God's Imitator-Chapter 493: Farmer’s Walk

Cui Yifeng’s face twitched slightly, but he still managed a forced smile and said, "What are you talking about, biting back at this point?"

Cai Zhiyuan spread his hands frankly to everyone: "I was indeed a participant in the ’King’s Game’, there’s nothing to hide about that.

"I don’t know if any of you have checked the specifics of the game back then.

"I can frankly say that in the ’King’s Judgment’, my crime was writing big data algorithms for a food delivery app, which indirectly exploited delivery riders and led to traffic accidents.

"In that game, I had already passed the judgment, and the vast majority of the audience believed I had already atoned for my sins. After all, among the several sinners at the time, my crime was originally the lightest.

"Walkway has no reason to pull me in for another judgment.

"On the contrary, there was an Audience No.1 at that time, who was quite ’remarkable’.

"From beginning to end, he tirelessly sent messages to incite the victim from our community and ultimately led him to a deadly end.

"Afterwards, I checked the information on that Audience No.1 and somehow happened to see your name there?

"Could you recognize me as a ’King’s Judgment’ participant so quickly because you were also present at the time?

"Think carefully, if there’s another judgment game, which one of us should really be the ’Sinner’, and who should be the ’Audience’?"

Other players exchanged glances, unable to understand the current situation.

Clearly, most communities merely looked up the rules related to the ’King’s Judgment’, unwilling to spend their precious visa time to dig into the playing details of all players.

But there are always special cases.

Fu Yujun was silent for a moment and said, "Our community checked the contents of the game.

"Everything he said is true."

Cui Yifeng was obviously having a hard time accepting the current situation and angrily pointed at Fu Yujun: "Did you two know each other beforehand? Are you performing a double act?"

Although Cui Yifeng tried hard to distance himself, unfortunately, his acting wasn’t very convincing, so the other players looked at him with suspicion.

Of course, this doesn’t mean others would trust Cai Zhiyuan as a result; they would just choose to stay far away from these two high-risk individuals.

Cai Zhiyuan sighed silently: "Alright, have you had enough drama?

"This is a judgment game; thinking about infighting before it even starts, do you all have a death wish?"

His voice wasn’t loud, but it was full of confidence and enchantment, instantly bringing everyone to silence.

Cai Zhiyuan looked around at everyone: "Don’t take S-Class imitators as fools.

"This game reeks of wickedness, and there must be many new rules that not all players understand.

"Do you think this is the handiwork of an average imitator?

"It’s very likely also from the imitator who designed the ’King’s Judgment’.

"How could he possibly let you find the ’Super Authority Player’ so easily in this game?

"I, on the other hand, believe that players like you, who seem unrelated to ’King’s Judgment’, have greater suspicion."

The group instinctively spread out a bit more.

But Cai Zhiyuan changed his tone and continued, "From the ’Lifting Game’ situation, the ’Super Authority Player’ is just a means to make players fight internally.

"At least the ’Lifting Game’ gave some hints, but this game has none at all. Guessing randomly will only completely collapse the already limited trust among players, likely leading to total annihilation.

"If you want to survive, you should try to cooperate as much as possible, find solid clues about the ’Super Authority Player’, and then consider infighting."

Fu Yujun nodded: "Hmm, I agree with this view."

The previously silent Huang Ming finally figured out the situation and stated, "Hmm, I agree too, let’s not fight internally for now and try to cooperate."

Everyone looked towards Cui Yifeng and Song Xiao from Community 15.

These two were the first to challenge Cai Zhiyuan but had to nod in agreement under the circumstances.

"Alright, let’s cooperate for now."

...

Ten minutes of preparation time is not very short, and if an absolute core could quickly form, perhaps a group strategy could be planned out.

But clearly, these players couldn’t come together.

So after reaching a broad and superficial intention to cooperate, they went in silence to their respective paths, standing at their designated mechanisms in the ’Farmer’s Walk’.

These mechanisms were designed to be ’one times’ the weight of each player, so they matched one-to-one and couldn’t be mixed up.

Gao Jialiang tried to crawl under the mechanism and gave it a little push, but it didn’t budge at all.

"Really? I have to carry this thing for forty meters?"

There was no time to think, as the first 60-second countdown on the sign had already started, meaning all players had to start immediately.

Gao Jialiang grasped the handles on both sides of the mechanism and pushed up with all his might.

"Please, please lift up..."

Unexpectedly, the actual game situation was starkly different from his earlier attempts. Under the pressure of the game’s rules, Gao Jialiang realized he was exerting more strength, and the mechanism wobbled its way off the ground.

After that, he didn’t have time to think, only able to take difficult steps forward.

This kind of movement nearly engaged all his muscles, leaving Gao Jialiang’s mind blank except for his basic instincts.

It wasn’t until he saw the figures of other players beyond the glass curtain wall on the edge of his vision that Gao Jialiang barely confirmed the order of the players.

To his surprise, Cai Zhiyuan, who didn’t seem particularly strong, was leading.

Huang Ming, Sun De, and Song Xiao were slightly slower, while others even slower.

Overall, there were no players with exceptional physical abilities; it was more like a battle of weaklings.

Gao Jialiang gritted his teeth and kept moving forward, feeling more and more exhausted, relying solely on willpower.

Finally, as the countdown was about to end, everyone crossed the finish line in succession, without anyone triggering the spikes on the mechanism due to overtime.

Gao Jialiang saw that there was a special button on the wall, with several eye-catching words next to it: [Press to stop the countdown].

Without thinking much, he quickly reached out and pressed it.

As the last player pressed the button, all the signs on the players’ paths turned into a new, uniform countdown.

seconds.

Seeing this number, Gao Jialiang let out a long sigh of relief.

Anyone who has studied the rules related to ’King’s Judgment’ would know that the mechanism of the ’Farmer’s Walk’ stage is that the time when the first player presses the button becomes the time limit for the second stage.

In other words, Cai Zhiyuan was the first to cross the finish line, but he knew this rule, so he didn’t press the button, giving later players as much time as possible.

It wasn’t until the last two seconds that he, with Gao Jialiang and the other lagging players, pressed the button together.

Though the second journey was shorter, players would definitely move slower due to the severe exertion from the first journey.

An additional five or ten seconds could make a world of difference.

Cai Zhiyuan did choose to cooperate, just as he advocated, so the current situation is something to be grateful for.