God's Imitator

Qin Cheng looked around at everyone, his expression serious:

"Not only that, I suspect that the point numbers received when ’asking for a card’ are actually related to the content of the players’ confessions of their sins.

"I am not sure about this, since we can no longer review all the points throughout the entire process for a more detailed comparison.

"The reason I made this assumption is because the probability of winning the game after ’asking for a card’ is noticeably too high in this game.

"Especially for Gao Teng, who, after asking for cards multiple times, often reached 18 points, 20 points, or even exactly 21 points, similar to Wei Changfeng’s situation.

"This absolutely cannot be explained by luck alone.

"To make your three cards as large as possible, you first need to look at the initial two cards in your hand. These two cards must be within a certain range for you to have a chance of winning by asking for a card.

"If the initial two cards are really bad, then you can only give up, just like what Gao Teng did in the 21st round of the game.

"However, even if the initial two cards are suitable, it doesn’t mean that the third card will definitely win. If relying solely on luck, an incorrect point number can easily cause a bust, or a small point number could result in a loss.

"But the results after Gao Teng and Wei Changfeng asked for cards often ended up with a very smooth win.

"This situation was especially frequent in the short time after the conflicts flared.

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"It truly gives the illusion that even luck is on their side.

"The most outrageous was the round that led to multiple player deaths, where Gao Teng consecutively asked for two cards and the second card drawn was the Ace of Spades, making it exactly 21 points.

"However, later in the game, Zheng Qingyun also began frequently winning, as if their luck was catching up.

"Is it really luck?

"I think it seems more like everyone in the game has mastered the ’point control’ method: the points you draw are actually linked to the severity of your sins.

"So, suppose Wei Changfeng wants a card of a specific point, he only needs to fabricate a believable confession of a crime of roughly equal severity.

"This corresponding relationship may not be precise, that is, it cannot be pinpointed to exact points, but it can significantly narrow the range of points.

"This also relates to the previous hidden mechanism: without being discovered by others, fabricating appropriate sins to get the desired points is the game’s ’Sure-win Method.’

"Gao Teng obviously knew these hidden rules from the very beginning.

"And Wei Changfeng should have realized this through continuous observation.

"Because before the conflicts flared, everyone’s confessed sins were relatively trivial, so the probability of smaller points was higher; and after the conflicts flared, the sins became increasingly explosive, so the points tended to be larger.

"With Wei Changfeng’s competence, realizing this shouldn’t have been difficult.

"Therefore, Wei Changfeng believed that as long as he made good use of the ’ability to fabricate repentance content’ and ’control the points of requested cards,’ he could certainly beat Zheng Qingyun and save Gao Teng.

"Adding the previous factors to this, only then did Wei Changfeng join the game with such resolute.

Huang Shengjie’s eyes suddenly sparkled with realization: "But he seriously misjudged three things!

"First, Zheng Qingyun is smarter than he imagined. Although Zheng Qingyun never thought about lying, he also discovered the connection between requested card points and the seriousness of sins, so in the later part of the game, Zheng Qingyun also began utilizing this point mechanism, narrowing the gap between them.

"This completely triggered Zheng Qingyun’s gambling and wild nature, bringing both sides back to the same starting line, making the entire game more brutal.

"Second, Zheng Qingyun and the other two players are all ruthless villains. They didn’t lie but their plethora of sins! Even when split apart, they still provided an endless stream of ammunition, severely surpassing Wei Changfeng’s estimation.

"Third, and most importantly, Wei Changfeng never expected that it was all Gao Teng’s setup."

Qin Cheng nodded: "Yes, the sneakiest part of Gao Teng’s setup lies precisely here.

"He lured Wei Changfeng step by step into the trap through the game’s mechanisms.

"The trap was to make Wei Changfeng willingly fabricate his own sins, personally ruining his own reputation.

"Let’s continue to infer.

"Wei Changfeng and Xu Yili both executed the same game strategy: they wanted to exploit the information gap by fabricating sins that could deceive Zheng Qingyun.

"This is actually very challenging.

"Because Zheng Qingyun is a professional con artist who reads people very well.

"If Wei Changfeng fabricated something like ’I once killed someone in real life,’ it would easily backfire.

"That’s because Zheng Qingyun could likely deduce from Wei Changfeng’s details, such as his manner of speaking and expressions, that he couldn’t possibly be a murderer.

"That would lead to the worst outcome: Zheng Qingyun could not only choose to feel ’no emotion’ but would also instantly become aware of the hidden mechanism.

"In that instance, Zheng Qingyun could fabricate sins as well, and his fabricated sins would definitely surpass those of Wei Changfeng and the others.

"Therefore, Wei Changfeng was essentially walking a tightrope, and couldn’t afford a single misstep.

"His fabricated lies had to be indistinguishable between truth and falsehood and highly relevant to himself.

"Thus, fabricating a lie seemed free, but in reality, the scope was tightly constrained.

"The only route left for Wei Changfeng to choose was the path of a ’hypocrite.’

Shen Bowen’s face was full of shock: "So that’s why there were those confessions that were completely unbelievable to us?

"Such as, Wei Changfeng treating Gao Teng as an invaluable item, Wei Changfeng actually loathing Gao Teng, Wei Changfeng standing his ground in the game thanks to Gao Teng, and Wei Changfeng asking Xu Yili to act as Gao Teng’s ideal image...

"These contents were fabricated by Wei Changfeng himself.

"Only to win the game."

Qin Cheng nodded: "Yes, I tend to think all these were fabrications by Wei Changfeng.

"Because only this level of false information could deceive someone like Zheng Qingyun, a professional con artist.

"In fact, when we first heard these messages, we were all shocked, weren’t we? Most people indeed were deceived.

"But this doesn’t mean the things Gao Teng said were also false.

"I believe the content Gao Teng revealed was real, and that he deliberately guided Wei Changfeng to fabricate lies in this direction."

Shen Bowen lowered his head, deep in thought: "The content Gao Teng revealed includes...

"He is an Imitator.

"He once wanted to kill a player in the community, and he took steps towards it.

"He regards Xu Yili as an elder sister or mother and has a strong attachment to them.

"He has a strong tendency towards self-destruction, and is already prepared to die in any game.

"And now it seems, he indeed is a very strong player and an Imitator.

"However, the part about ’Gao Teng completing almost the entire game solution and giving credit to Wei Changfeng’ might not be true."