I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 364 1.23 26 Paper Cutting
"Everyone knows that Mr. Adele's charm is incredibly attractive, but Mr. Adele wasn't among the options for that question. If I remember correctly, the options seemed to be: Judge, Yifeng, Jealousy, Information Shop Owner, Greed, High Priest, Magician, Rabbit Duke, Satan, White Knight."

"The name 'Adele' never appeared from beginning to end. How did you know that the owner of the information agency is named Mr. Adele?" Mu Yegui continued to ask.

Lan Xiao's expression was somewhat unpleasant, and she subconsciously bit her nails as if she was thinking about how to answer Mu Yegui.

Not long after, she said, “It was the process of elimination. I figured it out using the process of elimination. The question was, ‘Who is the most popular of the kingdom’s top ten golden bachelors?’ Whenever a question asks who is popular, Mr. Adele is always hidden in it, so I eliminated them one by one using the process of elimination.”

"The process of elimination?" Mu Yegui pondered these four words, his cold silver eyes fixed on Lan Xiao, as still as a deep ancient pool, unable to ripple or reflect anything.

"How did you manage to so easily and accurately identify Mr. Adele from among a mix of options including the Crown Prince, the original owner of the copy, and some unknown creature (is it really okay for me to say this?)?"

"I..." Lan Xiao's face grew paler and paler. When she started to panic and make mistakes, everything she said was wrong. This lie had already fallen apart, and she could no longer continue to cover it up.

"I remember that was right around the time the Crown Prince Ranking and the Dungeon Master Ranking were announced. If you hadn't seen those two lists, you wouldn't have known the names of the people in the options. But that's where the question comes in: how did you see those two lists?"
The Crown Prince List is indeed widely known and can be purchased with just a few copper coins, but the Dungeon Master List is known only to the Crown Prince and is affordable to him. If you haven't looked at both lists, you can't accurately eliminate them one by one using the process of elimination.

Most importantly, after eliminating all other options, there's still a choice between an unknown creature and the owner of the information broker. The list of dungeon owners doesn't say that Mr. Adele is the owner of the information broker; it only says that Lust is Adele.

Lan Xiao, can you tell me how you so confidently asserted that the owner of the intelligence agency was Mr. Adele?

"I didn't swear that the owner of the information agency is Mr. Adele. Besides, even if it's a choice between two options, it's just a single choice. Nobody has ever heard of the name Yifeng before. If we're going to choose, of course we'll choose the owner of the information agency." Lan Xiao, pale-faced, kept shaking her head in denial.

"When the host asked you why you chose the intelligence agency owner, you said with absolute certainty, 'Mr. Adele is heaven.' My ears aren't that deaf. You would know there's only one possibility: you are the crown prince and you've seen the list of duplicate owners."

Let's assume Lan Xiao used the process of elimination to make his choice. But even if we use the process of elimination, we still need to know the information about the other people. In the end, we can only conclude that Lan Xiao is the crown prince.

Lan Xiao fell silent. She had never imagined that Mu Yegui would be so smart. He truly deserved to be the first crown prince.
Yu Yin outside the window accidentally pushed the plate too far, almost knocking it away. Suddenly, a hand reached out, caught the plate, and pulled it back.

Yu Yin breathed a sigh of relief, but was startled when she saw the person who had appeared in front of her at some point. She instinctively tried to scream, but someone covered her mouth.

The first thing you see is a pair of blue-gray eyes filled with a cold warning.

Yu Yin swallowed hard and nodded tremblingly.

The conversation between the two people inside continued.

"Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered something. This instance itself shouldn't have been participated in by me, right? The card I received wasn't signed, but when I met Horus in the King's City, Xiao Yin received a scroll with a butterfly seal on it, just like the butterfly next to you."

If I'm not mistaken, that was the real dungeon invitation, meaning the dungeon actually invited Xiaoyin, not me. But Xiaoyin didn't even bother to open it; she just threw it away.

Later, I received an unsigned card with no address on it, which inexplicably led me to the Kingdom of the Unbelievable.

And it was in the Kingdom of the Unbelievable that I met you. Can I assume that this was all part of your plan? Deliberately meeting me in the Kingdom of the Unbelievable, and then bringing me here. Because of my crown prince privileges, I can ignore the rules and enter the instance, so I had no way of knowing that the actual participant in the instance wasn't me.

Mu Yegui paused, and seeing that Lan Xiao was not going to speak, she continued, "I am very curious about your relationship with this instance. Of course, the reason you asked Horus to deliver the invitation for you was that you did not want to be suspected, and that you are actually a member of the Conqueror's Association."

"Where's the evidence? What makes you think I had Horus deliver that scroll? Butterflies can be found anywhere, but the butterflies here are black."

"How do you know the butterfly on that sealing wax stamp isn't black?" Mu Yegui countered.

“Because…I…” Lan Xiao’s brows furrowed suddenly, realizing that she had let something slip again.

"Because you deliberately changed the color. Moreover, red butterflies have a special meaning. Butterflies symbolize the soul released from the body, symbolizing the transformation of life and beautiful rebirth. Red generally symbolizes vitality, but sometimes it also symbolizes blood and flames. Red butterflies are like moths drawn to a flame, burning with life."

Isn't this a fitting symbol of death? Compared to the black butterfly, which immediately signifies death, the red butterfly, burning with life, has a more subtle meaning and also complements the theme color of this dungeon. "An incredibly brilliant round; I almost actually fell for your trick."

In fact, she wasn't fooled. When she saw the butterfly with the red wax seal, she felt puzzled and confused. So, as a precaution, she deliberately didn't answer Mu Yin's question.

"So, you still haven't answered me: what exactly is your relationship with this instance?" She had guessed that Lan Xiao wanted the Crown Prince's props, but that didn't stop her from wanting to know what Lan Xiao's relationship was with the 'paper-cutting' instance.

"Since Ye Gui is so smart, why don't you guess?" Lan Xiao looked up at Mu Ye Gui and said slowly.

"There's too little information; there's no way to guess," Mu Yegui said softly, shaking her head.

“If Ye Gui is planning to give up, I should leave. The others will be arriving soon.” Lan Xiao glanced out the window, a dark glint flashing in her emerald eyes.

"Then you can go." Mu Yegui stepped aside, making way for him.

Seeing Mu Yegui's action, Lan Xiao was stunned. She thought Mu Yegui would continue to pester her, but she didn't expect him to leave so readily.

Lan Xiao glanced at Mu Yegui, who showed no intention of stopping her, with a puzzled look, then stepped out, only to freeze in place upon seeing the person outside the door.

My body was stiff, and a chill ran from the soles of my feet to my heart, making it ache with cold.

Bertias...

When did he arrive here?
Oh no, we're doomed.

An unknown creature—Yifeng: That's the author himself. Mu Ye is your own mother. How dare you say that about me?

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