Chapter 202: Tearing Out the Heart and Lungs

"Sometimes, when we toss a Coin, our hearts already have the answer."

Diwu Zeyi muttered, then looked at Long Hui and sneered, "You were just using an item to firm up your choice."

Long Hui was noncommittal. Although an absolutely rational state could block many deceptive clues, it didn't block everything. For example, there were still things like Common Sense and emotions, which would still sway a player's judgment.

Therefore, they needed an object to firm up their choices.

Simply put, it was creating an objective clue for oneself to confirm the final answer, such as tossing a Coin.

Two people like you, and you don't know who to choose, so you toss a Coin to decide. But in reality, the moment you toss the Coin, you know who you truly like.

By the same logic.

The layouts of Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi resulted in either having two safe surfaces at the top, or one safe surface at the top and one at the bottom. He couldn't choose, so he could only create an objective clue to make the choice for him.

And from a god's-eye view, Chen Ran was a One-Star Player. The underlying logic of his layout was to make the two Three-Star players engage in Infighting.

Following this train of thought, one would discover that Diwu Zeyi hadn't controlled the [Usurpation] Skill at all.

Moreover, the BOSS hadn't transferred his soul from beginning to end either.

...

Just as Long Hui stepped onto the surface where Diwu Zeyi was, the Secret Room happened to change.

The entire Secret Room turned red-hot.

It was as if it had evolved into a giant oven Secret Room, swearing to roast the people inside to death.

And right at the instant it turned red-hot, a glass cover once again rose over the three safe surfaces, protecting the people inside.

Seeing this scene.

A term simultaneously came to the minds of the four: [Long Summer].

[Long Summer] isn't summer, but the period from the Start of Autumn to the Autumnal Equinox, when the temperature is the most unbearably hot.

Spleen: Long Summer, tastes Sweet, color is Yellow.

The Spleen belongs to Earth.

Generating: Metal.

Overcoming: Wood.

Generating and Overcoming: Fire.

Therefore, the three safe surfaces for this round were: Metal, Wood, and Fire.

The Lungs belong to Metal.

The Liver belongs to Wood.

The Heart belongs to Fire.

Lungs: Late Autumn, tastes Acrid, color is White.

Liver: Late Spring, tastes Sour, color is Green.

Heart: Late Summer, tastes Bitter, color is Red.

The complexions of the four were not very good. Qiu Yinong and Chen Ran were even somewhat morbidly pale. The severe depletion of their qi and blood had essentially crippled half their brain function.

Long Hui and Diwu Zeyi weren't much better off. Logically speaking, dealing with Chen Ran now would be the best opportunity.

But don't forget, there was also a BOSS who wasn't affected.

Diwu Zeyi wiped the tomato juice off his forehead clean, looked at the other three, and all four simultaneously nodded.

Kill the BOSS first!

This also meant that Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui would miss the opportunity to screw Chen Ran to death this time.

Because both felt that by the next round, they wouldn't be able to hold on either.

Sensing the hostility from the four, [Lin Xiuyuan] pondered slightly.

'Four people, three safe surfaces. If the surface beneath my feet is dangerous, Chen Ran, Long Hui, and Diwu Zeyi will first occupy the top and bottom safe surfaces.'

'With the three surfaces occupied by them, they definitely won't let me step on.'

'It's just that...'

"Heh!" [Lin Xiuyuan] swept his gaze over the four and sneered. "The Secret Room mechanisms cannot kill me, unless the head of Lin Xiuyuan's corpse can be twisted off."

"The Five Virtues Cycle. The first round was the judgment of the Five Virtues attributes of past dynasties, cycling endlessly like blood flowing through a person's body once."

"The second round was the five viscera. The blood passes through the five viscera. I think this might be the treatment process for that little foreigner, Charlie."

"But do you know what Charlie's ending was when he was alive?"

"I hope that later..."

"You don't throw up."

Just as his voice fell, the temperature in the Secret Room also returned to normal. Everyone hurriedly looked down at the surfaces beneath their feet.

Center surface: Winter!

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan closed his eyes, cursing inwardly that luck wasn't on his side.

Chen Ran signaled Qiu Yinong to run to his surface, while he himself ran towards the other top surface.

Long Hui made a "please" gesture to Diwu Zeyi, and Diwu Zeyi took off running towards the other bottom surface.

Simply put, as long as Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong guarded the top safe surfaces, and Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui guarded the bottom safe surfaces.

The BOSS would definitely have no safe place to stand!

Case in point, the BOSS standing on the Center surface hadn't moved at all, simply because he knew that as long as the Center surface was dangerous, he would be eliminated.

Before long.

Chen Ran turned back and occupied the North surface with Qiu Yinong; Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui each occupied one surface.

Chen Ran checked his Watch and felt there was still time for casual chat. "Gas, high temperatures. Next wouldn't happen to be tearing out the heart and lungs, would it? Then cold storage, and finally consumption?"

Diwu Zeyi had a strange expression. "Shouldn't it be: first kill with gas, then tear out the heart and lungs, followed by cold storage, then high-temperature cooking, and finally consumption?"

Chen Ran waved his hand, correcting him. "I'm from the countryside. Every New Year, our family slaughters a pig. First, it's stabbed to death and bled. Then, boiling water is used to scald the pig's hair and scrape it off. Only after that is the dissection of tearing out the heart and lungs."

'It can be confirmed that the little foreigner Charlie was killed by the Hospital. Based on the changes related to the five viscera in these past few rounds, it should have been by a gas similar to euthanasia. Just now the temperature changed; it should be like Chen Ran's description of the cleaning process during [pig slaughtering]...'

'But no matter how you listen to it, it sounds disturbing. Is it really a good idea... to say these kinds of things out loud?'

'I strongly suspect that amidst the endless slaughter in Hell Dungeons, Chen Ran will one day be corrupted and turn into a demon...'

Qiu Yinong felt faintly uneasy. She felt that when this Instance ended and they reviewed it, she absolutely had to have a good talk with Chen Ran to build a foundational psychological defense line of civilization, preventing him from losing his Ego amidst the endless slaughter and lies...

'Wait!'

'Heart Cultivation?'

'No wonder Hell birthed the Mental Cultivation Method. It turns out it's to prevent players from turning into demons amidst the endless slaughter and lies.'

'The person who created the Mental Cultivation Method is simply a genius. Not only is it a means to improve and defend against Lie-Judgment, but it also keeps oneself from gradually losing their way and becoming a cold-blooded monster.'

'Otherwise, after this ends, I might as well just directly promote to Three-Star...'

While she was thinking.

The Bald Doctor from the patient room appeared in the Secret Room out of thin air, holding a cleaver and approaching [Lin Xiuyuan] step by step.

Seeing this scene.

[Lin Xiuyuan] was completely numb, so he spoke in a negotiating tone: "Ahem, that, let's make a deal. Could we not chop off my head..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt the world spin, and a headless corpse stood on the Center surface...

'My uncle!' [Motherfucker!]