God's imitator

Chapter 510 Protection of the Weak

Wei Yinzhang explained, "Because in the 'Tarot Game,' the amount of wealth tickets a player can acquire does not entirely depend on their strength."

"In the first half, strength and luck are roughly equal: even if you are very strong, if your opponent's 'thief' or 'sage' does not cooperate and adopts an extreme defensive strategy, your gains will be very limited."

"In the latter half of the game, the benefits depend entirely on the team's strategy for allocating 'health packs'."

"Although this step involved Attorney Lin, myself, Cai Zhiyuan, and Boss Wang, Boss Wang was the one who participated the least."

"There was an element of luck involved, but..."

Lin Sizhi added, "But Cai Zhiyuan did make the corresponding arrangements."

He looked at Dai Yifan: "Xiao Dai should be very clear about this."

Dai Yifan, who was suddenly called out, panicked a little: "Brother Lin, I..."

Lin Sizhi shook her head slightly: "You don't need to explain anything. We are not here to investigate your responsibility for obeying Cai Zhiyuan."

"If we were to investigate, I'm afraid there aren't many clean people in the entire community."

"You just need to tell me the specific things Cai Zhiyuan asked you to do."

"This is a frank meeting; let's all be open and honest."

"Of course, we have no need to hold anyone accountable afterward."

Feeling uncomfortable under everyone's gaze, Dai Yifan said helplessly, "Brother Cai told me that after entering the game, I don't need to wait, I can directly grab the 'Emperor's' mask."

This surprised many people.

Clearly, although others had also come into contact with Cai Zhiyuan's plans to varying degrees, they had only been exposed to a portion of them and therefore could not see the whole picture.

Zheng Jie asked in confusion, "But what's the point of doing this?"

Wei Yinzhang explained, "Let's go back in time to before the 'Tarot Game' began."

"It is now confirmed that the second and third parts of the game were designed by me and Cai Zhiyuan, respectively."

"In other words, Cai Zhiyuan directly determined the final reward and punishment rules and the exit rules of this game, and he used this mechanism to scheme against Boss Wang."

Before the "Tarot Game," after Yu-ting and everyone played that little game, Tsai Chih-yuan specifically raised the issue that "masks might be repeated."

"And they proposed the idea of ​​'stealing the same mask'."

"Afterwards, it was suggested that Mr. Wang's 'Emperor' be the first priority, rather than Attorney Lin."

"To be honest, this strategy has very limited effectiveness in the game."

"Cai Zhiyuan brought this up not to discuss strategies or optimize the game plan, but simply to make Dai Yifan's later act of taking the 'King' mask in the game seem less abrupt."

"That is, to cover up the true intention of this behavior: to steal the attention of other players in the same community from Boss Wang in the 'Tarot Game'."

Wei Yinzhang sighed softly: "Actually, I only figured this out later."

"I don't have that quick wit, and I often realize things only after the fact."

There are several possibilities why Dai Yifan immediately snatched the "Emperor's" mask:
"In the first case, he is on the same side as Boss Wang, but he is not as fast as Boss Wang and fails to grab the 'Emperor' mask, then it is equivalent to nothing happening."

"The second possibility is that he and Boss Wang are on opposing sides. In that case, they would most likely each have an 'Emperor' mask, and Dai Yifan's act of grabbing the mask without waiting would not be exposed. "The third possibility is that he is on the same side as Boss Wang and grabbed Boss Wang's mask. This would be difficult to cover up in the post-event review, but it can still be explained away with excuses such as 'nervousness,' 'not paying attention to the time,' 'poor coordination,' or 'Boss Wang hesitated.'"

"In short, in either case, the risks are relatively controllable."

"But the benefits of doing so are very obvious:"
"Because Dai Yifan had outstanding performances from the very beginning, many people initially mistook him for Wang Yongxin."

Zheng Jie suddenly thought of something and looked at Dai Yifan: "Wait!"
"How can Cai Zhiyuan be so sure that Dai Yifan will have a good performance from the very beginning?"
"Is it because of Yang Yuting's previous game practice? We're not sure about that, are we?"

Dai Yifan hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Actually, before the 'Tarot Game' started, Brother Cai had already given me a hint about the questions."

"He told me some of the rules of the game and devised a corresponding strategy for me."

Many people showed expressions of surprise again.

"Leaking exam questions? Aren't copycats prohibited from leaking exam questions?"

Wei Yinzhang explained: "The red lines of the covered walkway are dynamic, not static."

"The severity of leaked exam questions is also divided into several different levels."

"It's definitely not okay to leak the questions to all players in the community, but it's alright to leak them to only one or two people;"

"Revealing all the rules and details is not allowed, but revealing only a part of them is acceptable;"

"Moreover, the arcade always gives various preferential treatment to outstanding copycats. Many behaviors that are off-limits to other players and copycats are simply ignored by the arcade even if an S-class copycat does them."

"In short, through this arrangement, Cai Zhiyuan did his best to ensure that Dai Yifan could obtain the 'Emperor' mask in the game and stand out and attract attention in the early stages."

"And we would subconsciously regard him as Boss Wang."

"In this way, it is easier to confirm each other's identities when initially matched, and to establish cooperation and increase revenue to a certain extent."

"Even if we discover that the other person is not Mr. Wang but Dai Yifan when we recognize each other, we will not change our cooperation strategy."

Qin Yao frowned: "But, won't everyone find out eventually?"

“Xiao Dai can’t keep pretending to be Boss Wang forever. Whenever players in our community ask, he has to tell the truth, otherwise he’ll expose his ulterior motives.”

Wei Yinzhang nodded: "Yes, actually we confirmed that he was not Boss Wang after we matched him with Dai Yifan."

"But at this stage, Cai Zhiyuan actually used another mechanism and psychology."

"That is, the unspoken rules of the community regarding the protection of the vulnerable."

Li Renshu lowered her head and pondered for a moment: "I understand."

"Even if it is confirmed that the 'Emperor' is Xiao Dai and not Brother Wang, people will not stop taking care of Xiao Dai and instead take care of Brother Wang."

"Because Mr. Wang is the 'stronger one' and Xiao Dai is the 'weak one,' Xiao Dai still needs more care, while Mr. Wang does not."

"Similarly, Aunt Zhou and Shen Xing are also vulnerable people, and they are people we must bring back to the community. Therefore, when arranging the transfer of wealth vouchers, we must give priority to them."

"As for the 'strong ones' themselves, such as Cai Zhiyuan and Brother Wang, no one will take special care of them. In some rounds, Brother Wang may not even be assigned a fixed match."

"Brother Wang could certainly choose to match with other players and earn wealth vouchers legitimately through the game, but the players who were willing to match with him at that time were not weak either. No matter how much he earned, he could not exceed the upper limit of the wealth vouchers that could be transferred."

(End of this chapter)