From an omniscient perspective, these scenes had already occurred. (For details, please refer to the beginning of Chapter 300)

In the third bedroom, a Chen Ran within the Forbidden Bookstore only felt a wave of dizziness before appearing in a different Secret Room.

Within the Secret Room, there were a total of twenty-one people.

Ten members of the Four-Star team, Big Gold Tooth's group of four, and six Lin Xuans.

He wanted to say something, but he saw a twenty-second person appear in the Secret Room: Qiu Yinong.

Thus, he stuffed his left hand into his pocket and took out a Cigarette Case with his right hand. Clamping the bottom of the Cigarette Case between his ring finger and pinky, he flipped open the lid with his thumb and bit out a Cigarette from inside with his mouth.

He lit the Cigarette, took a deep drag, and seeing Qiu Yinong give a slight nod, finally met everyone's scrutinizing gazes: "Yo, hello everyone."

As he spoke, he walked to the table, first glanced at the rules, lightly tapped the table, picked up the Prop Gun on the table, and uttered that phrase: "If you guys aren't taking it, I won't hold back."

Seeing him tap the table, the crowd immediately understood that Chen Ran was proving he was a physical entity.

Consequently, they all tapped the table one after another.

Qiu Yinong and Gao Lan had been added.

"Don't ask me, I don't know what's going on either. Just now I only felt a wave of dizziness, and then I appeared here," Gao Lan also uttered the words he had said before.

From an omniscient perspective, these scenes had already occurred. (For details, please refer to the beginning of Chapter 300)

They seemed to have all lost their memories, but Id Tier Skills were ineffective against First Realm of Lingtai players.

So, whether this was truly amnesia, or an Ego/Superego Tier Skill...

Remained unknown.

Chen Ran frowned.

'Twenty-three people; the number has exceeded the limit. If the Ghost Whisperer suddenly retracts the Secret Room, and these twenty-three return to the normal Instance...'

'Then three people will be obliterated.'

'Hell couldn't possibly have such a severe bug, otherwise Ghost Whisperers would be too invincible.'

'Therefore, among these twenty-three people, at least three are fakes.'

Chen Ran looked around. The possibility of there being fakes among the six Lin Xuans was the highest.

'After all, Lin Xuan can arbitrarily traverse through spatial layers and utilize position swapping. One real Lin Xuan could disguise himself as six real Lin Xuans.'

'But this is just a guess.'

'Next, I have to investigate one by one. First, I need to confirm whether I am the real Chen Ran.'

'I have Chen Ran's memories, his Heart Cultivation realm, and his Liar-Slayer. From objective facts, I am the real Chen Ran.'

'What about from a logical perspective?'

'Lin Xuan used his spatial skill several times earlier. We concluded that he can perceive what happens in other spatial layers.'

'When the Youth threatened him the first time, he didn't dare to use his skill, but he could switch to a Lin Xuan in another spatial layer. Therefore, it was the Lin Xuan in another spatial layer using the skill. Then, the Lin Xuan in that other spatial layer would know what was happening in the spatial layer he was in.'

'Based on this conclusion, the skill effects of Eternal Kingdom I stated in the third bedroom should also be known to Lin Xuan.'

'He knows that my Eternal Kingdom can break his skill.'

'This is also why I stated the skill effects in the third bedroom.'

'First: to bet on the Youth saving me.'

'Second: to warn Lin Xuan. Do not target me with any of your layouts; otherwise, I can flip your dining table at any time.'

There might be a question here: when Chen Ran uses his skill, who provides the lie?

Himself, of course.

By stating an Unknown Lie—a lie only he knew—and then unexpectedly using Eternal Kingdom, the spatial skill would be broken. He would return to the original spatial layer, and the lie on him would disappear.

'In other words, from a theoretical logic standpoint, he couldn't possibly teleport me into a Secret Room with intense Infighting. Otherwise, if I am forced into a desperate situation, I could use Eternal Kingdom and interrupt all his layouts.'

'But this Ice Room...'

Chen Ran glanced at the rules, then at the Prop Gun, and finally landed his gaze on the twelve zodiac ice sculptures. He more or less understood how to decrypt this Secret Room.

'Unknown skill, unknown players, unknown decryption, Deceiver's Tongue. This Ice Room is exactly Lin Xuan's trump card!'

'This contradicts the point that he couldn't possibly teleport me into a Secret Room with intense Infighting.'

'I am... a fake Chen Ran!'

'Interesting.'

'Objectively, I am the real Chen Ran; logically, I am a fake Chen Ran.'

'If I am a fake Chen Ran...'

'Then Lin Xuan's trump card skill should be something similar to a copying skill.'

'But copying has nothing to do with space. What type of spatial skill can manage to copy players from other spatial layers?'

'Spatial Mirror Image!'

'Spatial Reflection!'

'Spatial Deduction!'

'Regardless of which one it is, it can create a physical entity. Let's just treat it as Spatial Mirror Image for now.'

'I was mirrored by him...'

'A fake Chen Ran?'

'If it's a Spatial Mirror Image, then this Secret Room was also mirrored.'

'Therefore, the clue for the remaining two ice sculptures that cannot be shot is hidden in the original reference Ice Room.'

Thinking of this.

Chen Ran turned his head and looked toward the glass door. Outside the door should be the true Ice Room Secret Room.

'These are not the key points. The key point is that I need to determine who else is a fake.'

Right at this moment, he realized that a few more people had appeared in the Secret Room, bringing the total number to...

Twenty-nine people.

He looked speechlessly at the Youth, and the Youth also looked speechlessly at him.

'There were six Youths in the third bedroom, and now another Youth has appeared here. Thus, the Youth has the memory of me stating the effects of Eternal Kingdom, and can deduce that I am a fake Chen Ran.'

'Is Qiu Yinong real or fake?'

'She saw me light a Cigarette with one hand just now. This was my signal to her. She received the signal and nodded slightly at me. I can confirm she isn't transformed by another skill. But as for whether she was created by a Spatial Mirror Image, I don't know.'

'However, I can deduce it.'

'The time Qiu Yinong appeared in this Ice Room was after me. Then she was either teleported from another spatial layer, or she was created by a Spatial Mirror Image.'

Thinking of this.

Chen Ran stared straight at Qiu Yinong, his emotions fully releasing in his eyes.

In the white world.

Chen Ran saw Qiu Yinong's [Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Joy]. Without speaking, he directly exited the Distance-Free Technique and continued deducing.

'Qiu Yinong has constructed a Distance-Free Technique. In other spatial layers, she must have utilized the Wheel of Time's ability to reset time, constructing the Distance-Free Technique in a period of time that was both extremely short and extremely long.'

'Wait, this seemingly also cannot prove that Qiu Yinong was teleported from another spatial layer.'

'After all, I also have the memories from the third bedroom, but I might be fake.'

'No, no. If Qiu Yinong knows she utilized the Wheel of Time to construct the Distance-Free Technique in another spatial layer, then she would deduce she is the real Qiu Yinong. But from my deductions, whether she is real or fake is uncertain.'

'A Personal Common Sense trap?'

'Then, I might have also fallen into the Personal Common Sense trap laid by Lin Xuan.'

'Simply put, I fundamentally cannot determine whether I am real or fake.'

'My deduction tells me I am fake, but this deduction is based on a normal situation, and the situation is caused by Lin Xuan.'

'Is there a possibility that whether I use Eternal Kingdom or not, it can no longer affect Lin Xuan's layout?'

'In other words, he has already deceived everyone he needs to deceive, and I am the last one.'

'Therefore, my authenticity is uncertain.'

'Qiu Yinong could be real or fake, I could be real or fake, the Youth could be real or fake, and the rest of the players could also be real or fake...'

'Then here comes the question: whose identity can be confirmed as a real player?'

'The person whose identity can be confirmed as a real player seems to be one and only one!'

'Suppress Mental State. Deduce again.'

Soon.

Chen Ran woke up from his deep thoughts, somewhat not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Because this time, regardless of whether he suppressed his emotions, the result of the deduction was the same.

'Fuck your mom!'

Chen Ran hadn't cursed at anyone in his heart for a very long time, and even rarely used Qiu Yinong's lifespan to swear toxic oaths anymore.

But this time, he was genuinely disgusted.

'What a Pig-Butchering Scam!'