God's imitator

Chapter 425 Unknown Items

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes, that's a good analysis."

Although she was praised again, Qin Yao frowned this time and was not particularly happy. Instead, she had more questions.

"but……

Even if such an analysis can explain the motivation of "Cai Zhiyuan voluntarily giving up the third core of the game", the benefits are not that high, right?

"To achieve this goal, he would have to secretly connect with many people, right? For example, he secretly connected with Zheng Jie, Dai Yifan, and Aunt Zhou to ensure that the three of them voted for Yang Yuting."

"But after the voting results came out, didn't these three people find it strange?"

"Also, people like Brother Wang and Li Renshu, even if they don't necessarily know about this, would still have some doubts after seeing the ticket type, right?"

Lin Sizhi considered for a moment: "That's not necessarily true."

"It largely depends on my reaction."

Qin Yao was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? I don't quite understand. Do you mean that only you can see these things clearly?"

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "Of course not. If we only consider the matter itself, the principle is not complicated. Players like Wang Yongxin and Li Renshu can figure it out quickly even without any key unknown options."

"However, there are 'key unknown options' for them in this matter."

"That is, the question of 'who Lin Sizhi actually sided with'."

“For me personally, this was a known option. I knew very well that I voted for Tsai Chih-yuan, so the ‘3 votes’ is strange.”

"But if this is an unknown option, other people don't know whether I voted for Cai Zhiyuan or Yang Yuting, or even further, they suspect that you and I might collude to vote, and they don't know whether your vote was for Cai Zhiyuan or Yang Yuting."

"Therefore, the '3 votes' will become information that cannot be analyzed."

"Because they won't ask me privately who I voted for, and even if I did, they might not believe me."

"Similarly, if they were to ask Aunt Zhou who she voted for, they wouldn't necessarily believe that Aunt Zhou would tell the truth 100%, so they probably wouldn't ask, because such an action would be meaningless."

"Therefore, by keeping quiet, this matter can be kept secret from Li Renshu and Wang Yongxin."

Qin Yao suddenly realized: "Oh! I understand!"
"Try to put yourself in Wang Yongxin's shoes. He doesn't know who you voted for, so in his view, the 6:3 vote is reasonable."

"The three votes could be from Cai Zhiyuan himself, Li Renshu, Zheng Jie, Aunt Zhou, or Dai Yifan."

"Of the remaining 6 votes, 2 are mine and 2 are yours."

"If Lee In-sook saw this ticket type, she would have the same thought."

"And most importantly, this type of ticket looks more reasonable than the real ticket type."

"Because Attorney Lin, you have never shown any obvious preference, it is not surprising that you would vote for anyone, which is why you have become the 'key unknown option'."

"But... if you take the initiative to expose it, won't you be exposed?"

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes, but it's obvious that Cai Zhiyuan judged that I would most likely not expose him."

"And he guessed right."

Qin Yao was not surprised by this, because this was exactly Lin Sizhi's consistent attitude.

Among these players in the community, Lin Sizhi is more like a neutral observer, appreciating clever strategies in the community without doing anything unnecessary.

"But wouldn't that mean you're being included in this scheme as well?"

"If it were someone else, the fact that they were being schemed against would already be enough motivation for them to expose him, right?"
"There's another crucial question: Cai Zhiyuan didn't consult with the two of us, so how can he be sure we'd vote for him? What if the two of us actually vote for Yang Yuting?"
“In that case, Cai Zhiyuan only got 1 vote, and that 1 vote came from Li Renshu. Isn’t that too strange?”
“Even if you don’t actively expose it, it will be revealed eventually!” Lin Sizhi shook her head: “Of course, this is a potential risk, but there’s a crucial issue:”
Even if the situation you described occurs, and Cai Zhiyuan only gets 1 vote, Li Renshu will not publicly expose Cai Zhiyuan, after all, the two of them are a community of shared interests.

"Li Renshu is a very politically mature person and would not engage in such infighting in public."

"That means Li Renshu is essentially admitting that Cai Zhiyuan cast the vote for her and taking the blame for Cai Zhiyuan."

"As for privately, Cai Zhiyuan can explain it to Li Renshu however he wants, even if he explains it from a purely selfish perspective, Li Renshu will accept it."

"Even if this matter were made public, Cai Zhiyuan could say that it was because Yang Yuting mentioned the risks that would be taken when the core of the game actively entered the trial game that made him back down at the last moment, and to ensure his own safety, he voted for Yang Yuting."

"Everyone just thinks he's a bit afraid of death, which is only human nature, and no one would think he has any more complicated motives."

"Of course, his strategy is essentially taking advantage of my special position in the community, but I certainly won't get angry about it, much less expose him."

"Because this matter brings me absolutely no benefit, and I have no reason or motivation to do it."

"On the contrary, I think he has quite a few ideas. Apart from sharing them with you, I've decided to keep them a secret for now."

Qin Yao thought for a moment and said, "But I still feel that his actions seem superfluous, and I can't see any significant benefit from them."

"Attorney Lin, do you think Cai Zhiyuan has any other ulterior motives?"

Lin Sizhi smiled and didn't say anything more: "Who knows?"

……

……

The next morning.

After breakfast, everyone gathered in twos and threes in the hall.

This period is the most comfortable. The last game just ended, many matters in the community have been largely resolved, and there is still some time before the next game starts.

So everyone seemed quite relaxed.

Since the discount coupons were still valid, everyone ate a bit more extravagantly for breakfast.

Just then, Yang Yuting clapped her hands and said to everyone, "Excuse me for disturbing you all!"
"I have a suggestion, would you all like to hear it?"

Lee In-sook was reading a book when she looked up and asked, "Hmm? What suggestion?"

Yang Yuting explained, "Actually, I've been thinking about how to better help everyone improve their game skills and better cope with future challenges."

"Although we always review the game after each game, it always feels like we're just being wise after the event. Analyzing from God's perspective may seem logical and like everyone understands, but when we encounter new rules in the game, we're still completely lost."

"Is this the difference between 'theory' and 'practice'?"

"So I was thinking, could we design some small puzzles to help people do some simple training in their daily lives?"

"In fact, Yin Zhang also has such abilities, but after all, she is a copycat. Such behavior may inadvertently reveal questions or trigger punishment in the aisle, so there is still a certain risk."

"I'm just an ordinary player, so it shouldn't matter what kind of puzzles I design."

"As for other stronger players, they may be good at solving problems, but not necessarily good at creating problems or teaching."

"Therefore, I plan to study seriously and prepare some small puzzles to share with everyone in my daily life. You can see it as practice or as a pastime."

"Actually, this was prepared beforehand. I would share it with everyone regardless of whether I became a core player in the game. But now that I have become a core player, I have to work even harder."

(End of this chapter)