God's imitator

Chapter 291 A Clear Answer

The results of this test are also of some reference value to Cai Zhiyuan.

Option B is characterized by being completely unfamiliar to most players, yet it's a popular choice among unrelated players in the community.

Option C is characterized by the following: it is conceptually correct, but there seem to be problems in the details, and it is an option recommended by an insider with ulterior motives and a conflict of interest.

Whether or not to believe the statements of the "player representatives" when there is no absolute certainty largely depends on the level of trust or skepticism among the players.

Players who have been deceived in other games and are habitually suspicious of others are more likely to change their original thoughts based on details of Kong Yuxin's expressions, demeanor, and wording.

The fact that more community players chose option B doesn't necessarily mean they were intentionally misleading the players in the main room. It's more likely that they didn't take answering the question seriously because it didn't involve their own interests.

There may be players in the community who know the correct answer, but other players may not necessarily ask each other for help, or even read the question carefully. They may simply answer based on their first impression.

After all, the rules only stated that the question would be displayed on the lobby screen, but made no mention of how other players could submit their answers.

Is it enough for the player to form a first impression? Or is a clear verbal answer required? Or must they manually submit their answer at a vending machine or similar location?
Once an answer is given, will it be modified as ideas change?
Furthermore, community players may not even be aware that the problem is related to the game they are currently playing.

These subtle differences can affect the attitudes of community players towards answering questions, and thus the final results.

Based on the current situation, the answers from players unrelated to the community seem to be closer to "the first impression of players who do not have relevant professional knowledge." Perhaps one option can be eliminated, but it cannot necessarily be taken as a direct reference.

Cai Zhiyuan looked at the earnings on his control panel and the three different lighting effects: 'green', 'green', and 'gray'.

This is likely a hint about the specific reward or penalty value for this answer and its connection to the hidden rules.

"Judging from the lighting effects, there are three reward and punishment rules in total, and I triggered two positive reward rules, so I gained 7000 points."

"The other three people may all have been misled into answering option B, but there are also very few other possibilities."

"If that's the case, then it means that none of the five of us in this room are people who don't easily trust others."

"Kong Yuxin did indeed successfully detect this, but it further exacerbated the already fragile mutual trust."

Although Cai Zhiyuan answered the question correctly, it wasn't because he believed Kong Yuxin, but because he had an extra layer of suspicion.

The five players were almost certain that the others were not the type to easily trust others, which would inevitably affect the subsequent course of the game.

It's harder to get a consistent answer now.

The five-minute free discussion period quickly passed, and everyone's facial recognition devices shut down again, rendering them unable to speak.

A second question appeared on the big screen.

Chomsky's core proposition in linguistics is ( )

A. Language ability stems from intensive training.

B. Humans possess an innate language acquisition mechanism.

C. Language structure reflects social power relations.

Upon seeing this question, the five players were somewhat surprised and exchanged bewildered glances.

Clearly, this question is much more difficult than the previous one.

This is a specialized linguistic question. If the player has never heard of Chomsky before and doesn't know his specific ideas, then they can only guess.

Because it cannot be guessed from the literal meaning.

Cai Zhiyuan glanced at the other four players, wanting to see who the 'player representative' would be for this question.

Judging from the first question, there is a certain probability that these questions are "permitted to specific players," meaning that each player, when acting as a "player representative," will encounter questions related to their own field of expertise, giving them a certain advantage in terms of knowledge.

If that's the case, then this question is even easier to fool than the previous one. To everyone's surprise, this round's 'player representative' is Gao Jialiang, the handsome guy from Community 1.

Tsai Chih-yuan had not participated in the "dating game" before, so he had only heard that Kao Chia-liang was a handsome guy, but did not know what he looked like.

Seeing his face now, I realized he really is handsome.

Unfortunately, in games like this, it's difficult to take advantage of his good looks.

Cai Zhiyuan fell into deep thought, beginning to doubt whether the hypothesis of "one professional question for each person" was actually true.

Gao Jialiang was clearly also confused. He paused for a moment before spreading his hands and saying helplessly, "I don't know why I was chosen as the player representative for this question."

"I have never studied linguistics and have absolutely no clue what to do."

"I'm sure none of you know the answer either, right?"
"In that case, we might as well choose the same answer directly, since it's clearly stated in the rules, and we can gain additional benefits this way."

"We're just testing how much additional benefit there is."

My suggestion is to choose C.

The other players had various expressions, but they couldn't speak or raise any questions.

Three minutes later, the answer "unrelated player" appeared on the left side of the control panel.

[A. Language ability stems from intensive training - 33.9%]

[B. Humans are born with a language acquisition mechanism - 42.5%]

C. Language structure reflects social power relations - 23.6%

Clearly, the answers from unrelated players were more scattered than in the previous question. The three options were not very different and did not seem to have any reference value at first glance.

For such obscure and rare questions, only a very small number of players in the community probably know the correct answer.

There's absolutely no time to rush to the library to look up information in 3 minutes, and there's no need for unrelated players in the community to do so.

After considering it, Cai Zhiyuan ultimately chose option B.

The correct answer to this question is: B. Humans are born with a language acquisition mechanism.

The net gain for the five players in this room is -11000 minutes of visa time.

The person who sets the questions will receive 11000 minutes of visa processing time.

On Cai Zhiyuan's screen, his earnings for this game were also displayed: 7000 minutes of visa time.

The lighting effects this time are still green, green, and gray.

As soon as the facial recognition device unlocked, Cai Zhiyuan frowned and complained, "What's going on? You don't even know the answer to this question, and you still don't want to choose the same option?"

Gao Jialiang also said helplessly, "I don't know."

Kong Yuxin said innocently, "I chose C."

Yang Hui, who hadn't spoken a word, remained silent.

Xu Zhao was very angry about the previous question, but now he was amused by his anger: "Okay, okay, everyone's acting is pretty good."

"Gao Jialiang, are you sure you chose C?"
“These five questions are clearly one professional question per person. I suspect you deliberately lured us to choose the wrong option so that you could choose the correct one yourself.”

(End of this chapter)