God's imitator

Chapter 171 A New Invitation

In the evening, everyone gathered around the long table and took their seats.

The food on the table is purchased precisely from vending machines at the exact time, so there won't be any awkward situation where the food cooked later is freshly cooked while the previous dishes have already gone cold.

Everyone's glasses were filled with red wine, champagne, or other beverages.

Everything seemed absolutely perfect.

Jiang He looked at Li Renshu: "Isn't it about time for the opening remarks?"

Lee In-sook shook her head: "There's no need for that this time."

“In the past, we always had to force ourselves to say a few words at gatherings, mainly because our community didn’t have much cohesion back then, and we had a lot of disagreements. We needed some necessary rituals to unite people.”

"But now, our community structure is stable, and everyone understands each other better. Too many red tapes seem a bit rigid."

"Let's raise a glass together to welcome Aunt Zhou and wish the 17th Community all the best!"

Everyone raised their glasses: "Welcome, Aunt Zhou!"

After everyone took a sip of their drinks, the atmosphere in the hall became lively. People chatted with each other while enjoying the food and savoring this hard-won leisure time.

After a brief exchange, many people learned about Zhou Guifen's specific situation.

She works as a middle school music teacher in a small county town. Although she is not particularly professional, her musical literacy surpasses that of most people in the community.

Amidst the cheers and encouragement of the crowd, Zhou Guifen sang two songs, which drew applause and cheers, making the atmosphere of the dinner party even more lively.

Amidst the clinking of glasses, the group chatted until very late.

……

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The next day, most people got up relatively late.

Lin Sizhi was reading in the rest area as usual. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby, she could see other people doing their own different activities.

Some people do some simple exercises, some study the rules of games, and some, like Lin Sizhi, look for specific professional books in the book section.

More and more people in the community are developing the habit of exercising.

Although there is a gym in the community, many people prefer to run outdoors.

Cai Zhiyuan, in particular, clearly suffered a great loss in the previous King's Trial game. Among everyone, he was the one who exercised the most diligently.

Based on the current situation, most of the games in the arcade discourage violence and brute force.

This is understandable, because if violence or brute force is allowed, male players or players with better physical strength will gain too much of an advantage in the game, which will seriously disrupt the game's balance.

However, this is not absolute; at least the arcade has never stated that violence must be completely prohibited.

The ban on violence is largely a choice made by copycat offenders themselves, as well as a result of the game's balance review mechanism.

However, under certain conditions, games that prioritize violence may still emerge.

such as:

The arcade aims to filter out players who are physically weak but intellectually strong.
The copycat designed a game that roughly balances physical and mental abilities;

Or perhaps certain specific trial game themes have emerged.

In these situations, players will definitely have an advantage if they exercise.

Of course, even knowing this, not everyone can stick to exercising every day, since it's a slow process. Just like everyone knows that browsing in the library might lead to relevant knowledge or improve one's survival rate in a specific game, reading every day is still something only a few can consistently maintain.

It was a leisurely and peaceful day.

……

That evening, Lin Sizhi returned to her room, and sure enough, a new game design invitation had appeared on her computer.

Hello, Lin Sizhi.

Three days later, several different trial games will be held simultaneously in the gallery. You can choose to design your game based on the files of the many criminals who will be tried.

You can choose to try multiple criminals in a single case, or you can choose to try multiple criminals from different cases who have similar crimes.

Regarding the specific selection rules, the game design team will have considerable flexibility in this round of invitations.

The arcade will evaluate all submitted proposals and adopt the highest-scoring design to set up the game area.

You have 2 hours to finalize the list of criminals to be tried, and 48 hours to complete the game design.

Now, please make your choice.

Lin Sizhi opened the drawer and found that there were far more criminal files this time than before.

There were more than twenty portions.

Moreover, some of these are criminals involved in the same case, while others are criminals involved in different cases.

In terms of quantity, the trials in the arcades are accelerating.

Lin Sizhi quickly glanced through the files.

According to the gallery, there are two different methods for selecting people:
A trial can be held for a specific case;
Alternatively, trials can be conducted on a specific theme, not necessarily the same case, as long as the crimes of the perpetrators are related in some way.

The design philosophies of these two trial games will be significantly different.

The trial of the same case means that there is a natural conflict between the criminals. If this conflict is used well, the behavior of the criminals can be controlled to a large extent. It is relatively more targeted and even easier to get the results that the copycat wants.
Trials on the same topic are relatively more difficult to control the behavior of criminals, and it is relatively difficult to predict which criminal will fall into the trap, making them more suitable for copycats who want to kill indiscriminately.

According to the rules of the gallery at this time, when a large number of criminals are to be tried at the same time, the freedom of choice for copycat offenders increases, and there will also be a clear order of priority.

The better copycats can be selected first, and then the slightly less skilled copycats can be selected from the remaining list of sinners to continue designing the game.

As for "excellent copycats", it seems that only copycats who have designed at least an A-rated game should qualify.

Lin Sizhi has read through all the files, including one of the members of the 17th Community.

But this was not the subject of Lin Sizhi's trial, nor did she have a strong desire to save or not save.

Therefore, Lin Sizhi ultimately chose several other files.

These files belong to the same case, and the main reason why Lin Sizhi wanted to design this trial was the only victim in this case: a player named He Xiaojun from the 14th community.

He Xiaojun, male, 25 years old.

Occupation: Company employee.

[Due to his timid nature, he was falsely accused of sexual harassment by a female colleague. To avoid further trouble, he was forced to record an apology video. Ultimately, he was fired from the company, subjected to online harassment, and his reputation was ruined.]

[Verdict: No trial held.]

(End of this chapter)