Chapter 180: Three Great Mountains

Time reset to five minutes ago.

Moreover, this timing was absolutely perfect, catching the exact moment the floor beneath Li Zhitong vanished.

Therefore, neither Chen Ran nor the three Three-Star Players realized that time had been reset.

Only Qiu Yinong knew.

Just as Chen Ran was about to say something, he noticed Qiu Yinong staring at him. She gave a slight nod, and his pupils immediately shrank.

'Did she succeed?'

'Holy crap, Qiu Yinong actually timed it this precisely?'

'I have to give her props for that!'

Just like before, the three Three-Star Players retracted their respective skills.

Therefore, Qiu Yinong must have reset time multiple times to perfectly align it with the exact moment Li Zhitong's floor vanished.

Only then could she prevent the three Three-Star Players from deducing that the current time was not on the third timeline.

After all, the Wheel of Time could not reset dead players.

If she had reset to a point where the three Three-Star Players had no memory of killing Li Zhitong, yet found him dead, they would definitely deduce that this was an alternate timeline.

...

The three retracted their skills.

Chen Ran lit a cigarette and once again brought up the concept of "Dark Resilience".

Exposing the trap of Long Hui's Deceiver's Tongue, the two drifted into talking about factors of war again.

"You were a novelist when you were alive, right? I think that's a bit of a waste of your talents. You would be well-suited for public speaking. You might even be able to start a pyramid scheme and scam quite a few people."

Chen Ran chuckled softly. "That is a pretty good idea. Why didn't I think of that when I was alive? If I had known I would go to Hell after death, I would have done a lot more evil deeds."

His tone shifted as he looked around at the three of them, asking with deep curiosity, "Since you guys ended up in Hell, don't tell me you also committed wicked deeds while you were alive?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was shocked to find the three Three-Star Players wearing solemn expressions.

'Not good,' Chen Ran thought to himself.

Sure enough, a moment later, Long Hui gave him a profound look and said indifferently, "Your transition was too stiff, and your intention for Lie-Judgment is far too obvious. If my guess is correct, this is a new timeline created by the Wheel of Time, isn't it?"

Chen Ran shrugged. "Alright then, I will pay attention to that next time."

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time."

...

The three retracted their skills.

Receiving Qiu Yinong's signal, Chen Ran realized his layout had succeeded.

He lit a cigarette.

Just as he was about to say something, Qiu Yinong extended her fingers, flashing a "two" gesture.

Chen Ran immediately vetoed the plan he had previously devised in his mind.

He looked at the three of them. "I've always had a question, and I've been meaning to ask you guys."

"By the way, it seems none of you three have fixed teammates..."

"Why is that?"

When no one answered, Chen Ran continued, "I have a guess, though I don't know if it's right."

"To sever a complete corpse, one might have to endure massive emotional fluctuations. It is just like how a person's psychological endurance often increases significantly after experiencing immense grief."

"You guys didn't happen to screw your own teammates to death, did you? After all, there is a reason we were sent down to Hell..."

The moment his words faded, he once again saw their solemn expressions.

Diwu Zeyi remarked with a strange tone, "The traces of Lie-Judgment in your words are a bit heavy. Don't tell me this is a new timeline manufactured by the Wheel of Time?"

Chen Ran was speechless.

"Alright, I will definitely pay attention next time."

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time."

Qiu Yinong used her skill again, and time reset once more to the moment the three retracted their skills.

This time, Qiu Yinong did not give Chen Ran any signals. Instead, she spoke up herself.

Unexpectedly, the moment her words began to steer the Hell players toward the topic of committing evil while alive...

Dorje interrupted her.

"You are not suited for Lie-Judgment. You spoke very little before, but you suddenly became talkative right after we retracted our skills. If I am not mistaken, this current time has most likely been recreated by the Wheel of Time."

Qiu Yinong looked at the three of them in shock and suspicion. They were like three great mountains blocking her path, making it impossible to advance even half a step. She could only leave behind a single sentence:

"Alright, I will pay attention next time."

Time reset yet again. Qiu Yinong knew she had already been blacklisted in the minds of these three. Saying even one extra word would allow them to detect the anomaly.

Thus, she signaled Chen Ran, while simultaneously raising her hand to gesture "four".

Chen Ran was rendered speechless.

'In the first three attempts, we couldn't bait out a lie from even a single one of them?'

After a brief moment of thought, Chen Ran vetoed the first three Lie-Judgment plans that had popped into his mind.

He lit a cigarette.

"Only the five of us are left. As the saying goes, the good die young, while scourges live for a millennium. Since we have survived this long, we probably committed some atrocious deeds that angered the heavens and the people when we were alive..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw their solemn expressions. Chen Ran went completely numb.

'You have got to be kidding me!'

'Is the psychological defense line of a player who has severed a complete corpse really this terrifying?'

Sure enough, Diwu Zeyi gave him a profound look. "Your acting skills are lacking. This should be a new timeline, right?"

"Alright, I will pay attention next time."

But strangely enough, after Chen Ran said this, Qiu Yinong did not reset time.

She was deep in thought.

'It is very strange.'

'Whenever we try to guide those three into saying that there are no good people in Hell, they immediately deduce that this is a new timeline.'

'It is very strange.'

'Whenever we try to guide those three into saying that there are no good people in Hell, they immediately deduce that this is a new timeline.'

'The problem definitely stems from the concept that "there are no good people in Hell".'

'As long as the Lie-Judgment involves this topic, they can detect the anomaly.'

'The only time we could converse normally was during the third timeline, the one right after everyone screwed Li Zhitong to death.'

'But even then, it was when Chen Ran mentioned he had never broken Criminal Law while alive. Judging by the looks in their eyes, the moment they heard Chen Ran had never violated Criminal Law, they instantly suppressed their emotions to maintain absolute rationality.'

'In other words, within the psychological defense lines of those three, any mention of "there are no good people in Hell" or "being an evil person while alive" instantly raises their vigilance.'

'"There are no good people in Hell": no matter who says this sentence, it is the truth.'

'After all, in Hell, who hasn't killed someone just to survive?'

'Therefore, the real problematic point is "committing evil while alive".'

'No one actually knows what anyone else did while they were alive.'

'Thus, "committing evil while alive" involves unknown information, which means...'

'Whenever unknown information is involved, the three of them immediately suppress their emotions, ensuring they don't casually speak about the related topics.'

'At the same time, applying reverse deduction, is there a possibility that Chen Ran and I suddenly steering the topic in this direction is an attempt at Lie-Judgment?'

'If we intend to enact Lie-Judgment, we first have to determine whether the three of them know if people sent to Hell could possibly have been good people while alive.'

'Consequently, they deduce that the current timeline was recreated by me.'

'This, this, this...'

'Isn't this completely unsolvable?'