God's Imitator

Zhou Wanlin paused slightly and continued:

"Look, the five cargo boxes are ’1, 2, 6, 7, 12,’ and each round of the game allows 26 minutes of transport time.

"Even if you use the slowest method, transporting one and a half rounds, you’ll definitely carry more than this.

"Cargo boxes 1 and 12 go forward, box 1 comes back, then boxes 6 and 7 go forward.

"This is 12+1+7, using only 20 minutes, yet you transport 12+6+7=25 units of goods, sending half for inspection equals 13 units.

"10 units is too few, there’s only one possibility.

"Box 7 and box 12 go forward and end.

"This counts as 19 units of raw material, halving gives 10 units.

"But transporting like this, he actually only used 12 minutes.

"What did he do with the remaining 14 minutes? Why didn’t he continue transporting?"

Huang Shengjie’s eyes widened instantly: "Are you saying... during those 14 minutes, he wasn’t at the miniature train but went somewhere else?

"But the rules state that if no players are near the train, the transport task ends, and the train is locked until the round ends.

"Got it... the goods already sent over would still pile up at the Review Room entrance!

"As long as he rushes back during inspection time, he can still normally enter the review process.

"So Peng Xinyuan did it on purpose, he only transported once to squeeze out the maximum amount of time.

"During those 14 minutes, he went somewhere else and then hurried back before the inspection!"

Huang Shengjie thought over it and realized this was the only possibility.

But a new question arose.

"Where else could he go?

"Anywhere with fog causes severe pain upon entry, making movement impossible, only exempt with an Inspector’s Sleeve Badge.

"But the Inspector’s Sleeve Badge for Community 23 is with Zhou Xiaoying.

"Wait, pain again, could it be...

"Did he endure it with medicine? But that doesn’t make sense, where did he get medicine? Could drugs from the community be brought into the game? That’s outrageous!"

Zhou Wanlin shook her head: "Things from the community, except for clothes, shouldn’t be brought into the game, it’s a basic rule of the Walkway.

"Although these special medicines appeared as new items in the second phase, if they could really be brought into the game, it would be reasonable to have clear notifications in the game invitations or somewhere else.

"I think it’s not brought from the community.

"Perhaps there exists some channel for obtaining medicine within this game."

Huang Shengjie’s face suddenly changed, realizing something, he quickly moved to the conveyor belt, looking at the raw materials transported from the raw material warehouse.

One type of raw material was clearly labeled: ’Medicine Type.’

Huang Shengjie focused on the rules: "I remember, among minor violations, there’s one about privately unpacking raw materials.

"A minor violation actually serves as a hint.

"Meaning, raw material packaging can be unpacked, and doing so must be useful, otherwise it wouldn’t specifically be classified as a minor violation.

"There is medicine inside...

"And it’s painkillers!"

Huang Shengjie instantly felt everything was coming together.

He quickly took Zhou Wanlin and Geng Yuxia back to the break room, continuing to analyze the wall map.

"Someone from Community 23 privately unpacked raw materials and triggered a minor violation, but this only leads to temporary numbness.

"Violation actions aren’t reported, so we have no way of knowing.

"Inside the raw materials, there should be pain-relieving medicine, so Peng Xinyuan took medicine to move freely in the fog.

"This way, Community 23 effectively has two inspectors...

"Both can transport forbidden items.

"But still, where did he transport it to?

"I went to block Zhou Xiaoying at the cell in Community 23 on purpose, staying near zone 5 the whole time.

"Meaning, all three windows on the left side were in my line of sight.

"If Peng Xinyuan sneaked around, whether from the front or the back, I would see it, it’s impossible to miss.

"Did he transport it to the right side venue?

"But that’s where our cell is, he can’t possibly stash forbidden items in our cell, can he.

"Could it be..."

Huang Shengjie’s gaze landed on the upper right corner of the prison’s main building.

"He stashed the forbidden items in the solitary confinement room, that’s the only explanation."

Huang Shengjie’s expression relaxed slightly: "If that’s the case, it seems... the situation isn’t too bad.

"Because the solitary confinement room isn’t a place you can freely enter and exit.

"If no one helps him, these forbidden items can’t be converted into profit.

"Forbidden items change every round of the game.

"If Peng Xinyuan smuggled ’fine goods,’ then by the second round, these things aren’t forbidden items anymore; he can’t possibly predict which type will be chosen as forbidden items for the second round, throwing all three would clearly be uneconomical.

"Unless..."

Zhou Wanlin continued the thought: "Unless during the first round of the game, a player from Community 23 goes to the solitary confinement room to help him.

"If a prisoner player from Community 23 also commits a minor violation, they’ll be locked in the solitary confinement room.

"Forced to stay in solitary for 20 minutes, just in time to meet Peng Xinyuan.

"Afterwards, they can return to the cell with these forbidden items and exchange them for gold pounds.

"If that’s really the case...

"Then we’re actually falling behind.

"Because Community 23, though transporting fewer goods through proper channels, can fully use the extra profit from forbidden items to overtake."

Geng Yuxia was somewhat shocked; she finally managed to speak: "But isn’t it? Little Huang checked, didn’t he? The mechanical noise is really loud in the prison, people inside and outside can’t really communicate, how did they coordinate?

"How do people inside know to go to solitary confinement to help?"

Zhou Wanlin shook her head: "That’s hard to say. I think it might be a tacit understanding.

"Community 23 definitely has very smart players in the prison. He may not be certain if anyone would deliver forbidden items once he’s in solitary confinement, but he’s decisive enough to go in and wait.

"In this way, if one of our people realizes this, and goes to deliver forbidden items to the solitary confinement, they would be intercepted by him.

"And the outside player from Community 23, who I guess is Wu Xiufang, likely has realized this as well, so in reality, they’re making dual preparations, adapting their strategy based on our actions.

"Firstly, they let Zhou Xiaoying take on the Inspector role, openly transporting forbidden items from the left half of the venue.

"If they encounter our Inspector, it’s like now, two people deadlock in the left half. If Peng Xinyuan sees Zhou Xiaoying hasn’t returned, he simply delivers forbidden items in the right half.

"If they don’t encounter our Inspector, it indicates they’ve missed each other.

"Then after Zhou Xiaoying transports forbidden items once, she notifies Peng Xinyuan.

"After that, Zhou Xiaoying won’t bring forbidden items to the right half to intercept our Inspector while Peng Xinyuan delivers forbidden items in the left half.

"Peng Xinyuan fakes his leg injury; he’s the physically stronger player, so he’s taking on this more important task.

"In any scenario, they’re effectively acting as an extra Inspector, ensuring they transport more forbidden items."