[{"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-121":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},749370,993,"Chapter 121: He Kills Him, He Kills Him","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-121",121,"\u003Cp>Outside the small hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat nerd and the Old Man glanced at their watches from time to time. Although no specific time had been agreed upon, they felt Lin Jiabei would definitely choose a time that everyone could easily guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were originally eight people in the small hotel, so it should be 8:00 AM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current time: 7:55 AM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat nerd simply sat on the ground, looking at the Old Man, and asked out of the blue, \"Is it uncomfortable to pretend to smoke?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man's mind reeled. Realizing something was wrong, his body instinctively shifted half a step back, putting distance between himself and the fat nerd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be surprised. When you smoked, the way your index and middle fingers held the cigarette was far too stiff. Plus, holding it right at the fingertips made it incredibly obvious that you are a beginner,\" the fat nerd explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point in time, the Old Man naturally wouldn't let a few words from the fat nerd negate his own deductions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you trying to say?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was agonizingly slow, as if he were thoroughly enjoying the process of revealing the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you are the secondary personality, the one who peeked at the information on the ID Card was Chen Ran. If you haven't lied, but Chen Ran has, hasn't he just handed his life over to you?\" the Old Man countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you already forgotten Lin Jiabei's additional condition from earlier?\" the fat nerd retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While all three of us are alive, no one is allowed to fire a gun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't actually think that additional condition was aimed at you, did you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I really am the secondary personality, once the Whisper is broken, shooting you would violate the Future Lie, which means I would be lying too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though victory was already assured, the fat nerd still used 'if' to avoid lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man's setup: The three of them could shoot at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran's setup: Beat him at his own game. He secretly swapped the escaping person with the secondary personality, the fat nerd. With the Whisper broken, the secondary personality hadn't lied as long as he didn't fire, leaving him standing in front of an Old Man who had already lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that's not right!\" The more the Old Man thought about it, the more things didn't add up. \"Since Lin Jiabei's additional condition wasn't aimed at me, how did she know what I said in room 207: that I am not the primary personality of Chen Ran or Lin Jiabei?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I closed the door back then. I can guarantee there was no way she could have eavesdropped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat nerd shrugged. \"You went to 207 first and then 208. It was probably something in your conversation with her that tipped her off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man recalled their conversation in 208 while keeping his guard up against the fat nerd. Gradually, his expression shifted, growing increasingly grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I know that neither you nor the policewoman are the primary personality of either Chen Ran or Lin Jiabei!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If the fat nerd in front of me really is a secondary personality, then the Lin Jiabei who stayed in the hotel must be Chen Ran's primary personality.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Once the Whisper is broken, that statement of mine becomes a lie—an absolute, undeniable lie.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Given the situation back then, no matter how you looked at it, Lin Jiabei seemed like the secondary personality!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Besides, I did mention things about the primary personality in 207. Given the circumstances, there was nothing wrong with me saying that. After all, the end result was supposed to be everyone shooting at will. Did Chen Ran really manage to catch a detail that even I overlooked?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's 8:00,\" the fat nerd said, interrupting the Old Man's deep thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By sheer reflex, the Old Man raised his gun and pulled the trigger at the fat nerd, but the mechanism was locked solid. No matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems you still don't know where you lost. As the saying goes, the great recluse hides in plain sight. Chen Ran's primary personality played a trick of darkness under the lamp. The person who least looks like the primary personality is the most likely candidate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the fat nerd speak so brazenly about 'primary personality' and 'secondary personality',\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man raised his gun again and shouted a command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click. The bullet jammed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This proved that the Whisper had indeed been broken; the fat nerd no longer needed to shy away from using the word 'personality'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Man lowered his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I lost...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'm sorry...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I will let you live...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My good brother...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short while later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! A gunshot rang out, and the Old Man's lifeless body slowly collapsed. The fat nerd holstered his gun and strolled back toward the small hotel, humming a cheerful tune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the front of the small hotel, he was just about to push the door open when he suddenly noticed something wedged in the frame. He reached out, took it, and immediately felt his soul jump out of his skin in sheer terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was... the ID Card!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, a dense barrage of gunfire erupted from behind him. The fat nerd was hit by five bullets, collapsing to the ground as blood poured out continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the shooter's marksmanship left much to be desired; not a single one of the five shots hit a vital organ.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to move, the fat nerd watched as his pistol was kicked away. He knew he was finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to struggle to his feet but ultimately couldn't. Lin Jiabei's face loomed into his line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're... a fucking... genius. You fired so... many shots, and still couldn't... kill me. But... before I die, I... have a question...\" he gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you wondering how I knew to wedge the ID Card into the door ahead of time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's simple. With the Old Man dead, if I kill you, I clear the game. Me clearing the game means that Lin Jiabao, whom I've marked with a Thought Stamp, will also die. Therefore, he would absolutely never let me leave the Escape Room Game alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of that, the Old Man chose to commit suicide. This way, since you didn't fire, you never violated the Future Lie. You didn't lie, but I did. Facing you directly, I had zero chance of winning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why you dared to show up at the main entrance of the small hotel so brazenly, without making any attempt to hide. You knew that because you hadn't lied, I couldn't just shoot you at will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to say, it's ironic that you're supposed to be my cautious personality. Don't you know the principle that the closer you are to success, the easier it is to fail?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I proposed the additional condition, so of course I knew the loopholes within it. I wedged the ID Card in the door because the moment you opened it, your natural curiosity would compel you to look at the information on it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By looking at the ID Card, you violated the Future Lie proposed by the Old Man: 'In the infinite time to come, no one will actively look at the information on this ID Card.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Lin Jiabei sneered. \"I designed this trap myself. As long as the ID Card ended up in my hands, I had a thousand ways to make you look at it willingly. From the very beginning, you never had a single chance of winning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, the fat nerd remembered the three of them sitting in front of the sofa and Lin Jiabei's sudden gambling behavior. She must have been intentionally guiding the Old Man back then, subtly reminding him that he could use the inn owner's information to set a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unfortunately, I only understood the part where she wanted me to disguise myself as Chen Ran's primary personality.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I entirely missed the part where she wanted to get her hands on the ID Card. And that is...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The reason for my failure!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Sure enough, there's a reason I'm only the secondary personality...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I admit you're... incredible... but your... marksmanship is truly garbage!\" he coughed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting the last word in, the fat nerd closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiabei aimed her gun at him. She paused for a moment, then stepped closer, pressing the muzzle directly against the fat nerd's forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat nerd's head burst open like a crushed melon, and the surrounding scenery slowly faded into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's finally over...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1448,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.808Z",1,"novelbin.me","c5a31d80bcf1f2d85a9e6433ec10b3bc6d6f3e2effcc02f6d53654fef51af84a","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-122","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-120",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]