God's Imitator

Yao Yuan paused slightly and continued:

"You are the dictatorial Emperor, Peng Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaoying are the lowest-level soldiers, Li Mao is the middle level, while Wu Xiufang is actually a general or chancellor.

"Although Wu Xiufang joined as a new player in the second stage, judging from her performance in this game, she will sooner or later become a top player in the Walkway.

"You may think you have given her enough importance, not only promoting her exceptionally but also giving her a lot of power and benefits, but for her, these things don’t need your charity. In any community, she can obtain them by her own abilities.

"But at the same time, what kind of risks does she bear under your system?

"You are the absolute dictator, and the power you can give freely, you can also take away freely.

"She can push others aside, and she can be pushed aside by others; you can promote her today and promote another person to replace her tomorrow.

"As long as Wu Xiufang is a sufficiently capable person, she will inherently detest this ecology, regardless of whether she has ambition or not.

"If she doesn’t have ambition, she might choose to flee directly;

"If she has ambition, she will certainly not miss the opportunity to kill you and take your place.

"Your system seems perfect, but actually, it’s a complete mess because it can’t accommodate true geniuses at all.

"Of course, this is just my guess.

"I just happened to guess right."

Zhao Heng’s facial muscles twitched continuously: "Why would she replace me?

"Why?

"Everything she has is given by me. Who would support her, a newcomer without any foundations?"

Yao Yuan sighed: "You might think you have five veteran members as your base, allowing you to rest easy.

"But since you’ve chosen the ’Qin System,’ you should know that this system is far more fragile than you imagine.

"As soon as the Emperor dies, the entire system will collapse instantaneously.

"After returning from this game, at least Zhou Xiaoying, Peng Xinyuan, and Li Mao will become Wu Xiufang’s staunch supporters.

"And as long as she calls out and offers more lenient conditions than you, then the lower-level players who were oppressed in Community 23 will all stand on her side.

"Do you think, after you die, your base without a leader can really continue to maintain this system’s operation?"

Zhao Heng froze, speechless.

Yao Yuan turned and left: "So, those with low political intelligence must be aware of their limitations, and it’s best to adopt mature and stable systems rather than initiating bizarre innovations or experiments on a whim.

"Otherwise, even if your game level is decent, you could die inexplicably in such a simple game.

"Here’s that sentence back to you: this isn’t a failure in the game, but a failure in politics."

"You’ve buried a great mine, and now it’s been detonated."

[Community 23 players did not donate sufficient gold pounds, Zhao Heng will suffer immediate death penalty.]

Zhao Heng fell straight to the ground, like a collapsing mountain.

But this kind of death would not evoke a sense of grandeur or pity, only of recklessness and farce.

The Immunity Coupon of Community 23 hadn’t cooled down yet, a fact known by everyone involved in this plan.

Yao Yuan looked back at him with a complex expression before continuing to transport the contraband.

...

The contraband on the steam train had already been fully delivered.

Geng Yuxia entered the Review Room of Community 23, discovering it entirely empty, as expected.

The Review Room of Community 2 was the same.

Both parties chose to forgo the review in the final round of the game, a decision not from a pre-arranged cooperation between Yao Yuan and Zhao Heng, but from a tacit understanding between Yao Yuan and Wu Xiufang.

This meant that both sides could transport all the contraband into the prisons.

The game had entered the final stage, known as the ’Final Production and Settlement’ period.

He Qinyun and Li Mao were busy transporting large quantities of contraband into machines, and a large amount of gold pounds were continually spewed out.

Soon, all the raw materials that had been sent in were fully processed, and the prison door ’bang’ automatically opened.

He Qinyun and Li Mao each took the produced gold pounds, left through the prison exits, and returned to their respective community lounges.

...

"All the gold pounds are here."

He Qinyun took out thick stacks of gold pounds from her pocket and placed them on the lounge table.

The third round of the game had all the transported raw materials as contraband, yielding quite a profit.

The others also brought out the gold pounds produced earlier, as well as the initially claimed yet unspent part, and piled them together.

It indeed appeared quite visually impactful.

"Let’s divide them equally, everyone worked hard." Yao Yuan said decisively.

All these gold pounds existed in paper currency form, and whoever held them at the time of settlement counted as having gained.

So, the distribution could be freely adjusted before leaving the game.

If it was a community that emphasized ’reward for merit,’ perhaps the number of gold pounds a player received might vary based on their role.

But the players present in Community 2 clearly didn’t intend to do so.

Huang Shengjie felt a bit troubled: "There’s just too much. Without a printing machine, are we supposed to count them one by one?

"Maybe we don’t need to, roughly estimating will do."

Yao Yuan thought for a moment: "Alright, I’ll split them into five portions.

"You choose first, I’ll take the last."

No one objected to this decision.

Yao Yuan divided the gold pounds like playing cards, adjusting the thickness repeatedly until the portions seemed about even.

Though there were certainly minor discrepancies in number, since Yao Yuan took the last, it was fair.

Estimating from the thickness, each stack seemed to be around 50,000.

Huang Shengjie suggested: "Should Sister Wanlin choose first? I think Sister Wanlin played a key role in the first round."

Zhou Wanlin shook her head: "You should choose first. You handled all the dirty and tiring work, and the final step in calculating against Zhao Heng was completed by you. Without you, the plan couldn’t have succeeded."

Yao Yuan interrupted their discussion: "Alright, don’t delay at times like this.

"I’ll determine the order.

"Shengjie, Zhou Wanlin, He Qinyun, Aunt Geng, and lastly, me."

No one raised objections, each selecting a portion.

Huang Shengjie looked at the field outside: "I wonder how Community 23 will divide those gold pounds."

Yao Yuan shook his head: "I’m not sure, it depends on Wu Xiufang’s plans.

"She should redistribute the game’s earnings to establish her initial base among the remaining three players.

"So, for Zhou Xiaoying, Peng Xinyuan, and Li Mao, they don’t necessarily need to switch communities. Having a new community leader might be easier for them to accept.

"Community 23 is bound to undergo some turmoil, but given Wu Xiufang’s ability in the game, reorganizing the community shouldn’t be too challenging for her."

Huang Shengjie was still worried: "Will Wu Xiufang choose to control the drugs? Or continue to tacitly allow their proliferation?"

Yao Yuan was silent for a moment: "I can’t predict that.

"Once the Pandora’s box of drugs is opened, it’s hard to close it again.

"What will happen in the future, only time will tell."

Huang Shengjie sighed: "Ah, still didn’t manage to find suitable players."

Everyone waited silently until finally, settlement information appeared on the big screen.

[Now proceeding with final settlement.]

[Zhao Heng, penalized with immediate death, was carrying a total of 40,800 gold pounds, which will be credited to Community 2’s earnings and shared among all surviving players of Community 2.]

[Community 2 emerges victorious and will receive an additional reward of 10,000 gold pounds.]

[After calculating fines and earnings from the review room, the final earnings for both sides are as follows:]

[Total gold pounds earned by Community 2: 291,300]

[Total gold pounds earned by Community 23: 267,400]

[All player-held gold pounds will be converted to visa time at a rate of 1:2 and brought back to the communities.]

[Game Over!]