Chapter 186: The Curtain Falls

Li Zhitong's floor disappeared.

Just as the three were about to retract their Skills, they heard Chen Ran speak indifferently, "I have a question regarding the judgment of an Unknown Lie. For example, my name isn't Chen Ran, but I say I'm Chen Ran, and you all follow along and call me Chen Ran. In this hypothetical scenario, who is lying and who isn't?"

Chen Ran was influenced by Qiu Yinong's 100th Time Reset, which led his deductions and plan to be consistent with the 100th loop.

...

When Chen Ran said, "Let me think about the evil deeds I committed while I was alive..."

"Chen Ran!" Qiu Yinong shouted coldly.

This sudden change disrupted Chen Ran's rhythm. The three Three-Star players watched this scene with cold eyes.

'Chen Ran brought up evil deeds and was immediately interrupted by Qiu Yinong. This means...'

'In the past timelines, Chen Ran has stated that he committed no evil deeds when he was alive.'

'It seems these two aren't synchronized in their thoughts. In other words...'

'This current Time Reset won't last long before Qiu resets it again.'

Figuring this out,

Dorje smiled. "It's best if you stop playing these kinds of tricks. If I'm not mistaken, the current time should be a new timeline created by your Skill, right?"

Long Hui also wanted to say something, but Diwu Zeyi beat him to it: "Interesting. If it's a newly created timeline, I imagine this isn't the first time. Only in that case would you stop what Chen Ran was trying to say. This means that what Chen Ran was about to say was most likely his own lie, trying to trick us into telling a lie."

Since they had to ensure the actions of the three wouldn't simultaneously trigger Turned Upside Down, and since the other two had already spoken, Long Hui remained silent.

Seeing that the two fell silent, Chen Ran looked solemnly at Qiu Yinong and then lowered his head in thought.

He then let out a relieved smile. "Alright, it seems my plan won't work. However, we should have plenty of time to optimize our plan."

The three frowned. The Face-up Cards strategy of the Wheel of Time was truly an unsolvable problem.

But right at that moment, Qiu Yinong slowly shook her head, her eyes filled with exhaustion. "I don't think it's necessary for us to expend too much energy in the second Secret Room. You guys might not feel anything, but using the Wheel of Time repeatedly requires my brain to constantly think, making it difficult to maintain normal cognitive function. Furthermore, when the Skill ends, you all will also receive a massive influx of memories, which might cause brain damage. It's not worth the risk."

Chen Ran was somewhat unwilling, but he knew that Qiu Yinong retained the memories of every timeline. If even she was giving up, it meant they had already attempted Lie-Judgment countless times before, and all of them had ultimately ended in failure.

Diwu Zeyi smiled. "On the subway, I deduced that your Skill could reset time by five minutes. I'm actually quite curious. Later, when our memories are restored, just how many times did you reset time for you to conclude that brain damage was a possibility?"

The three exchanged glances and all retracted their Skills. Dorje looked at his Watch.

"There are less than three minutes left before the Wheel of Time ends. I'm also very curious about how many times you reset time, and what exactly you did during all those resets."

Dorje's words made Qiu Yinong's heart skip a beat, but her expression remained unchanged.

Chen Ran's eyes darted around. He felt that things shouldn't just end like this.

'Forget it, I won't think about it anymore.'

'By the way...'

'If I receive a massive amount of memories, will the me of that moment still be the me of this moment? That's a question worth exploring.'

The atmosphere in the Secret Room was somewhat heavy. None of the five continued to speak or interact; they were either deep in thought or looking at their watches.

Dorje stared at his Watch.

'The Wheel of Time should end before 21:03. In this Secret Room, there won't be any more Lie-Judgments. We can only vie for the final victory in the Third Chamber.'

'First, Chen Ran must die.'

'Second, I have to trick the other two into a lie. If I can't trick them...'

'Then I can only kill Qiu Yinong.'

'However, from Long Hui's standpoint, he is a Ghost Whisperer. The flaw in Qiu Yinong's incantation only serves to allow a Ghost Whisperer to quickly kill her if they encounter her. If he reports this to the higher-ups of the Deceiver Alliance, the Reward he gets will be limited. It's even possible that the Deceiver Alliance's higher-ups will use this matter to negotiate with the Liar-Slayer Alliance for greater benefits.'

'Therefore, if the higher-ups behind me pay him enough Points, it's highly likely Long Hui won't report this matter.'

Just as he was thinking this,

Dorje glanced at his Watch, but that single glance made his heart stop.

21:03:01!

Before he could react, two Judgments that sounded like the death knell of fate exploded in his eardrums.

"You lied."

"You lied."

Bullets pierced through his chest and brain. Dorje collapsed under the momentum, plunging into the abyss.

'Impossible!!!'

'How could I possibly die here?'

'Why?'

He wanted to scream, but his consciousness, like his body, rapidly fell into the abyss.

Scene after scene of his life replayed in his mind like A fleeting glance.

The Living Buddha passing away, being selected as a candidate for the soul boy, further studies at the Buddhist Academy, getting screened out, leaving the Tibetan region for the metropolis, marrying and having children, delayed wages, buying an unfinished house—he hated it. Why did he always encounter such things?

Coming to Hell.

He was a genius.

Emerging prominently in the Hundred Ghost Feast, catching the eye of the higher-ups of the Liar-Slayer Alliance, and becoming their Reserve Teammate...

Only then did he realize that failure runs through life from beginning to end. If you are strong, there are existences even stronger than you.

'Everyone fails, but after failing, I lacked the courage to clean up the mess. I only knew how to escape.'

'I knew this day would come sooner or later. It's actually fine. At least...'

'I'm free!'

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time."

Right before his consciousness completely dissipated, he heard Qiu Yinong's Skill incantation and smiled.

'Fight!'

'Fight!'

'Fight!'

'We are all just a bunch of pitiful wretches. As long as we don't die in Hell, we will fight endlessly. Hahaha...'

Time reset once again.

However, this time, not only did Li Zhitong's floor disappear, but Dorje's vanished as well.

Besides Qiu Yinong, the pupils of the remaining three, including Chen Ran, suddenly contracted.

Long Hui and Diwu Zeyi retracted their Skills without a second thought.

What a joke. It was originally a game of cat and mouse, but they suddenly discovered that one of the cats had been gnawed to death by the mice.

How could they keep playing!

Qiu Yinong rubbed her temples, looking as if she had overtaxed her brain. She said weakly, "Don't worry. This is the last Time Reset for this Secret Room."

All three stared at her, not daring to speak for fear of causing a problem, but their eyes revealed a strong desire for answers.

"How should I explain this?"

"Chen Ran deduced the second effect of Turned Upside Down and implicitly told me."

"I deduced that Diwu Zeyi was waiting for an opportunity."

"I combined these two pieces of information and constructed a Common Sense Deception."

"Dorje fell for it."

"He was Judged and killed by Diwu Zeyi and me, consecutively."

"The general process was more or less like that. Later, when your memories are restored, you can figure out the detailed process yourselves."