God's imitator

Chapter 50

Cai Zhiyuan struggled to push the horizontal bar, gritting his teeth and looking ferocious.

Wang Yongxin's situation is even worse; during the second trial game of "Hanging Streetlights," the game time will increase by 5 minutes.

Although this time may seem short, it is added directly at the end. Extending the time by another 5 minutes when you are already exhausted will drastically increase the danger level.

If Wang Yongxin's body suddenly loses strength and completely loses support, with all the weight of his body pressing on his neck, he will suffocate and fall into a coma in a very short time, and even a miracle would be impossible to save him.

The only good news is that they both had enough rest to keep going.

Ding Wenqiang's expression was somewhat complicated. He found it hard to imagine how he would face the two of them when he returned to the community.

There's nothing I can do; that's how the game is played. I was just doing what most players would do.

The rest of the community... should be able to understand, right?
Just then, the broadcast came on again.

[Viewer #1 tipped Ding Wenqiang 5000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: "Kill them all, 100,000."]

……

These five simple words exploded in Ding Wenqiang's mind like a thunderclap.

Kill them all, 100,000!

A visa with 100,000 minutes of processing time is approximately 70 days, and it represents a huge sum of money that Ding Wenqiang had never seen before since entering the New World.

But if I were to kill Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin, how would I face the other people in the community when I returned?
In the game "King's Trial", there were people from the 17 community who watched the entire game as spectators.

Even without an audience, players in the 17 community will inevitably search for information about the game, and Ding Wenqiang's actions will still be fully exposed.

It's impossible to hide it from the public.

Well... shall we not hide it?

What if you say that the game mechanics killed them, that the game designers killed them, and that you were just helpless?

After Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin completed this trial game, there are still 2 games left to go in the 10-game trial game.

The three have already played two rounds of the trial game, and the third round carries an extremely high risk of death.

In other words, there is a high probability that two people will die.

Picking an unlucky guy from either Cai Zhiyuan or Wang Yongxin and having him die in a trial game seems like a difficult way to explain to others after he returns to the community.

Moreover, given their current injuries, it's uncertain whether they will be able to sustain themselves after returning to the community.

Since that's the case, why not just go all the way?
Ding Wenqiang had already taken one of Zhang Peng's lives, and at this point, he was somewhat resigned to his fate.

But he quickly shook his head.

No, that won't do. There's a difference between one death and two deaths. If either Cai Zhiyuan or Wang Yongxin dies, we can at least try to argue that it's a problem with the game mechanics. But if both of them die, it just doesn't make sense.

It's not worth it to risk social death in Community 17 and be permanently isolated by other players for 100,000 minutes of visa time.

They may participate in similar team-based games in the future, which will further reduce the survival probability of lone wolf players.

However, just as Ding Wenqiang had finally finished his ideological work and decided to reject Player 1's proposal, more broadcast voices rang out.

[Viewer #1 tipped Ding Wenqiang 5000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: "Kill them all, 100,000."]

[Viewer #7 tipped Ding Wenqiang 5000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: "Kill them all, 100,000."]

[Viewer #2 tipped Ding Wenqiang 5000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: "Kill them all, 100,000."]

[Viewer #8 tipped Ding Wenqiang 5000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: "Kill them all, 100,000."]

[Viewer #3 tipped Ding Wenqiang 2000 minutes of visa processing time, with the message: Calm down!]

[Viewer #9 tipped Ding Wenqiang 4000 minutes of visa processing time, with the added message: They're lying!]

Various tips and messages began to flood the screen, and Ding Wenqiang's mind was thrown into chaos once again.

If all five audience members make the same commitment, that would be 500,000 minutes of visa time.

It's been almost a year!
Based on the current situation, it seems that only the trial game for criminals is mandatory in the arcade, while the others are voluntary.

During this year, Ding Wenqiang could have lived a carefree life, avoiding any dangerous arcade games and enjoying life peacefully in the community.

Buy whatever you want.

The feeling of security—living a life of revelry and revelry in the safe zone while watching others struggle in the death game—is indescribable.

This might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; once missed, it may never come again. If I could actually get a full year's visa, what would it matter if I were ostracized by the entire community?

Given the frequency with which the trial games are constantly being launched in the arcade, can these people in Community 17 really survive a year?

If these people die one after another throughout the year, who will know what they were doing at that time?

Ding Wenqiang was indeed moved.

But then he thought about it again and realized that wasn't right.

Because the 10 minutes of visa time promised by these viewers are still just empty promises.

According to the game's mechanics, these viewers could freely tip Ding Wenqiang and attach messages, but such promises were not actually bound by the rules.

In other words, one can change their mind at will.

They promised 100,000 minutes for the visa interview, but in the end they didn't give it to him, and Ding Wenqiang was helpless.

Although these viewers have been very trustworthy so far, quickly paying the balance for the promised 10,000 minutes of visa time each time, who can guarantee they won't go back on their word this time?
That's 100,000 minutes of visa processing time, after all.

Ding Wenqiang vaguely guessed that the audience might have some special game mechanics that allowed them to earn a lot of visa time, and a large part of that profit was contingent on the mass death of prisoners.

That's why the audience is willing to spend so much money.

Like a flock of vultures, circling in the air, waiting to descend and feast on the savage corpses after the brutal war ends.

The problem is that Ding Wenqiang doesn't know exactly how much these viewers can gain from it, so he can't be sure how credible their empty promise is.

If the audience can earn 200,000, then a reward of 100,000 is reasonable.

If viewers can only earn 50,000, then offering a 100,000 reward is simply a scam.

Although audience member number 9 also sent the message "They are lying", is that message necessarily true?
These audience members were simply numbered from 1 to 10, and Ding Wenqiang couldn't tell who they were at all, so he naturally couldn't determine which person's words were more credible.

Besides, what difference does it make whether he listens to the audience or not? He is the king, and ultimately, it is up to him to make the decision.

When you're an employee, you can only listen to your boss, but when you become a king, you have to listen to the audience? Does that mean you're destined to be someone else's puppet for the rest of your life?

Want to take a gamble?
The offer would be very tempting if just two or three of the audience members kept their promise.

……

Seeing Ding Wenqiang deep in thought, with a conflicted expression flashing across his face from time to time, Wang Yongxin's heart sank.

If he could, he would shout right now that he should transfer all the visa time he earned in the last game to Ding Wenqiang to buy back his life.

Unfortunately, he could neither transfer his visa time nor shout.

As his strength waned, he felt his body growing heavier and heavier, and the noose around his neck was tightening.

Unable to utter a sound, he could only pray in despair.

……

New broadcasts began playing in Lin Sizhi's room.

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[Visitor number 5 has had 10000 minutes of visa time deducted.]