Lu Ce didn’t quite get what kind of person Xie Antong thought he was this time, but he didn’t bother explaining.

In his current state, all of his rational thinking was focused on suppressing his own violent tendencies and bloodlust, to avoid losing control.

Couldn’t be bothered to speak—opening his mouth annoyed him, and getting annoyed made him want to kill. I’m gonna f***ing kill kill kill kill!

So at this moment, Lu Ce, while not making a move, actually seemed more normal than he did in his previous Greed and Gluttony states.

He even looked a bit refined, like a cool, quiet male god type.

But in truth, all of that was an illusion—a storm hidden beneath a calm lake surface. Behind that elegant exterior was a bloodthirsty beast.

First campus mystery cleared. Solved in less than an hour.

It shattered most of Park Bu Seong’s illusions.

By now, the corpses and blood on the ground had all turned into black smoke and vanished, leaving only scattered organ pieces that were quite disturbing to look at.

How could this be...

Even though she couldn’t yet fully unleash the power of the All-Seeing Eye, it was still a legendary weapon.

She hadn’t even noticed that some of those body parts belonged to Kim I Ru.

“What level is the mask of ‘Sin’, exactly?”

Or... was this simply a result of his sharp mind?

“When... did you notice that some of those limbs belonged to Kim I Ru?”

Lu Ce: ......

“I didn’t notice.”

He gave a short reply, then downed another bottle of Basic Healing Potion to restore his state.

After the very first bottle he drank at the start, he’d only used one Intermediate Healing Potion in between.

Now, his state had returned to what it was at the beginning—actually, even better.

This first mystery was basically a bonus level for him!

And in truth, he hadn’t overthought it this time. Contrary to what Xie Antong assumed, he hadn’t been aiming for completion from the start.

Insisting on killing the Punisher and getting punished himself—he’d simply wanted to be punished.

As for the part where he stopped and stared at the corpse, it wasn’t because he actively noticed something wrong or picked up on signs of Kim I Ru—it was pure instinct.

Like a beast in the wild, sensing something watching it. Just pure, raw instinct.

“Can I ask... what was the goal behind the approach you chose earlier?”

Hearing Sin’s response, and having run through countless possibilities in her mind, Xie Antong cautiously asked.

Lu Ce adjusted his Mysterious Cloak, changed its appearance, then shook off the blood with a sharp motion.

“I was... warming up!”

“And now, it’s been proven.”

Lu Ce stretched forcefully. A big grin spread across the pale green mask on his face.

“These horror games can all be cleared with brute force... right?”

Xie Antong’s pupils contracted. Even though Sin was smiling, the violent energy around him only seemed to intensify.

So this time around, he had basically thrown himself into the game as a test—to figure out if brute force could work!

If the punishments weren’t lethal... if he could wipe out all threats... then yeah, he was planning to bulldoze his way through.

A sense of frustration welled up in her chest—she just couldn’t keep up with the thinking of someone with rage issues.

Originally, she’d thought she finally cracked the puzzle in one of the highest-level game duels. Who knew the guy never even planned to solve anything?

Sin had never considered team cooperation in the first place!

......

Meanwhile, over on Park Bu Seong’s side, the game interface had popped up with a prompt and a new round of notifications.

Black Side’s Lu Ce had already cleared one horror mystery, and now, the Hell Mode was beginning to show its true hellish nature.

Park Bu Seong was gaining higher and higher permissions!

Every time Lu Ce cleared a horror mystery, Park Bu Seong could impose one restriction!

And the level and scope of these restrictions were ramping up too—getting more twisted each round.

For example, Park Bu Seong tried to write, “From now on, Sin cannot breathe,” but the game rejected it. Some restrictions just weren’t valid.

Right now, he was testing the game’s limits on the screen in front of him, muttering curses nonstop as he planned the next move.

“F***ing useless... Didn’t even pass back any info before exiting the game, wasn’t Kim I Ru ranked high domestically... Didn’t they say he had life-saving skills?!”

“Just quit like that? Might as well f***ing die!”

“Spineless piece of s***, what the hell are they doing over there...”

“Sh*t, completely useless...”

He was already holding back a lot. If there weren’t so many people watching, he’d be swearing even filthier.

To be fair, you could understand the guy—his opponent basically cleared the level without doing anything, and his own teammate vanished without even leaving a message!

Originally, everything should’ve been going great for him!

But it wasn’t like Kim I Ru had a choice. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to pass along info—Lu Ce just didn’t give him the chance.

His body had been split among several Fakes. When Lu Ce broke the rules, the game’s mechanics forced Kim to carry out the punishment immediately, leaving no time for messages.

Each time a punishment ended, Lu Ce followed up with another shot! Kim didn’t even have time to be scared, let alone pass along intel.

And by the end, after taking a shot to the leg, if he’d delayed another second, he’d have been turned to ashes. No way to send anything.

Lu Ce’s Wrath Mask was all about efficiency—not even a spare moment to speak.

So in the end, Park Bu Seong was left completely in the dark.

But soon enough, a smile reappeared on his face as he said:

“But it’s fine, don’t worry, in the end the winner will still be me.”

“It’s just one level, nothing big. All it means is that Kim I Ru was garbage. My restrictions will be chained together, one after another, pulling him into the abyss!”

“He’ll pay for his arrogance!”

As Park Bu Seong spoke, he hit the Confirm button again.

Even the Huaguo viewers in his livestream couldn’t help but facepalm.

Bro’s confident again?

At the same time, a system prompt rang in the players’ minds.

【Black Side player has cleared one Campus Mystery. Now, White Side player issues the first restriction.】

【—At any time, there must be at least one Black Side player inside a horror game location!】