God's imitator

Chapter 69: Discussion of Candidates

Zheng Jie stared at the large screen in shock, visibly panicked: "Huh? This is the game invitation? Is the arcade about to begin its trial?"

Others didn't react as strongly.

After all, everyone has already experienced the game twice and has gradually gotten used to it.

Even after so many days, many people had a general idea that the new game was likely to start at this time in the morning and had prepared themselves mentally in advance.

Although she was still a little panicked, she no longer overreacted like Zheng Jie.

Fu Chen was somewhat surprised: "Huh? Another hour for preparation this time?"
"I understand. It seems that different types of games not only have different rules for player participation, but also different preparation times."

"This should be to encourage us to negotiate in advance, right?"

"Quickly, everyone, let's discuss a solution."

Based on the current situation, both "Blood Poker" and this "Blind Date Game" have allowed 1 hour of preparation time, while "King's Judgment" only has 5 minutes.

In other words, the trial game doesn't give players much time to prepare, nor does it give them the opportunity to discuss tactics in advance.

Just like the "King's Trial," if an hour were allocated for discussion, allowing Wang Yongxin, Ding Wenqiang, and Cai Zhiyuan to have a confession session, admit their crimes, and speculate on the game's content, then the outcome in the game would be truly unpredictable.

However, non-judgment-type games allow players to prepare in advance and even discuss specific participants.

Lee In-sook asked, "First, let's confirm who are the three people in our community with the shortest visa processing times? Participation is mandatory."

Everyone looked at each other.

Yang Yuting and Xu Tong each raised their hands: "It should be the two of us."

Zheng Jie was also panicked: "I should be included too, right? I haven't participated in any games at all, I only have the most basic visa time!"

Fu Chen nodded: "Well, it seems the three of you will be forced to participate."

In "Blood Poker", Yang Yuting and Xu Tong were in the same group, along with Wang Yongxin and Ding Wenqiang.

Wang Yongxin earned a lot of visa time himself, while Ding Wenqiang was dead, so Yang Yuting and Xu Tong naturally became the people with the least visa time in the community.

Fu Chen raised his voice slightly and continued, "Everyone, please be quiet."

"We've discussed this before: in multiplayer games, the more people in the community participate, the greater the advantage."

“Through illegal team formation, natural alliances of interest can be formed, and collective wisdom and strategies can be better discussed.”

“既然这次的游戏允许4到8人参加，那我认为，最好凑满8个人。游戏规则要求男女比例1:1，也就意味着我们还需要2名女玩家和3名男玩家。

"I'll state upfront that I'm willing to participate in any multiplayer games like this in the future."

Are there any other volunteers?

No one has responded yet.

Jiang He said timidly, "I just noticed that Aunt Su doesn't seem to be here. Should I go and call her?"

Li Renshu shook her head: "No need, Aunt Su has plenty of time for her visa, and besides, the game is called 'Blind Date Game'."

"Judging from the name, we might assume that this is a game that imitates matchmaking activities. People who are popular in real matchmaking may also have an advantage in this game."

"Aunt Su is definitely not suitable to participate."

Jiang He didn't insist any further: "Ah, okay."

Yang Yuting added, "Aunt Su should be able to see the new game invitation in her own room, and she'll come down if she really wants to participate."

The group tacitly ended the conversation.

Cao Haichuan's expression was somewhat serious: "I don't quite agree with what Fu Chen said, that we must gather 8 people to participate in this game."

"It is unwise to assume that this game is similar to 'Blood Poker' or 'King's Trial'."

"The rules of the arcade are very clear:"

"The goal of 'Blood Poker' is to 'complete the allocation of visa time', the goal of 'King's Trial' is to 'judge the sinners', and the goal of 'Blind Date Game' is to 'screen players'."

"Different goals lead to different optimal strategies in the game."

"Since it is a 'screening' process, and the community is allowed to choose the number of participants from 4 to 8 people, I don't think that the copycats who designed the game would be stupid enough to allow players from the same community to illegally team up and exploit the loophole."

"Just like 'King's Trial,' it seems on the surface that the more community players enter the game, the greater the chance of winning, since the more viewers there are, the more the outcome of the game can be changed."

"But in reality, the arcade will randomly select players to participate, and it will not allow the situation where 'all 9 people in the 17th community except for the sinner become spectators' to occur."

“This is the first time we’ve seen a game like ‘screening.’ Who can guarantee there won’t be a death rate? Without knowing the specifics, having a strong player lead the team and having four people participate is a safer option.”

Cai Zhiyuan thought for a moment and nodded: "Officer Cao means that it is easy to drag three people, but it is very difficult to drag seven people. I agree with this point of view."

"If there were no limit to the number of participants in this game, I would encourage more people to sign up, so that even if the arcade randomly selects participants, it would increase the chances of being chosen. "But since it's specified that there are 4 to 8 people, I don't think having more people necessarily has an advantage."

Fu Chen had a headache; he increasingly felt that as the organizer of the discussion, he was finding it difficult to keep up with the pace of the discussion.

Lin Sizhi glanced at Cao Haichuan and noticed that after the "King's Trial," Officer Cao's discussion of the game had become much more active.

Lee In-sook's gaze swept over everyone.

"According to the general standards of blind dating, appearance, temperament, occupation, conversation... all of these can affect the success rate of blind dating."

"Qin Yao, Yang Yuting, Xu Tong, Lawyer Lin, and Brother Wang, you should all be considered highly sought-after in the matchmaking market."

"Fu Chen's words are alright, but... they're still a bit lacking."

"Yang Yuting, Xu Tong, and Zheng Jie have already been automatically selected due to their limited visa time. If we can only gather 4 people to participate, then we can only bring one more male player."

"Officer Cao is right. This person must be strong and smart enough to ensure everyone's safety."

Her gaze had barely swept over Cao Haichuan when he waved his hand helplessly.

"It doesn't seem appropriate for me to go. I'm almost forty years old. If I go on a blind date with all these wrinkles, I'm afraid I'll lose half the game as soon as I start."

Li Renshu's gaze passed over Wang Yongxin: "Brother Wang's injury hasn't healed yet, and he doesn't lack time for visa processing, so he should stay in the community to recover first."

"Attorney Lin, are you willing to go?"

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Okay."

Zheng Jie was almost moved to tears: "That's great, Brother Lin! I feel like I'm saved now that you're willing to go!"

In fact, Lin Sizhi knew very well that he would definitely participate in this game.

Even if he doesn't sign up, the arcade will definitely pull him into the game under the pretext that "there are 40 people, so players will be randomly selected to participate."

Since that's the case, it would be better to sign up voluntarily; it would seem more natural that way.

Fu Chen asked, "Or could we consider having six people participate? We could bring an extra man and a woman."

"I can participate too. What do you think, Attorney Lin?"

Lin Sizhi considered for a moment: "I also prefer four people to participate. After all, this is the first time we've participated in a 'screening' game, and we're unsure of the risks."

"The more people there are, the more chaotic things may become."

"If we return safely this time and confirm that 'screening' games are relatively safe, then we can consider increasing the number of participants next time."

Fu Chen nodded: "Okay, then I respect your opinion."

Zheng Jie looked at the other three people who were going to participate in the game and began to worry again.

"Blind dates... I've never been on one before."

"Medical students are too busy. In recent years, I've been either teaching or on duty, and I simply haven't had time to date..."

Fu Chen comforted her, "It's okay. You're a doctor, and doctors should be in high demand in the dating market."

Wang Yongxin said in a hoarse voice, "There's one more thing I think we need to pay attention to."

"The arcade provides a special reminder: killing copycats can share visa time, while killing the current copycat in the game can end the game immediately."

“I think starting with this game, Attorney Lin, you could try to find out if there are any suspected copycats in the game.”

"If a player blatantly uses a backdoor in the game that is not easily detected, he or she is probably a copycat. Killing him is like winning the lottery."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "It's not clear yet whether there are rules for killing in this game. But don't worry, I'll try if the opportunity arises."

Yang Yuting and Xu Tong looked at each other. Clearly, they couldn't make the same decisive promise as Lin Sizhi that they would "kill someone."

Even if the copycat is found, there might still be some internal struggle before deciding to kill him.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the arcade has broken this rule, meaning that all players must be mentally prepared to kill as soon as possible.

Afterwards, the group briefly speculated on the possible mechanics of the game.

However, it is obvious that it is too difficult to guess the specific rules of the game based solely on the words "blind date game". At most, it can only provide a simple introduction to the basic etiquette of blind dating and other unimportant details.

Everyone knows that most of these things are useless, but they really can't think of anything else to do with the remaining time.

As the countdown reached zero, new information appeared on the big screen.

[Players participating in this community: Yang Yuting, Xu Tong, Zheng Jie, Lin Sizhi.]

The next second, the four people disappeared from the hall.

(End of this chapter)