Chapter 021: Eating Watermelons in the Archives of Lies (10)

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to cooperate, Lao Cheng thought about the information he had obtained and looked at the leader of the Poshan Guild. He said, "President Jiang, he has a grudge against you, so you plan to help him?"

Yin Guanglai, the fat man who was still waiting to see the show, stopped laughing the moment he heard this.

He was obviously very careful not to reveal his feud with Jiang Minxu in front of Lao Cheng, so how did this person know?

Yin Guanglai had no idea that when Liu Tang was "interrogating" him, Jiang Minxu's side had already heard these details using the "sound wall", and Lao Cheng had heard second-hand information using the "walls have ears".

After a while, it has become an open secret.

Jiang Minxu thought for a moment and replied to Lao Cheng, "I definitely won't help him. But if my friends want to help him, that's fine."

Lao Cheng snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Today is really not going well for me.

Although he had never formed gangs in other dungeons before, this was the first time that all the players were against him.

The situation was bad, but it aroused Lao Cheng's interest.

When Yin Guanglai heard what Jiang Minxu said, he quickly bowed to him and said, "President Jiang is upright and honest. He is really a good man!"

Although he still wanted to kill this Jiang guy, a real man can bend and stretch, so at this time he would just act obediently and then take his time later.

Liu Tang looked at the thousands of kindness points above Jiang Minxu's head and thought:

[He's a good man, don't you need to tell me?]

The boss didn't care about the tug-of-war between the players.

She stood up, gestured to Yin Guanglai, walked towards the file shelf of "Water Snow Elf", and clicked to play her line "Dad has always known about your existence, he just doesn't care and doesn't want to see you."

After the video finished playing, the woman turned her head to Yin Guanglai and asked, "Excuse me, what is the actual truth in the archive fragments you returned?"

"Oh my god, there's no way I can get past this question?!" Yin Guanglai felt helpless. Why was the boss asking him this question last time and again this time?

He turned around and looked at Lao Cheng, who looked back at him with a gloating expression, making it clear that he would not help him.

He looked to the other side again.

Mo Qianhe turned his head to look at President Jiang beside him and asked, "Do you really not mind us helping him?"

Jiang Minxu said with a serious expression: "I do mind, but this is my personal grudge and should not involve you. Let's get the fragments first."

Mo Qianhe nodded and said to Yin Guanglai, "Let me confirm with you again. As long as I help you answer the questions correctly, you will hand over the two file fragments in your hands to me, right?"

Yin Guanglai was so anxious that he was sweating all over. He immediately replied: "Yes, I promise you!"

Mo Qianhe curled his lips: "Okay. Please be sure to keep your word."

He then spoke freely, "You said before, 'Her father actually cares about her and wants to see her,' but that's wrong, which means the second half of your statement is correct. It's only possible that the first half is a lie, so 'Matryoshka's' father doesn't know she exists."

Yin Guanglai quickly repeated Mo Qianhe's words, and Boss nodded: "Correct answer."

After the boss left, the fat man wiped the sweat from his palms on his clothes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Mo Qianhe walked forward and extended his hand.

Yin Guanglai chuckled: "That question just now was too simple. I can figure out the answer if I think about it. How about I give you a fragment first, and next time if the Boss calls on me again, will you help me again?"

Lao Cheng, who was not far away, heard that this fat pig was trying to renege on his debt and said happily with his arms folded, "You fat pig are quite conscientious. You didn't renege on paying two books."

Jiang Minxu showed a look of disgust towards the fat man.

He knew what harmful things the man had done in his life and hated him to the core.

Now that I see the other party doing this, I am not surprised at all.

Mo Qianhe's face remained calm, he kept stretching out his hand, but his eyes were already cold.

Yin Guanglai was just about to take out one of the fragments to get rid of the other party, but he found himself uncontrollably putting both books into the other party's hands.

Mo Qianhe took the fragment with satisfaction and nodded, saying, "Mr. Yin is still a man of his word."

Liu Tang's eyes were full of stars:

Wow!

Lao Cheng, who was originally waiting to see how the two would argue, could no longer keep his smile.

Did this person use a gadget? Or a supernatural power?

As a new player who had just finished the second dungeon, Song Xiaoyan was unfamiliar with the props and abilities, and was looking confused.

Fang Yiran walked up behind Jiang Minxu and said, "So this is Liar Mo's special ability? Did you know this a long time ago?"

Jiang Minxu nodded: "Although I don't know the specific operation, but he always seems to make verbal agreements executed as agreed."

Qin Zhengyi finally calmed down and joined the discussion with a joke: "Then I won't dare to respond to his words casually in the future."

There was a cheer in the barrage:

"Here it comes, Mo the Liar's classic skills are back for a limited time!"

"Hahaha, specializing in dealing with deadbeats! Just ask this fat guy if he's afraid!"

"Seeing Fatty Silver and the liar Lao Cheng get humiliated at the same time, I felt so good!"

"Why don't you just let that fat guy Yin die? He killed President Jiang!"

"It's not that I don't want to take revenge, it's just that the time has not come yet!"

What Mo Qianhe had just used was indeed his skill "Keep Your Word".

This skill ensures that agreements—whether oral or written—are carried out as agreed.

However, the skill has a long cooldown time and can often only be used once in a copy.

And the conditions for launching it are also very harsh.

In order for the skill to take effect, one of the parties who made the agreement must intend to break the agreement from the beginning.

If both parties decide to abide by the contract when signing it, the skill cannot be activated. Even if one party is unable to fulfill the contract due to special reasons, the skill cannot enforce the agreement.

Moreover, this skill also comes with a passive ability, which is to make Mo Qianhe's lies believable.

The more outrageous the lie, the more real it sounds.

Mo Qianke was deeply troubled by this.

Every time I just wanted to tell an outrageous joke, the other party believed it.

He was really speechless.

However, this passive ability seems to be ineffective against Liu Tang.

Because last time in "Wanjing Garden", other players believed that this person was their boyfriend, only Liu Tang could see through it at a glance.

This may be related to the fact that he is the boss of the Mirror of Sin Hell.

When the fat and big-eared Yin Guanglai withdrew his hand, the cold sweat on his back had already soaked his clothes.

As that skill came into play, he felt an irresistible rule taking effect.

It felt exactly the same as when the Boss asked him to answer a question.

It was very similar to the feeling Liu Tang had when he was looking through his past.

These two people are so scary.

Lao Cheng has always disdained watching live broadcasts and browsing player forums.

He believed that with his experience and ability, he could pass the game without a strategy.

What's more, once he watches the live broadcast, the income from completing the corresponding copy will be halved, so he will be even more reluctant to watch the live broadcast.

Those players who are higher on the leaderboard simply entered the game before him, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

And now, he felt a little regretful.

He should know more about the players.

After this dungeon is released, you might consider going to Wantong Pavilion to buy some cheap player basic information summary packages.

While thinking, he used his skill "Substituting One for Another" on Mo Qianhe.

After Yin Guanglai's fragments were taken away, he was completely exhausted.

He realized that he had neither leverage nor allies at this moment.

It wouldn't have mattered that he pissed off the other players, but he also pissed off Lao Cheng.

Yin Guanglai quickly ran out of the archives and wanted to find a place to hide. The farther away from Lao Cheng, the better.

Anyway, he has completed the solo guaranteed mission, and the boss has called his name. He just needs to find a safe place to hide and wait until the others have returned the file fragments to 100%.

But just as he rushed out of the archives, a system prompt rang in his mind:

[The mission time is halfway through. It has been detected that the file return rate has not yet reached 50%. The single elimination countdown has begun.]

[10-minute countdown. Once the 10-minute countdown ends, you will be eliminated.]

[How to cancel the countdown: The player increases the file return rate by 10%, or increases the total file fragment return rate to 50%.]

[Time remaining: 09:40]

[Time remaining: 09:39]

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Yin Guanglai's heart was already beating very fast due to running, and now seeing the countdown, he felt like he was going to pass out at any moment.

"Damn!" He cursed and ran back quickly. It was impossible for him to return another file fragment, as he had nothing in his hands.

We can only hope that other players will quickly return the two file fragments and bring the return rate to 50%.

This shouldn't be difficult, he thought.

At this time, Song Xiaoyan also started the countdown in his mind.

After she explained the situation to her childhood friend, Mo Qianhe and others, she found that the four players in front of her had not received any such task countdown.

Liu Tang frowned and explained, "This is another way the dungeon rules target players with high Nervousness. They issue elimination tasks, and if you fail to complete them, you'll be eliminated directly."

After hearing this, Qin Zhengyi quickly looked through the file fragments in her hand: "Then we need to quickly determine which fragments are lies. At least find one and let Xiaoyan put it back on the file shelf."

But she looked at the fragments left in her and Song Xiaoyan's hands. What Qianfan said, "Yes, I admit that I like 'Water Snow Elf'", and what Shiba Inu said, "It doesn't matter, the person I like anyway, likes you" sounded like the truth and were of no use at all.

If "Matryoshka" really had sex with "Shiba Inu" and the child might be his, then the credibility of "Matryoshka" would be greatly reduced, and it would be difficult to tell whether the post she posted anonymously was true or false.

Under the post, it is now more difficult to determine the authenticity of the real-name reply by "Qianfan", "I have never been with any girl, nor have I made anyone pregnant", and the real-name reply by "Xuelingling", "I and 'Tabian Qianfan' are just friends. I have never heard that he has a girlfriend."

At this moment, they heard the system announcement: "10% of the files have been successfully returned, and the total return progress has increased to 40%. Congratulations to player Lao Cheng for ending his personal elimination countdown."

Mo Qianhe instructed the others to continue to determine which sentence in the fragments was a lie, while he and Liu Tang went to the old city to gather information.

They saw Lao Cheng standing next to the archives of Whispering Orchid. Boss was asking him, "Excuse me, what is the actual truth in the archive fragments you returned?"

Lao Cheng calmly replied, "Whispering Orchid's brother, Blind Shiba Inu, actually likes Sad Matryoshka, and they even had sex."

After the Boss determined that his answer was correct, he turned and left.

Based on the old man's answer, Mo Qianhe guessed that the file fragment he returned was the clarification given by "Whispering Orchid": "My brother has nothing to do with her! My brother likes someone else!"

It seems that after the news of "Matryoshka" cheating and being pregnant spread, rumors of her affair with "Shiba Inu" started to spread because of a dispute in the cafeteria.

Although "Lancao" already knew the relationship between her friend and her brother at that time, she insisted on lying to clarify things for her friend.

That's why what she said was judged to be a lie.

At this time, Yin Guanglai came back from outside the archives with a smile on his face and rushed to Lao Cheng: "Lao Cheng, Brother Cheng, good job, how about you return another file fragment, huh?"

Lao Cheng smiled wryly, "So you can get something for nothing and directly cancel the 'elimination countdown'? Do you think I'm such a good person?"

Yin Guanglai guessed this would be the result and quickly ran to another group of players. He didn't know whether these players were forced to start the "elimination countdown", but seeing that they were eagerly searching for fragments, he guessed that most likely they were.

Then his inner panic subsided a little.

As long as one more player returns the file, he can automatically cancel the countdown.

Yin Guanglai looked at these people and confirmed that there were still five minutes left, so they should be in time.

Jiang Minxu looked at Mo Qianhe, who had just returned from getting the news, and said, "I remember that those two sentences Qianfan said while on the phone by the flower bed were picked up by Yin Guanglai. They are in your hands now, right? They were all lies. You can return them."

Mo Qianhe nodded, took out the fragment, and clicked play to confirm.

However, he discovered that the fragments in his hand turned into the two sentences that Shiba Inu confessed to his sister: "The child might be mine" and "We did have sex that night, and it was 'Sad Doll' who took the initiative."

These two sentences have almost been judged to be true and cannot be returned.

The anxiety in the hearts of several people increased a little.

Mo Qianke was puzzled: "How did it become these two fragments?"

He immediately looked at Yin Guanglai, the previous holder of the fragment.

Yin Guanglai was already sweating profusely, and now he was sweating even more profusely.

He doesn't know anything.

Under the intense scrutiny of the others, the fat man suddenly had an idea and exclaimed, "It must have been Lao Cheng who did something! Those two words 'Chai Gouzi' were originally in his hands!"

Mo Qianhe bit his cheek, it seemed that he had been switched.