Chapter 493: Can't Distinguish, Really Can't Distinguish!

Waited for a while.

Seeing that Chen Ran still showed no signs of waking up, the three of them—or rather, the 【Chen Ran】—signaled Lin Xuan to transfer him to a hotel in another space.

The next moment.

Chen Ran appeared in the hotel in another space where they had stayed yesterday.

Chen Ran, Qiu Yinong, Jiang Zhe, and Lin Xuan, the four people were also there, looking at Chen Ran.

Chen Ran lit a Cigarette, his gaze landing on the Chen Ran on the bed, and said to the three: "This time it was our mistake. We should have first inquired about the strong teams in this world, their Combo Skills and Mental States, before going to collect Cards."

The three nodded.

"I think we shouldn't go out today. Let's wait here for Chen Ran to wake up before deciding."

Lin Xuan's proposal gained the approval of the three. Qiu Yinong frowned and said: "Previously, we thought that no matter how strong a Five-Star team was, there should be a limit. I didn't expect them to be this strong."

He seemed to have thought of something.

"Wake up, stop pretending. I knew you were awake all along. You probably fell for Shang Yun's scheme, causing you to be unable to distinguish the virtual from reality, which is why you keep feigning unconsciousness."

"Do you still remember Lin Ou? The NPC we met in our last Instance."

By logic, if the Chen Ran 【feigning unconsciousness】 was under a Virtual Overlay, he should wake up upon hearing about the NPC they met in their last Instance.

But the Chen Ran on the bed didn't show the slightest sign of waking up.

"Lin Xuan."

The latter understood, and Chen Ran's body flickered, utilizing space traversal to eliminate the lie just now.

"Let's wait."

Leaving those words, Chen Ran sat on the sofa in the room, quietly smoking a Cigarette.

The other three looked at each other and also casually sat down.

"Failing before even starting, I, Lin Xuan, have never suffered such a big setback before."

As time passed, the breathing of Chen Ran lying on the bed remained even. Seeing this, Chen Ran's group of four exchanged a glance, and Chen Ran laughed: "Is this kid openly acting in front of me?"

As his words fell, the scene distorted, and they appeared on the first floor again.

However...

On the first floor, besides the Chen Ran lying on the ground, and the three of Chen Ran standing, there were also Shang Yun's group of five.

Under the gazes of Chen Ran, Qiu Yinong, and Lin Xuan, Shang Yun's group of five...

Appeared out of thin air!

'Virtual Overlay!'

'Virtual Overlay!'

'Virtual Overlay!'

The three were greatly alarmed; the original first floor had been covered by a virtual skill all along!

Simply put.

There were two perspectives:

One: In the perspective of Chen Ran, Qiu Yinong, and Lin Xuan, because they were under a Virtual Overlay, what they saw was that only one surviving, lying Chen Ran was left on the first floor, and they couldn't see the five people of Shang Yun's team under the Virtual Overlay.

Two: For the lying Chen Ran, in his senses, the first segment was identical to the perspective of the other three. The second segment was being 【space teleported】 to a hotel in another space; this was also the result of falling for the Virtual Overlay.

Actually, from beginning to end, they were all on the first floor and hadn't gone to another space.

And the matter concerning 【Lin Ou】 was because Chen Ran's trio, in their perspective, tested whether Chen Ran was feigning unconsciousness on the first floor.

After this information was learned by Shang Yun's group of five, they 【transferred】 the Chen Ran 【feigning unconsciousness】 to the 【hotel】 and spoke the information about Lin Ou, wanting to deceive the 【feigning unconsciousness】 Chen Ran into waking up.

Why did they want to 【deceive him into waking up】?

Let's sort it out.

Shang Yun's skill had an effect similar to petrification, which meant as long as your eyes were open, you would definitely be hit by his Distance-Free Technique.

This was very easy to understand.

If you didn't look into his eyes, he could use the 【petrification】 skill to fix you in place, and he could adjust his position. When the 【petrification】 effect ended, you would make eye contact with him at the first instant, being pulled into his Distance-Free without warning.

It wasn't over yet.

If Shang Yun had an Ego Mental State, he could construct a scene exactly identical to reality within his Distance-Free.

In other words.

When the 【petrification】 effect ended, you wouldn't even know you were pulled into Distance-Free by him.

After all, the scene before you were petrified and after you were petrified were exactly the same.

As for the...

【Five Primal Emotions】 in your Distance-Free?

Sorry, being instantly crushed by Shang Yun's Distance-Free, they could no longer appear in the line of sight of your Distance-Free.

The most crucial point was that Chen Ran cultivated The Highest Goodness is Like Water, and he could speak in Distance-Free, so as long as he opened his eyes, there would be a problem.

…

"Close your eyes!" Chen Ran had already realized something, but it was still too late.

The next moment, the three were petrified, covered by a Virtual Overlay, and covered by a Whisperer's Escape Room.

Not long after.

The Virtual Overlay and Whisperer's Escape Room overlay disappeared, and the three stone statues recovered flesh and blood.

The consciousness of the three recovered, and in their consciousness, their memories were still paused at the instant Chen Ran told them to close their eyes.

"You lied."

"You lied."

"You lied."

Shang Yun fired three shots, and the three died instantly. Before dying, their memories returned, and Chen Ran and Lin Xuan looked at Qiu Yinong in disbelief.

Qiu Yinong's body slowly fell, her heart filled with horror: Shang Yun... deceived out my Wheel of Time, and within the Wheel of Time... deceived our lies again!!!

Thud, thud, thud.

The three died.

Seeing that no Point Cards dropped from the three corpses, Shang Yun's dead fish-like eyes still lacked interest: "So you see, I really hate spatial skills."

As Distance-Free, Virtual Overlay, and the Secret Room all disappeared, Lin Xuan in the other space could sense what happened in this space.

His scalp couldn't help but go numb.

He stammered to the three people: "Dead, the three who transferred over just now all died. I don't know what happened."

In Space Number One, Chen Ran's trio.

Had terrified expressions.

What the hell is this ah ah ah ah!

However many were sent over, that many died. This was simply an Asura battlefield.

More importantly, you couldn't even know whether they had left or not.

The reason Lin Xuan could sense that space was because there was still an 【unconscious】 Chen Ran providing him with an anchor point in that space.

But if Shang Yun used a skill similar to petrification again, Lin Xuan wouldn't be able to sense it.

In other words.

During the period he couldn't sense, he had no idea whether Shang Yun's group of five had used a Virtual Overlay or not, so even if he sensed Shang Yun's group leaving, he couldn't confirm whether they truly left or not.

Chen Ran made a prompt decision: "Lin Xuan, immediately transfer over the unconscious Chen Ran and our dead selves from the original space."

"But, if we do that, the only way we can return to that space is to retract the skill."

If Lin Xuan retracted the skill, it meant the next time he used a spatial skill, it wouldn't be able to spawn the Chen Ran and Jiang Zhe who were together with them.

"Just do it!" Chen Ran said in a deep voice.

Lin Xuan reluctantly agreed. Soon, the Chen Ran feigning unconsciousness in the original space appeared before them.

On the first floor of the original space.

Seeing the several Chen Rans and Qiu Yinong disappear, Shang Yun shrugged his shoulders at his four teammates: "Seems there's nothing left to play with."

He looked up, words caught in his throat.

At this time, he finally remembered that the two Five-Star players upstairs were also covered by a Virtual Overlay and had long since left this building.

Then, whistling a tune, he and his four teammates slowly walked out of the first floor.