God's Imitator-Chapter 503: Unexpected Turn

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Li Renshu was woken up by the fierce pounding on the door.

She felt her brain was still a bit groggy because she had drunk quite a bit last night.

She opened her sleepy eyes and looked at the clock by the bed, it was now 5 AM.

According to the rules of the Community, players cannot enter each other’s rooms but can knock or speak outside the door.

However, most players are quite respectful of boundaries and generally would not disturb others on purpose.

So Li Renshu instantly became alert, realizing this was an unexpected special situation.

She quickly went to the door in her pajamas, and opened it a crack.

"What’s the matter?"

Zheng Jie, somewhat incoherent, said, "The big screen in the hall! Some information has appeared, you should come and see it!"

Li Renshu was silent for a moment: "Okay, give me a few minutes."

Soon, she changed clothes and left the room, joining Zheng Jie in heading quickly toward the hall.

"Didn’t you drink a lot last night too? How come you’re up so early?" Li Renshu asked.

Zheng Jie’s condition looked a bit dire, his hair was a bird’s nest, his eyes bloodshot—clearly not fully awake from a hangover.

"I got up this morning feeling uncomfortable in my stomach, so I vomited a bit and then couldn’t sleep.

"I thought I’d sit in the hall, drink some tea to relax.

"Then I saw the information on the big screen.

"So I came to find you immediately."

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived at the first-floor hall. Li Renshu looked at the big screen showing a few simple lines of information.

[Two sessions of ’Special Game’ have ended.]

[The final outcomes of players from Community 17 in the two Special Games will now be announced.]

[’Hermit Judgment’ - Number 5 Cai Zhiyuan: Exiled.]

[’Simple Roulette’ - Number 12 Lin Sizhi: Survived.]

[Due to the occurrence of special circumstances, both the New World and the Walkway will update their rules, and Community 17 will receive special rewards.]

Seeing these contents, Li Renshu was also stunned and didn’t speak for a long time.

Then she asked, "When did this information appear?"

Zheng Jie shook his head: "I don’t know!

"When I came down just now, the big screen was already displaying this information."

Li Renshu thought for a moment: "Wake everyone up.

"I’ll call numbers 1 to 6, you call numbers 7 to 12.

"Yinzhang and Lawyer Lin definitely know something."

The two of them split up, returning to the second floor to knock on doors and wake everyone up.

After a while, ten players gradually gathered in the hall.

Seeing the messages on the big screen, their expressions varied.

Some were clearly shocked by the information contained herein, appearing unable to accept this reality.

But others seemed somewhat psychologically prepared for this.

Li Renshu looked at Zheng Jie, who returned last from upstairs: "Where’s Lawyer Lin?"

Zheng Jie handed over a piece of white paper with some helplessness: "This was posted on Lawyer Lin’s door."

Li Renshu took it and saw it only had four words written on it: "Do not knock."

She thought for a moment and said to everyone: "Please sit first, have some tea to clear your mind."

Everyone proceeded to the vending machine to buy tea or coffee; some also bought a little breakfast before gathering again around the long table.

The remnants of last night’s dinner were still uncleaned, but on the floor was a clearly visible broken bracelet.

Li Renshu picked up the bracelet, her expression a bit complex for a moment.

She looked at Wei Yinzhang: "What is the ’Special Game’? You must know, right?"

Wei Yinzhang nodded: "Yes.

"The day before our dinner, the Walkway notified the Imitator about the rule update.

"Simply put, the Imitator can use 1,000,000 minutes of visa time to designate a player to enter a ’Special Game.’

"This type of game is not affected by the Immunity Coupons or other items.

"After approval, it doesn’t start at a set time; the target player is pulled directly into the game, and unrelated players aren’t notified when the game starts.

"But, from the current situation, it seems the results are announced normally when the game ends."

Qin Yao was full of astonishment: "1,000,000! Is it really 1,000,000? Who could have that much visa time!"

Yang Yuting focused on another aspect: "Wait, why didn’t you tell us such an important rule in advance?"

Wei Yinzhang was silent for a moment, explaining: "Because I thought currently, no one—including players and Imitators—could come up with 1,000,000 minutes of visa time, and even if they did, it wouldn’t be possible to decide on using it in a short time.

"Considering that the last life-and-death game had just ended, and we were having a dinner celebration the next day, I thought it wasn’t appropriate to tell everyone this news to avoid ruining the mood.

"After all, in the short term, the chance for this rule to take effect was low.

"I was planning on telling everyone today."

Li Renshu nodded: "Hmm, that perspective is understandable."

Li Jiang leaned back: "Was it really planned to be said today?

"I guess everyone might have some secrets.

"By now, there’s probably no need to hide anything anymore, right? The result is already out."

Qin Yao looked confused: "Secrets? What secrets?"

Wei Yinzhang didn’t deny this, merely saying, "Given the situation, let’s wait for Lawyer Lin to explain these matters."

Once again, everyone fell into silence, each drinking tea or coffee.

Some looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows, some stared at the big screen, pondering the meaning behind these messages.

Qin Yao was also deep in thought.

"From the information on the big screen, while we were sleeping, two ’Special Games’ occurred simultaneously in the Walkway.

"One was Cai Zhiyuan’s ’Hermit Judgment,’ the other Lawyer Lin’s ’Simple Roulette.’

"But the final result was only Lawyer Lin survived...

"Yinzhang also said that only the Imitator can initiate a ’Special Game’ and must spend 1,000,000 minutes of visa time.

"Did some Imitator from another Community suddenly spend 2,000,000 minutes of visa time targeting both Lawyer Lin and Cai Zhiyuan?

"Or are they both Imitators?

"If Cai Zhiyuan is an Imitator, what exactly was his game? It shouldn’t have been ’King’s Judgment,’ maybe ’Simple Q&A’ instead?"

Clearly, among the players present, many have their own secrets and know some details, but hardly anyone knows the whole truth.

The atmosphere within the Community had become very oppressive.

Qin Yao felt increasingly confused, eventually giving up, and she looked at last night’s dining mess, getting up to clean up.

The other players also stood up, silently tidying up the place.