God's Imitator

Time passed second by second, and the votes for the four actors kept changing.

Lin Sizhi and Wang Yongxin received only support votes and no opposition votes.

When the support votes reached 22, the speed of votes significantly increased, quickly ending with full support of 44 votes.

Under the constraint of the insincerity mechanism, players on site found no reason to cast ’opposition votes’ against them.

Feng Yuguang’s situation was entirely different.

Upon confirming ’love sacrifice’ as the case’s truth, he was initially relieved, thinking he was safe.

Though the game remained baffling, feeling only the fierce confrontation between Tang Qing and Lin Sizhi, with Wang Yongxin occasionally jumping in to assist, he muddled through nonetheless.

Feng Yuguang felt his portrayal should have had no major flaws, perfectly aligning with the image of a doctor.

However, he saw ’opposition votes’ against him increasing.

"Why... why?"

According to the game rules, actors couldn’t move or speak during the voting period, so Feng Yuguang could only stare at the screen incredulously, mumbling with a voice almost inaudible even to himself.

Initially, the number of opposition votes against him wasn’t large.

Even though some audience members realized they could vote against Feng Yuguang freely, it was hard to decide immediately to vote ’against.’

Having no grievance with Feng Yuguang, voting opposition thus cruelly plunging him into mortal peril, they somewhat hesitated in doing so.

But as the opposition votes increased, these players had no choice, forced to cast opposition votes as well.

Even players from Community 16, Feng Yuguang’s own Community, did so.

Because casting support votes yielded no benefits, couldn’t save Feng Yuguang, and would cost their entire visa time.

Ultimately, Feng Yuguang received all 44 ’opposition’ votes.

He instantly felt breathless, his mind blank.

In this game, he did nothing, neither attacking others nor aiding anyone.

Lost, he professionally explained the medicine bottle Wang Yongxin handed over, and then it all ended.

Clearly, Tang Qing and Wang Yongxin used him from start to finish as a disposable passerby.

After all, this was free visa time; there’s no reason not to take it.

But from the game’s mechanism perspective, Feng Yuguang wasn’t entirely powerless; he had more than one method of self-rescue.

He could have actively engaged in discussions from the start, steering the case’s possibilities towards his strong areas, discussing ’illness, medicine, mental control,’ using his ’medical professional information interpretation’ privilege to guide the topic, attempting to clear himself and counterattack.

He could also have given earlier testimony regarding medicines, confirmed true through verification mechanisms, blocking evidence harmful to him, making ’Detective’ and ’Lawyer’ unable to incriminate him.

Furthermore, he might have shown intent to cooperate sooner, forming alliances with other actors, pushing others as scapegoats.

But evidently, he failed to do any of it.

The flawed matching mechanism put Feng Yuguang into a high-level game he couldn’t adapt to, ultimately leading to this outcome.

Tang Qing, upon seeing his opposition votes, instantly realized the reason.

But his vote situation was different from Feng Yuguang’s; ’support votes’ and ’opposition votes’ alternated in growth.

Because not all players could discern the intricacies within the limited time.

If the audience didn’t realize the hidden rule of ’Tang Qing creating his evidence,’ they couldn’t cast opposition votes against him.

Originally, Tang Qing thought his ’opposition votes’ wouldn’t reach half, but over time, he realized he was mistaken.

’Opposition votes’ continued to grow.

Since audiences could discuss among themselves, meaning if one player in the Community figured out the trick, they could share with others.

This time, communities participating mostly had strong players.

Weaker communities could only cast ’support votes’ for Tang Qing, while stronger ones were able to cast ’opposition votes,’ easily dividing the weaker community’s visa time.

Tang Qing turned to look, Community 7 was already experiencing internal conflict, fiercely debating for the votes.

Some players guessed the reason for casting ’opposition votes,’ and once realized, they couldn’t switch to ’support votes.’

But he could choose not to tell others, asking them to vote ’support’ for Tang Qing unknowingly.

If ’support votes’ reached 22 first, Tang Qing might be saved, and players casting support wouldn’t lose their visa time.

But Community 7 had only 5 players, insufficient to sway the vote outcome.

Ultimately, Tang Qing’s support and opposition votes settled at 13:31.

Community 2, Community 3, Community 4, Community 11, Community 23 seemed to have voted ’opposition’ unanimously due to having intelligent audiences.

Meaning they’d divide the entire visa time of the 15 players casting ’support votes.’

As the final voting results came in, bet gains would also be settled.

All players betting on Tang Qing and Feng Yuguang would suffer total loss.

Among these, fewer bet on Feng Yuguang, but some did. Many saw his high odds, thinking he might slip through, betting out of such luck.

Players betting on Tang Qing were numerous.

Because until Lin Sizhi truly overturned the game with that Lion King Card, Tang Qing appeared to be in control.

The game’s odds wouldn’t fall below 1; even low, they’d still offer a profit, plus Tang Qing spoke more, slightly raising odds.

Thus many players blindly bet their visa time on him, hoping for minimum security.

But clearly, the final result caused significant losses.

Furthermore, many players didn’t get to bet the 30,000 minutes of visa time.

Because the game actually only had three recesses.

During the third recess, the scenario was still chaotic, unclear.

Though Tang Qing, Lin Sizhi, and Wang Yongxin were ready for the final showdown, most audiences couldn’t see it.

They hesitated, hoping for another recess to bet remaining amounts.

But after the third recess ended, the scenario quickly shifted and concluded with rapid ’truth voting,’ preventing those players from betting further.

Those betting less than 30,000 minutes’ time would have it fully deducted.

Tang Qing let out a breath, silently closed his eyes, waiting.

The 15-minute countdown ended.

[Based on ’End Vote’ results, actors Tang Qing and Feng Yuguang will face immediate punishment.]

A moment later, Tang Qing opened his eyes, realizing no pain at the wrist.

— Players from Community 7 used an Immunity Coupon to save him.

Tang Qing knew his Community had an Immunity Coupon but wasn’t particularly confident that players holding it would choose to save him.

In ’One Word Breaks the Prison,’ he failed to save two fellow community members, losing again in this ’Jury Game.’

Not only did he lose all his visa time, but he also burdened his community audience with substantial losses.

Moreover, the Immunity Coupon itself was worth 300,000 minutes’ visa time.

If his Community chose not to use the Immunity Coupon, Tang Qing felt it fair.

However, Community 7 showed no hesitation in saving him.

Clearly, Community 7 wouldn’t abandon its top strong player due to a single failure.

Though Tang Qing’s performance wasn’t poor, he was unlucky facing stronger players.

Tang Qing glanced at Lin Sizhi and Wang Yongxin.

In the first stage of the game, he rarely faced such intensity, so bad habits formed when bullying weaker opponents led to his defeat.

Once game intensity increased, tiny details could lead to completely different outcomes.

Tang Qing looked again at Community 7’s audience.

"Sorry everyone, in future games, I’ll find a way to win back the visa time."

To his right, Feng Yuguang from Community 16 toppled onto the long table.

Whether because Community 16 had no Immunity Coupons or ultimately chose not to save, Feng Yuguang became the first deceased in the new ’role-playing game’ type.

[Rewards will be provided in the following order:]

[1. Settle visa time rewards based on audience bet odds.]

[2. Players betting less than 30,000 minutes will have insufficient portions forcibly deducted.]

[3. All visa time of players casting ’support votes’ for Tang Qing will be divided by those casting ’opposition votes,’ retaining 48 hours to return to Community.]

[4. Tang Qing and Feng Yuguang’s entire visa time will be evenly divided by Lin Sizhi and Wang Yongxin. Tang Qing can retain 48 hours to return to Community.]

[Please check specific gains on the Community hall screen.]

[Game over.]