According to Lin Sizhi, Officer Cao actually realized early on that Cai Zhiyuan might be the Imitator, and he shared this information with Lin Sizhi and Li Renshu.

Lin Sizhi himself is also an Imitator, so it’s understandable that he didn’t take any action.

But what about Li Renshu?

Not only did she do nothing, but she remained quite close to Cai Zhiyuan.

Clearly, in the eyes of many, this is not what a qualified ’Community Leader’ should be doing.

Li Renshu explained helplessly, "I didn’t do nothing.

"After the ’Shelter Game’ ended, I separately approached Lawyer Lin and Cai Zhiyuan to ask if they agreed to ’check the time.’

"As it turned out, they both agreed.

"In the end, nothing was found."

Qin Yao thought about it, "Huh, right, why was there nothing unusual when checking the time back then?"

Lin Sizhi explained, "After designing S-Class games, the Imitator can hide their visa time.

"Of course, only hiding the part obtained in the capacity of an Imitator."

Li Renshu sighed, "So there is such a setting...

"But for everyone other than the S-Class Imitator, it’s an unknown factor that can’t be considered.

"Since there was no anomaly when checking the time, we can only assume there are no Imitators in the Community.

"Of course, if you must say, maybe a tiny part of everyone sensed some kind of anomaly, but again, ’finding the Imitator’ largely relies on players’ subjective judgment, and no concrete evidence can be found.

"Officer Cao indeed told me a lot, but there was still no evidence to support, and it can’t be asserted that the Imitator of ’King’s Judgment’ is certainly Cai Zhiyuan.

"So, at that time, I was indeed powerless."

The group fell into a brief silence, clearly there were still differing opinions on this issue, but it was becoming difficult to continue pushing forward.

Wei Yinzhang shifted the topic, "Let’s first discuss the more definite parts.

"The ’Wealthy Dynasty’ is an Allocation Game, Lawyer Lin, how did you determine it was also designed by Cai Zhiyuan?

"Is it because your proposal wasn’t selected?

"Or because Cai Zhiyuan showed a level of skill in the game that exceeded reasonable expectations?"

Although Wei Yinzhang didn’t personally participate in this game, since entering the community, she has researched all the previous games experienced by Community 17, and discussed with the participants, so she is equally familiar with these details.

Lin Sizhi explained, "Both factors had this effect, but neither was the deciding factor.

"At that time, when I received the game invitation, I didn’t submit a proposal.

"I had already realized that the Imitator, in the process of designing a game, actually exposes themselves.

"If I’m always racking my brains to seize all the design proposals, then as time goes on, no matter how cautiously I hide, I would inevitably expose weaknesses.

"Conversely, allowing other Imitators to design more games supports finding them.

"As for both Cai Zhiyuan and I entering this game, it’s actually a ’two-way probing.’

"I’m probing him, and he’s probing me, though in different directions.

"But what confirmed it wasn’t these factors, rather a seemingly trivial detail.

"The game’s scene setup."

Zheng Jie was somewhat puzzled, "Wait, wasn’t ’Wealthy Dynasty’ way before ’Shelter,’ with even ’Fertility Judgment’ and ’Fool’s Game’ in between?

"Officer Cao told you his deductions probably after ’Fool’s Game’ and before ’Shelter Game,’ right?"

Lin Sizhi nodded, "I didn’t say it was only after Officer Cao told me that I started suspecting Cai Zhiyuan, did I?"

Qin Yao tried hard to recall the scene from then, "I remember we even discussed how personnel should be allocated.

"Back then, Luo Wei had just joined the Community, and Brother Wang wanted to pull Luo Wei into his group.

"But Cai Zhiyuan skillfully dismantled that plan.

"In the end, after much picking and choosing, Lawyer Lin’s group ended up with Luo Wei, me, and Cai Zhiyuan.

"This seems like the obvious choice because after picking the three weakest players, Yuting and Xu Tong defaulted to Brother Wang, Fu Chen and Renshu automatically went with Officer Cao, and I went with Lawyer Lin along with Cai Zhiyuan.

"But thinking about it now, was this grouping what Cai Zhiyuan wanted?"

Zheng Jie asked, "Lawyer Lin, you said you were probing each other with Cai Zhiyuan? You were probing if he is the Imitator? Then what was he probing you for? The game was clearly designed by him."

Lin Sizhi explained, "He also had to probe me to see if my skills were consistently stable and if I would expose specific weaknesses in certain games.

"And his conclusions would determine the strategies he would employ in designing games for me in the future."

Everyone quickly recalled the entire process of then reviewing the game, soon understanding the meaning behind Lin Sizhi’s words.

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

Meanwhile, Cai Zhiyuan took this game as an opportunity to test the design of Allocation Games and verify his game-designing skills.

Because before this, Cai Zhiyuan had only designed the ’King’s Judgment’ game, for which he already had some insight—but Allocation Games were distinctly different, and the experience between the two types didn’t apply.

As an Imitator, Cai Zhiyuan needed to observe players’ performance in games to confirm the impact of his ’Algorithm-based’ or ’Strategy-based’ games on players.

See what different caliber players can achieve in his game.

That’s why he deliberately teamed up with Lin Sizhi to test:

With prior knowledge of all rules and understanding of all traps, what kind of performance would Lin Sizhi show?

Would he be far behind, or completely in sync?

Being beyond him was impossible since he’s the game’s designer.

If the thoughts were fully synchronous, it would be a terribly bad news for Cai Zhiyuan. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Because it would mean that no matter how hard he tried, ’Algorithm-based’ or ’Strategy-based’ games couldn’t defeat Lin Sizhi; at most, it could tie, with a significant chance of losing.

Thus, to win, only the ’Judgment Game’ was left as a choice.

And the probing result was already known to everyone.

Upon entering the game, both Lin Sizhi and Cai Zhiyuan quickly grasped all the rules and completed the plan together.

During this time, neither spoke about all the details directly, rather they led each other mutually.

But now looking back, actually removing any one of them wouldn’t have changed the outcome significantly.

After this game, both obtained the conclusion they wanted.

For Lin Sizhi, the possibility of Cai Zhiyuan being an Imitator significantly increased.

As for Cai Zhiyuan, he fully confirmed Lin Sizhi’s true skill level, which also determined all his subsequent strategies.