Passing through the newly opened iron door, I walked down the corridor to the first trial site.

He Xiaojun noticed that the structure of the trial game site this time was very simple.

It could basically be seen as a purely linear structure, with different sites connected by walkways, with no forks or opportunities to go astray.

The first trial site looked very spacious.

The setting here was still an abandoned underground warehouse. The ceiling was quite high, with rusty framework and beams above, and piles of various discarded debris around the scene.

And in the very center of the site were four unconscious people, two men and two women.

He Xiaojun felt very surprised because he knew all four of them.

They were his four colleagues from a previous company.

These four people were locked in four mechanical iron chairs, unable to move. Behind the four iron chairs was a special mechanism, locked with a complex gear structure, within which a special syringe could be vaguely seen.

That should be the so-called antidote.

In the direction these four faced, there was a judgment platform.

On the judgment platform, there were only two different buttons, red on the left, blue on the right.

"Beep——"

As He Xiaojun stepped into this space, a sharp buzzing sounded, and the four people gradually woke up.

They looked around the scene in panic, with different expressions in their eyes.

Meanwhile, a cathode-ray tube television in the judgment room started playing the relevant rules.

[He Xiaojun, when you were falsely accused, it was these four people who, without knowing the truth, chose to side with the accuser.]

[Some of them pressured you to apologize, some morally criticized you, and others chose to comfort and support the accuser.]

[For everyone present at the time, silence might have been a necessary means of self-preservation, but becoming an accomplice to evil is a sin that cannot be forgiven.]

[There are two different buttons on the judgment platform.]

[Pressing the red button will result in a clear punishment for these four: they will be electrocuted for 15 seconds and receive five through-and-through wounds in non-lethal areas.]

[Pressing the blue button, these four will randomly suffer one of the following four punishments: electrocution of random duration, fractures in random parts, stabs in random parts, or an instant death penalty.]

[In the random punishments, the more severe the punishment, the lower the probability, but it is never zero.]

[Now, complete your first judgment and choose the 'more appropriate' verdict for them.]

Of course, He Xiaojun already remembered the case of this trial.

For him, it was the most unforgettable lesson of his life, something he couldn't possibly forget.

He Xiaojun was originally just an ordinary office worker, but one day, a female colleague sitting across from him suddenly produced a video, accusing He Xiaojun of making lewd gestures under his desk.

Actually, he was just scratching an itch.

Colleagues in the office area were in an uproar.

Although most colleagues chose to advise each other or remain silent, the other side was relentless, and the issue escalated.

These four colleagues played a crucial role in further aggravating the situation.

Some advised He Xiaojun to apologize and make peace;

Some scolded He Xiaojun as a "pervert" and "disgusting";

Others explicitly stood by the accuser's side, saying they would support the female colleague's rights and provide any help within their power.

He Xiaojun, out of a desire to keep things peaceful, was forced to record an apology video, marking his first step into a bottomless abyss.

Originally, He Xiaojun had buried this secret in his heart and hadn't mentioned it to anyone in the community, yet unexpectedly, all the individuals involved in this incident were also part of this judgment game.

It was clear that although these people were not in the same community as He Xiaojun, they too had come to the New World.

After hearing the rules on the TV, the four people locked in the iron chairs were also flustered.

This is a judgment game, leaving them no room for tactical thinking.

Their lives were entirely dependent on He Xiaojun's decision.

"Xiaohu, no, Brother He, no, Brother! Brother He! Press the red button, please!"

"Yeah, electrocute me, I'm just a bastard, shock me hard, I deserve it!"

"I'm sorry, really sorry, Xiaohu, do you still remember, I even helped you revise the proposal, please, I don't want to die..."

"Wait, what happens if you don't press a button, maybe try it?"

"Shut up!"

The four fell into chaos.

As New World players, they had also participated in the games on the Walkway and seen many rules of judgment games.

Most people can quickly realize their current situation.

In judgment games, never think about exploiting loopholes, wondering "what if I don't press a button." Anyone with such an escapist mentality will undoubtedly die horribly.

For this game, there were only two choices, either the red button or the blue button.

Clearly, the punishment for the blue button was much harsher.

Not to mention that among the four random punishments, there's an instant death penalty, even random fractures and stabs are no joking matter.

The medical conditions in the community were limited, and not every community had a doctor.

Who could be sure that a simple splint could help a fractured part heal properly, and a stab in a random part, if it hit a vital area, would also result in death?

In comparison, the red button was a definite punishment. High-voltage electrocution wouldn't be fatal, and as long as the five through-and-through wounds were in non-lethal areas, there wouldn't be a big problem.

These injuries could be completely solved with simple bandaging after returning to the community.

He Xiaojun was caught in hesitation.

He looked at the blue button, vaguely feeling that in judgment games, any option involving 'randomness' was often a relatively prudent choice, because in the sense of the Walkway, random punishment meant leaving fate to destiny, which was relatively the least bad way of punishment.

But...

There were several situations leading to death. Was their crime really worthy of death?

The game rules said to try to give them the 'more appropriate' verdict. If it's just a matter of inciting, becoming an accomplice to evil, electrocution plus stabbing should about cover it, right?

If he really chose the blue button and a death occurred, would it seem he was using the judgment game to vent his anger in revenge?

These two buttons were without an absolutely correct option. Which button hid the antidote largely depended on the Imitator's values.

If the Imitator believed there should be clear punishment matching the crime, with the sinners themselves assuming the responsibility for the judgment, then giving it to fate was not an option, and the red button should be chosen; on the contrary, the blue button should be chosen.

Looking at the four crying and pleading, He Xiaojun found it difficult to make a decision.

Finally, he chose to press the red button, giving them a certain punishment.

Though he might be wrong, out of the four judgments, as long as he made the right choice in any of them, he could get the antidote.

This meant the correctness or incorrectness of the first judgment had little impact, so he might as well follow his heart and, by the way, guess what the Imitator's intention was.

At the moment of pressing the button, all the iron chairs glowed blue, accompanied by a sizzling sound of current!

The four players convulsed violently, emitting indistinct screams, their eyes involuntarily rolled upward, and their bodies shook violently.

Fifteen seconds felt longer than expected.

And the moment after the electrocution ended, before the four had time to catch their breath, long steel nails extended again from the iron chairs, piercing their non-lethal areas and emerging out the other side through flesh.

"Aaaah——!!!"

The successive screams of agony resonated, causing He Xiaojun's body to tremble slightly, feeling an instinctive discomfort, and he could only bow his head, staring at the judgment platform, trying not to look at the miserable state of these four people.

Finally, the screams slowly subsided. The four were almost drenched in sweat, and blood continued to seep from their wounds.

They stopped speaking, just slumped in the chairs, panting heavily.

He Xiaojun waited anxiously.

Finally, he was amazed: the syringe, originally locked under heavy mechanisms, rose slowly, and once it reached the top, he could take it.

He Xiaojun hurriedly went down from the judgment platform, intending to take the antidote.

However, just as the antidote reached halfway, the mechanism suddenly closed in, "snap," crushing it.

The life-saving liquid thus spilled in the mechanism, not a drop remaining.

He Xiaojun stood there dumbfounded, at a loss for words.

He waited quietly for two minutes, with no new prompts or anyone speaking, only the groans of the four sinners were left.

He Xiaojun could only leave dejectedly through the exit, heading to the next trial site.

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