[{"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-535":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},688086,922,"Chapter 538: The Reality Manifestation of the Game: A Dinner of Pain and Pleasure","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-535",535,"\u003Cp>Listening to Lu Ce's voice, Zhao Jiacheng's expression instantly stiffened, and he quickly laughed as he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, you're quite cautious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, it's nothing, just a benefit for elite players. Generally speaking, nothing happens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\" Lu Ce originally didn't think much of it, but this response actually made him feel something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it's better to make everything clear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no need to be so evasive, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Jiacheng sighed, looking genuinely somewhat troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, there really aren't any specific requirements for this kind of thing. It's mainly voluntary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like many of our gathering places were built with the assistance of players who possess earth attribute type spells - that counts as one of the obligations too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, since your strength seems decent, I'll tell you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you heard that games might descend into the real world and manifest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce raised his eyebrows, not surprised at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking to himself that Xie Antong had already told me something similar, and also...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this hard to understand? Moreover, I remember games from long ago have already appeared in the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the previous Tokyo Bloodbath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I know, but that was just a pilot program, and they isolated the game venues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I'm talking about is different - it's that kind of large-scale crisis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Last time, the game already publicly revealed the existence of veteran players. Actually, I'm not afraid to tell you this secret - our country also has quite a few such powerful individuals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Jiacheng lowered his voice as if sharing some classified information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making Lu Ce feel somewhat dazed, as if common knowledge he'd encountered was being presented as insider information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please get to the point,\" Lu Ce couldn't help but interrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the hurry? I'm saying that our veteran players from back then experienced something similar to games for a long period.\" Zhao Jiacheng continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They believe that as the game progresses, many things that have happened before will happen again, and things that haven't happened might also occur!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe in the future, our entire planet will become the game venue!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that really happens, it would be no different from an apocalypse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce frowned and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any specific timeline speculation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Jiacheng shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, but it might really come soon! What do you think serves as the benchmark for the game's evolution and progression?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for an answer, he proactively said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They believe it's based on the strongest players as the benchmark!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce was immediately stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you see this round's game? The one with the strongest player, 'Sin'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you just came out of the game, probably didn't have time to watch...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their game screen went black halfway through, as if affected by intense divine energy fluctuations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One of them was Blank, the leader of your Divine Punishment organization, but she just appeared before you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one knows what happened, but they cleared the level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, the world's top players have likely entered a completely unknown game realm now, making even veteran players nervous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, if we use their situation as the target, the speed of game changes might exceed our imagination, and that possible descent could come at any moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce remained silent. The other party's information was far less core than what Xie Antong had, and even less than his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the two speculations - \"the game's descent might come soon\" and \"the game's evolution might be targeting the strongest players\" - still made him fall into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that how it is?...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the reason our country is spending so much effort is mainly to gather regular players in the same areas as much as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it were possible, we'd even want to completely separate players from ordinary people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This way, if the day really comes when the game descends on a large scale, players would be gathered together, preventing an apocalypse, and making it easier to assist each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, mutual help without causing trouble would become an obligation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing such comprehensive reasoning, Lu Ce also nodded. Reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the same time, it's also convenient for upper-level control, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey? How can you think that way...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, it's reasonable and good.\" Lu Ce waved his hand. \"I agree, process the procedures, thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhao Jiacheng immediately pulled him into the car and began going to various places to handle procedures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Procedures are like this - if you want to handle them yourself, it's probably quite cumbersome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if someone is eager to handle them for you, the efficiency becomes much faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within an afternoon, access control, identity registration, and other matters were completely settled. After dark fell, he could even move in directly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changed houses within a day? Although the property rights weren't his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So? Taking a taxi there? If you use me, it might not be too appropriate.\" Black Knight transformed into a metal sphere, speaking from his jacket pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lu Ce was thinking about going directly, a message from Xie Antong came through on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Said she'd contact later, and the timing is just perfect.\" Black Knight complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an internal private room of the sixty-sixth floor revolving restaurant, Lu Ce naturally pulled out a chair and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating together again wasn't as unnatural anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Xie Antong sitting opposite him with a somewhat eerie smile, staring at him, Lu Ce checked himself and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Why are you smiling?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing.\" Xie Antong now gave off a feeling of being in contact with Pleasure's power. \"I just feel the scene of Agony and Pleasure sitting down to eat is quite interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Divine Messengers don't dare call themselves Pleasure, but you have no psychological pressure at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry for troubling you today. My mental state couldn't recover and I needed long sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's nothing, you should have moved to a better residence long ago.\" Xie Antong said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, she had wanted to offer Lu Ce a place to live for a while, but she also knew the other party probably wouldn't accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To elevate her mental strength to a higher level, she had indeed borrowed some of Pleasure's power, giving her the courage to stare recklessly at the person before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sin\" might be terrifying, but Lu Ce wasn't scary at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making Lu Ce start to feel somewhat awkward, he could only find a topic to say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, weren't you a bit too conspicuous today? Isn't that very likely to expose you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-02T09:03:38.934Z",1,"novelbin.me","b393a13de7562606d972db6eac8ebdf1c300024e3e52d2fdd2b7f408c2a39b41","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-536","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-534",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]