[{"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-95":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},749323,993,"Chapter 95: The Truth Hidden Beneath Heavy Fog","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>Chen Ran and Liu Xing were in no rush to enter the Escape Room Game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'From the very beginning, neither the brother Lin Jiabao nor the sister Lin Jiabei used their Skills while telling a lie.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This means we are already trapped within a Deceiver's Tongue woven by them.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is their Deceiver's Tongue?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It seems there is still one crucial clue in this entire Instance that hasn't been used...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My wealth is buried by the Wife's grave!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In the first Escape Room Game, a batch of Players spawned every five minutes. This involved Zeno's Paradox.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Time is infinitely subdivided, so the athlete can never catch up to the tortoise. Just like how the newly spawned Chen Ran and Geng Hao could never outplay the real Chen Ran and Geng Hao—after all, there is an inherent advantage in moving first.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pausing at this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The second Escape Room Game involved the most basic pinyin problems.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The third Escape Room Game involved Hilbert's Hotel Paradox.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The fourth Escape Room Game involved Inception, the movie.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The problem lies in...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The fourth Escape Room Game!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Inception was released in 2010, I believe, but the Old Man died in 1999.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If all these Escape Room Games are related to the Old Man's knowledge...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The timelines do not match.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Furthermore, it was revealed in the dream that the Old Man had served in the navy. So... was he both a navy officer and a literary master?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Conclusion: Our previous deduction might have contained a severe error.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This error might be a Deceiver's Tongue deliberately planted by Lin Jiabao and Lin Jiabei through the first two Secret Rooms.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Let us reason this out from the beginning.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'First, the Second-round Simplified Characters: My wealth is buried by the Wife's grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Because the Second-round Simplified Characters were scrambled, I might have fallen into a Common Sense trap.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My wealth is buried by the Wife's grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Wife's wealth is buried by my grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My Wife buried wealth by the grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I buried wealth by the Wife's grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Wife buried wealth by my grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Therefore, the Second-round Simplified Characters must have another layer of encryption, which is...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who died first—me or the Wife!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I died first, it would be by my grave. If the Wife died first, it would be by the Wife's grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is certain is that Lin Jiabei imprisoned the Old Man in the Secret Room and murdered him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I died first, then the Wife should have also been imprisoned in the Secret Room by Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'However, the second Secret Room contained no clues proving that the Wife was also imprisoned.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Conclusion: The Wife died first.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Secondly, there is an issue with the timeline. I previously deduced that the Hourglass Glass Beads game was used by the Old Man to determine who was Lin Jiabao and who was Lin Jiabei, and how long each occupied the body.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Glass Beads game is linked to the books on the shelf, and the books are numbered.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But those numbers represent a person's lifespan from birth to death, which makes it strange.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'When the Old Man was playing the Glass Beads game, it meant he was still alive.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yet the numbers on the bookshelf run from 19301 to 19999.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In other words, born in January 1930, died in September 1999.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But since the Old Man was actively playing this Glass Beads book-drawing game, how could he be absolutely certain he would die in September 1999?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Conclusion: The Old Man's Wife was born in January 1930 and died in September 1999.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then, the answer is practically leaping off the page. The Old Man was the navy officer, and the Wife was the literary master!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Old Man must have lived at least until the release of the movie Inception in 2010.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is the only way to explain why the first three of the four Escape Room Games revolved around various theories or paradoxes, while the fourth Escape Room Game was based on the movie Inception.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'However, there is a very serious problem with this deduction, which is...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabao was born in 1980. If the Old Man was killed by Lin Jiabei in 2010, then Lin Jiabao would have been at least thirty years old at the time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even if he died in 2010 and came to The Underworld, he should have retained his thirty-year-old appearance.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ran looked at Lin Jiabao; no matter how one looked at him, he appeared to be just barely twenty years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A baby face?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Or could it be... there is a problem with the timeline in the third Secret Room?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Or perhaps, Lin Jiabao and Lin Jiabei are both alter egos, and the true core personality...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Has gone into hiding?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it possible that the true Successor did not die in the Instance, but after coming to Hell, found a way to kill the two alter egos, thereby fusing these two alter egos into the same Instance?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Which one is the real Deceiver's Tongue?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There is another possibility. The two alter egos joined forces and killed the core personality!!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'They entered the Instance independently, which means Hell considers Lin Jiabao and Lin Jiabei to be two separate individuals.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since Hell treats them as two mutually independent individuals, it is perfectly normal for Lin Jiabei to go to Hell for her wicked deeds. But why would Lin Jiabao also be sent to Hell?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This proves that Lin Jiabao also committed evil!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Based on Lin Jiabao's attitude toward the Old Man in the Fourth Dream Layer, he probably did not participate in the Old Man's murder.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'At the same time, his presence in this Instance indicates... the evil he committed while alive is directly connected to this Instance.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So, who did Lin Jiabao kill?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He didn't kill the Old Man.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If he is also an alter ego, then the people he could have murdered are: the core personality, the Old Man's Wife, or Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'First, Lin Jiabei can be ruled out. After all, when they were alive, in a sense...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabei wasn't even a real person!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And throughout this entire Instance, there is no clue suggesting the Wife was murdered, indicating that the Old Man's Wife died a natural death.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There is only one possible answer!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabao and Lin Jiabei are both alter egos of the true Successor!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wife was murdered, indicating that the Old Man's Wife died a natural death.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There is only one possible answer!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabao and Lin Jiabei are both alter egos of the true Successor!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabao killed the core personality!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Another Common Sense trap!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In the first two Secret Rooms, various clues pointed to the existence of two Successors. The moment we stated there were two Successors, we fell right into their carefully laid Deceiver's Tongue trap!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Deceiver's Tongue: Two Successors.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Truth: There are no Successors.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'After all, the true Successor was already murdered by Lin Jiabao.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since there are no Successors, there is no will. Therefore, the contents written in the Second-round Simplified Characters were not the Old Man's will.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If not a will, then what is it?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My wealth is buried by the Wife's grave.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabei wanted to kill the Old Man partly because he wanted to kill her, and partly to torture him for the whereabouts of his wealth.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The fact that Lin Jiabei killed the Old Man suggests she ultimately obtained his wealth.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The wealth is linked to Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We can equate the wealth with Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Therefore, the true meaning of the Second-round Simplified Characters is:'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Bury my wealth by the Wife's grave!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hidden meaning: Kill Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The truth seems to be gradually surfacing.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabao killed the core personality, and the Old Man discovered it. He wanted to avenge his adopted son.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lin Jiabao wanted to survive and was forced to kill the core personality, but his mind suffered immense torment whenever he faced the Old Man. Thus, the protective alter ego, Lin Jiabei, was born.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seeing this, the Old Man devised an exquisitely brilliant revenge plan.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He chose to...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Win over one.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Suppress the other.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Old Man won over Lin Jiabao—his son's murderer—and mercilessly suppressed Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Sensing the crisis, Lin Jiabei killed the Old Man. This caused Lin Jiabao and Lin Jiabei, who originally existed in a symbiotic relationship, to...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Develop a rift! The Old Man wanted to use Lin Jiabei's hands to eliminate Lin Jiabao!!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This perfectly explains why in the dream, despite being Lin Jiabao's protective alter ego, Lin Jiabei was also the person he hated the most!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Moreover, winning over one while suppressing another, this kind of tactic...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is a very classic military strategy, fitting perfectly with the Old Man's identity as a soldier.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Win over an enemy, and borrow the hands of that enemy's ally to kill the recruited enemy!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How could Lin Jiabao possibly be a match for Lin Jiabei? Thus, the final outcome...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Must have been Lin Jiabao taking control of the body to perish together with Lin Jiabei.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Going back to the previous question...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How do we break the Deceiver's Tongue?'\u003C\u002Fp>",1525,"2026-06-02T12:08:03.808Z",1,"novelbin.me","22b3e143256f26634ca5fb6cef0cc6c51bb066cf1fa32a964a90c58434327e47","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-96","the-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-chapter-94",621,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-eighteen-levels-of-hell-lying-is-forbidden-h-cover.jpg"]