God's Imitator

Li Renshu showed an approving expression, ”Exactly, that’s what I wanted to say.

Anyone with a certain sense of justice and compassion could actually survive this game.

”Aside from the fifth shot which is confirmed to be blank, the player has five shooting opportunities.

”If he shoots the innocent person twice and himself three times, he can clear the game without a scratch.

”If he shoots the innocent person three times and himself twice, he’ll only suffer minor injuries.

”Only if he shoots the innocent person four or five times would he suffer serious cranial injuries or even death.”

Cai Zhiyuan spread his hands, ”But that doesn’t contradict my conclusion, does it?

”What I mean is, the survival rate of this game is actually quite high.

”Your statement only further proves that the survival rate of this game is actually even higher than I imagined.

”Those sensitive to text who can see through language traps won’t die.”Those who understand some probability and can make rational decisions won’t die.

”Even those who understand nothing but simply have reverence for life and compassion won’t die.

”Only those who recklessly fire five shots at an innocent person would die.

”Even being a beast should have limits, right?”

Fu Chen thought for a moment, ”Perhaps the Gallery itself encourages ’tolerance’? The more tolerant the game, the higher the rating? This seems somewhat unreasonable too.”

Li Renshu looked at the big screen, ”We can spend 24 hours of visa time to exchange for this case’s player information and results report.”

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head slightly, ”Is it necessary?

”This game isn’t complex, we’ve analyzed it pretty thoroughly.

”24 hours of visa time is too precious. I’m afraid no one would be willing to spend this money on completely meaningless information.

”What if we find out the player survived unharmed in the end? Wouldn’t that be a huge loss?”

Li Renshu asked back, ”What if he died?”

Cai Zhiyuan was stunned, ”Died? Isn’t the probability too low?

”And even if he really died, besides proving he’s a beast, what else could it prove?”

Fu Chen thought seriously for a moment, ”24 hours of visa time sounds like a lot, but if we 12 people split it evenly, 2 hours per person for intelligence would be barely acceptable.”

Wang Yongxin was the first to express his position, ”I don’t agree.”

Human resources manager Xu Tong also shook her head, ”I don’t agree either.”

Wang Yongxin added, ”I don’t disagree because I’m stingy. The key is that visa time is precious right now, and we must consider the input-output ratio when using it.

”Moreover, this place doesn’t allow trading visa time in any way. How would we split the cost?”

Fu Chen sighed silently. Obviously, this kind of cost-sharing plan was basically impossible to implement.

Although motions could be proposed according to the rules, this motion would be hard to get more than half the support.

Li Renshu looked at Cao Haichuan again, ”Officer Cao, do you think the player who participated in this game could survive in the end?”

Cao Haichuan played with his lighter, was silent for a moment, then said, ”Hard to say. But I’m inclined to think not.”

Li Renshu pressed, ”Why?”

Cao Haichuan spread his hands, ”Can’t give a good reason. Intuition.”

Li Renshu nodded, ”Good, that’s enough.”

She stood up directly, ”I’m willing to spend 24 hours of my own visa time to exchange for the relevant information.”

Cai Zhiyuan was stunned, looked at her, but could only spread his hands, ”Well, it’s your visa time. How you want to spend it is your freedom.”

Li Renshu walked straight to the big screen, ”I want to purchase information related to ’Redemption Roulette’.”

[Please go to any vending machine to deduct visa time.]

Li Renshu went to a nearby vending machine and swiped her visa. As the payment was deducted, relevant information also appeared on the big screen.

[Player Information:]

[Wei Xinjian, male, 37 years old.]

[Due to business failure, raced on a road with a 40km/h speed limit in the city center, killing a couple on the roadside on the spot.]

[Judgment Result: Sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for traffic accident crime. Has completed sentence and been released.]

[Game Process:]

[First, second, third, fourth, sixth shots: shot at innocent person.]

[Fifth shot: shot at himself.]

[Second and fourth shots: hesitated and pointed gun at himself, but ultimately changed his mind.]

[Final Result: Death.]

”Ah?”

”This?!”

Everyone was in an uproar.

Obviously this result was completely beyond their expectations.

Cao Haichuan slammed his lighter on the table with a ”snap,” and his usually nonchalant expression became serious, ”This intelligence purchase was really worth it. It seems many of our previous conclusions need to be overturned.”

As a criminal investigator, Cao Haichuan hadn’t shown much serious expression before, giving people a somewhat careless feeling, even carrying the aura of a greasy middle-aged man.

But when he became serious, he seemed to wear a special aura, his voice low and steady, giving people an inexplicable sense of security.

”Actually our previous discussion was fine. The game in this case indeed has little killing power for ordinary people.

”Whether noticing the language trap, understanding some probability, or just having a bit of compassion, it would only be a close call without dying in the game.

”But this game was like it was specially prepared for this person called Wei Xinjian.

”It’s actually a ’selfish people must die’ game.

”Perhaps this extremely strong targeting is one of the important reasons it was rated S by the Gallery.”

”A game where selfish people must die?”

Fu Chen carefully pondered this phrase, showing a thoughtful expression on his face.

Cao Haichuan looked at Wei Xinjian’s information on the big screen.

”Just now we were wondering what kind of beast could fire five shots at an innocent person?

”Obviously, this person is the beast we were talking about.

”Of course, using the word ’beast’ is too broad. More accurately, this is an extremely selfish person who extremely disregards others’ lives.

”Otherwise, he couldn’t have raced in a busy area, killed two people, and still shown no remorse.”

Cai Zhiyuan interrupted his speech, ”Wait, Officer Cao, how do you know he showed no remorse? The information doesn’t seem to say that.”

Cao Haichuan subconsciously wanted to reach for cigarettes but restrained himself again.

”Because that’s what the game tested.

”What’s the key to breaking this game? Is it the text trap? Or probability?

”Actually, the key is ’reverence for life.’

”Wei Xinjian is himself a criminal, the murderer who killed a couple.

”Sitting across from him in the game is an innocent person.

”If Wei Xinjian had sincerely repented during those three years in prison, he should understand to place the innocent person’s life above his own.

”In that case, both he and the innocent person could be saved.

”But obviously, even with a 1/6 or 1/5 probability of death, he was unwilling to bear it, choosing instead to point the gun at the innocent person.

”The more such a person is, the faster he dies in this game.”

Everyone nodded.

Some even showed expressions of satisfaction, as if thinking ”he deserved it.”

Cao Haichuan continued, ”Not only that, the designer of this game very precisely grasped Wei Xinjian’s human nature.

”Wei Xinjian actually had two chances to survive.

”During the second and fourth shots, he did turn the gun toward himself, showing some wavering in his heart.

”But he ultimately couldn’t pull the trigger.

”This isn’t a coincidence.”