Chapter 243: The Truth Surfaces

Let's sort it out.

The spaces with the two Gao Sheng corpses both had Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi transmitted.

That proves that these two dead Gao Shengs never underwent spatial transmission from beginning to end.

By the same logic, then the Gao Shengs in all three spaces are the original native players.

Across the three spaces, the only players who truly underwent spatial transmission were Chen Ran and Diwu.

Having this cognition.

The true Chen Ran, the first space he was transmitted to had Gao Sheng's corpse, the second space also had Gao Sheng's corpse. In other words, the space where Gao Sheng was still alive...

Is the true Chen Ran's space.

Of course, there is still one other possibility: this Diwu Zeyi in front of his eyes lied.

Once again re-entering The Tunnel.

This time, Chen Ran stood in place. He felt that since in the space just now, Gao Sheng was highly likely killed by Chen Ran.

Then, in this space, if it's his original space, Gao Sheng would highly likely also be killed by that Chen Ran.

Thinking up to this point.

He lifted his feet and walked forward. Sure enough, after walking for about five minutes, he once again saw Gao Sheng's corpse on the tracks in the middle of The Tunnel.

And beside the corpse, still sat a smoking Diwu Zeyi.

'My head is as big as two ah ah!!'

Chen Ran organized his wording, getting straight to the point: "Just now, did I ask you anything? If so, what was the content of my inquiry?"

"This question of yours, how do you expect me to answer?" Diwu Zeyi was speechless.

Right now the Deceiver's Tongue is broken. If he doesn't first confirm who the Chen Ran in front of his eyes is, then his answer would have the possibility of lying.

But, to confirm who this Chen Ran in front of his eyes is, he has to ask, just like Chen Ran's kind of inquiry. But Chen Ran also wouldn't dare to answer.

Therefore.

Wanting to perform Avoidance of Lying, the best method is narration, narrating what one themselves had done in the other spaces just now.

However, during the process of narration, one cannot use [you] to refer to Chen Ran or Diwu.

Simply put:

[I and you discussed just now how Four-Star and above should perform Infighting.]

This is an incorrect narration.

[I and Diwu Zeyi discussed just now how Four-Star and above should perform Infighting.]

This is then the correct narration.

But, the problem also appears here. Because spatial transmission will reset lies, in other words, they can both lie, and neither dares to Judge. Simply because the lies they speak are all Unknown Lies.

I lie to you and trick you, you don't dare to Judge me, and during my next spatial transmission, the lie will be reset.

This has caused a bizarre logical circle.

Namely...

No one's words can be trusted!

What they can trust is only their own deduction, deducing which space they themselves belong to. And the spatial anchor point Gao Sheng has become the foundation of their deduction.

But, right now, there is a Chen Ran stirring up trouble, consecutively killing the Gao Shengs of two spaces.

Up to this point.

The Gao Shengs across all three spaces have already died. The anchor point no longer exists.

Of course, one can also deduce from the location of Gao Sheng's corpse.

Three spaces.

One Gao Sheng died on the right side of The Tunnel.

One Gao Sheng died on the left side of The Tunnel.

One Gao Sheng died in the middle of The Tunnel.

Chen Ran's expression was weird. He came before Gao Sheng's corpse, using it as a midpoint, and walked towards the right side of The Tunnel, discovering traces of bloodstains on the right side. He then walked towards the left side of The Tunnel, and similarly discovered bloodstains.

This is great now. The corpse might have been moved. The specific location of death is unable to be judged.

"You are a novel author, right? Have you ever dabbled in the knowledge of trace appraisal?" Diwu Zeyi asked with a bitter smile.

Chen Ran shook his head. It was simply because crime-solving novels would involve a massive amount of professional knowledge, such as trace appraisal, psychological profiling, as well as criminal psychology, Criminal Law, public security law, etc.

He couldn't possibly, for the sake of writing a crime-solving novel, go self-study so much professional knowledge.

Therefore, among the novels he had written, there was never a crime-solving one.

'Just what on earth does that Chen Ran want to do?'

'He should know that with the Time Paradox existing, it's fundamentally impossible to kill Diwu Zeyi.'

'Unless, he plans to first trick out Diwu Zeyi's lie, and wait until this timeline Instance ends to then kill Diwu Zeyi?'

'But, in fact, as long as a lie is tricked out, it means one can be killed immediately, which would also violate the Time Paradox.'

...

Not knowing how long had passed.

Within a certain space.

Gao Sheng's corpse was also in the middle of the track. Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi were similarly sitting in the middle of the track smoking.

Chen Ran said: "Across the three spaces, there is one Gao Sheng who was killed by Diwu Zeyi. This Gao Sheng wasn't killed by me. Moreover, when I was at the station, I abolished Gao Sheng's opportunity for self-judgment of providing me a lie."

"You should now be able to deduce whether we are players from the same space."

Diwu Zeyi pondered deeply.

'I have never killed Gao Sheng, and the Chen Ran in my space also didn't abolish Gao Sheng's self-judgment of providing him a lie.'

'In other words...'

'This Chen Ran in front of my eyes is not the Chen Ran from the same space as me.'

'But!'

Diwu Zeyi immediately suppressed his Mental State.

'Through several spatial transmissions, it can be confirmed that a Chen Ran killed two Gao Shengs.'

'Why did he want to do this?'

'According to my deduction, the Gao Shengs of all three spaces have never been transmitted. They are all in their respective spaces.'

'In other words, Chen Ran and I can use Gao Sheng as a spatial anchor point.'

'But, all three Gao Shengs are dead, and the corpses' positions have even been moved.'

'We are unable to distinguish Gao Sheng's specific location of death, nor can we use life or death to judge the spatial anchor point.'

'Then the anchor point no longer exists.'

'More accurately, only the Chen Ran who killed Gao Sheng knows the spatial anchor point.'

'At the same time, spatial transmission will eliminate the lies existing on a player's person.'

'So that's how it is!'

'Chen Ran and I have fought for so long. We both understand each other very well and won't actively lie.'

'But, the Chen Ran who killed Gao Sheng is exactly utilizing this point, killing the remaining two Gao Shengs to let us lose the spatial anchor point.'

'The three of us Diwu Zeyis then cannot determine whether the space transmitted to is our own original space.'

'We also cannot determine whether the Chen Ran in front of our eyes is the Chen Ran from the original space.'

'Then, the Chen Ran who killed Gao Sheng can unscrupulously lie in front of the three Diwu Zeyis.'

'And then utilize spatial transmission to eliminate the lies on his own person.'

'In other words, the Chen Ran in front of my eyes is highly likely exactly the Chen Ran who killed Gao Sheng.'

'He lies in front of me. Based on the uncertainty regarding Unknown Lies, I therefore don't dare to Judge him.'

'His words just now want me to deduce that he and I are not in the same space.'

'But, if he is lying, then he is highly likely exactly the Chen Ran of my space.'

'As long as I speak the conclusion from just now, I will have had a lie tricked out by him.'

'However, a Time Paradox exists here. He should know that I will not be killed by him in the past time.'

'Why does he still want to trick out a lie?'

'Trick out a lie but not Judge? Wait until returning to the normal timeline to then Judge me?'

'Also impossible. If I have a lie tricked out by him now, it means he can kill me now, which similarly violates the Time Paradox.'

'Unless...'

'He established a Future Lie in advance!'

'The content of the Future Lie: I will not Judge or fire a gun at Diwu Zeyi on the timeline of the Past Instance.'

'Doing it like this, it can perfectly conform to the Time Paradox. There doesn't exist a situation of violation.'

'Then, his layout basically surfaces: First trick out the lie [he and I are not players of the same space]. Next, he should make me confirm: I am exactly the player of this space.'

'Once I confirm I am exactly the player of this space, I won't exit The Tunnel again, and will keep guarding in this space.'

'And he then can exit The Tunnel and re-enter The Tunnel, eliminating the lies on his person. Doing it like this will cause it to be that I lied while he has never lied. Moreover, with the constraint of the Future Lie, he won't immediately Judge me. He will wait until we return to the normal Instance to then Judge me.'

'Truly insidious ah!'

'No wonder he would kill the Gao Shengs within the other two spaces.'

'Even if this Chen Ran isn't the Chen Ran who laid out the layout, then right now in another space there must be a Chen Ran doing this.'

'But, I feel this Chen Ran is highly likely exactly the Chen Ran who laid out the layout.'

'However, even if I deduced it, I also don't dare to Judge him. After all, I have no substantive evidence to prove he lied.'

'I have come into contact with all three Chen Rans. One is aloof, one is normal, and one is exactly this insidious Chen Ran in front of my eyes.'

'Although this insidious Chen Ran in front of my eyes and the aloof Chen Ran have both said they abolished Gao Sheng's Skill, but I also cannot confirm whether it's the aloof one disguising himself as insidious.'

'In other words, within Chen Ran's layout, I have absolutely no way to deal with him.'

'Can't keep dragging this out any longer.'

Thinking up to this point.

Diwu Zeyi laughed coldly: "A certain someone's layout, I have already deduced it. Since I can deduce it, then the Diwu Zeyis in the other spaces highly likely can also deduce it. A certain someone shouldn't waste their effort in vain."

Hearing this, Chen Ran fell silent. Perhaps he once again felt that kind of... despair when facing a top-tier Three-Star Player. Even if he entered the game with his own body praying to win half a piece against heaven, he also couldn't trick a lie out.