Chapter 336: Two Drama Queens?

Time slowly slipped by.

【Gao Lan】 eventually lowered his handgun, not Judging the 【Lin Xuan】 who had lied twice.

【Lin Xuan】 chuckled. "You're giving up such a good opportunity?"

As he spoke, he raised his Liar-Slayer, as if asking: If I didn't lie, why was I able to use my skill?

【Gao Lan】 didn't reply.

The two waited quietly for the break to end.

Soon, the next scene began.

【Lin Xuan】: "Do you have a plan?"

【Gao Lan】 nodded.

"So fast? You should know our opponent is a Five-Star player."

"How did you know what I wanted to say?"

"How did you know what I wanted to say?"

The next moment, 【Gao Lan】 used Distance-Free Technique to pull 【Lin Xuan】 into the World of the Heart.

In Distance-Free Technique.

【Gao Lan】 changed back into the Five-Star Youth. The half of the world he occupied already had many embryonic forms of buildings, showing that his Distance-Free Technique was only one step away from reflecting reality.

However, when he saw the person opposite him change back into Big Gold Tooth, he was slightly taken aback.

Behind Big Gold Tooth, in his half of the world, there were unexpectedly also embryonic forms of buildings, just fewer in number than his.

"It's just like the rumors. 【The Underworld】 only accepts elites."

Hearing this, Big Gold Tooth smiled and immediately broke free from the Five-Star Youth's Distance-Free Technique.

"Good." 【Lin Xuan】 finished his final line.

On the eighth floor, this scene had passed, and next they still had a two-minute break.

For the next scene, it was time for 【Lin Xuan】 to go to the twelfth floor to find Chen Ran.

【Lin Xuan】 was not in a hurry to leave. Lighting a cigarette, he looked at 【Gao Lan】 and said:

"Actually, 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】 didn't take effect in the 【Forbidden Book】. After all, this is a world inside a book. The reason it created the illusion that I used my skill is merely because we imagined it."

【Gao Lan】's heart jumped.

'Actually, just now, 【Lin Xuan】 indeed had not lied.'

'He only needed to establish a setting for himself before going upstairs—that is, before the first scene started—to Avoid Lying.'

'For example, he could have said in advance: When I'm acting according to the script, the words I speak are merely lines from the script.'

'This way, the line 【I lied】 wouldn't constitute a lie.'

'Therefore, that's why he said 【You can't kill me. I haven't lied once from beginning to end in this instance】, attempting to trick me into Judging him.'

'He could then deduce that since he didn't lie, his skill couldn't be used. Digging deeper, he would conclude that his skill didn't take effect in the Forbidden Book.'

'But...'

【Gao Lan】 slowly raised his gun, pointing the muzzle at 【Lin Xuan】. This scene left 【Lin Xuan】 dumbfounded.

He seemed to realize something. "Don't tell me your Forbidden Book can replicate my skill effects?"

"Not replicate." 【Gao Lan】 looked coldly at 【Lin Xuan】, speaking horrifying words syllable by syllable:

"It, is, a, set, ting."

"In reality, Lin Xuan used his skill on the eighth floor and it took effect. Therefore, in the script, the 【Lin Xuan】 you play will also definitely have the skill take effect after using it."

"Simply put, the skill taking effect was indeed imagined by us who are in the book's world, but your 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】 also indeed took effect."

Hearing this, 【Lin Xuan】 fell back onto his bottom. He had just said: 【Actually, "Golden Mouth and Jade Words" didn't take effect in the "Forbidden Book".】

He lied!

'It seems the intel you gathered might have been flawed.'

Of course, 【Gao Lan】 only said this sentence in his heart. After all, the effect of 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】 was still active, and he didn't dare say it out loud.

【Gao Lan】 gripped his gun tightly. "You can give your last words in advance."

【Lin Xuan】 gave a bitter smile and shook his head, looking at the ceiling as if reminiscing about his life.

"You lied."

Saying that, 【Gao Lan】 was about to leisurely pull the trigger when the scene froze.

Chen Ran: "..."

He looked speechlessly at the youth who had 【pressed the pause button】. This feeling was as uncomfortable as a commercial suddenly cutting in right at the critical moment of Cristiano Ronaldo shooting a bicycle kick.

"I'll give you five minutes to deduce: did Big Gold Tooth lie or not?"

"No!" Chen Ran answered concisely.

"Reason?" the youth asked.

"Very simple. If it were me, I wouldn't have said words like 【Actually, "Golden Mouth and Jade Words" didn't take effect in the "Forbidden Book"】." Chen Ran replied.

"But in fact, in the scene, Big Gold Tooth did indeed say this sentence. How do you explain that?" the youth continued asking.

"The answer lies in Golden Mouth and Jade Words!"

Chen Ran pondered for a moment. "After Big Gold Tooth finished using his skill, the first sentence he said was: 【You can't kill me. I haven't lied once from beginning to end in this instance.】"

"This is an affirmative sentence."

"Second sentence: You're giving up such a good opportunity?"

"This sentence is a question, so it doesn't fall under the scope of 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】."

"Third sentence: Do you have a plan?"

"Fourth sentence: So fast? You should know our opponent is a Five-Star player."

"Fifth sentence: How did you know what I wanted to say?"

"Sixth sentence: Good."

"Among these six sentences, the first and sixth are affirmative and fall under 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】. The middle four sentences are all questions and do not fall under the scope of 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】."

"Therefore, I'm thinking, is this the mechanism for triggering 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】?"

"Simply put, when a person speaks but cannot achieve 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】, then his words will sound like a lie to others."

"And Big Gold Tooth, through this behavior of violating the mechanism of 【Golden Mouth and Jade Words】, made the seventh sentence he spoke sound like a lie to others' ears."

After hearing Chen Ran's explanation, the youth asked again, "What you could think of, logically speaking, the Five-Star Youth should also be able to think of. So why did he still say the Judgment Command?"

Indeed. In the frozen scene, 【Gao Lan】 had already spoken the command.

If 【Lin Xuan】 didn't lie, then 【Gao Lan】 would definitely fail the Judgment. But he was a Five-Star player; how could he be tricked into a lie so easily?

"You said before that the Five-Star Youth's skill has two effects."

"One is recording and replaying."

"Two is imagining a world inside the book."

"I think the Five-Star Youth speaking the command was very likely imagined by him."

"Furthermore, this guy was dawdling before Judging, and even allowed the other party to give his last words in advance. I have reason to suspect that he wanted to use this pressure to make Big Gold Tooth utter curses right before dying."

"If I'm not mistaken, the next scene should be the scene of 【Gao Lan】 failing his Judgment. At that time, we'll see what choice 【Lin Xuan】 makes."

"Simply put, these two are both acting, both trying to trick each other into a lie."

The youth didn't say if his deduction was right or wrong. He simply snapped his fingers, and the scene started moving again.