Sequence Item Zero, Seven Deadly Sins

Hm?

Xie Antong instantly quieted down, her body stopped trembling as well. She abruptly raised her head, climbed up from the knee she had been resting on, and warily backed away.

Before her, the person who had seemed to be dead just moments ago had opened his eyes again and was smiling at her.

The grotesque wounds on his body, including the Nail of the Fallen God that had pierced through his head, were still there. It was hard to believe the thing before her was even a person.

Moreover, the dark green Laziness Mask had not returned to normal. It was still fused with his face as before—in its "overloaded" state.

Overloaded...

Xie Antong instantly cast aside her grief, hurriedly wiped away all her tears, and asked warily:

"Who are you?"

Lu Ce:?

He froze for a moment, then quickly understood. Raising a hand, he lightly touched the Nail of the Fallen God in his head, disbelief written on his face as well.

Though he felt no pain, was he actually still alive...?

"Did I turn into something else just now?"

"Was it... Pain?"

Lu Ce frowned. He felt as though his memories and consciousness had all shattered into fragments, perhaps stirred to pieces by that nail in his head.

He seemed to have a vague recollection of what had just happened, yet he could not be sure. It was like waking from a dream.

Pain... had it really chosen him for some purpose?

Xie Antong did not lower her guard. She still found it difficult to determine whether the person before her was the great god Pain or the Lu Ce she knew.

Lu Ce also touched his face, unable to understand why he was still in an overloaded state.

Yet he did not feel as though he