God's Imitator

The next morning, everyone gathered in the hall once more.

Lu Bingjun personally handed out the "Community Trial Rules" proposal to all the players, his expression quite solemn.

"Everyone has already seen the content of the proposal last week; there are no changes.

"However, during this week, I have also fully listened to some players’ opinions, so based on this original proposal, two additional plans have been formulated.

"If these two proposals cannot pass, we will have to revert to the original one.

"Please take a careful look first."

Lin Sizhi’s eyes scanned the dense text quickly, confirming the differences in these three proposals.

The third proposal is the "Community Trial Rules" proposed by Yao Yuan last week, which includes the "false accusation penalty" mechanism. The final punishment is "revoking all visa time and expulsion" or "instant death."

The main changes are in the first two proposals.

The core content of these two proposals is consistent with the original, with slight changes in the "Iimitator judgment" rules.

The content of the first proposal is: when the votes reach the required number, the community will decide if the player is genuinely the imitator. If so, the instant death penalty will be executed; if not, the accusing player will lose all visa time or face the instant death penalty under the false accusation principle.

The second proposal is similar: the community will determine if the player is genuinely the imitator, but it will not change the result; only the player’s true identity will be notified afterward.

Some players looked confused.

Lu Bingjun explained: "More than one player has privately suggested to me that the community rules should determine the culpability after voting, executing the imitator and clearing the innocent’s name if it’s not.

"Here, I will collectively address these inquiries.

"The reason Yao Yuan’s initial proposal didn’t include this was that it’s highly unlikely to pass.

"If the proposal’s process is: everyone votes, and then the community confirms the imitator’s identity, we practically don’t have to pay any price to find the imitator.

"The imitator wouldn’t be able to continue hiding.

"From the community’s perspective, this is evidently an unfair proposal, and it has no chance of passing.

"After all, the community is not entirely on the players’ side.

"Still, I understand most players want to try, thinking ’what if it works’?

"So, these two new proposals are ’taking a chance’ proposals.

"If they truly pass, it would be the best scenario.

"If even the second proposal cannot pass, it shows that the Walkway doesn’t even allow us to know the player’s true identity after their execution, putting an end to this unrealistic hope."

Lu Bingjun paused slightly, then said, "In any case, I will submit these three proposals in order.

"If the first two proposals are not approved, we will then vote on the third one.

"If none pass... then we can leave it behind and thoroughly abandon this matter.

"The default thinking time for the proposals is 1 hour, which is enough for other proposals, but somewhat insufficient for such critical issues.

"Therefore, we will manually extend this contemplation period.

"It’s a few minutes to 9 AM now; we can continue to think and discuss until 5 PM.

"Afterward, we will formally commence the voting process.

"During this 8-hour contemplation, we encourage everyone to discuss the proposal content in any form, including private discussions in small groups.

"After voting, regardless of the outcome, we will only vote once in the next two months.

"That is to say, even if the final vote result is unexpected, we will not revisit it within 2 months.

"Alright, everyone can discuss freely at your leisure."

Huang Shengjie looked at the proposal in his hand and suddenly thought of a new question: "By the way, Brother Lu, I wanted to ask before, when submitting a proposal to the Community Management Office, will there be a notification if it doesn’t pass?"

Lu Bingjun shook his head: "No.

"Hmm, this reminds me, indeed there are some loopholes, and people might worry I didn’t actually submit the first two proposals for review.

"So, here’s what we’ll do: I won’t submit the first two proposals anymore.

"Instead, Lawyer Lin, Ye Lin, and Shengjie, you three will each submit one individually.

"If all three fail to pass the review, everyone should give up entirely.

"Of course, if the first two proposals do pass, then we will vote according to them without considering the subsequent one.

"Does anyone have any other questions?"

Seeing no further objections, Lu Bingjun also left the hall and returned to the second floor, probably not wanting to create too much pressure for others by staying in the hall.

Huang Shengjie, feeling somewhat complicated, looked at the proposal in his hand and took a deep breath.

Lu Bingjun said that whatever the result, within the next two months after this vote, there will be no mention of the matter again.

And two months is actually a very long time.

From the first stage’s experience, an entire stage lasted about three months, and the second stage has already been over a month long.

Therefore, it’s likely to last until the end of the second stage, although no one knows under what circumstances the second stage will end yet.

As long as the proposal doesn’t pass, the entire second stage shouldn’t have to worry about its risks and threats anymore.

—Even if Lu Bingjun wanted to change his mind, it would probably be impossible, since he has publicly made such a promise and assurance. If he breaks his word, the voting turnout next time would only be worse.

As Huang Shengjie thought this through, he continued to read the details of the rules.

Strictly speaking, this proposal doesn’t necessarily mean someone in the community will die because of it.

The conditions of the proposal are also quite stringent.

The players in the community have started moving around, gathering in small groups, some heading outdoors, others to alcoves on the first or third floor, essentially chatting privately and attempting to confirm each other’s thoughts.

Except for Lin Sizhi—he remained as usual, near the window, sipping coffee and reading a book.

"At this time, Sister Yelin should be quite busy, right?

"I wonder how much preparation she did beforehand, how many players she persuaded; now is the last chance for any last-minute efforts.

"We haven’t had a chance for recruitment; the community only has 13 players, but Brother Lu counts as two votes, so Sister Yelin needs to secure a total of 7 opposition votes to block this proposal.

"The key is observing the swing votes.

"Or conversely, think about the players who will 100% support this proposal? Lu Bingjun, Yao Yuan, Qin Cheng... that’s four votes, not really that many.

"Moreover, Lu Bingjun lost Deng Xiao and Wen Wan, two staunch support bases, which indeed is a terrible situation for him."

Huang Shengjie sat down cautiously across from Lin Sizhi and asked, "Lawyer Lin, what are you planning to vote for?"

Lin Sizhi did not look up: "I will vote for the majority."