God's Imitator-Chapter 478: An Earlier Arrangement (Extra)

Wang Weidong paused for a moment.

This sentence was said by Lin Sizhi, who wore the "↑Wheel of Fate" mask, and inexplicably carried a bit of metaphysical color.

However, a player of Wang Weidong’s level would not believe in such things as metaphysics.

Lin Sizhi explained: "’↓Wheel of Fate’s’ choice was indeed influenced to some extent by me. His attitude towards you and Community, as well as the promises made privately by ’↑Priestess,’ also likely played a role.

"But what truly compelled him to make up his mind was the ecology of the Community and the rules of this game.

"When we four Main Communities entered this game, under the constraints of the rules, everyone will tend to push the game’s final result towards a certain specific ending.

"That is, ’a certain trend.’

"It can also be said to be the ’real fate’ of all players in this ’Tarot Game.’

"When the time is favorable, everything aligns in your support; when fortune fades, heroes are not free to act.

"’↓Wheel of Fate’ realized this, so he ultimately chose to conform to fate."

If it were other players, they might not understand Lin Sizhi’s words at all.

But Wang Weidong was smart enough to quickly understand.

The so-called ’fate’ sounds like something mysterious and intangible, but what Lin Si says in this game, ’fate,’ is actually a trend that can be seen.

In terms of game rules, the four Main Communities will ultimately face three different outcomes.

Two Communities remain unharmed.

One Community votes to execute one person.

One Community suffers total annihilation.

Solely from the rules, the Community with total annihilation must be the one with the weakest overall strength, which is beyond doubt.

In this game, the weakest is, of course, Community 4.

But the Community that ’votes to execute one person’ isn’t necessarily the second weakest but rather the one with the most severe infighting.

If we talk only about overall strength, Community 15 should be stronger than Community 3.

But from the perspective of infighting, Community 15 is the most severe among the four Main Communities.

So, ’fate’ will guide towards the final outcome of ’Community 4 suffers total annihilation, Community 15 votes to execute one person.’

The so-called ’fate’ is more like a shared choice of core nodes on a network.

For Xu Zhao, he actually had two different choices.

If he chose the path of ’Community 4 suffers total annihilation, Community 15 votes to execute one person,’ then the game’s difficulty would suddenly drop, and uncertainty would greatly decrease.

Conversely, what if he did not choose this path?

The game would fall into a state of extreme chaos.

Early on, when Lin Sizhi and Xu Zhao met for the first time, Lin Sizhi had already pointed out some possibilities of this game.

Xu Zhao knew very well that a player of Lin Sizhi’s level wouldn’t fail to consider a strategy like finding ’Blood Packs’ in the Edge Community.

If Xu Zhao didn’t choose this path, then the only result would be Community 17 and Community 3 joining forces, Community 15 and Community 4 joining forces, each grabbing Blood Packs from the Edge Community, or engaging in a ’fixed bayonet’ through the strong members randomly matched within the Community...

But Xu Zhao obviously didn’t want to go down this path.

Because Community 4 was too weak, and the final result would still be a loss for Community 15 and Community 4.

Even worse, this could lead to an even more desperate possibility: all players from Community 15 suffering total annihilation.

Because in this ’Blood Pack’-robbing battle, since all Communities play with open cards, the number of Blood Packs one can grab might rely on luck rather than strength.

Community 15 might not necessarily win against Community 4.

For Xu Zhao, if he didn’t choose to betray Wang Weidong and cooperate with Lin Sizhi, then his only option would be to fight to the bitter end, with significant risk of death.

However, if he cooperated with Lin Sizhi, he could ensure his safety: as long as Community 4 is at the bottom, Community 15 would only lose one person, and it surely wouldn’t be him.

Actually, if Community 15 had to lose someone, it would surely be a choice between Wang Weidong and Jiang Chenyan, because the two would unconditionally choose each other, and other players had no reason to propose a third option.

Considering the dynamics of Community 15, the destructive effect of two irreconcilable game cores on the Community already outweighed their beneficial effects.

But for Xu Zhao, his only choice was to kill Wang Weidong.

Because Xu Zhao’s secret cooperation with Lin Sizhi was a betrayal to the Community, and Wang Weidong, as the de facto ruler of Community 15, could never become his accomplice.

Only Jiang Chenyan would become Xu Zhao’s accomplice, cooperate with him, and upon returning to the Community, find ways to cover for him.

Even after Jiang Chenyan becomes the new leader of Community 15, in the short term, to consolidate power, he would give Xu Zhao more benefits.

The role of ’accomplice’ itself is a very strong binding of interests.

Previously, Wang Weidong had barely quelled the hidden dangers brought by ’Simple Q&A’ in the Community, but it was Xu Zhao who helped him calm it down.

If Xu Zhao turned against him, adding fuel to the fire by exposing or fabricating some secrets, it would be enough to make other players in Community 15 defect.

So, Lin Sizhi indeed caught Xu Zhao’s secret and used some rhetoric to influence him, but for Xu Zhao, the final decisive factor was still his judgment of the situation in the game.

Understanding this point, Wang Weidong suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

Because he realized that he seemed to have really fallen into the net of fate, completely powerless to escape.

He thought his plans and layouts were just tightening the net further, and even at the very beginning of the game, his fate was already determined.

"But there’s still something I don’t quite understand.

"The success of this plan requires a prerequisite, which is that ’↓Wheel of Fate’ and ’↑Priestess’ become the core executors of the entire plan, the intermediaries, to intercept those ’Blood Packs.’

"How can you be sure that it is specifically these two becoming the intermediates?

"I actually have other choices, such as the other three players in our Community or... players from ’↑Lovers.’

"Is it simply because you think ’↓Wheel of Fate’ is my right-hand man and ’↑Priestess’ is the second strongest player in our Community, so you made this prediction?"

Lin Sizhi slightly shook his head: "There are indeed factors for prediction.

"You’re likely not going to allow the Community of ’↑Priestess’ to carry out the corresponding execution work, because you are more suspicious and assertive.

"As for why you ultimately chose ’↓Wheel of Fate’ and ’↑Priestess,’ there’s obviously a bit of my influence.

"Simply put, in my plans, I arranged certain roles for the ’↓Wheel of Fate’ to allow him and ’↑Priestess’ to stand out more quickly, be noticed, and be selected by you.

"Of course, the premise is that when I obtained information about your Community from him, I also disclosed some of my information to him."

Wang Weidong was taken aback; this was something he hadn’t thought of before.

Xu Zhao choosing the ’↓Wheel of Fate’ as a mask was part of Lin Sizhi’s strategy.