God's imitator

Chapter 45 Silence is golden
When Wang Yongxin's trial game ended, Ding Wenqiang had already arrived in front of cell number 4.

Cell No. 4: Silence is Golden

[Criminals enter the Iron Maiden trap and are pricked by mechanical needles at random times and locations. Making any sound higher than 60 decibels will trigger more pricks. Each prick grants 1000 minutes of visa time.]

[The number and frequency of needle pricks will double with each subsequent game.]

With a teeth-grinding creak, a human-sized Iron Maiden mechanism appeared in the center of cell number 4.

It is currently open, and you can see that it is covered with all sorts of densely packed holes.

The good news is that these holes avoid critical areas of the human body, such as various organs and the head, but the bad news is that the holes are not very small.

Each needle prick leaves a bloody hole.

Zhang Peng couldn't help but swallow hard; he was now finding cell number 3 to be quite handsome.

As for Gao Zhankui, he has remained silent since the beginning, clearly trying to find a solution, but all his efforts have been in vain.

Under the constraints of the game's rules, no amount of violence will work.

Ding Wenqiang has a scepter; as long as his demands are in accordance with the rules of the game, Gao Zhankui has no choice but to obey.

Robbing? That's most likely not going to work.

Even if you manage to grab it, you may still trigger a violation and be immediately subject to a fatal punishment.

Therefore, given his already strained relationship with Ding Wenqiang, Gao Zhankui could only shut up and leave the rest to fate.

Ding Wenqiang took out the last videotape and put it into the VCR.

The scene in the picture looks quite familiar; it appears to be a food delivery station.

Many delivery drivers were sitting on their electric scooters waiting to accept orders, while Gao Zhankui was pointing his finger at one of the drivers and cursing him.

As the manager of a food delivery station, your daily work is very simple:

They lure people in through labor agencies and various other channels, then use all sorts of tricks to exploit them.

[Holding morning meetings as a formality, using them as a disguised way to collect fines, adjusting the order volume for disliked riders, and urging injured riders to return to work immediately.]

[The job description states safety promotion, but in practice, it has become instigating riders to run red lights.]

The job posting advertised free meals and accommodation, but in reality, they rented out cheap dormitories and electric scooters to delivery riders and profited from the difference.

If the platform is exploiting you to the bone, then you are aiding and abetting it.

You often act like brothers with the delivery riders, but little do you know, in their hearts, who do they want to kill more—you or that high and mighty boss?

Immediately afterwards, Gao Zhankui's information appeared on the screen.

Gao Zhankui, male, 45 years old.

[Occupation: Station manager of a food delivery site.]

[Deducting delivery drivers' wages, instigating them to violate traffic rules, and profiting from delivery drivers through various means.]

[Verdict: No trial held]

Upon seeing this, Zhang Peng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew he was safe for the time being.

Sure enough, Ding Wenqiang's expression toward Gao Zhankui became even more disgusted.

Compared to a boss like Wang Yongxin, Ding Wenqiang dislikes lackeys like Gao Zhankui even more. Of course, this is only natural for most people.

To his surprise, Gao Zhankui was even more assertive than he had imagined.

"Enough with the nonsense, I'll go in myself."

Gao Zhankui went straight into cell number 4.

Ding Wenqiang's face darkened, and he raised his scepter: "Get out here! I'm the one judging you. You'd better stay outside quietly until I let you in!"

Gao Zhankui glared at Ding Wenqiang, but still stepped out of cell number 4 and stood at the door.

"Go in."

Ding Wenqiang then pointed his scepter at Gao Zhankui again and drove him into cell number 4.

[The game will begin in 30 seconds. Please enter the Iron Maiden and prepare yourself.]

Each needle prick grants 1000 minutes of visa time. The system will automatically deactivate after 10 minutes.

Instead of immediately entering the mechanism, Gao Zhankui took off his shirt and tore it into strips.

First, he stuffed a strip of cloth into his mouth, and then he bit another strip of cloth in front of his head and tied it tightly behind his head.

Finally, he used a strip of cloth to cover his chin and tied it above his head. With this haphazard binding, his mouth was completely sealed shut, making it difficult for him to even open his mouth and make a sound.

Gao Zhankui still glared at Ding Wenqiang defiantly before stepping into the Iron Maiden's Mechanism.

With a "click," the mechanism closed.

As the countdown ticked by, Ding Wenqiang could neither see what was happening inside the mechanism nor hear any sound.

Only by listening carefully can one faintly hear the occasional muffled groans and barely audible breathing coming from inside the mechanism.

However, these sounds clearly did not exceed the game's limit of 60 decibels, so they did not trigger any more needle pricks.

……

Lin Sizhi looked into the room through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Near the end of the game, a new broadcast began to play through a small speaker that could only be heard by the audience.

Please hold a vote on the fairness of the King's actions.

Lin Sizhi returned to the table and fell into a brief moment of thought.

In terms of game content, it roughly matches Gao Zhankui's instigation behavior.

He instigated delivery riders to run red lights in order to shorten delivery time, so in this case, you have to "learn to shut up" in the game.

However, the game's punishments are clearly too severe.

While the first two games may cause physical pain to the prisoners, at least the first time they play, they will not cause any serious harm.

In cell number 4, no matter how the prisoners play, they will inevitably be pricked with needles; the only difference is the amount.

Judging from the thickness of the needles, they are roughly similar to the previous "Farmer's Walk," except that the mechanism of the "Farmer's Walk" is concentrated in the shoulders, while the Iron Maiden's mechanism covers all non-vital areas of the body.

As can be seen from the visa time reward in the game, this prison cell game is far more dangerous than the previous two.

Although from an emotional point of view, Gao Zhankui, a lackey who acted as an accomplice to the tyrant, was more hateful than Wang Yongxin, the real boss, Lin Sizhi still instinctively felt that the punishment was too harsh.

The fact that the third cell is still empty only exacerbates this sense of injustice.

As the countdown was about to end, Lin Sizhi finally chose to follow her heart and pressed '×'.

The countdown is over.

The voting result is √××√×√√×√√

Final fairness rating: 20

Thank you for your review!

……

The ten-minute countdown ended, and with a piercing creak, the Iron Maiden's mechanism opened again.

A figure whose body was stained red fell out of the mechanism.

Although large wounds were not visible, the blood constantly seeping through the clothes and the holes in the exposed skin still showed everyone how brutal the game was.

Gao Zhankui tore off the cloth strip covering his head, wiped the dense beads of sweat from his forehead, and gasped for breath.

[The 30000 minutes of visa time have been credited to the player.]

Ding Wenqiang nodded: "Alright, you're a real man."

"Pah!" Gao Zhankui tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam. "A petty, smug piece of dog shit."

Ding Wenqiang's face darkened again, and he gripped the scepter tightly with his right hand.

But in the end he didn't say anything, he just went to cell number 5.

Cells 5 and 6 have been fully unlocked.

Cell No. 5: An Undeserved Misfortune

The criminal is strapped to a 2.4-square-meter target, and a nail gun will continuously fire at random areas of the target. Each shot grants 2000 minutes of visa time.

[During repeated gameplay, the number and frequency of nail gun shots will increase significantly.]

Cell No. 6: Destiny

[Randomly select cells 1-5 for the game.]

The videotapes have all been played, and all the cells have been unlocked.

Number of trials completed: 3 out of 10

(End of this chapter)