God's Imitator

Qin Cheng contemplated for a moment before saying, "While Brother Lu was explaining the game’s content earlier, we were also integrating ourselves into it, contemplating strategies, and thoroughly understanding the game’s details.

"So, I will directly share my perspective.

"Overall, I believe the decisive factor that led to the loss of this game wasn’t within the game itself, but outside it.

"The biggest advantage for Zheng Qingyun’s side is that all three completely understood each other’s crimes, a confession evidently made in advance within the community.

"This isn’t actually common, nor does it align with human nature.

"Because the vast majority of players, even when aware of their own crimes, are mostly unwilling to expose themselves to players from the same community.

"I guess it’s more like Zheng Qingyun used some method to seize leverage over these two, coercing them to confess their crimes and thus, control them, turning them into his puppets.

"Their participation in the game wasn’t out of willingness or assistance, but more like the result of being controlled by Zheng Qingyun.

"His intentions were malevolent, yet they happened to play a role in this game.

"Because all three were well aware of each other’s crimes, they could readily use their confessions as bargaining chips, better distributing the punishment.

"Moreover, because they knew what kind of scoundrel the other was, they didn’t have any high expectations, thus avoiding scenarios like Wei Changfeng and Gao Teng, where they turned against each other temporarily in the game.

"Had Wei Changfeng realized earlier about the ticking bomb inside Gao Teng and performed interventions and resolutions in advance within the community, perhaps this game could have been smoothly won.

"Of course, this is merely a hindsight analysis from a god’s perspective."

Shen Bowen pondered for a moment, "Saying it is easy, but doing it is difficult, if not almost impossible.

"For instance, if we now propose: To better understand each other and better tackle the forthcoming Judgment game, let’s all expose our crimes to each other?

"This act too, is meaningless.

"Zheng Qingyun’s trio is an extreme anomaly, not easily replicable."

Qin Cheng did not rebut, as it largely aligned with his own opinion.

"Yes, which is why I said, this is merely a hindsight analysis from a god’s perspective.

"From the angle of the average player, I do not think Wei Changfeng made any major decision mistakes in this game.

"Of course, there were small mistakes, and there were many.

"But I believe these small mistakes stem from their individual character flaws, which are unavoidable.

"The game’s brutality primarily stems from the Imitator’s targeting."

Huang Shengjie realized something too, "So this also explains the question we’ve been pondering, doesn’t it?

"From Lawyer Lin and Sister Bowen’s descriptions, both of their communities had an overt Imitator who shared many special pieces of information that only an Imitator would know.

"Yet there was none in Community 2, leading to a scarcity of information on the Imitator.

"The real reason is... Gao Teng originally planned to reveal his identity but was stopped by Wei Changfeng, sharing the information privately with Wei Changfeng only.

"If it was just Gao Teng hiding, he might have inadvertently exposed clues under special circumstances, leading to suspicion and discovery.

"But with Wei Changfeng as the community leader, he could deliberately avoid launching an investigations into the Imitator, thus aiding Gao Teng’s concealment, and hence, the probability of Gao Teng’s identity being exposed became infinitely low."

Qin Cheng shook his head slightly, "No, it doesn’t explain.

"Because this only indicates there’s another deeply hidden Imitator within the community.

"Who designed the ’Repentance Poker’?

"Although Ma Boheng, the sole survivor in the game, is also a suspect, I still feel the Imitator is more likely to be within our community.

"He likely knew from the start about the inner dealings between Gao Teng and Wei Changfeng, thus upon seeing Gao Teng’s file, he could devise such a highly targeted game.

"Moreover, there’s another point worth noting: Gao Teng, during his final apology, stated that he truly designed a game targeting Deng Xiao.

"Although his initial design draft was accidentally discovered and torn apart by Xu Yili, it was completed afterward.

"Yet we also know Deng Xiao died from ’One Word Breaks the Prison’, long after Gao Teng’s death.

"If ’One Word Breaks the Prison’ is indeed the plan Gao Teng mentioned that was torn up by Xu Yili, who eventually realized it?

"Could it be possible: Gao Teng showed his plan to another Imitator within the community or left it inadvertently discovered by this Imitator.

"Gao Teng didn’t know the specifics of Deng Xiao’s crime at the time, but he made an inference based on Deng Xiao’s profession as a ’fitness coach’ and designed the game’s prototype.

"And when Deng Xiao’s crime file really appeared, this Imitator developed ’One Word Breaks the Prison’ based on this game prototype.

"If this hypothesis holds true, then possibly more maligned and targeted games also originated from this Imitator."

Realizing the atmosphere in the room has cooled, Qin Cheng stated somewhat helplessly, "I can’t be the first one to realize this right?

"If you had ever reviewed ’Repentance Poker’ and saw the situation with ’One Word Breaks the Prison’, you should have reached the same conclusion as mine.

"So... could you stop acting so surprised?

"Since Brother Lu decided today to re-reveal the truth about ’Repentance Poker’, everyone should have been mentally prepared for it."

Lu Bingjun was silent for a moment, then said, "Qin Cheng is right, I share the same suspicion.

"There is another hidden Imitator within the community."

Huang Shengjie curiously asked, "Then why exactly did Gao Teng want to kill Deng Xiao? Did they have any personal grudge within the community?"

Lu Bingjun was silent for a moment, "...there isn’t a significant grudge, but there was indeed a conflict.

"I mentioned before, initially, before Gao Teng showed his own abilities, many players within the community considered him a burden and didn’t want to team up with him.

"It’s just the extent varied.

"Deng Xiao was... the one who showed it most evidently, once saying some very unfriendly things to Gao Teng after a game failure.

"Although Old Wei and I severely reprimanded him afterward, but knowing Gao Teng’s personality, holding a grudge because of it was quite expected.

"Additionally...

"After all, Deng Xiao is a fitness coach, typically having good relations with female players within the community, maybe this was another reason Gao Teng couldn’t stand him."

Huang Shengjie nodded, "Now I understand."

After all, both parties are deceased, and the deceased holds precedence.