God's imitator

Chapter 86 A First Accusation

Zheng Jie scratched his head anxiously: "It's all over, it's all ruined!!"

He hoped that Lin Sizhi would give a new hint on the big screen, but unfortunately he didn't.

Players like Zheng Jie are experiencing the most difficult situation in the game at this moment.

Because those particularly clever players must have figured out ways to protect themselves and formed regular meeting groups with specific players from other communities.

For example, Zheng Jie was quite certain that Lu Xinyi would not be troubled by this issue.

Those particularly foolish players, either unaware of the danger or already having a lot of "steps" (i.e., being easily swayed), are less anxious.

Players like Zheng Jie, caught in the middle, had only one feeling at this moment.

The sky is falling.

……

Another round of meetings began, and Zheng Jie walked into the meeting room dejectedly.

The girl he was randomly matched with this time was a very ordinary-looking girl with some tear stains on her face.

She has no particular features; she's neither particularly pretty nor ugly.

But Zheng Jie still remembered her because he had seen her on a talent show before: she was the girl who said she was "deducted more than 1000 minutes of visa time every hour" and successfully got 3 "likes" by playing the victim.

【Community 9 - Xue Qi】

"Hello."

You could tell she was very nervous.

Just like when he encountered that panicked aunt before, Zheng Jie raised his hands to signal, and then slowly pressed the "I pay" button.

"Relax, I'm not a bad person. You see, my hand isn't on the button below."

"Can I pay the room fee first?"

Xue Qi also pressed the "You Pay" button and sat down in her seat, appearing to have calmed down a bit.

"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I think most male players can still uphold their bottom line and won't kill indiscriminately or without reason."

"If possible, could we swap our 'likes'?"
"Don't worry, I won't change 'step' and I have no intention of harming anyone."

Zheng Jie tried his best to make his tone sound friendly.

He also knew that such a swap proposal was unlikely to be accepted, because for both male and female players, "likes" and "dislikes" were now equally important.

Either they become weapons to attack enemies or shields to defend against attacks. Given that both resources are very limited, it would be safer to exchange them with someone of the same sex.

But Zheng Jie still has to give it a try.

After all, liking posts can also help him protect himself and send broadcasts, so it's equally important to him.

While getting a "dislike" is certainly better, it's safer to exchange "likes" to avoid arousing suspicion.

Xue Qi kept her head down and did not respond.

Zheng Jie didn't know what else to say, so he could only try to find a topic every minute or two of silence to try to dispel the other party's guard.

Finally, after another awkward silence, it was time for the meeting.

Zheng Jie stood up, preparing to leave.

"See, we are all safe, aren't we?"

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

"Judging from your appearance, you probably haven't found a fixed person to match with yet, right?"

"If you trust me, we can keep matching and eventually get 3 minutes of visa time together, and then leave safely."

Zheng Jie didn't have high hopes; he was just making a final attempt.

To his surprise, Xue Qi actually raised her head, as if she had made up her mind: "Okay, you seem to be a good person, I'm willing to exchange 'likes' with you."

"If I can confirm that I have received your 'like', then I will consider meeting with you again in the future."

Zheng Jie's eyes lit up: "Really? Okay, then I'll give you a thumbs up."

"I ordered." Zheng Jie knew that the other person couldn't see what he ordered or verify it, but he still tried to slow down his movements to gain the other person's trust.

Xue Qi pressed the button as well, then waved to him, "See you later."

Zheng Jie quickly nodded: "Okay, goodbye! Looking forward to seeing you again!"

……

As Zheng Jie left the meeting room and stepped into the corridor, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Phew, thank goodness!

Although Zhou Rong had previously refused his invitation, it didn't matter now, because he had found a new partner, Xue Qi.

That's how blind dates are; it doesn't matter how many times you fail, as long as you succeed once, that's enough.

The game updated its rules in the second phase, allowing same-sex players to no longer meet regularly through invitations; they can only invite opposite-sex players or be randomly matched.

But it is precisely because of this rule that female players like Xue Qi cannot be matched with other female players in a fixed way, which is why they enter the random matching mechanism and are matched with other female players by themselves.

Now I can relax for a while and focus on how to help other players in the community without any worries.

Zheng Jie returned to the waiting room with some excitement, and then saw a prominent notification message on the big screen.

[Current number of accusations: 1]

[Please note! If you are accused three times, you will be subject to immediate death.]

……

Zheng Jie's hands and feet were ice-cold, and he stood frozen in place.

Although it's hard to believe, there's only one explanation: Xue Qi not only didn't like his post, but she also 'reported' him.

Zheng Jie's liking of Xue Qi's post implies that he himself contributed 50% to the exposure.

After the shock came an uncontrollable rage.

How could she do this!

"It's one thing to swindle money, but to take a life is another!"
"No, I was just too stupid. I made the same mistake again..."

If we're talking about being tricked into liking posts, I already did it once before, when I met with Lu Xinyi.

At that time, he repeatedly warned himself that he must not easily trust others.

As a result, he slipped and fell into the same pit again, and this time he fell even harder.

A terrible thought flashed through Zheng Jie's mind.

Kill her!

I have no grudge against her, so why is she falsely accusing me? Why can't this kind of scoundrel be killed?

But after calming down a bit, Zheng Jie realized that he had no chance.

Because Xue Qi would absolutely not accept his meeting invitation again, and the possibility of the two of them being matched together in the future is extremely slim.

Zheng Jie sat there in a daze until the talent show on the big screen ended.

Performer #1 received a total of 11 "Interesting" comments and an extra "Like".

Performer #2 received a total of 15 "Interesting" comments and an extra "Like".

Zheng Jie felt increasingly uneasy.

Although no one died according to the results of the draft, the changes in the voting made Zheng Jie realize that the antagonism between male and female players was intensifying.

The two players participating in the talent show, a man and a woman, did not perform any special talents, nor did they say any of the highly inflammatory things they had said before.

However, they consistently received more than ten votes, never less than 10 or more than 20.

There is a very scary possibility behind this:
Players began voting for same-sex contestants without any reason.

The reason is simple: in the talent show, the "interesting" votes, once collected in sets of 10, will turn into "likes," becoming a weapon for the enemy.

(End of this chapter)