[{"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-57":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},749285,993,"Chapter 57: Memoryless Deduction","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong woke up on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clutched her splitting, aching head and rolled on the floor. It took a long time for the sharp pain to fade before she finally looked at her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Blood?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did someone crack my skull open?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who am I?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Where am I?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, she let out a yawn and reached into her pocket, finding a few pieces of chewing gum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled one out, peeled off the wrapper, and tossed it into her mouth, chewing away as she continued to yawn endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggling to her feet, she spotted a beanbag chair not far away and threw herself onto it without a second thought, lying flat on her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Something is poking me.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled the hard object from her waist. It was a solid black pistol, its dark surface gleaming with an iridescent sheen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the trigger could not be pulled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She casually tossed the pistol onto the coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the pistol, there were five books about the textile industry on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I cannot remember who I am.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Which means I have amnesia...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But my basic common sense is still intact. I know a pistol is a pistol.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is a secret room.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So my primary task is to escape this secret room. In situations like this...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There are usually clues.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Strange, why is my reasoning so smooth? I guess... it is because I am just that smart.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumping out the contents of her backpack, she found nothing but food and medicine, so she emptied her pockets entirely as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few pieces of chewing gum, one glass bead, and a crumpled little ball of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She unrolled the slip of paper:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Bodhisattva said: Your Hinayana Teaching cannot transcend the deceased; it can only mix with worldly matters. I have the Mahayana Teaching, the Tripitaka, which can transcend the deceased to heaven, deliver suffering people from torment, cultivate a body of infinite longevity, and achieve a state of no coming and no going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is from Chapter 12 of Journey to the West, when Guanyin Bodhisattva was fooling Tang Sanzang.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But she was slapped in the face with the truth in Chapter 13, when Tang Sanzang successfully transcended the spirit of the hunter's father.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Guanyin Bodhisattva was lying.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is the meaning behind tearing out the passage where Guanyin Bodhisattva tells a lie from Journey to the West?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And leaving it on me... Is it a warning to be careful about lying?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How did I know this was from Journey to the West?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unless...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unless I was so deeply familiar with Journey to the West in the past that it had practically become my common sense.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Just like the pistol. It is highly likely that I saw pistols often in the past, which is why I know a pistol is a pistol even after losing my memories.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Be careful about lying?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who should be careful about lying?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I should be careful about lying!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is lying prohibited?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I break this rule...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong looked at the pistol on the table. In common understanding, a pistol symbolized righteous judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Will I be shot to death for lying?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is just my deduction. Although I cannot get a confirmation, I still need to be careful and avoid lying as much as possible...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crumpled the paper back into a ball, adopted a shooting posture, and tossed it in a high arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the paper ball landed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were four other paper balls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong's pupils shrank instantly at the sight. She stared intently at the five paper balls on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized that all five paper balls were identical in both size and how they were crumpled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Let me get this straight.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Does this mean someone else threw paper balls exactly like I just did?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But everyone's strength and throwing techniques are different. How could five people possibly throw them into the exact same spot?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unless...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I was the one who threw all five paper balls!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Conclusion: I have appeared in this secret room five times, and I lost my memory every single time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Interesting.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since it was me, and I am this smart, I definitely would have left some clues behind.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong slowly stood up and began searching the secret room for the clues she had left for herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked directly in front of the beanbag chair, where she found a proper chair and a mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the mirror, Qiu Yinong had several bloody scratches on her forehead, but that was unimportant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was important was that on the surface of the mirror...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two passages of blood-red text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first passage read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The chair has the effect of the Great Memory Restoration Technique; sitting on it will immediately restore your memories.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Like hell I would believe that!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Do I really look incapable of deducing how I got these head injuries?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But, this handwriting...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second passage read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This body is not mine. This is the fourth loop. The future me must figure out why I ended up in this body during the fourth loop. Also, the glass bead should be a memory anchor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong carefully examined the words written in fresh blood on the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pondering for a moment, she walked over to the coffee table and wiped a bit of blood from the wound on her head with her finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She copied the two passages from the mirror onto the table, only to discover...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The handwriting on the mirror and the handwriting on the coffee table were completely identical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I was the one who wrote the words on the mirror!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wiping the bloody words off the coffee table with her sleeve, she returned to the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In other words, I have occupied someone else's body and looped through this secret room five times.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'During the first four times, I managed to deduce the two pieces of information on the mirror.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I occupied someone else's body, does that mean someone else occupied my original body?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is this a soul swap?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Or a memory swap?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since I have amnesia, it is highly likely to be a memory swap. After all, a soul swap would not necessarily affect memories...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Which means that at least two people have had their memories swapped.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If there are more people, it becomes even more troublesome. If we assume there are five people and memories swap during every loop, then it means I would have to loop five times before I could return to this body.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then this would not be the fifth loop, but the twenty-fifth loop!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If there are ten people...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then it is the fiftieth loop!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong habitually picked up a piece of chewing gum from the table. Without even tearing off the wrapper, she pinched it between her index and middle fingers, miming the motion of smoking a cigarette. She brought it to her lips and took a deep drag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She inhaled absolutely nothing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down at the chewing gum in her hand, something suddenly clicked in her mind, and she hurriedly looked at the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There is only one piece of chewed gum on the floor, not five.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This proves that the chewing gum cannot loop, but the paper balls can.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Meaning the chewing gum and the paper balls have different properties; one exists within the loop, while the other does not.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since that is the case, then...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked back at the items on the coffee table, her gaze locking onto the pistol and the glass bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glass bead was labeled with the number 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The solid black pistol gleamed with an iridescent sheen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'These two items look completely out of place next to the food and medicine on the table.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it possible that these two items, or at least one of them, are also part of the loop?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It is the glass bead!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'After all, the writing on the mirror never once mentioned the pistol. Plus, I just deduced that the pistol is meant for shooting liars.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Yinong picked up the glass bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since this thing is a memory anchor, how am I supposed to use it?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If the glass beads can loop, then why do I only have one on me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Should I not have five?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There are two possibilities.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'One: the previous four beads have already been used.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Two: if a glass bead is not used, it will not loop.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There are no instructions on the mirror on how to use the glass bead. How did the past me know that the glass bead was a memory anchor?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The answer lies in...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The first passage: the chair has the effect of the Great Memory Restoration Technique!!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How did I know that?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unless, during the last loop when I occupied another body, I used a glass bead to preserve my memories for the next loop!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Which means I deliberately omitted the method of using the glass bead, wanting myself or others to deduce the answer.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Simply put, let us assume there are four people looping: A, B, C, and D.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The first time, my memory appeared in A's body. I used the glass bead to save all the memories of everything that happened to me while in A's body. Because of this, when my memories were transferred to B, I still retained my memories from when I was in A's body.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'While in B's body, I possessed the memories from A's body. Thus, in B's secret room, I wrote down the first passage on the mirror!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But there is a problem here. If that is the case, why did I not retain the memories from the previous loop this time?'\u003C\u002Fp>",1622,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.808Z",1,"novelbin.me","1a259b52abfcef406eda27f114a0e06fe7c952e7c31431a5a06c846ab228d57a","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-58","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-56",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]