God's Imitator

He Xiaojun was stunned for a moment and said, ”This... I actually haven’t really considered this issue.

”But this also isn’t something everyone needs to worry about, right?

”Because the one who really needs to go to another community is only me. Even if all the players in that community dislike me and ostracize me, it won’t be to the point of directly threatening my life.

”So, I’m fine with it.

”Ensuring everyone can safely return to the community is most important.”

’↑The High Priestess’ shook her head very firmly. ”How can that be acceptable? You’re also a member of our community. Your future is of course also very important.

”Even if due to the game mechanics you must go to another community, all of us definitely also hope you go to a community that can truly embrace you, protect you, and help you.

”No matter where you are, you deserve to be treated gently as a true companion.”

Hearing these words, He Xiaojun felt inexplicably moved.

In the community, Dr. Shen was actually a relatively serious player. Her speech was also often cold, like surgical procedures—calm and precise and she had almost never shown this kind of gentle side.So when ’↑The High Priestess’ spoke these words, truly thinking from He Xiaojun’s perspective, it still warmed his heart.

”But... the game has already progressed to this point. There’s no other way, right?

”We’re not familiar with any of these four Core Communities, and it’s difficult to judge which specific community would be more benevolent toward me.

”When the time comes, I’ll just look at the situation and flexibly join a certain Exit Area.”

’↑The High Priestess’ considered for a moment and said gently, ”If you trust my judgment, then let’s cooperate with them.”

As ’↑The High Priestess’ spoke, she pointed at wooden box number 15, ’The Devil.’

”In a previous match, I received help from one of their players and saw pretty good goodwill.

”Moreover, the other party also chatted simply with me about matters within their community. I feel there are still similarities with our community’s environment.

”I think going there should at least be better than the other Core Communities.

”Our original plan remains unchanged. We still ensure you can get the highest returns. We take turns sending you Wealth Vouchers.

”However, at the same time, we can also coordinate with them, matching separately with their players, fixing the distribution of Wealth Vouchers at a ratio of 10:12 or 8:14.

”With this kind of cooperative foundation, you’ll also be able to integrate better after going over, and our two communities can also establish more mutual trust. What do you think?”

He Xiaojun thought about it and felt these words also made sense.

For him to ensure the highest returns, he only needed to additionally consume Wealth Vouchers from one more player from the same community. He couldn’t consume more because the number of matches was limited and he also couldn’t simultaneously match with two players.

Then other community players transferring Wealth Vouchers between each other would be equivalent to equally dividing the expected returns from 22 boxes.

If He Xiaojun just randomly forced his way into an Exit Area, forcibly entering a certain Core Community, it would actually be easy to be viewed with hostility and excluded.

But if, as ’↑The High Priestess’ said, there had already been cooperative intentions before, then if Community 14’s players each gave up the returns from just two or three wooden boxes per small match, they could establish sufficient mutual trust between the two communities, allowing He Xiaojun to be welcomed when going to that Core Community.

The returns from two wooden boxes probably couldn’t be exchanged for much visa time.

If it were He Xiaojun himself, he definitely wouldn’t propose this plan, but if Dr. Shen insisted on doing it this way, it was instead difficult to refuse such kind intentions.

’↑The High Priestess’ continued, ”I’ve also roughly confirmed two other people, respectively ’↓The World’ and ’↓The Hierophant.’

”You can communicate with ’↑The Moon,’ then have ’↑The Moon’ tell this plan to those two.

”I’ll go back to discuss the specific matching plan and execute this strategy until the game ends.

”What do you think?”

He Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood.

No wonder he searched and searched but couldn’t find where the other two people from the community were. It turned out they were in the same Reversed camp as him and couldn’t be matched in the game at all.

And ’↑The High Priestess’ and ’↑The Moon,’ as the two Upright players in the community, could serve as a bridge, connecting the entire community’s communication channels.

As long as these two gave the same information, that would be equivalent to double confirmation. ’↓The World’ and ’↓The Hierophant’ would definitely recognize and execute it.

He Xiaojun nodded. ”Understood. Then in the next game, I’ll tell ’↑The Moon’ about this and have him match with ’↓The World’ and ’↓The Hierophant.’

”Thank you.

”You’re still that most gentle doctor, always using the softest attitude to heal every patient.”

’↑The High Priestess’ nodded somewhat gratified. ”Thank you.”

He Xiaojun looked at the wooden boxes on the table. ”Then... can all the returns this time go to me? According to the plan, I need to ensure my returns are high enough to ensure entry into a Core Community.”

’↑The High Priestess’ hesitated slightly, but still quickly nodded. ”Mm... of course.”

She pointed at wooden box number 13.

He Xiaojun said, ”I choose to play by your rules. The first number I’m guessing is number 13, ’Death.’”

’↑The High Priestess’ nodded. ”You guessed correctly.”

Since it was just going through the motions, He Xiaojun smoothly obtained all the Wealth Vouchers.

The game ended. He nodded in acknowledgment to ’↑The High Priestess’ and left the room.

In the next game, he once again sent a match invitation to ’↑The Moon,’ Huang Ming.

The two met again. He Xiaojun still played ’Thief.’

’↑The Moon,’ Huang Ming, was somewhat regretful. ”I didn’t make any progress on my end. What about you?”

He Xiaojun was silent for a moment and said, ”’↓The World’ and ’↓The Hierophant’ should be two players from our community.”

’↑The Moon,’ Huang Ming, was clearly delighted. ”Oh? That’s great, we can contact them. But how did you confirm it?”

He Xiaojun continued, ”I haven’t finished speaking.

”But one player among them has betrayed the community and sold our community’s secret code to others.

”I’m not certain which specific community it is, but... it’s definitely related to this community.”

He Xiaojun pointed at wooden box number 15, ’The Devil.’

’↑The Moon,’ Huang Ming, was stunned. ”How do you figure? How did you confirm it?”

He Xiaojun simply recounted encountering ’↑The High Priestess’ in the previous game. Of course, he didn’t mention specific communities or names.

But Huang Ming could of course match them up.

He nodded in realization. ”That’s right... our doctor is an anomaly. She would never say anything like ’treat patients gently.’ She’s always been one to absolutely calmly make diagnoses and give treatment plans. She’s even received quite a few complaints for this reason.

”For someone like her, occasionally showing a gentle side might be possible, but repeatedly mentioning it, and not refuting when you said those kinds of things, is too strange...

”But is the intensity of this game really this high? What level of players are our opponents that they could actually poach a traitor from our community and extract the secret code? In previous games, this would simply be an inconceivable thing...”