God's Imitator

Huang Shengjie suddenly realized: "No wonder Zhou Xiaoying suggested we transport separately!"

"If I agreed, then I would only be active in the right field.

"And once she transports the first batch of contraband, she could return and exchange information with Peng Xinyuan, and then they together could transport from the left field."

He paused slightly, then summarized with some shock:

"In short... what we encountered is not some novice community with resource misallocation.

"In the first stage of the game, we were actually completely outplayed and unaware.

"Luckily, this game’s rest period is long enough for us to realize this when we regroup, otherwise, if such a situation continued for two more rounds, we would only unknowing lose and return to the community..."

Geng Yuxia visibly appeared a bit flustered. She stammered: "But... it might not be the case, right? Just such a coincidence?

"Could they really complete such a complex plan relying purely on tacit understanding inside and outside the prison?

"What if we are overthinking it?

"Perhaps Peng Xinyuan’s leg is genuinely injured, or maybe he accidentally made a mistake managing the train, pressed the wrong button, and that’s why only 10 units of supplies were delivered?"

Zhou Wanlin shook her head and said seriously: "Aunt, when people encounter something difficult to accept, their first reaction is denial and rejection, forcing themselves to believe in a safer and simpler scenario.

"But here in Walkway, every game is a matter of life and death.

"Even though this time it’s just an Allocation Game, it determines extremely valuable visa time allocations, and what’s more, this game also has the risk of death.

"We must assume the opponent is in the most difficult and toughest situation to handle.

"There might be a minimal chance that we are overthinking, but we still must prepare for the worst-case scenario."

Huang Shengjie nodded: "So, what do we do now?

"Community 23 essentially has two ’Inspectors’.

"If I block Peng Xinyuan, then Zhou Xiaoying can transport contraband from the other side.

"Unless... we do the same as them."

Zhou Wanlin nodded: "Yeah, I’m afraid that’s the only way.

"You give me the Inspector’s armband, and I’ll keep an eye on Zhou Xiaoying.

"Although I don’t run fast, it won’t be a problem to block her if I don’t carry any raw materials.

"You keep an eye on Peng Xinyuan.

"The biggest issue is, you also need to take medicine, this..."

Huang Shengjie waved his hand: "Can’t care about so much now. Regardless, this matter can only be handled by me.

"Even if neither of you carry materials, you might not catch up with him."

Huang Shengjie felt somewhat complex, knowing he had made some progress in quitting drug addiction, having just passed the initially difficult phase, but now, taking a pill might immediately worsen the situation again.

But he truly had no other choice.

Huang Shengjie casually grabbed a bag of ’pharmaceutical raw materials’ and forcefully tore it.

The outer packaging was still sturdy and didn’t tear.

But this further validated his suspicion. He wiped the sweat from his hand on his clothes slightly, and then grabbed the weak part near the handle of the packaging and tore it again with force!

This time, he heard a crisp sound, the packaging broke, revealing the black weight blocks inside.

Meanwhile, Huang Shengjie felt his whole body paralyzed, unable to move.

Zhou Wanlin and Geng Yuxia hurriedly gathered around, but Huang Shengjie was fine, and automatically recovered after a while.

His badge on his chest slightly vibrated, showing a line of prompt on the back.

[You triggered a ’minor violation’.]

According to the game instructions, triggering minor violations would result in ’full-body paralysis’, which is not a big deal other than being unable to move.

Huang Shengjie let out a breath, noting that inside the raw material package were two black weight blocks, with a small line reading: [Once the packaging is damaged, it can no longer be used to produce products.]

In the narrow space in the center between the two weight blocks, there was a smooth white pill bottle with five white tablets inside.

The pill bottle had no label, and Huang Shengjie could only pour out one pill and examine it closely.

The lighting was dim here; he widened his eyes to examine it carefully for a long time before finally roughly seeing the small letters on it.

’C17NO3’.

"C17NO3... what kind of drug is this?" Huang Shengjie remembered the recap of ’Pain Game’, but couldn’t remember.

Zhou Wanlin tried hard to recall: "It should be an M-type drug. Because others are like C13, C18, C22, so I have some impression."

Huang Shengjie exhaled: "M-type drug...

"Looks like this Imitator is quite merciful, actually providing us with such a rare drug.

"Among the special drugs, this is the safest kind; taking a little shouldn’t be alarming."

Huang Shengjie placed one drug in his hand, the others in his pocket.

Every time a material package is opened, it triggers a violation, making these drugs extremely precious.

...

In the prison cell of Community 2.

Yao Yuan had also come to a conclusion.

"In the last round, Li Mao entered the infirmary later than me, not because they were thinking slower, but because they were deliberately waiting.

"After 2 minutes, another prisoner from Community 23 grabbed Li Mao’s arm to hit the machine, so Li Mao was injured and entered the infirmary, thereby violating to enter the isolation room.

"This way he could just conveniently intercept the contraband in the isolation room."

He Qinyun frowned: "To think Li Mao’s acting was so good, chatting with you for so long without giving anything away.

"If not for this longer rest period, we might have discovered it even later, which would be troublesome."

Yao Yuan nodded: "Li Mao kept talking to me about Community 23 ecology, probably to distract me.

"In short, the urgent task now is for me to also enter the isolation room.

"Because they are likely rotating: Li Mao has entered the infirmary once, so he can’t go again, meaning this round, Li Mao will probably go to the isolation room, and another prisoner will go to the infirmary."

He Qinyun pondered for a moment: "I’ll take over the infirmary.

"However, if you want to violate, I suggest directly tearing this raw material apart.

"I’ve been quite curious to see what’s inside here."

Yao Yuan glanced at a ’miscellaneous goods’ raw material in the corner, deliberately left by He Qinyun during the last game.

"Alright, let’s do that."

Yao Yuan took a final look at the time: "Currently we don’t know the external situation completely, so there’s still a chance the outside players might use the infirmary to transport contraband.

"Once you get inside, even if Zhao Heng isn’t there, don’t rush to leave; wait a bit longer, and just come out a few minutes early to receive the raw material.

"I will continue trying to extract information from Li Mao in the isolation room, then assess whether to support from outside.

"If you come out later and don’t find me around, just continue staying here to earn gold pounds."