Fish Escapes, Ocean of Books

Once the only plausible explanation surfaced in his mind, it had to be true.

How had Ji Yan deceived the [Book of Falsehood]?

Yun Fangze realized that chapter updates could only be presented in the form of a novel.

Dialogue and descriptions were all revealed to him only in their most superficial form.

For example, Ji Yan had used the [Eerie Puppet] to create No. 2, and No. 2 had then used the [Eerie Puppet] to create No. 3.

Yun Fangze could only know that Ji Yan called his substitute by a "codename." He could not peer any deeper, and that was precisely where the critical flaw lay!

He had no idea when Ji Yan had made No. 2 call himself No. 2, while Ji Yan referred to him as the original.

Without a sound, the two had already swapped identities.

This created confusion—a "textual confusion" trap that deceived Yun Fangze's attention, shifting his focus from scrutinizing the original to the real No. 2!

The [Book of Falsehood] had not deceived him.

It was fucking Ji Yan who had used the [Book of Falsehood] to deceive him!

But how had he deceived Yun Fangze with those little moves of swapping identities with No. 2?

During this time, Yun Fangze had practically chewed over every single word. It was unlikely he could have made such a huge oversight.

And how had Ji Yan known Yun Fangze was using the [Book of Falsehood] to observe him?

Yun Fangze's mind jolted.

He suddenly remembered that in Chapter 609, Ji Yan had "advanced" an eerie skill from the "Eerie Lord of Deception," one that could only be unlocked after the Main Quest reached 90% completion.

Most likely, that was the thing that had deceived him!

Long ago, he had used the [Book of Falsehood]