God's imitator

Chapter 172 Two Trials
From a practical legal perspective, He Xiaojun can be considered a perfect victim, with little to criticize from either a legal or moral standpoint.

But for the gallery, the original sin of all people can become a reason for judgment.

It would be extremely easy for a copycat to kill someone like He Xiaojun.

Because the weaknesses are too obvious and too easy to target.

It could even be said that He Xiaojun's ability to survive in this cruel new world until now is largely due to luck.

Take this invitation to the trial game, for example.

If Lin Sizhi hadn't selected He Xiaojun's file, and some other copycat was in a bad mood and wanted to earn more visa time, then he could easily design a trial game to concentrate some visa time on He Xiaojun, then kill him and withdraw the money.

Therefore, Lin Sizhi ultimately decided to design a trial game for He Xiaojun.

After receiving the game's design document, Lin Sizhi noticed some relatively eye-catching information in the list of available items.

2. Dagger: Not limited.

[4. Six trial benches with different punishment schemes can be set.]

5. Six courtrooms that can be arranged arbitrarily.

Compared to the numerous other items, the dagger, a clearly defined melee weapon, is placed quite high on the item list.

This also represents the attitude of the arcade: encouraging copycats to design games around the dagger, a type of cold weapon, which will inevitably lead to all the selected trial games being heavily tinged with bloodshed.

In addition, the judge's bench and the courtroom also limit the details of the game's flow to some extent.

After careful consideration, Lin Sizhi wrote down the name of the game on the proposal.

"Trial of Cowards".

For some, this might be a relatively simple game, but for He Xiaojun, it's either death in this game or abandoning his cowardice and learning how to survive in the new world.

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Three days later, in the morning.

In the lobby of Community 14, new information appeared on the large screen.

Good morning, players!

The Gallery will open in 5 minutes.

The title of this game is "Trial of the Cowards," and the objective is to "judge the sinners."

[The only player required to participate in this community is He Xiaojun.]

There are no open spots available for this game.

Please be prepared.

He Xiaojun, who was having breakfast in the corner of the hall, almost suffered a cardiac arrest. He froze on the spot, as if time had stopped.

……

In the lobby of Community 17, a broadcast notification that the game had started also appeared on the large screen at the same time.

Good morning, players!

The Gallery will open in 5 minutes.

The title of this game is "Trial of Childbirth," and the objective is to "judge the sinners."

[The only player required to participate in this community is Jiang He.]

Players forced to participate can designate any other player within the community as their assistant to enter the game and complete the trial together.

In addition, five other players are allowed to sign up as "spectators" for this game. There is no risk involved, provided they do not violate the rules, but they will not receive any rewards from the game.

Please prepare yourselves, players.

The expressions on everyone's faces were somewhat solemn.

"As expected, it's a trial game!"

By now, everyone has basically figured out the patterns of the arcade. Currently, there are three main types of games appearing in the arcade: allocation games, selection games, and trial games.

The allocation category includes games like "Blood Poker" and "Corporate Nation," which are primarily used to earn visa time, may involve community conflict, and generally do not involve the risk of death.

Screening games are like "dating games" that set certain conditions and specifically screen a certain type of people, with a fixed death threshold.

Judgment-type games go without saying.

While games of the same type can be further subdivided, the typical arcade game flow alternates between "trial games" and "other types of games".

So after reaping a lot of visa time in the "conglomerate nation", a new trial game is bound to come, and most people are already mentally prepared.

However, the specific game notifications I saw showed a clear difference from previous trial-type games.

This game is called "Birth Trial," and the player selection mode seems to have some similarities with "King's Trial."

They were divided into "inside players" and "spectators".

Of course, the audience for this game is different from that for the King's Game. The broadcast clearly stated that there is no risk but also no reward.

And viewers of King's Game can potentially earn visa time from the game.

Judging from the current situation, the audience members entering the game are doing so purely for public benefit; they don't gain anything for themselves, but they should at least be able to help the players inside in some way. They can't just go in to find a good spot to watch, can they?

There is only one person who can truly help the player being judged.

The player being judged can designate any player in the community as an assistant to jointly enter the game and complete the trial.

This means that the designated person will also face certain dangers.

Jiang He was the only person selected to participate in the game by force. Her first reaction was panic, but soon she seemed to have mustered up her courage.

She tugged at Yang Yuting: "Yuting! See, I told you we'd get a chance to shine sooner or later."

Yang Yuting was suddenly pulled and felt something was wrong, but before she could speak, Li Renshu spoke first.

"Time is tight, we only have five minutes. The most urgent task is to determine the candidates for 'assistant' and 'audience'."

"Judging from the name of the game, this game is very likely related to 'childbirth'."

"Aunt Zhou, you must have taken care of children before, right? Do you know a lot about childbirth and related knowledge?"

Zhou Guifen nodded: "I should be fine."

Li Renshu looked at Jiang He: "I think you can consider selecting Aunt Zhou as your assistant to prevent any birth-related issues that might arise in the game that involve areas where you have no knowledge."

"Of course, you can also consider asking Attorney Lin, Officer Cao, or Brother Wang for help."

However, Jiang He shook her head: "No, I already have the best candidate for assistant."

"Yuting, will you join me in this game?"

Yang Yuting panicked instantly: "What are you talking about? I know nothing about childbirth!"

Jiang He comforted her, "Don't worry, have you forgotten what my job is? As an editor, I've also researched topics related to childbirth, and I believe I can contribute to these issues."

"Moreover, I have been preparing during this period, studying many previous trial-type games, especially the mechanics of 'King's Trial'."

"We're sure we can beat this game and earn lots of visa time!"

[Assistant selected: Yang Yuting.]

Five minutes is a very short time and does not leave much room for discussion.

Lee In-sook quickly said, "The audience can volunteer. Hurry, five people are enough."

Fu Chen, Cao Haichuan, Zhou Guifen, Li Renshu, and Lin Sizhi raised their hands in turn to complete the registration.

Jiang He comforted her, "Don't worry! We don't need too much help from you. Yu Ting and I will perfectly crack the game! We hope you can see our performance from the audience."

Yang Yuting felt like the sky had fallen. She wanted to say something more, but the 5-minute countdown had already ended.

The seven players vanished from the lobby in an instant.

(End of this chapter)