Chapter 326: The Formalized Process and Result (1)

The 12th floor.

Lin Xuan strolled upstairs and went straight into the third room on the left side.

(Take note)

He scanned the scene in the room, eventually resting his gaze on the west wall of the living room, specifically on a standing mirror about one and a half meters tall, and said calmly:

"Chen Ran, show yourself."

After waiting a moment, the standing mirror reverted to Chen Ran's appearance, while another standing mirror remained on the wall.

"I'll provide you with a lie, and you use Eternal Kingdom," Lin Xuan said concisely.

Chen Ran froze for a moment and sized Lin Xuan up and down.

'There are two possibilities for why he dares to provide me with a lie in this space.'

'Two: He does not belong to this space.'

'Only these two situations can guarantee that after I finish using Eternal Kingdom, the lie on Lin Xuan will be erased.'

'At the same time, since he's telling me to use Eternal Kingdom, it proves that the 【Senior】 has already lost his value.'

'Did the 【Senior】 already tell Lin Xuan his plan?!'

'But I can't figure it out. Did that Senior rack his brains to return just to help us execute the Five-Star Youth?'

'He's so real for that, I'm crying to death.'

'Also, how did Lin Xuan know I was hiding here? Oh right, among his skills, there are spaces with faster time flows.'

Seeing Chen Ran still half-doubting, Lin Xuan couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense: "I told a lie."

Hearing this, Chen Ran quickly drew his gun, pointed it at the ceiling, and spoke the password:

"Liar-Slayer: Eternal Kingdom!"

This password sounded particularly piercing in the silent Secret Room. The players hiding on different floors simultaneously felt a chill in their hearts.

Bang! Along with the gunshot, the entire building also turned as pitch-black as ink, so dark that one couldn't see their own fingers stretched out. But in the darkness, Chen Ran had a terrified expression, his whole person frozen in place.

…

The 12th floor.

Gao Lan slowly walked upstairs. Standing at the top of the stairs, he pondered for a moment before walking towards the right corridor.

(Take note)

He arrived at the third room on the right side, scanned the scene inside the living room, and eventually rested his gaze on the standing mirror, saying calmly:

"Chen Ran, I know it's you. There's no need to hide in front of me anymore."

After about twenty seconds, Gao Lan had no time to continue wasting. Just as he reached out his hand to touch the standing mirror in front of him, the standing mirror instantly turned into Chen Ran's appearance, looking at Gao Lan warily.

Immediately after, Chen Ran saw a pair of eyes. What kind of eyes were these?

He felt a wave of dizziness. His first reaction was that he had fallen for a trap, but when he carefully observed his surroundings, he found that this wasn't the Distance-Free Technique world. It was still the room, and in front of him was only a single Gao Lan looking at him with a smile.

"Time is tight. There are some things I must explain to you clearly in advance." Gao Lan's appearance changed, actually turning into a youth with a resolute face, carrying a Sniper Rifle on his back.

'It's Distance-Free Technique!'

Chen Ran's eyes widened. Not daring to stay any longer, he tried to escape the youth's Distance-Free Technique, but this time he was shocked to find that his free will actually couldn't control his body.

Being unable to control his body in the real world meant... he couldn't look away.

Being unable to look away meant he couldn't escape the youth's Distance-Free Technique.

At this moment, cold sweat streamed down his back. A Distance-Free Technique that reflected the real world—the tier of this was terrifyingly high.

It was at least at the Ego Mental State!

"In Hell, there are ten True-Self Level players. Their skills each symbolize the absolute pinnacle of a system. Do you know what these ten pinnacles are?" the youth asked.

Chen Ran noticed that the youth had directly opened his mouth to speak, which made him even more suspicious that the person in front of him might be at the Superego Mental State.

"You can open your mouth to speak." Seeing Chen Ran not answering for a long time, the youth reminded him: "The Supreme Rule does not exist in Distance-Free Technique."

The Supreme Rule was the prohibition of lying.

Chen Ran attempted to open his mouth: "Based on my years of experience writing web novels, if Hell is a world for creating gods, then it should be the Ten Supreme Laws: namely, Power, Destruction, Karma, Fate, Time, Space, Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, Creation, and Reincarnation."

"You're quite slippery. Determining Gao Lan's identity rules out a virtual world. If I deny the Ten Supreme Laws you mentioned, it can rule out a god-creation world."

"The leader of the Liar-Slayer Alliance is a True Self player, and his skill is..."

"Shut up!" Chen Ran shouted.

Chen Ran looked as if he were facing a formidable enemy. This reaction caused the youth to frown slightly, but then he seemed to think of something and chuckled lightly: "It seems that before you met me, you've encountered other victims. That person's appearance made you set up prohibitions on your thoughts. Whenever the topic involves the skill of the Liar-Slayer Alliance leader, you have a stress response."

Saying this, the youth looked Chen Ran, this junior, up and down with interest.

"What if I insist on saying it?"

Chen Ran took out his Cigarette Case, pulled out a Cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "There is no free lunch in this world. You racked your brains to return and are kindly chatting with me, seemingly wanting to tell me something. I don't believe you don't have a demand."

"The 9th True Self Player told me to go to a certain instance in the future to save someone. Could the person I'm supposed to save be you? No, that's not right either. You should be a small fry, an innocent bystander who isn't part of the True Self Players' calculations. That's why you want to guide me to save you."

Hearing this, there was no change on the youth's face, as if he had long known Chen Ran would say this. He then heard Chen Ran say faintly: "There should be many more like you. But I'm not a firefighter; I can't save everyone."

"Aren't you afraid I'll cripple you in this Distance-Free Technique?" The youth lightly tugged the gun strap, and the Sniper Rifle on his back swung around to appear in his hands.

"The Mental Cultivation Method was actually created by a True Self player. His skill is the ultimate Supreme Perfect Enlightenment."

"As for Distance-Free Technique, although it was created by the 9th True Self, in reality, before Distance-Free Technique was created, methods for Psionic Attacks already existed in Hell."

"That was also created by a True Self. His skill is ultimate Destruction."

"The appearance of Distance-Free Technique just happened to become the carrier for this kind of Psionic Attack."

"Just like..."

"The Sniper Rifle in my hands. If I pull the trigger, what do you think will happen to you?"

Hearing this, Chen Ran narrowed his eyes. He had noticed the youth's Sniper Rifle from the very beginning.

He didn't expect it was meant for attacking?

'Hell is truly bizarre. With the protection of the Liar-Slayer preventing physical combat, players desperately developed the mental plane. It makes sense; how could a group of high-IQ players be bound by the mere Liar-Slayer protection mechanism.'

'Moreover, according to what he meant, the Mental Cultivation Method comes from Supreme Perfect Enlightenment.'

'Supreme Perfect Enlightenment is the highest state in Buddhism, which indeed corresponds to Heart Cultivation.'

'And Psionic Attacks were created by a certain True Self player.'

'Distance-Free Technique, on the other hand, was created by the 9th True Self player. He's telling me that every True Self player created a kind of...'

'Strange... uh... mental-plane... 【Thing】?!'

'Furthermore, they were all created based on their own True Self Skills?'

'And the 【Things】 they created are suitable for all players to cultivate?'

Seeing Chen Ran still deep in thought, the youth's face completely fell, and he said speechlessly:

"Bro, you're currently being pointed at by my gun. Could you at least give some sort of reaction? Are you really not afraid I'll blow your head off?"