God's imitator

Information that can be revealed in Chapter 327

The next morning.

It was already past 8 a.m., so the basic rules for the arcade had been selected.

Before leaving the room, Lin Sizhi took a final look and, luckily, the basic rules he had designed last night were selected.

This means that all copycats must design their games within the framework of the rules he provides.

When Lin Sizhi arrived in the hall, she found that quite a few people were already waiting.

Once everyone had arrived, Wei Yinzhang, as usual, shared the invitation information with everyone.

Lee In-sook frowned: "A selection game that all players have to participate in?"

"A fixed elimination rate of 30%...that's a very high elimination rate."

"And will copycats also be eliminated in 20% of cases?"
"In other words, copycats not only have to design games and meet specific requirements, but also have to gain enough benefits when they participate in the games themselves."

"If any one of these conditions is not met, you will die."

The other players also had somewhat serious expressions on their faces.

Although in previous screening games, weaker communities often had more deaths, and the situation in Community 17 was relatively optimistic, this time everyone was forced to participate.

Moreover, a 30% mortality rate is indeed quite frightening.

Worse still, given the immense pressure of being eliminated themselves, will these copycats choose to shift all that pressure onto the players? Will they all design games with exceptionally high mortality rates?
These are all unknowns.

The unknown itself is what makes people most afraid.

Fu Chen quickly asked, "So what are the specific basic rules this time?"

Wei Yinzhang hesitated for a moment before not stating the exact rules, because she was unsure which parts of this information could be explicitly stated and which could not.

If you say the wrong thing, something bad might happen.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Wei Yinzhang decided to reveal only a portion of the information.

"Simply put, the general pattern is as follows:"
"Over the next five or six days, each copycat will have to design their own game unit."

"Once the game officially begins, players will be shuffled and randomly matched with some of the game units."

"But after being matched with these game units, players are not forced to participate; they can choose from a certain range."

Li Renshu said thoughtfully, "In other words, this game is more like a game lobby?"
"Each copycat is essentially setting up a stall in this hall."

"Players may not be able to visit all the stalls, but they can still choose stalls within a certain range to play the game."

"Does that mean the final elimination list will be determined by the profits of the players and copycats?"

Wei Yinzhang nodded: "Yes, that's one way to understand it."

Fu Chen said with some concern, "In that case, wouldn't there be a situation where 'the player death rate exceeds 30%'?"

"To avoid dying, copycats will definitely try their best to increase the difficulty of the game, right? After all, the more players they kill, the higher their rewards will be, and the higher their rewards will be, the less likely they are to fall into the last 20% and die."

"In that case, the player's mortality rate is very likely to exceed 30%?"

"Unless the arcade stipulates from the beginning that only the bottom 30% of players will be eliminated. If it's a guaranteed elimination of 30% but no upper limit, then I really don't want to think about it..."

Wei Yinzhang hesitated for a moment, then said vaguely, "Based on the basic rules, this is indeed possible. If less than 30% of players fail to reach the target, then the bottom 30% will be eliminated based on their earnings, ranked from highest to lowest."

"But if more than 30% of the players fail to reach their goal, say 35%, then those 35% of players will be eliminated."

"The copycat offense is governed by a different set of rules, but overall, the goal is still to extract more visa time from players."

This was another piece of very bad news, and everyone's expressions became somewhat solemn.

In other words, it seems that the arcade is determined to continue its killing spree, and even in the most optimistic scenario, players will still face a 30% mortality rate.

Now we can only pray that the players who died were mainly from other communities.

Yang Yuting sighed: "This copycat is really ruthless. Could it be another copycat of 'Shelter Game'?"

Wei Yinzhang hesitated for a moment: "That's hard to say."

"Because the base elimination rate for players and copycats is set by the arcade and is written directly in the initial game invitation, it cannot be changed."

"No matter which copycat designs the basic rules, they must meet these two elimination rates, otherwise they will definitely not be adopted."

"I think this copycat was somewhat well-intentioned and kind."

"I can't explain the specific reasons, but considering that 'players can freely choose the game units designed by copycats,' and taking into account other rule details, I have a vague feeling that way."

"So, the situation isn't that bad; it's not time to despair yet."

Lee In-sook then asked, "So what can we do in the next few days?"

Everyone looked at Wei Yinzhang, clearly hoping she could give them some hints.

Because the game units designed by Wei Yinzhang will definitely be selected for this game. Although we may not be able to match them, what if we are?
Of course, everyone knows that this idea is suspected of being a "black shop" and is inherently very dangerous.

In situations like these, it is all the more important to remain rational.

Wei Yinzhang has already revealed as much information as possible; if he were to disclose the specific plan, he would likely be overstepping his bounds.

After careful consideration, Wei Yinzhang said, "My suggestion is that everyone can study the basic gambling tools and the rules of card games."

Lee In-sook was somewhat surprised: "Hmm? Do you mean there are similar requirements in the game invitation items?"

Wei Yinzhang shook his head: "No, this time there are not many restrictions on the game units designed by the copycats, nor is there any obvious bias."

"There's nothing particularly special in the item list either."

"The only requirement is that each copycat's game unit cannot be too large or too complex."

"In other words, this game will be a combination of many relatively simple mini-games."

"Therefore, I suspect that a large number of copycats will adopt the 'last-minute cramming' design method, choosing to make simple modifications to some classic gambling tools and card games before submitting their work."

"Because this situation is quite special, the approval standards are very, very lenient, so the design of the game itself is not so important. What is important is to outperform other imitators in terms of revenue as much as possible."

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

While it is impossible to deduce the intentions of the person in the corridor under these circumstances, it is possible to deduce the intentions of other copycats.

(End of this chapter)