Lies are one of the compulsory subjects for the vast majority of intelligent beings, and are also an indispensable part of the world’s constitution. In many cases, for people, its function is no less than air and sunlight, which are core elements we rely on for survival.
Given that we have previously discussed this wonderful yet cruel term several times, I won’t elaborate here to avoid straying off topic too seriously.
In summary, from whatever perspective you look at it, Motan’s mastery of the art of lies is superb. It is worth mentioning that the Motan referred here is ’Mo Tan,’ rather than Motan in a certain personality.
In fact, if there is a necessary cause or need, even in the ’Orderly Good’ personality, which is relatively morally upright, he can tell quite exquisite lies. Moreover, given his demeanor at the time, its credibility is often much higher than that of deceivers of the same caliber.
As for when the personality is in ’Absolute Neutrality,’ Motan, who is self-deprecating as an ordinary passerby, is also very good at lying. This is mainly thanks to certain proverbial wisdom related to pork and pigs. In short, although his emotional fluctuation may affect the efficacy of the lies, most are very authentic as long as they do not involve a certain girl.
However, no matter how proficient he is in the above two states, in the realm of lies, Motan can never compare himself with the ’Chaotic Neutral’ personality. In fact, besides that girl filled with homebody elements, few in the world can match Motan in that personality.
Perhaps Motan in the other two personalities can deceive others, but only when he is a hedonist (Yi Dong’s term) can he perfectly deceive himself.
Deceiving his own heart, deceiving his own senses, deceiving his own subconscious.
Even if it is just impromptu, the man who goes by the name ’Tan Mo’ in The Realm of Innocence can easily say a large number of statements marked with the ’lie’ label yet inexplicably have an ’honest’ core. Only he can isolate ’concepts’ from ’tags’ and ’cores,’ banishing them from thoughts when needed.
In fact, even if Yao Qianhan truly has mind reading skills, as long as Motan under the ’Chaotic Neutral’ personality enters the state first, before the so-called ’mind reading’ takes effect, he decides to craft a meticulous lie, then unless the former can freely peruse Motan’s mind like flipping through a book, even real-time mind reading would never reveal any clues.
Of course, Motan is very aware that those with divine skills can still excavate his deepest secrets if they wish. However, he believes the probability is negligible because he is ultimately just a small figure. Although he is Yi Dong’s best friend, this factor probably only makes those people more lenient towards him.
In summary, that day in the chairman’s office, Motan decisively stitched together an insurance, one that, though full of leaks, is extremely reliable. From the moment he returned home, he had resolved that whenever he was in the same place as Yao Qianhan, he must strive to remain in the ’Chaotic Neutral’ state.
Although this is likely to cause many inconveniences to his future campus life, as long as it is effective, it is worthwhile.
Moreover, on the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth of August, Motan carefully recalled that blank period on the social layer, meticulously inspecting whether any clues might be hidden that could reveal his mental state. It must be said, he was very pleased with himself because even during the time when he broke off contact with Yi Dong, knowing that he would eventually get back on track, Motan was very cautious and didn’t leave any noticeable evidence.
As for those not very conspicuous flaws (for instance, sometimes haggling until a vegetable stall owner becomes a monk, yet sometimes obediently paying the marked price), he felt he could explain them with ’lack of parental care,’ ’friends’ departure,’ and ’a prematurely arrived puberty.’ If it really doesn’t work, just admit that he’s indeed quite intelligent and extremely precocious, hence why he hid his identity and behaved oddly during that time with ’world-weary sentiment.’
In any case, regarding the troubles in the Real World, Motan believes he has done the best he could, and in The Realm of Innocence, he has gotten through relatively peaceful three days and nights as well. Despite still being as tight-knit as ever, no overly fatal trouble has occurred.
To summarize briefly—
The sparring with Awakening Dragon in the Public Space previously was not in vain. Although that fight did not last long, the proficiency level of the ’Mor’ character, after returning to the game, [Dawn] showed no change in the least. However, when he sparred with Ya Ya in the backyard of Shade Guesthouse, he found that the weapon experience accumulation speed of the [Dawn·Ruthless Sword] was unbelievably fast. The two exchanged blows for less than ten minutes, and the experience value of the [Dawn·Ruthless Sword] form increased by 0.8%, plus Motan’s previously accumulated experience, exactly 1%.
Do not underestimate this 0.8%. You should know that previously, when Motan passionately clashed with Anthony Dubs for such a long time, and both sides had almost exhausted all their tricks, the sword form experience only increased by 0.18%.
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