[{"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-59":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},687693,922,"Chapter 59: Tom’s Diary, Sequence Upgrade","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>Holding the iron shell in his hand, Lu Ce glanced at it, and a disgusted expression appeared on his mask (￣_￣|||).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That iron plate had some disgusting, leather-like stuff stuck to it. On closer inspection, it was clearly human skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom had actually welded the entire iron shell to himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does this even make any sense?” Lu Ce frowned and muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not what Mechanical Ascension is supposed to mean!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder it smelled like human flesh—this guy welded himself to the iron, but a human body’s natural functions definitely reject metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pus, scabs, and fusing with metal... even welding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy had probably been doing this over and over again for who knows how many years in this Demon Asylum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to self-torture, Lu Ce was just messing around for the fun of it—if you wanted a true top-tier masochist, it had to be our Great Tom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the voice in his head, Lu Ce realized he had gotten a little too close to the searing-hot metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was fine. The whole reason he chose to go in head-on was for Pain Points anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tom... your illness really isn’t minor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom was stepping on his chest, but just from that one sentence, for some reason, Tom suddenly snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Great Tom*! Call me *The Great Tom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared, blue arcs of electricity flashing from the palm of his right hand, as if ready to fight back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stomp backed by 30 Strength points crushed Tom’s shoulder, pinning his body to the pile of steel wreckage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Chosen of Agony, Pain Points +1!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The searing metal and razor-sharp edges continued to tear into Lu Ce’s flesh, but he didn’t care. These weren’t fatal wounds—he couldn’t give the guy a chance to turn the tables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Crack!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron plate over the right shoulder was peeled back, revealing the skin underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Chosen of Agony, Pain Points +1!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Crack!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of the iron helmet on the Iron-Skin Robot’s head was torn off, exposing a face so gruesome it’d definitely be censored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Chosen of Agony, Pain Points +1!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tread mechanism of the lower half was shattered, revealing twisted, deformed legs folded in on themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t even be called legs anymore—just piles of folded-up flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the ancient foot-binding practice had been applied to the entire lower body and shoved into the tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Chosen of Agony, Pain Points +2!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce stood atop the massive pile of metal wreckage, raining down punches and kicks on Tom, dismantling him limb by limb, ignoring his own injuries to smash through his opponent’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end, Lu Ce had torn off half of Tom’s iron armor with his bare hands, revealing the small, misshapen body within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His horrific appearance made Jiu Tian, not far away, instinctively lower his head, unable to bear the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment he looked down, he saw Lu Ce’s severed hand—then awkwardly looked back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Holy sh*t, this is the most messed-up patient? Okay, I admit it.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: People really do this to themselves? That’s like giving yourself daily torture.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: I’m gonna puke. I can’t take this.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was too grossed out to even be amazed by Lu Ce’s last-minute comeback—they just felt sick at the sight of Tom with his shell peeled off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce’s main goal was to destroy all the motors in Tom’s body. Now that it was done, he stopped peeling off more armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, for someone who welded iron armor onto himself, tearing it off was basically the same as flaying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I’ve got a fun fact for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You could’ve just made a humanoid mech and worn it like a suit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom’s mouth was wide open, his twisted face showing two eyeball-like things flashing with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die... just die for me...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call me... the Great...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom mumbled vaguely, grabbing an iron spike again, trying one last attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the basic mode of Hell Roar—one shot ended his deformed, wicked life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life Energy +4%!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the boost was especially high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy was dead, and the Pain Points disappeared with him. Lu Ce, exhausted, sat down silently on the pile of steel wreckage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This game instance really was a bit tough...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t had Hell Roar and decided to go all-in, things might’ve gotten real risky...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now only Lu Ce and Jiu Tian were still alive among the Completion Players—the rest of the patients were mostly dead, and the other combat-support “veterans” were squatting on the ground like soulless husks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, something glowing floated out of Tom’s corpse, like loot popping out after a boss fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell, it’s actually this game-like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce looked speechlessly at the book floating in front of him and reached out to grab it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——Tom’s Diary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the hell keeps a diary?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh right, he’s a mental patient. That checks out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce didn’t know what the book was for, so he naturally flipped it open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Work hard, fight on!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I’m gonna make big money! Next year, hot girls at the club!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Work hard, fight on!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had barely opened it before Lu Ce went full \"old man on the subway with a phone\" meme.jpg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, this wasn’t even a diary—it was some kind of metaphysical item that made a flood of scenes appear in your mind. Scenes from Tom’s past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom was unmotivated, short, and from an average background, but firmly believed in the principles of success culture. He believed he’d strike it rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day he boasted online, inventing grand backstories for himself, and got a kick out of arguing with strangers and pissing them off while staying untouchable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, his parents got old and couldn’t support him anymore, forcing him to find a job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he started fantasizing like crazy about getting rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard short videos made money—so he filmed short videos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard being an influencer made money—so he dreamed of becoming one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard writing novels made money—so he wanted to write novels...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He joined every kind of group chat—startup groups, job-hunting groups—and “worked hard” like a maniac.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, you’re awesome! Boss, take me with you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss must be making millions a year, so humble. When can I be a boss too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not sleeping tonight, gotta grind!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“........”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He licked up to the pros and acted like one to belittle the newbies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept up this kind of “hard work” for over a decade, ending up broke and useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom lost it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Work hard, fight on, I’m gonna make big money...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to control everything, I’m the greatest, the most... I want to... I want to...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his endless whispers of despair, a strange power guided him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrived at a prison...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce suddenly threw his head back and shook it violently, slamming the book shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was wrong with this thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had barely skimmed a few pages, yet an overwhelming amount of information had flooded into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that information was all frenzied, negative emotions—stuff from the darkest corners of human nature: laziness, stupidity, numbness, perversion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t already have a mask and a naturally chaotic mental state, he might’ve fallen right into it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing’s powerful as hell! Lu Ce thought in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a voice echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Relevant Sequence item detected.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Relevant Sequence item found in inventory.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Proceed with Sequence Upgrade?】\u003C\u002Fp>",1236,"2026-06-02T09:03:27.233Z",1,"novelbin.me","90cece996c8ce337ed3f72c13bd86ee706471d31df99d3e7b8c614c5007a7c5b","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-60","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-58",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]