[{"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-13":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},748891,993,"Chapter 13: Nine Survivors Remain","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>\"Give me back my Examination Paper!\" Zhang Yuan glared at Baili Qiangsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this Secret Room, submitting a Test Paper was the only way to escape. Without one, the consequences would be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dared not think about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Baili Qiangsheng for the moment, he stepped forward, intending to examine the two women to determine which one was the fabricated Phantom Image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advantage of having teammates became apparent. Liu Changsheng and his two companions quickly surrounded the pockmarked player and the Seductive Woman Player, preventing anyone from touching them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Examination Papers of these four individuals and the one Phantom Image were all in Baili Qiangsheng's custody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'With the protection mechanism of the Liar-Slayer in place, I cannot touch them at all!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I am incredibly confused. In this Classroom, there are three players who know who the Phantom Image is: Baili Qiangsheng, Chen Ran, and the real player between the pockmarked one and the Seductive Woman Player.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Chen Ran keeping his mouth shut is understandable; he wants to watch us kill each other.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Baili Qiangsheng remaining silent also makes sense, since he is the mastermind behind this setup.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But why would the surviving woman out of the two actively choose to stand in the middle of Liu Changsheng and his group?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I think I understand. The surviving woman has already told a lie. She is terrified that exposing her identity will lead to others bringing a Judgment upon her, so she needs to seek the protection of Baili Qiangsheng's team.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan knew he could no longer get his own Examination Paper back. He swept his gaze across the room. Wherever he looked, the other players immediately clutched their Examination Papers tightly to their chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Damn it!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Damn it!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Damn it!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The props on the podium must have some sort of use. If I do not get a Test Paper back soon, something terrible might happen!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan sighed inwardly. He looked at Baili Qiangsheng and said with extreme reluctance, \"I will use... a Future Lie to Exchange for a Test Paper.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Qiangsheng nodded. \"Deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhang Yuan immediately declared, \"Within this Instance, I will never initiate a Judgment against Baili Qiangsheng or his teammates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Future Lie was a promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the promise was broken, it meant that at this very moment, the person making the promise was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Hell Dungeon, such Future Lies were the most taboo. Once a promise was made, the person was entirely at the mercy of others, completely stripped of any room to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, it could trigger a chain reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Qiangsheng casually pulled a Test Paper from the stack in his hands. \"This one is yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That one is not mine.\" Zhang Yuan frowned, pointing at the one at the very bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That one is mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their exchange left the crowd stunned. A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of a female player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew her Liar-Slayer, aimed it at Baili Qiangsheng, and said coldly, \"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click. The Bullet jammed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female player's expression shifted from excitement to dismay, and finally to pure terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a dozen gun muzzles were trained on her. Everyone shouted the command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dozen people fired simultaneously. The female player was instantly riddled with holes. Three Bullets struck her skull, scattering brain matter across the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was not over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Chen Ran and the others lowered their Guns, several players abruptly pivoted and aimed their weapons at Zhang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Baili Qiangsheng had not lied, it meant the paper he handed over was indeed Zhang Yuan's original Examination Paper. Yet Zhang Yuan had denied it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was lying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people recited the Judgment Command without hesitation, however...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, click, click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Liar-Slayers all jammed. In the conversation between Baili Qiangsheng and Zhang Yuan, neither of them had lied. This was actually a trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, when they looked toward Baili Qiangsheng, they saw his gun muzzle was already...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...aimed right at them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Qiangsheng spoke incredibly fast. With every command, he fired a shot. Several Bullets were discharged in a mere three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran and the others, who had just lowered their Guns, did not even get a chance to raise them again to steal the kills before those players collapsed in pools of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the remaining players alive in the Classroom were: Baili Qiangsheng and his three teammates, Zhang Yuan, Chen Ran, Cheng Si, Lin Feng, and either the pockmarked player or the Seductive Woman Player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sixteen people had drastically dwindled down to nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Masked Man toss corpse after corpse into the flames, Lin Feng fell deep into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is yours.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That one is not mine.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That one is mine.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There was a trick in the conversation between Baili Qiangsheng and Zhang Yuan. Translated literally, it meant: This is the one I am giving to you. This is not my original one. That one is my original one.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Neither of them lied. The first female player to draw her gun falsely judged Baili Qiangsheng of lying.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'When the Judgment against Baili Qiangsheng failed, the second wave of female players naturally assumed Zhang Yuan was lying, so they turned their Guns on him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can understand all of this!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Feng stared intently at Baili Qiangsheng. \"I would like to trade the exam question in Exchange for a question of my own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone looked at Lin Feng. The biggest issue they currently faced was that the Examination Papers were completely blank; there were no exam questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Baili Qiangsheng neither answered nor refused, Lin Feng pointed at the corpses being thrown into the fire by the Masked Man and said, \"From the known rules, as long as one does not speak and does not initiate a Judgment, it is actually quite difficult to die. These people seemed incredibly anxious. The moment they thought someone was lying, they drew their Guns to cast Judgment. I want to know why that is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who spoke up was Cheng Si. \"There is a Reward for a successful Judgment. It will be given out during the Settlement when the Instance ends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They would throw their lives away just for a Reward?\" Lin Feng continued to press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the next scene took him completely by surprise as Cheng Si nodded without any hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you fight for it, you might die; if you do not fight for it, you will die sooner or later. Better short-term pain than prolonged agony.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, once a Player confirms that clearing the Secret Room has no conditions regarding headcounts or genders, they will instantly initiate a Judgment upon discovering a lie. If they are even half a beat too slow, someone else might beat them to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Feng caught an extremely useful piece of information from Cheng Si's answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fight for it, and you might die; do not fight, and you will die eventually. Did this mean that Players without Rewards in Hell would find it difficult to survive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, now let's talk about the exam question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Feng gathered his thoughts and said, \"To deduce what the exam question is, we first have to figure out who is reviewing everything that happened in the Classroom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, a Time Superposition occurred in the Classroom. This indicates that the person reviewing the events knows what happened in here, but does not know the exact chronological order of each event.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we can be certain that the person reviewing the case is not anyone present at the scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, the Husband portrayed by Chen Ran appears in this review. This shows that the person reviewing the events believes the Husband is connected to what happened in the Classroom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, the Classroom is located within a school, and there are definitely people living near the school. If the Classroom caught on fire, the nearby residents would certainly see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In summary, the person reviewing the case must meet the following criteria: they know everything that happened in the Classroom, they are not one of us, they suspect the Husband is heavily involved in this incident, and they are the first people the local residents would think to call upon seeing the fire. Who is this person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan seemed to have already known the answer, blurting out, \"It is the police!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly!\" Lin Feng nodded. \"Only the police fit all of those conditions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1436,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","157b90640ff6b25c9a46e0f44f13776dd0bb4a3f8134d0af5978986fa5369702","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-14","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-12",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]