186: Chapter 186 The Third Gamble [Talent Revealed: Who is the Liar?]

The giant colorful wheel spinning crazily behind Hapi made the deck thump. Unlike the silent spinning of the first two wheels, this last one created a strong wind, forcing Four-Leaf Clover to press down on her skirt. The sharp, ear-piercing sound of metal friction felt like it would shake everyone's brains out.

"Thump!" With a loud bang, the giant wheel stopped, and the pointer in the center pointed to a grid emitting yellow light.

Then, five streams of light flew out from the grid, landing in the hands of the five Hosts. The light faded, revealing three pearls glowing with yellow light.

A one-meter-high stone pillar rose in front of each person, with an exquisite plate condensed from flowing water on top.

Hapi's helpless voice sounded: "I didn't expect the final Gambling round to be this. It's a bit too 'safe', isn't it~"

Adjusting his pink suit, Hapi began to introduce the rules of the third Gambling round seriously.

"Welcome to the third Gambling round — [Talent Reveal: Who is the Liar?]" Hapi's voice carried a hint of playfulness.

"In this Gambling round, there are no chips to bet, and no punishment for failure. You just need to tell the truth... or tell a lie."

He tapped his fingertip, and a pale golden light screen appeared in mid-air, with lines of text clearly reflecting the rules of this round in everyone's eyes:

1. Each Host will make three rounds of statements, with the content corresponding to their own [Talent Name], [Talent Rank], and [Talent Description];

2. After each round of statements, the Host must place one pearl from their hand into the plate on the stone pillar in front of the person they believe to be the [Liar], which is [Voting];

3. Unless only two people remain, there must be at least one [Liar] in each round, otherwise everyone is eliminated;

4. If the voted target is the real [Liar], they are eliminated; otherwise, you are eliminated;

5. The eliminated will directly return to the [Dream Task Settlement Space], and the final winner will receive Hapi's special reward.

The five people looked at the stone pillars in front of them, then at the rules on the light screen. This rare "safe" Gambling round made most of them let down their guard, which had been raised after seeing a Host being fed to the [Deep Sea Behemoth].

"First round of statements, [Talent Name], please proceed in order, Hosts." Hapi's voice fell.

Reliefs of numbers 1 to 5 appeared on the stone pillars in front of Gemini, Four-Leaf Clover, Swift Shadow, Wu Doumi, and Passerby Man.

Gemini spoke first without hesitation, his tone calm: "My Talent is [Gambling Eye]."

Four-Leaf Clover straightened her skirt and said elegantly: "[Lucky Intuition]."

Swift Shadow's cold voice came out: "[Afterimage Flash]."

Wu Doumi patted his round belly, glanced at Gemini, and said loudly: "[Infinite Stomach]!

Passerby Man scratched his head nervously and stammered: "My... Talent is [Bad Luck]."

The first round of statements ended, and the deck fell into a brief silence. Everyone's eyes met, each pondering whose Talent name hid a lie.

Voting began. Passerby Man, with almost no hesitation, grabbed a pearl, walked quickly to Wu Doumi, and placed it in the plate—in his opinion, a Talent like "Infinite Stomach" sounded made up. Although he was unlucky, this time he felt he was right.

Swift Shadow, Four-Leaf Clover, and Gemini all placed their pearls in the plate in front of Wu Doumi. Gemini, voting last, looked meaningfully at Wu Doumi, who responded with a big smile.

Hapi grinned and raised his hand to announce the result: "Voting ended, announcing the results—the Liars this round are [Gemini] [Four-Leaf Clover] [Wu Doumi]! The eliminated is [Wu Doumi]!"

Wu Doumi was not sad about being voted out by the group, but happily patted his belly: "Finally over~ [Gemini] brother, thank you for voting last and not exposing me as a [Liar] right away. Finally, I can leave this [Deep Sea Area]. Now I just want to return to the [Real World] and eat my fill at the new barbecue buffet downstairs!"

After speaking, a white beam of light enveloped Wu Doumi, taking him back to the [Dream Task Settlement Space].

Gemini watched Wu Doumi leave with satisfaction, chuckled, and muttered to himself: "So this is [Victory] for you? It seems the pollution of [Deep Sea Power] scared you quite a bit~"

The first round ended, and four people remained on the deck: Gemini, Swift Shadow, Four-Leaf Clover, and Passerby Man.

"Second round of statements, [Talent Rank], please proceed in order, Hosts."

Gemini glanced toward Four-Leaf Clover, quickly turned his head after meeting her gaze, and said lightly: "B-Rank Talent."

Four-Leaf Clover's beautiful eyes flickered, and she nodded slightly: "A-Rank."

Swift Shadow spoke coldly as before: "B-Rank."

Passerby Man said nervously: "My Talent is B-Rank."

The statements ended, and the four left their positions to start voting.

Four-Leaf Clover walked confidently to the stone pillar belonging to Gemini and put the pearl into the plate. She turned her head in surprise to see Gemini placing his pearl into her plate.

Four-Leaf Clover froze for a moment, then walked elegantly back to her position, thinking: "Is this trying to drag me down with you? [Gemini]? What an interesting child~"

Swift Shadow used her Talent to instantly flash to Four-Leaf Clover's stone pillar, placed the pearl in her hand into the plate, and flashed back to her own position.

Passerby Man was nervously at a loss, accidentally threw the pearl in his hand into his own plate, and then stood there, wanting to cry.

Passerby Man's behavior drew everyone's attention. Even Gemini twitched his mouth, speechless, not expecting Passerby Man to be this unlucky.

Hapi whistled: "Yo, voting ended so quickly? Voting ended, announcing the results—the Liars this round are [Four-Leaf Clover]! The eliminated are [Four-Leaf Clover] [Passerby Man]!"

As Hapi announced the results, the elegant smile on Four-Leaf Clover's face instantly froze. She turned to look at the innocent-looking Gemini and snorted coldly, slightly angry: "I actually got tricked by you!"

Then she and the still-frozen Passerby Man were enveloped by two white beams of light and returned to the [Dream Task Settlement Space].

Hapi looked at the only two remaining, suddenly laughed, and clapped his hands: "Congratulations to the two Hosts for reaching the final round of statements. Now announcing the special rules: You can choose to both tell the truth, then both win together; you can also choose to both tell lies, then both are eliminated; or one tells the truth and one tells a lie, then the liar wins."

His tone was full of someone looking for trouble, and his gaze swept back and forth between the two, as if expecting a wonderful reversal.

Gemini looked up at the cloaked girl opposite him, and the girl also looked at Gemini with a cold expression.

The girl flashed to Gemini's side and extended her right hand: "Let me introduce myself again, my name is [Swift Shadow], belonging to the [Dream Society] team."

Gemini was not startled by the girl who suddenly appeared in front of him, but calmly extended his right hand to shake hers: "[Gemini], no team."

Seeing Gemini's reaction, Swift Shadow smiled and said: "I trust your judgment, [Gemini]." This made Gemini raise an eyebrow, showing a slightly surprised expression.

"Third round of statements, [Talent Description], please proceed in order, Hosts."

"I can summon a black light gate to absorb all matter and energy, and eject it by summoning a white light gate." Gemini's voice was steady, without a ripple.

Swift Shadow spoke immediately after, her tone less cold this time: "I can instantly flash to any location within 5 meters and leave an afterimage in place. I can consume [Dream Power] to flash multiple times."

Both spoke concisely, without any embellishment.

The good show Hapi had expected did not happen. He looked at their frank demeanor, was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly raised his voice: "Hey! Swift Shadow, you trust Gemini that much?"

Neither Gemini nor Swift Shadow paid him any attention.

Hapi stared at them for a long time, and finally laughed mockingly: "Announcing the results—the Liar this round is [Gemini]! The eliminated is [Swift Shadow]! Didn't expect that, right! The Gemini you trusted so much actually chose to be a Liar and win alone."

Swift Shadow did not respond to Hapi's mockery, but looked straight at Gemini and asked: "Are you sure you want to be alone?"

Gemini did not answer her question, but just gave a big smile: "That's what makes it interesting~ isn't it?"

Hapi, who had expected Swift Shadow to become hysterical because Gemini chose to lie, saw the playful smile on his face instantly collapse, as if all his strength had been drained.

With a crisp snap of his fingers, a white beam of light enveloped Swift Shadow, teleporting her back to the [Dream Task Settlement Space].

Immediately after, a stunning scene occurred—Hapi's collapsed face was like a mask, "clattered" and fell to the ground, rolling to Gemini's feet.

Beneath Hapi's mask, there were no facial features, only a faceless person emitting white light.

"Speechless! Too speechless!" The faceless glowing humanoid let out a frantic shout, "The reversal I was looking forward to most! Why did it turn out like this! You guys even made my face fall off with anger!!!"