Ch. 266 / 62143%

Chapter 266: The Actor is Acted Upon

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Just when both sides were hesitating.

Rustle rustle!

The sound of money passing through the banknote counting machine, made the bank Secret Room appear exceptionally quiet.

But very quickly, an alarm appeared again.

Chen Ran glanced at the passed banknote count. 55 bills passed through the banknote counting machine, proving they were genuine banknotes.

There were 45 bills that were Counterfeit Money.

He again clicked into the banknote counting machine's program, glancing at [Sensitivity: Medium].

Previously it was [High]. Previously he seemingly randomly poked the banknote counting machine, but actually had already quietly adjusted the banknote counting machine's sensitivity to [Medium].

Seeing this he smiled: "Some of you might not have enough understanding of banknote counting machines. When money passes through the banknote counting machine and alarms, it isn't definitely a fake banknote. It's possible the magnetic head inside the banknote counting machine is worn too severely, it's also possible the banknote counting machine's sensitivity is too high, there's also the possibility the cash input slot is adjusted too tightly."

Once again placing one hundred bills inside.

Rustle rustle!

This time, all 100 bills passed through, not a single one emitting an alarm.

"It seems, the player who set up this Secret Room, while alive should have worked in a bank, utilizing this point of the banknote counting machine to make a fuss. But if it were me, I would arrange nine banknote counting machines with severely worn magnetic heads in the Secret Room. If not a professional maintenance master, they fundamentally wouldn't know the trick inside here, highly likely tricking out lies from many players."

Following Chen Ran's unhurried speech.

The several people who said [Counterfeit Money] previously, already had sweat streaming down their backs.

But, they still harbored a fluke mentality.

Yet they again saw Chen Ran, arriving in front of the sorting machine, poking non-stop on the operation interface.

"As expected, the sorting machine's sensitivity was also deliberately adjusted to [High]."

"No way right, could it be no one knows that if a banknote counting machine and sorting machine's sensitivity is too high genuine banknotes are also very hard to pass through right?"

"Still that sentence, if it was a professional maintenance master, they wouldn't make it this simple."

When the sensitivity was adjusted to [Medium], Chen Ran placed the banknotes into the sorting slot. The next moment the rustle rustle sound of counting banknotes rang.

"100 bills."

Hearing the machine's prompt, Chen Ran took these one hundred bills of banknotes, bringing them to the front of the strapping machine to carry out strapping, which was exactly the kind of form ordinary people had when withdrawing ten thousand.

His movements were very skilled, skilled to the point as if he had worked in a bank before.

Placing the strapped banknotes on the previous workstation, he looked towards the masked woman: "You seemingly poking randomly on the banknote counting machine just now, presumably was also checking the sensitivity right. When you discovered the sensitivity was excessively high, you realized this was highly likely a trap. Therefore you deliberately revealed a flaw saying [money], and other people thought this money was all Counterfeit Money, based on the objective fact that Counterfeit Money is not money, believing you were lying."

As Chen Ran spoke, he quietly and soundlessly approached the several people. When they were astonished and terrified to the point of sweat streaming down their backs, he suddenly made a move grabbing away the money in the hands of the several people in one swoop.

However, the Middle-aged Uncle reacted the fastest deadly gripping the money in his hand. Chen Ran only snatched the money of the remaining four people.

Closely following, he adjusted the sensitivity of the banknote counting machines on the workstations of these players previously according to his memory one by one, then sequentially placed the corresponding money inside the banknote counting machines.

"100 bills!"

"You lied."

"100 bills!"

"You lied."

"100 bills!"

"You lied."

Whenever a banknote counting machine spat out the amount quantity, Chen Ran didn't even turn his head, directly speaking the Judgment Command, raising his hand was exactly a shot.

Three people instantly met their deaths.

Arriving in front of the fourth person's banknote counting machine, he placed the banknotes inside once again.

"100 bills."

This time he paused for a while, seeming to be giving other people the opportunity to Judge this player.

But, the strange thing was, the remaining players were all merely watching, not having the intention to Judge.

The office worker sneered saying: "Don't play this kind of trick anymore. I remember he didn't say the two words [Counterfeit Money] just now."

Chen Ran nodded, looking at that player who obviously breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly revealing a smile showing two rows of teeth:

"You lied."

Raising his hand was another shot. That player's smile solidified on his face, subsequently freezing in a massive terror, shot in the center of the eyebrows and dying.

Killing four people in a row!

The first three people were still easy to say, but the fourth person hadn't spoken much in the discussion just now, yet was still Judged to death by him.

"You guys might as well recall a bit, what words had he spoken previously?"

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoxiao who had been observing all along suddenly thought of something, hurriedly saying: "From beginning to end he just spoke one word..."

"Five!"

"Not bad. I can be certain, among the eight Secret Rooms that can be transferred, a Secret Room using five Skills fundamentally wouldn't appear. Therefore he definitely lied." Although Chen Ran's words sounded like Hindsight is 20/20.

But, this player merely said that one thing and was Judged to death. Either his body inherently carried a lie attribute, or that...

Lied!

The masked woman agreed with Chen Ran's viewpoint.

"He is right. Since we have all seen that Youth, but actually come from different Secret Rooms, we can make the following two deductions."

"One: The Secret Room's master, altogether manufactured nine Secret Rooms."

"Two: The Youth seeing us, yet not chasing to kill us, doesn't fit logic. The only explanation is exactly, the nine Secret Rooms covered the safety exit of the Hell Maze. But the Youth cannot leave the Secret Room he is located in, otherwise the nine Secret Rooms might disappear, exposing the safety exit of the Hell Maze, letting us escape out."

"Combining these two deductions, the nine Secret Rooms present a nine-square grid arrangement."

"Among the number squares of the nine-square grid, only the number [5] situated in the middle, will not undergo transferring at any time. Therefore the Secret Room the Youth is located in, corresponding to the quantity of used Skills must definitely be five Skills, and is unable to transfer."

"That person just now being transferred over, and again saying his previous Secret Room, used five Skills, obviously was lying."

"Why did he lie, highly likely in the previous Secret Room, he was tricked out of a lie by other players. He didn't want to expose which Secret Room his previous Secret Room was, only then lying."

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoxiao, the Middle-aged Uncle as well as the office worker, all looked at the two like looking at monsters, but there was still something more explosive...

"That is to say, the survivors of the eight Secret Rooms, lastly will highly likely face that suspected Six-Star Player Youth."

Eight Secret Rooms, the players able to survive in this kind of high intensity, basically are all the outstanding ones of their respective Star Ratings. There might be Three-Star Four-Star Five-Star, when that time comes it is unknown again...

How many people will live and how many people will die.

Chen Ran looked towards the office worker, pulling the topic back saying: "You, should exactly be the player who manufactured this Secret Room right?"

Hearing this, the remaining three people, all fiercely looked towards the office worker, monstrous waves in their hearts. The player who manufactured the Secret Room surprisingly wasn't transferred?

"The reason?" The office worker asked.

"I'm merely guessing that's all. Not only that woman wearing a mask, and also me, we both confirmed the banknote counting machine's sensitivity was excessively high, only then carrying out lie tricking. But you are different. I noticed you didn't really inspect the banknote counting machine..."

"Just speaking out the word [money] this kind of words easy to have lies appear. Therefore, I thought you were highly likely exactly the player who manufactured the Secret Room."

That's right, after the masked woman's Judgment of herself failed, the office worker immediately jumped out saying:

【Since she didn't lie just now... this money, how should it be handled, does it need to be picked out?】

But in fact, anyone could see the masked woman's self-Judgment had problems.

How could the office worker possibly still involve the word [money] in his speech?

Unless, from the very beginning he knew this money, was all genuine banknotes, not Counterfeit Money.

Not to mention the office worker's expression.

The Middle-aged Uncle's whole person was numb at this moment. He had always thought he himself was the lie-tricker, yet didn't expect to be played from beginning to end by the masked woman, the office worker, and the handsome Youth. What was more critical was...

He also spoke [Counterfeit Money] just now.

Now the money in his hands...

Is exceptionally hot to handle!

PS: Chen Ran also spoke Counterfeit Money, but the first time was popularizing science about the bank's procedure for confiscating Counterfeit Money, and the second time he Avoided Lying.

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Ch. 266 / 62143%
Ch. 266 / 62143%