God's imitator

Chapter 501 Prison Profits
A piercing pain shot through him, and Cui Yifeng felt a burning sensation in his left shoulder.

In the original "King's Trial", Zhang Peng was locked to a human-shaped target, which was about four times the size of an ordinary person's frontal projection.

In other words, the nail gun fires continuously, but there is only a one in four chance of hitting the player.

In the rules of "Death Watch," the nail gun will only fire when the monitored doll catches the person in the shot. And once it fires, it will always hit a certain part of the body.

Trying to dodge it by reacting is very difficult, almost impossible.

The game lasts for 15 minutes. Cui Yifeng must hold down the button for 10 minutes. If he does not hold down the button for 10 minutes, he will be instantly killed.

Fear can cloud a player's perception of time, and if hesitation continues intermittently for more than 5 minutes, there's little hope.

Cui Yifeng took a deep breath and observed the layout of the room and the movement of the surveillance puppets once again.

Then, he struggled to raise his left arm and hold it to his side, trying to cover his neck and head as much as possible.

Use your right arm to press the button on the table.

Because he chose a position in the right corner of the room, the monitoring puppet spent most of its time moving to his left.

In this way, even if he is shot, he will be hit in the arm and palm first, so that he will not be unlucky enough to be killed by a single shot.

……

Gao Jialiang realized that cell number 5 was indeed the most dangerous, but as Cai Zhiyuan said, there was a high probability that he would not die there.

Of course, this is on the premise that the players entering this cell, like Cui Yifeng, muster up their courage and then use their brains a little.

"So... Cai Zhiyuan actually arranged what he considered to be the most suitable cells for each of these players?"

Initially, Gao Jialiang thought Cai Zhiyuan's arrangements had completely fallen apart.

According to the game rules, each cell corresponds to a game, and if a player is a participant in that game, the difficulty will be reduced when entering the corresponding cell.

Therefore, the simplest and most straightforward arrangement is to put players in according to their corresponding relationships, which at least ensures that everyone can enjoy the effect of "reduced difficulty".

As for Cai Zhiyuan, he has probably played many games, so he can just choose one to enter.

Cai Zhiyuan couldn't possibly have been unaware of this, but he didn't allocate the cells that way. Instead, he disrupted this pattern from the very beginning, starting by assigning Sun De the first cell.

At first, Gao Jialiang thought that Cai Zhiyuan might be like a player who was tricked in some trial-type games and failed to keep his composure.

But judging from the results at this point, it seems that this is not the case.

This arrangement now seems to be another kind of "appropriate arrangement".

—If allocating players according to their assigned cells is 'accepting a predetermined fate,' then it's clear that Tsai Chih-yuan doesn't want to do that.

He hated "predetermined fate".

"But why did he himself choose the prison cell of 'resignation to fate'?"

"This cell corresponds to the 'Tarot Game,' and Huang Ming is also a participant in it. He can choose to let Huang Ming go in."

"As for himself, he could choose other cells, such as Cell No. 2, 'Spending all his money.' Regardless of whether he is a super-privileged player or not, this is an absolutely safe cell."

"Why not choose it? Is he reluctant to spend time on the visa? How could that be? Would a strong person like him care about visa time?"

"Cell No. 6 can be said to be the cell with the strongest 'randomness,' unlike Cell No. 3 where the 'Hermit' can specify the rules for replicating a specific cell; it is completely randomly selected."

"Judging from his previous behavior, he clearly hated 'predetermined fate,' but in the end, he still chose to hand over his life to fate?"
"Is not this contradictory?"

However, Gao Jialiang was stunned after seeing the information on the display screen in cell number 6.

Tsai Chih-yuan has made his choice.

[Option 2: Do nothing and wait quietly for 15 minutes.] [At the end of this game (after the 'Super Player' exercises their privileges), if the copycat who designed this game has not faced a death threat, or has acted as the player expected after facing a death threat, then the player is safe.]

If the copycat who designed this game performs an action that is unexpected by the player, the player will suffer an instant death penalty.

This determination will be made by the arcade's mind-reading mechanism; players will not be able to see the copycat's game experience or details.

"This isn't right!"

Gao Jialiang's eyes widened as he quickly considered the reasons behind this.

"If an ordinary player enters this cell, the only explanation is that they believe the copycat who designed the game would never face a death threat, so the cell is safe."

"However, since the copycat designed this cell himself, it means that he foresaw that he would be threatened with death."

"Would Cai Zhiyuan not have thought of this?"

"He must have thought of that, and the only explanation is that he bet that the copycat who designed the game would do what he expected after being threatened with death."

"Did he know the copycat's real identity? Did he even know that the copycat would face death threats?"
"Or is he certain that the copycat who designed this game has also entered the game, right among us?"

“But none of us, except for Cui Yifeng, are at risk of death, and Cui Yifeng could never be a copycat of this game.”

Gao Jialiang found it hard to understand.

Clearly, there was some special information known only to Cai Zhiyuan that drove him to make this choice.

Cai Zhiyuan sat in the large chair in the room, seemingly lost in thought.

But Gao Jialiang felt an indescribable sense of oppression from him. When he first entered the game, Cai Zhiyuan looked just like everyone else, just an ordinary player, with no difference whatsoever.

……

Fifteen minutes passed quickly as Gao Jialiang was lost in confusion and daze.

Each cell is unlocked in turn.

First up was Sun De, who was the first to enter cell number 1. He looked exhausted and lay flat on the ground after leaving the cell.

But he persevered and did not trigger an electric shock at all.

[The 41000 minutes of visa time have been credited to the player.]

Just as initially judged, he was safe in this cell.

In cells 2, 3, and 4, Fu Yujun, Song Xiao, and Huang Ming also came out.

Fu Yujun and Song Xiao did not receive any benefits from their visa time; in fact, all of their visa time was deducted. However, they can still return to the community with their debts and will not be in any serious trouble.

Huang Ming answered all the questions and received the corresponding visa processing time.

The players' votes have been completed, and he did not receive any "death votes".

[The 60000 minutes of visa time have been credited to the player.]

The rewards are quite substantial, but this game is only safe for players like Huang Ming.

If it were someone else, they might not be able to guarantee that they would receive less than half of the "death votes".

In cell number 5, Cui Yifeng, covered in blood, struggled to walk out, leaning against the wall.

His condition looked terrible; he had at least six or seven steel nails in his body, especially the one on his left forearm, which was sticking out from the other side and looked quite frightening.

But overall, there is no danger to life.

(End of this chapter)