God's imitator

Chapter 505 The Longest Post-mortem
Lin Sizhi got up as usual and went to the hall, only to find everyone sitting there in silence.

"morning."

As usual, Lin Sizhi bought breakfast from the vending machine and then sat down at an empty seat at the long table.

Zheng Jie couldn't wait any longer and was the first to say, "Attorney Lin, you're finally awake! With something this big happening, how could you take such a long nap!"

"We had a brief discussion, and our preliminary conclusion is that... Cai Zhiyuan is a copycat of the 'King's Trial'."

"But I really can't understand why."

"Why would the arcade allow copycats to design their own trial games? Besides, Cai Zhiyuan almost died in that game. Would he risk his life to meet the arcade's quota?"

Clearly, in the two hours or so before Lin Sizhi got up, the group had engaged in some discussions and reasoning, and reached preliminary conclusions.

But this conclusion is also a key source of confusion for many.

— Many people never doubted Cai Zhiyuan, precisely because the idea that "he was a copycat of the King's Trial" is logically difficult to explain.

Lin Sizhi took a sip of coffee and asked in return, "Did he really almost die in the game?"

"Think about it again."

"The 'running around frantically' cell is actually an absolutely safe prison cell, because the punishment for repeated games is 'gradually increasing electric shock intensity'."

"However, the force required to push the crossbar and the intensity of the electric shock are actually hidden and not clearly defined."

"The rules of the game only say 'you can't stop,' but it's okay to push very slowly."

"Therefore, even if the intensity of the electric shock increases significantly after multiple games, it is safe as long as you can keep pushing the bar."

Qin Yao asked, "But in the previous 'Farmer's Walk' segment, Cai Zhiyuan suffered the most. He was stabbed twice for exceeding the time limit, and if he exceeded twice the time limit, he would suffer an instant death penalty."

"Was he deliberately lagging behind? That doesn't make sense."

Lin Sizhi shook his head: "It's not so much that he deliberately fell behind, but he must have been holding back some strength."

"In the third leg of the journey, Ding Wenqiang compressed the time to 29 seconds, while Cai Zhiyuan actually had about 20 seconds of margin for error when he finally reached the finish line."

"Being stabbed only looks scary because you're covered in blood. These kinds of injuries are actually not serious and are far from life-threatening."

"However, this arrangement can effectively clear him of suspicion and ensure that he can enter the absolutely safe cell number 1."

Qin Yao seemed thoughtful: "According to what was said during the game replay..."

"Actually, Uncle Ding felt somewhat guilty towards Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin after the 'Farmer's Walk' segment."

"So, Cai Zhiyuan, covered in blood, volunteered to enter cell number 1, and he almost 100% agreed, is that right?"

"But I still don't quite understand why he went through such a long and complicated process."

"He's a copycat, so why not just put himself through a simple trial?"

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "This is the blind spot you created because you failed to use the mindset of a copycat to think about the problem."

"Let's say we go back to the night we sent out the invitation to the 'King's Trial' game at the arcade."

"You are Cai Zhiyuan, and you find yourself a sinner on trial."

"At this point, you actually have three different choices."

"First, do nothing."

"Second, design a simple trial-type game that is very easy for you to pass."

“Third, design the ‘King’s Trial’.” Everyone lowered their heads and thought for a while.

Wei Yinzhang explained, "From Cai Zhiyuan's perspective, in order to ensure his own safety, he could only choose the third option."

"First of all, doing nothing is definitely not an option, because there are many copycats."

"If we do nothing, other copycats will devise targeted trial games, which would be tantamount to leaving it to fate, with a very high probability of death."

"Secondly, designing a simple, easy-to-pass trial game is a natural choice at first glance."

"But the problem is that the arcade has a review mechanism. In several different trial games, it will choose the one with the highest score and the highest difficulty."

"If you design a simple, easy-to-pass solution, it will most likely lead to the same result as the first option: leaving your fate in the hands of other copycats."

Yang Yuting thought of a new problem: "Wait, something seems wrong."

Was that the first trial game we experienced?

"How can Tsai Chih-yuan be so sure that the more difficult game will be selected?"

“We’ve only played ‘Blood Poker’ before, but that game isn’t that difficult, since it’s a distribution game.”

Wei Yinzhang shook his head: "This is a simple logical deduction."

"Assuming the arcade can choose either the 'easy solution' or the 'difficult solution,' with a 50% probability of choosing either, then there are only a few possibilities:"
"First, you provided a simple solution, while others provided difficult solutions. The corridor chose the simple solution, which is of course a win-win situation."

"The second scenario is that you provide the simple solution, but the arcade chooses the difficult one. This is the worst-case scenario, where you are forced into a high-risk game designed by someone else."

"The third scenario is that you provided a difficult solution, others provided an easy solution, and the arcade chose the easy solution, which is still acceptable."
"The fourth scenario is that you provided a difficult solution, and the arcade chose the difficult solution, but you are in a game you designed yourself, so you can leave yourself a backdoor."

"Therefore, based on comprehensive analysis, even if there is a 50% probability of choosing the easy solution in the arcade, the optimal choice is still to provide the difficult solution."

"Moreover, logically speaking, the corridor would not allow an overly simplistic plan to pass the review. We were brought to the New World, not for leisure and vacation."

"I think this shouldn't be hard for Cai Zhiyuan to figure out."

“Designing a dangerous trial game for yourself seems illogical, but it is actually the safest option under the rules of the arcade.”

Lin Sizhi added, "Actually, I also received a game invitation that time."

"I did design a trial game that wasn't life-threatening for three players in our community, but it wasn't selected in the end."

“If Tsai Chih-yuan made the same choice as me, he would only get the same result.”

Many people showed expressions of surprise.

Although information appeared on the big screen, it did not actually provide concrete evidence that Lin Sizhi was a copycat.

If Lin Sizhi really wants to continue to cover it up, there are still ways to do so.

For example, using the excuse that "other copycats simultaneously killed two people".

Even though other players had accumulated enough suspicion, as long as Lin Sizhi was willing, no one dared to really expose him, and they could only continue to maintain the status quo.

But he chose to confront the issue.

However, this brought some relief to other players.

Being forced to cooperate with the powerful in a performance is indeed a painful thing.

(End of this chapter)