God's Imitator

This game was equivalent to being conducted in a game lobby. Players could self-select game units, so it was very likely that some God’s Imitators’ games would be very popular while other God’s Imitators’ games would have no players.

Moreover, large complex games occupied more space, and the Gallery would definitely impose corresponding restrictions.

From these two points, it could be inferred that simple games and classic games would more likely maintain a baseline and be easier to get approved.

If players could grasp this information, they could specifically cram some knowledge about gambling tools or card games.

Even if in the game these basic rules would be modified by God’s Imitators, they could at least save some time understanding the rules. No matter what, it would be useful.

Wei Yinzhang finally said, ”This is all I can reveal. I’m sorry.”

Li Renshu nodded, ”Yes, this information is already very valuable.

”Everyone quickly go to the library area to find similar books and cram.”

Soon, everyone in the hall dispersed and began searching for corresponding books, preparing to cram some knowledge about gambling tools and card games.

Li Renshu asked again, ”Then... Yinzhang, do you plan to refuse this game’s invitation?”Wei Yinzhang nodded, ”Yes, I want to refuse.

”As a God’s Imitator, there’s only a 20% chance of death, and the time ahead is still relatively ample. I think as long as I seriously understand the rules thoroughly and the game unit I design isn’t too poor, it will be very safe.

”But if I enter the game as a player, I may not necessarily encounter my own game, and I don’t know which players I’ll be matched with. A 30% mortality rate is still too dangerous.

”On-the-spot problem-solving really isn’t my strong suit.”

Li Renshu nodded, ”Yes, this is good. Since the identity card has already been purchased, we should use it as much as possible to maximize its effect.

”It’s just that this time we probably can’t use the ’submit suggestions’ function, after all, everyone has to participate in the game with no one remaining in the community.

”The death exemption ticket’s cooldown time also hasn’t arrived yet, so we can’t purchase it again.

”This time we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.”

Wei Yinzhang nodded, ”Yes, I’ll head back to my room first. Although I can use the identity card to refuse game invitations as a player, I can’t refuse design invitations as a God’s Imitator.

”Over the next few days, I need to think carefully about how to design so I won’t be in the bottom 20% of the God’s Imitator group.”

Although there were still several days until the game started, and God’s Imitators had just learned the basic rules and hadn’t yet completed designing game units, the atmosphere within the community had already instantly become tense.

...

That evening.

Community 15.

Xu Zhao returned to his room, sat somewhat wearily at his desk, and let out a long breath.

After the ’Simple Q&A’ game ended, Community 15’s situation over these past two days had been very bad.

It could even be described as chaotic.

On the morning the game ended, Xu Zhao and Wang Weidong returned to the community. Seeing the game results announced on the big screen, the community was naturally in an uproar.

This was the first time Community 15 had lost so badly in a distribution-type game.

Wang Weidong’s leadership ability had always been recognized by the entire community, and he had performed well in previous games, so this failure was even harder to accept.

Before formally beginning the review, Wang Weidong found Xu Zhao and other players who participated in the game, as well as his original die-hard supporters within the community, and did a lot of work privately.

On one hand, he promised Xu Zhao and other players who entered the game that he would lead them to earn more visa time afterward. On the other hand, he communicated in advance with die-hard supporters within the community, having them give him certain support as much as possible during the subsequent review and community discussion sessions.

Of course, since everyone carried debt, Wang Weidong also needed to persuade other players in the community to donate enough visa time to the fund and redistribute it to these players to repay their debts.

Such serious losses affected the interests of all community players. Although arrangements had been made in advance, the afternoon review session still caused the entire community’s atmosphere to drop to freezing point.

Although Wang Weidong barely managed to suppress opposing voices within the community, his position in the community was also shaken.

In the next two or three games, he had to find a way to lead the team to earn back enough visa time to make up for it.

Otherwise, let alone another serious loss or player death situation, even if earnings weren’t high enough, Wang Weidong’s position within the community would become precarious.

But for Xu Zhao at this time, there was nothing he could do.

Sitting down at his study’s computer, Xu Zhao, as usual, prepared to look at these game rules once more before sleeping.

For every New World player, no matter how many times they looked at these game rules, it was never enough.

But today’s situation was somewhat different.

Because a completely new pop-up window appeared on Xu Zhao’s computer that he had never seen before.

[Hello, Xu Zhao.]

[Congratulations on obtaining a hidden identity in the New World: ’God’s Imitator’.]

[Think like a god, judge like a god, and also commit serious crimes against humanity like a god.]

[You’d better carefully conceal your identity, because ’deicide’ is precisely humanity’s eternal pursuit.]

A simple pop-up window made Xu Zhao’s eyes widen involuntarily, momentarily stunned.

”God’s Imitator?

”This means I’ve obtained the God’s Imitator identity?

”Why? This is so sudden...

”Could it be because a God’s Imitator accidentally died in a previous game?”

Thinking about it, Xu Zhao realized this was indeed the most likely explanation.

Up until now, almost all players knew that God’s Imitator was an advantageous identity in the Gallery with great benefits and almost negligible drawbacks.

However, players couldn’t actively obtain the God’s Imitator identity.

Some players also speculated that if God’s Imitators died, the Gallery might still re-select God’s Imitators from among the players.

Obviously, Xu Zhao was now encountering exactly this situation.

Although the previous ’Simple Q&A’ was a distribution-type game, if they returned to the community carrying debt and couldn’t gather enough visa time to repay it within 48 hours, they might still suffer instant death penalties.

Forty-eight hours had already passed.

Of course, the Gallery definitely had more than one game proceeding at the same time. It was also possible that deaths occurred in other games, or certain players died naturally due to visa time running out.

Or perhaps the Gallery simply wanted to increase the number of God’s Imitators.

But no matter what, Xu Zhao had now also obtained God’s Imitator qualifications. This was undoubtedly good news.

Every night he would look at these game rules, repeatedly studying some high-rated games, even often thinking about what kind of scenario it would be if he designed games himself.

Although he had never actually written rules, he had plenty of ideas in his mind.

After closing this pop-up window interface, a new pop-up window immediately appeared on the computer screen.

[Hello, Xu Zhao.]

[As games continue to proceed, players and God’s Imitators will be continuously eliminated.]

[Five days from now, the Gallery will open a new ’Selection Game’, with the selection range including ’all players’ and ’all God’s Imitators’ from Communities 1 through 20.]

[However, this game’s format will be somewhat different from previous ones.]

[You must design an independent game unit under the ’Basic Rules’. After entering the game, players can freely choose game units to play.]

[After the game ends, fixed proportions of players and God’s Imitators will be eliminated based on game results.]

[Players will have a fixed elimination rate of: ’30%’.]

[God’s Imitators will have a fixed elimination rate of: ’20%’.]

[The game’s ’Basic Rules’ have been determined. Please carefully review them.]

[You have 5 days to complete your own game unit. If you fail to submit a proposal within the limited time, you will be directly eliminated: suffer instant death penalty.]

[Please make your choice.]