God's imitator

Chapter 230, "The Fool's Game," ends.

Lin Sizhi paused slightly before continuing:

"No matter how smart a person is, it is impossible to fully understand all the rules and plan all the details in an oxygen-rich environment during the preparation stage."

"Take my case for example. Although I had a strategy planned out from the beginning, I would still subconsciously have some thoughts after entering a new environment like the battle room."

"These extra thoughts are an instinctive reaction that cannot be eliminated through conscious control."

"The fact that 'Sheep' can not think at all can only be explained in two ways: the first is that she has special abilities; the second is that she already knows all the rules of the game and has thought about them countless times before entering the game, considering all possible solutions, so she does not need to do any extra thinking in the game."

"Of course, I didn't make that decision based on that alone."

"Another very important point is that I guessed the 'copycat's intention' by looking at the details of the game's rules."

"Many of the rules of this game exist for the purpose of 'robbing the rich to help the poor'."

"For example, why would a copycat deliberately present 'oxygen consumption' as a 'safety statement'? Why would they insist on displaying the exact amount of oxygen consumed in a prominent position on their mask so that everyone could see it? Why does 'guessing the Fool's card' appear to be a multi-layered logical game, but in reality, it's about guessing the number of Fool's cards?"
"This is all a special consideration for the 'wise fool'."

"If the copycat was only trying to open a casino or earn time for a visa, there would be no need to make such a design."

"In addition, there is a voting segment on 'Killing Copycats'."

"The reason why the copycat dared to write this rule into the game is definitely not because she was crazy. The only reason is that she was confident that at the time when the risk of exposure was high, the number of players who would vote for death would not reach 70%."

There are two different considerations here:

"If she finds herself unable to carry out the plan smoothly, she will hide herself like a passerby, making it difficult for others to identify her. Once a mistake is made, she can get 3 minutes of visa time for free."

"If the plan can be successfully implemented, she will distribute the last chip pool to the fool players as much as possible, and it is impossible for 70% of the people to vote to kill her."

"Both of these outcomes are acceptable to her."

"This rule will only be added when she believes the risks are far outweighed by the benefits."

"A copycat who is willing to share money with all players in his game is invincible."

"The only thing she can't do is to make a fortune for herself in this game and use the game's backdoors to steal the final million-dollar prize pool. If she had such thoughts, she wouldn't have written such rules."

"In order to achieve her goal of 'robbing the rich to help the poor' and ensure that everything goes according to her imagination, the copycat will most likely infiltrate the group of wise players, drive the development of the situation, and may even become one of the people who 'issue contract tickets'."

"Therefore, I further narrowed down the scope of the screening, locked in 'Sheep' by the consumption records, and took the initiative to offer to only accept 'Sheep's' contract coupons, thus cooperating with her plan."

"I had already expressed my aversion to 'rabbits' before this, so this choice was justified."

"As a final step, at the very beginning of the third number guessing game, I had a private conversation with 'Sheep', exposed her identity, helped her refine her plan, and then called you all over to confirm the poaching."

In order to gain the trust of "Rabbit", "Sheep" also agreed to join "Rabbit's" community.

"But she certainly wouldn't actually go."

"The original plan of 'Sheep' was to find players from this community in the game, but unexpectedly, those players did not perform well without being spoiled by the rules and failed to stand out, so their identities could not be confirmed in a short time and they could not gather the minimum of three people."

"But the 'sheep' cannot openly search among the crowd, as that might arouse the 'rabbit's' suspicion."

"Coincidentally, I extended an olive branch to her, and after careful consideration, she naturally accepted."

Zheng Jie, nicknamed "Woodpecker," was even more surprised: "But isn't she afraid we'll harm her? After all, she's a copycat!"

Lin Sizhi, the "Owl," shook her head: "I've also shown my sincerity." Zheng Jie, the "Woodpecker," asked curiously: "What sincerity? Did you promise anything? But that can't be verified, can it?"

Lin Sizhi, the "Owl," explained, "My sincerity lies in not killing her."

"You should know that this was only the beginning of the third round of 'guessing the number,' not the final vote."

"If 'Sheep' has already given the final prize pool to the fool players after the final vote, then even if her imitation identity is exposed, no one will vote her out."

"But it wasn't like that in the third round of 'guessing the number'."

“As long as I identify her, she will definitely die.”

"The 'sheep' never expected that I would be able to guess her identity in the third round of 'guessing numbers'."

"Because she made a mistake when designing the game, just like you: she mistakenly thought that a lower oxygen consumption was not a big problem, and did not deliberately force herself to think and increase oxygen consumption in the first stage, leaving a loophole."

Fortunately, no one else noticed this except me.

"But since I've already brought this to light and haven't killed her, that proves my sincerity."

"Moreover, my willingness to help her improve this plan means that we share similar ideas."

Zheng Jie, nicknamed "Woodpecker," suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

He was trying hard to think and keep up with his train of thought, and the oxygen tank on his oxygen mask was visibly shortening.

The game is about to end, and most players have already found other players in their own communities, but the atmosphere in different communities is completely different.

He Xiaojun, nicknamed "Grey Wolf," had already found the other players in Community 14, but he made a special trip over before leaving the game.

"Thank you very much, Mr. 'Owl'! I just don't know if we'll meet again in the game later."

"I really want to tell you my name, but unfortunately, according to the rules, I can't reveal my information throughout the game."

Qin Yao, the 'Peacock', said, "It's alright. If you meet her again next time, just remember that the strongest one is the 'Owl'!"

"Goodbye!"

The group waved goodbye to each other.

[The chips and visa time have been settled. Players who are still in debt will have double their visa time deducted. Players with insufficient remaining visa time will suffer an instant death penalty.]

Players in the lobby were still letting out desperate cries; clearly, they would suffer instant death because they could not pay off their debts.

But there's no way around it; this is a selection game. Aside from the "wise fools" and the "true sages" who benefit from it, some players will always be filtered out.

Wei Yinzhang has been accepted into Community 17 and will become Community 17's new Player 2.

This message only reached the ears of players in Community 17.

【game over. 】

　The new dungeon is finished, please vote with your monthly tickets! Updates will temporarily revert to twice a week. The main issue is that designing new dungeons is becoming increasingly difficult; I've repeatedly considered and then scrapped various rules, which has consumed a lot of time. I'm very sorry, but I've done my best.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)