Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 620: A Dialogue Across Time: Is This a Challenge?

After all, the game had officially begun, and everyone's reactions were quite swift.

At a street corner, a man spotted a candied hawthorn cart.

After he entered this world and the game began transforming it, this candied hawthorn cart directly appeared before him.

This kind of coincidence couldn't help but make him realize—this might itself be the game's hint!

In the real world, after the game descended, he had already lost his job.

Starting a small business was the most stable source of income, so he went to sell candied hawthorn.

To perform as naturally and happily as possible in one's normal state would present an opportunity to obtain a "Special Function Card"...

This was considered his normal state, but the problem was, he didn't have any genuine happiness or naturalness at all.

There was no time to think too much. The world had already become like this. He had come to this game with the determination to possibly die, not to waste time.

He wasn't thinking about whether he could take down "Sin," or being chosen by God to ascend to the heavens in one step.He just wanted a chance, to be chosen, to at least have the opportunity to participate in the game.

Immediately, he pushed the candied hawthorn cart before him with both hands and began walking down the street.

"Ice... candied hawthorn!"

"Made with pure rock sugar, top-quality candied hawthorn!"

Normally, he didn't actually hawk his wares, but now, he also didn't know what that happy, blissful appearance was really supposed to look like.

So he could only act, could only pretend, pushing the candied hawthorn cart, hawking his goods on the empty streets.

He forced a stiff smile onto his face, suppressing the tension and anxiety in his heart, and began to call out.

While maintaining the smile on his stiff facial muscles, he also had to stay vigilant of his surroundings, worried about running into others.

Although quite a few people participated in this round of the game, because the area was indeed quite vast, the population density was actually relatively low.

This was a good thing for most people. Their minds were still like mush, not knowing who exactly they were supposed to shoot, or how to figure out others' identities.

So now, displaying a happy state to obtain that special ability card was the most urgent, most direct, and correct choice laid out before them.

At a crossroads, a volunteer held a flag, directing traffic with a smile on her face.

"Everyone follow the rules, stop at red lights, go at green lights."

Yet on that smiling face, a drop of cold sweat slowly trickled down.

The street before her where she was directing traffic was completely empty.

"Computer repair."

"Phone screen protectors!"

"Selling balloons, does anyone want balloons? Parent-child purchases get a discount."

In this empty urban area, numerous participants began their actions, with all sorts of professions represented, all wearing smiles, playing their assigned roles with seemingly satisfied expressions.

No customers, no interactions.

The empty city lacked any trace of life's vitality, only the voices of these people ringing out from time to time.

Sometimes, when some people encountered each other on the street, they would lock eyes and simultaneously freeze, then instantly lower their heads at the same time, pretending they hadn't seen each other.

They continued to pile on smiles, doing their own thing.

This was the warmth of this city. "Lust's" games always gave people a strange, morbid feeling.

This was the choice of most people at this moment: don't rush to take the initiative to strike first, first get all the items they can get their hands on, and see what special skills they might encounter.

But while the majority had their way of playing, naturally there were also the ways of the minority.

For example, Xie Antong at this moment. As the game officially began and she internalized all the rules, the first thing she did was scatter all her All-Seeing Eyes and begin weaving that Heaven's Net.

A fixed range, the urban area wasn't large. It seemed this game wasn't decided by combat power either.

This was almost tailor-made for her!

That Special Function Card, after all, no one knew what effect it had, so of course she wasn't in a hurry.

The key to this game was still people, every single person.

The game used so many patches to minimize the gap in combat power, precisely to get everyone to the table.

So, her eyes needed to watch every person, observe every possible identity exposure.

Right, her own identity was [Narcissus]!

For people confident in their own strength, this was probably the most direct and convenient faction.

"What kind of person casts the net of fame and fortune, making the rich and poor, noble and base, all different?"

"Although this game seems to give low-level players a chance to upset the experts, in reality, what this game plays with is the manipulation of others."

"Who are the pawns, who can be the chess players, that depends entirely on one's own abilities."

Xie Antong instantly raised her state to the highest level. The All-Seeing Eye helmet had transformed into a monocle form, her long hair flying. She instantly stepped into the level of Pleasure's state.

She had her own goal for this game. She wanted to be the one competing for business with the [Apostles]!

This game wasn't about the win-loss record of a normal game... right.

Closing her eyes, her All-Seeing Eye had already found the person she had been searching for all this time.

Even though they were so far apart, she couldn't help but feel a bit dazed. For some reason, this purple mask just gave off a feeling of being very cool.

"You come with built-in charm, huh... hehe."

"Sorry about this, but to test my conjecture about the game, I'm definitely going to take a bite of this Tang Monk's flesh of yours!"

Just as she was talking to herself, she suddenly froze.

In her field of vision, the Lust below suddenly looked up, as if he had discovered her All-Seeing Eye.

"Hmm?" From beneath the purple mask came a soft, puzzled hum.

He suddenly felt that the state around him was a bit off.

Around him, it seemed there were many invisible threads, interconnecting and entangling with each other.

Whose new skill was this...?

Was it Lust's, or yours?

But in this aspect, it seemed like this was Lust's specialty...

Lust, stirring up emotions, stimulating emotions, and being exceptionally sensitive to this kind of mental attack.

"Hehe."

Extending his index finger, he gave the air a forceful flick.

Twang!

A very strange sound rang out. In the distance, Xie Antong's brow instantly furrowed as she felt a shock through the Heaven's Net she had woven.

A strange palpitation rose in her heart, instantly causing her face to flush slightly. If not for the protection of Pleasure's power, she might have lost her composure!

Her whole body instantly looked up, gently stroking her chest, her expression somewhat shocked.

Her emotions could actually be manipulated from such a distance?

The Lust mask...

"What's this? It seems some people have started making some abnormal judgments about themselves."

"Hehe."

"Is this your challenge, overestimating your strength?"

Lust looked up, carrying on a one-sided conversation across the distance.