See the Law of Deception

Chapter 234 Heredity (40)

The family genealogy now further corroborates this point.

“The villagers know what’s going to happen, right? Let’s find them and ask them,” someone suggested.

Lu Jinzhao was somewhat uncertain, so he went to the villagers to ask what would happen and whether it was something he should do.
Is it possible to do that?
This would indeed give them more accurate information, and it seems like the right choice, but it would also reveal the villagers' location.
For once today, Lu became hesitant.

Tian Lei noticed this hesitation, but she didn't think much of it. She simply assumed that Lu Jinzhao was thinking about something she hadn't considered, so she asked directly, "What's wrong? You seem troubled. Is there anything I can do for you?"

When asked, Lu Jinzhao belatedly realized that he had fallen into such a state of confusion.

She hadn't been so torn between two options in a long time.

It was a suggestion that seemed perfectly reasonable, yet she couldn't make up her mind about it for a long time.
After realizing this, Lu Jinzhao did not blame herself. After all, she was only entering the death platform for the first time, and there would always be moments when she could not make a decision immediately.

However, in the eyes of others, the most important thing at this moment is to find the villagers and ask them this question.

Lu Jinzhao also knew that if she decided not to find the villagers, she would need to produce evidence that others could accept, but her speculation came from the sheepskin.
To Lu Jinzhao's surprise, Luo Yu looked at her and asked, "What do you think?"

Lu Jinzhao paused for a moment, but remained firm in his original opinion: "I don't think finding the villagers is a good thing."

It wasn't that she was stubborn; even now, with new discoveries that seem to overturn her previous decisions, she didn't insist on sticking to them because of so-called "self-esteem."

Instead, after hesitating and struggling with the decision, she genuinely believed that it would be better not to approach the villagers.

After only a brief hesitation, Lu Jinzhao had already figured it out.

"Because of the family genealogy, you want to find the villagers to ask what would happen if the population dropped to a certain level. But we're not looking for the villagers' locations precisely to prevent anyone from massacring them, right?"

"Even if we don't know, as long as we don't find the villagers and let them stay there safely, the population won't drop to the critical point."

It's actually a very simple principle, but what we have to give up is the "truth" that might be revealed directly.

Then someone countered, "Just because we found them doesn't mean the villagers will die. We can protect them."

"Moreover, it is very important to know the truth while on the platform, as it may relate to how the ghost might attack us in the coming days."

"In order to survive, I think I need to know more."

Both sides have valid points. Even though Lu Jinzhao isn't someone who likes to persuade others to believe her views, she still has no choice but to do so when faced with a life-or-death crisis.

But she wasn't going to convince everyone. She just looked at Luo Yu and Xiang Liang and said, "I made a deal with a supernatural item and got some information. That information told me that it's dangerous to take action on this platform, so I'm more inclined not to look for the villagers."

She took out the sheepskin, but if the sheepskin didn't want to, the words wouldn't appear on it. Ever since it became attached to Lu Jinzhao, this thing no longer "wrote" itself, but instead let the words appear directly in Lu Jinzhao's eyes.

The key is that others can't see it.

To others, it was just an ordinary piece of sheepskin.

Even if others believe it is a supernatural item, they cannot be certain that what she said is true.

Whether one believes or not depends on one's methods.

"Wait a moment."

Luo Yu gestured to the others in her city to calm down, and then an extremely old-fashioned scale appeared in her hand.

This was the first time Lu Jinzhao had seen Luo Yu use her supernatural powers.

Both pans of the scale were empty, but the left pan seemed to be weighed down by a heavy object. Luo Yu casually said, "My name is Luo Yu."

Then, it was as if an object of the same weight was placed on the other end, and the scales were balanced and stopped falling.

She nodded: "It's the truth."

Can it still be like this?
Aside from the supernatural power consumed by using the scales as a price, she only paid with a simple "truth" to determine that what Lu Jinzhao said was true.

If truth and falsehood can be weighed, what can't be weighed?

Lu Jinzhao asked curiously, "Then you can ask me where the villagers are now. I'll just give a random answer, and you can judge whether it's true or false."

Luo Yu shook her head: "No."

She can only judge the authenticity of something based on "factual evidence," even if she herself doesn't know the evidence, the person who performs the weighing must know it.

She cannot make judgments out of thin air, and the greater the weight of the truth, the more supernatural power she needs to expend.

Judging from Lu Jinzhao's statement, it seems that she was just using her own truth, but the supernatural power she paid was more than all the supernatural power she had used to enter this platform!

The weight of this statement is self-evident.

She even began to wonder what price Lu Jinzhao had paid in order to obtain such important information by trading with her for supernatural items.

If such significant information can be provided, the supernatural object must possess considerable power.

Luo Yu glanced at Lu Jinzhao, feeling a pang of regret.

Her destiny is not strong enough yet. If this destiny continues to upgrade, sooner or later, she will even be able to judge whether those "words without proof" are true or false.

By then, this destiny will be practically a concept, and she will be able to pay a certain price to directly and forcibly "exchange" other people's supernatural items.

Unfortunately, she can't do that yet.

“I agree with not going to the villagers.” Now, she believes in the answer her destiny has given her.

Lu Jinzhao wasn't lying, which means that taking initiative is indeed dangerous. To avoid danger, it's best not to create unnecessary trouble now.

The playing cards in Xiang Liang's hand seemed to have changed a few times. He took out one of them, flicked his finger lightly on the surface of the card, and the card instantly seemed to be ignited by an invisible flame, turning into ashes and dissipating inch by inch in Xiang Liang's hand.

Xiang Liang closed his eyes, but after only about ten seconds, he suddenly opened them and his expression changed drastically.

"This is bad," he said. "A new mission is coming."

"Many people will die on this mission!"

He foresaw ten seconds of a future moment, ten seconds filled with death.

"Let's all separate and stop gathering together."

He issued a warning, but he did not specify what he saw or why these things were happening.

He had reservations.

(End of this chapter)