God's Imitator

Chapter 492: ‘Hermit Judgment’

"What's going on?"What's going on!

"Am I dreaming? This must be a dream, right?"

Gao Jialiang looked at everything before him in disbelief, unable to understand what was happening.

He even slapped himself twice to confirm whether he was awake.

For ordinary players, they had not learned the rules of "Special Games" in advance, so they were completely unprepared mentally.

Being pulled into a dangerous judgment game from their sleep, players with weaker psychological fortitude instantly felt somewhat broken down.

Cui Yifeng's breathing was also somewhat rapid. He looked around the entire venue, his body trembling involuntarily.

Sun De looked around at everyone and subconsciously moved slightly closer to Cai Zhiyuan.

Obviously, his experience in ‘Conglomerate Nation’ had made him regard Cai Zhiyuan as someone whose coattails he could ride slightly in this game.

Fu Yujun appeared the most composed, while Huang Ming looked completely confused, clearly not yet understanding the current situation, his brain temporarily frozen.

Cai Zhiyuan had already confirmed that this was the game scene from ‘King’s Judgment,’ except that some details had changed.

In the initial area, there was still a long passageway. Each person's dedicated passage contained a ‘Farmer’s Walk’ contraption, and at the other end of the passage was the main game scene, where several different prison cells could be seen.

However, compared to ‘King’s Judgment,’ there was no area like the second-floor viewing platform where spectators would be.

The large screen began playing the game rules.

[Hello, players.]

[Now, you will participate in a game called ‘Hermit Judgment.’]

[Before entering the official game venue, you will first play a simple preliminary mini-game to determine your subsequent identities: "Hermit" or "Spectator."]

[As you can see, ahead is a passageway with a total length of 45 meters, divided into three stages of 20 meters, 15 meters, and 10 meters respectively.]

[You must carry a contraption equal to your own body weight and pass through the passageway within the time limit.]

[Each stage has different time limits and rest periods. Please carefully watch the timer on your own path.]

[When the time limit is exceeded, the spikes on the contraption will pierce into your body. Exceeding twice the time limit will result in immediate death penalty.]

[The first player to cross the passageway will become the "Hermit," while the other players will become "Spectators."]

[The "Hermit" can decide who enters the prison cells, while "Spectators" can only passively accept.]

[However, in this game, there is one ‘Super Authority Player.’]

[This player's identity is in a "completely hidden state," and they themselves are unaware of it.]

[If the ‘Super Authority Player’ does not enter any prison cell throughout the entire game, they will suffer immediate death penalty. After entering a prison cell, depending on the cell, they will also face more severe challenges than other players.]

[The game has a total of 6 different prison cells. When 6 players have entered all the cells and completed the game, the ‘Super Authority Player’ will learn their identity and gain the same privileges as the ‘Super Authority Player’ in ‘Lifting Game.’]

[Specifically: they must choose one of the following two options.]

[One, select any surviving player in the venue and impose immediate death penalty.]

[Two, impose immediate death penalty on themselves and send any surviving player in the venue out of the Gallery to return to the real world.]

[After entering the official venue, more rules will be disclosed.]

[This is a test of will and conviction. Finding "who I am" is finding the key to clearing the game.]

[The game will officially begin in ten minutes. Good luck!]

Unlike the original ‘King’s Judgment,’ this game did not directly enter the ‘Farmer’s Walk’ stage after introducing the rules. Instead, it gave the players ten minutes to think about the game rules and discuss strategy.

But this instead amplified some players' fear.

If it started directly, the players would have to immediately shoulder the contraption and walk forward under survival pressure, without time to think too much.

But now, panicked emotions began to spread.

Gao Jialiang looked somewhat broken down, "How can this be... This is obviously a judgment game, why didn't I receive an invitation in advance... Where am I, is this still the Gallery?"

Cui Yifeng from Community 19 also looked somewhat in poor condition, though he still tried his best to stay composed.

He looked at Cai Zhiyuan, "Don't you have anything to say? The current situation is most likely related to you, right?

"Why have you entered judgment games twice? As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be a precedent for this in the Gallery..."

Everyone's gazes turned uniformly toward Cai Zhiyuan.

Fu Yujun quickly pondered the meaning behind these words, "Are you saying... 'King's Judgment'?

"Was Cai Zhiyuan a participant in 'King's Judgment'?"

Hearing this, the other players' expressions also became somewhat unpleasant.

Although most of these players had not witnessed that game with their own eyes, they had all more or less learned about or studied the rules of ‘King’s Judgment.’

Because the rules of games that had already been conducted in the Gallery would be updated for all players to view, and ‘King’s Judgment,’ as one of the extremely rare S-rank games, would naturally be a focus of study for most communities.

However, these players could only see the game rules but not the specific scenes and processes within the game.

If they wanted to obtain more information, they would have to spend a large amount of visa time to review it, and not every community would do so.

The situation of "second judgment" was appearing for the first time and was connected to ‘King’s Judgment,’ which gave all the players present a very bad premonition.

Sun De subconsciously took another half step back, maintaining some distance from Cai Zhiyuan.

Song Xiao from Community 15 stared at Cai Zhiyuan and asked, "...Are you really a participant of 'King's Judgment'?

"That means you're the 'Super Authority Player' of this game?

"A situation like yours being 'judged a second time' has never appeared before. Since you have this special status, the God's Imitator must have set you as the 'Super Authority Player,' right?"

He had obvious hostility toward Cai Zhiyuan.

After all, Community 15 had suffered major losses consecutively in ‘Simple Q&A’ and ‘Tarot Game,’ and Cai Zhiyuan's presence was in both of them.

As a player from Community 15, Song Xiao's hostility was natural.

What was worse was that Cai Zhiyuan could feel that besides Song Xiao, the other gazes directed at him were also more or less infected.

Song Xiao's statement had worked.

After ‘Lifting Game,’ many players already understood the rules of the ‘Super Authority Player.’

If the ‘Super Authority Player’ survived until the end of the game, they would have to face a choice between two options:

Either kill one person, or commit suicide and send one person out of the country.

But the players all knew that the probability of the latter was infinitely close to zero and would only hold true under extremely special circumstances.

In other words, if the ‘Super Authority Player’ survived until the end, they might kill oneself.

This was equivalent to adding extra death risk for oneself.

Therefore, instead of hoping for something wonderful like "the Super Authority Player commits suicide to send me out of the country," the best choice was to directly find a way to kill them after identifying the ‘Super Authority Player.’

Cai Zhiyuan's expression didn't change much. He looked at Cui Yifeng, "Your reaction speed is quite fast, but unfortunately, being anxious won't help.

"Right now, you should be the one feeling more guilty, right? Spectator Number 1."