Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 754: Greed Overload! The First Simple Word

Upon hearing Xie Antong's question, the Arbitrator calmly nodded.

"Yes, I haven't finished explaining my rules. The words from both sides will be presented in a word-chain game format, requiring only the same syllable to connect."

"The words will be based on your language form. [Pleasure] and [Knowledge] will also use the syllables of your language."

"This world has recorded your language format, assisted by mental imagery, to ensure no conceptual errors occur."

"As the referee in this game, I can guarantee the rules here are fair. The world's energy exists in the form of rules, and there will be no issues of bias or cheating."

After the Arbitrator finished speaking, [Knowledge] on the other side instantly appeared somewhat displeased and spoke up.

[That goes without saying. Would I stoop to such petty tricks in a game like this?]

"Is that so! If that's the case, then even if He loses later in this game He created Himself, it will still impartially judge Him as the loser and deliver the punishment, right?"

Lu Ce stroked his mask with one hand, his gaze directly passing over [Knowledge] on the side as he spoke to the Arbitrator.

The Arbitrator didn't see any issue and instinctively replied."Yes, if He loses, I will also impose punishment on Him."

[What are you saying!] Before the Arbitrator could even finish, the furious voice from the other side had already arrived.

[Don't you know about this game of mine? Is it even possible for me to lose!]

[Furthermore, Arbitrator, I feel you are becoming increasingly presumptuous. You seem... quite eager for me to lose!]

Arbitrator: ...

Are you fucking crazy! I'm just answering a player's question. You got embarrassed in front of him earlier and are purely taking it out on me, right?

Previously, the Arbitrator hadn't really felt it, because in past games, He mostly just adjudicated players, or Divine Messengers, and had never truly adjudicated a game involving a god.

Only now, when He really had to deal with them, did He suddenly realize that although He should theoretically hold higher authority within the game, these gods never treated Him as a person at all.

Wait, He actually wasn't a person either...

Ultimately, He replied without any emotion.

"I am merely ensuring transparency of the game rules for both parties, impartially enforcing the law."

"Impartially enforcing the law? That won't do!" A sharp voice suddenly rang out, once again striking the Arbitrator's heart. It was clearly Lu Ce's voice.

"How can you impartially enforce the law, brother? Of course, you should help me, right? I believe [Knowledge] doesn't mind such things either."

[Hmph! I have no objections.]

On the other side, [Knowledge] even added a sentence.

In reality, His game indeed didn't really require a referee. This game world itself essentially functioned as the referee. It was only due to the game's rules that the Arbitrator had to be the one to adjudicate.

He considered it quite superfluous.

The Arbitrator helplessly looked at "Sin." He knew the other's nonsense mainly served a divisive purpose, but that was impossible...

Just as He was thinking this, He saw the other's face. In that instant, even this creation of the gods, the referee with the highest level of Voice within the game, couldn't help but pause for a moment.

What He saw was no longer a mask shimmering with flowing light and color, but a face!

It was a blue smiling face, filled with mockery and unruliness, as if treating everything in the world as a game.

Yes, just moments ago, Lu Ce had officially completed his choice. Greed, Overload!

The current Overload possessed the powerful mask abilities of its final form, seemingly possessing magic that could distort people's thoughts.

The Arbitrator even saw the other wink at Him.

?

Suppressing a slight palpitation in His heart, He knew that for this Strongest Player, the game had officially begun from this moment.

"Alright, those are all the rules. There are two criteria for failure. One is saying a repeated word."

"The other is failing to provide one's own word for an excessively long time, or simply being incapable of providing any more words."

Everyone knew this second situation basically meant... one side was already dead!

Feeling He had finally finished explaining these rules, He managed to breathe a sigh of relief, looked at the four participants present, and spoke.

"Everyone, if you have any ques..."

[I have something to say.] Pleasure instantly interrupted. [This game is quite interesting. I think I'll enjoy speaking within it very much, hehe.]

[So, how do we determine if I'm just chatting or providing my word? Before formally stating my word, let's designate a hand gesture as a distinction.]

As He spoke, He didn't feel like an outsider at all, quite domineeringly deciding on the gesture Himself, raising His right hand and extending that slender index finger.

[This action. If there are no objections, let's go with this.]

[Knowledge]: ...

He was extremely dissatisfied with [Pleasure] arbitrarily dictating terms within His own game, but ultimately, it was harmless, so it was settled.

After some thought, just as the Arbitrator was arranging the speaking order and preparing to start the game, the Greed-version Lu Ce who had already Overloaded suddenly spoke to [Knowledge].

"You say, if the game's result has already been announced, then no matter how much one tries to quibble, it's meaningless, right?"

[Knowledge]: ?

Why did He feel His line had been stolen.

[Of course!]

"Then, don't you think a person's greatest strength lies not in external power, but in things like thought, spirit, and knowledge?"

[That... also goes without saying.]

"So, I believe thought, the way to victory, is my most precious thing. So, after I win later, the loser should just accept it honestly. There's no need to throw a tantrum wanting to know the reason for failure, right?"

The other three present, no, four people, all looked over in unison, as if looking at a madman.

The reason for failure... wasn't it clearly written in the rules? Something obvious at a glance, what was there to discuss?

But considering his tendency to go crazy once his face was in this state, no one took this little interlude seriously, merely assuming he was provoking [Knowledge] again.

[Knowledge] was so angry He laughed, finally replying.

[Hahaha! No problem! Once you die directly in the game later, naturally, you won't have the chance to know how you died either!]

After this interlude ended, the Arbitrator arranged the word-chain order for both sides through drawing lots.

The order was Xie Antong - [Pleasure] - "Sin" - [Knowledge], repeating in a cycle.

Seeing the first word was assigned to her, Xie Antong couldn't help but frown.

The first word had no restrictions. In theory, this was a very good opportunity, but...

By now, she had already very consciously walked to Lu Ce's side, unable to resist looking back and saying.

"This first word..."

"Just do whatever you feel like." Before she could finish speaking, the Greed-version Lu Ce had already directly interrupted.

"It's meaningless. You don't need to coordinate with me in any way. I already have my own plans."

"To be honest, your appearance is somewhat superfluous, needlessly adding another target for me to deal with. But it's fine, just more playtime."

Faced with this rapid-fire barrage of venomous words from Lu Ce, Xie Antong remained completely unmoved.

Turning around, she raised her right hand and extended an index finger.

"In that case, I'll also play casually."

"The first word, let's keep it simple for now—Perfect Life!"