God's imitator

Chapter 49 Accidental Death
Wang Yongxin was stunned. He suddenly felt that Ding Wenqiang in front of him was a stranger.

Cell number 3 is still open.

Even without smashing their own fingers, playing a game in Cell No. 3 would only deduct 18000 minutes of visa time.

Even if it doubles, it will only be 36000.

The tips Ding Wenqiang received from the audience were enough to cover this figure.

Even if one doesn't want to undergo a second trial, wouldn't it be reasonable to spread out the 18000 minutes of visa time across one trial?
Ding Wenqiang looked annoyed and glared at Wang Yongxin: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Isn't this what you people have been doing all along?"
"As a rich person, how many poor people could you feed by simply letting a little bit slip through your fingers?"

"The bottle of red wine you open might be the living expenses of a food delivery worker for several years."

"If you pay an extra 100 yuan in social security contributions for each delivery driver, many people who are in car accidents might be able to receive medical treatment!"
"Have you rich people given even a drop in the ocean of kindness?"
Why should I have to share the burden when it's my turn?
"I am the king, and I earned my title through my own abilities, step by step!"
"Why should I go to a prison cell and be tried like you?"

"Whether it's 10,000 minutes of visa time or 100 minutes of visa time, I earned it myself. So what if I earned it easily? Why should I give it away to save someone else?"
"If you were king, would you be so noble and selfless as to share the burden of the trial game with the other prisoners?"
"I don't believe it. If you were that kind of person, you wouldn't have been pulled into this game by the arcade!"

Wang Yongxin opened his mouth, but for a moment he was speechless.

He instinctively answered "Yes, I can," but Ding Wenqiang's last words forced him to swallow his words.

Indeed, he seemed to have no grounds to demand any sacrifices from Ding Wenqiang.

Even if it's just a mere 18000 minutes of visa processing time.

[Viewer #1 tipped Ding Wenqiang 3000 minutes of visa processing time, with the message: Well said!]

[Viewer #7 tipped Ding Wenqiang 2000 minutes of visa processing time, with the message: "Agreed."]

Ding Wenqiang seemed to have made up his mind. At this moment, he was the only free man left in the room, while the other four prisoners had been locked in their respective cells.

Ding Wenqiang arrived at cell number 5, where Zhang Peng was located, and began the trial game again with a blank expression.

……

Lin Sizhi leaned back in her chair and sighed silently.

He has done his best to get this far.

The game's designers were relatively merciful, leaving a way for everyone to survive in the game, and this method is actually not particularly difficult to achieve.

Of course, it could also be that the designers were merciful, or that it was a kind of survivorship bias: games that have no chance of survival cannot pass the gallery's review, let alone be selected.

But in any case, this path to survival exists, and Lin Sizhi has clearly pointed it out.

Ultimately, the lives of these four people were still in Ding Wenqiang's hands.

As a spectator, Lin Sizhi couldn't personally participate, and this was all she could do.

Audience member number 1 is indeed a very troublesome opponent.

If Lin Sizhi does nothing, then audience member number 1 will most likely have successfully gotten Ding Wenqiang to conduct the third trial game against Gao Zhankui and kill him.

After killing Gao Zhankui, Ding Wenqiang will fall into an even greater predicament.

At that time, if Audience Member #1 reveals Zhang Peng's secret and adds the guilt of killing Gao Zhankui, they can easily manipulate Ding Wenqiang to kill Zhang Peng again.

This process was repeated step by step, pushing the king to kill more prisoners and maximizing the benefits for the audience on the king's side.

Of course, Lin Sizhi didn't know whether Audience Number 1 had figured out the hidden information in Zhang Peng's videotape, but judging from Audience Number 1's previous performance, he was a smart and dangerous opponent, and she couldn't take that risk.

Once it gets to this point, the prisoners are doomed to lose.

Zhang Peng's hidden information is a chess piece that can be used by both the King and the Prisoner, but the timing of its play differs.

Lin Sizhi had no choice but to push Zhang Peng forward first, partly to disrupt the rhythm that audience member number 1 had planned, and partly to buy time to persuade Ding Wenqiang to enter the cell.

If that were the case, all five people could survive.

Unfortunately, Lin Sizhi was not a god and could not control Ding Wenqiang's thoughts.

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

[Voting results: ×√×√××√√××] [Final fairness score: -20]

Thank you for your review!

The audience's evaluation of fairness has further declined.

Clearly, for those viewers who genuinely believe Zhang Peng is a scoundrel, starting a second trial is fair.

However, some argue that considering the game's far greater danger than the previous ones, it's unfair to give Zhang Peng a second trial now, since Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin received lighter punishments but only underwent one trial.

Moreover, Ding Wenqiang himself did not enter the cell.

……

In cell number 5, Zhang Peng's wails could still be heard from time to time.

Ding Wenqiang's face darkened, and he chose not to look at him anymore.

This blond guy always makes a mountain out of a molehill; it's just a few nails, he yells louder than a pig being slaughtered.

After a while, it finally stopped.

Ding Wenqiang turned his head and looked over, only to find to his surprise that the trial game was not over yet.

The nail gun continued to fire, driving nails into the target or into Zhang Peng's body.

However, a nail was lodged squarely in Zhang Peng's forehead, and the blond young man was already lifeless.

Ding Wenqiang's mind went completely blank for a moment.

Zhang Peng is dead.

He didn't expect Zhang Peng to die so easily, because he had been able to play all the previous trial games at least twice without any problems.

Gao Zhankui emerged from the Iron Maiden a second time, nearly covered in blood, but he is still alive.

Clearly, the game in cell number 5 is different from the games in the other cells; it's an extremely luck-based game.

Theoretically, these games wouldn't pose a life-threatening risk until the third round.

But if a nail happens to be driven right into someone's forehead, then all the probabilities and counts become meaningless.

[Viewer #1 tipped Ding Wenqiang 4000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: He deserved to die.]

[Viewer #7 tipped Ding Wenqiang 3000 minutes of visa processing time, with the message: You did nothing wrong.]

[Viewer #2 tipped Ding Wenqiang 5000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added information: He was unlucky.]

Ding Wenqiang glanced at the records on the screen.

Number of trials completed: 6 out of 10

He had a strange feeling in his heart; Zhang Peng's death didn't seem to affect him much, but rather made him feel much calmer.

"Four more times."

Ding Wenqiang walked blankly into cell number 4 and looked at Gao Zhankui, who was still lying on the ground covered in blood.

A moment later, he came to cell number 1 and cell number 2.

At this point, there is an obvious problem: there are still 4 trials left. If Gao Zhankui plays one more game, he will most likely die. In that case, there are still 3 trials to complete.

In other words, regardless of the circumstances, Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin will have to play the game at least once more.

"sorry."

Ding Wenqiang initiated the trial game in cells 1 and 2.

He ultimately decided to save the most difficult question for last: first complete the second trials of Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin, and then make a choice between the three for the final two trials.

Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin said nothing, but simply prepared themselves once again.

(End of this chapter)