[{"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-44":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},748922,993,"Chapter 44: Qiu Yinong's Strength!","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>'The order was scrambled?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The correct sequence is:'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My fortune is buried beside my Wife's grave!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This sentence holds a lot of information. First is the Wife. Normally, when leaving behind last words, if there were a Child, the person would say: My fortune is buried beside your mother's grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In other words, the owner of the Study Room most likely has no descendants or relatives.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Secondly, how could anyone bury their fortune beside their Wife's grave?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If the Successor wants to retrieve the fortune, wouldn't that mean they have to dig up the Wife's grave?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unless he hoped to be buried together with his Wife after his death.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Finally, the Second-round Simplified Characters were a product of 1978. Very few normal people know them. Furthermore, the book numbers range from 19301 to 19999.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He is an Old Man!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The trap in this Secret Room triggers amnesia. Combined with the previous deductions, the conclusion is clear: an Old Man around sixty years old developed Alzheimer's disease!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything the young man said earlier was correct!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this piece of information directly linked the clues within the Secret Room together, which also reverse-engineered proof that the young man's translation of the Second-round Simplified Characters was flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We are still missing a Successor.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Old Man left behind the Second-round Simplified Characters before his Alzheimer's worsened, so they must have been left for someone specific.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This person is the fortune's Successor!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In other words, the final BOSS of this Instance should be the Successor.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait, no!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Second-round Simplified Characters were typed out and their order was scrambled. That equates to triple encryption.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who was he guarding against?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching this point in their deductions, everyone felt it was difficult to proceed any further. They figured they would probably only find the answers in the second and Third Secret Room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no objections raised, the group honored their previous promise, allowing Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong to go first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran glanced at Qiu Yinong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Through this deduction, I've practically exposed my own strength, but she...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran did not politely decline. He walked straight up to the second bookshelf. The shelf had three tiers, and from the middle of the second tier, he pulled out a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Journey to the West\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very moment he pulled out the book, another Glass Bead dropped inside the Hourglass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone immediately recalled all that had just happened and found that they had not lost their memories. Only then did they look at the fallen Glass Bead. Its number was 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jinhua fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Just now, the Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man showed me the numbers in his palm. There were only five.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Between the Teenager and the young man who just made the deduction, one pulled the wrong book, and the other pulled the right book.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Judging from the results, whether a right or wrong book is pulled, a Glass Bead will always drop in the Hourglass.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The former caused number 10 to drop.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The latter caused number 1 to drop.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'However, a Glass Bead dropped by a wrong pull will lose its number, while a correct pull retains its number.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But the problem is, the five numbers in the palm of the Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man did not include 10!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In other words, the number of times we have lost our memories in this Secret Room exceeds five.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'His palm only recorded the numbers of the last five drops from the Hourglass.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Damn it!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Middle-aged Uncle, the Tall Captain, the Middle-aged Woman, the Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man, and Zhang Jinhua all widened their eyes. Evidently, all five of them had deduced the same thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a discrepancy between the number of times they had lost their memories and the amount of numbers they had actually recorded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Middle-aged Uncle continued to deduce further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since the young man doing the deductions chose number 1 and 2, it means he knows...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Number 1 and 2 are absolutely safe!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were immersed in their deductions, a large amount of water suddenly appeared on the first sheet of Xuan Paper on the desk, completely soaking it before the sheet vanished into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bizarrely, the second sheet of Xuan Paper did not have a single water stain on it. Its surface remained perfectly dry and immaculate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked over to the desk and looked at what was previously the second sheet, which had now become the first sheet of Xuan Paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contents written on it read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Three Lights are Sun, Moon, and Stars, Seven...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran paused in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Anyone who writes novels or frequently reads them would be very familiar with Three Lights are Sun, Moon, and Stars.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is an upper line of a couplet.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The standard lower line would be Four Odes are Feng, Ya, and Song.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw the words on the paper, Qiu Yinong was also quite surprised and fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Three lights means three types of radiance. The sun, moon, and stars all emit light.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The difficulty of this upper line lies in the fact that the first word is the number three, and it is composed of exactly five characters.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seven...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The first thing that comes to mind is seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The rules dictate there can only be three characters following the phrase \"seven colors\", but \"red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple\" consists of seven characters.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I have to compress those seven characters into three characters, and they must still encompass all seven aforementioned colors. Which three characters can they be compressed into?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The three primary colors!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Red, green, and blue!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Mixing these three colors can produce all seven colors mentioned above! Therefore...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My lower line is: Seven Colors: Red, Green, Blue.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Next is the issue of Level and Oblique Tones.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In modern Pinyin terms: the first and second tones are level, while the third and fourth tones are oblique.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Three Lights are Sun, Moon, and Stars: Level, Level, Oblique, Oblique, Level.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seven Colors: Red, Green, Blue: Level, Oblique, Level, Oblique, Level.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Level and Oblique Tones do not match; I have to change the words.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seven Hues: Crimson, Green, Blue: Level, Level, Oblique, Oblique, Level.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Replacing \"color\" with \"hue\", since both words represent color, perfectly shifts the oblique tone to a level tone.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Replacing \"red\" with \"crimson\", since both mean red, perfectly shifts the level tone to an oblique tone.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Upper line: Three Lights are Sun, Moon, and Stars.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lower line: Seven Hues: Crimson, Green, Blue.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Matching the lower line is simple. The key is to find the corresponding book on the bookshelf.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The puzzle on this Xuan Paper is highly subjective. As long as it fits, it is correct, but who determines if my lower line fits?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The BOSS in the Third Secret Room!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The BOSS in the Third Secret Room!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reached this conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong declared clearly, \"The upper line is Three Lights are Sun, Moon, and Stars. The lower line is Seven Hues: Crimson, Green, Blue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that said, she walked straight to the bookshelf and began searching for books related to color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the three bookshelves mostly held literary works. There were no professional books on color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong pondered for a moment before pulling out a book on the Textile Industry from the shelf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Textile Industry required dyeing techniques, and since it involved dyeing techniques, it would definitely use the seven colors. Therefore, she chose this category of book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she pulled out the book on the Textile Industry, the second Glass Bead dropped inside the Hourglass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glass Bead number: 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, after it fell to the bottom, its number did not disappear. This proved that Qiu Yinong's line of thought was completely correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran looked at her in slight shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My lower line was: Seven Strings: Lord, Minister, Grace.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'On the seven-stringed guqin, the thickest string represents the lord, the thinnest string represents the minister, and the latter strings unite the grace between lord and minister.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Although the Level and Oblique Tones weren't perfect, they could be replaced with synonyms. Those were minor details.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I am a novel author, so it's not strange for me to have a rich reserve of knowledge. Yet, in mere moments, she was able to come up with a flawless lower line...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this single move alone, Chen Ran gained a rough understanding of Qiu Yinong's strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This teammate is very strong.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them were safe, but the expressions of the other seventeen people grew increasingly ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because, right after, a massive water stain appeared on the second sheet of Xuan Paper as well, dissolving it to reveal the contents of the third sheet beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1472,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","c8b401ca98e86c4e7582faea3643e6bdae98880dc7880b9c94ece7c71b5b7960","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-45","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-43",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]