God's imitator

Chapter 552 Testing
In the sixth round of the game, Zheng Chunhua met Qin Cheng again.

"How is the patient doing?" Zheng Chunhua asked.

Qin Cheng answered truthfully: "There was one infected person, but fortunately the other patients were quite vigilant, so he was unable to infect more people."

"He has already obtained the medication, so the patients in Zone D should be safe for now."

How are things on your end?

Zheng Chunhua said, "We received three more bottles of Class M drugs, two unopened and one opened."

"We can roughly determine that the price of the M-class drug is around 1400, while the other three drugs are indeed much cheaper."

"Also... Chen Guangming doesn't plan to sell me any M-class drugs."

Zheng Chunhua briefly recounted her encounters with Chen Guangming and Bai Zhilan in the previous two rounds of the game.

"Overall, it's alright. If Bai Zhilan brings a few more bottles of Class M drugs in the next round of the game, I'll buy them even if they're a bit more expensive."

"This should be enough for Zone D as long as there is no large-scale spread of infected individuals."

"After all, there are five pills in each bottle, and three pills are enough to cure an infected person."

However, Qin Cheng frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Something's not right.

Something's not right.

"Uncle Zheng, where's the sample bottle Bai Zhilan gave you? Let me see it."

Zheng Chunhua, unaware of the reason, handed the opened bottle of Class M drugs to Qin Cheng.

Qin Cheng poured out the white pills and examined them carefully in his palm.

Then he took out another piece and examined it carefully.

"C18NO4, these are all Class O drugs."

Bai Zhilan is testing you.

"I'm afraid she's not a benevolent player either."

Qin Cheng reluctantly put the white pills back into the bottle.

Zheng Chunhua was stunned for a moment: "How could that be?"

He quickly grabbed the medicine bottle, examined the pills carefully in his hand, and sure enough, the molecular formula on these pills was C18NO4, which meant that they were not M-class drugs at all, but O-class drugs.

There is only one explanation: Bai Zhilan deliberately switched them.

Zheng Chunhua quickly said, "But I only bought this bottle of medicine at a very low price, and I didn't hold the medicine in my hand to examine it carefully."

"This shouldn't have given anything away, right?"

Qin Cheng shook his head: "No, the fact that you're willing to buy this medicine already says something."

"If you have absolutely no idea how to identify pills, then when she gives you this opened bottle of medicine, your most reasonable reaction should be to refuse it outright."

"If you accept this, there are only two interpretations:"

"First, you can't distinguish these pills, but you're someone who easily trusts other players;

"Secondly, you have a way of distinguishing these pills."

"It is obvious that the latter is more likely. Bai Zhilan has probably already determined that you have the ability to distinguish these pills and has confirmed that you know the prototype of these drugs, that is, you know their effects and side effects."

Zheng Chunhua was stunned. He hadn't thought much about it when he took the bottle of medicine from Bai Zhilan.

He simply thought that as long as he didn't deliberately take out the pills and look at the ingredients under a light source, he wouldn't reveal any information. But now it seems that this idea was too simplistic.

"If she wasn't a player with good intentions, she wouldn't have cooperated with me later, right?"
"What should I do? Pretend I don't know anything, or..."

Zheng Chunhua was even more confused.

Qin Cheng lowered his head and considered for a moment: "I can't think of a good solution for now. You can only pretend you don't know and try to trick her into selling you some more drugs, but she might not fall for it."

"If we assume the worst-case scenario, we can only hold on by sheer willpower."

"That is, to use the available M-class drugs to save all patients as much as possible."

"At that point, it will be up to us and the sales team to see who can't hold on any longer."

"After all, Chen Guangming's claim that he has completely connected with Area C, and Bai Zhilan's claim that the auditors in Area A have purchased large quantities of Class M drugs, are not necessarily true."

……

In the seventh round of the game, Zheng Chunhua met Bai Zhilan again.

Hello, Uncle!

Bai Zhilan sat down opposite her, still looking optimistic, cheerful, and full of energy, just like the last time they met, seemingly radiating friendliness.

But it's clear that if she were truly as she appears, she wouldn't have deliberately switched the medication to test the waters.

However, after Qin Cheng's reminder, Zheng Chunhua did not question him directly. Instead, she pretended not to know anything and asked, "Did you bring the Class M drugs?"

Bai Zhilan nodded, but did not take out any medicine bottles from her bosom.

"I brought it."

"However... Uncle, I can only sell it to you for 2000 medical points per bottle."

Zheng Chunhua's face instantly darkened. He looked at Bai Zhilan and said, "You never intended to sell to me, did you?"
"You'd better understand that as an auditor, I can meet with two sales representatives. If you don't sell, someone else will."

"You don't actually think I'm someone you can manipulate, do you?"

Bai Zhilan smiled, but compared to her previous sweet and kind smile, this smile carried a deeper meaning.

"No, Uncle, you shouldn't be able to buy the medicine from another seller."

"Now that things have come to this, let's both be frank and speak frankly."

"About this game."

Zheng Chunhua leaned back slightly: "Go ahead and say it."

In fact, deep down he knew that the kind of image Bai Zhilan had previously presented was almost impossible to appear in the new world, because such players would have been killed in the previous game.

Even if new players join after entering the second phase, these new players are unlikely to become "salespeople" in this game.

Even so, deep down Zheng Chunhua still harbored a faint sense of wishful thinking. If Bai Zhilan was indeed a new player, and a relatively simple and kind one at that, perhaps the game could achieve the best possible outcome more easily.

But now, those expectations have indeed been dashed.

After receiving Qin Cheng's reminder, Zheng Chunhua did not immediately expose Bai Zhilan's disguise. Instead, she thought of using this disguise to get as many bottles of M-type drugs as possible from Bai Zhilan.

But it's clear that Bai Zhilan was aware of this as well.

"Uncle, let me be frank. You should already be aware of how to distinguish these drugs, and you should also know that Class M drugs are the best drugs."

"While O-class and F-class drugs can also completely relieve pain and cure 'infected individuals,' they both have relatively serious side effects."

"But from a sales perspective, there is actually not much profit margin for Class M drugs."

"When I said I was willing to sell it to you for 2000, it was actually a lie. Because that exceeds the suggested retail price range for this drug."

"When you leave the game, your earnings will be reduced by a percentage due to illegal transactions, so you will still lose money."

"Actually, I don't plan to sell any more M-class drugs."

“I know what you’re trying to say: you can meet another salesperson who will sell you Class M drugs, so it doesn’t matter whether I sell or not. Selling will at least earn you a small profit, but if I don’t sell, I won’t even be able to break even on my initial medical points, right?”

"But I had a pretty good idea: the other salesperson wouldn't sell you any M-class drugs either."

Zheng Chunhua tried his best not to show any change in his expression, but the surprise in his heart was hard to completely hide.

(End of this chapter)