Chapter 183: Mind Battle (3)

In the new timeline, after Qiu Yinong gave Chen Ran a hint, Chen Ran continued to repeat the conversation from the previous timeline.

And Qiu Yinong was responsible for reviewing the situation.

'In the previous timeline, Chen Ran lied. He hadn't killed anyone while alive, yet he claimed that several lives had ended by his hands.'

'This should, might, probably, perhaps have coaxed out Dorje's lie.'

'The logic here is that the evil deeds a player committed while alive will turn into an instance after their death, but since Chen Ran didn't commit evil acts while alive, logically speaking, he wouldn't turn into an instance after death.'

'Dorje just said: Once you die and turn into an instance, won't it become clear?'

'Therefore...'

'Dorje is highly likely engaged in an Unknown Lie.'

'Conclusion: In the previous timeline, Chen Ran lied first to coax out Dorje's lie.'

'There's a problem here...'

'Logically speaking, a Three-Star player shouldn't respond to remarks involving an Unknown Lie.'

'How could Dorje have answered?'

'Judging from the result, even if we knew Dorje was lying just now, we wouldn't dare to Judge him.'

'Simply because, if we Judged Dorje, the other two would immediately realize that Chen Ran was lying, and they would also Judge Chen Ran...'

'What's lethal is, whoever Judges Dorje, Dorje will definitely Judge me.'

'Conclusion: If we had carried out the Judgment in the previous round, Chen Ran, Dorje, and I would all die.'

'Deterrence?'

'Therefore, the fundamental reason Dorje was coaxed into lying in the previous round is that the result of Chen Ran's Unknown Lie is...'

'Mutual destruction!'

'Then why didn't they dare to touch an Unknown Lie easily before?'

'Wait.'

'It seems that in the previous round, Chen Ran grafted [I didn't violate Criminal Law while alive] onto [I won't turn into an instance after death].'

'Is there a problem with this grafting?'

'It needs to be tested!'

'However, since Dorje dared to answer, it means there is a problem with this grafting...'

'Not good!'

'Is this Dorje's trap?'

'Dorje wasn't coaxed into lying by Chen Ran at all. In other words, a True-Self Tier Skill still turns into an instance after death?'

'Giving someone a taste of their own medicine—Dorje also created multiple processes for us.'

'Therefore, the final conclusion...'

'One: Dorje lied, but we don't dare to Judge him at all.'

'Two: Dorje didn't lie. Once we Judge him, the Judgment will fail.'

'If we want to prove these two conclusions, we must create an absolutely safe environment for Judgment.'

'Wait!'

'Chen Ran!'

Qiu Yinong's eyes went wide. She had noticed just now that Chen Ran seemed to be deliberately preventing the three Three-Star players from withdrawing their skills.

'He is using [Turned Upside Down] to adjust the information the three receive.'

'In other words, as long as we make the three unable to receive the [content of Chen Ran's lie], even if we draw our guns, the Three-Star players won't be able to determine whether we will truly execute the Judgment.'

'This is a time discrepancy. We will have an extra motion of drawing our guns, and our drawing speed might be faster than theirs!'

'When Chen Ran Judges, I can immediately use the Wheel of Time, completing a...'

'Judgment and Time Reset before the Three-Star players even draw their guns!'

'So, in the previous Time Reincarnation, Chen Ran was both coaxing Dorje's lie and telling me his specific plan.'

'There's no time in this round, but in the next round, I not only have to give Chen Ran a hint like the round before the last, but also hint to him: I know the plan you just deduced, and we must also finalize the timing for when we both draw our guns.'

'After all, Chen Ran loses his memory with every reset.'

'Simply put, Chen Ran has already designed the entire plan, and he needs to confirm whether I can coordinate with him in time.'

Thinking up to this point.

Qiu Yinong hesitated no longer. Under the astonished gazes of the four, she raised her gun to her head.

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time."

Time was reset for the 101st time, once again returning to the moment the floor beneath Li Zhitong vanished.

Qiu Yinong gave Chen Ran a hint again. Following that, Chen Ran fell deep in thought. But when he raised his head, he saw Qiu Yinong extend her index finger.

'Holy crap!'

'She already knows my plan.'

'Which number of reset is this anyway? But now isn't the time to care about that.'

Seeing that the three were about to withdraw their skills.

Chen Ran said, "I have a question regarding the judgment of an Unknown Lie. For example, if my name is not Chen Ran, but I say my name is Chen Ran, and you guys also follow suit and call me Chen Ran, in this hypothetical scenario, who is lying and who isn't?"

Seeing the solemn and contemplative expressions of the three, Chen Ran knew they were already deducing the multiple [processes] he had set up.

'Next, what I need to do is make them unable to receive the lie [several lives ended by my hands alone].'

Thus, Chen Ran did not evade the Turned Upside Down of the second sentence.

He said, "I know you guys will highly likely target me next. After all, most of the people are dead."

Just like the previous round.

Seeing that Chen Ran still wanted to speak, Dorje seized the opportunity to interject and ask, "Saying that, shouldn't you also consider what kind of puzzle-solving would be involved if you turned into an instance?"

Hearing this, Chen Ran touched his chin. "Speaking of which, if I were to turn into an instance, it would only be One-Star. It would be very hard for you guys to match into it. Doesn't that mean getting revenge will be very difficult?"

At this point, the three of them drawing their guns earlier to withdraw their skills was the first action, and Dorje speaking was the second action.

'Incorrect!'

'Incorrect!'

'What's going on with these three? They seem to be deliberately keeping their actions out of sync.'

Seeing that Chen Ran hadn't spoken for a long time.

Diwu Zeyi said flatly, "You aren't trying to use [Turned Upside Down] to prevent us from receiving certain information, are you?"

Dorje chimed in, "If you have such plans, I advise you to give it up. No matter how many times time is reset, the three of us will try our best not to be in the state of the first action simultaneously. Wouldn't you agree, Qiu Yinong?"

Hearing this, Qiu Yinong was shaken to the core, because she remembered that in the previous round, the three of them seemed to be taking turns speaking as well...

This was to ensure that at least one person wouldn't be affected by [Turned Upside Down].

'No way?'

'How could Three-Star players be this terrifyingly strong ahhhhhhhhhhh!'

At a time like this, the drawbacks of the Wheel of Time were completely exposed. Qiu Yinong hadn't lost her memory, so her brain received the most information.

In other words, her brain was constantly under high load. After all, every Time Reset required a massive amount of thinking.

The fact that she had managed to hold on until now was already a miracle. Being provoked like this by the Three-Star players' words almost made her mentally explode.

In this mind battle, it seemed as if only Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong were setting traps.

In reality, the three Three-Star players were constantly observing their expressions and demeanors, thereby deducing their setup, and then using their own plan against them to launch a psychological counterattack.

In this mind battle, there were no NPCs who just watched without thinking or merely tagged along. Everyone...

Was engaging in extreme deduction!