God's Imitator

Lu Bingjun slowly closed his eyes, then quickly opened them, staring intensely at Qin Cheng.

"Qin Cheng, I ask you, do you truly want to find the Imitator in the community, or do you want this?"

He extended his hand, and with a "clatter," the chain fell, revealing an unassuming little tag at the end.

First Player Identity Card.

It itself holds no special qualities, yet the community rules have given it a unique significance.

"You say... between Gao Teng and Wei Changfeng, it’s the story of ’The Farmer and the Snake.’ Isn’t that really about you?

"If I had to say what I did wrong, it’s being misled by your appearance, assuming you’re a law-abiding and kind young man, while in truth you’re a ruthless opportunist seeking power by any means.

"It’s laughable, really, that I was set up by a player like you."

Lu Bingjun exhaled deeply and looked at everyone: "Right after the game ended, Qin Cheng was trying all sorts of ways to prolong the debriefing time.

"His goal was to find me privately.

"After lunch, he approached me, personally saying that in the game it was Zheng Chunhua who voluntarily entered the Reflection Room, without any hint from him.

"Qin Cheng claimed he wanted to point out Zheng Chunhua and hoped I could help create ’a certain atmosphere.’

"I was deceived by Qin Cheng’s sweet talk - I truly believed Old Zheng entered the Reflection Room voluntarily, a major point of doubt indeed.

"I never thought that the scheme Qin Cheng was executing wasn’t against Old Zheng at all, but it was targeted at me.

"In good faith, I cooperated with his actions, which turned into him accusing me.

"Isn’t it laughable?

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Throughout the reasoning process, Qin Cheng didn’t build a complete logical chain.

"Yes, perhaps your analysis of ’Repentance Poker’ was brilliant, bringing forth new ideas, but your reasoning was entirely based on ’Gao Teng’s character traits.’

"That is to say, only under the extremely special circumstance of ’Gao Teng’s psychological distortion’ could your deduction hold.

"Does such a person really exist in the world?"

Qin Cheng looked at everyone: "Games in the Walkway are often tailored to extreme personality traits.

"The Imitator can tailor based on the Sinners, naturally, they can tailor to themselves as well.

"In these Special Games, ’exceptions’ are ’the norm.’

Lu Bingjun shook his head coldly:

"Fine, let’s take a step back and say Gao Teng is indeed such a person, it only proves he’s a dangerous Imitator, whose goal was to kill Wei Changfeng. How can you assert that I’m colluding with him?

"The veteran players in the community can attest that I’ve always kept a respectful distance from him because both Deng Xiao and I genuinely detest him!

"’Repentance Poker’ and everything related, none of it has anything to do with me! If not, why would I genuinely narrate the detailed process of this game to everyone?"

Qin Cheng’s expression remained normal: "The reason is simple: for you, the details of ’Repentance Poker’ can’t be hidden.

"Because during the first debriefing, all the veteran players of the community were involved, and you can’t kill off all the old players in a short time, meaning the game’s details would eventually come out.

"So, why not tell it yourself openly?

"You could achieve two different objectives:

"First, portray yourself as honest, using the reason of ’protecting Wei Changfeng’s honor’ to cover up your previous suspicious behavior in the community;

"Second, use this case to test the players in the community, to see if they can uncover the hidden rules and tricks of the game, and whether they’d point them out on the spot.

"Because during the previous debriefing, Ye Lin, due to various reasons, indeed failed to discover them.

"If no one discovers them, then there would be no problems if you bring the case up.

"If someone does discover and proposes a new idea on the spot, you can precisely identify the threat and decide based on the exposer’s situation whether to recruit or eliminate them.

"Therefore, even though I realized early on the issues with the game, I didn’t rashly share them with anyone. Only disclosing the truth at this moment carries significance."

Lu Bingjun stared at Qin Cheng: "So, do you dare admit this is a scheme targeted at me?"

Qin Cheng sighed: "Lu Bingjun, is this your way of refuting? Attacking each other with me?

"You know, throwing dirt on me is pointless.

"Why would I ever defame Uncle Zheng? We were coordinated teammates in the first game. Am I crazy, or are you?

"Please understand: I joined in the second stage as a new player, I am 100% neutral and objective when it comes to Wei Changfeng’s matters.

"Moreover, my character and contributions to the community, everyone has seen them clearly.

"As for you, I can’t say.

"It seems you’ve invested all your intelligence into the Imitator’s schemes, and once exposed, you immediately reveal your true self."

Lu Bingjun’s lip twitched slightly: "And you think you’re qualified to talk about contributions to the community with me?

"The special exemption quota was given to you by me, the authority over controlled substances was also given to you by me!

"All of your contributions to the community originated from my authorization! Don’t think others couldn’t handle these things!

"Verbal contribution holds no meaning, the vending machine clearly records everyone’s contributions, why don’t you check those specific numbers?"

Qin Cheng spread his hands: "Earning contributions by harming teammates?

"You’re clearer than anyone where that visa time came from following ’One Word Breaks the Prison.’

"You have too many lies, we certainly have reasons to doubt your honesty."

Lu Bingjun became angry: "Honesty? How dare you speak of the word honesty when you’re overflowing with lies yourself?

"You claim the players from Community 6 say Ma Boheng is dead.

"What gives you certainty this statement is true?

"You deliberately asked this in the game phase, why would he answer you truthfully?

"If he is from the same community as Ma Boheng, such a question would appear obviously aggressive, and he should respond with false information to protect the community members.

"If in the game, a player from a foreign community asks a question about Huang Shengjie, would your first reaction be to answer truthfully?"

Qin Cheng looked at him calmly: "The answers in this game have a Lie Detection Mechanism, if lying, would be confined in the Reflection Room."

Lu Bingjun shook his head: "Only the free speech phase has a confirmed Lie Detection Mechanism! But when you asked him, it was the inquiry phase!

"The game rules never said the inquiry phase has lie detection!

"Don’t believe me? Just think, has any Spokesperson ever been confined in the Reflection Room during the inquiry phase?

"You anticipated he probably wouldn’t tell the truth, so you asked deliberately!

"The rules of ’Repentance Poker’ couldn’t be so harsh, they should at least leave some room for survival for a few players, or how would the Walkway allow it?"

Qin Cheng bowed his head, pondering for a moment: "Oh? Is that so?

"I hadn’t paid much attention.

"But you didn’t participate in this game, why are you so sensitive to the rules?

"Is it an innate sensitivity to rules?

"Or is it because you’re convinced that Ma Boheng isn’t dead, so you realized this answer had issues and started doubting the rules?"