[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h":3,"chapter-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-118":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},749367,993,"Chapter 118: Extreme Counter-Kill!","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-118",118,"\u003Cp>The Old Man gave him a thumbs up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he fished a loose Cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a deep drag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked up to the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man went to room 207 first. After stepping inside, he closed the door behind him before looking at the policewoman standing by the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Organizing his words in his head, he set his flashlight aside and said, \"You set this trap up brilliantly. I almost fell for it, po-lice-wo-man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he slowly enunciated that word, the only sound left in room 207 was a beating heart. The Old Man stared at the policewoman nervously, terrified she would turn around and shoot him on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The policewoman turned around, her face plastered with shock as she re-evaluated the terrifyingly calm Old Man standing before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly did you deduce?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Old Man let out a breath of relief, silently rejoicing that his gamble had paid off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In other words, the person the Little Girl attempted a Judgment on just now was Lin Jiabei. Since her Judgment failed, it means Lin Jiabei wasn't lying. You are the policewoman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to admit, the trap you laid was incredibly difficult to see through, but you overlooked one crucial factor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even an old man like me only took twenty-five minutes to walk from here to the muddy ground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, from the time Lin Jiabei entered The Small Hotel to when she finished her shower, at least thirty minutes had passed. It wasn't until she came down to the first floor and sat down that you two cops finally strolled into The Small Hotel at a leisurely pace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This makes things very interesting. Judging by the scene, if it was a three-car collision, that means you and Lin Jiabei arrived at the muddy ground at almost the exact same time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She had already been in The Small Hotel for over half an hour before you showed up. So, what were you doing during that half an hour?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If my guess is correct, you were busy faking the accident scene at the muddy ground. You drove Chen Ran's car and parked it horizontally across the middle of the road. Then, either you or the middle-aged cop drove Lin Jiabei's car to make it look like it was blocked by Chen Ran's vehicle. Finally, you used the police car to ram into Lin Jiabei's car.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By doing this, you successfully forged a three-car pileup. That also explains why the car seats weren't soaked by the rain; during the entire process, your actual exposure to the rain probably didn't exceed ten seconds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, you also knew that fabricating a Deceiver's Tongue wouldn't be that easy. To make it look more realistic, you must have been sitting inside Lin Jiabei's car at the time to intentionally sustain those crash injuries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right. The injuries on your body were caused by the middle-aged cop ramming into the vehicle. It was all part of the plan between the two of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every single one of you is truly sinister. First, it was the fat nerd framing himself to muddy the waters, and I never expected you and the middle-aged cop to pull a similar stunt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the Old Man stared coldly into the policewoman's eyes and declared, \"From the very beginning, your identity never contained a Deceiver's Tongue! The real Lin Jiabei is a Ghost Whisperer, so our deductions naturally gravitated toward the concept of a Deceiver's Tongue. Mixing truth with falsehood, hiding reality within lies, and weaving lies into the truth—it is utterly astonishing how brilliantly you all played this game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really want to know—are you Lin Jiabei's primary persona?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The policewoman was still rooted in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Chen Ran!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Old Man is actually Chen Ran's true primary persona! This guy has been acting all along!!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Otherwise, there is no way he could possess such terrifying logical deduction skills.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you thinking to yourself right now that I am Chen Ran's primary persona?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can answer that for you with complete certainty. I am not Chen Ran's primary persona!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The policewoman shot a sharp glare at him. He... he actually was not Chen Ran's primary persona?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who is he?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is he Chen Ran's secondary persona? Or perhaps Lin Jiabei's secondary persona masquerading as Chen Ran's primary persona? Throughout this entire incident, the Old Man has seemed incredibly mysterious, barely participating at all.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then who is the fat nerd?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It seems we have only eliminated the weakest personas. The ones left are all extremely formidable!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you regretting not taking out me and the fat nerd first?\" the Old Man continued his verbal assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were you, I wouldn't have killed the liars. I would have kept them alive to create an illusion for the remaining survivors. I don't know if you're Lin Jiabei's secondary persona, but I can say with absolute certainty that you are neither Chen Ran's primary persona nor Lin Jiabei's primary persona,\" the Old Man doubled down intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trying to provoke me?\" The policewoman saw right through his little scheme. Instead of being emotionally compromised and speaking out of turn as expected, she replied calmly, \"That's right. I am indeed not either of their primary personas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I'd like to ask you something in return. Between you and the fat nerd, who exactly is Chen Ran's primary persona?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man frowned. \"Why would you ask that? What did you discover?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's simple. Two police officers means that one represents Chen Ran's righteous persona, and the other represents Lin Jiabei's righteous persona...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could even finish her sentence, she saw a triumphant smile spread across the Old Man's lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You finally fell for it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man slicked back his front hair with both hands in sheer excitement, his face completely unable to hide his wild ecstasy as he practically danced on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, the policewoman's heart started hammering against her chest as if an immense terror was descending upon her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before her eyes, the Old Man drew his Pistol, slowly raising his arm to aim it directly at the policewoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before her eyes, the Old Man drew his Pistol, slowly raising his arm to aim it directly at the policewoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You. Told. A. Lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth as he squeezed out those four words. God only knew how many brain cells he had burned through to find the truth amidst the layers of traps set by the policewoman, ultimately pulling off this counter-kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bullet fired, striking the policewoman right in the forehead. She remained standing in place, her eyes briefly darting upward before looking back down at the Old Man as she asked, \"Wh... y...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud. The policewoman's corpse collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>208.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the gunshot, Lin Jiabei's eyelids twitched incessantly. She had a strong premonition that this shot meant the policewoman was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, under normal circumstances, either the Old Man or the fat nerd downstairs should have come to room 208 to initiate Judgment on Lin Jiabei first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the fact that the other party had headed straight to 207 meant they had a guaranteed plan to kill the policewoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door to room 208 was pushed open. The Old Man walked in with his Gun drawn, seeing Lin Jiabei standing silently by the window, entirely drenched in rainwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you deliberately soaking yourself to fake the illusion that the Little Girl initiated a Judgment on you, making it look like you managed to escape ahead of time?\" the Old Man bluntly exposed Lin Jiabei's trick, hitting the nail on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To tell you the truth, I have never viewed you or the policewoman as my opponents. My true adversary has always been the fat nerd downstairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I know for a fact that neither you nor the policewoman are the primary personas for either Chen Ran or Lin Jiabei!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, a fierce, murderous glint erupted in Lin Jiabei's eyes. She whipped out her Liar-Slayer, raised it toward the Old Man, and was just about to pull the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that very moment, alarm bells blared in her head. A voice inside screamed that the policewoman must have fallen for this exact trick, resulting in her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Where exactly is the flaw?'\u003C\u002Fp>",1396,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.808Z",1,"novelbin.me","b13cf2602d3dd20b722dff02f59219dc5434d3f3d347e706da4283191bec4ef6","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-119","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-117",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]