God's Imitator

Huang Shengjie widened his eyes, growing more and more shocked as he listened.

If the Five Core Members are really determined to be Lu Bingjun, Yao Yuan, Lin Sizhi, Qin Cheng, and Ye Lin, then on paper, Lu Bingjun’s position is indeed extremely stable.

Because Yao Yuan is his staunch supporter, top-notch adviser, loyal to the bone;

Lin Sizhi has always maintained a neutral stance, like a free-spirited wanderer, he might not fully support Lu Bingjun, but he also has no reason to be the first to oppose him;

Qin Cheng is a new player who entered during the second stage, and upon entering has received multiple promotions from Lu Bingjun, his status in the Community rising like a rocket; in the eyes of the vast majority of players, he is undeniably Lu Bingjun’s staunch supporter;

Ye Lin was once the sole opposition, but now that she has softened and conceded, entering this five-member group, it’s naturally hard for her to organize any meaningful resistance afterwards.

If any of these individuals have a problem, Lu Bingjun can use the method of balance to unite the other three and suppress the issue.

As for external oppositions? They can be established anew or simply not exist; in a centralized ecosystem, they’re not essential.

Everything seems perfect, except there’s one small problem.

And that is: Lu Bingjun seems to have severely misjudged Qin Cheng.

Lu Bingjun, almost laughing with anger, said, "You think just because of this, I’m the heinous Imitator?

"Do you think being the Community leader is something easy, something pleasant?

"If it wasn’t for Old Wei’s accident, I wouldn’t need to take over this mess!

"I’m the one who painstakingly reintegrated the shattered Community, the effort and hardship I put in is beyond any of your imagination!

"To stabilize the Community again, I had to do some things, redistribute interests, and this somehow becomes your reason to accuse me?

"According to your logic, after Old Wei’s death, whoever becomes the Community leader is the Imitator?

"If initially it was Ye Lin who took over, would she be the one you’re accusing now?"

Qin Cheng shook his head, "Of course not.

"When entering the second stage, the Community was indeed in a fractured state, but why was it fractured?

"What I’m going to talk about next is the truth of ’Repentance Poker’ that I see: this was a setup all along, a setup aimed at Wei Changfeng."

Huang Shengjie was somewhat surprised, "But when we previously analyzed it in terms of the game mechanics, we saw: this game actually has too many uncontrollable factors.

"For instance, the steps in which both sides expose their sins, and the specific card point values of each, these are parts that an Imitator cannot control no matter what.

"Thus, he couldn’t control the outcome of the game."

Qin Cheng asked back, "What if I said the person who set up the game was in the game?

"He personally entered the game, controlling the pace of the entire game."

Huang Shengjie was stunned, "In the game? Are you saying... Ma Boheng? He’s the only survivor of the game."

Qin Cheng shook his head again, "No, the true setter of the game was Gao Teng."

Upon hearing this, everyone’s face showed expressions of shock.

Lu Qi, who originally didn’t dare to speak up, instinctively asked in surprise at this moment, "Are you saying Gao Teng set up the game and then accidentally killed himself?"

Qin Cheng shook his head again, "No, it wasn’t an accident.

"What if I said, from the very start, Gao Teng intended to die in the game?"

Ye Lin furrowed her eyebrows, "But that doesn’t make any sense, why would he want to commit suicide while dragging down the benefactor Old Wei? Wouldn’t he just find a chance to die by himself?"

Lu Bingjun sneered as well, "Pure nonsense, you’ve completely lost your mind."

Shen Bowen pondered, "Are you saying... Gao Teng actually knew long ago that Wei Changfeng’s kindness towards him was insincere? So this game was set up by him, with the sole purpose of dragging Wei Changfeng down with him?"

Qin Cheng still shook his head, "Gao Teng’s aim wasn’t merely to end his life or drag Wei Changfeng down.

"His true goal was to ensure Wei Changfeng’s downfall, the stripping away of all prestige.

"I understand this may sound unacceptable, so I’ll go over the overlooked rule loopholes once again.

"There’s a major flaw in the rules of the game: players’ repentance doesn’t actually undergo an ’insincerity determination’."

Lu Qi was a bit surprised, "Wait, how could there be no insincerity determination?

"I distinctly remember there is one?"

Qin Cheng corrected him, "Recall the rules carefully.

"Every time a player ’requests a card,’ they must confess, that is, reveal a ’secret that needs repentance.’

"This secret can be their own or someone else’s.

"The other three players must respond to the repentance content with one of two choices: ’shocked’ or ’unmoved.’

"This response undergoes an insincerity determination and causes extra point changes during comparison.

"The rules never stated that the repentance content would undergo an insincerity determination."

Lu Qi’s eyes widened instantly, "What? Doesn’t this mean players can lie during repentance?"

Qin Cheng slightly shook his head, "You’re half right.

"Players can lie, but they can’t lie ’randomly.’

"This mechanism is quite ingenious, seemingly without constraint, but indirectly constrains players in a certain way.

"Because whether the opponent responds with ’shocked’ or ’unmoved,’ it depends not only on whether the secret itself is explosive but also on whether it appears true or false.

"If the confessor presents an obviously absurd lie and gets caught by the opponent, the opponent can still choose ’unmoved’ and easily pass the insincerity detection.

"Thus, all the game’s conspiracies and machinations revolve around this rule.

"Additionally, I believe the most critical point is the severe underestimation of Gao Teng’s psychological distortion and the deep-seated malice within him.

"Such a person is uniquely existing throughout the entire first and second stages of the game."

Most players were shocked and didn’t know what to say.

Qin Cheng glanced at the time and continued, "Now, let’s streamline the entire process of ’Repentance Poker’ once more.

"Let us temporarily forget all the sins shown in the game because those sins didn’t go through the insincerity mechanism’s lie detection, so they aren’t necessarily all real.

"Suppose Wei Changfeng and Xu Yili are exactly as portrayed in daily life, absolutely kind-hearted, with no inner darkness.

"And this game was actually Gao Teng’s setup.

"If such a hypothesis manifests clear contradictions and logical loopholes midway, it indicates it doesn’t hold.

"But conversely, if we find many previously puzzling points easily explained, then perhaps this hypothesis is closer to the truth.

"Let’s see how Gao Teng used such perfect means to defame Wei Changfeng, forcibly turning him from a beloved Community leader into a scheming clown."