God's Imitator

The crowd was momentarily stunned, but their curiosity was quickly ignited, and they couldn’t help but become restless.

Huang Shengjie hurriedly asked, "Really? What kind of game is it? Tell us in detail?"

Lin Sizhi glanced at Lu Bingjun, "The evaluation criteria for S-Class games are certainly worth discussing, but I think it’s better to complete the game recap as originally planned, and then analyze it in conjunction with the game’s content."

Lu Bingjun nodded in agreement, "Right, let’s do the recap first.

"Who will take the lead?"

Ye Lin pondered for a moment and said, "I’ll do it.

"Although this game appears simple on the surface, there’s a lot of hidden content. If it’s not explained clearly, it might confuse people even more.

"I’ll first outline the game process, emphasizing key points as we go, but I won’t explain everything outright.

"Everyone should first try to think it over themselves, and then I’ll explain the hidden rules.

"Of course, after that, we’ll still need Lawyer Lin to explain his thoughts during the game.

"After all, we are observing from a god’s-eye view and might underestimate the difficulty of executing certain strategies.

"I’m also curious about when Lawyer Lin thought of these strategies and how he established cooperation with Wang Yongxin."

Ye Lin began by giving a general rundown of the entire game process, without specifically mentioning the hidden mechanisms.

After everyone had some time to think, he elaborated on the hidden mechanism revealed during the ’Curtain Call Voting.’

In fact, in the last few minutes of ’Curtain Call Voting,’ they were constantly trying to explain to Lu Qi.

Because only if Lu Qi roughly understood this rule could she cast a dissenting vote against Tang Qing.

And if she didn’t understand and was forced to cast an affirmative vote, all the residency time would be divided among those who voted against, and this step occurs last.

In other words, even the earnings from her previous bets would be divided away, leaving her only 48 hours to return to the community, which would be disastrous.

So, explaining this content to the players in the community again, Ye Lin was already quite adept and at ease.

After understanding the whole picture of this game, the players in the community all displayed shocked expressions.

Evidently, the intensity of this first ’role-playing game’ session was exceptionally dramatic, entirely beyond their expectations.

Lin Sizhi, Wang Yongxin, Tang Qing—these three were the core of the community’s games and could be regarded as top players.

In such a battle of titans environment, many people instinctively placed themselves in Feng Yuguang’s situation: easily eliminated if not careful.

But even with Ye Lin’s explanation, there were still many doubts.

As Ye Lin said, these could only be clarified by Lin Sizhi himself.

Qin Cheng also said with some curiosity, "There are actually two points I’m most interested in.

"First, Lawyer Lin, when did you realize the hidden rule of the evidence room? And when did you develop this strategy?

"Second, how did you determine you could cooperate with Wang Yongxin? You had no opportunity for communication, not even eye contact, as you were ’role-playing,’ yet your cooperation was seamless."

Ye Lin nodded in agreement, "Yes, I also realized in the game that this is a unique difficulty of ’role-playing games.’

"In previous games, whether allocation, judgment, selection, or elimination types, the game itself wouldn’t restrict players’ actions, expressions, and demeanor.

"Even if some games disallowed direct speech between players, specific looks, gestures, or secret codes could be used to formulate strategies.

"But ’role-playing games’ don’t allow for this, since any unusual behavior by the actor, even an extraneous look, could arouse audience suspicion, further affecting their specific votes during the ’Curtain Call Voting.’

"The most critical point is that actors can’t determine how much risk their behavior entails; it could be substantial or negligible.

"This uncertainty makes things worse, driving all ’actor’ players to refrain from any additional actions.

Lin Sizhi sipped some coffee and explained, "I actually realized the hidden rule of the evidence room quite early.

"I had such doubts when I first saw the rulebook, and subsequent probing and observation were just for further confirmation."

Huang Shengjie was stunned, "At the beginning? How is that possible?"

Lin Sizhi appeared rather candid as he said, "Because I employed the ’Imitator Mindset.’

The crowd all perked up and listened intently with their ears.

It was clear that just those five words were enough to make them realize that this time Lin Sizhi seemed to be genuinely sharing something important.

Such willing, selfless sharing from a strong player wasn’t common. Usually, Lin Sizhi would keep silent during recaps, making this situation quite rare.

But this time seemed different.

Huang Shengjie also realized this, so he listened attentively, afraid to miss any detail.

Lin Sizhi continued:

"In Walkway, a top imitator might not necessarily become a top player, but a top player, after a period of training, often has the potential to become a top imitator.

"Of course, this is just a conclusion I’ve drawn from observation and not guaranteed to be absolutely correct.

"At first glance, what players and imitators require are different abilities; players tend to focus more on ’resolution ability,’ which involves identifying potential key rules and hidden mechanisms within a complex set of rules.

"Developing strategies quickly and finding textual traps within the rules can be seen as part of this ability.

"In contrast, imitators focus more on ’layout ability,’ meaning they aim to obscure key parts of a puzzle once it’s identified, and use other rules and game forms to mislead players, leading them in the wrong direction.

"I am a player with fairly decent resolution ability, which I think everyone has noticed.

"In the early stages of the first phase games, I generally performed well and gained decent returns.

"However, in some games, I would also feel helpless or even powerless.

"For example, the S-Class Judgment games.

"So in the latter half of the first phase, I kept thinking about where my shortcomings lay and why such situations arose.

"And my conclusion was that because of my identity, I lacked the Imitator Mindset, leading to a gap in layout ability.

"Simply having resolution ability is enough to win most games, but not to become a top player.

"To become stronger, one must master the Imitator Mindset.

"So after that, I engaged in focused intensive exercises and improved this ability to a certain extent.

"Simply put, it’s about thinking from an imitator’s perspective.

"This is the key to my success in this game."

During Lin Sizhi’s recounting, everyone remained silent, yet even from a few words, they could sense the oppressive atmosphere of S-Class Judgment games.

The more one observed Lin Sizhi’s participation in games, the higher their assessment of him became.

Yet, even such a player had once felt overwhelmed by S-Class games, demonstrating just how challenging this type of game is.

Of course, according to Lin Sizhi himself, the reason he is currently very strong and able to deftly handle new S-Class games is precisely because that game experience transformed him.

He realized deeply that solely possessing resolution ability was insufficient; without understanding the imitator’s mindset, no matter how strong a player was, they were only a pawn.

Thus, in subsequent games, he filled this gap and exhibited remarkable performance in the ’Jury Game’ using this mindset.

The entire logic chain is logical and very coherent.

Surely, it can’t be just a natural talent.