Ten Heavenly Stems, in Peril!

Nine-Tailed Fox Headquarters.

Inside a containment room, Jia Wood sat in a chair, staring at the floor. "Did I really kill Gengjin and Yi Wood?"

"... How could that be?"

But what is the meaning of the character left by Geng Jin?

"Was I manipulated without my knowledge, or was my memory erased? Even if I don't believe it, Truth Stone..."

Jia Wood fell into self-doubt and self-denial, while Ji Earth arrived at the door of the containment room.

"Jia Wood, I've found it!"

"I've found out who applied for that high-flash technology!"

Jia Wood looked up. "Who... is it?"

Ji Earth took out an information sheet, "It's Ding Fire."

What does this prove?

"Jia Wood, listen to me. I've thought about the whole thing carefully, and the only two things I can't explain are Truth Stone's reaction and the Wood Element ability that killed Gengjin."

"So I went to the Left Council President, explained my speculation to him, and applied for further testing of Truth Stone."

"And this is the result I got."

"Look!"

Wu Tu produced a report that clearly stated that Truth Stone's judgment of being a lie was influenced by his own perception!

"Our first experiment was to find an innocent person who was present, even though we knew who the killer was."

"But we don't tell this person that we suspect him. When he realizes that all the clues point to him, he begins to doubt and deny himself."

"At this moment, we asked Truth Stone if he was the murderer, and he said no, but Truth Stone turned red!"

"Dr. Ding Yuan from the experimental group called this phenomenon an irrefutable conclusion because it cannot completely deny that the matter is unrelated to him, so if he answers no, he is lying."

"Because the answer in his heart is that he cannot be sure, rather than yes or no."

Wu Tu took out the Truth Stone and said, "Now I will ask you again, Jia Wood, regarding the killing of Ding Fire, Geng Jin, Yi Wood, did you do it? You can answer that you don't know or are not sure."

I'm not sure.

After Jia Wood finished speaking, Truth Stone did not get hot or turn red.

"Really!"

Jia Wood was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt enlightened.

From the moment he rushed to the scene to the moment he saw the word A written by Geng Jin, everything seemed to have been planned.

The purpose is to create this kind of misleading cognitive error.

"Truth Stone is actually influenced by subjective perception?"

"What if I subjectively forget everything completely?"

"Then no matter what others ask you, your negative answer is correct."

Ji Earth put away Truth Stone as he spoke, "This is the second experiment. We used Forgetfulness Spray on a person to make him forget something."

"When we asked him if this matter was related to him, he said he didn't know, Truth Stone believes he was telling the truth!"

"Jia Wood, I have a question for you, I don't know if you still remember it!"

"I remember after Ding Fire died, when we visited Ren Shui, we asked him what he wanted to eat and said we would bring him some after we finished our mission."

"He said he didn't have much of an appetite, but if possible, he hoped we could bring him a jar of sugar cubes."

Jia Wood nodded. "I remember, because he said he had low blood sugar."

"But after the mission was over and we brought him back to Fangtang, he said he didn't remember it at all."

"He said he doesn't have a very good memory, but he still thanked us."

Ji Earth pressed his hand firmly against the glass of the containment room. "But thinking about it carefully, it's true. He used to be forgetful too."

"After each mission, I would forget some of the things we agreed on. The doctor said it might be due to head damage during the mission, which caused memory loss or memory decline."

"The most important point is that of the sole surviving investigator!"

"After you were arrested and brought here as a mole, we questioned him. He said that he saw Geng Jin rush out and then start shouting your name."

"Then a man wearing a gas mask walked in. He thought that man was you, that you were the murderer, so he never dared to tell anyone."

"But just yesterday morning, when we asked him about it again, he couldn't remember anything at all."

"His memory was erased. Someone used Forgetfulness Spray on him, and in a very large dose, making him forget things that happened a year ago."

"This definitely wasn't done by him, and it certainly couldn't have been done by you."

"And the Forgetfulness Spray is something that has to be turned in after each mission, no matter who it is, so I also investigated the items that everyone returned after their missions."

"The first thing I investigated was Ren Shui, but strangely, the props he applied for were always submitted on time."

"But I found that every time he submitted the Forgetfulness Spray, it was 10 to 20 milliliters less."

"After that, I investigated Ding Fire's equipment application and recycling. After Ding Fire died, her equipment was not recycled."

"Remember? We were the first to arrive, and we naturally assumed that everything had been destroyed."

Jia Wood frowned. "But this still doesn't explain why the ability to kill Geng Jin is Wood Element ability."

"No, it's not just the Wood Element!"

"It's also poisonous!" Ji Earth emphasized these words.

"The autopsy report for Geng Jin has already come out. The poison he was ingested was Purple Fire Poison, which is the power of Ding Fire!"

"So, do you think it's possible that Ren water can absorb the abilities of others?"

"Is it the one the teacher mentioned, the great calamity, the Ren Water Devours Life?"

"Where is Ren water now?!"

Upon hearing Jia Wood's words, Ji Earth suddenly paused, "Ren water is..."

It seems she hasn't seen Ren water for a whole day.

"Where are the others?!"

"Everyone except the three of us has been sent to Antarctica."

"This battle is large-scale; both Chaos and the Hand of the Serpent have shown themselves..."

"Has chaos begun to emerge?"

Is the computer here?

"They should be there too; communications at the front have been cut off."

Upon hearing this, Jia Wood's expression changed drastically. "Oh no!"

"Quickly, go find the leader! Wu Tu and the others are in danger!"

On Antarctica.

The rolling Netherflame raged and melted the accumulated snow. After the Earth element and Gui Water merged, their secondary forms became one!

The Buddha statue of the Earth element had half its face shattered, revealing a dark and ferocious demonic face.

The Buddha statue's clasped hands then unfolded, transforming from human palms into claws, with dark flames continuously surging forth!

Wu Tu slammed his palm down on the ground, and the huge phantom behind him followed suit, slamming both palms down on the ground as well!

In an instant, two giant stone hands burning with black flames emerged from the ground!

Upon seeing this, the two afterimages behind the person wearing the gas mask appeared simultaneously!

The Wood Serpent Vine Chain Blade attacked both Wu Earth and Gui Water simultaneously!

"He wanted to take advantage of the computer cutting off communications to end our lives. Coupled with the geographical advantage of Antarctica, we had no choice but to fight him to the death!"

"Ren Water, you're quite the schemer!"