God's imitator

Chapter 507 Testing each other
According to Lin Sizhi, Officer Cao had actually realized long ago that Cai Zhiyuan might be a copycat and had told Lin Sizhi and Li Renshu about it.

Lin Sizhi himself was a copycat, so it's understandable that he didn't do anything.

But what about Lee In-sook?
Not only did she not do anything, she continued to be very close to Cai Zhiyuan.

Clearly, this is not something a qualified 'community leader' should do in the eyes of many people.

Lee In-sook explained somewhat helplessly, "It's not that I did nothing."

“After the ‘Shelter Game’ ended, I approached Attorney Lin and Tsai Chih-yuan separately to ask if they agreed to ‘check the time’.”

"As a result, they all agreed."

In the end, no results were found.

Qin Yao thought for a moment: "Huh, right, why was there nothing unusual when I checked the time?"

Lin Sizhi explained, "After designing the S-rated game, copycats can hide their visa dates."

"Of course, only the part obtained as a copycat will be hidden."

Lee In-sook sighed: "So there's such a setting...?"

"But this is an unknown factor for everyone except for S-class copycats, and cannot be taken into consideration."

"Since the time of the investigation was not unusual, we can only conclude that there are no copycat offenders in the community."

"Of course, if we have to say something, everyone may have noticed something unusual, but as I said before, the act of 'finding copycats' is basically entirely up to the player's subjective judgment, and there is no conclusive evidence."

"Officer Cao did tell me a lot, but there is still no evidence to support it, and we cannot assert that the copycat of 'King's Trial' is definitely Cai Zhiyuan."

"So, at that time, I really couldn't do anything about it."

A brief silence fell over the crowd. Clearly, some people still disagreed on the issue, but it was no longer feasible to push the matter forward.

Wei Yinzhang changed the subject: "Let's discuss the more specific parts first."

"‘Chaebol Nation’ is a distribution-based game. Attorney Lin, how can you be sure that it was also designed by Tsai Chih-yuan?"
"Is it because your proposal wasn't selected?"
"Or is it because Cai Zhiyuan's performance in the game exceeded reasonable limits?"

Wei Yinzhang also participated in the game, and after entering the 17th community, she also studied the relevant details.

Lin Sizhi explained, "Both of these factors are present, but neither is the deciding factor."

"When I received the game invitation, I did not provide a solution."

"Because I've realized that copycats are actually exposing themselves while designing games."

"If I always rack my brains to snatch all the design proposals, then over time, no matter how carefully I hide them, my weaknesses will always be found."

"On the other hand, having other copycats design more games would make it easier to find them."

"As for me and Tsai Chih-yuan entering this game together, it was actually a 'mutual probing'."

"I was testing him, and he was testing me, but we were testing each other in different ways."

"However, what I am most certain of is not these things, but rather a trivial detail."

"The game's scene setup."

Zheng Jie was somewhat puzzled: "Wait, wasn't 'The Tycoon Nation' much before 'The Shelter Game'? In fact, it was much earlier. There were also 'Birth Trial' and 'Fool's Game' in between."

"Officer Cao told you his deduction, which should have been after the 'April Fool's Game' and before the 'Shelter Game,' right?" Lin Sizhi nodded: "I didn't say that I started to suspect Cai Zhiyuan after Officer Cao told me."

Qin Yao tried hard to recall the scene at the time: "I remember that we had some discussions about how to allocate the personnel."

"At that time, Luo Wei had just joined the community, and Brother Wang wanted to pull Luo Wei into his group."

"But Cai Zhiyuan cleverly dismantled it."

"After much deliberation, the three members of Attorney Lin's team ended up being Luo Wei, myself, and Cai Zhiyuan."

"This seems like a logical choice, because after the three weakest players chose, Yuting and Xutong automatically followed Brother Wang, Fuchen and Renshu automatically followed Officer Cao, and Cai Zhiyuan and I naturally followed Lawyer Lin."

"But looking back now, was this the group assignment that Cai Zhiyuan wanted?"

Zheng Jie asked, "Attorney Lin, you said you and Cai Zhiyuan were testing each other? You were testing him to see if he was a copycat? What was he testing you for? This game was clearly something he created himself."

Lin Sizhi explained, "He also wanted to test me to see if my skill level remained consistent and whether I would reveal any weaknesses in specific games."

"And his conclusions will determine the strategies we adopt when designing games for me in the future."

Everyone recalled the entire process of the review and quickly understood the meaning of Lin Sizhi's words.

Lin Sizhi deliberately gave up the opportunity to design the game because he wanted to see the other copycats' plans and, in turn, find out their true identities.

Tsai Chih-yuan took on this game to test his game design skills using allocation-based games.

Prior to this, Tsai Chih-yuan had only designed one game, "King's Trial," and he already had some experience with this type of game. However, allocation games are obviously a different type, and the experience of the two is not applicable.

As a copycat, Tsai Chih-yuan also needs to verify the effectiveness of his "algorithm-based" or "strategy-based" games by observing how well the players perform in the game.

See what level of skill players at different skill levels can achieve in his game.

The reason he deliberately paired up with Lin Sizhi was to give it a try:
Having already mastered all the rules and understood all the traps, what kind of performance will Lin Sizhi deliver?

Are we far behind him? Or are we completely in sync?

It's impossible to surpass him, because he's the designer of this game.

If the two are completely in sync, that would be terrible news for Tsai Chih-yuan.

Because that means that no matter how hard he tries, he can't beat Lin Sizhi in 'algorithm-based' or 'strategy-based' games. At best, he can only manage a draw, and there's a high probability that he'll lose.

Therefore, if you want to win, the only option left is "judgment-type games".

The result of the test is already known to everyone.

After entering the game, Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan quickly mastered all the rules and completed their plan together.

During this time, neither of them revealed all the details directly, but instead guided each other.

But now it seems that removing any one of them wouldn't have changed the outcome much.

After this game, both of them reached the conclusion they wanted.

In Lin Sizhi's case, the possibility that Cai Zhiyuan is a copycat is greatly increased.

As for Cai Zhiyuan, he was completely certain of Lin Sizhi's true level, which determined all his subsequent strategies.

(End of this chapter)