God's Imitator

According to the game rules, Spectator 11 spoke first.

If his accusation was established, they would directly enter the voting phase. If not established, subsequent spectators would continue with their accusations.

”Among all the punishments suffered by inner field players, Fu Chen’s was the most severe. If no other players helped share the burden, it would almost certainly result in death or disability, with the highest probability of death.

”And the form of this punishment is also very similar to ’jumping off a building.’

”Considering that the ’Repair Shop’ represents places like ’Internet Addiction Treatment Centers,’ and Fu Yujun’s crime is related to ’jumping off a building,’ I believe Fu Yujun should be directly associated with institutions similar to ’Internet Addiction Treatment Centers’ and may be directly or indirectly involved in loss of life.”

However, this time a harsh error sound effect came from the small screen.

[Spectator 11’s accusation is not established. 30,000 minutes of visa time will be deducted.]

[Spectator 17 continues with the accusation.]

A moment later, a female voice came through the broadcast.

Yang Yuting pricked up her ears to listen carefully. Due to the interference of the broadcast effect, this voice had some differences from Li Renshu’s original voice.But since they were from the same community after all, Yang Yuting was very familiar with Li Renshu’s speaking habits, so she could still confirm that Spectator 17 was Li Renshu.

”Obviously, the punishment that directly reflects ’Internet Addiction Treatment Centers’ is the ’Electric Shock’ that Jiao Hai encountered.

”However, I’ve also encountered Jiao Hongtao in other games and don’t believe Jiao Hongtao was a core staff member of such institutions. He very likely only worked as a security guard or similar related work.

”As for Fu Yujun’s crime, it can be confirmed that it is indeed related to ’jumping off a building.’

”Among the three types of equipment in the game, ’Gas Station,’ ’Repair Shop,’ and ’Modification Shop,’ all can improve the car pen’s performance, but they have significant differences in terms of ’creating cracks.’

”So I believe the ’Modification Shop’ represents Internet Addiction Treatment Centers, while the ’Repair Shop’ is a place with slightly less harm, for example, those schools that strictly practice militarized management, commonly known as ’gaokao factories.’

”Places like these actually have more incidents of people jumping off buildings.

”Because people at Internet Addiction Treatment Centers are very clear about what they’re doing and almost never give children the opportunity to jump off buildings. The deaths that occur are basically all due to beatings or electric shocks. But at ordinary schools, jumping off buildings isn’t very common either.

”I guess Fu Yujun might work as a teacher, dean of students, or similar position at a school like a ’gaokao factory.’

”However... even if such schools may indeed have had incidents of people jumping off buildings, I don’t think this counts as his crime.

”As a father, he was able to allow Fu Chen to pursue freelance work and educated Fu Chen very well. This fully demonstrates that he has a kind nature at heart.

”But in order to support his family, he most likely couldn’t change his profession or change the school’s environment.

”So I believe it falls under ’circumstances beyond control, excusable circumstances.’”

[Spectator 17’s accusation is established.]

[Now, please all spectators conduct a public trial vote to determine ’guilty’ or ’not guilty.’]

Yang Yuting hurriedly pressed ’not guilty,’ but this time a harsh prompt sounded.

[Conscience violation triggered. 20,000 minutes of visa time will be deducted from you.]

Yang Yuting felt somewhat helpless. The Gallery’s conscience judgment was still too accurate.

Actually, deep down she didn’t completely agree with Li Renshu’s statement. In order to support one’s family, was there really absolutely no way to change one’s profession? Could Fu Yujun really feel no guilt toward those children at the school who chose to leap from high buildings and end their own lives?

Deep in Yang Yuting’s heart, she didn’t think so.

However, she could accept this result. It was equivalent to using 20,000 minutes of visa time to buy a ’not guilty’ vote.

This wasn’t exactly a losing deal.

Having come this far, Yang Yuting completely understood why Li Renshu had made such a choice.

Clearly, this was a ’protective accusation.’

Because the game process wouldn’t reveal players’ specific files, and when spectators guessed crimes, they didn’t need to be absolutely accurate. As long as the general range was right, it would be judged as an established accusation.

In other words, spectators making accusations could guide other spectators’ votes to a certain extent.

The same behavior, expressed with different wording, could very likely produce completely opposite effects.

In a situation where more than one player had already chosen to accuse, if Li Renshu’s accusation was established, it could cut off subsequent players’ accusations and guide other spectators to vote ’not guilty’ for Fu Yujun as much as possible.

This was much better than leaving everything completely to fate.

[Voting concluded. Fu Yujun received 12 ’guilty’ votes.]

[The fourth ’public trial’ player, Peng Hong.]

[Spectator 19 has filed an accusation against Peng Hong.]

”The crime is obvious, right? Peng Xinyuan’s punishment was ’Production Line,’ and the corresponding equipment should be the ’Car Rental.’ The metaphor should also be very clear.

”After all, news about certain schools cooperating with electronics factories to exploit students has been endless.

”Actually, just from the danger level of the punishment, Peng Hong is most likely just an ordinary unscrupulous boss and probably hasn’t caused any deaths.

”And judging from his performance in the game, although Peng Hong isn’t very educated, he’s also a competent father.

”But...”

Spectator 19’s tone shifted, ”Peng Hong said that Peng Xinyuan wasn’t cut out for studying, so he found ways to send Peng Xinyuan abroad to study. And indeed, Peng Xinyuan is a good kid. Although he’s somewhat inferior to Chen Ran, he’s also loyal and responsible.

”But what makes me especially uncomfortable is precisely this.

”Where did the tuition for Peng Xinyuan’s study abroad come from?

”Wasn’t it squeezed out penny by penny from those children who were sold by the school to intern at factories?

”Two children in the same situation, one tightening screws in a factory, earning wages lower than temporary workers, while the other studies overseas, living a completely different life.

”And a large portion of the latter’s money comes from the former.

”Simply because the latter is the boss’s son.

”Perhaps this boss is a good father, but it absolutely cannot be called ’excusable circumstances.’”

Clearly, a worse situation had emerged.

Spectator 19 obviously had certain ill will toward Peng Hong, and this ill will was accurately conveyed to all spectators during the accusation process.

[Spectator 19’s accusation is established.]

[Voting concluded. Peng Hong received 14 ’guilty’ votes.]

[The fifth ’public trial’ player, Wu Xiaomei.]

Time passed second by second, and no one had accused Wu Xiaomei for the time being.

From the game content perspective, Wu Xiaomei was the most successful outer field player, having obtained the most funding for Chen Ran.

Whether it was bidding for the car pen, signing the ’live and die together’ contract, or voting, Wu Xiaomei had done a lot.

Chen Ran was the inner field player who completed the ’Track in the picture’ the most times. This was naturally due to her own efforts, but Wu Xiaomei’s help was also indispensable.

Moreover, there were already many spectators who bet on Wu Xiaomei. They were about to receive excessive returns, so naturally they had no reason to accuse her.

But Yang Yuting pressed the button in the last second.

[Spectator 16 has filed an accusation against Wu Xiaomei.]