Chapter 389: Crushing!

Qiu Yinong looked at her watch and said to the two people squatting halfway: "It's not five minutes yet, you guys can talk a bit more."

Chen Ran looked at Lin Ou and shrugged: "Her skill can reset time by five minutes. If she resets now, it would be a huge loss."

"Suit yourselves, I just happen to want to study that guy's Psionic Attack." Lin Ou pointed at the gloomy-faced Lin Xuan.

"How's... your stamina?" Chen Ran suddenly asked.

"What do you mean?"

"We're both on the skinny side. I pant even walking up to the tenth floor, and you probably... aren't much better."

"Moreover, for people, the more they lack something, the more they tend to emphasize it."

"When you touched me just now, I felt that you were both probing the rules and showing off your physical skills to us."

Hearing this, Lin Ou shook his head: "It's true my body is weak, but unlike you, I belong to the type that pants even walking up to the sixth floor."

"But!"

"But my burst power is strong. Have you watched SPL (Kill Zone)?" Saying that, Lin Ou pointed to his head of white hair: "See this? The exact same hair color as the assassin."

Chen Ran: "..."

He was still thinking, since Lin Ou didn't have the Slayer's Sanctuary, maybe they could...

Solve the problem with violence.

'Although I feel that this guy is spouting nonsense, intuition tells me that if we really fight, he could beat us to death.'

"Alright, tell us about the world you were in according to your memory," Chen Ran asked.

"Trick to death."

"Trick to death?"

"Yeah, as the name implies, it's tricking other people into going to their deaths. The more of them die, the higher my reward."

"But, wanting to trick a person to death is very difficult. It requires exquisite acting skills, as well as the ability to fool people."

"Take me for example. Usually, my performance in front of outsiders is that I can ignore emotional interference, ignore the interference of Common Sense, but in reality, I can also ignore the interference of feelings. Therefore, I have tricked many people to death. In my memory, they all called me the devil."

"Speaking of which, you guys weren't also calling me the devil in your hearts just now, were you?"

Drop. Chen Ran's cigarette fell from between his fingers. Shu Renjun and the other three looked at Lin Ou with a face full of horror. What did they just hear!

Superego Mental State!

'Is this Big Gold Tooth sick in the head, creating a BOSS with a Superego Mental State?'

"Also." Lin Ou continued: "In my memory, I've read many books, so many that it exceeds your imagination. Therefore, I have extremely strong foresight regarding many things."

"For example?" Chen Ran asked.

Lin Ou smiled mysteriously: "You'll know later."

"Let's talk about something else. Someone created me, which proves that someone knows me. But the five of you look like you don't recognize me. If we exclude memory tampering, it means the person who created me isn't among you. Why didn't the person who created me appear here?"

"He should know that my True Form once created a copy of myself, and then let that self break free from the constraints of the True Form to take over someone else's body. So..."

Speaking up to here, Lin Ou took a puff of his cigarette, a smile still on his face: "What I want to say is, the time left for you guys might not be much. Once I study that Psionic Attack thoroughly, I might be able to obliterate the consciousness of one of you, then occupy his body, breaking the dimensional constraints to become an existence like you."

His tone was very light, making one feel a spring breeze.

His expression was gentle, making one feel a desire to get close.

But, at this moment.

His words and his expression, falling in the eyes and ears of the five, were like the devil's whispers, making everyone's soul tremble.

Boom! In just an instant, the five felt their scalps tingle.

Lin Ou was still that Lin Ou.

But in the consciousness of the five, Lin Ou's body was elevating infinitely, terrifying to the extreme.

They actually felt like a cartoon character performing a plot in an anime suddenly turned their head and said to the audience in front of the TV:

"I'm going to become you, and then put you inside the TV."

The Uncanny Valley effect!

"Qiu Yinong!" Chen Ran shouted almost instinctively.

"Ghost Whisperer: Wheel of Time!"

Just as the Secret Room was about to turn black, an imperceptible arc curled up at the corners of Lin Ou's mouth.

In the darkness.

Qiu Yinong calmed down, suddenly widening her eyes in disbelief.

'Were we just...'

'Hypnotized by him?!'

Lin Ou's hypnosis had three processes:

One: I am very strong.

Two: Exactly where am I strong?

Three: The Uncanny Valley effect.

Through these three processes, whether Chen Ran and the other four suppressed their Mental States or not, they would all choose to have Qiu Yinong immediately use the Wheel of Time.

Put simply, his hypnosis was placing a nuclear bomb on the table, and then reasoning with you, stating the pros and cons. Premeditated and planned, leading you into a trap step by step, forcing you into a position where you have to make a certain choice.

'But what is the intent of the hypnosis?'

'To show off his skills to us?'

When an expert makes a move, one knows if they have what it takes. Lin Ou merely used simple conversation to manipulate the five, making them have no choice but to let Qiu Yinong reset the time. The gap in their tiers...

Was clear at a glance!

'Moreover, it will lead to an even worse outcome, which is...'

'We cannot give him time! Otherwise he really might break the dimensional constraints!'

'Assuming he occupies someone's consciousness, will he automatically die after two hours?'

'But the problem is, how is he supposed to occupy someone else's body?'

'Distance-Free? Chen Ran said that when he was cultivating the Highest Goodness is Like Water Heart Realm, other emotions in the Distance-Free space would vie for the control of his body!'

…

When the light was restored.

It was still that Secret Room, and it was still the six people appearing in the Secret Room at the same time.

Chen Ran and the other three were just about to use the excuse of examining the Secret Room to quietly observe the white-haired youth.

"Cough."

Qiu Yinong coughed lightly, instantly making the hearts of the four chill. One must know that this icy beauty usually didn't make much sound.

Lin Ou also looked at Qiu Yinong, then looked at the other four, his expression a half-smile.

Lin Xuan looked at Qiu Yinong, his eyes seemingly asking something. Qiu Yinong thought for a moment; it would be best to clarify things in the Distance-Free space.

She would pull Lin Xuan into the Distance-Free space, and Lin Xuan would pull the others in. This way, they could pass down the process from the previous timeline.

Distance-Free Technique!

However, just as the Distance-Free Technique was used, and the two appeared in the white world...

"Yo, beautiful, we meet again?"

Qiu Yinong's eyes glazed over. She saw that the person opposite her was not Lin Xuan, but...

The smoking Lin Ou!

The next moment, Qiu Yinong, along with her World of the Heart, was instantly shattered by Lin Ou.

Qiu Yinong fell to the ground!

The sudden change made the other four somewhat unable to react. After all, at this moment, they didn't have the memories from the previous timeline.

Chen Ran ran to Qiu Yinong. Seeing she was still breathing, his eyes warned the rest.

The three also knew that with Chen Ran there protecting her, they couldn't trick a delirious Qiu Yinong into a lie.

Thus, they all turned their gazes to Lin Xuan, as if facing a formidable enemy.

They knew clearly that with Lin Xuan's Distance-Free Technique, he couldn't crush Qiu Yinong.

Lin Xuan checked his watch, silently lit a cigarette, and revealed two rows of teeth in a smile to the four, whispering like a devil: "I'll give you guys four minutes to deduce the answer."

After speaking, the four saw Lin Xuan walk straight up to the white-haired youth, and the two of them whispered something to each other.

Hua Changsheng's body was trembling. This sense of oppression was a hundred times stronger than Du Hongnian's. She hurriedly suppressed her Mental State.

Shu Renjun shakily lit a cigarette, but couldn't align the flame. He also immediately suppressed his Mental State, only then allowing himself to maintain absolute rationality.

What kind of international joke is this!

Just after entering the Instance, two players were instantly taken out. The gap in tiers was evident.

Chen Ran, however, didn't even think. He pulled out the Liar-Slayer and pointed it at the ceiling.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lin Xuan said indifferently: "You're very good, deducing the answer so quickly. Not bad, the one I'm occupying is the Lin Xuan from the other space, and the real Lin Xuan should have been crippled by this Lin Ou. In other words, the real Lin Xuan fundamentally cannot withdraw his skill right now to make me disappear."

"In Lin Xuan's World of the Heart, I learned about you guys and your world. Your skill is called Eternal Kingdom, right? Judging from the effects, it indeed can make me disappear."

Speaking up to here, Lin Xuan once again revealed that devilish smile with two rows of teeth:

"But, the effect of Eternal Kingdom lasts for an hour. Within this hour, even if that fallen beauty wakes up, she won't be able to reset the time. So the question is, how are you going to deal with this Lin Ou?"

Hearing this, the white-haired youth very cooperatively gave Chen Ran a peace sign.

'No wonder he incapacitated Qiu Yinong at the very first moment.'

From an omniscient perspective, this was another hypnosis from Lin Ou.

This kind of hypnosis forced Chen Ran to be unable to deduce the optimal positive solution.

He could only deduce the optimal negative solution.

Namely: use a skill!

If he didn't use a skill, he would simultaneously face the white-haired youth, as well as the white-haired youth occupying the body of the Lin Xuan from the other space.

"I have a question." Chen Ran stared at Lin Xuan, avoiding his eyes: "I'm very curious, if you can occupy another person's body, why didn't you occupy Qiu Yinong's body just now?"

Lin Xuan and Lin Ou exchanged a glance. Both had strange expressions and said in unison: "Please, my gender recognition is normal. What does a grown man occupying a woman's body amount to?"

"A ladyboy?"

Chen Ran nodded, confirming that Qiu Yinong hadn't been eroded by consciousness. He lit a cigarette and smoked it to himself, not saying a word.

"No, give me a reaction at least," Lin Xuan said very cooperatively.

"If you came from another space, and a deviation occurred in your space, then deviations might also occur in other existing spaces, for example..."

"Stop!" Lin Xuan waved his hand, his expression suddenly becoming solemn and dignified: "How are you sure that before coming to this space, I didn't get rid of the Lin Xuans in the other spaces?"

"And how are you sure that all of you are really the people from the original space?"

"Is there a possibility that I used Lin Xuan's skill to scatter you all into various different spaces?"

A triple-threat question to avoid lies.

Chen Ran opened his mouth, wanting to say something but it stuck in his throat, unable to be spoken.

Lin Ou. The words he spoke were creating a negative optimal solution in every round.

Put simply, it was making you have no choice but to make the choice he wanted you to make.

Chen Ran: This guy, a dog lifting the door curtain—all mouth.

But there were loopholes in his words.

"Say, why didn't you occupy a male from the original space?"

Faced with this doubt, Lin Xuan thought for a moment, then spoke words that were incredibly bizarre.

"Have you ever pondered a question: when players use skills, why do the Commands start with Liar-Slayer or Ghost Whisperer?"

"You must know that the time these two alliances have existed is far shorter than the time skills have existed. So before that, what were the players' Commands?"

"Two types of Commands, don't you think it's very much like the relationship between source code and derived code? I can only say..."

"The biggest Deceiver's Tongue of the 18th Level is very troublesome, and I don't want to get involved in it."

"You also seem to be getting close to that answer. How can a world simultaneously contain... two protagonists?"

Hearing this, Chen Ran just quietly stared at this guy who was spouting nonsense.

"Alright, actually the most important factor is psychological defense lines."

Speaking up to here, Lin Ou and Lin Xuan looked at each other and smiled bitterly. The True Form's title was the Devil, precisely because when the True Form was weak, he only used three sentences to kill ninety-nine of himself. How could such a person not set up psychological defense lines in advance?

"Chen Ran, what is your... choice?" Lin Ou and Lin Xuan stared at him.