Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 500: Stirring the Pot with One Sentence—Add Fuel to the Fire!

You players who want to keep pressing red and watching from the sidelines, right?

Heh, Lu Ce might be too arrogant to care about you, recklessly pressing buttons on his own.

But I care! I won't let you have it so easy! Go ahead and guess!

Slander, deception - these so-called "dirty tricks" considered worthy of hell feel quite satisfying when used against enemies.

Her words indeed had an effect.

In a place no one could see, the Bearded Divine Messenger's face was so dark it looked like water was about to drip from it.

"No wonder... no wonder the game had to change rules."

"There are indeed some problematic individuals among this batch of players."

"And the veteran players... were originally that same group of troublesome guys from back then..."

The more he thought about it, the more troublesome it seemed. Why did his game gather so many problematic people?

Are there many like this in the world today? That can't be right, every Hell Mode game has very high mortality rates.

Tch...

Whatever! After succeeding this time, the benefits he'll gain will also be the greatest!

......

As for the other players, after hearing Xie Antong's earlier words, they also felt extremely uncomfortable.

Although they didn't quite believe it.

Although they thought Xie Antong might be talking nonsense.

Although this topic had no basis whatsoever.

But the terror of rumors lies in "rather believing it exists than believing it doesn't!"

You have to understand, everyone is risking their lives in this game - this isn't child's play.

Choosing the red button with maximum effort seemed like the relatively safest method, just seeing who had more life-preserving means.

But what if... what if what Xie Antong said was true?!

Then pressing the red button would be purely idiotic? Dragging things out until half-dead, only to finally compete in "atonement" with a Divine Messenger?

That's just mental!

Moreover, looking at the current situation, it seems the gray button mostly brings nothing good, mostly increasing punishment intensity in most cases.

It's a bit too useless.

If the effects of the two buttons differ this much, doesn't that seem suspicious?

Also, are the world's current first and second rankers really fools?

"Sin" might be crazy, but is Perfect Life crazy too?

If there were truly no benefits at all, why would they keep pressing that gray button?!

The more they thought, the more wrong it felt. Veteran players, because of past experiences, already felt this game had little real credibility.

Now looking at it, Xie Antong's words actually made sense!

Tch...

Then it's troublesome now.

If you press the gray button but others don't, you're just making a bridal gown for others to wear.

If everyone presses red buttons, then you're making a bridal gown for the Divine Messenger?

Everyone felt like cursing - this prisoner's dilemma basically has no solution.

However...

Looking at the two guys on the screen who had been very determined from the start, pressing the gray button.

Why do they now seem somewhat tragically heroic?

......

In the Council of Elders, the Grand Elder sat in his chair, also somewhat astonished.

He never expected Xie Antong could say such things.

"You, are you sure your judgment is correct? How did you reach this conclusion?"

Before the Grand Elder were dozens of screens showing all Dragon Group elders in battle, as well as noteworthy players of this generation, like "Sin" and others.

Looking at Xie Antong's screen, he couldn't help speaking out.

But soon, he slapped his own forehead.

"Tch, really lived in vain - whether the judgment is correct doesn't matter now!"

"The young people's minds are indeed more flexible."

The Grand Elder smiled wryly helplessly, also impressed - mainly because he hadn't thought this way before.

He had actually also noticed the red button seemed more like a trap, just a stopgap measure.

But after all, the eighteen players weren't cooperating - under the "only one wins" premise, they couldn't work together.

So if you're strong, you'd better press red first to wear others down.

When it's about right, then press gray - not too late.

This was why he told Dragon Group to inform Xu Long not to keep pressing gray buttons yet.

But Perfect Life and "Sin" - he couldn't control them, especially Sin!

Even if Dragon Group typed on the public screen for him, he'd completely ignore it.

So he felt these two were too impulsive, too underestimating this game's danger, and worried for them.

But who would have thought this game had such talent?

One sentence muddying the waters, putting so many veteran players, new players, and even the Divine Messenger in awkward positions - you two should thank her.

Still stubbornly holding out here?

......

In the game, after Xie Antong's punishment ended, it came to that Random Guy A again, and Sawing Hell immediately continued.

Random Guy A was also hesitating, but had no choice - he could only quickly press the red button.

But next, it came to Chiyo Ming...

In the bowl-like room, large amounts of blood gushed from walls and floors, almost flooding the room in the blink of an eye.

Becoming a sea of blood.

Blood Pool Hell...

Chiyo Ming frowned tightly. When the blood pool began scorching and eroding her body, she hesitantly chose... to press the gray button!

"I can still withstand this intensity, I'll try pressing it first."

She thought to herself, Xie Antong's words now seeming like her nightmare.

The players in the game were roughly like this - those truly lacking strength could only continue with red, but those with slightly better capability.

Had already started wavering, pressing the gray button.

......

Meanwhile, in Mortar and Pestle Hell.

Lu Ce - this guy who never switched screens from the start - had no idea what was happening outside.

He was almost crushed to death.

The entire room was ravaged beyond recognition - all the pestles had their skins peeled off by him, their exteriors completely eaten by Gluttony.

Tooth marks everywhere, but that tungsten gold still couldn't be chewed through!

Pressing the gray button was useless.

The energy eaten couldn't be released yet...

So, in his heart, using the last shred of his sanity, he gritted his teeth and silently recited words he hadn't said in a long time.

"Chosen of Agony..."

"Add points!"