Chapter 335: Liar-Slayer: Golden Mouth and Jade Words

Time reversed to when Qiu Hua C used his skill.

When the light returned.

Eighth floor.

Lin Xuan frowned. He discovered that a script had unexpectedly appeared in his mind.

【Role: Lin Xuan.】

【Scene 1: On the eighth floor, wait for Gao Lan to appear, and engage in conversation.】

【Line 1: I lied.】

【Scene 2: When Gao Lan uses his skill, you also use your skill.】

【Line 1: Do you have a plan?】

【Line 3: How did you know what I wanted to say?】

【Line 4: Good.】

【Scene 3: Go to the twelfth floor, find the standing mirror Chen Ran turned into.】

【......】

'Just now, the Five-Star Youth used Forbidden Bookstore, and I appeared here.'

'Are we supposed to replay everything that happened from the moment Gao Lan used his skill to when the Five-Star Youth used his skill, according to the script?'

'But I am not Lin Xuan. I cannot use spatial skills...'

'Moreover, Lin Xuan definitely provided a lie to himself. It wants me to lie?'

He couldn't help but look at the first line of the first scene, which actually was: I lied.

'This is troublesome.'

He continued flipping through the script, dragging directly to the end, and found a sentence at the very bottom:

【Note: Deviating from the script's arrangement will result in being lost in the Forbidden Book.】

【Note: Failing to speak the corresponding line within one minute will be considered deviating from the plot.】

【Note: After each scene ends, there is a two-minute break to prepare for the next scene.】

【Note: The lines are the beginning of each scene, not the end.】

【Lin Xuan】: "..."

'Fuck!'

'Just now there were eight players, and at this node of the plot, there are also eight players.'

'In other words, the eight of us are playing the roles of the eight people at this node.'

'Moreover, I automatically turned into Lin Xuan's appearance. But Gao Lan hasn't appeared yet, which means the first scene hasn't started yet.'

…

Sixth floor. The moment 【Gao Lan】 discovered he had turned into Gao Lan, he immediately ran up to the eighth floor.

In an instant, he ran up to the eighth floor and saw Lin Xuan standing blankly in place with a nervous expression.

【Gao Lan】 counted silently in his heart.

At 30 seconds, 【Lin Xuan】 seemed to make up his mind, gritted his teeth, and said:

"I lied!"

The next moment, 【Gao Lan】 pulled out his Liar-Slayer and aimed the muzzle at 【Lin Xuan】.

A drop of cold sweat fell from 【Lin Xuan】's forehead, and he didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

The atmosphere froze at this moment.

The players upstairs had also previously deduced that Lin Xuan had provided a lie to Gao Lan. Although they didn't know what stage the eighth floor had reached, they all held their breaths at this moment, listening quietly to see if a gunshot of Judgment would ring out.

However, judging from the script, even if the person playing 【Lin Xuan】 lied, 【Gao Lan】 couldn't Judge him immediately, otherwise, he would deviate from the plot. He could only wait until the two-minute gap after the end of this scene to Judge him.

Just as they guessed.

The muzzle 【Gao Lan】 pointed at 【Lin Xuan】 slowly moved up, pointing at the ceiling.

"Ghost Whisperer: Forbidden Bookstore!"

Bang! The gunshot rang out, and the Secret Room went dark. In the darkness, 【Lin Xuan】's eyes widened.

'Gao Lan is the Five-Star Youth.'

'The script only says that 【Gao Lan】 will use a skill, but he is not Gao Lan, he is the Five-Star Youth, therefore he can only use his own skill.'

'The next part of the plot is 【Lin Xuan】 using a skill in the darkness at this moment.'

'Which means, I have to use my skill now!'

'Interesting. My skill and Forbidden Bookstore are somewhat of a match.'

"Liar-Slayer: Golden Mouth and Jade Words."

Lin Xuan's voice was very soft. Only 【Gao Lan】 right in front of him could hear it.

In the darkness, 【Gao Lan】 heard these four words 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】 and fell into deep thought.

'Golden Mouth and Jade Words: Refers to words that cannot be changed once spoken.'

'But, in Hell, players are very cautious when they speak and usually use vocabulary that can Avoid Lying. His skill...'

'Seems to be trash!'

'No!'

'There should be two effects.'

'One: Doing what one says.'

'Two: Prohibiting the Avoidance of Lying!'

'The first effect is easy to understand. Words spoken in Hell, if they cannot be accomplished, is considered lying. Therefore, words that cannot be changed once spoken must be fulfilled.'

'That is, doing what one says.'

'The key lies in the second effect: Here we can use 【Golden Mouth】 to deduce.'

'What is a Golden Mouth?'

'Very simply, one cannot speak ambiguous words. That is, prohibiting the Avoidance of Lying!'

'Holy crap!'

'His skill naturally counters me!'

'He is Big Gold Tooth!'

'The Underworld was afraid that I would kill Chen Ran in this instance, so they deliberately sent a player who specifically counters my skill!'

…

"Stop!"

In Distance-Free Technique, Chen Ran called for a stop, and then looked at the youth with an odd expression. "How did you know Big Gold Tooth's skill?"

The youth asked back, "Why do you think Omniscience wanted to strip all your information bare?"

"The Superego Distance-Free Technique can reflect players in Distance-Free Technique. If you want the players in Distance-Free Technique to be formalized, you first have to understand their basic information. Therefore, high-star players all conduct targeted tracking. I only track you because I understand your information, and by reflecting you with Distance-Free Technique in an instance, I can predict all your subsequent actions."

"So intel is very important. If you don't even know the opponent's skill, when you reflect them using a skill in Distance-Free Technique, wouldn't you be unable to continue predicting?"

"You still haven't answered. How did you know Big Gold Tooth's skill?" Chen Ran pressed.

The youth lifted the corner of his clothes, revealing the Liar-Slayer tucked into his waist, and smiled without saying a word.

Chen Ran froze, then immediately understood.

'This guy's skill should be perception-type, or causality-type.'

'Earlier, he probably already knew the Five-Star Youth's skill, yet he was still putting on an act in front of me, claiming he deduced the youth's skill himself.'

'So he's just showing off in front of me?'

"Be understanding, alright? I've been trapped for too long. What's wrong with wanting to show off a bit?" The youth scratched his head, looking slightly embarrassed.

'Wait!'

Chen Ran seemed to understand something.

'If I am in the Superego Mental State, and I reflect him in Distance-Free Technique, I definitely wouldn't be able to predict him suddenly and inexplicably acting cheeky.'

"Are you suppressing your Mental State?"

Hearing this, the youth put away his smile and slowly spat out four words: "Every hour, every moment."

Chen Ran stopped talking and motioned for him to continue predicting the future of the Secret Room.

…

On the eighth floor, the first scene ended. There was a two-minute break, and since 【Lin Xuan】 had lied just now, 【Gao Lan】 could...

Judge him!

【Gao Lan】 raised his gun and aimed it at him: "I want to know... what punishment will there be for violating 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】?"

He almost blurted out 【What punishment will there be if triggered】.

【Lin Xuan】 smiled without speaking.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?" 【Gao Lan】's face turned cold.

"You can't kill me. I haven't lied once from beginning to end in this instance." 【Lin Xuan】 told another lie.

From a God's-eye perspective, 【Lin Xuan】 had said earlier: I lied.

Both of them had used their skills, proving he indeed lied. But 【Gao Lan】 was the Five-Star Youth; his skill just now could have been to discard 【Lin Xuan】's Deceiver's Tongue.

Therefore, 【Gao Lan】 still had the opportunity to Judge 【Lin Xuan】.

However, 【Lin Xuan】 was afraid that 【Gao Lan】 had just discarded his lie, so he provided another lie to 【Gao Lan】.

Was 【Lin Xuan】 seeking death?

Or was he doing this on purpose to create an anti-common-sense scenario for 【Gao Lan】? Meaning: I'll act like I lied, but the more I seem like I didn't lie, the more I want to use this to make 【Gao Lan】 give up on Judging me.