God's Imitator

Lin Sizhi nodded approvingly, "Being able to think of this is quite good.

"Actually, you are a smart player, but you always can’t figure out many issues because of two reasons:

"First, you’re very impatient, which leads to thinking in the wrong direction or way at times;

"Second, your nerves are too dull, and you have a slow perception of danger, only in very rare circumstances, realizing you’re in a real desperate situation, can you activate your full potential.

"If you want to become truly top-tier, you must change these two aspects."

Huang Shengjie nodded understandingly, "Hmm... I’ve got it, I’ll keep reminding myself."

Lin Sizhi changed his tone, "However, two points need slight correction.

"Firstly, Yao Yuan was indeed hammered for the S-Class imitator identity, but at most, this can only deduce ’Trust Marketplace’ was done by him.

"As for ’One Word Breaks the Prison’, there’s no clear evidence.

"So you can’t assert that Deng Xiao and Wen Wan’s death cases are completely consistent in terms of method, motive, and other details.

"Qin Cheng put them together to make his argument more persuasive, but it might not be the whole truth.

"Secondly, when analyzing Lu Bingjun’s intentions, you missed one point, which is the specific function of the ’Community Judgment Proposal.’

Huang Shengjie frowned, "Lawyer Lin, do you mean to say, Deng Xiao might not have been directly killed by Yao Yuan? Or that the main reasons Deng Xiao and Wen Wan were killed are different?

"...But without additional information, there’s no way to analyze further.

"As for the ’Community Judgment Proposal’, I think like this: how can Lu Bingjun force Ye Lin to back down?

"First, gameplay-wise, let Ye Lin clearly feel the difference in strength, maybe even feel scared.

"Second, community politics-wise, let Ye Lin see no hope of a comeback.

"I think the crucial opportunity for Ye Lin to yield was the ’Trust Marketplace.’

"From Ye Lin’s perspective, she certainly knows there’s no imitator within her trio. Therefore, initially, she leans towards believing the imitator is outside the community, and she’s been wronged, Lu Bingjun’s proposal is using the issue to tighten power.

"But after ’Trust Marketplace’, she has to consider the possibility that ’the imitator is actually controlled by Lu Bingjun.’

"Under this circumstance, Ye Lin realizes she has no chance to win at all.

"Firstly, Lu Bingjun controls a very dangerous S-Class imitator, the designed ’Trust Marketplace’ is beyond Ye Lin’s cracking ability, so her win chance in the game is small;

"Secondly, this game further raised suspicion within the community about Ye Lin, she couldn’t explain herself, Lu Bingjun could exploit the issue anytime.

"Ye Lin sees no hope of a comeback, so in the game and within the community, she’s completely suppressed, and since she can’t win, she can only bow down and admit defeat.

"In this way, Lu Bingjun doesn’t need to completely defeat her but can achieve a balance through compromise.

"They probably met privately, tested each other, and reached some kind of tacit understanding.

"So this proposal is both a means for Lu Bingjun to expand power and a tool to pressure Ye Lin.

"Subsequently, Lu Bingjun slandering Uncle Zheng can be understood as cutting off feathers and killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

"If successful, on one hand, he makes Uncle Zheng a scapegoat, and the community can declare the imitator dead claiming long-term peace; on the other hand, it thoroughly alienates Ye Lin’s trio, leaving Ye Lin no retreat."

Lin Sizhi looked at the dark night sky, "There’s also another possibility: Lu Bingjun indeed has such thoughts and plans but didn’t intend to act so quickly.

"But his ideas were seen through by Qin Cheng, hence used for reverse manipulation.

"Continue."

Huang Shengjie was stunned for a moment; Lin Sizhi indeed proposed a hypothesis that surprised her.

But after all, there is no evidence, so it can only remain hypothetical.

Huang Shengjie continued to analyze following her previous line of thought:

"While Lu Bingjun was figuring out ways to calculate Ye Lin, Qin Cheng saw this as the only opportunity.

"He entered the scene as a third-party player.

"Qin Cheng did a series of preparations, including privately connecting with certain players, influencing their voting intention.

"But... he didn’t find me?

"Of course, it could be explained he knew very well I’d definitely stand by his side, so he didn’t need to communicate privately with me.

"But the question is, if it’s those players unsure to stand by him, they could easily betray or defect, how could Qin Cheng take such a risk?

"I feel like secretly connecting to rally votes isn’t very reliable.

"Perhaps not specifying the plan, but simple connection is feasible, but even that is hard to rely on at critical moments."

Lin Sizhi shook his head, "Qin Cheng indeed wasn’t connecting this time.

"But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t connecting at other times."

Huang Shengjie paused, "Lawyer Lin, are you saying... earlier? For example, the vote when the judgment proposal passed?

"I always couldn’t figure out what the voting pattern was that time.

"Now it seems, it’s not, or not just Lu Bingjun and Yao Yuan teaming up, Qin Cheng was also involved?"

Seeing Lin Sizhi not object, Huang Shengjie confirmed she should be right.

But this made him even more shocked.

"The reason Qin Cheng so firmly supported this proposal wasn’t because of the proposal itself.

"It’s because... only with the proposal passed, he had the chance to kill Lu Bingjun and Yao Yuan.

"If this proposal didn’t go through, not only would Qin Cheng lose this chance, Lu Bingjun’s judgment about the community would change: he’d realize there are more opponents lurking than imagined, hence would be more cautious.

"If Qin Cheng hadn’t rallied votes, the voting pattern wouldn’t be so lopsided.

"That was right after ’Trust Marketplace’ ended, players in the community could be roughly divided into these types:

"I, Lu Qi, and Shen Bowen, we’re all new players just joining the community, so Qin Cheng consciously united us early, forming a new small group.

"We three would stand by Qin Cheng in making choices.

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Zhang Yan was directly recruited by Qin Cheng from the game, most likely standing by Qin Cheng too.

"Originally, the opposition consisting of Ye Lin, Uncle Zheng, He Qinyun would firmly vote against, but Ye Lin has already yielded, she certainly has to offer up proof of loyalty by making concessions in this key proposal to comfort Lu Bingjun.

"And Qin Cheng likely used indirect persuasion to guide her to vote in favor.

"Regarding Lawyer Lin... you’ve said you’d stand by the winning side.

"So, the final key is securing votes from the neutral faction, swing voters, like Aunt Geng and Zhou Wanlin.

"But anyway, passing the ’public judgment proposal’ doesn’t require a unanimous vote, so the conditions aren’t that stringent; missing one or two players doesn’t matter.

"Qin Cheng operated privately, ultimately resulting in an overwhelming voting pattern for the ’judgment proposal’ vote.

"He probably didn’t disclose his real intentions but altered some players’ decisions through discourse and unique stance.

"This also successfully misled Lu Bingjun, leading him to misjudge his actual control over the community.

"—He thought everything was under control, but in fact, it was Qin Cheng’s maneuvering.

"Qin Cheng also confirmed the cards he held through this operation, equivalent to a preliminary rehearsal for expelling Lu Bingjun and voting to kill Yao Yuan."