Wei Yinzhang paused slightly before continuing:

"First, the players you selected for the game have no advantage in terms of physical strength. In the ’Farmer’s Walk’ segment, Cai Zhiyuan can basically decide whether or not to take the ’Hermit’ advantage.

"Secondly, you actually didn’t set Cai Zhiyuan as a ’Super Authority Player.’

"This means that Cai Zhiyuan can stay out of any prison cells throughout the game and remain safe.

"Lastly, even if Cai Zhiyuan chooses to enter a prison cell, the overall survival chances within these six cells are not low.

"Cell 1, ’Exhausting Task,’ and Cell 3, ’Onlooker,’ are relatively safe, and the first choice in Cell 6 isn’t necessarily a deadly situation.

"Even Cell 2, ’All the money is spent,’ can be safe as long as Cai Zhiyuan doesn’t initiate a ’Special Game’ against you, he will survive, but needs to ’Distribute Wealth,’ meaning dividing his imitation offender’s million-dollar profits among all players."

Zheng Jie frowned: "...But did Brother Cai still choose the only dead-end road without hesitation?"

Wei Yinzhang nodded: "This game is exactly what its name implies:

"The true hermit can definitely survive this game.

"If Cai Zhiyuan believes that the ’King’s Judgment’ is merely forced self-preservation by the Walkway, but inwardly he still sees himself as that cow-horse programmer, then he might enter Cell 1 with a clear conscience, to face the same punishment again.

"This cell represents ’staying true,’ absolutely safe.

"If Cai Zhiyuan hasn’t initiated a ’Special Game’ against Lawyer Lin, meaning he believes their conflict can still be reconciled, then he would retain the visa duration and going into Cell 2, ’All the money is spent,’ or Cell 6, ’Back to Fate’ can still guarantee absolute safety.

"Cell 3, ’Onlooker,’ actually holds another possibility:

"Upon entering, he can designate Huang Ming or Fu Yujun to inherit the ’Hermit’ identity and leave the decision to them.

"Cai Zhiyuan can clearly state not to duplicate Cell 2, ’All the money is spent,’ and Cell 4, ’Heart-piercing Questions,’ letting Huang Ming or Fu Yujun decide on other cells themselves.

"Leaving the decision to others, he actually has a higher chance of survival."

Wei Yinzhang paused slightly before continuing: "This coincidentally aligns with Cai Zhiyuan’s consistently displayed ’Hermit’ persona.

"He’s always emphasized himself as a ’Hermit,’ a ’strategist,’ only offering advice, not making decisions, able to accept whatever decision the decider makes.

"If this is true, his survival rate would be higher.

"But evidently, he acts indifferent to everything, yet doesn’t truly accept circumstances beyond his control.

"His so-called ’acceptance’ is actually saying he would change the decider.

"Naturally, he cannot truly ’Onlooker.’

Yang Yuting whispered: "So Lawyer Lin, you gave the ’Super Authority Player’ to Fu Yujun because you knew Cai Zhiyuan ultimately wouldn’t trust Fu Yujun.

"’Farmer’s Walk,’ ’Super Authority Player,’ and the arrangement of prison cells, did you anticipate Cai Zhiyuan’s every move?"

Lin Sizhi shook his head, explaining: "I didn’t specially calculate Cai Zhiyuan’s decisions.

"I merely arranged different outcomes for different possibilities.

"In this game, I chose six different players for him, simultaneously witnessing six different games.

"These players aren’t all his enemies.

"Cui Yifeng and Song Xiao have the greatest hostility towards him, Gao Jialiang slightly hostile but not seriously.

"Sun De directly benefited from Cai Zhiyuan, Huang Ming is inherently kind and feels certain goodwill towards Cai Zhiyuan, while Fu Yujun’s relationship with Cai Zhiyuan is not only naturally close but also could further develop:

"This depends on whether Cai Zhiyuan tells Fu Yujun the truth—he sent Fu Chen away from the Walkway.

"Cai Zhiyuan is not isolated and helpless in this game, if he can trust other players, whether Sun De, Huang Ming, or Fu Yujun, it may lead to different endings.

"Each of these three has different, trustworthy reasons."

Li Renshu added the final remark with a bit of emotion: "But he hasn’t chosen a single one."

Wei Yinzhang seemed surprised: "Lawyer Lin, you mean...

"Theoretically, Cai Zhiyuan has a minuscule chance to use this game to leave the Walkway and return to the real world?

"Among the three closely connected to Cai Zhiyuan, Sun De appears obedient to Cai Zhiyuan yet is extremely self-interest focused; Huang Ming, while morally impeccable, has no reason to sacrifice himself for Cai Zhiyuan’s departure.

"Only Fu Yujun carries a slight possibility, using ’Super Authority Player’ privilege to send Cai Zhiyuan back to reality: because of Fu Chen.

"If Fu Yujun knows it was Cai Zhiyuan who sent Fu Chen back to reality, as Fu Chen’s father, he might choose to return favor.

"Of course, this possibility is exceedingly low, as Fu Yujun and Fu Chen are entirely different people.

"Yet... even if faint, it still exists.

"But meanwhile, you’ve also set a trap within Fu Yujun’s identity: he, as ’Super Authority Player,’ takes on additional risks in the game.

"If Cai Zhiyuan handles his relationship poorly, he could get sanctioned by Fu Yujun.

"Much like when Huang Ming entered Cell 4, ’Heart-piercing Questions,’ Fu Yujun did not hold back and asked the corresponding question officially."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Theoretically, the possibility of ’Fu Yujun sending Cai Zhiyuan back to reality’ exists, though I can’t imagine the specific scene happening, but...

"An imitator shouldn’t predefine a player’s ability limits within the game.

"If Cai Zhiyuan somehow manages to make Fu Yujun willingly use ’Super Player Authority’ to send him back to the real world, I would wholeheartedly admit it.

"As an imitator, the judgment game rules creator, I should leave this possibility open for him.

"Moreover, Fu Yujun becoming a super authority player is more likely to make rational choices, won’t abuse the authority to kill innocents, nor interfere with the final outcome of the duel between Cai Zhiyuan and me."

Lin Sizhi paused, continuing: "The ultimate fate of Cai Zhiyuan in this game depends on who he believes he really is.

"If he thinks of himself as a ’Hermit,’ a working programmer, a regular corporate horse, or a strategist maintaining the Community, he has many ways to survive.

"Only if he is a power-hungry schemer would it lead to fatal and dangerous endings.

"Actually, we both have a lot in common in many places.

"For example, we both have strong action capabilities, and both are indifferent to our lives and deaths.

"To us, sticking to beliefs is far more important than survival.

"Thus, these two ’Special Games’ are unrelated to game strategy; they ultimately depend on ’what we consider the other person to be.’

Wei Yinzhang said: "Cai Zhiyuan choosing Cell 6 doesn’t mean succumbing to fate but wants to challenge predetermined fate.

"Because only Cell 6’s second choice entirely depends on him.

"He doesn’t believe Lawyer Lin would shoot him six times."