God's imitator

Chapter 417 The Most Extreme Case
Dai Yifan added, "Overall, although this 'lifting game' is also an elimination game, it is more lenient than the 'shelter game,' right?"
"Is it possible that these two games were made by the same copycat?"

Zhou Guifen clearly disagreed with this statement: "Tolerance? How could that be!"

Lee In-sook recalled briefly and said, "The 'Shelter Game' had a total of 25 players inside, and only 7 survived in the end, which is a survival rate of 28%."

"The 'Lift Game' involves a total of 12 players, both inside and outside the game, with the last 5 surviving, resulting in a survival rate of 42%."

"Judging solely from the number of survivors, 'Lift Game' does indeed have a slightly higher number."

Dai Yifan added, "Moreover, this was still the low-probability event of 'Chen Ran's suicide'."

"If Chen Ran hadn't committed suicide, there would have been 7 survivors, and the survival rate would have been over 50%."

Lee In-sook thought for a moment: "So, even among those copycats who design 'elimination games,' there are some who are relatively less murderous?"

Wei Yinzhang was silent for a moment: "But it's also possible... for the copycat who designed this game, 'Chen Ran's suicide' is not a low-probability event?"

"This is very likely the result he originally wanted to achieve."

"If you were to adopt Chen Ran's first-person perspective, this game would be a true horror game."

"Think about it, Chen Ran has been suffering in the real world for a long time. He probably had thoughts of suicide or killing his mother more than once, and he has accumulated very serious mental and psychological problems."

"But it hasn't completely collapsed yet."

"Entering the corridor was actually a relief for her, since Wu Xiaomei wasn't there, and she could be said to have started a new life."

"Perhaps at the beginning, she was worried or uneasy about the life-or-death game, but judging from her performance in the 'lifting game,' she is very smart and has a good mindset. She has probably gradually adapted to this kind of life."

"Like many players with severe psychological trauma, they are in a state of 'just getting by'."

"However, after the 'lifting game' started, although she never knew that the outside player who sent her the funds was Wu Xiaomei, she could still sense something from the various clues in the game."

"For example, her exclusive punishment will definitely remind her of the days she spent at home with Wu Xiaomei, and the equipment whose use is strictly limited by budget will also easily evoke negative associations in her."

"This game is full of allusions and metaphors."

"But Chen Ran was definitely still trying to convince himself that this was a trial game, a test for him, and that he could be reborn as long as he got through it."

"If Wu Xiaomei didn't exist in the new world, then Chen Ran might have been able to say goodbye to the past completely after surviving the game. Although the psychological trauma could not be cured, it could at least scab over and seal off and protect the fear deep in his heart."

"But the moment she saw Wu Xiaomei, everything collapsed."

There's a saying: "I could have been less averse to darkness if I had never seen the light."

"Everything in the game not only reminded her of her previous life and reactivated her traumatic memories, but also made her feel utterly desperate because of the fact that she teamed up with Wu Xiaomei to win the game."

"Because it means that she still can't get rid of Wu Xiaomei in this hellish place, the New World. She went through the trial game, but in the end, she didn't heal her inner wounds. Instead, she was 'rewarded' and reunited with Wu Xiaomei."

"Her initial sense of luck was instantly shattered by the huge gap between reality and expectations, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back. The simple instant-death mechanics and extremely high mortality rate of the game in the arcade allowed her to make decisions more decisively than in reality."

"From this perspective, the game is extremely targeted at Chen Ran. Just by including Chen Ran and Wu Xiaomei, this outcome is almost guaranteed. As for the other players, they're merely insignificant supporting characters."

Qin Yao thought for a moment: "But no matter what, according to the mechanics of the 'Lifting Game,' the players outside are relatively safe, right?"

“Aside from the ‘Life and Death Pact,’ players outside the arena can only die because of accusations from the audience.”

"But there are limits on the number of times viewers can make accusations, and there are penalties for making the wrong accusations. In the end, only a minority of viewers choose to make accusations."

"Even if charges are filed, the two players will be executed based on the number of guilty votes, and there will be no situation like 'execution for a majority vote'."

Wang Yongxin shook his head: "But thinking like this is a bit of an 'outcome-oriented' approach, which means that we have already obtained the result that 'the survival rate is higher than that of the Shelter Game,' and then we work backward to find the mechanism that can support this argument."

"The survival rate of this game is high, but the player's factors must also be taken into account."

"There is a variable among the players in the inner circle: Fu Chen. If it weren't for him, the cooperation wouldn't have been reached so quickly."

"Assuming that no one in the inner circle realized the sharing of punishment from beginning to end, then Fu Chen, Jiao Hai, and Shen Xing are all likely to die."

"Among the players in the outer field, Fu Yujun adjusted his strategy twice, and Wu Xiaomei stopped counting the opposing votes after confirming that Chen Ran passed the third picture. This greatly reduced the intensity of the competition among the players in the outer field."

"If we remove Fu Yujun and his son Fu Chen and replace them with other people, it's hard to say what the survival rate of this game would be."

"In the most extreme case, the script might even develop like this:"
"The players inside are selfish and cannot cooperate; the exclusive punishments alone will kill three people."

"Players outside the game block each other, hindering the transfer of funds. If another player inside the game dies..."

"Having signed a life-and-death pact, coupled with the accusations in the final stage, several more players outside the arena will die as well."

"Finally, only Chen Ran and Wu Xiaomei were left, and the rules of 'super privileged players' were used to perfectly conclude the game."

"In that case, at most one or two of the 12 players, both inside and outside the arena, will survive. In the worst case, all of them could die, with no one surviving."

"All the audience members had all their visa time deducted and were taken away by the copycat who designed the game."

"This possibility is not low. In that case, can we still say that the level of danger is lower than that of the 'Shelter Game'?"

No one spoke again.

"Alright, that concludes our game recap."

Lee In-sook paused slightly before continuing, "Since everyone is here, let's also discuss the issue of the 'game core'."

"Of course, a single discussion may not be enough to reach a definitive conclusion, so let's have a preliminary discussion first, and everyone can share their opinions."

"After a couple of days, when everyone has considered things thoroughly, we will finalize the decision through a formal vote and resolution."

(End of this chapter)