God's imitator

Chapter 243 A New Invitation

Wei Yinzhang thought about it carefully for a moment, then nodded.

"Hmm, what you said makes sense. Maybe it's because I'm a copycat myself, which gives me an advantage. I'm a 'kind tiger,' so I don't feel this threat."

"Have you come up with a solution yet?"

Cao Haichuan sighed silently: "Actually, I do have someone I suspect."

"But there's no way to go any further."

"Because Lee In-sook is firmly opposed to this, it is highly likely that others will not support it either."

Wei Yinzhang thought for a moment: "But this community is not a one-man show, and Li Renshu's power is far from reaching that level."

"If you really want to continue the investigation, you can even consider joining forces with Wang Yongxin directly."

"If the two of you take the lead and further incite ordinary players' fear of copycats, Li Renshu will have no choice but to give in."

"If they really want to investigate, they can still do it."

Cao Haichuan exhaled a puff of smoke and remained silent for a long time.

“But I can’t do that. I don’t have the talent to govern the community, nor do I want to be a community leader.”

Wei Yinzhang thought for a moment and said, "I think these things can be taken slowly. At least the other people in the community still recognize you enough."

Cao Haichuan shook his head and explained, "It's not about what others think of me, but rather that I know very well that I'm not suitable."

"I've been a police officer for so many years and solved many cases, but I won't be like some of my colleagues who, even after their superiors have ordered the case to be closed, keep pursuing the truth and even investigate for more than ten years themselves."

"I don't have strong opinions, and I always unconditionally carry out the decisions of my superiors, even if the decision seems wrong."

"Because I am not a good decision-maker, I just want to do my job well."

"So after arriving at Community 17, I maintained the same attitude."

“We can leave professional matters like community building to Li Renshu and others.”

"As for me, I just want to continue doing what I've always done, looking for copycats and potential threats in the community as much as possible."

"Protect the safety of other players in the community or in the game."

“If the people in charge of community development think that it’s unnecessary to continue the investigation, then I won’t insist too much.”

Wei Yinzhang was silent for a moment: "Well, that's fine too."

"With each person having their own role and responsibilities, the community can learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses, thus becoming more cohesive."

Cao Haichuan then asked, "By the way, do you remember the invitation you received for the first trial game after 'Blood Poker'? Was it the same invitation as for 'King's Trial'?"

Wei Yinzhang shook his head: "No, the invitation I received was for another case, and I wasn't selected."

Cao Haichuan then asked, "Do you remember the difference between the invitation at that time and the invitation for the trial game later?"

Wei Yinzhang tried hard to recall: "The difference..."

"Back then, it was a relatively early version of the trial game, so there weren't many choices. Although the arcade said that several different trial games would be played at the same time, each copycat was probably only assigned one case."

"The case I was assigned to seemed to involve six criminals, but not all of their crimes were documented."

"It seems like only three were written."

Cao Haichuan fell into thought: "Why?"

Wei Yinzhang shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe the corridor did it on purpose, hiding some information to increase the difficulty of the imitator's game design?"

"When the gallery issues trial assignments, there are generally two methods."

"One method is to release information based on the specific case, and the other is to release information based on similar crimes."

"Sometimes we mix them up and let the copycats choose for themselves."

"If it's released through a case, it might conceal some information."

Cao Haichuan then asked, "Is there any pattern to the hidden information? Is it hidden based on the community? Or based on the severity of the crime?"

Wei Yinzhang thought about it carefully for a moment: "I didn't notice any pattern." Cao Haichuan didn't have any other questions for the time being, and just silently looked at the things he had studied before, lost in thought.

……

In the evening, the community players hosted a welcome dinner to welcome Wei Yinzhang to the community.

If the welcome banquets in the past had a special sense of ceremony, then as time goes by, such things have become more and more commonplace and less and less meaningful.

More often than not, it's just an excuse to have a nice meal.

Although players come and go in the community and deaths still occur, most people have long since gotten used to it.

……

After dinner, Lin Sizhi returned to her room and found new information on her computer.

Hello, Lin Sizhi.

As you wished, the arcade is slowly changing.

But things don't always go as you wish.

[You and some copycats have already made their stance clear to the arcade, as have other copycats.]

Next, it's the opponent's turn.

[This game invitation is only open to a select group of copycats, and the game theme is "Elimination" and "Trial."]

The game officially begins three days later.

【Please wait.】

Lin Sizhi was stunned when she saw this message.

Because no invitations were sent out for this event.

More accurately, this invitation was sent to certain copycats; the arcade did not provide all copycats with the opportunity to compete freely.

Lin Sizhi carefully considered the meaning of this information before shutting down the computer.

Since it's the other side's turn, all he can do now is wait.

……

……

The next morning, Lin Sizhi got up and ate breakfast as usual, only to find that some people had already gathered in the lobby and looked worried.

Soon, everyone else had arrived as well.

After everyone finished their breakfast, Li Renshu said, "Come here for a moment, everyone. Yin Zhang has something very important to tell you."

The others had already realized that something was wrong and quickly sat down around the long table.

Yang Yuting asked with some concern, "Is it a new trial game? Who will be on trial? Can you tell me?"

The last "April Fool's Game" was a selection game. Following the pattern of the arcade, the next game will most likely be a new trial game.

Previously, even if people had this premonition, they could only live in fear.

Because it's completely unknown who will be tried.

But things are different now. According to previous discussions, Wei Yinzhang might be able to reveal some information to the players who are about to be judged.

Even just changing the name slightly can make a difference.

However, Wei Yinzhang neither shook his head nor nodded.

She paused for a moment, then said, "In terms of genre, it's not a trial game."

"But... it could be worse than a trial game."

(End of this chapter)