After seeing these three words, everyone's expression changed.

"I drew the 'Liar'," Qi Xia said slowly, "but whether or not this card is revealed doesn't matter because it's not important at all."

He picked up the card and casually threw it onto the table.

"If I'm not mistaken, each of you has the 'Liar' card in your hands."

After hearing this, no one moved. After a while, Officer Li finally spoke up, "So... you're saying that everyone lied just now?"

"That's right," Qi Xia nodded, "you all are smarter than I imagined. Each of you added a small lie to your story, allowing the story to be completely plausible without affecting the plot logic."

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Officer Li pondered for a moment, as if he had also realized something.

"If what you said is true..." Officer Li sighed meaningfully, "then the problem becomes even more difficult."

Everyone looked at Officer Li again, confused.

Officer Li continued, "According to the rules, we can only survive if we all choose the 'Liar,' but in that case, the 'Liar' would lose. So we..."

Dr. Zhao was the first to understand Officer Li's meaning, "You mean... we can vote freely because everyone is lying, turning this into a 'game we must win,' and only the person who is voted will die?"

"That's right," Officer Li nodded, "the best solution now is to concentrate all the votes on one person, minimizing the loss. After all, the remaining people can survive..."

His words suppressed the atmosphere to the extreme, but Goat's Head showed no reaction.

So... they were just voting to let one person die?

Qi Xia sighed helplessly and looked at Officer Li, "Officer, is interrupting others your hobby? Does it give you a sense of accomplishment?"

"What are you talking about?" Officer Li frowned and replied, "Aren't I helping you by giving advice and making plans?"

"I don't need your help," Qi Xia said without hesitation, "Your ideas will kill everyone."

"What?" Officer Li was stunned, "Why would my ideas kill everyone? Am I not right? If everyone is lying, then any vote can be valid."

"Officer Li, Goat's Head said, 'The rules are absolute,' 'There is only one liar,' do you remember?"

"Well..." Officer Li pondered for a moment and recalled that Goat's Head did indeed say these two sentences.

"Now let me organize everyone's thoughts," Qi Xia said coldly, "In this game, it seems that the 'Liar' has a high winning chance because everyone feels like they are going to win. But if we vote randomly, we will all end up dead."

Qiao Jiajin, sitting next to Qi Xia, touched his tattooed arm and muttered to himself, "Because we broke the 'rules'..."

"Yes," Qi Xia nodded, "but the interesting thing about this game is that we can't deduce whether the other person is lying. As Lawyer Zhang said, we can only infer based on whether our own experiences are contradictory. But we are not from the same region, so even if the events are contradictory, there is no 100% certainty that the other person is lying."

Qi Xia looked at the pensive crowd and continued, "The 'Organizer' deliberately selected the nine of us to sit here, there must be a purpose, which is to let us find flaws in the seemingly interconnected stories."

"But is that really true? What assurance do we have that we can know for sure that the other person is lying?" Qi Xia sneered, "In this game, the only person we can 100% confirm as the 'Liar' from the known clues is this person. What he said is completely different from our current situation."

Qi Xia took the pen and wrote the words "Goat of Human" on the paper.

"I was curious before why Goat's Head introduced such a strange name as 'Goat of Human' at the beginning, which seemed unnecessary. Now I think it's also part of the game."

Everyone turned their heads slowly to look at "Goat of Human," who still didn't make any moves.

Officer Li was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head, "Fraudster, I have a question. Goat's Head said the rule is 'among all the storytellers, there is only one liar,' but he didn't tell a story."

"Didn't he?" Qi Xia shrugged indifferently, "I remember clearly that Goat's Head said he gathered us here to create a 'god.' Isn't that an incredible story?"

Officer Li lowered his head silently. He felt that what Qi Xia said made a lot of sense, but there was still something strange about it.

"But..." Dr. Zhao spoke up, "All your assumptions are based on the premise that 'everyone is a liar.' But how can you be sure that we are all liars? What if we reveal our cards and only you are the 'Liar'?"

"You can't tell the truth," Qi Xia smiled bitterly, his expression somewhat desperate, "I also spent some time verifying this question. I not only know that you all are lying, but I also know where you lied."He pushed his draft paper forward, then looked at Tian Tian beside him, "Tian Tian, you were 'working' in the car at the time, sticking your head out, and the falling billboard really hit the car, causing you to lose consciousness?"

Tian Tian pursed her lips, not daring to speak.

"Qiao Jiajin, you fell from such a high place onto the billboard, did you really just 'lose consciousness'?"

Qiao Jiajin remained silent.

"Teacher Xiao Ran, you were with that child, did you really dodge the oncoming car?"

Xiao Ran's eyes flickered evasively.

"Dr. Zhao, the operating room is built more solidly than ordinary rooms to maintain stability, but you said the ceiling of the operating room collapsed, were you really just knocked out?"

Dr. Zhao turned his head to the side.

"Han Yimo, you said you have no idea what happened, but you hate being disturbed when you're focused on writing, don't you know how you ended up here?"

Han Yimo sighed slightly.

"Lawyer Zhang, how deep is the crack that your car was smashed into?"

Lawyer Zhang crossed his arms, his face expressionless.

"Officer Li, what brand of car do you drive? Can it instantly recline the seat and break free from the restraint of the person behind?"

Officer Li touched the red mark on his neck, hesitating to speak.

"Lin Qin, your ceiling also collapsed, but you said your studio is located on a high floor, once the high floor starts to collapse, the entire building wouldn't exist anymore, right?"

Lin Qin lowered her head deeply.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Qi Xia gritted his teeth and said:

"Everyone, admit it, including me, we are all already dead."