[{"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-432":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},749010,993,"Chapter 432: Chess of Life and Death! (1)","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-432",432,"\u003Cp>My name is Shu Renjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And became an Instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unsurprisingly, Hell turned the evil I committed while alive into a Rule-based Weird Dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first two Secret Rooms of the Instance, my mother turned into a ghost. Players had to follow her rules to clear the stage. The third Secret Room was a bit complicated, possessing both the ideology of Unity of Man and Heaven and the Heart Cultivation ideology of Unity of Man and Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahem, going off-topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After briefly understanding the Instance, I didn't pay it too much attention, because I still had...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A delayed showdown!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I died, I really died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Died very unjustly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killed by the mechanics. To use a more trendy phrase: a pure Scripted Kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that was my thought half an hour ago. Just now, I thought about it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I probably died at the hands of Lin Ou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, actually, I should have deduced long ago that I would die in Hua Changsheng's Instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Ran...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Heart-killing made me focus entirely on Lie-Judgment. After he broke free from the Distance-Free space, I kept deducing how he would trick a lie out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I completely failed to consider that I might be killed by mechanics in Hua Changsheng's Instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this move look familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's exactly the method Lin Ou used, created by that guy Cui Yu in the second Instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran stealthily learned the essence of tricking to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time I realized that Chen Ran was tricking me to death, it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no chance for a comeback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the showdown between Chen Ran and me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't over yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way, no way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does anyone really think that just because I became an Instance BOSS, I can no longer make moves?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have resisted my whole life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it's the same this time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the fountain, I will...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill Chen Ran!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is my conviction for living on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw Chen Ran sitting across from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mental battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes. I will have a proper showdown with Chen Ran!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My name is Chen Ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I... die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I know that the biggest opponent in this Instance, Shu Renjun, is already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also know that although he is dead, our showdown isn't over yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Showdown across space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A showdown across life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A showdown across species... Uh... I'm a player, and he's an Instance BOSS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, it's a cross-species showdown!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw Shu Renjun sitting across from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mental battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes. I will have a proper showdown with Shu Renjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran and Shu Renjun sat facing each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chessboard appeared between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran held the black pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Renjun held the white pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them placed their Cigarette Cases and Lighters in front of their chess bowls. Each pulled out a cigarette, lit it for themselves, took a deep drag, and wore solemn expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black goes first,\" Shu Renjun said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran nodded, pinched a black piece, and placed it on the bottom left corner of the chessboard, saying: \"The effect of Eternal Kingdom on Qiu Yinong had already ended during the highway decryption.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Shu Renjun smiled faintly. He pinched a white piece and blocked Chen Ran's black piece: \"Sorry, I deduced that a long time ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran's expression didn't change. He pinched another black piece and placed it on the bottom right corner: \"Lin Xuan is my chess piece. He already used his spatial skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Renjun wanted to continue blocking: \"I know it was before Hua Changsheng used her skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He transferred us all to a space with a slow flow of time, while he himself transferred to another space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Shu Renjun was about to place his piece, Chen Ran blocked his hand: \"Be more detailed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The five of us were transferred to a space with a slow time flow, and Lin Xuan was transferred to a different space with a slow time flow. In other words, all six of us were transferred after Lin Xuan used his skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his hand still didn't move away. Just based on this bit of deduction, Shu Renjun wasn't worthy of placing a second piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that space where the five of us were transferred, Qiu Yinong used her skill and pulled the five of us back to the original space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, because Lin Xuan was not in the same space as us, Qiu Yinong's skill in that space couldn't affect him. Therefore, Lin Xuan wasn't pulled back to the original space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qiu Yinong's skill makes us temporarily lose five minutes of memory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, as long as Lin Xuan transfers the Lin Xuan from another space to the original space the instant Qiu Yinong uses her skill, then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The five of us wouldn't have any memory of Lin Xuan using his skill, us being spatially transferred, Qiu Yinong using her skill, and us being transferred back—this entire series of processes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thus, in the original space, we would feel as if nothing had happened at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Chen Ran moved his hand away. Shu Renjun smoothly placed his second piece, blocking the black piece Chen Ran had just placed in the bottom right corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran placed another piece. This time he placed it in the top left corner, saying: \"The real Lin Xuan in the space with the slow time flow used his skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A perfect hit.\" Shu Renjun smilingly pinched a piece and continued blocking: \"He swapped Qiu Yinong, you, Cui Yu, and himself with the you four in a space that had the same time as the original space. Because he used his skill in a space with a slow time flow, both Hua Changsheng and I didn't realize that the four of you were already no longer the original four.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran nodded: \"Not bad. After this series of transfers, in the original space, the only true players left were you and Hua Changsheng. The remaining four were all players from other spaces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Renjun generously praised: \"The exam question you gave was not bad, and the answer Lin Xuan submitted was also very beautiful. It can already be considered upper-middle level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When Hua Changsheng could use her skill, actually the effect of the Wheel of Time on her hadn't ended yet, so she didn't know the four of you had all been swapped. Therefore, she used Forced Settlement thinking she wanted to kill you, but in reality, she only killed me and... the four of you from another space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, both of them knew that placing these pieces was only a post-match analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true showdown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the upcoming placements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them lit another cigarette, their expressions changing from solemn to frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran pinched his fourth piece and placed it on the Tianyuan position in the middle: \"Before you died, you used Distance-Free space to tell Hua Changsheng everything you had deduced, which is everything we just said. Did you think she wouldn't kill you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Renjun shook his head. He reached out and flicked Chen Ran's black piece on Tianyuan completely off the chessboard. He pinched a white piece, placed it on the Tianyuan position in the middle, and sneered: \"No matter how I looked at it, I was certainly going to die. Hua Changsheng definitely had doubts about what I said in the Distance-Free space. Acting on the principle of 'rather kill by mistake than let one go,' she would kill me without any hesitation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, in the Distance-Free space, from beginning to end, I never begged for mercy or asked for cooperation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Distance-Free space, after I finished the post-match analysis for her, everything I said to her afterwards was about how you would use this unknown information to trick a lie out of her, or use this unknown information to trick her to death. Surprised?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You underestimate me too much. Since I am a dying man, there's no need to continue lingering on its last breath. What I want to do is: even if I become an Instance, I will still kill you guys!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1392,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.809Z",1,"novelbin.me","11e01d760d170bc49ffcb70ade7112de0765268e2558a809e6f6a6596c999dbc","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-433","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-431",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]