[{"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-70":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},749298,993,"Chapter 70: Proactive Strategic Planning","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-70",70,"\u003Cp>Click. The bullet jammed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran D widened his eyes, his mind going completely blank. In stark contrast, Chen Ran C unhurriedly lit a cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know where you failed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for Chen Ran D to answer, Chen Ran C pointed toward the rear door of the study room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rear door to the study had quietly opened at some point. Chen Ran B stood in the doorway, waving the Liar-Slayer in his hand at Chen Ran D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The one who used the Eternal Kingdom just now was not the Chen Ran standing in front of me, but you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic washed over Chen Ran D as he realized he had made a fatal mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That mistake was recklessly passing Judgment on someone without fully understanding the secret room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, these clones had inherited his recklessness as well. Chen Ran C had simply exploited this very rashness to lay down an inescapable trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran D reviewed the entire process in his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'First, they somehow knew for absolute certain that Geng Hao had lied.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then, the moment Geng Hao and I appeared, the Chen Ran at the rear door of the study used the Liar-Slayer skill: Eternal Kingdom.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'After that, the Chen Ran standing before me pretended to be a construct created by the Liar-Slayer skill.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Next, they reasonably guided our deductive process, forcing Geng Hao to prove himself. This led me to a false conclusion, making me mistakenly believe that the Chen Ran in front of me was the one who cast Eternal Kingdom.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Finally, my logical deduction naturally concluded that if the Chen Ran in front of me wanted to use a Liar-Slayer skill, he had to give up a chance to pass Judgment. Yet, he had just Judged and killed Geng Hao...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Therefore, I arrived at this conclusion: the Judgment opportunity the Chen Ran before me gave up was the chance to Judge himself, meaning he must have lied previously!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'At that moment, there was absolutely no way for me to anticipate the existence of a third Chen Ran, nor that this third Chen Ran was the one who actually cast the skill!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This third Chen Ran had given up his chance to Judge the Geng Hao who appeared alongside me.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I was completely fooled!!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran D let out a bitter laugh. \"We are all Chen Ran. Our intelligence is exactly the same. The only advantage you had to beat me was...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Proactive strategic planning!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran C formed his fingers into a pair of scissors. \"Exactly. I arrived at this secret room first. I understand the mechanics of this room, and you do not. That is the sole reason for your defeat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, he looked over at Chen Ran D. \"How about it? Do you want to learn from the other players and spit out a few curses before you die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boring,\" Chen Ran D retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Chen Ran C stated the trigger phrase without hesitation and pulled the trigger, blowing his head off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Hao B, C, and D had all lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran D had lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, every Chen Ran and Geng Hao spawned from this point forward would be modeled after them, inherently carrying the attribute of having lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one spawned, they would kill one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If two spawned, they would kill the pair!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Chen Ran BC simply did not have the time to deal with this group of inherent liars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their true opponents were...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran and Chen Ran A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Hao and Geng Hao A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran BC walked up to the desk, intending to leave behind a message that would force the subsequent clones of Chen Ran and Geng Hao to slaughter each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, when they saw the message Chen Ran A had left behind earlier, they froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kill the people who will appear in the secret room shortly, no matter who they are!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it a coincidence?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Or perhaps...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did Chen Ran and the first batch of clones already predict that we would find a way to make the subsequent clones lie?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It does not matter anymore!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'With this message in place, the clones of Chen Ran and Geng Hao spawned later will all carry the lying attribute, meaning they can freely fire at one another.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'They will naturally end up slaughtering each other!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just to be safe, though, they first dragged all the corpses from the First Study into the Second Study. Then, they scrubbed the bloodstains off the floor, finally remaining behind in the Second Study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly five minutes later, another Chen Ran and Geng Hao spawned in the First Study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them remained completely quiet, simply listening to the voices coming from the First Study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another five minutes passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet another Chen Ran and Geng Hao spawned. Immediately after, Chen Ran BC, standing in the Second Study, heard two gunshots ring out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Just as expected!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Upon seeing the message, the newly spawned Chen Ran and Geng Hao killed the clones that spawned right after them!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In this way, it will become an infinite loop: the preceding batch will always kill the succeeding batch.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now we can head to the Third Study with peace of mind and face off against the true Chen Ran and his first batch of clones!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before moving on, however, they gathered the clues from the desk in the Second Study and returned them to the bookshelves. Without those clues, anyone who followed would be stuck there for a long time trying to deduce the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time they finished their deductions, the next batch would have likely burst into this study room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran B lit a cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran C lit a cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them stared at the rear door of the Second Study. Passing through that door would lead them straight to the Third Study, and perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would encounter the original Chen Ran and Geng Hao, or the first batch of clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of trap do you think those four will use against us?\" Chen Ran C asked gravely, taking a drag from his cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, that seemed unnecessary to worry about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, it made him realize the massive advantage of proactive strategic planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then continued, \"At present, the only thing we know about Geng Hao's Liar-Slayer skill is its name. We have no idea what it actually does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suspect it is highly likely that they will state a Future Lie, promising that even if Geng Hao lies, they will not Judge him. That would allow Geng Hao to freely activate his Liar-Slayer skill, using that unknown ability to set a trap for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran C nodded. \"Right. There are two Geng Haos. If both of them perform the exact same actions, we won't be able to distinguish which one is actually casting the Liar-Slayer skill. If they lay a trap using that method, we will be in serious trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they were merely clones, they had inherited Chen Ran's habit of meticulously reviewing plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They absolutely refused to take any careless risks before devising a foolproof strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door to the Second Study swung open. The newly spawned Chen Ran and Geng Hao spotted the two of them and, in their shock, immediately raised their guns to fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Chen Rans had never lied, so naturally, they could not be Judged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Chen Rans merely cast them an indifferent glance before speaking the trigger phrase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly spawned Chen Ran and Geng Hao were immediately Judged and killed, left with absolutely no room to resist. Simply put, from the exact moment Chen Ran D's Judgment failed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...anyone who spawned afterward didn't stand a chance against these six individuals: Chen Ran, Chen Ran A, Chen Ran B, Chen Ran C, Geng Hao, and Geng Hao A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, they cleared the two secret rooms of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran B remarked in an odd tone, \"Those four are quite the schemers. They left behind two messages to spark infighting among us, while they set up traps for us in the secret rooms ahead...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those two infighting champions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran C shrugged. \"There is no point in talking about that now. Come on, let's go see exactly what methods they plan to use... to kill us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1413,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.808Z",1,"novelbin.me","718e02c1d9669d62a18c5a9d0fe4154681cc9f2a7b1804f377e1e45f9a096d8b","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-71","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-69",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]