Chapter 177: Unavoidable Skill Combination!
The essence of deterrence was mutual destruction.
It was like nuclear deterrence. If you dropped a nuclear bomb on me, I would absolutely have to drop nuclear bombs on every nuclear-armed nation in the world.
There was no other possibility!
In the Three-Body Problem, Luo Ji understood this principle, which was why the Trisolarans were Afraid to Throw a Stone at a Rat for Fear of Breaking the Vase.
Cheng Xin did not understand this principle, which was why the Trisolarans dared to ignore the deterrence.
In this high-stakes game, the three Three-Star Players knew very well that they had less than six minutes to think. Once they missed this window, Qiu Yinong would use the Wheel of Time, resetting time to within one minute of the Future Lie being spoken, and Chen Ran would use Eternal Kingdom without hesitation.
That would turn all six of them into liars.
A question might arise here.
Since that was the case, why go through so much trouble? Could Chen Ran not just use Eternal Kingdom directly in this timeline?