[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h":3,"chapter-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-406":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},748984,993,"Chapter 406: Triple-Layer Simulation (3)","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-406",406,"\u003Cp>My name is Chen Ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just waking up in the morning, I saw a bowl of steaming noodles with a poached egg on the bedside cabinet. I picked up the bowl, ignoring the scorching heat coming from my palm, and just held it like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wandering son returning home eating noodles is a custom in our area. Looking at this bowl of noodles...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A distant memory flashed in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the age of eleven, I sat quietly under the tiled eaves, staring blankly at the villagers carrying hoes to work in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was thinking, if I spent my whole life like them, facing the yellow earth with my back to the sky, how boring would this life be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't seen the prosperity of the city, hadn't seen the bustling city nightlife, hadn't seen city folks dressing lavishly, hadn't seen the sensual pleasures...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked my father, and his answer was like brushing off a child:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You'll know when you grow up】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, I thought he didn't know the answer either, and I felt a bit strange in my heart. My omnipotent father, the father who could solve any matter and any problem...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemed to not be omnipotent after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, I grew up and encountered many problems, many things, and many setbacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I returned to the countryside with my father to visit my grandfather again, sitting once more under the eaves of my childhood, seeing the villagers carrying hoes to the fields, I suddenly felt a kind of...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indescribable envy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lifetime facing the yellow earth with your back to the sky, such a life didn't seem too bad either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the noodles in the bowl, and then looking at the familiar room, the deceit and trickery in Hell couldn't help but surface in my mind. It seemed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here wasn't bad either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked up a pinch of noodles and put them in my mouth. It was still the familiar taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One bite, two bites, three bites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bowl of noodles was quickly finished, not even leaving the soup. Placing the bowl on the bedside cabinet, I leaned back comfortably against the headboard and lit a cigarette. At this moment, I felt my entire soul had been redeemed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, I still didn't dare to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approaching noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I accompanied my mom to buy groceries. After coming back, I found my father arguing with someone. My mom hurriedly ran forward and joined the argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched quietly, or rather, I was stunned by this scene. It was very strange...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My astute father, my omnipotent father, my well-educated and reasonable mother, my mother who was always kind in everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now were like... I didn't know how to describe it. Watching them argue, several idioms flashed through my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acting unreasonably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making trouble out of nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing a fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were these still my parents?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard the whole process clearly just now; there were obviously better ways to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, it was as if I thought of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a sunny afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yang and I were squatting on the side of the road smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt don't seem as astute and capable as before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, Chen Yang could give an immediate answer to my questions, but this time, he was silent for a long time before saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means I've grown up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, I couldn't quite understand what he meant by this sentence, but at this moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation and setting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only just realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what Chen Yang meant at the time was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had grown old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, I remembered many details from the past that I had overlooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Ran, between these two, which one is the TV remote and which one is the set-top box remote?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, how many times have I told you? The big one is for the TV, and the small one is for the set-top box. Press the power buttons on the front row and you can watch TV.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Ran, help Dad see why the phone I just bought last month is so laggy. Did I buy a counterfeit or shoddy product?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, Dad, why do you have so many useless Apps on your phone? Even a new phone can't handle you treating it so roughly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never downloaded these things; they ran in on their own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, Dad, how many times have I said it? What level of expertise can a county hospital have? You guys just wouldn't listen, and even secretly had the tumor removal surgery behind my back. Now look, the doctor says it wasn't removed cleanly and there's a possibility of relapse within five years. Are you satisfied now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle breeze blew past, pulling me back from my memories, looking at my arguing parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew, I had also grown up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had grown up a long time ago, only I didn't realize it at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am a robot; I cannot go forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot help them scold people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor can I, like other sons, pick up a wooden stick to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can only watch quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clearly knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is Shu Renjun's Instance. He wants to trick me into violating the rules so he can kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also clearly knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My Superego is affecting me. It wants me to stay and make up for what I owe my parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anger is telling me that I should kill all of them. They are playing with my emotions and all deserve to die, must die, die immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Superego, rationality, madness—three types of thinking were fighting in my mind. They constantly simulated what would happen next, what to do next, what the outcome would be next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also clearly knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am in a Superego simulation. The real me should still be in the psychiatric hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, those two questions from the doctor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If guns hadn't been invented yet, what was the Liar-Slayer belonging to the leader of the Liar-Slayer Alliance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time flow in life and in Hell must be different. For example, one thousand years in Hell might only be one or two hundred years in the Living World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the player's skill incantation. The 【Liar-Slayer \u002F Ghost Whisperer】 in the skill incantation actually means discarding the attribute of lies. If you discard an ordinary lie, you start with Liar-Slayer; if you discard a Deceiver's Tongue, you start with Ghost Whisperer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn't have much to do with the Liar-Slayer Alliance and the Deceiver Alliance themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a problem with that red pill. The doctor told me that when I felt I was about to have a relapse, I should take that pill. I am a robot, and for a robot, having a relapse means showing non-robot characteristics, namely, having emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as I took that pill, I could clear the stage and return to the Rule-based Weird Tale Instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Renjun had already thrown the answers right in my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I marveled at his terrifying nature, at his dissection of human nature. This Instance was basically certain death for players who hadn't completed Superego Heart Cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had already been well past 15 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still hadn't died, which meant the time flow in this Instance was extremely, extremely slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately adjusted the Instance time flow to be very, very slow. 15 minutes here might be 15 years, or 150 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave me enough time to accompany my parents through this entire life, even though I knew my parents were fake, but it was no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Shu Renjun probably didn't know what emotions in the Superego could trap me. Therefore, even if this stage was passed, there were still two more stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family affection, romantic love, friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rationality told me I could easily clear every stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Superego told rationality: You won't be able to pass a single one of these three stages of family affection, romantic love, and friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, what trapped me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was never this Instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But myself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the easiest stage I had encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also the hardest stage.\u003C\u002Fp>",1375,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.809Z",1,"novelbin.me","0e2dbb44d4ad4065d6ab1f23dccf052fe50e924c78d7f0b1b438fb98c0d21231","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-407","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-405",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]