Chapter 523: Warm-up Battle!

About half an hour passed.

Chen Ran's spirit-energy recovered a bit, and he was once again transferred to Space Number One by Lin Xuan, where he conversed with the Chen Ran in that space for a while.

Returning to the original space once again.

It was very strange.

During this period, no players walked out of the Maze. Chen Ran put on his Sunglasses, glanced at Han Fei who was leaning against the wall, and then looked downstairs at Jiang Zhe who was resting with his eyes closed.

'First of all, when tricking the little sister to death, Jiang Zhe had used a Skill.'

'In other words, at that time, even if Han Fei had his own Skill effect on him, it should have been broken by Jiang Zhe.'

'Then, how did Han Fei just now become immune to the amnesia effect of Qiu Yinong's Wheel of Time?'

'I'm afraid...'

"Jiang Zhe!"

The originally resting Jiang Zhe, hearing Chen Ran calling him, didn't even lift his eyelids. He directly drew his gun, pointing it at the ceiling: "Ghost Whisperer: Emperor's Seal of Reincarnation: Reverse the Future."

The Secret Room turned black, and a gunshot rang out. But there were two gunshots. In the darkness, the four on Chen Ran's side immediately became alert, however...

When the light was restored, there was no change in the stairwell. There were still only five people.

Han Fei leaned against the wall resting with his eyes closed. Lin Xuan and Chen Ran sat on the steps. Qiu Yinong stood at the halfway point of the second floor. Jiang Zhe stood in front of the Maze exit door quietly waiting.

"The more a Skill is used, the faster its flaws are exposed," Han Fei said lightly.

It was very obvious that he had discovered the flaw of Jiang Zhe's Skill. [Reverse the Future] only had the effect of breaking Skills; it did not have the effect of prohibiting the use of Skills. Simply put...

You break my Skill, I use my Skill again, it equals to my Skill not being broken.

But the problem was, the four on Chen Ran's side didn't hear anyone else shout out a Skill command.

'Two possibilities.'

'One: Virtual Overlay. Someone spoke the Skill command in advance in a virtual world.'

'Two: Spatial Skill!'

'The first possibility can be ruled out, simply because Jiang Zhe has been guarding the Maze exit door. Ever since Old Xu died, the Maze door has not been opened.'

'If Virtual Overlay was used inside the Maze, it couldn't take effect outside the Maze, and we couldn't possibly be covered by the Virtual Overlay.'

'Of course, it could also be an Ego or Superego Skill related to amnesia or tampering with memory.'

Thinking up to here.

"Qiu Yinong." Chen Ran didn't trust his own memory. After all, he had just clashed with Han Fei in Distance-Free Technique, so his memory of reality was definitely incoherent.

Qiu Yinong closed her eyes and carefully searched through her memories from escaping the Maze up until now.

Confirming there was no problem, she shook her head at Chen Ran.

'It's a spatial Skill!'

'If Han Fei had his own Skill effect on him, it had already been broken by Jiang Zhe previously.'

'In other words, he dared to clash with me in Distance-Free Technique without any Skill effect on him?'

'This is impossible!'

'Unless someone reminded him that Qiu Yinong had used the Wheel of Time.'

'The timing of this person clearing the stage from another space was... after Jiang Zhe used his Skill in the stairwell for the first time.'

'But since he cleared the stage in another space, then if he wanted to return to this original space of ours, he must retract his Skill and reveal himself.'

'However, Qiu Yinong's memory had no problems. In other words, in this space, after the little sister and Old Xu died, a sixth person had never appeared from beginning to end.'

'Since he/she never appeared, how did they remind Han Fei?'

'Two possibilities.'

'One: The Unknown player's spatial Skill effect is similar to Lin Xuan's, both able to swap players between two spaces.'

'Two: There's something tricky with the Unknown player's spatial Skill. The space they manufactured can connect with this space at any time.'

Neither possibility was easy to rule out.

However, Chen Ran was not in a hurry either. Han Fei still had three teammates in the Maze.

If these three wanted to avoid the Immortal-Slaying Trap in front of the Maze exit door, the spatial Skill player hidden in the dark would inevitably make a move to help.

'If Han Fei's three teammates still fell for the Immortal-Slaying Trap: it indicates spatial transfer.'

'If Han Fei's three teammates directly disappeared before appearing out of the Maze: it indicates spatial connection.'

"Lin Xuan, do you have a Deceiver's Tongue?" Chen Ran abruptly asked. However, Lin Xuan sat on the steps, seemingly not having heard.

Acting as if he was possessed, Chen Ran couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: Could this guy be bargaining with his [Delight] in Distance-Free Technique?

Not long after, Lin Xuan snapped out of it and slowly shook his head at Chen Ran. Immediately after, he saw Chen Ran reveal a smile showing two rows of teeth.

"Take off your Sunglasses."

Lin Xuan very reluctantly took off his Sunglasses, and Chen Ran immediately exchanged a glance with him.

At the same time.

Han Fei opened his eyes and looked at the wall.

In Distance-Free Technique, within the World of the Heart...

Han Fei and Hua Hu stood opposite each other.

"Chen Ran should have already deduced that your Skill is a spatial type, but he shouldn't be able to deduce the specific effects."

"However, later when Li Xiaohai and the others come out of the Maze, they will be in danger."

"Simply put, Lin Xuan will use his Skill again. As soon as he discovers Li Xiaohai and the others coming out of the Maze, he will immediately transfer them away."

Hearing this, Hua Hu was startled.

'What do we do next?' He hadn't cultivated a second kind of heart, so he couldn't speak in Distance-Free Technique, and could only communicate via voice of the heart.

"Very simple. Kill Lin Xuan!"

"His Skill was just broken by Jiang Zhe's Skill. In other words, he needs to use his Skill again. Lin Xuan shouldn't have a Deceiver's Tongue yet. Otherwise, he couldn't be killed, and there's no need for him to submit under Chen Ran's command."

'You mean, if he wants to use his Skill, he must tell a lie, and in the instant he tells a lie, I'll open a Void Door and immediately Judge Lin Xuan to death?'

"That's right!"

In the void space, Hua Hu could see the scenes in the original space. It was equivalent to a transparent space where the people inside could see the people outside, but the people outside couldn't see the people hiding in the void space.

In this way, wherever Lin Xuan went, Hua Hu could follow him in the void space. Once Lin Xuan told a lie, Hua Hu would immediately open a Void Door, connecting the two spaces, and draw his gun to Judge Lin Xuan to death.

"Next will be a 'think to escape' and 'think to pursue' between me and Chen Ran. What he needs to do is tell Lin Xuan how to escape. What I need to do is predict how Lin Xuan will escape."

Simply put, Lin Xuan had to tell a lie in order to use his Skill. Once the Skill was used, Han Fei's three teammates would be the next to suffer.

But if Lin Xuan wanted to tell a lie, it was possible for him to be Judged. Namely: Lin Xuan had an invisible enemy.

Chen Ran could predict that this invisible enemy, which was Hua Hu, was near Han Fei. Then Lin Xuan's best choice would be to run downstairs and tell a lie and use his Skill before Hua Hu could catch up.

Of course, he definitely had to run after the Secret Room turned black. Furthermore, in the darkness, Chen Ran and Lin Xuan would also run in two different directions. In this way, Hua Hu in the darkness wouldn't know which direction Lin Xuan was actually running towards.

Why do it like this?

First of all, blocking it was unblockable. After all, the Void Door was omnipresent; a door could be opened anywhere in this space.

Secondly, Hua Hu being in the void space meant he was in another space. Even if he told a lie, it wouldn't matter. Simply because there was only Hua Hu alone in the void space. Even if his Skill was broken and he returned to the original space, it would also count as spatial traversal, which would erase the lie on his body.

Therefore, only distance could make Hua Hu not have enough time to Judge before Lin Xuan had already finished telling his lie and used his Skill.

Putting it even simpler, if Hua Hu was on the third floor of the void space, and Lin Xuan was at the Maze doorway on the second floor of the original space, no matter how Hua Hu opened the Void Door, he still couldn't Judge the lying Lin Xuan.

…

After Hua Hu finished listening to Han Fei's arrangements, his expression also became grave.

He knew that when Chen Ran and Han Fei clashed just now, neither could do anything to the other. Thus, the subsequent warm-up battle was to kill the other party's teammates as much as possible, destroy their system, and lay the groundwork for the final showdown in the Third-Floor Secret Room.