[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h":3,"chapter-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-28":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},748906,993,"Chapter 28: Questions and Answers","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-28",28,"\u003Cp>\"You are a writer, so your knowledge base should be broader than us ordinary folks. In the Tui Bei Tu, what is the prophecy of the third image?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran pondered for a moment before replying, \"The prophecy of the third image is: The sun and moon high in the sky, shining upon the earth below. Blurry and perplexing, neither purely civil nor martial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you interpret that?\" Li Annan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The sun and moon high in the sky: The sun and moon hanging high can symbolize the emperor and empress. If it symbolizes time, then it means day and night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shining upon the earth below: The previous phrase implies above, while this one implies below, suggesting a hierarchical relationship. It can symbolize slaves or servants. If it refers to a location, it indicates that this event happens on the ground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blurry and perplexing: The male rabbit kicks its feet, while the female rabbit narrows its eyes. When two rabbits run side by side, how can one tell the male from the female? These words symbolize men and women, but they can also symbolize genderless eunuchs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neither purely civil nor martial: If not a civil official, then a military general. If not a scholar, then a common brute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Connect the four phrases of the prophecy, and the meaning becomes: This person—whether an emperor, an empress, a slave, a servant, a man, a woman, a eunuch, a civil official, a military general, a scholar, or a commoner—stood on the earth and did something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember there is also an accompanying illustration of a woman holding a knife. Holding a knife is also ambiguous; she could be going to kill someone, or she could be going to save someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Chen Ran scoffed, \"Encompassing so many types of people makes it hard to guess wrong even if you tried. The Tui Bei Tu is nothing more than a common trick used by charlatans to deceive people. They spout ambiguous rhetoric and leave it up to interpretation. No matter the outcome, it can always be validated by their words.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Annan nodded, agreeing with Chen Ran's conclusion. However, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, \"What if we delete one of the phrases?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran thought for a moment. \"On the internet, many people believe this is a prophecy about Wu Zetian. If we delete 'blurry and perplexing', no one would associate it with her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly. That is the fatal weakness of a Ghost Whisperer. Their lies can be negated!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the 18th Level, there are two relatively famous organizations. One is called the Liar-Slayer Alliance, and the other is the Deceiver Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two organizations have a long-standing grudge and frequently engage in large-scale team hunts against each other. Ghost Whisperers use deception to trick Liar-Slayers into lying, while Liar-Slayers only need to dismantle a single link in the Ghost Whisperer's deception to negate the falsehood disguised as truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Chen Ran looked thoughtful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A lie also requires a complete, closed logical loop, otherwise it is difficult to make people believe it.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Just like the Novice Tutorial Room. I arrived in that Secret Room after being hit and killed by a car.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Youth and his four companions used this to make us believe in the legends of Hell, like the Ghost Gate Pass and the Yellow Springs Road, thereby executing their deceptive plan.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But if the words Ghost Gate Pass did not exist, when the Youth told the second person in line that this was the Yellow Springs Road, he would have been lying.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In other words, Bai Xiuci's reasoning at the time was correct. She just could not prove that the Ghost Gate Pass was fake, so her Judgment failed.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So that is how it works. As long as one negates a single link in the Ghost Whisperer's lie, a Liar-Slayer can successfully cast Judgment on them!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having figured this out, Chen Ran continued his questioning, \"How do you identify a Ghost Whisperer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is very simple. In an Instance, whoever uses a Liar Hunter Skill without a lie being told is a Ghost Whisperer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A Ghost Whisperer is a contradictory amalgamation of truth and lies. He knows he has told a lie, and yet he turns that lie into the truth. So, are the words he speaks the truth or a lie?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'To the Ghost Whisperer, the words he speaks are out-and-out lies.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'To everyone else, the words he speaks are absolute truths.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If others cast Judgment on him for this matter, the Judgment is bound to fail.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But... a Ghost Whisperer can cast Judgment on himself, and it is a Guaranteed Judgment. Therefore, a Ghost Whisperer can sacrifice this opportunity to judge himself to directly use a Liar Hunter Skill.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next question: What kind of existence is the 18th Level you mentioned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Annan noticed that Chen Ran had initially said \"first question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Chen Ran avoided stating a number, simply saying \"next question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What a cautious guy!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 18th Level is the place where all Players stay. It is equivalent to a Rest Area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran pressed, \"Rest for how many days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no time limit. You can rest in the 18th Level until the end of time. But I feel like any sane person would not want to stay in that hellhole. Given the chance, everyone will grind Instances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How so?\" Chen Ran frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Annan smiled mysteriously, a certain anticipation flashing in his eyes, but it quickly dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will know once you get there. I am really looking forward to the expression on your face at that time, though I won't have the chance to see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He avoided answering directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran did not push the issue. \"The next question is: What happens if a Player lies in the 18th Level? Also, do Instances and the 18th Level judge lies independently, or are they interconnected?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, Li Annan jumped in fright at his inquiry, blurting out, \"Are you crazy? Lying in the 18th Level?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 18th Level and the Instances are independent of each other. That is to say, if you lie inside an Instance, other Players can only cast Judgment on you within that Instance. Once you leave the Instance, your lie ceases to exist. Similarly, if you lie in the 18th Level, other Players can only cast Judgment on you in the 18th Level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The lies you tell in the 18th Level will not disappear just because you went to clear an Instance. As long as you appear in the 18th Level, that lie will stick with you forever. Once someone casts Judgment on it, it will result in a Guaranteed Judgment, unless you turn the lie you told into reality, effectively degenerating into a Ghost Whisperer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran was slightly startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So that is how Ghost Whisperers come to be.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait, that is not right!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If that is the case, there is a very high possibility that all the rules in the 18th Level are lies that Ghost Whisperers have told in the past. They simply used some method to turn their lies into rules!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Chen Ran's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to envision the countless lies told by Ghost Whisperers weaving together into a giant web, transforming into the very rules that Players were forced to obey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chen Ran fall deep into thought again, Li Annan asked somewhat speechlessly, \"Bro, the corpses on the ground are already ice cold. When are we going to start gambling with the Cards?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran ignored him, continuing to ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'To think that the rules within the 18th Level of Hell were entirely constructed from the lies of Ghost Whisperers.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'These lies corroborate one another, and the ones that remain are definitely lies that cannot be exposed, thus evolving into rules.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Moreover, as time goes on, the rules in the 18th Level will only continue to increase.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now I understand why this guy would not elaborate on the specific details of the 18th Level. It turns out there are simply too many rules, so many that it would be impossible to explain them all.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran asked his final question, though, of course, he definitely would not say the word \"final.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How does one escape Hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1390,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","45a5260955c21d8bf10edcd440e3c4127de961ceb00d3199138ea9df49cccf62","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-29","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-27",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]