God's Imitator
Chapter 508: Arrangements
Wei Yinzhang thought for a moment: "You mean that Wang Weidong found the next best solution other than ’Heart-piercing Questions’, so if Cai Zhiyuan hides his abilities, there’s a high probability he’ll lose too much visa time.
"In that case, when he returns to the community, the five-person group’s structure would completely collapse, and Boss Wang would undoubtedly gain more voice power.
"Moreover, since there is a possibility of ’Heart-piercing Questions’ being used by other players, Cai Zhiyuan must stand in the position of the ’Questioner’ to be absolutely safe.
"So he doesn’t have the option of ’hiding his abilities while winning’, he must go all out and achieve perfection.
Wei Yinzhang paused for a moment and added:
"But Wang Weidong’s appearance is actually a result of your game filtering rules.
"After all, forcing three players to enter while also giving each community two free participation slots, there will inevitably be strong leaders."
Lin Sizhi did not deny this, and continued:
"Cai Zhiyuan has been deliberately hiding his true level.
"In the beginning, he only did reviews without joining, maintaining his presence in the community while trying to present himself as a ’wise after the event’ type of figure.
"So in the eyes of many, even if his analysis is spot on, there remains a big gap between him and the hands-on type like Boss Wang.
"He maintains presence in the community while making people unconsciously underestimate him.
"Later, his two high-profile performances in ’Wealthy Dynasty’ and ’Simple Q&A’ were also as concealed as possible.
"In ’Wealthy Dynasty’, everyone assumed he was cooperating with me, and in ’Simple Q&A’, everyone thought it just happened to coincide with his expertise as an algorithm programmer.
"But during these two games, I confirmed that Cai Zhiyuan is actually a stronger player than Wang Yongxin.
"If purely comparing strategies within the game, there might be some debate about who is stronger, since different strategies have their own advantages in different games.
"But considering out-of-game maneuvering, political awareness, and ability to hide oneself, Cai Zhiyuan is obviously stronger than Wang Yongxin.
"So, Boss Wang is always at a disadvantage in this community."
Li Renshu asked: "According to Yinzhang, the ’truth or dare question’ mechanism you designed in ’Simple Q&A’ was also part of the probing?"
Lin Sizhi nodded: "Sort of.
"In the design of ’Simple Q&A’, ’Heart-piercing Questions’ itself is a strategy players can adopt.
"Whether or not Cai Zhiyuan would use it, and how he would use it, could indicate his true capabilities.
"If he lacked that awareness and was beat to it by other strong players from different communities, then perhaps he already exposed his secret in ’Simple Q&A’, just like Wang Weidong, planting a massive hazard he couldn’t remove.
"If he had the awareness but only adopted a defensive strategy, failing to utilize it well, it would show that he’s not as strong as expected, or his desire to survive is greater than I imagined.
"Cai Zhiyuan ultimately choosing to become the ’Questioner’ is because that position is the safest, as he doesn’t need to answer the questions himself, nor worry about being investigated later.
"But even choosing the ’Questioner’ position implies certain issues."
Wei Yinzhang said: "So... actually at that time, you both had largely confirmed that the other was another S-Class Imitator.
"But only less than a month has passed since ’Simple Q&A’ until now.
"Didn’t the sudden update of the ’Special Game’ rules in Walkway change your plans?
"If not for those rules, perhaps you both would have continued your charade in the community for a long period of time."
Lin Sizhi shook his head: "The appearance of ’Special Rules’ was indeed a catalyst.
"Cai Zhiyuan and I submitted our ’snipe the opponent’ plans the moment those rules were introduced.
"Because these rules signal the Imitator that it’s time to ’compete in accumulation’ and ’compete in speed’.
"If we hadn’t accumulated enough 1 million minutes of visa time before, or if we hadn’t designed a threatening game in a very short time, then we would only be passively beaten.
"So, we both knew that the other would strike first, and that we also had to strike first.
"But even if this rule hadn’t appeared, Cai Zhiyuan’s setup in the community was already complete.
"Only a suitable opportunity to kill me was missing.
"Walkway always gives the opportunity to those who are prepared."
Zheng Jie looked clueless: "Ah? What? I don’t sense any so-called setup at all?"
Wei Yinzhang said: "I generally understand.
"Cai Zhiyuan used the ’Lifting Game’ to send off Fu Chen, and then used the ’Tarot Game’ to send off Wang Yongxin.
"These two people were actually the biggest obstacles and variables in the community apart from Lawyer Lin.
"After sending them off, as long as he kills Lawyer Lin through the ’Special Game’... Cai Zhiyuan can smoothly control the entire community."
She looked at Li Jiang and Yang Hui: "So, you two seemed to stand in Zone A tentatively to ensure the survival of players from the same community, but in fact, were you both hinted at and instructed by Cai Zhiyuan?"
Li Jiang very straightforwardly nodded in acknowledgment.
"Yes. My mask in the ’Tarot Game’ was ’↑Sun’.
"Early in the game, I met Cai Zhiyuan, and he extended an olive branch to me."
Yang Hui pondered for a moment, then also nodded: "I didn’t encounter Cai Zhiyuan directly in the game, but he found me through players from our own community.
"I once had a very good cooperative foundation with Cai Zhiyuan in ’Simple Q&A’, so I accepted his suggestion immediately.
"Actually, Cai Zhiyuan didn’t necessarily need the two of us to enter Community 17.
"He just wanted players from Community 13 and Community 8 to consolidate Wealth Coupons onto one player as much as possible, to ensure an absolute advantage.
"Then have the player with the highest Wealth Value enter Community 17.
"And since Li Jiang and I were originally well-connected in the community, and our Wealth Values in the first stage were relatively high, we became the final candidates."
Zheng Jie suddenly realized something: "Wait, wait a minute.
"Sister Wei, you just said that Cai Zhiyuan used the ’Tarot Game’ to send off Brother Wang?
"Brother Wang was really schemed against?
"But in our previous reviews, that was not possible!
"In terms of the ability to earn Wealth Coupons, Brother Wang was certainly strong enough, how could he be squeezed out?
"That possibility is very low, right?"