God's Imitator

The mechanism of adding and subtracting points only comes into effect during the final comparison.

This means that significant fluctuations in points will drastically reduce their chances of winning the game.

To maximize one’s chance of winning, aside from uncontrollable factors like luck, there’s only one method: subtract the opponent’s points in the same way.

Zheng Qingyun’s eyes widened in disbelief, his expression somewhat out of control: "Are you fucking crazy?

"You dismantled my setup. I’ve accepted my loss, returned three wins to you, and even gave you an extra victory. What more do you want?

"Wei Changfeng! Control your dog!"

Gao Teng stared at Zheng Qingyun, no longer restraining his expression, as hatred began to naturally surface.

— Previously, he had only been concealing his true thoughts from Zheng Qingyun to ensure that the four victories could safely be pocketed.

But now, Gao Teng no longer needed to pretend.

"According to the rules in the casino, does cheating just mean returning the scammed money?

"There probably isn’t such a good deal in this world."

Zheng Qingyun felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, freezing in place.

In casino rules, cheating isn’t just settled by paying money, no matter how much.

It’s about breaking hands and legs.

Gao Teng no longer paid attention to Zheng Qingyun but turned to Wei Changfeng.

Wei Changfeng’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat, as he had never seen such an expression.

In Gao Teng’s hollow gaze, there was a bottomless darkness.

"Brother Wei, I’m sorry, but I’ve long been exhausted.

"I’m tired of both the real world and here.

"This matter has nothing to do with you and Sister Xu, don’t do anything."

He shifted his gaze to Zheng Qingyun.

"I just want him dead, and he is definitely going to die."

The muscles on Zheng Qingyun’s face slightly twitched: "You bastard, I gave you face...

"I’ve mixed in casinos for over a decade, seen all kinds of storms; people like you I’ve seen plenty.

"I only let you win for the sake of the Judgment game, do you really think I can’t beat you without cheating?"

Wei Changfeng knew that everything was irrevocable.

This was the true trap set by the Imitator, and they had unavoidably walked right into it.

Zheng Qingyun and Gao Teng were forcibly selected into the game due to crimes related to ’gambling’.

Zheng Qingyun was a professional cheat, while Gao Teng was a gambler, one could even say gambling ruined his entire life.

The Imitator had known their crimes clearly from the start but intentionally didn’t disclose them in the game.

If the crimes of both were revealed from the beginning, the situation wouldn’t have become so irreparable.

Because had Zheng Qingyun seen Gao Teng’s crime, he would have realized that his cheating acts could seriously provoke Gao Teng, hence would have been more cautious about cheating.

For Gao Teng, although he extremely loathes cheats, the fact remains that they don’t know each other in reality, and this is a dangerous Judgment game.

As long as Zheng Qingyun didn’t perform related actions in the game, it doesn’t mean Gao Teng would necessarily transfer his hatred for other cheats onto Zheng Qingyun.

If that were the case, the situation might have been more optimistic.

But now, the Imitator intentionally hid their crimes and left a readily discoverable backdoor in the game for cheats, step by step inducing Zheng Qingyun to make wrong actions that triggered Gao Teng’s inherent world-weary and self-destructive tendencies, making things uncontrollable.

Only after one of the players from Zheng Qingyun or Gao Teng dies could this possibly stop.

[Community 2 wins with the highest points of 18.]

This round, Gao Teng was the last player to draw a card; everyone else had ’stopped’, so he easily won by drawing one more card.

The victory count stood at 10:8, with Community 2 leading by 2 victories.

The mechanisms at the waists of the three players from Community 6 activated, slashing deeper and longer wounds.

Although Gao Teng had 8 victories, he had confessed twice, so his mechanism also activated at the waist.

Zheng Qingyun said nothing, his eyes slightly narrowing, staring fiercely at the cards in Gao Teng’s hands.

points, 6 points, 8 points.

The result of this game had almost no suspense because according to the game’s sequence, Gao Teng was precisely last, and every other player had already ’stopped’, making him the only one who could continue to draw cards.

His hand contained small cards like 4 points and 6 points, meaning regardless of the third card he drew, he wouldn’t bust.

But the next game would be different because Zheng Qingyun could also choose to confess and draw cards.

At that time, it would genuinely be a clash, a fight to the death.

Nobody said anything, just silently placed their cards into the collection slot, continuing the game.

Wei Changfeng did the same as before, discarding a card and replacing it.

Keeping the replaced card was useless since the machine only recognizes the currently active deck. However, Wei Changfeng continued this operation to prevent sweating since he already knew Zheng Qingyun was a professional cheat.

Xu Yili looked at Wei Changfeng with some concern, but Wei Changfeng merely shook his head silently.

He knew Xu Yili still wanted to try persuading Gao Teng, but it was already meaningless.

The new round of games started, and everyone, as before, received one open and one concealed card.

The player to Zheng Qingyun’s right became the first in sequence.

He looked towards Zheng Qingyun with a questioning gaze, and Zheng Qingyun slightly shook his head.

"You both should stop.

"Since he wants to play with me, I’ll accompany him for a round."

The other two players from Community 6 didn’t raise any objection; they seemed to choose to completely follow Zheng Qingyun’s request.

Zheng Qingyun looked at his concealed card and, after a brief thought, said: "I once, in an underground casino, personally broke all the fingers of a worthless man.

"I did it myself, all the fingers.

"His age was similar to yours."

Zheng Qingyun deliberately emphasized it twice.

This time, the button on the Community 2 player’s table activated, presenting the same two options: ’Shock’ or ’Unfelt’.

Wei Changfeng glanced at his cards, an open card of 7 and a concealed card of 9, totaling 16 points.

From a probability perspective, the average points for the initial two cards in a 21-point game are about 13-14 points.

Wei Changfeng’s current points are slightly high, but not special.

This precisely reflects the malicious intent of the game’s ’Confession’ mechanic.

For players, ’Drawing’ and ’Repenting’ are specific attack actions: it allows one to draw an extra card while affecting the opponent’s points.

According to the corresponding point change rules for statements, expressions can be roughly divided into two types: ’unfelt/insincere shock’, ’shock/insincere unfelt’.

When a player’s true reaction is ’unfelt’, they can actively choose ’insincere shock’, and vice versa.

An ’unfelt’ crime only changes the opponent’s points by ±4, and with the initial two cards averaging around 14 points, +4 makes it so the opponent doesn’t need to draw extra cards to reach large points.

It’s practically helping the opponent in reverse.

Whereas if it’s ’shock’, regardless of the opponent choosing ’shock’ or ’insincere unfelt’, the chances of losing greatly increase.

With an initial 14 points, choosing to add 12 results in an immediate bust.

Choosing to subtract 12 means even drawing to 21 later reduces it to 9 points.

So, from the perspective of specific point changes, to maximize the chances of winning, one must reveal a crime that shocks the opponent.

And crimes can be seen as ammunition, with the first to exhaust their supply undoubtedly losing.