Zheng Jie suddenly had a feeling of enlightennt.
"That’s right! How could Gao Jialiang have prophetically known that ‘Dislikes’ would also beco a specific resource!
"Even if he vaguely had such a guess, it would be impossible to so firmly put it into practice imdiately, right?"
Now he understood why Lin Sizhi had hinted for everyone to check the like-dislike ratios of so players.
Because the stronger the player, the more they would tend to receive more likes and fewer dislikes.
For example, Lu Xinyi was like this.
As long as strong players like them wanted more likes, they would definitely find a way.
Whether using personal charm or buying with money, as long as they established relatively stable eting partners, they could steadily obtain ‘Likes.’
Since they could get more likes, it ant that in others’ eyes, they were very charming people willing to get along friendly, so the probability of receiving dislikes would be lower.
Because likes and dislikes were two extres of attitude, in an inverse relationship.
Of course, this like-dislike ratio had to be strictly limited to the first 4 hours, because in the latter 4 hours everyone realized ‘Dislikes’ were also killing resources, and there would be situations of exchanging dislikes that would interfere with the data.
In the 12 etings of the first 4 hours, getting 10 likes and 1 dislike was normal, getting 7 likes and 0 dislikes was also normal.
The latter might be because the eting partner had already given their likes to others, and couldn’t give likes even if they wanted to when they had no extra likes left but the situation of 6 likes and 5 dislikes was absolutely abnormal.
Unless this player actively sought ‘Dislikes’ after discovering the other party had no ‘Likes.’
Moreover, ’etings’ were different from ’talent shows.’
If it were talent show activities, actively seeking ‘Dislikes’ could still make sense, after all it could be explained as "black-red is also red."
But eting activities were more like blind dates. Would normal people indiscriminately seek dislikes in blind date activities? This didn’t conform to general behavioral logic.
Thinking about it now, Gao Jialiang appearing on the talent show stage so early showed that like Zheng Jie, he hadn’t received any ‘Likes’ in his first two etings. Was this reasonable?
Not getting any the second ti could be explained as the other party having already voted and having no likes left, but in the first eting, as long as he encountered a female player, a handso guy like him couldn’t possibly not receive any.
So the only reason was:
Gao Jialiang deliberately collected more dislikes early on, wanting to get himself on the talent show first to earn an extra 3 likes from the talent show.
This had additional benefits: after the killing rules were updated 4 hours later, talent shows would beco dangerous. Players who participated in talent shows earlier would be safer.
On the large screen, Lin Sizhi didn’t stop but continued speaking.
"Of course, Gao Jialiang could also argue that he had a sudden inspiration, guessing that ‘Dislikes’ might play a role in the latter 4 hours of the ga, so he sought ‘Dislikes’ when he couldn’t obtain ‘Likes.’
"Then how do we explain Fang Wencong’s data?"
As Lin Sizhi spoke, two more pieces of data were broadcast.
[In the first 4 hours, the number of ‘Likes’ Community 1’s Fang Wencong obtained through etings, as a ratio of the total ‘Likes’ and ‘Dislikes’ obtained through etings: ’11%’.]
[In the first 4 hours, after Community 1 player Fang Wencong entered eting rooms, the ratio of pressing the paynt button before his counterpart: ’100%’.]
"Fang Wencong always pressed the paynt button first without any negotiation with his counterpart. As for what exactly he pressed, everyone can roughly guess.
"After all, his ‘Likes’ ratio in the ’total likes and dislikes’ was only 11%, which also shows he was actively seeking dislikes.
"’1/9=11%.’ That ans in 12 etings, he received 1 like and 8 dislikes.
"I was once matched with him. At that ti his attitude was good, he not only took a bottle of mineral water but also said this bottle was for the female player he was eting to drink.
"Such a player, even if he looked sowhat thin and couldn’t be called handso, surely wouldn’t harvest so many ‘Dislikes,’ right?
"Most female players, even if they disliked their counterpart, wouldn’t deliberately click ‘Dislike,’ after all ‘Dislikes’ were only obtained once per hour. If they just generally disliked soone, they would most likely leave without rating.
"So I guess when facing male and female players, he mostly showed two completely different faces, and that bottle of mineral water most likely didn’t serve the purpose he claid.
"Considering that female talent show perforrs had appeared with water stains on their chests, I guess Fang Wencong’s mineral water was most likely poured directly on the female players who ca to et with him.
"This wouldn’t count as violent behavior and wouldn’t trigger violations, but it could almost guarantee he would receive ‘Dislikes.’
"Because for ordinary players, ‘Likes’ are easy to give out, but ‘Dislikes’ are not easy to give out. Players who consciously seek dislikes, except for the few cases where the other party truly has no dislikes, can almost certainly get their wish."
Zheng Jie thought about it. Indeed, from his own gaming experience in the first half, ‘Likes’ were easy to give out when encountering friendly players, while ‘Dislikes’ were only given when encountering particularly terrible players.
Most people should have more remaining ‘Dislikes’ than ’likes,’ especially in the early stages of the ga.
So seeking dislikes was much easier than seeking likes.
Lin Sizhi continued, "Of course, I don’t think Fang Wencong poured water on everyone he t. That would be too deliberate.
"I guess he mostly first actively pressed the ’You Pay’ button, attempted verbal argunts, and if the other party had a good temper and still wouldn’t give dislikes, then he would pour water to force the other party to give dislikes.
"I can’t verify the specific behaviors of Gao Jialiang and Fang Wencong, but the female players who were matched with them can think back carefully about whether they really did this.
"If only one player in this ga realized to actively seek dislikes in the first 4 hours, then I would tend to think he was most likely the ’God’s Imitator,’ with a small probability of being an innocent player who had a sudden inspiration.
"But now, the only two players who realized they should actively seek ‘Dislikes’ in the first 4 hours both appeared in Community 1. Could this be a coincidence?
"In a situation where players from the sa community couldn’t communicate with each other after entering the ga, there’s only one conclusion:
"They already knew the ga rules before entering the ga.
"The identities of the two male players who initially killed Zeng Shiya and Liu Lin are naturally determined.
"It’s those two.
"Although other male players might also have collected 5 dislikes early or had killing motives due to being cheated of money, they most likely couldn’t break through their psychological barriers so quickly.
"In fact, in many subsequent etings, there were no more murder attempts against female players.
"The third female player to die was Zhao Duo, and there was a full hour gap between her death and the previous two female players."
Zheng Jie couldn’t help but understand, "That’s right!"
Actually, during the eting when those two female players died, he had already encountered that slovenly uncle Jiao Hongtao.
Jiao Hongtao had been cheated of visa ti, received many dislikes, and had threatened revenge during the eting.
Although two female players died in that eting, Jiao Hongtao was eting with Zheng Jie and couldn’t possibly be the killer.
After that, for a long ti, there were no more cases of female player deaths.
This ant that although Jiao Hongtao had such thoughts, he had been experiencing psychological struggles and didn’t imdiately act, instead using so of his dislikes to send data.
Of course, regarding Zhao Duo’s later death, Zheng Jie wasn’t sure if it was Jiao Hongtao’s doing but regardless, this was enough to confirm Lin Sizhi’s statent: the deaths of the initial two female players were abnormal.
More like preditated.
On the large screen, Lin Sizhi continued, "I think many people might also be speculating whether there’s a ’God’s Imitator’ in this ga fanning the flas. But currently, there really isn’t anyone who obviously fits the characteristics of a ’ga designer.’
"The conflicts and mutual harm between players also seem like a natural slippery slope, spontaneous player behavior, without specific external forces intervening.
"But now everyone should understand: the reason we can’t find one person with the most suspicion is because in this ga, the ’God’s Imitator’ is not fighting alone.
"She turned her community into a ’black shop,’ revealing ga rules to players from the sa community before entering the ga and assigning specific tasks.
"She distributed the three tasks of killing, inciting, and broadcasting data to different players.
"Not only that, after Community 1 players matched with female players from other communities, they kept inciting them to make hateful speeches against male players during talent shows.
"So other communities, to profit from this, also fueled this chaos.
"The real victims are those players who can’t see through the situation.
"Zhao Duo was like this. The thoughtless words she said on the talent show stage were incited by other female players. These words brought Zhao Duo fatal disaster, while the real culprit got to stay out of it."
Lin Sizhi paused briefly and continued: "So why do I think Gao Jialiang is not the imitator but rely an accomplice?
"The reason is simple: I believe that when the imitator personally participates in this ga and has absolute dominance within the community, she would play the ’safest’ role, taking the least risk.
"Zhong Yuanyuan is the safest person in all of Community 1. She has neither actively sought dislikes, nor sent broadcasts, nor actively killed anyone.
"The other three took on different tasks respectively.
"If Community 1 is really a black shop, then even if Zhong Yuanyuan was forced to participate in this ga due to insufficient visa ti, the imitator would definitely assign her specific tasks, such as sending inflammatory broadcasts.
"It would be impossible to allow her to win by lying flat while doing nothing.
"Only the imitator herself could have such privilege.
"So I believe the imitator who designed this ga is Zhong Yuanyuan.
"Of course, I might also guess wrong.
"There are other possibilities, such as Zhong Yuanyuan actually being innocent, and the imitator actually being among the other three people in Community 1.
"But even if I guessed wrong, it doesn’t matter. Next ti during talent shows or etings, everyone can just kill all the other Community 1 players together.
"I’m finished speaking. Her fate is decided by you."
After Lin Sizhi finished speaking, the 5-minute countdown for the talent show also just ended.
The audio system switched to Zhong Yuanyuan.
She was already scared pale, and when the audio system switched to her side, she didn’t react for a mont.
Zhong Yuanyuan froze for several seconds before hurriedly speaking in her own defense.
"Everyone listen to , there’s absolutely no such thing, I don’t know what he’s talking about at all..."
However, before she could finish her words, the sound abruptly stopped.
[Perforr No. 2 has accumulated over 20 ’Boring’ votes, performance forcibly terminated.]
[Perforr No. 2 Zhong Yuanyuan will suffer instant death penalty.]
Zhong Yuanyuan felt a sharp pain from her wrist. She looked in disbelief as a black line crawled up along her artery, then felt dizzy and collapsed in front of the talent show cara.
[Perforr No. 1 has accumulated 26 ’Interesting’ votes, gaining an additional 2 ’Likes’.]
[Perforr No. 2 has accumulated 0 ’Interesting’ votes, gaining an additional 0 ’Likes’.]
[The ’God’s Imitator’ who designed this ga has died, the ga will enter settlent early.]
[All surviving players will equally split all the imitator’s visa ti.]
[Ga Over.]
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