the h**l could hurt you like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?” Lu Ce tilted his head in confusion, “Who? Me? I didn’t. What injury?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said that, his hand—which looked like it had been through a meat grinder—swayed gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, that visual was *very* R-rated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Tian: ......\u003C\u002Fp>",1118,"2026-06-02T09:03:26.862Z",1,"novelbin.me","174cce05deb485bdbbb072892e075ded210c0c03d1a12ae709d94fa0a0e0d63f","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-44","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-42",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]