God's Imitator-Chapter 496: Proactive Choice

Cell 5 ’Death Surveillance’ seems to follow the mechanism of the ’Lifting Game’.

According to the original rules of the ’Lifting Game’, this game is very safe. At that time, Chan Ran played quite well, just getting pinched a few times, with the biggest negative impact being that he might have trouble holding a fineliner pen steadily.

But in this game, it’s no longer ’surveillance’ but ’Death Surveillance’, and the punishment has changed from whipping to a nail gun.

The nail gun was a tool that appeared in the ’King’s Judgment’, and its power is actually greater than that of a real nail gun. If it hits a vital area, it’s almost a sure kill.

Literally, cell 5 is the most dangerous.

As for cell 6, it seems somewhat ambiguous in meaning.

Upon entering this cell, there are two choices: The first choice is to randomly select a cell from other cells, but it’s very possible to pick the dangerous cells 4 or 5.

The second choice is confusing; literally, if the imitator designing this game hasn’t suffered a death threat, or if he responds with actions expected by the players in the cell after suffering a death threat, then the players in the cell are safe.

However, if the imitator designing this game suffers a death threat and acts contrary to the expectations of the players in the cell, the players will face instant death punishment.

At first glance, some might think this cell is absolutely safe.

Because the imitator designing the game likely didn’t enter this game, and games that pull people in during the night have never appeared before.

If the imitator hasn’t suffered a death threat, this room is absolutely safe.

But why did the imitator bother to set such a rule in this room?

Does he foresee danger, and is he actually like the players present, possibly facing a death threat?

Moreover, this rule is judged by the walkway’s mind-reading mechanism, meaning players can’t truly know what happened to the imitator designing the game.

Whether the imitator’s actions align with players’ expectations depends entirely on the walkway’s judgment.

Though all walkway’s mind-reading judgments have been entirely accurate so far, most players are still unwilling to entrust their fate to such a thing.

There are many issues with this cell, and it’s not the optimal choice for most players.

After considering all options, cells 1 and 2 are relatively safer.

Cell 2 is the safest, as it has clear rules explaining it.

However, it offers no gains, and all ’Visa Time from One Week Ago’ must be shared with other players.

Players like Sun De may not have much visa time, but it’s something they’ve painstakingly saved, minute by minute.

He didn’t participate in the last game, so he didn’t gain anything, and during this week, there was inevitable consumption.

That is to say, if Sun De enters this cell, he will definitely incur debt.

The natural visa time consumption over a week is about 10,000 minutes, so this ’50,000 minutes’ figure actually provides ample tolerance.

Even if players spent lavishly during this week, there shouldn’t be a 50,000-minute gap.

However, for players like Sun De, this is still hard to accept.

After all, players like him can’t ensure stable gains in future games, nor can they guarantee that other players in the community will help them cover these debts.

So for Sun De, cell 1 is a better choice.

This resembles the mechanism in the ’King’s Judgment’, with the only difference being that the reward has increased.

In the original game, pushing one round could only gain 10-minute visa time; now, each round gives 1,000-minute visa time.

The game time is set at 15 minutes, and if estimating roughly at 30 seconds per round, 30 rounds would net 30,000 minutes of visa time.

For players like Sun De, this is attractive enough.

Song Xiao from Community 15 sneered: "At a time like this, you’re still thinking about earning visa time; can’t you tell which is more important, money or life?"

Sun De wasn’t angry, just corrected him: "In the walkway, money is life, and life is money; there’s no essential difference.

"Moreover, I’m having the ’Hermit’ verify it with the lantern, aren’t I?

"This is a clearly written rule, so as long as the ’Hermit’ finds no danger, there’s definitely none."

Song Xiao looked at Cai Zhiyuan: "The rules also say that only the Hermit knows the verification result; he can completely deceive you.

"There are six cells in total, and the ’Hermit’ cannot confirm if he is indeed the ’Special Privilege Player’, so he most likely has to choose a cell to enter.

"As long as he deceives others into entering a dangerous cell, he can choose to enter a relatively safe cell himself.

"Are you sure you want to trust him?" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Sun De didn’t answer but pointed to cell 5: "According to your logic, you can go straight into cell 5; everyone should have no objections."

Song Xiao was at a loss for words.

Sun De looked at Cai Zhiyuan again: "No matter what, you helped me in the ’Wealthy Dynasty’; I trust you."

Cai Zhiyuan looked at Sun De, remaining silent for a long time.

Then he said: "In the ’Wealthy Dynasty’, I actually didn’t intend to help you. I just needed to help you ’Departure’ to complete the strategy and layout."

Sun De nodded: "I understand.

"At that time, we were strangers from opposing communities; it’s normal not to trust me.

"But as far as the result is concerned, you definitely helped me; without you, I might still be stuck in Community 4, possibly having been cannon fodder in some game by now.

"In the walkway, expecting sincerity from other players is unrealistic; judge deeds, not intentions. As long as their actions genuinely help me, I should be grateful."

Song Xiao rubbed his chin, making a ’tsk-tsk-tsk’ sound.

"Alright, I underestimated you; turns out you’re all crafty like old foxes."

Cai Zhiyuan glanced at Song Xiao: "You seem genuinely unafraid to die; don’t forget, I have the power to force any player into any cell and can verify the threat level of any cell for any player.

"If you keep stirring things up, I don’t mind sending you on your way first by choosing the most dangerous cell for you."

Song Xiao wisely opted for silence.

Sun De stood in front of cell 1, Cai Zhiyuan raised the lantern in his hand, and pressed a button.

The lantern emitted a slight tremor.

This tremor could only be felt by Cai Zhiyuan himself and was very subtle.

This indicated that it would be very safe for Sun De to enter cell 1.