Chapter 198: No Choice

"If you dare to provide lies, aren't you afraid that the moment your true body is summoned by us, you'll immediately be Judged?" Chen Ran frowned.

In his previous Future Lie, he couldn't use his Skill before this Instance ended.

Qiu Yinong could, but her incantation was well known to the BOSS.

Therefore, she didn't dare use it either.

Of the remaining two, Diwu Zeyi's [Emperor Emerges from the Three Rivers] was practically invincible.

That was secondary...

The key was that using a Skill would cause the Secret Room to go dark, so they had to choose a surface in advance.

[Lin Xiuyuan] smiled without speaking. He felt that what he said earlier was already obvious enough; those who understood would understand.

Currently, the five people were standing on four different surfaces. This was the result of Chen Ran's deliberate design. [Lin Xiuyuan] was at the top, linking with Chen and Qiu to form a top-center connection, so he would stand on their side.

At the same time, this design created the possibility for [Lin Xiuyuan] to occupy the Center.

Once he occupied the Center, then for every subsequent change in the Secret Room, the four of them would highly likely have to run from top to bottom, consuming an immense amount of stamina.

But breaking this situation was also very simple.

As long as the two Three-Star players reached a cooperation with each other and spoke a Future Lie.

The following situations would occur.

Center: Safe.

Top: One safe.

Bottom: One safe.

In this situation, even if the BOSS occupied the Center surface, there would be no casualties.

Center: Safe.

Top: Both surfaces safe or dangerous.

Bottom: Both surfaces dangerous or safe.

Chen-Qiu and Di-Long could form pairs to forcibly step onto the Center surface.

Center: Dangerous.

Top: One or two safe surfaces.

Bottom: Two or one safe surfaces.

This was the same as the first situation.

Therefore, no matter how things changed, as long as the two Three-Star players reached a cooperation, it was impossible for this Secret Room to have casualties.

Simply put, Chen Ran's layout would only result in two possibilities:

One: No one will die.

Two: One Three-Star player will die.

It was precisely because the BOSS understood this point that he provided a lie to increase the difficulty.

...

The change just now was Bullets, so the Five Elements attribute provided was [Metal].

Currently, among the feudal dynasties, only one [Qing] hadn't appeared yet.

Thus, everyone immediately looked at the characters on the surface beneath their feet.

Chen and Qiu's eyelids twitched. There were no characters on the surface beneath their feet.

Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui both frowned at the character-less surfaces beneath their feet.

"Hahahaha..." [Lin Xiuyuan] suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"You guys are finished. The text on the surface beneath my feet is [Qing]."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the four changed again and again, but none of them hastily took action.

'Sigh, they all love pretending so much.'

Diwu Zeyi sighed inwardly, then drew his Liar-Slayer and said indifferently:

"Liar-Slayer: Emperor Emerges from the Three Rivers."

The Secret Room went dark. When the light was restored, everyone's expressions varied.

Long Hui pondered for a moment and didn't use his Skill. He knew that his Skill primarily relied on a surprise attack. Before other players knew its effects, or when used in conjunction with other Skills, it would yield the maximum benefit.

But now, this kind of surprise attack had already lost its meaning. Using it or not actually made no difference.

Seeing that the next change was drawing ever closer, the four still made no move.

"Could it be that you guys just plan to wait for death?" [Lin Xiuyuan] frowned.

Chen Ran sighed, "Perhaps you are the only one here who doesn't know. After Song and Jin, the Five Virtues Cycle was no longer the basic theoretical framework for maintaining rule. In other words, before the previous change, Sui, Tang, and Song all had to follow the Five Virtues Cycle theory, while Yuan and Ming didn't need to. Of course, the Qing Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty doesn't need to either."

[Lin Xiuyuan] was startled. Only now did he realize exactly how many pits were hidden in the previous round. These four guys, each was more treacherous than the last, and each was better at acting than the last.

'Wait!'

'In other words, Chen Ran's layout was intended to deceive the two Three-Star players, and the two Three-Star players played along, cooperating with the performance.'

'Chen Ran also knew that the Three-Star players would play along, therefore...'

'This situation is a situation all four wanted to foresee. Why is this happening?'

'Holy crap!'

'In this situation, I would deduce this conclusion: The worst-case scenario is that all five of us leave alive.'

'Therefore, I would rely on my Skill to speak lies, raising the difficulty of the Secret Room!!!'

'After I spoke the lies, among these four, Chen Ran is restricted by a Future Lie and doesn't dare use his Skill. Qiu Yinong is restricted by the flaw in her Skill incantation and doesn't dare use her Skill either.'

'Long Hui can use his Skill, but its effects are well known, and everyone has a method to evade it. Therefore, using it or not actually doesn't make much of a difference.'

'Then, the only person who can use a Skill left is... Diwu Zeyi!'

'Diwu Zeyi's Skill can manipulate my Skill. In other words...'

'Diwu Zeyi has the right to kick me out at any time.'

'Simply put, after Diwu Zeyi used his Skill, it was equivalent to buying insurance for himself. When he has no safe surface to stand on, he can kick me out, thereby occupying my safe surface.'

'This result will lead to Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui being unable to form a true alliance. Then...'

'The possibility of all five safely leaving the Secret Room alive will be greatly reduced.'

'Chen Ran's scheme, from beginning to end, has been targeting... Long Hui!!!'

'Holy fucking DJ!'

'How is it possible that someone could calculate human hearts to this extent, ahhhh!'

'Holy fucking DJ!'

'How is it possible that someone could calculate human hearts to this extent, ahhhh!'

'So to say, whether I played dumb earlier or not actually made no difference in front of them? They had already seen right through me down to my underpants long ago?'

'Wait!'

'Logically speaking, it's impossible for Long Hui not to have thought of this layer. Why did he still cooperate with the performance of the other three?'

'Out of what kind of mentality did he cooperate with the performance like this?'

'I can't figure it out!'

'I can't figure it out!'

'I really fucking can't figure it out!'

'I'm finished. My deductions can no longer keep up with their thoughts.'

'No, they never kept up from the very beginning. Every time they placed a piece, they were looking three steps ahead, while I only saw their immediate next step from their placements.'

'Dammit!'

'Chen Ran, you bastard, why the hell did you have to match into my Instance!'

'Matching into it is one thing, but you even dragged a group of pursuers and pursued people in with you!'

'In this Instance, even before the First Chamber began, this group of players was already like they were in an Asura battlefield. The intensity of the struggle is simply unimaginable.'

Thinking of this.

[Lin Xiuyuan] couldn't help looking at the few people and asked, "Fighting to this extent, don't any of you feel tired?"

In fact, the four were very tired. Their spirits were severely overdrawn, and combined with their bodies constantly having blood drawn, the fact that they could hold on until now could easily be described as a miracle.

But...

Chen Ran lit a Cigarette, took a deep breath, his eyes still as astute as ever, as if he had always been at his peak state. He said indifferently, "We have no other choice."

Yes, the four of them were mentally tense, not daring to relax for even a moment.

Simply because...

They all knew that once their spirits slacked, they would collapse a thousand miles, no longer able to maintain their current state, and would become a breakthrough point.

Although this Instance was very simple, the key lay in fighting against other people.

For them at this very moment, this was no longer an Instance, but an Asura battlefield that decided life and death!

They... had no choice.