Qi Xia raised his head in bewilderment. The person currently telling their story had become Officer Li.

“My name is Li Shangwu, from Inner Mongolia. I’m a criminal police officer.” Officer Li said calmly. “Before coming here, I was staking out a fraud suspect.”

“But I failed. Even though I caught up with that person, I ended up fighting with him during the earthquake.”

“He knocked me out, and I came here.”

The originally lengthy story had now become merely three sentences.

All the stories everyone told weren’t much different, but at this moment Officer Li’s behavior was extremely abnormal.

Fortunately, only Qi Xia remembered what had happened before.

“A criminal police officer?” Xiao Ran exclaimed at this moment. “You’re a police officer, why aren’t you thinking of ways to save us?”

“Because I…” Officer Li was slightly stunned. “To be honest, I don’t know how to lead everyone out. If there’s such an opportunity, I will definitely do my best.”

“What kind of nonsensical logic is this?” Xiao Ran asked in confusion. “You’re a police officer, you should investigate yourself and find a solution! Could it be that every time there’s a murder case, you can close it just by saying ‘I don’t know who the killer is’?”

“This is different…” Officer Li shook his head. “What I can do now is too limited. I can only try my best to preserve everyone’s lives…”

Xiao Ran became more and more agitated as she spoke, directly pointing at the Man-Goat beside them: “Isn’t he the ‘killer’ right here? Just arrest him!!”

“That’s enough.” Qi Xia really couldn’t watch anymore and interrupted. “Constantly shouting and yelling—aren’t you annoying?”

Qiao Jiajin also nodded: “Aren’t cops human too? We can’t move right now. The power of life and death is entirely in the goat-head man’s hands. What do you expect the cop to use to arrest him?”

“You…!” Xiao Ran wanted to argue a bit more, but suddenly saw Qi Xia’s cold gaze, and then caught sight of Qiao Jiajin’s muscular flower-tattooed arms. She instantly realized these two men were definitely not good people.

She understood that people with these kinds of eyes were not the same as police officers. She could keep shouting and yelling at police officers, and they would never dare speak out of turn, but these two men in front of her couldn’t be provoked.

“I… I’m just too scared.” Xiao Ran showed a wronged expression and shook her head, saying, “Sigh, maybe I trust the police too much.”

“Passive-aggressive, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.” Qi Xia snorted coldly. “You couldn’t be the ‘Liar’ sowing discord, could you?”

“How could that be?!” Xiao Ran shouted. “How could I be ‘The Liar’? Don’t make baseless accusations!”

“Oh?” Qi Xia nodded. “Since you’re not ‘The Liar,’ what words are written on your card?”

“It says…”

Xiao Ran was just about to blurt it out when she suddenly froze.

From beginning to end, Goat Head had never said what the identity cards other than “The Liar” were.

He had only said “if you draw The Liar, you must lie.”

If she wanted to clear her suspicion, she had to publicly state her identity.

But what words were written for the other identity?

“Truth-teller”?

“Ordinary Person”?

“Participant”?

Or was it a blank card?

Xiao Ran felt all the blood in her body run cold. She was so frightened she couldn’t control herself.

The young man before her was simply too clever. With just one sentence, he had forced her into an irredeemable situation.

Several people were now staring blankly at Xiao Ran, their expressions quite puzzled.

Yes, if they began to suspect that Xiao Ran was “The Liar,” then the situation became somewhat complex.

In the known rules, there was “one and only one Liar” on site, and everyone thought that person was themselves, so theoretically it was impossible for another Liar to appear.

So they were now in a dilemma, all thinking about whether there could be a situation with “multiple Liars.”

“Why should I tell you?” Seeing the situation was unfavorable, Xiao Ran could only go all in and argue sophistically. “What if you’re ‘The Liar’ and just want to extract the answer from me?”

Qi Xia nodded: “You have a point. In that case, I’ll make a bet with you.”

“Make a bet…?”

“That’s right. I’ll count down ‘three, two, one,’ and you and I will simultaneously shout out the words on our cards, and let everyone present judge whose identity is made up.” Qi Xia was preparing to properly deal with Xiao Ran here. There was no need to keep around a bad apple.

“This…” Xiao Ran was clearly hesitating.

Qi Xia laughed coldly in his heart. If this really was a “one and only one Liar” game, she was certain to die.

Because no one present knew what the other identity was. As long as Qi Xia confidently stated an identity, he would have already won.

“Three.”

“Two.”

Qi Xia began counting down with a stern expression.

Just as his word “one” was about to come out, Doctor Zhao suddenly came out to mediate: “Hey, forget it, forget it…”

Qi Xia turned to look at him.

“Brother, we can’t make things difficult for a woman. I think neither of you seems like ‘The Liar.’ If we’re really going to vote, let’s wait until everyone has finished telling their stories.” Doctor Zhao said with an apologetic smile.

Of course, Qi Xia couldn’t convict Xiao Ran as “The Liar” here, after all, the real answer was yet to be revealed.

The later “Bamboo Shoots After Rain” game would also require the joint efforts of nine people. Xiao Ran couldn’t die yet, so he agreed to Doctor Zhao’s request.

“Fine.” Qi Xia nodded. “As long as that woman stops pointing fingers at others, I have no objections.”

“I’m not pointing fingers…” Xiao Ran pouted, showing a pitiful expression. “I’m just too scared.”

“Don’t be afraid, I believe you.” Doctor Zhao said with a smile from the side.

After Officer Li finished telling his story, next came Lin Qin.

She narrated her story of encountering an earthquake on the twenty-sixth floor of a high-rise building.

Finally, it was Qi Xia’s turn.

Qi Xia also laid out his story completely.

When he finished speaking, he couldn’t help but sigh that “time” really was a very wonderful thing.

Although he knew everything that had happened before, when he narrated this story for the second time, it was still quite different from the first time.

Including various grammar, word choices, and narrative sequence.

But looking at the others, apart from Officer Li, they clearly didn’t know what had happened before, yet their narrations were word-for-word identical to last time.

In that case, who was correct? And who was wrong?

After Qi Xia also finished telling his story, the Man-Goat announced that everyone had entered a twenty-minute free discussion period.

Qi Xia also asked the Man-Goat for another blank sheet of paper and wrote down the formula he had already written once before, word for word.

What happened next almost naturally followed course.

Qi Xia led everyone to direct their suspicions toward “Man-Goat,” and “Man-Goat,” under everyone’s astonished gazes, shot himself again.