Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 881: Living Together, Let's Publicly Announce Our Relationship

"Absorb that power as quickly as possible. A lot of things should become clear to you then."

Although he was much younger than Long Jiu, many things depended purely on whether one had experienced them, so the way he spoke at this moment actually carried a hint of an old-timer's condescension.

Long Jiu was momentarily stunned, only then realizing that he seemed to have some issues.

At this critical juncture, watching Xie Antong, who had absorbed the most Divine Power, undergo such a drastic shift in mentality, his suspicions had been growing nonstop.

But in truth, he only now remembered—if that Divine Power had such strong corrosive properties, then what would he himself be like after absorbing it?!

Perhaps maintaining something like Xie Antong's current state, where she basically still considered things from humanity's standpoint, would already be quite good!

"Sorry, I spoke out of turn." Rare as it was, Long Jiu calmed himself down and even offered an apology.

"It's nothing. Your convictions and suspicions are worth keeping; they'll help you maintain your true nature when absorbing Divine Power." Xie Antong said.

She wasn't bothered by Long Jiu's suspicions. Or rather, she wasn't very bothered by most things in this world anymore.

She had more crucial matters to consider.So after speaking, she grabbed Lu Ce's hand firmly, and the two vanished together from the basement.

Watching them disappear, the room fell into silence for several minutes before the Grand Elder finally spoke again:

"Alright, that's enough. There's no need for everyone to look so downcast."

"If humanity is destined to perish, then let our deaths become the funeral dirge. Just do your best."

"You two don't need to handle any Dragon Group affairs now. Just focus entirely on absorbing the Divine Power."

"As for the rest of you, monitor global developments and prepare... to contact every supernatural organization worldwide!"

...

The world remained calm like this, brewing a storm capable of overturning everything.

In Lu Ce's room, Xie Antong had found a large screen and projected the in-game interface onto it, watching with great interest.

She was curled up on the sofa in a very ungraceful posture, her feet resting on the armrest, completely acting as if it were her own home.

Meanwhile, Lu Ce beside her was lying on the bed without his mask, rarely showing his true face to anyone (showing it to Xie Antong).

He looked at her with some confusion and asked:

"What are you doing?"

"Planning to personally ignite the world's fire. Don't you need to prepare anything? Talk to some key people in the organization?"

Xie Antong waved her hand without turning her head.

"No need. This game interface of CHOSEN'S PARADISE is the best internet right now. I can remotely control everything anytime."

She was currently engrossed in watching various people's membership applications.

Reading how those vermin frantically fantasized, thinking that throwing themselves into the embrace of the gods might let them be below the gods but above everyone else, and all sorts of similar nonsense.

Each reason, each sentence, was so ridiculous that Xie Antong couldn't help but laugh. She didn't reply either, approving every single one of them.

The surrender faction's imagination when trying to find a suitable excuse for surrendering was truly remarkable.

"Say, if it weren't for annoying people like us, and the gods really took over this world completely..."

"Would these people actually have a good outcome? Every single one of them talks so amusingly."

Xie Antong somehow produced a bag of potato chips, tossed one into her mouth, and watched while munching.

"I don't know, and I don't really want to think about it." Lu Ce replied.

"But you're really relaxed... aren't you bothered at all about finding a way to absorb Pleasure's power?"

"Being by your side feels quite pleasurable to me. Besides, I need to let the events ferment a bit more."

Lu Ce: "..."

"Then are you going to stay here the whole time..."

"Yeah. Until I formally disband Divine Punishment." Xie Antong nodded calmly. "The bed here is big enough. We can each sleep on one side, right?"

"If you think it's too cramped, you can sleep on the sofa yourself."

Lu Ce: ?

Just like that, they were living together? The shift in your mentality after absorbing that [Pleasure] power is a bit too drastic...

Xie Antong turned her head, looking at him lying on the bed, and said with a smile:

"After all, when I disband Divine Punishment, I plan to film an announcement video."

"I might need you to appear on camera too. We'll publicly announce our relationship and the whole acting thing, really stab these people in the back."

What a malicious smile... Lu Ce thought to himself.

And also, what did she mean by "our relationship"? What exactly was their relationship?

"Do we need to do it this directly?" Lu Ce frowned.

"Besides getting rid of those human traitors who want to betray us, it'll probably have some bad side effects too."

"I don't care about myself, but directly deceiving the world doesn't just deceive these spineless cowards."

"At the very least, that Japanese woman, Chiyo Kaine... she probably won't be able to handle it..."

"Do you think I care about that now?" Xie Antong turned around, then bounced up from the sofa with some annoyance, came over to Lu Ce's side, and looked down at him.

"As for Chiyo Kaine, why do you bring her up so casually? What, because she's a woman, you don't even mind her as your love rival anymore?!"

The corner of Lu Ce's mouth twitched. His brain quickly processed the situation, but he ultimately didn't directly raise any objection to the word "love rival."

"...I'm just worried that if she goes crazy, she might do something harmful to you."

"...Forget it. See for yourself."

...

Over the next day or two, the calm world stirred up new waves.

Though there was no official news, the membership of Divine Punishment began expanding exponentially!

Most people around the world seemed to have a vague feeling that this time, the gods and the Game would directly descend upon the world, cleansing all dissenters.

And now, with Divine Punishment's massive expansion, most of those who wanted to side with the gods began frantically joining, and all sorts of rumors were spreading like wildfire.

Rumors like: "From the very beginning, Divine Punishment was meant to Punish Sin on Heaven's Behalf; it was always an organization of the gods."

And: "Actually, Blank has always been Pleasure's successor. She was already chosen by the gods. Everything before was just a test and an act arranged by the gods."

In short, all kinds of mysterious claims kept emerging. The name "Divine Punishment" had become the last lifeline for the weak.

As if joining it could wash away all "sin" and be forgiven by the gods.

Even the world's top players, people like Perfect Life, were somewhat baffled, starting to suspect whether that "Blank" had really gone wrong somewhere.