God's imitator

Chapter 91 Lin Sizhi's Declaration of Murder
"What does this mean? Is it to avenge Xiao Zhiyu?"

Upon seeing this broadcast, Zheng Jie subconsciously had this thought.

Because Xiao Zhiyu from Community 9 just died, players from the same community will likely guess that he died from being reported.

In retaliation, Zhang Shichao immediately broadcast a 'whistleblower' message.

Of all male players, 65% have already been reported.

This ratio is too high. It tells all male players a fact: almost all the female players they are randomly matched with are informants. The best way to avoid being reported is to use the "step" ability to kill the female player they are meeting first!

Zhao Duo's death could very well have been murdered by a male player.

After all, her comments on the big screen directly aroused the hatred of all the male players.

Although Zhao Duo had falsely accused Zheng Jie, Zheng Jie did not feel any pleasure in revenge; instead, he became increasingly anxious.

Because he realized that the scariest thing about this game is that you can kill people faster the further you go!
Only 2 players died in the 5th hour, but 6 players died in the 6th hour.

It's unknown how many players are already burdened with accusations, and how many are trying to exchange for "steps" that can be used to kill.

Even if a large number of players survive in the last hour of the 8-hour event, it doesn't mean everyone is safe.

Because in the final round, in the worst-case scenario, it's entirely possible for more than a dozen people to die at once.

Zheng Jie could still die during their final meeting.

"But...why did Fang Wencong also die?"

Zheng Jie was somewhat puzzled.

He knew that Fang Wencong had been broadcasting, and theoretically shouldn't have enough "likes" or "dislikes" to protect himself. For players who wanted to kill, he was indeed a suitable target.

The problem is that Fang Wencong has been safe all along, which means he has most likely found a fixed partner.

Such partners are unlikely to kill each other until their last meeting, since they are fixed partners and killing each other would put themselves in danger.

"His regular partner changed his mind? But why didn't it change at their last meeting?"
"Could it be that the data that Attorney Lin released earlier had an effect? ​​Did some people realize that Fang Wencong was involved in something shady, so they decided to stop forming a regular partnership with him and instead murder him?"

"But so what? Even if he really was inciting others, killing him would have been pointless long ago."

Just then, a familiar voice came from the big screen.

Zheng Jie looked up at the big screen with some surprise, and Lin Sizhi's figure appeared.

She was the number 1 performer selected in this talent show.

On the other side of the big screen, performer number 2 was Zhong Yuanyuan, the first slightly chubby girl to step onto the talent show stage.

Zheng Jie was stunned for a moment: "Why was Zhong Yuanyuan matched with Attorney Lin?"

Logically, there are 21 rounds in the draft. Assuming there are 2 players in each round, there shouldn't be a repetition happening right after the 7th hour.

"Is it because too many players died?"

Zheng Jie speculated that the deaths of a large number of players would lead to some players who had already participated in the draft being included in the selection process again and being drafted ahead of time.

But then I thought about it again and it didn't seem right, because Yang Yuting and Lu Xinyi, who had more likes, hadn't participated in the talent show yet.
[Lin Sizhi from Community 17 sent more than 5 broadcasts, skipping the queue for a talent show, and selected Zhong Yuanyuan from Community 1 as her opponent in this talent show.]

Zheng Jie suddenly realized: "It's an active talent show!"

"Broadcasting five messages is enough to forcefully start a draft and select your opponent."

"Attorney Lin has already posted more than five broadcasts."

"This rule has always existed, but it seems like no one has ever used it."

"But why did Attorney Lin choose Zhong Yuanyuan?"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who you choose. The most important thing now is to spread the word about that method so that other male players who don't have a regular partner can also protect themselves by 'bluffing'..."

"However, once this method is made public and everyone knows about it, it might not work anymore..."

Zheng Jie wasn't sure if Lin Sizhi would actually do that, so he could only nervously look at the big screen.

Lin Sizhi, naturally, did not prepare any program. He simply looked at the audition camera and calmly said, "I hope that in 5 minutes, everyone can use 20 votes of 'boredom' to kill the second performer of this audition, namely Zhong Yuanyuan from the first community."

"Because she is the designer of this 'blind date game,' that is, the 'copycat of God.'"

"As for the reasons, I will explain them to everyone in these 5 minutes, so please listen carefully."

"You only have this one chance." Zheng Jie was stunned.

He jumped up from his seat and instinctively exclaimed, "What? Zhong Yuanyuan?"
"Attorney Lin, are you sure you're not mistaken?!"
"No matter how you look at it, she seems innocent, right? She didn't stir up anything during the talent show, nor did she make any announcements."

"Even if she's a copycat and knows the rules of the game, she can't manipulate other players' minds to kill each other if they can't communicate with each other throughout the game, right?"

Zheng Jie had long guessed that Lin Sizhi was checking various data, and even specific players, in an attempt to find out the culprit.

Based on the previous situation, Lin Sizhi seems to have already determined that the culprit is in Community 1.

But Zheng Jie couldn't understand why Lin Sizhi was so certain that the culprit was the game's designer, a "copycat of God," and why this person had to be Zhong Yuanyuan.

Couldn't it be someone else from Community 1?
Or perhaps these players in the first community are simply trying to stir up trouble and profit from the chaos?
"You can't just make accusations like that, Attorney Lin!"

"If what you say doesn't make sense, the other party will definitely turn around and falsely accuse you of being a copycat, and then everything will be over!"

Zheng Jie listened attentively, not daring to miss any information.

……

Lin Sizhi had limited time, so he tried his best to make his voice clear and his content concise.

"First, I'd like to show you three data points that have already been presented."

After he finished speaking, he temporarily left the stage, quickly pressed a few buttons on the data query machine, and sent out the data that had been retrieved beforehand.

[Lin Sizhi from Community 17 broadcasts three data points to all players.]

[In the first four hours, the number of "likes" Gao Jialiang from Community 1 received through meetings accounted for 54% of the total number of "likes" and "dislikes" received through meetings.]

[In the first four hours, the percentage of players from Community 1, Gao Jialiang, who chose "You Pay" in the meeting room was 83%.]

[In the first four hours, after Gao Jialiang from Community 1 chose "You Pay" in the meeting room, the agreed-upon percentage with another player was "100%".]

This data has already been sent before, and according to the game mechanics, it can be broadcast twice.

Zheng Jie looked at the three data points with some confusion. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what the problem was.

Taken individually, each of these points seems reasonable.

Gao Jialiang is, after all, a top-tier handsome guy. It's not surprising that such a handsome guy would get some outrageous results in a "dating game".

Lin Sizhi explained: "If you only look at the first data point, you might think it's nothing special. The like-to-dislike ratio is 54%, which is better than the average level for male players and meets everyone's expectations for a handsome guy."

"But the problem is that the latter two data points reveal a harsh truth: in reality, handsome men can do whatever they want in this game."

Lin Sizhi paused slightly before continuing:

"Gao Jialiang actively pressed 'You Pay' 83% of the time in the first 4 hours of the game. Considering that there is a small probability of being matched with same-sex players in the matchmaking mechanism, this data means that he actively pressed 'You Pay' for all female players."

"If other players did this, it would be a very bad thing to do."

"However, let's look at the third data point: the female players matched with Gao Jialiang, even after seeing him press 'You pay' first, all willingly pressed 'I pay' instead of pressing any other buttons and having their visa time deducted together."

"It's obvious that people have no idea how attractive handsome men can be."

"No matter how outrageous the handsome guy's behavior is, the female players who meet him will tend to be tolerant."

"However, this clearly contradicts the first piece of data."

"If all these female players willingly pressed 'I'll pay,' why did Gao Jialiang receive so many 'downvotes'?"

"Gao Jialiang received 54% of the total number of 'likes' and 'dislikes' from the meeting in the first 4 hours. This means he received 6 likes and 5 dislikes. That is, 6/11 = 54%."

"These female players tolerated paying for their own rooms, so what kind of outrageous behavior could Gao Jialiang possibly do to make nearly half of them 'downvote' on him?"

"The answer is simple: either Gao Jialiang actively asked them to 'step on' him, or Gao Jialiang committed some very rude and insulting acts to force them to 'step on' him."

"To further verify this, you can check all the players who seem to have received a lot of 'likes' so far. I can guarantee that none of them had a 'like' ratio of less than 70% in the total 'likes and dislikes' obtained through the meeting in the first 4 hours."

"This makes more sense: most people, after seeing 'likes' and 'dislikes,' will subconsciously interpret them as 'rewards' and 'punishments.'"

Players who can get more "likes" can also avoid getting "dislikes" if they want to.

"Then how did Gao Jialiang, the very first thing he did after entering the game, presciently predict that 'likes' and 'dislikes' would become equally important killing resources four hours later, and consciously and actively seek out 'dislikes'?"

(End of this chapter)