[{"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-531":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},749209,993,"Chapter 531: Exploration Phase","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-531",531,"\u003Cp>Not long after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifteen clones that went ahead to search came back and told them the information they had collected. One of the two Skill owners immediately retracted their Skill, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These fifteen clones did not disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who retracted their Skill looked at the second clone Skill player. The latter drew their Liar-Slayer and retracted their Skill, and the fifteen people disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the two cloned out thirty players again, searching just like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no one was impatient with this kind of cumbersome operation; everyone was quietly waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an unknown amount of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people who went ahead to search came back. The two clone Skill players looked at their watches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another eight minutes or so, the clones that went to search the Dark Zone came back and spoke the information they obtained. The player who [Failed] to retract their Skill just now, retracted their Skill again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said, among Five-Star players, not a single one was a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, everyone didn't speak, but instead analyzed the information obtained by the clones in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, every villa not only had exactly the same exterior, but the inside was also the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, there were four villas where on the coffee tables in the living rooms, there were thirteen Poker Cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A to K!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the thirteen Poker Cards in the same villa had exactly the same suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four villas were all in the brightly lit zone; there were none in the Dark Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, this zone was a structure like a Möbius strip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, at the end of the brightly lit zone was the Dark Zone; at the end of the Dark Zone was the brightly lit zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly: There were no NPCs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point made them frown, simply because in Ping Chengxun's story, a husband killed a wife. Even if Chen Ran expanded on it no matter what, writing the main plotline into a side plotline, there should still be a segment of a husband killing a wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could there possibly be no NPCs, or a plotline regarding a husband killing a wife?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yu thought for a bit and said, \"If the information brought back by the clones is true, then I have two questions. One, we have fifteen play... fifteen people, why are there only thirteen Poker Cards in each villa?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two, four villas means fifty-two Poker Cards. When we play cards, a deck usually has fifty-four cards. The two missing cards are the Big and Small Jokers. Where did they go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, these fifteen people quietly put some distance between each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen people, thirteen cards, missing the Big and Small Jokers. And the Big and Small Jokers are also called Big and Small Ghosts in some places, which can substitute for any Poker Card. That is to say...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the fifteen people, there might be problems with two people, namely the Big and Small Ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping Chengxun glanced at Ling Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping Chengxun took a drag of his cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the people were like him; their deductions were all stuck here. But since a decryption could be generated, it meant there must definitely be other clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they exchanged glances and all decided to walk out of the Dark Zone and move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking towards the Light Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as they stepped into the Light Zone and took two steps forward, the fifteen people all turned their heads back in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Zone behind them was pitch black, unable to see anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of feeling, if only one person had it, it would still be justifiable. But all fifteen people had it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yu retreated back to the Dark Zone and looked forward. There were indeed fourteen people ahead, and they were all looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out a flashlight and shone it into the Dark Zone behind him. There was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yu gained nothing, put away his flashlight, and returned to the Light Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifteen people continued to walk forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to what the clones said earlier, the first villa with Poker Cards was the third villa on the right side of the Light Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifteen came in front of the villa. Everyone stood at a position five meters in front of the villa, all wanting to be the first to rush into the villa. But with so many people, the door couldn't let fifteen people rush in simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rock, Paper, Scissors?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one wanted to take the Q, therefore everyone wanted to be the first to rush into the villa and take a card that wasn't a J, Q, or K.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They established a Future Lie: Later, after each person goes in, they can only take one card from inside. The order of going in later would be determined by Rock, Paper, Scissors, and the last two people would have no cards to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen people, each person was extremely scheming. This group of people, when facing a decryption, were truly troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid of being plotted against, yet wanting to plot against others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, before doing everything, they had to establish a Future Lie to feel at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very quickly, the rock-paper-scissors ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Yu went in first. Coming in front of the coffee table, sure enough, he saw there were thirteen cards, and they were all of the Spades suit. Logically speaking, he should take a card with a middle number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt that the Ace of Spades might also have a symbolic meaning, so he took the Ace of Spades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players who came in successively took the cards on the coffee table. Very quickly, it was the second to last person's turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping Chengxun looked at the remaining two cards on the coffee table and gave his right hand a slap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no choice. Choosing Q might cause him to be focused down by the fourteen players. Therefore, he could only choose the King of Spades. Coming in after him was a curly-haired young girl. She looked at the only remaining Queen of Spades on the coffee table, thought for a bit, casually picked up that Queen of Spades, played with it for a while, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you guys think there's a possibility that the cards in our hands will be the symbol of our identities later on? Or perhaps, they could also be the key props used to trick us into telling lies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1088,"2026-06-02T12:08:13.241Z",1,"novelbin.me","3931a2bd9bfb8718c2d4ec770fd3b89bef4b7a8d8567139e1888c4b207314feb","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-532","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-530",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]