God's imitator

Chapter 94 Priority of Bills
So far, the people have not lived together in the community for long enough, and they do not know each other well enough.

Apart from people with relatively simple minds like Ding Wenqiang and Su Xiucen, most others still wear masks to some extent.

On the surface, everything seems harmonious, and some people may even appear foolish, but that doesn't mean they truly think that way.

Since a copycat can gain the approval of the arcade and manipulate human nature through games, he must be someone who is very good at hiding his malice.

If everyone forces the visa dates to be made public and a copycat is actually identified, then that copycat wouldn't be foolish enough to go against everyone.

Even if what he really wants is to kill everyone, he will definitely pretend to cooperate while outwardly complying.

This is actually a worse situation.

Because when a copycat doesn't feel in danger, he might not be in such a hurry to kill the player to ensure his own safety. Whether in daily life or designing a death game, he is more likely to slip up when he is relaxed.

Conversely, if a copycat realizes he is in danger and that the community could kill him at any time, he will try to kill key players, create chaos in the community, and hide his true personality more carefully.

While it appears that a cooperation has been reached, it has actually sown the seeds of deeper hidden dangers.

In this situation, once the player community becomes suspicious of the copycat, they will definitely be inclined to kill him directly.

Therefore, the process of "distinguishing whether copycats are good or bad and whether they can be cooperated with" has completely failed.

After the first copycat is killed, a new copycat is added to the arcade. Seeing the previous copycat's example, the new copycat becomes even more frenzied in killing, and the community then votes to kill this copycat as well...

This creates an unsolvable loop.

Wang Yongxin's new method may indeed find copycats in the short term, but it also means laying the cards on the table with all players in the community, directly putting copycats in the most dangerous situation.

Once this barrier is broken, the conflict between players and copycats in the community will escalate instantly, with unpredictable consequences.

Of course, if the copycat is a weak person who can be manipulated at will, then it wouldn't be a big deal to expose him immediately.

But if you gamble wrong, the consequences could be severe, so you must be cautious.

The best course of action is to remain silent, identify the copycat without alerting the other party, establish a certain level of mutual trust, and then discuss cooperation.

Unless the other party shows an extreme tendency to "kill most of the community", it is necessary to use Wang Yongxin's method for emergency handling.

Currently, the player mortality rate in Community 17 is not high.

Lee In-sook continued, "So, you should understand now, right?"
"Once some things are brought into the open, they lose their flexibility and may become unmanageable."

"That's why I said we can't investigate everything. What if we actually find something wrong?"

"Besides that, I believe there is another very important reason why we cannot propose any 'murder bills':"
"This will greatly undermine the sense of security of everyone in the community."

"So far, the reason why everyone has been able to live peacefully and communicate amicably in the community is because everyone considers the community a safe zone."

"Only in this way will they express their opinions frankly."

"If we propose a murder bill in order to kill copycats, even if the bill is very harsh, such as '11 votes are required to execute a player,' it will still have uncontrollable consequences."

"Many people will think, if this rule is used to kill copycats today, what if I am suspected of being a copycat tomorrow? Or, if I am a weak player who is dragging the team down and no one likes me, will they vote me out and then recruit other players?"
“You and I may not be worried, but there are definitely others who are. “In that case, the community will no longer be a safe zone, and people will have to think about survival strategies in the community. Everyone will be scheming against each other, disguising themselves, and even considering striking first.”

"This tense atmosphere will only continue to escalate, and even if we later abolish this rule on killing, this trend will be irreversible."

"Because once a rule of killing is established, it means that the community has crossed the final line. For most people, if this happens once, it will happen again."

"Furthermore, I also think it's inappropriate to use the idea that 'killing copycats will grant a lot of visa time' to encourage a vote on murder."

"Killing copycats in other communities is fine, but in your own community, using a motion to vote on killing them could cause very serious problems."

"Once players have tasted the sweetness of voting to kill and gain a lot of visa time, this idea will take root in their minds."

"If one day, Brother Wang, you earn more time in the game than the copycat, will 11 people want to kill you?"

"For players who have already tried voting to kill, as long as you have enough visa time, what does it matter if you are a copycat or not?"

Even if the probability of this happening is low, would you dare to gamble?

Wang Yongxin was speechless for a moment.

Lee In-sook paused, then continued, "As for why we didn't submit an 'efficiency' proposal, but instead focused only on 'minimum guarantees'..."

“Brother Wang, I understand your thinking. If you want to earn more visa time, efficiency is essential.”

"But judging from the current situation, gaining more visa processing time is not our top priority."

"The probability of dying in the game is much higher than the probability of being deported when your visa expires."

"By proposing a clear system of rewards and punishments, the entire community can be transformed into a warlike community that actively participates in the game, even ignoring the elimination of the weak and constantly recruiting new strong players. This seems to be the optimal strategy for extreme survival."

"But the arcade isn't just about extreme survival games; there are also games that require compromise, sacrifice, moral challenges, or specialized knowledge to complete."

"As we said during the previous recruitment, we must ensure the diversity of the community as much as possible, because the more similar we are, the easier it is to fall into the same trap and cause the whole community to be wiped out."

"As long as there is diversity among players in the community, there will always be fools and weaklings."

“I even suspect that some communities might establish systems that extremely favor the vulnerable, such as ‘all game revenue is distributed equally among all players.’”

"Of course, there may also be some communities that actively eliminate the weak and only accept the strong."

"Is it about protecting the vulnerable for the sake of diversity, or sacrificing diversity to achieve a state of social harmony? Every community has a different choice."

"We cannot say for sure which approach is better, but if we are wrong about an overly extreme solution, the consequences will be devastating."

"Therefore, we ultimately adopted a relatively safe approach, which is the current plan."

“We will consider proposing some measures to improve efficiency in the future. But right now, it’s clearly not necessary.”

(End of this chapter)