Day of Imprisonment

Luo Xi's question is a classic example of the 'liar's paradox'.

It's the oldest semantic paradox, and its content is: If someone says they are lying, is what they're saying true or false?

Asking 'Mad Hatter' to answer this question will undoubtedly result in an unanswerable outcome.

A paradox is called a paradox because it's wrong no matter which angle you answer from.

Unsolvable!

The 'Mad Hatter' in the form of a black top hat didn't seem surprised at all by the question.

As if it were commonplace.

"Hehe, you're not so great either. Okay, I can't answer it. State your request, and I will definitely fulfill it. But next, I will also ask you a question."

The Mad Hatter directly conceded.

Luo Xi nodded and then pointed to Dou Dou next to him: "Then I'll make my request. My request is that you must use questioning to make the Mad Hatter on her head come off."

"..."

The facial features on the black top hat now clearly showed extremely surprised and unexpected expressions.

The purple-haired high-level witch and Lin Qiqi next to them also had their eyes light up.

Anyone who thinks about it even slightly will realize that Luo Xi's request is too clever.

Killing two birds with one stone.

It's equivalent to having one Mad Hatter challenge another, using the rules of the 'Mad Hatter Game' to solve their own problems.

And there's a clear benefit to doing this, which is that no matter who wins or loses, the Mad Hatter on Dou Dou's head will come off.

If the black top hat stumps the opponent, then it must make the request for the pointed hat to come off Dou Dou's head, and the pointed hat can only fulfill the request; if the question is answered, there's a second layer of insurance, which is the pointed hat's counter-question. If the black top hat can't answer, the pointed hat will parasitize it. And if the opponent deliberately asks an easy question, but is limited by Luo Xi's request to 'make the pointed hat come off', then the black top hat, due to this task, can only choose not to answer even if it can answer the question. In this way, the pointed hat can only parasitize it.

It can be said that Luo Xi, in a short period of time, fully understood the rules of the Mad Hatter Game and used them to his advantage.

So, next, the black top hat and the pointed hat were very annoyed, but they could only conduct another Mad Hatter Game.

Just as Luo Xi had thought before, no matter how they asked and answered questions to each other, it wouldn't affect the final result.

That is, the pointed hat will come off Dou Dou's head.

Moreover, this pointed hat really did parasitize the black top hat, and the two hats merged into one, becoming a black top hat wrapped with red cloth strips. It looked very old, but it exuded a crazy power.

In addition, this two-in-one Mad Hatter had a face on each side, and at this moment, both were staring at Luo Xi fiercely.

One of the faces seemed to grit its teeth and said to Luo Xi: "I have completed your request, so now it's my turn to ask a question."

"Yes, ask away," Luo Xi smiled.

"Tell me, what is the answer to the next unanswerable question?" the Mad Hatter asked ferociously.

Lin Qiqi and the purple-haired high-level witch's expressions changed.

Sure enough, the boomerang that Luo Xi threw out earlier had returned. The Mad Hatter was using his own methods against him. One used the 'liar's paradox', and the other used 'infinite recursion'. In short, both were unanswerable questions.

This 'unanswerable' doesn't mean you can just make something up and get away with it.

If the question is 'Do you know how many stars there are in the sky?', because the questioner doesn't know the exact number either, if you answer with several hundred billion plus a made-up fraction, it's considered answering the question.

So, using questions like 'How many stars are there?' or 'How many grains of sand are there in the desert?' in the Mad Hatter Game is just asking for death.

The questions asked in this game, if you want the other party to be unable to answer, you can only use the idea of a dead-loop logic to conceive the question.

Otherwise, the other party can answer it.

Even if it's fabricated, it's considered an answer.

Of course, Luo Xi couldn't answer an unsolvable question like 'What is the answer to the next unanswerable question?', so he was also very straightforward.

"I can't answer it."

He directly conceded.

The two-in-one Mad Hatter immediately let out a burst of wild laughter.

This is the law of nature.

It's universal in any field.

The reason why the Mad Hatters can successfully parasitize is because their mental strength is stronger and more bizarre. In the field of mental strength, they are strong and armed to the teeth. When facing unarmed ordinary people, of course, they will kill gods and Buddhas.

Unstoppable, unmatched.

But if they encounter beings whose mental strength exceeds theirs, then the situation is different.

Lin Qiqi had already determined that Luo Xi's 'soul' (mental strength) far exceeded these two Mad Hatters, so they were destined to fail to parasitize successfully.

Even, they would be controlled by Luo Xi instead, and they wouldn't even be able to run away.

The actual situation was also consistent with Luo Xi and Lin Qiqi's assumptions.

Even the two-in-one Mad Hatter, after its mental tentacles pierced into Luo Xi's head, immediately encountered resistance.

It's not that it couldn't get in.

It got in.

But it was controlled instead.

And the most terrifying thing was that the two-in-one Mad Hatter discovered that each of its mental tentacles seemed to be grabbed by a terrifying and cold hand, just like its lifeblood was grabbed by someone. Originally, their mental influence could make the host fall into a 'dream', tormenting them through fear and despair to weaken the host's power, but at this moment, it couldn't be exerted at all.

They couldn't control the dream, nor could they create fear.

Instead, they themselves were pulled into a layer of dream, intimidated by some kind of terrible fear.

This was definitely an incredible battle, and moreover, the other party had an overwhelming victory, directly crushing them.

Resistance was meaningless.

However, the external manifestation was quite ordinary. After the two-in-one Mad Hatter appeared on Luo Xi's head, just after sneering twice, the two faces on the hat yawned as if they had been hit by a sleepy bug and instantly fell asleep.

The Mad Hatter was asleep!

Lin Qiqi was not surprised at all by this result. As a soul peeper, she had seen from the beginning that the two sides were not on the same level at all.

But for the purple-haired high-level witch over there, it was definitely a shocking thing that left her speechless.

Her originally cold expression now became both exaggerated and funny. Her eyes widened, and her mouth opened unconsciously.

Finally, after a few seconds, she regained control of her expression, but the uncontrollable curiosity was like a torrential river, surging out, unable to be suppressed.

"Why?"

She asked.

Lin Qiqi obviously had a good relationship with the purple-haired witch.

She gave an answer.

"It's like if I at this stage forcibly compete with you in spells, do you think I can win?"

The purple-haired witch immediately reacted, and she suddenly understood.

Her eyes looked at Luo Xi, with some kind of special emotion.

"No wonder the leader would choose to cooperate with you."

None of the unexpected situations that the purple-haired witch was guarding against happened.

The werewolf had transformed into an intellectual beauty and was gradually awakening; the two people parasitized by the Mad Hatter had also escaped the danger after winning the Mad Hatter's game.

Her work was done, and it was time to go back.

The purple-haired witch left, and her attitude was much better than when she came, like a completely different person.

An Zhiyan covered her forehead, looking at the situation in the house and the people around her, quickly analyzing the situation.

The first discovery was that [Rationality] seemed to have returned to her body.

This feeling was very refreshing. Compared to the previous madness, if it were likened to being tortured in flames, then now, she felt like she was soaking in warm water, drinking a cold drink, feeling very comfortable.

This feeling was too addictive.

She couldn't extricate herself at all.

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She knew very well that this feeling was brought to her by Luo Xi. Based on this alone, she knew she couldn't leave this man.

There was no need for thanks. Under [Absolute Rationality], An Zhiyan classified this behavior as meaningless flattery. She would only express her gratitude through actions. She knew that Luo Xi knew her feelings, and since he knew, there was no need to say anything.

So, she just walked to Luo Xi's side and nodded.

"Aren't you going to change your clothes?" Lin Qiqi expressed her dissatisfaction.

An Zhiyan was wearing a garment similar to a coat, but in reality, there was nothing underneath.

Was this slut doing it on purpose?

"Changing clothes isn't urgent," An Zhiyan smiled at Lin Qiqi.

At this time, An Zhiyan planned to talk about what she had done before, but Luo Xi reached out and stopped her.

She immediately understood and stopped talking.

Over there, Dou Dou and Hao Xiuwen had both regained their sanity.

Dou Dou was a little faster. After all, the enhanced physique of an elite B-rank meant that, apart from An Zhiyan's werewolf physique, no one else present could compare.

She tilted her head, looking around, seemingly wondering, 'Who am I, where am I, and why am I here?'

Finally, she remembered, and then noticed the Mad Hatter's hat on Luo Xi's head.

"You saved me?" she walked over and asked.

"What do you think?" Luo Xi took off the hat and reached out to flick off the dust.

This thing was actually a card prop.

However, it could only be turned into a card after being controlled.

[Mad Hatter], mutation type, possessing a strong archive of knowledge. Their knowledge comes from the unfortunate souls they parasitize. If you can control it, you can gain a huge boost in mental strength, but only the most extreme madmen can avoid their interference—are you that kind of madman?

Hao Xiuwen was somewhat muddle-headed. He even forgot what place this was and how he got here.

Obviously, being parasitized by the Mad Hatter, even after the Mad Hatter left, would have some impact on the host.

But this impact would gradually disappear over time.

Fortunately, for the next thing, Hao Xiuwen didn't need to use his brain or exert any effort.

Luo Xi had Lin Qiqi, An Zhiyan, and even Dou Dou and Mad Lion, as well as Cinderella, the strongest witch bloodline, and at the same time, he had the strongest ally, the 'Sisterhood'.

Next, no matter what he did in Fairy Tale Town, it would become very easy.

So, he only spent less than half a day collecting all the clearance props used by everyone.

"Are we just leaving like this?" An Zhiyan asked.

Luo Xi nodded.

That meant that what needed to be done had already been done, and there was no point in continuing to stay in Fairy Tale Town.

"Understood," An Zhiyan didn't ask any more questions. She knew that during the time she was in 'Berserk', Luo Xi must have done a lot of things, and for them, escaping Fairy Tale Town itself was the highest priority option.

It was just a little regrettable for her personally.

She believed that there might be other clues about the [Werewolf's Curse], such as how the original werewolves were created? Are there other suppression measures and methods for the werewolf's berserk state?

Although [Absolute Rationality] was a good medicine for her, this medicine couldn't last forever. This was equivalent to her having to stay by Luo Xi's side in order not to fall into uncontrolled berserk, although she didn't reject this at all, and even looked forward to it, but under the analysis of absolute rationality, betting her bottom card on one person was definitely not a wise choice.

But it was too risky for her to explore Fairy Tale Town alone, mainly because there was a possibility of losing control again.

So, she could only follow Luo Xi's arrangements.

"I don't want to leave!" Dou Dou raised an objection.

She didn't say why, but Luo Xi knew that the reason she didn't want to leave was because she hadn't found 'that person' she was looking for.

Moreover, even if she searched again, she wouldn't be able to find him.

Because Zhang Zhe was already dead.

Luo Xi had also carefully analyzed Zhang Zhe's person, and it could basically be determined that the other party was a 'traitor', once his own person, but was turned against him by Wei Sice.

This was not strange, nor was it rare, because under normal circumstances, anyone around him could 'betray' him.

Including Lin Qiqi and An Zhiyan.

Of course, Luo Xi wouldn't tell Dou Dou the truth, but he also knew that it was meaningless for her to continue staying here.

"The person you're looking for might have left long ago," Luo Xi told a lie.

He was very good at lying.

And he would use solid evidence to prove the 'truthfulness' of this lie.

Dou Dou was essentially a very simple person, valuing friendship and righteousness. This kind of person was easily deceived. Zhang Zhe could deceive her, and so could Luo Xi, and moreover, his lies were more clever.

So, after a brief conversation, Dou Dou gave up the idea of continuing to stay here.

"Let's go quickly," this was Dou Dou's reaction five minutes later, and she became the one who wanted to leave the most.

For Luo Xi, the only problem was Cinderella.

She couldn't go out.

She was a person from 'Fairy Tale Town'.

Like the blind witch and Elena from the flower shop, they couldn't leave, at least no one could bring them away at this stage.

Luo Xi entrusted her to the blind witch.

At the time of parting, Cinderella cried so hard. This girl, who liked to act and was scheming and extremely clever in her heart, was definitely crying from the bottom of her heart at this moment.

She really wanted to follow her 'godfather' and stay by his side, being a carefree girl who could sometimes be a little willful.

A helpless person suddenly had someone to rely on and enjoyed the feeling of being taken care of, but when one day this reliance was about to leave, it was definitely a huge harm to this person.

But reality is not a fairy tale.

"Not everything can be as you wish. You also need to grow up, and Luo Xi can take care of you in my place," Luo Xi reached out and stroked Cinderella's long brown hair. It felt very good, soft. Luo Xi often touched her hair before, but this time, it was more like a final caress at the time of parting.

Cinderella also felt Luo Xi's emotions.

She stopped crying and wiped away her tears.

"Godfather, will we ever meet again?"

"We will meet again, I promise!"