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The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎

The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here
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Chen Ran is a good man; he went to Hell.

This is the Hell of Tongue-Ripping (a Buddhist... Read more
Chen Ran is a good man; he went to Hell.

This is the Hell of Tongue-Ripping (a Buddhist hell for liars). Here, lying is forbidden, and as a result, everyone is engaging in deceit.

Due to conflicting philosophies on deceit, two great alliances were born:

The Liar-Killers Alliance: Lie, and you are instantly killed.

The Whisperer Alliance: Turn lies into truth.

A newbie tutorial with a nearly 100% mortality rate, an insane matchmaking mechanism, a feast of a hundred deceits, the war between the two alliances, and the Great Escape from Hell.

The villains who arrive in Hell will use every means possible to trick lies out of one another.

Chen Ran had many theories about Hell. Is it a virtual world? A world designed to create a God? A mental construct?

As he eliminates the answers one by one, the mysterious veil of Hell is slowly being lifted… Collapse
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    Batx58
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    I am not smart enough to read this
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    Aron
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    Maybe good if you are in to 5d chess type of novels.

    I think most of the problems comes from the novel being almost impossible to adapt to other languages. There are a lot of times when in order to fully understand whats going on you need to be well-versed in chinese culture and symbolysm and probably be reading in original.
    It's already hard to keep track of going on, so the subpar quality of translation just doesn't help it.

    Loved the worldbuilding and main character.

    If you like this novel you should probably go check God's Imitator as well.
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    veromancer
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    С начала может показаться что это что то интересное, но потом понимаешь что этот полная херня, сюжет безумно затянут, от бесконечных рассуждений становиться невысоко скучно, в процессе чтения можно смело пролистать 100 глав и ты ничего не потерять в повествовании. Любому кто это читает очень быстро надоест
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    kibishi
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    My IQ is too low for this novel
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    ElderYharon
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    Hey, you reading this review right now, stop scrolling down further and just read the novel, it’s about time you learnt this lesson but relying on numbers as review criteria isn’t going to do anything. So just read please in my personal opinion this is a great novel and I love it very much. To some it might not seem that way and that is because they read the novel and came out with that opinion. But they Atleast read it so just try it out and if you don’t like it then write why you didn’t but please… try it out first it’s a truly great novel and I would be devastated to hear that someone didn’t read it because of a review without even trying it themselves
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      Endless3299
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      From the first 8 chapters: the logic is shit (or missing entirely), the characters come up with conclusions out of thin air, and none behave realistically. How could this ever be good?
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        Osaka
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        Care to expand why the logic is shit?
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        ElderYharon
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        Cause you read the first 8 chapters you retard
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          Endless3299
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          Yeah, 8 chapters, which amounts to... What, 50 pages in a normal printed novel (~70k words)?
          You f#cking retard.

          Xoxo, love ya
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            ElderYharon
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            Sure bud whatever your two brain cells collide to decide is yours to believe if that belief may even be that retarded
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          skuxxman
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          Aha, so one should skip the first 8 chapters
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            ElderYharon
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            Huh?
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              skuxxman
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              Just a joke lol, cos based on your wording one shouldn't read the first 8 chapters
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      Fenne04
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      Thank you. I might not have tried this novel if I didn't see you desperately asking like this.

      The novel is indeed wonderful.
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    azurecloud
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    • 2.8
    2.8
    Ch 100
    Rating 5/10

    A novel that desperately wants to appear smart, but it doesn't actually achieve its goal. It read like a feverdream.

    MC gets tossed into hell, a place where you can be killed if you lie and have to undergo endless escape rooms of obscene difficulty. The leapfrogging logic the author employs is out of this world and frankly no human beijg would possibly survive in this place for more than a few runs. One mistake = death.

    The worldbuilding is indeed original, but I also find it stupid regarding the common sense lie mechanism - if you honestly say I dont know about a " common sense" piece of knowledge it is considered a lie.

    MC doesnt really have a personality except for the fact is extremely intelligent and a serial smoker.

    Not recommended.
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      Osaka
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      "The worldbuilding is indeed original, but I also find it stupid regarding the common sense lie mechanism - if you honestly say I dont know about a " common sense" piece of knowledge it is considered a lie."

      I am confused by this complaint. Why is it stupid? It is just a mechanic, if the story doesn't go against it or break it as it pleases it is completely fine.
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        azurecloud
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        because saying you dont know when you really dont know is not a lie. It also intoduces an element of uncertainty that allow the author to force the plot to his whims because there is no specific threshold on how many people have to believe in sth for it to become common sense fact
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      trashyoungmaster
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      Infinite flow novels like to do that leapfrogging bullshit. Because they have to one up every previous instance/challenge/world. Instead of idk have a couple chill instances between every hype one. You're writing for 100s of chapters anyways. You can afford this.

      However considering how some readers complain about slower paced chapters in stories with high paced elements I understand why they feel the need. Web novels really are the perfect medium for literary slop.
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        klip
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        the couple of chill instance will make it appear repetitive. these kind of novels need to be finished fast else they end up loosing the plot
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          trashyoungmaster
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          Who decided that? (Escanor voice)
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            klip
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            I, klip.
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          ElderYharon
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          Ten Day Ultimatum: 👁️ 👄 👁️
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            Endless3299
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            Yeah, that one is bad too.
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              ElderYharon
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              Bad? I wasn’t implying that and in fact it’s one of my favorite novels of all time I even read the last 500 chapters in two days dude I was simply comparing the two novels this one and Ten Day Ultimatum which I both loved reading and by no means would I ever say I disliked them
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    trashyoungmaster
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    Based on some of the puzzles and nothing else, this must be a hell only for the Chinese
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      azurecloud
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      I was thinking the hell scans your memories and send you to an instance that you have a chance of solving when matchmaking
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        azurecloud
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        becaus saying you dont know when you really domt know is not a lie
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          trashyoungmaster
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          I mean, whispers are lies that if you go against them to tell the truth you 'lie.' The lying mechanism isn't very honest. It only matters that the liar slayer system determined that you're a liar.
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        trashyoungmaster
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        Common sense lies being a thing only shows that hell wants to screw over everyone
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      ElderYharon
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      Brother this is a hell for those who scored less then perfect on everything during their schooling and It’s making me feel so goddamn dumb 😭
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        trashyoungmaster
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        Half of this isn't even taught in school. You'd also have to be chronically online in niche and normie spaces while simultaneously caught up on academic research, movies and books.
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    Restacl
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    Китайцы, судя по всему, совершенно незнакомы с понятием демагогия и выставляют это как верх интеллекта
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    Víteliú
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    It's not so bad.
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    MTL Ancestor
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    #panic#

    Now if you are certain about drip feeding us novels every couple of days, shouldn't the popular section change?

    Previously you released a big batch of novels every month, which allowed the 30 day period to effectively rank novels as all were released together and had a proper competition. Currently that is not true and renders it pretty useless.
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      ABADDA016
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      can you please explain what you are saying
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      panic
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      What makes you think the point has been lost? pepeg_23

      "Monthly <= 30 Days" actually shows novels published within the last 30 days, based on the novel's publication date.

      If all 20-30 novels were released at once, only 5 "highly rated" ones would survive in the ranking of "new" novels. In reality, the initial ratings for these new novels heavily influence their ranking and popularity.

      Now, regardless of how many good or bad ratings are given by people who do not even read them, it will not affect their fair share of attention. Each novel is given enough time for active readers to notice the new release.

      What is the purpose of this? Suppose that on the first day of publication, someone, such as a "translator," creates fake reviews and tries to draw attention to their novel, generating artificial popularity. This used to work because the "new novels carousel," which is displayed to all readers, relied on ratings.

      Regarding the concern that "old novels (1) from a month ago are interfering with the ranking of new novels (2)," please do not worry.

      In fact, nothing has changed; only the transition time for the previous novels (1) has become longer, and the new novels (2) will actually receive compensation in the next batch (3).
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        MTL Ancestor
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        I see, you do have a point, I didn't think about the compensation at all. You are objectively right on all accounts.

        Perhaps it's that my routine for years has come to an end, that despite evidence of the opposite, it just didn't feel right.
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          Despyte
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          Reasonable arguments and peaceful resolution? Not on my watch! /jk
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            MTL Ancestor
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            Lol. /njk
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