Chapter 299: Instant Distance-Free (2)

A miraculous scene occurred.

Gao Lan was not pulled into the Distance-Free Technique. With a bizarre expression, he said, "Just now, I mentioned that when Lin Xuan uses his spatial skill, the lying Slave will become a non-liar. That was a reminder that I have already used my skill. I don't understand why you still tried to use the Distance-Free Technique on me."

"Moreover, do you really think that as the captain of a Three-Star Hunter Team..."

"I would be weak?"

Seeing the Four-Star woman, Ye Qian, with a face full of shock, Gao Lan laughed. "Players who can become Reserve Teammates for Floor Masters are geniuses. Players who can become members of Hunter Teams are geniuses. As a captain, I am naturally a genius among geniuses. Furthermore, my skill isn't just ordinarily strong. To tell you the truth, in this Instance, apart from Chen Ran's skill, I fear no one else's."

"And don't even think about coaxing a lie out of me. By not letting you pull me into the Distance-Free Technique, I am saving you. Wouldn't you agree, Qiu Yinong?" Gao Lan turned and looked at Qiu Yinong with a beaming smile.

"What do you mean?" Qiu Yinong's expression remained unchanged throughout.

"Stop pretending. Qiu Yinong has used the Wheel of Time in this building hundreds of times. Right now, if you just retract your skill, this Four-Star female player will probably turn into an idiot on the spot."

Gao Lan's words caused a trace of shock to ripple across Qiu Yinong's placid face.

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time!"

"Retract!"

The next moment, a massive amount of information flooded Ye Qian's mind, accompanied by a horrifyingly extreme Mental Overdraft. She collapsed to the ground without even letting out a scream.

The other two teammates were greatly alarmed. Just as they were about to look at Qiu Yinong, Gao Lan shouted a warning, "Don't look into her eyes!"

However, it was too late.

The moment one of the teammates made eye contact with Qiu Yinong, they were instantly pulled into the Distance-Free Technique.

Qiu Yinong had actually constructed the Distance-Free Technique too?

Within the white world.

The Four-Star Player was on the left.

Qiu Yinong was situated on the right.

The next instant, Qiu Yinong's Distance-Free Technique ruthlessly crushed forward, terrifying the player into hurriedly escaping the Distance-Free Technique and returning to the real world.

But...

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time!"

This voice came from the innermost dorm room on the left side of the fourth floor.

…

Thump thump thump!

Someone ran up to the fifth floor. The five people checking the various dorm rooms on the fourth floor came out to investigate.

It should be noted that when Qiu Yinong came out, she closed the dorm room door.

Just like the previous Time Reset.

Ye Qian used the Distance-Free Technique on Gao Lan, but was instantly rejected by him. Her two teammates looked at Qiu Yinong and were pulled into her Distance-Free Technique.

When the Four-Star Player escaped from the Distance-Free Technique, the door of the dorm room Qiu Yinong had previously checked was, at some unknown point, already open. From inside came the voice of another Qiu Yinong:

"Liar-Slayer: Wheel of Time!"

Time was repeated once again.

After an unknown number of resets, when Qiu Yinong retracted her skill...

The three Four-Star Players had all collapsed on the ground, foaming at the mouth and their bodies convulsing, displaying symptoms of their consciousness having been instantly drained dry.

Of the original five people, only Qiu Yinong and Gao Lan were left standing.

Clap clap clap!

"Brilliant! Brilliant!" Gao Lan didn't hold back his applause and praised, "To think the Wheel of Time has this kind of utility? As long as your skill isn't exposed at this stage, you are incredibly formidable."

"How so?" Qiu Yinong asked.

"The reason is very simple. Any player who has constructed the Distance-Free Technique has practically no room to fight back in front of you—unless the victim can retain their memories."

"However, I thought about it. This advanced tactic of Psionic Attack requires the cooperation of a second 'you' to be executed perfectly. But right now, your skill is only at level three. If your skill were at level seven or above, and could expand to the point of creating a second 'you' in a different timeline, I can't even imagine how terrifyingly strong you would be."

Simply put.

The Distance-Free Technique greatly fears the Wheel of Time.

This is because every use of the Distance-Free Technique consumes the player's mental energy. Since the Wheel of Time can reset time, if Qiu Yinong discovers someone using the Distance-Free Technique, she can reset time. In each Time Reset, the player will use the Distance-Free Technique once.

When the Wheel of Time disappears...

The player's mental energy will be drained dry in an instant.

It's just like gambling. At the gambling table, you can write IOUs, and your fixed assets remain your fixed assets. But when you leave the table and have to pay off those IOUs, you might find that your fixed assets aren't even enough to cover your gambling debts.

Gao Lan cast a disgusted glance at the three foaming at the mouth on the floor, took out a handkerchief, lightly covered his mouth and nose, and analyzed:

"If my guess is correct, when Qiu Yinong went to check that dorm room, she encountered another Qiu Yinong. The two of you seamlessly linked your skills together. In other words, you manufactured a massive amount of time to use for epiphanies and constructing the Distance-Free Technique. In normal time, it might have only taken you one second to construct it. But within the reset time, you might have spent days, months, or even years constructing it. You even had ample time to rest and recover your mental energy during those resets."

"After that, it was easy to handle. When you heard a commotion outside, one of the two Qiu Yinongs would come out. If someone used the Distance-Free Technique, the Qiu Yinong hiding in the dorm room would reset time, forcing that person to use it again."

"If no one used the Distance-Free Technique, then Qiu Yinong would use it herself."

"The two Qiu Yinongs took turns leaving the dorm room to use the Distance-Free Technique on other players. The one who remained inside would close the door, turning the dorm room into a Secret Room, and continuously use the Wheel of Time inside to recover mental energy."

"By repeating this process continuously, any player pulled into Qiu Yinong's Distance-Free Technique would have their mental energy sucked dry when the Wheel of Time disappears."

Saying this, he pointed at the three Four-Star Players on the floor. "Just like them."

"It's hard to imagine that despite having just been introduced to the concept of the Distance-Free Technique, you not only constructed it within the Wheel of Time but also utilized the fact that the Wheel of Time counters the Distance-Free Technique to devise a nearly flawless tactic. Is this the terrifying potential of a Superego player?"

Hearing this, Qiu Yinong's expression changed, and she stared fixedly at Gao Lan. She remembered that she had only used her skill in the previous Secret Room, and she had even discarded Lin Xuan's lie to do it. How could Gao Lan analyze her skill and the tactic she had just devised so quickly?

'Could Chen Ran's caution have been correct?'

'Is a Gao Lan who hasn't experienced the Eternal Kingdom's dispelling not necessarily Gao Lan?'

'I have a feeling that the Gao Lan in front of me is absolutely not the Gao Lan from before!'

As she was thinking this, Gao Lan drew his Gun and pointed the muzzle at Qiu Yinong. "Since you two used the Wheel of Time in the dorm room, the question arises: exactly who provided the lie?"

"Or rather, could it be that the Wheel of Time doesn't necessarily require a lie, but instead needs something similar to a lie—a command—to use the skill?"

Saying this, he holstered his Gun again. "I think both possibilities exist. You could discard a Judgment to use the skill, or you could utter a special command to use it. Just now, you guys must have uttered a special command to activate the skill. Since it's a special command, then I suppose the lie generated by it will vanish with the alteration of the timeline once the skill is unleashed."

Qiu Yinong's pupils constricted sharply.

Relying solely on minor details, Gao Lan had deduced her skill, her tactics, and her usage principles entirely. This indicated a massive gap in tier between her and Gao Lan.

And that wasn't all.

Gao Lan seemed to be immune to the Distance-Free Technique, proving that this gap was enormous—so large that even combining her skill with her Mental State couldn't bridge it.

But the problem was, Gao Lan was only a Three-Star Player...

'Is he playing the pig to eat the tiger?'

'He said just now that he had already used his skill. Or could this be the effect of his skill?'

"What is your skill?"

Faced with this question, it was naturally impossible for Gao Lan to answer. Just as he was about to say something, the two of them heard a muffled thud from downstairs.

On the first floor of the dormitory, Qiu Yinong, Gao Lan, and Ye Qian arrived.

This Gao Lan, just like the previous one, chose to use a hammer to smash the glass door.

Back on the fourth floor.

Hearing the sound, Qiu Yinong glanced at the three people lying on the floor. With their mental energy completely drained, even if these three didn't go insane, they would certainly suffer from mental issues. The problem now was whether to wait here for them to wake up and coax a lie out of them, or...

Go directly up to the fifth floor?

"Don't forget, there is a cat in this building. They might stay on the third floor." Saying this, Gao Lan glanced at the last dorm room on the left side. "What we need to do now is head to the third floor."

He was right. It was that little calico cat that guided them to the fourth floor, so this time, the little calico should guide this batch of players to the third floor. What they had to do was repeat the operations on this floor: Qiu Yinong and Gao Lan would hide in a dorm room on the third floor in advance.

From this, it could be deduced that Ye Qian and her two teammates must also be lying unconscious on the fifth floor.

If they repeated this operation for every batch of players, they could cause the three Four-Star Players in each cycle to lose consciousness.

Then, they could coax lies out of them all at once. Even if Ye Qian and her two teammates from the four spatial layers didn't die, they would basically be crippled. As for Ye Qian and her teammates from the remaining two spatial layers, they should be in the same space as Lin Xuan. As long as the six Lin Xuans took care of those two pairs of Ye Qian and her teammates, then Ye Qian and her teammates across all six spatial layers would be eliminated, completing the team breakup. There would be no need to distinguish whether the three in their own space had been taken care of.

Thus.

The two walked down the stairs, heading for the third floor.