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At this moment, the tattooed man raised his hand and looked at the goat-masked man. "Hey, judge, what about those using aliases? Does that count as lying?"

The goat-masked man neither nodded nor shook his head, only saying淡淡地说："I will no longer participate in the process. You just need to write down the names according to your own judgment. Remember, 'rules are absolute.' In the end, I will personally administer the 'punishment.'"

The words "punishment" were pronounced with a chilling finality, causing everyone to shiver.

"This... this proves I didn't lie!" Tiantian shouted anxiously. "If I were lying, I would be dead by now, right? Even if it's an alias, my alias is truly 'Tiantian'!"

No one responded to her. At this critical moment where it's a matter of life and death, no doubt should be overlooked.

"Next, it's my turn," the tattooed man said, his face showing reluctance. "If this lady's story isn't considered a lie, then mine certainly isn't."

"My name is Qiao Jiajin, and I live in Guangdong. I don't have a profession. Before coming here, I was collecting debts."

Qiao Jiajin's Mandarin was poor, so everyone had to listen carefully.

"People nowadays are really interesting. They promise everything when borrowing money, but when it's time to repay, they start crying."

"D*mn it, they call us debt collectors demons, cold-blooded."

"But that guy should think from another perspective. When he was at his most helpless, needing money the most, I extended a helping hand. When all other institutions refused to lend him money, I did. To him, I wasn't a demon but a savior."

"But how did he treat me, his savior?"

"He cried everywhere, saying how hard his life was and that he had been cheated out of two million. He condemned us debt collectors for being cold-blooded, trying to use the sympathy of neighbors to solve his predicament. But when he borrowed money, we signed a contract, and all the interest was clearly stated. Now that he can't repay, is it our fault?"

"Last night, I intended to teach him a lesson. I tied him up on a bar's rooftop, but then suddenly there was an earthquake. I didn't want his life, but that guy took advantage of the chaos and pulled out a knife, trying to kill me!"

"In the confusion, I pushed him off the rooftop, and he crashed into an advertisement board. After that... I don't remember what happened."

After hearing this man's story, everyone frowned.

Tiantian seemed to have noticed something and angrily said, "See! I told you why you were trying to frame me! It turns out you are the liar!"

"What? On what basis do you say I'm lying?" Qiao Jiajin retorted fiercely.

"I'm from Shaanxi, and you're from Guangdong!" Tiantian pointed at him and said. "Your story is clearly based on mine! There was an earthquake where I was, and there was one for you too. I was hit by a billboard, and you also crashed into one! Isn't that lying?"

"I don't care where you are! I experienced an earthquake," the tattooed man said, glaring. "If I were hiding it, that would be lying! As for the billboard, there can't be only one billboard in the world, right?"

"Anyway, you're lying!" Tiantian pointed at Qiao Jiajin. "Your profession is for bad people, so lying is not surprising!"

"Heh, how is your profession any better than mine?"

Qi Xia watched the heated argument between the two and found the situation quite puzzling.

It wasn't because of who might be lying but because he had also experienced an earthquake.

He wasn't in Shaanxi or Guangdong but in Shandong.

Is it possible for such a large-scale earthquake to span across half the country, involving three provinces?

If what they said was true, it would be an unprecedented disaster.

"Stop arguing. Let's finish quickly," the burly man sitting opposite said, stopping the two and looking at the next girl. "It's your turn. If we're really going to judge who's lying, it's better if everyone finishes speaking first."

Hearing this, both parties snorted and fell silent.

The woman next to Qiao Jiajin, looking timid, nodded and began, "Um... I-I'm Xiao Ran, and I'm a preschool teacher."

Xiao Ran seemed quite scared, her voice small and trembling.

"Before coming here, I was waiting with a child for his parents. The child was usually picked up by his mother, but I heard that she fell seriously ill, had something growing in her brain, and needed surgery... So, for the past few days, his father came to pick him up, but he seems to forget often..."

"Yesterday it was already past six o'clock in the evening. Actually, I was well past my working hours, but for some reason, the child's father didn't answer his phone..."

"I didn't know the address of the child's home, so I couldn't send him back and had to stand at the street corner waiting."

"I had things to do that night too... I had an appointment with a psychologist because I wasn't very fond of my current job and hoped the psychologist could help me understand my feelings."

"But I didn't expect to wait for several hours, and the evening meeting was also canceled."

"Just when I was distracted, the ground suddenly shook. I was so scared... It took me several seconds to realize it was an earthquake..."

"The feeling of an earthquake was different from what I'd heard... The earth wasn't jumping but swaying from side to side, like I was standing on a table and someone was shaking it continuously..."

"I immediately held the child in my arms, but I didn't know what to do. I saw the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in the distance crack... Fortunately, we were standing in an open space."

"Then, I saw a runaway car speeding towards us... I could only stumble to the side with the child in my arms, but the shaking ground made me fall with every step I took."

"Finally, I fell and hit my head... then I lost consciousness, and when I woke up, I was already here."

This was a rather unremarkable story.

What only puzzled Qi Xia was the "Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple."

These pagodas are in Dali, Yunnan.

Qi Xia lightly touched the card on the table. Although he had covered the three words, he knew it said "Liar."

So, could there be multiple liars?

If "rules are absolute," then what the goat-masked man said about "exactly one liar" is absolute.

Since he drew the card saying "Liar," it means no one else can be the liar. There can only be one liar.

They must all be telling the truth.

Yet their stories, spanning three provinces, strangely seem interconnected.

Not just the earthquake, but their entire narratives seem to align. Isn't this too strange?

At this moment, everyone's attention shifted to the next person, the middle-aged man in the white lab coat.