God's imitator

Chapter 412, "The Lifting Game," ends.

Yang Yuting, who had been somewhat distracted, suddenly snapped back to reality upon hearing this.

"Oh, right, there's this one too!"

This special rule existed from the beginning, and some players had tried to exploit it, but after Fu Yujun's persuasion, players in both the inner and outer areas gave up the search.

Because the method of judgment is too vague and ethereal, it has no other meaning than to undermine cooperation.

But now, the game is about to end, and this rule will eventually come into play.

According to the game rules, if this player survives to the end of the game, they will unlock "super privileges," which will allow them to bypass the underlying rules of the arcade and directly decide the fate of one or two players (including but not limited to life and death).

However, the specifics of how the decision was made were not explained.

He might already be dead—if Jiao Hai or Liu Jie are super-privileged players.

The "Super Player" for this game is: Chen Ran.

Now, you have two choices:

[1. Select any surviving player from either the inner or outer area and inflict an instant death penalty.]

[II. Inflict an instant death penalty on yourself, and send any surviving player from the inner or outer area out of the arcade and back to the real world.]

Now you can talk to the player in your group playing outside and get her advice.

[Make your decision within 5 minutes, or you will also suffer the same instant death penalty.]

Yang Yuting's eyes widened; she could hardly believe her ears.

"Send a player back to the real world?"
"Is this a joke? There's actually such a mechanism in the arcade?"

"No wonder it's called 'Super Privilege,' this has already touched the underlying rules of the arcade, hasn't it?"
"But to achieve this, one must pay the price of their own death. Who would choose this option?"
"No wonder the rules say that you can bypass the rules at the bottom of the arcade and directly decide the fate of one or two players (including but not limited to life and death).

"In the arcade, only 'returning to the real world' is above life and death..."

Yang Yuting tried to put herself in Chen Ran's shoes and found the whole thing to be full of dark humor.

She originally guessed that the criteria for judging a "super privilege player" is that neither the parents nor the children feel guilty towards each other deep down, a condition that can only be met by a happy and fulfilling family.

For example, Fu Yujun and Fu Chen, Zhou Guifen and Shen Xing.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

She has fallen into a misconception.

Parents like Fu Yujun and Zhou Guifen are more likely to feel guilty towards their children, even if it's something that outsiders wouldn't consider guilt-inducing.

Only in cases like Wu Xiaomei and Chen Ran's are there absolutely no feelings of guilt between them.

Chen Ran did nothing wrong, so he had no reason to feel guilty towards Wu Xiaomei.

Wu Xiaomei insisted that she was completely right, and even though her actions caused Chen Ran great harm, she believed that it was necessary to do it, so she felt no remorse whatsoever.

Only this kind of obsessive state meets the conditions mentioned in the rules.

But now, if Yang Yuting were to make a choice in Chen Ran's position, she would find it really difficult to decide.

Because there are only two choices: either kill one person or commit suicide and send one person away.

There are no other options.

If Jiao Hai were still alive, killing him might be an option.

However, among the players who are still alive, only Chen Ran, Peng Xinyuan, Fu Chen, Shen Xing, Wu Xiaomei, Fu Yujun, and Zhou Guifen remain.

After the brutal games and trials, they were not guilty of a crime deserving of death.

If I had to choose, I'd probably have to pick Fu Yujun, since his crimes are the most serious among the surviving players.

Perhaps Wu Xiaomei did hurt Chen Ran deeply, but Yang Yuting still felt that Chen Ran could never have killed his own mother on his own initiative, no matter how much he hated her.

Communication between the indoor and outdoor areas has been established, and Wu Xiaomei can now speak with Chen Ran.

"Ranran, it's okay, you can choose whoever you want. In this godforsaken place, who is absolutely innocent?"

"As long as we win, that's all that matters."

"Ranran, you did a great job and didn't disappoint Mom. Mom did a great job too, didn't she?"
"Mom will always be your strongest support. I'm in Community 4, how are you doing in Community 12?"

“I heard that the 12th community is pretty bad, with a high mortality rate, and a new bad guy recently went there.”

"Community 4 is great. There are two little girls your age who take good care of me. I can't bring you back to Community 4 this time, but I'll talk to them. Next time, the next time we meet in the game, I'll definitely bring you to Community 4. That way, my daughter and I can be reunited..."

"Ranran, Mom really has so much to say to you..."

Chen Ran looked at Wu Xiaomei's face on the big screen, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"mom."

Wu Xiaomei quickly said, "Ranran, we can talk about it later. Time is almost up, so just choose someone."

Chen Ran shook his head: "I'm sorry, but I've really had enough."

"Why is it that even after arriving in this godforsaken place, God still won't let me go?"

“Wu Xiaomei, every time I think back to what happened before, I want to kill you more than once, but I can't. No matter who you are now, you have the exact same face as my mother, I really can't do it…”

"If you're doing well here, then keep living here, please, but please don't come looking for me again this time..."

Chen Ran's bracelet pierced his skin, and a black line quickly spread upwards.

She had already made her choice in her heart.

This scene stunned all the players; they hadn't even come to their senses when Chen Ran fell.

Wu Xiaomei lunged at the big screen: "No! Ranran! No!! Why are you doing this...?"

But then, she collapsed in front of the big screen, lifeless.

The bracelet on Wu Xiaomei's wrist also pierced her skin at the same time, injecting a deadly toxin.

As an insider player, Chen Ran was unaware of the rules for outsiders, nor was he aware of the existence of the "Shared Life and Death" contract.

……

The sudden turn of events left Yang Yuting stunned.

She never imagined that Chen Ran would choose the second option.

Clearly, Chen Ran's true intention was not to sacrifice himself to send a player back to the real world.

She just wanted to get rid of Wu Xiaomei, and she was willing to pay any price for it.

Because as long as she lives in the new world, Wu Xiaomei will try every means to pull her into the 4th community, or go to the 12th community herself.

This situation will only end after one of them dies.

However, Chen Ran could not bring herself to kill Wu Xiaomei, nor could she sincerely hope that Wu Xiaomei would die unexpectedly in another game.

Perhaps after arriving in the new world, Chen Ran felt fortunate, thinking that he had finally gotten rid of Wu Xiaomei and no longer had to endure that kind of pain and torment.

When she saw Wu Xiaomei again in the new world, she broke down.

Therefore, the only way to escape in the end is to kill oneself.

[The final survival results for the players inside the arena are now being announced.]

Peng Xinyuan, Fu Chen, and Shen Xing survived.

The viewer who correctly predicts the outcomes of all three players and whose predictions result in no more than one player dying will be the 'winner'.

Conversely, those who do not will become the "losers."

The winner will divide all the chips wagered by the loser according to the game rules.

[Viewers who fail to correctly predict any of the above players will have all their visa time deducted and the remaining time will be shared among all surviving "inside players" and "outside players".]

If the total visa time deducted is less than 5, an additional 5 will be deducted, and the individual will incur debt. Upon returning to the community, the debt must be repaid within 48 hours, or face immediate penalties.

【game over. 】

(End of this chapter)