Chapter 292: What Are You Angry About?

Everyone continued to repeat the conversation from moments ago.

Chen Ran also sat cross-legged and experienced an epiphany.

It seemed that no one had noticed that time had been reset.

The Youth looked at Lin Xuan again, who, after suppressing his Mental State, was preparing to tell a lie.

"Wait."

Qiu Yinong interrupted as she checked her watch.

Without warning, she raised her hand and pointed at one of the members of Short and Fat's team. "You told a lie."

Click. The bullet jammed.

The moment Qiu Yinong raised her gun, a few quick-reacting individuals also raised theirs. For example, the five members of the Three-Star Hunter Team and the five members of the Four-Star Hunter Team all pointed their guns at Qiu Yinong.

Despite the ironclad proof right in front of them, no one dared to fire and Judge Qiu Yinong.

This was solely because, the instant Qiu Yinong's Liar-Slayer jammed, their memories returned.

The Wheel of Time had ended!

They all realized that Qiu Yinong had fired at the very last second. Now that the time had vanished, they could no longer Judge her.

However, Qiu Yinong noticed that because of her sudden, unprompted shot, the others hadn't had the time to suppress their emotions, resulting in them showing faint signs of shock. Only Short and Fat's expression remained perfectly normal, as if he had suppressed his Mental State in advance.

'He can be immune to the Wheel of Time?'

'Absolutely impossible!'

The atmosphere froze at this moment.

Qiu Yinong stared intently at Short and Fat's five-man team, like a predator discovering its prey.

Short and Fat also realized something was wrong. Although he knew time had been reset, he hadn't expected Qiu Yinong to conduct a sudden Judgment.

'It seems I've been exposed!'

Watching the two of them at each other's throats, Lin Xuan also came to a realization. Among Short and Fat's team of five...

There was a Slave!

He turned to the Youth and asked, "Does the Distance-Free Technique have the effect of storing memories?"

He understood the Distance-Free Technique a little, but not much. He knew it could store scenes and reflect reality within it, but that was something only the Ego state of mind could accomplish.

As for whether it could store memories or certain cognitions, he wasn't entirely sure.

"If it's just the Distance-Free Technique, then it cannot store memories," the Youth replied, shaking his head.

'Just as I thought!'

'It appears Short and Fat used a skill beforehand, and it's a skill related to memory.'

Only then did they notice that Short and Fat's Liar-Slayer was a standard color.

Lin Xuan continued to ponder.

'A standard color?'

'An Id Skill!'

'We are all at the First Realm of Lingtai; Id Skills have absolutely no effect on us.'

'Yet Short and Fat, the esteemed captain of a Four-Star Hunter Team, only possesses an Id Skill? That is completely illogical.'

'Furthermore, based on the Youth's answer just now—if the Distance-Free Technique alone cannot store memories, then that means the Distance-Free Technique combined with a skill...'

'Might actually be able to store memories!'

'This confirms my earlier speculation.'

'There is a Slave providing lies in Short and Fat's team. The Slave supplied him with a lie early on, and he used his skill.'

'So, the current situation is this: if I tell a lie, Qiu Yinong can reset time again. By suddenly Judging one of Short and Fat's four teammates right as the Wheel of Time is about to end, and repeating this process several times to call them out one by one, she can kill the Slave providing the lies.'

'And since a Hunter Team relies on their skills cooperating with one another, losing even one member would severely cripple their Combo Skill.'

'However, Chen Ran is experiencing an epiphany, and Qiu Yinong definitely doesn't want him disturbed either.'

'Therefore, won't the ultimate outcome of this situation be a temporary truce among all parties?'

Having thought of this.

Lin Xuan was the first to speak. "My condition is that you allow me to use my skill one more time."

Naturally, this was meant for Qiu Yinong to hear. The Wheel of Time could reset time. As long as he told a lie, Qiu Yinong would use her skill, rendering him completely unable to activate his own.

Next was Qiu Yinong. "My condition is that none of you are allowed to use your skills before Chen Ran's current epiphany ends."

Finally, it was Short and Fat. "My condition is that Qiu Yinong is not allowed to use the Wheel of Time for the next two hours."

The three reached a consensus.

They looked at the Youth, who casually shrugged. Since they weren't fighting now, they would inevitably fight later. Rather than making a move himself, it was better to sit back and watch the tigers fight.

Thus, they all established Future Lies.

It had to be said that the ultimate beneficiary of this gamble was Chen Ran. He could now focus entirely on figuring out what the Distance-Free Technique was without any distractions.

There might be a question here.

From an omniscient perspective, Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong came from different dimensions. Why would Qiu Yinong help this version of Chen Ran?

The reason was simple.

They couldn't be certain whether they came from different dimensions, so they treated each other as teammates from their original dimension. The versions of themselves from other dimensions would think the same way. Therefore, even if they were from different dimensions, they could still be teammates.

…

'What exactly is the Distance-Free Technique?'

'After suppressing my emotions, I can analyze everyone from an omniscient perspective.'

'Including analyzing myself...'

'Wait!'

'Where did the emotions I suppressed...'

'Go?'

'Theoretically speaking, they should have been locked in a dark little room by my free will.'

'In other words, as long as I find the state or location of my emotions when I'm suppressing them, that state or location is... the Distance-Free Technique!'

'How do I find it?'

'That dark little room is just a metaphor in my mind for where the emotions are located.'

'Theoretically, there is no such thing as a dark little room.'

'Since it doesn't exist...'

'Could I construct a dark little room in my heart and put my emotions inside it?'

'After all, my emotions are controlled by my free will when I suppress my Mental State.'

'Since it doesn't exist...'

'Could I construct a dark little room in my heart and put my emotions inside it?'

'After all, my emotions are controlled by my free will when I suppress my Mental State.'

Simply put, emotions were like people. When they didn't have a house, they could choose to sleep on the street, in a park, under a bridge, or any other uncertain place. But if they bought a house, they could only sleep at home.

Therefore, Chen Ran needed to construct this dark little room himself.

At the same time, at the First Realm of Lingtai, emotions were manipulated by free will. In other words, the emotions had no choice. If free will wanted them to sleep at home, they had to sleep at home.

'Why does it feel like the emotions under the True Self State of Mind are like a henpecked husband who just got married? His wife is the free will, and he will do whatever she tells him to without any resistance.'

He grumbled a few times in his heart.

Chen Ran began to construct his World of the Heart. Because he wasn't swayed by emotions while in a suppressed Mental State—similar to Sage Mode—the World of the Heart he built was completely white.

There was absolutely nothing.

He attempted to reflect the real-world scene into the World of the Heart, but he was unable to do so.

It was solely because he had yet to sever his Ego; thus, he couldn't lock his Ego inside.

Chen Ran's consciousness arrived in the World of the Heart.

It was a white world.

Just like Short and Fat's Distance-Free Technique, he also saw four Chen Rans.

One in joy.

One in anger.

One in sorrow.

One in pleasure.

These four Chen Rans were versions of him in the emotional states of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.

He walked up to the angry Chen Ran and wanted to open his mouth to ask a question, but he couldn't speak. Strangely, however, a voice simply echoed:

"What are you angry about?"

The angry Chen Ran looked at Chen Ran with a savage expression and roared, "Why am I living such a suffocating life?! I've already made so many concessions, yet those higher-ups in Hell still won't let me off! Kill, kill, kill, kill! I want to use the Eternal Kingdom in the 18th Level and drag them down with me! If they won't let me sit at the table, I'll flip the whole damn table!!"

Chen Ran fell silent.

Indeed. No matter how he looked at it, this Instance was a guaranteed-death trap. The Four-Star players' Mental States were too strong—so strong it induced despair, let alone the fact that there was a Five-Star Ghost Whisperer present as well.

He had originally thought that reaching the First Realm of Lingtai would make this Instance a breeze, but he hadn't expected the higher-ups of the 18th Level of Hell to...

Predict his predictions and leave him absolutely no way out. If he hadn't happened to enter an Instance during the Battle of the Two Alliances, the First Floor Master probably would have dispatched a Five-Star Hunter Team.

Was this the mechanism of Hell?

No matter how strong you became, the opponents you encountered in your next Instance would...

Always be stronger than you!