Chapter 354: Amnesia, Various Natures Exposed (1)

【Group Chat Announcement】:

Identity Confirmation Password: You are XXX, or, I am XXX.

Phone Text Message Draft: Do not reveal your identity and past.

…

The Beautiful Woman recalled these two pieces of information.

'Identity Confirmation Password: You are XXX, or, I am XXX.'

'There's a problem with this announcement.'

'Judging from the phone message: Do not reveal your identity and past.'

'Simply put, one cannot say: I am XXX. But in the announcement, the password for confirming identity includes: I am XXX.'

'These two pieces of information contradict each other.'

'Similarly, the identity confirmation password also includes: You are XXX.'

'But, even I cannot say who I am, so how would you dare to say who I am?'

'Therefore, when 1806 said 【You are Killer A】, he actually violated the message in the phone: 【Do not reveal your identity and past】.'

'Conclusion: 【Having a targeting text message】 is an Unknown Lie, 【You are Killer A】 is a known lie. Therefore, this situation occurred: when 1806 told an Unknown Lie, it wasn't discovered by anyone, so he wasn't shot; but when he told a known lie, it should be some kind of mechanism defaulting to the fact that we can deduce the contradiction between the announcement and the message, hence the liar was directly shot to death.'

'Then, the prohibition on lying follows the Liar-Detection Principle, not the lying principle.'

'Namely, it follows an objective perspective. An Unknown Lie cannot be judged objectively, but a known lie can be judged objectively.'

'And now that I've seen the message on his phone, 【Having a targeting text message】 has become a known lie.'

'To summarize again: A known lie will immediately lead to being shot to death; an Unknown Lie won't immediately lead to being shot to death, unless the unknown becomes known.'

Thinking of this.

The Beautiful Woman felt lingering fear in her heart, inwardly cursing what a sinister 【Announcement】. If they couldn't deduce this layer, it was estimated that all of them would die on this floor.

At this moment, she finally understood why there was a message saying: Do not reveal your identity and past.

This was a reminder left by the nine people for themselves before losing their memories: namely, the announcement has a problem.

'But, why not directly remind oneself in the message? Why leave a reminder in such a subtle way?'

'Perhaps, before the nine people came here, they were also subjected to some rule restrictions, resulting in them being unable to leave obvious messages.'

The Beautiful Woman rubbed her glabella. She felt that this place was filled with massive amounts of unknown information.

This unknown information had one and only one purpose: to pitch everyone into a deadly trap!

'The next question is: Is 1801 actually Killer A or not?'

'What is the correct password?'

'Let's deduce the second question first.'

'The correct password should be: You are playing the role of XXX in the plotline, or, I am playing the role of XXX in the plotline.'

'However, 1806 just saying 【You are Killer A】 was telling a lie.'

'The correct password is: 【You are playing the role of Killer A in the plotline】.'

'Next is the first question. 1806 lied with the password, then 1801 might be Killer A, or might not be.'

'This is hard to judge. After all, among the remaining few people, there might also be someone who told a lie like 1806's 【Having a targeting text message】.'

'But, without a doubt, 1801 has the biggest suspicion of being Killer A.'

End of deduction.

The Beautiful Woman finally had time to examine the room. This room didn't have any obvious clues. Looking at the overall layout, it was similar to an ordinary residential house, with no signs of a struggle.

Just as she was about to go out.

Her footsteps paused, and she abruptly took out her phone, opening the group chat.

She scrolled through the chat history.

【1806】: You guys might not believe this if I say it, but I haven't received any clues, nor do I have any memories, I don't even know who I am.

Looking at this chat record, the Beautiful Woman fell into a daze.

'There are two possibilities.'

'One: He genuinely doesn't know.'

'Two: Before he... sent this message, someone in the group had already sent the message he wanted to say.'

She had no way to prove either possibility.

1806 was already dead.

Now, these two possibilities had probably already turned into an unknown mystery.

'Another unknown!'

Just then, the Pan-faced Woman, who had been quiet all along, suddenly asked:

"Assuming 1806 had a plotline, now that he is dead, who will play his plotline?"

These words woke the dreamer.

The Beautiful Woman asked uncertainly: "You mean, there is a substitute in the plotline?"

Simply put, there is a person without a plotline. His/her existence is to prevent the plotline from being unable to proceed due to someone's death. Whoever dies, he/she will substitute for their plotline.

"I'm just guessing." The Pan-faced Woman didn't give an affirmative answer.

'If this is the case...'

'Doesn't it mean that this person substituting the plotline knows everyone's plotlines?'

'Consequently, he/she sent the message 1806 was supposed to send, resulting in 1806 only being able to send the message mentioned above.'

'But, that doesn't make sense either. Assuming there are four people coming to search this time, and Killer A is among them. Killer A can use the killing mechanism to kill the other three people. If so, three substitutes would be needed.'

Her head ached. This kind of deduction based entirely on guesses and lacking substantive evidence made her quite irritable. She fished out the Cigarette and Lighter she had looted from 1806's corpse from her pocket.

She lit one.

'First, it can be confirmed that the 【person】 who issued the announcement is extremely treacherous.'

'Secondly, it can be confirmed that the person being targeted by us is extremely treacherous.'

'Judging from the prohibition on lying, it should involve some kind of mystical power.'

'Judging from the plot simulation, the person who issued the announcement should also possess mystical power.'

'And, the person being targeted by us should be someone similar to us, a role akin to a stage clearer. As for why he/she is being targeted by us, that is unclear.'

'However, digging deeper, under what circumstances would a person be targeted by everyone?'

'One: Invoking public outrage.'

'Two: A common enemy.'

'In short, the person being targeted has either invoked public outrage, or is our common enemy.'

After finishing their cigarettes, the two women exchanged a glance, both understanding what they should say when they went out later.

…

In the corridor, the others tried to pull open the other doors after the two women went inside, finding they couldn't open them no matter what.

It seemed they could only search one room at a time. A situation where others hid in their respective rooms to evade being killed by Killer A's mechanism could not occur. This was troublesome.

Not long after.

The two women walked out of Room 1806. Wang Dazhu impatiently inquired: "What did you find in Room 1806? Did his phone have the message of a 【targeting text message】?"

The Beautiful Woman curled up the corners of her lips: "His phone didn't have any text messages."

'F*ck!'

'Holy sh*t!'

'F*ck!'

Everyone's expressions were ugly. They weren't fools; naturally they knew the two women had already deleted the text messages on 1806's phone.

From a God's perspective, for Players who could survive to Three-Star to Five-Star, in the subconscious of the vast majority of them, they possessed absolute confidence in their own IQs and didn't want to take out the information they obtained to share.

Why say the vast majority?

Simply because...

For example, if you have always been an indecisive person, surviving until Three-Star, through Heart Cultivation, suppressing your Mental State, you would arrive at the only answer and become decisive.