As usual, Lin Sizhi got up and went to the hall, where he found everyone sitting silently.
"Morning."
Lin Sizhi, as usual, bought breakfast from the vending machine and sat down at an empty spot at the long table.
Zheng Jie couldn't wait any longer and was the first to speak: "Lawyer Lin, you're finally awake! Such a big event happened, and yet you can still sleep so long!"
"We had a brief discussion and ca to a preliminary conclusion... Cai Zhiyuan is the Imitator of the 'King's Judgent.'
"But I really can't understand, why?
"Why would the Walkway allow the Imitator to design their own Judgnt ga? Moreover, Cai Zhiyuan almost died in that ga; is it worth risking his life to fulfill the Walkway's criteria?"
Clearly, in the more than two hours before Lin Sizhi woke up, everyone had engaged in so discussion and reasoning and reached a preliminary conclusion.
But this conclusion is also a key confusion for everyone.
——Many never suspected Cai Zhiyuan because the logic of 'he is the Imitator of the King's Judgnt' is hard to comprehend.
Lin Sizhi took a sip of coffee and asked, "Did he really almost die in the ga?"
"Think again.
"'Exhausted Pursuit' is actually an absolutely safe cell, because the penalty in multiple rounds of the ga is 'progressively increasing electric shock intensity.'
"However, the force needed to push the lever and the strength of the electric shock are actually hidden states, not explicit.
"The ga rules only state 'do not stop,' but pushing slowly is fine.
"So, even if the shock intensity increases in multiple gas, as long as you can keep pushing the lever, you're certainly safe."
Qin Yao asked, "But during the earlier 'Farr's Walk' phase, Cai Zhiyuan had it worst, being stabbed twice for overti, and if it exceeds twice the ti, he would face an instant death penalty.
"Was he deliberately lagging behind? It doesn't make sense, does it?"
Lin Sizhi shook his head, "Deliberately lagging doesn't seem to be the case, but he must have held back so reserve strength.
"During the third leg of the journey, Ding Wenqiang compressed the ti to 29 seconds, and when Cai Zhiyuan finally reached the end, there was actually about a 20-second margin.
"Being stabbed just makes him look bloody and scary; the external injuries aren't serious at all, nowhere near life-threatening.
"But this arrangent nicely clears him of suspicion and ensures he can definitely enter the absolutely safe cell No. 1."
Qin Yao pondered, "According to the replay analysis at the ti...
"Uncle Ding felt a bit guilty towards Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin after the 'Farr's Walk' phase.
"So when the bloody Cai Zhiyuan volunteered to enter cell No. 1, he'd almost certainly agree, right?
"But I still don't quite understand why he needs to go to such lengths.
"If he's the Imitator, why not create a simple Judgnt ga for himself?"
Lin Sizhi shook his head, "That's the blind spot that cos from not using an Imitator's mindset to think.
"Let's assu now, we return to the night when the Walkway sent out the 'King's Judgent' ga invitations.
"You're Cai Zhiyuan, realizing you're also a sinner to be judged.
"At this point, you actually have three different choices.
"First, do nothing.
"Second, design a simple Judgnt ga that's very easy for you to pass.
"Third, design the 'King's Judgnt.'"
Everyone contemplated silently for a while.
Wei Yinzhang explained, "Actually, from Cai Zhiyuan's perspective, to ensure his safety, he could only choose the third option.
"Firstly, doing nothing is definitely not an option because there are many Imitators.
"If you do nothing, then other Imitators will design targeted Judgnt gas, which would be leaving your fate to chance, with a high probability of death.
"Secondly, designing a simple, easy-to-pass Judgnt ga seems like the obvious choice.
"But the problem is, the Walkway has an audit chanism, and among several different Judgnt gas, it will choose the one with the highest rating and difficulty.
"Designing a simple, easy-to-pass sche likely results in the sa outco as the first choice: putting your fate in other Imitators' hands."
Yang Yuting had another thought, "Wait, sothing seems off.
"Wasn't that the first Judgnt ga we experienced?
"How could Cai Zhiyuan be sure that the harder ga would definitely be chosen?
"Before, we only experienced 'Blood Poker,' but that ga wasn't very hard, since it was an Allocation Ga."
Wei Yinzhang shook his head, "This is simple logical reasoning.
"Assu the Walkway might choose a 'simple plan' or a 'difficult plan,' each with a 50% chance, then there are only a few scenarios:
"First, you give a simple plan, others give a difficult plan, Walkway chooses your simple plan, that's certainly a win-win;
"Second, you give a simple plan, but Walkway chooses a difficult plan, that's the worst scenario, forcing you into others' dangerous ga design;
"Third, you give a difficult plan, others give a simple plan, Walkway chooses the simple plan, which is still acceptable;
"Fourth, you give a difficult plan, and Walkway chooses the difficult plan, but since it's your own ga, you can precisely control the loopholes.
"So, on comprehensive analysis, even with a '50% chance of Walkway choosing a simple plan' premise, the optimal choice remains 'offering a difficult plan.'
"Moreover, based on common sense, Walkway wouldn't let overly simple plans pass inspection; people were brought to the New World not for a holiday.
"I think, for Cai Zhiyuan, this would be an obvious issue.
"Designing a dangerous Judgnt ga for yourself seems counterintuitive but is the safest choice within Walkway's rule frawork."
Lin Sizhi added, "Actually, I also received the ga invitation back then.
"I did design a non-lethal Judgnt ga for three of our community players, but it didn't get selected.
"If Cai Zhiyuan made the sa choice as I did, he'd only end up with the sa result."
Many faces displayed surprise.
Though information appeared on the big screen, it didn't really cent Lin Sizhi as the Imitator.
If Lin Sizhi truly wished to keep covering up, there are still ways to do it.
For instance, using 'other Imitators simultaneously targeted two people' as an excuse.
Even if other players had accumulated enough suspicion, as long as Lin Sizhi was willing, others wouldn't dare to expose him, and they'd have to continue maintaining the status quo.
But he chose to lay the cards on the table.
However, for the other players, this revelation was sowhat relieving.
Being forced to cooperate with a strong actor is indeed quite a painful matter.
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