Chapter 341: Must Kill Gao Lan!

Perhaps Wan Feng had never dreamed in his wildest dreams.

Chen Ran's first time being fooled by Emotional Deception had already been taken by someone else. It was very difficult for him to fall for this kind of deception again; in fact, the moment he noticed someone using Emotional Deception on him, he would immediately become alert.

Furthermore, Wan Feng's skill had been sealed by someone. This meant that the reward he wanted had also fallen through. There was a high probability that Chen Ran wouldn't be matched to his instance in the future.

…

After Qiu Hua C finished speaking, the rest of the people looked at the two involved with the lines.

At this moment, Qiu Hua A looked at his watch. The break time was about to end, and it was time to speak the lines.

He slowly said, "I have a question. According to the rules, two rats cannot hide on the second floor. In the Secret Room we were in previously, there were still eight people, which means only six people can appear on the second floor. Yet there are seven of us here, why?"

Qiu Hua D noticed Qiu Hua A's right pinky finger when he spoke.

All the players present caught this detail, thinking inwardly that this must be the secret signal between Qiu Hua A and D, used to confirm whether the person speaking the line was the real Qiu Hua A or D.

After all, the prerequisite for Qiu Hua D and Qiu Hua A to agree on a secret signal was that the two had met.

Since they had met, they must have gone to the eighth or twelfth floor.

Therefore, Qiu Hua A was either Gao Lan or Chen Ran. Considering that it was highly probable Gao Lan couldn't come down to the second floor, so...

Qiu Hua A was Chen Ran!

However, it was uncertain whether this Chen Ran was the Chen Ran from their space.

Yet, Qiu Hua D still didn't speak his line immediately.

At this point, everyone was puzzled. The Qiu Hua A who had just spoken the line wasn't the fake Qiu Hua A who had spoken earlier.

And he even gave the secret signal.

But why wasn't Qiu Hua D picking up the line?

Only to see Qiu Hua D glance indifferently at Qiu Hua C and smile, "Why don't you guess why our secret signal is the pinky finger?"

Qiu Hua C was taken aback.

'Fuck, it's actually a yin-yang secret signal!'

'Sticking out the pinky finger is both the surface-level signal and the timing for speaking the line.'

'The break time is two minutes, which is 120 seconds, and a hand has five fingers.'

'The pinky finger means: speaking the line when there are 24 seconds left at the end.'

'Therefore, the real secret signal is: sticking out the pinky finger when speaking the line, and speaking the line when there are 24 seconds left until the break time ends.'

'Qiu Hua D had been silently counting in his heart all along, keeping track of the time. The timing of 【Qiu Hua A】 speaking the line for the second time just now was incorrect, leading him to determine that the person speaking was not Qiu Hua A.'

'Namely, 【Qiu Hua A】 speaking the line for the second time was imagined by everyone!'

'The real Qiu Hua A hadn't spoken his line from beginning to end.'

Qiu Hua C closed his eyes. He had clearly made the first move, yet the 【Senior】 had used Distance-Free Technique to foresee the future. Chen Ran had seen the future, and thus came from behind to strike first, stifling all of his killer moves in the cradle.

Carefully reviewing the entire process, one would discover that the seemingly very simple acting, as well as the repeated lines and scenes, involved very complex content. The scenes alone included: reality, Distance-Free Technique, skills, inside the book, and imagination.

And switches between many other scenes.

Hunters and prey were also constantly swapping identities: hunting, counter-hunting, counter-counter-hunting, and the final defense.

In the end... the two sides seemed to have fought to a draw, with neither able to do anything to the other.

At this moment, Qiu Hua B and Ye Qian A and B were all rejoicing that they hadn't spoken during the initial battle of wits on the second floor. Otherwise, these three people could have screwed them over completely.

…

"Ghost Whisperer: Forbidden Bookstore."

"Retract!"

Qiu Hua C clearly knew that he wouldn't be able to trick the others into telling lies from now on.

There was no need to let the skill continue.

However...

Qiu Hua A: "I have a question. According to the rules, two rats cannot hide on the second floor. Previously, we..."

He still spoke his line.

If the skill was still continuing, Qiu Hua D had one minute to speak his line.

According to the secret signal, Qiu Hua D would speak his line 12 seconds before the time ended.

Qiu Hua A and D just quietly looked at Qiu Hua C with disdainful eyes.

Those eyes seemed to say: You'd be better off trying to trick a three-year-old child; it would be more realistic.

Qiu Hua B and Ye Qian A and B also expressed they were speechless. It was obvious that Qiu Hua C hadn't retracted his skill just now. The scene just now...

Was imagined by them.

Actually, having fought to this extent, everyone knew in their hearts that The Winning Move was no longer in their space.

The reason was simple: Chen Ran, Big Gold Tooth, and Short and Fat's time was almost up.

The three of them hadn't been touched by the cats the entire time. Once the two hours were up, they would automatically clear the Secret Room.

Right now, the real Qiu Hua and Ye Qian, these two real cats, had been teleported to other spaces.

Meanwhile, Chen Ran and the others could roughly deduce the respective identities of the players present. It was no longer realistic to pretend to be fake cats to catch the three of them. Therefore, the trio of Chen Ran...

Were bound to clear the stage!

Unless Gao Lan, who didn't dare to come down to the second floor, was swapped out by Lin Xuan for the real cats from other spaces to come down and catch these three.

Therefore, the decision-making power was in Lin Xuan's hands.

…

In another space.

Lin Xuan looked at Gao Lan in front of him: "Can you still summon the senior?"

Gao Lan clearly knew that Lin Xuan was evaluating his value.

After all, theoretically speaking, there would ultimately be one person who couldn't clear the Secret Room.

In terms of being the weakest in strength, this person was either Gao Lan or Ye Qian.

"My skill was tampered with by someone. The next time, it will definitely summon..."

"The Second Floor Master of the Liar-Slayer Alliance, which is my master: Shangguan Yunji."

Lin Xuan was startled.

'Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me? A figure like a Second Floor Master...'

'Can also be summoned?'

Others might not be clear, but Lin Xuan knew that the Floor Masters of the two alliances were all a bunch of monsters. If one was summoned, taking down a puny Five-Star Youth would be a breeze.

So he asked uncertainly, "The Second Floor Master hasn't turned into an instance yet; are you sure you can summon him?"

"The second effect of my tampered skill doesn't have the restriction of needing an Instance Boss or having died once in Hell. I assume it should be able to summon a living person to possess me."

Very strangely, while the two were conversing, both unconsciously ignored a core question: who had tampered with his skill?

Perhaps, in their consciousness, this question had already been overlooked.

Lin Xuan checked the time.

'Gao Lan's skill has been tampered with, and what's more, it's been tampered into a designated summon.'

'Without a doubt, this Second Floor Master of the Liar-Slayer Alliance is here to kill Chen Ran.'

'And right now, there are less than three minutes left until Chen Ran clears the stage. He is currently trapped by the Forbidden Book. Logically speaking, he wouldn't dare to run, otherwise he would deviate from the plot.'

'But when that senior announced the setup, he deliberately arranged it in a non-original space. In other words, even if Chen Ran gets lost in the Forbidden Book, as long as he provides himself with a lie and uses Eternal Kingdom, not only can he break free from the Forbidden Book, but he can also break my spatial skill and eliminate the lie on him.'

'In other words, as long as Gao Lan dares to summon the Second Floor Master, Chen Ran will dare to provide himself with a lie and use Eternal Kingdom.'

'If, at this time, I transfer everyone on the second floor of that space to our original space, and Chen Ran provides himself with a lie and uses Eternal Kingdom, he will still have a lie on him.'

'However, Gao Lan's skill would be broken by him, and the Second Floor Master's possession would disappear.'

'If Chen Ran dies, the Five-Star Youth's skill will be a problem.'

'Furthermore, without Chen Ran, are the remaining players a match for a Five-Star?'

'Therefore, Chen Ran cannot die yet.'

'Gao Lan's trump card skill cannot be wasted just like this either.'

'Then, the best time for Gao Lan to use his skill is after the Five-Star Youth dies, during my showdown with Chen Ran.'

…

On the second floor, Qiu Hua A, who was Chen Ran, still spoke his line and was also thinking.

'Logically speaking, the decision-making power rests with Lin Xuan. He will inquire about Gao Lan's skill.'

'If Gao Lan can still summon the senior, then Gao Lan's value will be very high.'

'But obviously, the senior suddenly disappearing means he violated some taboo, and it's highly probable he won't be summoned again.'

'In other words, the person Gao Lan summons next time he uses his skill will be random.'

'Then...'

'Gao Lan's value wouldn't be as high as Ye Qian, this Four-Star Distance-Free Technique player.'

'Therefore, Lin Xuan will abandon Gao Lan.'

'Simply put...'

'If Gao Lan is trapped in this Secret Room and can never escape...'

'There's no problem.'

'If Ye Qian is trapped in this Secret Room and can never escape...'

'There are two possibilities.'

'One: Lin Xuan hasn't suppressed his Mental State, and with a gambler's mentality, he kept Gao Lan's gambler-exclusive skill: that is, just in case he summons another powerhouse like the senior.'

'Two: Lin Xuan has suppressed his Mental State. Since he suppressed his Mental State, logically, he should choose to leave Gao Lan behind, yet he left Ye Qian. This proves that something must have happened to Gao Lan. As for what it is? There are several possibilities: his IQ suddenly increased; the senior left a sure-win setup; he suddenly had an epiphany of Distance-Free Technique and a high-level one at that; or his skill changed.'

'If it's the first possibility, Lin Xuan will continuously provide Gao Lan with lies in the other space, making him constantly use his skill to draw a powerhouse comparable to the senior, striking while the iron is hot to take down the Five-Star Youth in this Secret Room.'

'If it's the second possibility, Lin Xuan should even more so provide Gao Lan with a lie, having him summon a powerhouse comparable to the senior to take down the Five-Star Youth.'

'What I'm most afraid of is the third possibility: Gao Lan hasn't been transferred over, nor has he summoned a powerhouse comparable to the senior in the other space.'

'That would mean that in Lin Xuan's plan, Gao Lan isn't meant to deal with the Five-Star Youth, but to deal with me.'

'Therefore...'

'If it's the third possibility, then what I need to do in the subsequent instance is to not give Gao Lan the opportunity to use his skill.'

'Namely, I must kill Gao Lan!'

'And moreover, I must kill this variable, Gao Lan, at the very first moment!'