God's Imitator

Zheng Chunhua was taken aback: "Me?

"Aren’t there others who would be more suitable than me?

"Qin Cheng and Yao Yuan can explain things more thoroughly, and there are four other audience members who also..."

Lu Bingjun interrupted him: "I actually think you are the best choice.

"Qin Cheng and Yao Yuan have both done recaps before, and everyone is well aware of their capabilities.

"Old Zheng, you’ve always been a diligent player in the community, best representing the average person’s level.

"Moreover, you entered the ’Reflection Room’ early on, so your time to think outside was too short, which could cause you to overlook some obvious issues, leading to omissions.

"You can lead everyone in analyzing the ’Reflection Room’ mechanics. It’s a good opportunity to test what you’ve learned during this period, and it’s also a chance for your own improvement and to identify any gaps."

Qin Cheng also nodded: "Yes, Uncle Zheng, don’t decline, if you want to go further in the brutal second stage, everyone in the community must strive to improve themselves.

"This kind of speaking and analysis isn’t just the business of a few players in the community; everyone should participate."

Lu Bingjun said: "Let’s give Old Zheng a round of applause for encouragement!"

Everyone applauded, and Zheng Chunhua, too embarrassed to refuse any further, could only say: "Well... I’ll try to analyze it reluctantly. If I make any elementary mistakes, please criticize and correct me in time."

He organized his thoughts and continued: "To me, cracking this game requires using what Lawyer Lin mentioned as ’imitative thinking,’ which means seeing the game from the mimicker’s perspective, to determine how to make the game more fair and recognized by the Walkway.

"Because the Imitator doesn’t just design the game arbitrarily, finding the ’Walkway’s rules constraining the Imitator’ will deduce the ’method to crack the Imitator’s trap.’

"Though during the game my brain froze and I didn’t think of this layer, in hindsight analysis, there’s still some general direction that can be seen.

"First of all, when we read the game rules, we find many parts are vaguely expressed.

"A game with this level of completion will hardly pass an audit or gain enough unique evaluations; it must be completed by some means..."

After a simple analysis, Zheng Chunhua also reached the conclusion that ’the Reflection Room can control the game,’ which was basically consistent with Yao Yuan’s previous analysis within the game.

Of course, this is also the conclusion that most players can reach after serious consideration afterward.

Zheng Chunhua continued: "But I think that if it were some top-tier players, they might further analyze and find the specific rules within the Reflection Room, thus controlling the order of entry."

Lu Bingjun became interested: "Oh? Do elaborate."

Zheng Chunhua explained: "Thinking back, the detailed rules of the Reflection Room can actually be roughly deduced from the outside, considering several factors one after another.

"First is the order: do players who enter the Reflection Room first decide, or do those who enter later decide?

"Clearly, it’s the players who enter first who decide.

"Because wanting those who enter later to decide can’t work mechanically, and it’s also very unfair.

"Next is the community issue: should we limit players from the same community from holding power in the Reflection Room?

"Clearly, it’s necessary.

"If such a limitation isn’t set, and if three players from the same community enter at the same time, the entire Reflection Room would be completely controlled by that community, potentially throwing subsequent game processes into chaos.

"Lastly, the number issue: how many players are appropriate?

"This is a bit hard to guess, but thinking carefully, it’s apparent that there are only two likely options: 5 players or 7 players.

"To have multiple players jointly decide something, it must be equal in power, and if it’s an even number, a tie would be troublesome.

"Moreover, this time 16 communities participated, and the ones controlling the Reflection Room’s power must be a minority of communities, it couldn’t exceed half (8), nor could it be as few as 3 people.

"5 to 7 people is a more suitable choice.

"Considering the need to quickly fill the Reflection Room to influence the game’s progress, 5 players is clearly more likely.

"In short, for each community participating in the game, to ensure that their community’s players can secure a spot in the Reflection Room, they should aim to enter in the top 5.

"Overall, the special thing about this game is that by properly utilizing imitator thinking, even if no clues are given during the game, one can infer the detailed rules just through speculation and formulate a more accurate strategy."

Lu Qi suddenly realized: "Oh! So that’s it!

"I was wondering why many communities stopped entering the Reflection Room in the latter stages of the game.

"Because they realized that entering the Reflection Room at that time was meaningless, they couldn’t influence the game’s content anymore and it would only result in losing 30,000-minute visa time as the spokesperson."

Lu Bingjun approvingly said: "I said earlier, Old Zheng is too modest, this was analyzed very well.

"Actually, Old Zheng, I’ve always thought you’re a player with great potential, you just lacked a chance to truly break through.

"I still remember your impressive performances in the first stage.

"For example, in the first game, ’Flower Brick Poker,’ you keenly noticed the relationship between the card numbers and the dealing mechanism, and you cooperated well with Ye Lin.

"And in the third game, you used physics knowledge to analyze the mechanism’s special role, which was very helpful.

"I feel it’s a pity that your standout performances seemed to occur in the early stages of the first phase, and later your performance in the game became rather mediocre, missing the initial spirit."

Zheng Chunhua said a bit bashfully: "Those earlier games were mainly due to luck, the puzzles weren’t as complicated then, so when encountering games related to my professional knowledge, I could play a bit of a role.

"Later on, everyone improved rapidly, and I just stayed in place, so I couldn’t keep up.

"After all, I’m getting old."

Lu Bingjun waved his hand: "That’s not true, you’re only two years older than me.

"I think it’s not about staying in place, but rather a mental issue."

Zheng Chunhua chuckled along without saying more.

Yet the more perceptive players sensed a subtle change in the atmosphere of the hall.

Many people turned their gaze towards Zheng Chunhua or Lu Bingjun.

Zheng Chunhua felt puzzled: "What? Did I say something incorrect?"

But he was met with silence.

Lu Bingjun glanced at Qin Cheng, clearly, he couldn’t be the one to point the finger at Zheng Chunhua.

As previously stated, he was just paving the way for Qin Cheng, then using his votes to make sure Qin Cheng remained safe, not becoming a victim of ’false accusation.’

But the whole process of identifying the Imitator, as well as the canvassing, still had to be completed by Qin Cheng himself.

Ye Lin seemed to realize something, wanting to interject and shift the subject.

"Let’s continue the recap, this game actually..."

However, Qin Cheng interrupted her.

Furthermore, Qin Cheng’s expression was unprecedentedly serious.

"Sorry everyone, the game recap might have to pause for a bit.

"I am about to wager everything I have in the New World on doing something very important.

"I need to point out an Imitator within the community."