God's Imitator

"Beep——"

A sharp buzzing sounded as Lin Sizhi looked around, finding himself in a simple single-person rest room.

However, the setup of the rest room was quite different from the previous game: it was more like a makeup room than a rest room.

Opposite him, on the makeup table, there was a makeup mirror with auxiliary lighting and various cosmetics.

On the left was a large screen, while on the right were a wardrobe and a changing room.

Aside from these, the rest room also had basic furnishings like a sofa and a tea table.

Prominently on the tea table was a ’Setting Book,’ which seemed a few pages thick.

The large screen did not immediately display the game rules introduction but instead defaulted to showing a surveillance feed of another area.

The screen showed an exceedingly spacious venue, or rather a courtroom. In the center was a circular platform surrounded by four wide, fan-shaped long tables, currently unoccupied.

Further away were audience seats arranged in eight fan-shaped sections, divided into front and back rows—two seats in the front and three in the back, with the back row slightly elevated.

In front of the audience seats at the top left, top right, bottom left, and bottom right corners were seats for Audience Representatives, placed so as to offset the four special fan-shaped long tables.

At this moment, the audience seats were already filled with players, leaving only the special positions at the four fan-shaped long tables empty.

The players entering the game as the audience were also momentarily unaware of the situation, silently sitting while observing the surrounding scene.

Subsequently, the large screen in Lin Sizhi’s rest room began to display the game rules.

On the small screens at the operating tables in front of each player in the audience seats, the rules also began to play simultaneously.

[Good morning, players, and welcome to the ’Jury Game.’]

[Before this game officially begins, we will introduce the basic framework rules of the ’Role-play Game.’]

[In a ’Role-play Game,’ if players are assigned the ’Actor’ identity, they need to thoroughly read and memorize the ’Setting Book’ in the rest room before the game starts, and perform the assigned role according to the ’Setting Book,’ providing an exciting performance for the audience.]

[The plot explicitly stated in the ’Setting Book’ must be strictly adhered to; for plots not explicitly stated, improvisation is possible.]

[If actions or words inconsistent with the ’Setting Book’ are made, it may result in warnings or trigger other penalties within the game rules. In extreme cases, an instant death penalty will be enforced, so please be particularly cautious!]

[Other players in the game are both the ’audience’ and ’extras,’ and may be assigned different tasks according to specific game rules.]

[The following is an introduction to the detailed rules of the ’Jury Game.’]

[————1. Story Background————]

[In a special country with a ’Special Jury/Temporary Citizen’s Panel system’ as the foundational legal system, a murder case has occurred.]

[On a yacht in international waters, a newlywed couple fell overboard and died. On the boat, there are four main suspects: ’Wealthy Merchant, Doctor, Lawyer, Detective.’]

[The four actors will play the roles of the four suspects, while the audience will play the Jurors.]

[The four suspects must convince the jury to clear their suspicions and uncover the truth.]

[————2. Occupational Privileges————]

[Due to the different professions, suspects and jurors each have special rights:]

[1. Wealthy Merchant/Detective: Present evidence.]

[The Wealthy Merchant owns the yacht, and the Detective preserved the scene; they can go to the evidence room to extract evidence related to the case and show it at an appropriate time to the jury, but only one piece of evidence each can be presented before each recess.]

[2. Lawyer/Doctor: Provide professional explanation.]

[As professionals in the legal/medical field, they can persuade the jury through professional knowledge to clear their suspicions or uncover the truth.]

[3. Jury Representative: Participate in maintaining order during the trial and raise reasonable doubts about the suspects at any time.]

[4. Jurors: Verify evidence.]

[The suspect or Jury Representative can propose to ’verify the authenticity and detailed information of the evidence or professional explanation,’ and any 10 jurors can each pay ’500 minutes of visa time’ to complete the verification, with the result automatically made public.]

[————3. Truth Voting————]

[During the trial, with unanimous consent from the suspects and jury representatives, several recesses can be conducted.]

[During the recess, the four suspects can return to their respective rest rooms to re-read the ’Setting Book,’ think over subsequent strategies, or go to the evidence room to extract new evidence.]

[Before each recess, the four suspects can propose ’possibility analyses’ of the case for an all-member vote.]

[Each of the four suspects has 10 votes, each of the four jury representatives has 5 votes, and each regular juror has 1 vote, totaling 100 votes.]

[When the vote count reaches 60, the ’possibility analysis’ will be regarded as the ’case truth.’]

[The ’Truth Voting’ allows insincere votes, but no more than 3 can be cast, each insincere vote will incur a penalty of 5000 minutes of visa time.]

[————4. Reward and Penalty Rules————]

[1. Finale Voting]

[Once the ’case truth’ is established, the performance will conclude.]

[The entire audience can cast ’support votes’ or ’opposition votes’ for the actors according to the following criteria.]

[When the image, behavior, inner qualities, and all other aspects of the actor perfectly align with the role, it is considered a ’perfect impersonation.’]

[If the audience believes the character played by the actor is ’innocent,’ and the actor achieves a perfect impersonation (both conditions required), a ’support vote’ can be cast.]

[If the player believes the character played by the actor is ’guilty,’ or the actor fails to achieve a perfect impersonation (one condition sufficient), an ’opposition vote’ can be cast.]

[’Finale Voting’ does not allow insincere votes.]

[If the ’opposition votes’ received by an actor exceed half, they will be subjected to an instant death penalty before leaving.]

[Regardless of the player’s death, all visa time will be shared among the other actors, with a maximum of 48 hours being retained to return to the community.]

[The visa time of players who cast ’support votes’ for the actor will be shared by players who cast ’opposition votes’ against the actor.]

[2. Bet on Actors]

[During each ’recess,’ the audience can place bets on any actor.]

[Each bet must be at least 1000 minutes of visa time, and bets can be repeated.]

[Each audience member must bet at least 30,000 minutes of visa time, or the shortfall will be forcibly deducted as a fine upon exit.]

[The odds will be calculated as follows, with a maximum of 1 to 4 payout:]

[a. The earlier the bet on the actor, the higher the odds.]

[b. The higher the share of the performance by the actor, the higher the odds.]

[c. The lower the proportion of bets placed on the actor, the higher the odds.]

[If the ’opposition votes’ against an actor exceed half, all bets placed on that actor will result in a total loss for bettors.]

[The performance is about to begin, please prepare, and please be patient, dear audience!]

A 5-minute countdown appeared on the screen.

Lin Sizhi opened the Setting Book in his hand, then fell into deep thought.

Except for the first page, all the other pages were blank, with no content at all.

And the content on the first page was quite simple:

[The Wealthy Merchant is a successful entrepreneur who often hosts events on his yacht, inviting strangers from the internet to join him for a sea trip through online lotteries.]

[You are a Lawyer who boarded this yacht for some reason and got entangled in this case.]