God's Imitator

The rule for deducting Heat Value differs from adding it. Each deduction of 1 point of Heat Value requires consuming 1 minute of one’s own visa time.

Assuming a Spokesperson has 20,000 Heat Value, a single player can deduct a maximum of 600 points of Heat Value within 10 minutes by reducing their own visa time.

A sufficient number of players working together is needed to reduce a Spokesperson’s Heat Value to zero and eliminate them.

In this regard, Spokespersons with higher Heat Values are safer during the questioning phase.

Soon, the remaining three ’pharmaceutical Spokespersons’ on stage started to experience different degrees of Heat Value decline.

Even Hu Yingxu’s Heat Value continued to decrease, but unfortunately, his initial Heat Value was high enough.

After 10 minutes, the Spokespersons from Community 5 and Community 6 had their Heat Values reduced to zero, while Hu Yingxu still had 5284 Heat Value remaining.

Except for Hu Yingxu, all other pharmaceutical Spokespersons were eliminated.

"Thank you, everyone."

Hu Yingxu bowed to the audience.

Since it wasn’t an official speaking time, his voice wasn’t amplified by the speaker, and only players near the stage could hear him, but it was enough to express support to the Audience.

The other pharmaceutical Spokespersons left the stage dejectedly.

Clearly, this game process was unfriendly to them. Despite having the most Spokespersons on stage this time, with 7 players, under the usual elimination method, eliminating 50% each round would take at least three rounds to leave just one person.

As long as they weren’t eliminated, the Agents from their Community could still attempt to collaborate with other Communities to generate more Heat, keeping hope alive for a comeback.

But the special questioning phase resulted in the elimination of the other 6 players in a single round, leaving only Hu Yingxu.

The two Spokespersons from Community 5 and Community 6 pressed the button next to their masks in anger, wishing to remove and throw away their masks just like the previous players.

However, they couldn’t succeed in removing the masks because they failed to unlock them.

The general Audience in the hall are also unable to remove their masks freely because the masks and the clothes are in a locked state, with an unlock button that only triggers under certain conditions.

These two Spokespersons faced the same issue at that moment.

They were somewhat puzzled, but after two unsuccessful attempts, they had no choice but to leave the stage.

...

Though their actions of trying to remove the masks weren’t too obvious, Shen Qingyun noticed them from the audience.

This further confirmed her previous suspicions.

"Even though it’s unclear why they couldn’t successfully remove the masks, they showed a clear intention.

"They did it deliberately to enter the Reflection Room.

"Previously, many of the players entering the Reflection Room likely did so on purpose, too.

"For example, Yu Xinming from Community 9.

"In other words... The vague parts of the game rules, including which elimination method to use and which phase to conduct questioning, are decided by players in the Reflection Room?"

Yao Yuan nodded: "Yes."

Shen Qingyun considered for a moment and then asked, "Now, many players should have already guessed this, but you seemed to know from the beginning? What led you to this conclusion?"

Yao Yuan explained, "I guessed, but the game rules themselves also hinted at it.

"This game has many unclear rules. For instance, for Spokesperson elimination, the standard is one out of three, but which standard to adopt or whether to rotate in order or randomly isn’t clearly explained.

"Moreover, when the questioning phase will occur, and how the final death vote screening rules are determined, aren’t specified in the rules.

"Aside from this, there are many areas open to manipulation. These phases directly determine the critical progress of the game, so they shouldn’t be so unclear.

"Additionally, there’s a vital piece of information in the rules: ’A total of 112 players from 16 Communities participate, with no hidden Communities or Hidden Players.’

"Mentioning this at the start of the game rules clearly suggests something.

"I roughly counted; all players were in the hall when the game started, assuming the role of ’Audience,’ and the number was approximately 112.

"Since there are no Hidden Players, it follows that some players must have privileges to decide the unclear parts of the game rules.

"In terms of roles, each Spokesperson, Agent, and Audience have their tasks. If they collectively decide this mechanism, it would be hard not to notice.

"Media Representatives have a certain possibility since they are in the closed environment of the Media Room behind the big screen.

"But I think that giving them this privilege would make those players too powerful, which would be unfair from a mechanistic point of view.

"So... Players in the Reflection Room gaining this privilege is the most likely scenario."

Shen Qingyun pondered for a moment: "Then, does that mean we should continue having other male players run for Spokespersons and enter the Reflection Room?

"Currently, we aren’t clear about how the Reflection Room operates, but the more players enter, the more decision-making power they should have, right?"

Yao Yuan shook his head: "I tend to think not.

"The number of players who can truly make decisions in the Reflection Room is likely limited as well.

"I guess it might be five to six players, and entering the Reflection Room later might already be meaningless, turning into a trap."

Shen Qingyun was puzzled: "Why five to six players?"

Yao Yuan paused briefly: "Also a guess."

Shen Qingyun wasn’t sure how to respond for a moment, so she continued to ask: "But the players in the Reflection Room should be in a completely isolated state, right? Can they hear the Spokespersons speak? If they don’t have contact with the outside world, how do they keep track of things?"

Yao Yuan thought for a moment: "I tend to believe they can obtain some outside information through certain channels.

"For example, through the big screen."

Shen Qingyun exhaled deeply: "Are all this information based purely on guesses...?

"Hmm, although it sounds a bit unreliable, the tone of this game is indeed different from previous ones, and your deduction makes sense.

"But even if all your assumptions are correct, what do you plan to do then?

"I remember one player from your Community was the third to enter the ’Reflection Room,’ and he would definitely make decisions favorable to your Community. But how do you plan to convey information to him?

"Advertising on the big screen?"

Yao Yuan shook his head and explained: "In this game, I’ve considered adopting a relatively conservative defensive strategy from the start.

"I can assure you that I will do my best to help you maximize your gains, minimize losses, and at the same time, you also need to generate as much Heat for Qin Cheng.

"Ensure that our Community’s only Spokesperson is not eliminated.

"Also, keep an eye on the players from Community 15, Community 17, and Community 18.

"I might leave occasionally. If Agents from these three Communities come to you, send someone to call me."