God's Imitator

Chapter 500: Prison Cell Returns

Piercing pain came. Cui Yifeng felt his left shoulder burning.In the original ‘King’s Judgment,’ Zhang Peng was locked onto a human-shaped target, about four times the frontal projection of an ordinary person.

In other words, the nail gun continuously fired, but there was only a one-quarter probability of hitting the player.

And in the rules of "Death Surveillance," the nail gun would only fire when caught by the surveillance mannequin. But once it fired, it would definitely hit some part of the body.

It was very difficult, almost impossible, to dodge based on reaction.

The game lasted a total of 15 minutes. Cui Yifeng had to hold down the button for 10 minutes. If it was less than this time, he would directly suffer immediate death penalty.

Fear would blur a player's perception of time. Once hesitation time intermittently exceeded 5 minutes, even gods couldn't save him.

Cui Yifeng took a deep breath. He observed the layout of the room and the surveillance mannequin's movement route again.

Then, he laboriously lifted his left arm and positioned it at his side, covering his neck and head as much as possible.

He used his right arm to press the button on the table.

Because the position he chose was in the right corner of the entire room, the surveillance mannequin spent most of its time moving to his left.

This way, even if shot, it would hit his arm and palm first, so he wouldn't be unlucky enough to be killed in one hit.

...

Gao Jialiang realized that Prison Cell 5 was indeed the most dangerous, but just as Cai Zhiyuan said, there was indeed a high probability of not dying.

Of course, the premise was that the player entering this prison cell, like Cui Yifeng, mustered courage and then used their brain a little.

"So... Cai Zhiyuan actually arranged what he believed were the most suitable prison cells for these players?"

Initially, Gao Jialiang thought Cai Zhiyuan's arrangements had completely fallen apart.

Because from the game rules, each prison cell corresponded to a game, and if a player was a participant in that game, then after entering the corresponding prison cell, the difficulty would decrease.

So the simplest, most brainless arrangement was to stuff players in according to the correspondence, which could at least guarantee everyone enjoyed the effect of "difficulty reduction."

As for Cai Zhiyuan, he might have experienced multiple games, so he could just randomly choose one to enter.

Cai Zhiyuan couldn't possibly not think of this, but he didn't distribute it this way. Starting from assigning Sun De the first prison cell, he disrupted this pattern.

At first, Gao Jialiang thought that Cai Zhiyuan might be like players who were schemed against in certain judgment games, unable to stay calm.

But from the current results, it didn't seem to be the case.

The current arrangement also seemed to be another kind of "appropriate arrangement."

If distributing according to the correspondence between players and prison cells was "submitting to predetermined fate," then obviously, Cai Zhiyuan didn't want to do that.

He hated "predetermined fate."

"But why did he himself choose the 'Submit to Fate' prison cell?

"This prison cell corresponds to 'Tarot Game.' Huang Ming is also a participant. He could have chosen to let Huang Ming enter.

"As for himself, he could also choose other prison cells, right? Like Prison Cell 2 'Scattering a Fortune.' Regardless of whether he's the Super Authority Player, this is an absolutely safe prison cell.

"Why not choose it? He's reluctant to part with visa time? How is that possible? Would a strong person like him care about visa time?

"And Prison Cell 6 can be said to be the prison cell with the strongest 'randomness.' Unlike Prison Cell 3 where the 'Hermit' can designate replicating a specific prison cell's rules, it's completely random selection.

"From his previous behavior, he clearly hates 'predetermined fate,' yet in the end he still chooses to entrust his life to fate?

"Isn't this self-contradictory?"

However, after seeing the information on Prison Cell 6's display screen, Gao Jialiang was stunned.

Cai Zhiyuan had already made his choice.

[Choice 2: Do nothing and quietly wait for 15 minutes.]

[At the end of this game (after the ‘Super Authority Player’ exercises their privilege), if the God's Imitator who designed this game has not encountered a death threat, or has made a choice within the player's expectations after encountering a death threat, then the player is safe and sound.]

[If the God's Imitator who designed this game makes a choice beyond the player's expectations, then the player suffers immediate death penalty.]

[This judgment will be completed by the Gallery's mind-reading mechanism. The player cannot see the God's Imitator's game experience or details.]

"This isn't right!"

Gao Jialiang's eyes widened as he quickly thought about the reasons.

"If it were an ordinary player entering this prison cell, the only explanation is that they believe the God's Imitator who designed this game won't encounter a death threat at all, so this prison cell is safe.

"But since the God's Imitator himself designed this prison cell, it means he sensed he would encounter a death threat.

"Would Cai Zhiyuan not think of this?

"He definitely thought of it. Then the only explanation is that he's betting the God's Imitator who designed this game, after suffering a death threat, will definitely make a choice within his expectations?

"He knows the God's Imitator's true identity? Or even knows the God's Imitator will suffer a death threat?

"Or is he certain the God's Imitator who designed this game also entered the game and is among us?

"But among us, aside from Cui Yifeng, no one else has death risk. And Cui Yifeng absolutely cannot be this game's God's Imitator."

Gao Jialiang found it difficult to understand.

Obviously, there was some special information only Cai Zhiyuan knew that drove him to make this choice.

Cai Zhiyuan sat in the room's spacious chair, not knowing what he was thinking about.

But Gao Jialiang felt an indescribable sense of oppression from him. Clearly when entering the game earlier, Cai Zhiyuan looked the same as everyone else, just an ordinary player with no difference.

...

In Gao Jialiang's confusion and daze, 15 minutes quickly passed.

Each prison cell unlocked in sequence.

First was Sun De who entered Prison Cell 1 earliest. He looked exhausted enough and lay flat on the ground directly after leaving the prison cell.

But he still persisted, and throughout he didn't trigger any electric shocks.

[41,000 minutes of visa time has been settled to the player.]

Just as initially judged, he was safe in this prison cell.

From Prison Cells 2, 3, and 4, Fu Yujun, Song Xiao, and Huang Ming each walked out.

Fu Yujun and Song Xiao had no visa time returns. Instead, all their visa time was deducted. However, they could still carry debt back to the community and would be fine.

Huang Ming answered all the questions and obtained the corresponding visa time.

The players' voting was completed. He didn't receive any "death votes."

[60,000 minutes of visa time has been settled to the player.]

This return was quite substantial, but this game was only safe for players like Huang Ming.

If it were someone else, they might not be able to guarantee receiving fewer than half the "death votes."

From Prison Cell 5, Cui Yifeng, covered in blood, walked out with difficulty while supporting himself against the wall.

His condition looked very bad. He had at least six or seven steel nails on his body, especially the steel nail on his left forearm that protruded from the other side, looking quite frightening.

But overall, there was no life-threatening danger.