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Chapter 446: Meet the Lie Hunter Again
night.

Zhuge Jun stretched and prepared to go back to the dormitory to rest.

Today’s achievements are remarkable!
After going through that painful period, Zhuge Jun felt that his gaming experience seemed to have improved.

After defeating the Furnace Craftsman, with the new handle of Against the Heaven, he felt that his mastery of the Transformation Slash had reached a new level.

Next, he began his first assault on the cathedral.

The reason why I say this is the first time is because according to the process of the game, you will have to return to the cathedral from other entrances and conquer it again in the later stage.

According to the plot, after sweeping the workshop area, the protagonist has basically unlocked all the basic functions, including a prosthetic hand and body modification.

The workshop area was unable to investigate the cause of the disaster, so the next step is to enter the cathedral to look for the archbishop and survivors.

Judging from the situation of this disaster, the cathedral is the hardest hit area by the beast disease. It is filled with a large number of monsters, mutants and lunatics, as well as a small number of corrupted dolls.

After players have explored the cathedral for the first time, they will go to other areas to continue exploring, and will return to the cathedral after a certain process.

Zhuge Jun originally thought that the difficulty of the cathedral would suddenly increase to a higher level, but it did not.

It even feels like it has been lowered!
From a numerical point of view, the monsters in the cathedral do have more health and a stronger desire to attack, which also caused Zhuge Jun a lot of trouble.

But these beast monsters are basically really weak to fire. After Zhuge Jun used his prosthetic hand to enchant his weapon with fire, it was easy and enjoyable for him to kill these monsters that were restrained by fire.

In addition, in the church area, Zhuge Jun also found some rituals.

As long as the corresponding attributes of knowledge, faith, and mystery reach the threshold, you can use these rituals.

Since Zhuge Jun has been lying all the time, his clairvoyance is relatively high. As long as he slightly clicks on the corresponding attribute, he can meet the requirements for using the ritual.

He doesn't have much mana, so he basically doesn't need those high-powered offensive rituals, but some auxiliary rituals are still very useful.

For example, enchanting weapons with blue divine flames, or adding mental attacks to weapons, etc., are all quite good.

After some twists and turns, he arrived at the door of the first boss in the church area.

“Is that the Archbishop behind this?
"Probably not. Judging from the size of the cathedral area, there will be at least two bosses for the first time. I haven't explored more than half of it yet, so it should be the first gatekeeper boss, and the archbishop will be fought later.

"Go in and take a look. The experience store will close in an hour. Try to get it within an hour!"

Zhuge Jun confidently pushed open the door in front of him.

"Hey, isn't this an old acquaintance?"

When Zhuge Jun saw the cutscene CG, he almost laughed, because he knew this person. He was the liar hunter who was covered with weapons like a hedgehog in the prologue.

At that time, Zhuge Jun fought with him many times, but basically he didn't get stuck. In his impression, he was a boss that was not too difficult to deal with.

The main thing is that although he has many weapons and many moves, his attacks are basically very rigid, and his attack movements just happen to collide with the player's transformation GP, ​​so it is very easy to GP.

"Although the GP of the official chapter is a little stricter than the prologue, it doesn't matter, I have grown up too!"

Zhuge Jun rushed forward with full confidence. He knew that he would not be able to kill the Lie Hunter in this battle. After all, he would have to fight him again in the Cathedral later. But it should not be a problem for him to quickly get into the plot and kill him.

Soon, the battle begins!
The battle at the beginning was quite normal. Although the GP judgment was indeed much stricter than in the prologue, the moves and weapons were still the same, and there were even slightly fewer types than in the prologue.

After practicing with the trigger back button, Zhuge Jun has a preliminary grasp of GP. Every time he seizes the opportunity to use GP, he can take away a large amount of the opponent's health.

Judging from this situation, defeating this boss should be just around the corner.

However, when a quarter of the health was reduced, a real-time cutscene suddenly began.

The Lie Hunter, holding a scythe, suddenly rushed over and seamlessly performed a throwing skill, trying to lock Zhuge Jun; while the character controlled by Zhuge Jun hurriedly resisted with his weapon, and the two sides temporarily fell into a "knife fight" stalemate.

"I smell lies in you...

"Tell me, in front of that bridge, did you say you were a puppet or a human?"

At this time, the screen temporarily entered a time-stop state, and a countdown similar to the previous lie appeared on the screen, as well as two different options: "Puppet" and "Human".

"Oh my god, what the hell is this!"

Zhuge Jun was stunned. It was the first time for him to encounter a boss who suddenly had to answer questions in the middle of a battle.

How should you answer?

Zhuge Jun's brain was working rapidly. If he followed his previous habits, he would definitely continue to lie at this time, but this boss was called "Lie Hunter" and the line also said "I smell the scent of lies", so would it be a bad idea to lie at this time?

But it is also possible that the other party is bluffing?
Are you playing psychological warfare? Are you trying to trick me into telling the truth?
Maybe he can't accurately determine whether I'm lying or not? After all, I've lied so many times, and my clairvoyance is not low, so I won't necessarily be exposed, right?
There will be no end to this repeating of nesting dolls.

Time was running out and there was only about 10 seconds left to think, so Zhuge Jun couldn't care less and decided to try lying first.

Even if this option is wrong, it shouldn't matter, right? After all, this is during the boss battle, and I should be able to choose it again next time.

His answer on the bridge was "puppet", so if he wanted to continue lying now, he should choose "human", right?
"Humanity".

"Lies!!" The Lie Hunter suddenly became excited, and the power of the scythe increased sharply. In the cutscene, it directly broke through Zhuge Jun's defense and cut a huge wound on his body.

At this time, the game returned to normal combat state. Zhuge Jun took a closer look and found that his blood volume had dropped a lot, and his torso was also slightly damaged.

And that's not the worst.

It seemed that some special enchantment had been added to the Lie Hunter's scythe, emitting a faint blood-red light that was different from before.

Not only that, the Lie Hunter's moves have actually changed.

Not only did the speed of the moves change, but there were also some fast and slow swords mixed in, and even new derivatives of the original fixed moves appeared.

"Damn, why didn't you show off your awesomeness in the prologue?"

Zhuge Jun was simply speechless. He quickly began to lose the battle and soon collapsed and was out of control.

Back to the gaslighting, Zhuge Jun briefly summarized the reasons for his failure.

“Sure enough, my initial thought was right, I can’t lie!
“If you lie, the boss will be strengthened, and it will be obviously a level stronger than the previous battle.

"Then I'll try to tell the truth this time?

"I just don't know if there will be another chance to choose this game."

With a slightly nervous mood, Zhuge Jun once again stepped into the boss battle field.

Sure enough, Against the Heaven still has some mercy. This time, after the health volume dropped to a quarter, the Lie Hunter rushed up and released a throwing skill, and both sides entered a knife fight.

Still the same question, still ten seconds to make a choice.

This time Zhuge-kun understood and directly chose "Puppet".

This time he was telling the truth. He was indeed the "doll" who answered on the bridge.

However, the Lie Hunter suddenly became excited and used the scythe in his hand to push Zhuge Jun away again, leaving a bloody wound.

"lie!!"

Zhuge Jun was shocked: "Oh my god! You have no moral principles! I'm telling the truth this time!

"You have no moral principles. If you want to cheat, just do it. Why are you asking me in such a hypocritical way?"

The following battle became a foregone conclusion again. The Lie Hunter had new tactics just like last time, and his strength was comprehensively enhanced. Zhuge Jun was defeated again.

Back to the gaslight, Zhuge Jun was very unconvinced.

"Is there a bug in this game? Why would he yell out a lie when I tell the truth? This is unfair... Hey, wait, this doesn't seem right..."

Zhuge Jun was about to yell "This is not fair" when he suddenly realized something.

He himself seemed to be caught in a paradox!
If he answered "human", then he answered "puppet" on the bridge, so it was a lie;

But if he answered "puppet", although he was telling the truth at this time, since he was talking about a puppet on the bridge and he was actually a human being, then this sentence on the bridge was still a lie.

So, in fact, no matter what Zhuge Jun chooses, he cannot change the fact that he once lied on the bridge.

Both of these situations will be captured by the Lie Hunter's special skills, and will be exposed on the spot and strengthened.

"Fuck, you can't afford to play with me, right?!"

Zhuge Jun was speechless. He thought about it and felt that there seemed to be only one solution to this situation to prevent the Lie Hunter from exploding.

That is to travel back in time, not lie on the bridge, and just say that you are a human being.

The price is that the giant beast puppet will change into a form that is relatively restrained against humans, making the boss battle more difficult. But when it comes to fighting the Lie Hunter, the player can directly choose "Human". The double truth will directly leave the Lie Hunter speechless and without lies to hunt.

As for telling the truth, will the Liar Hunter simply not be strengthened? Or will it be countered or weakened?
This is hard to guess. After all, Zhuge Jun didn't keep the manual save files from that time. Even if he did, it would be impossible to go through the entire workshop process again.

But it's so uncomfortable!
Now Zhuge Jun only has one last choice: fight hard!
"There's still an hour left, I hope we can make it through."

He calmed himself down and continued fighting.

Fortunately, after being strengthened, the boss had more moves, but they were still within the acceptable range. Zhuge Jun tried three or four more times, and finally continued to reduce the health of the Liar Hunter, forcing him to change weapons.

However, not long after he changed weapons, the Lie Hunter, whose health was reduced to half, rushed over again and forced Zhuge Jun into the cutscene again.

"I smell more lies in you...

"Tell me, at the entrance to the workshop area, did you say you were a human or a puppet?"

Zhuge Jun almost vomited blood on the spot: "Nima, you're coming again??
"A sin!"

Obviously, the problem with this answer is the same as before. No matter what choice you make, it will ultimately be a lie.

This is purely the designer's malice!
(End of this chapter)