Su Xiuqin lowered her head in silence.

Wang Yongxin continued to explain, "Well, even if we don't consider an all-survival strategy or the use of Prison Room 3, we can still avoid triggering the audience's vote for the King's Judgment by executing the trial more justly.

"We now know that only when the justice score drops to 0 will the King's Judgment be triggered.

"As long as Uncle Ding is more just in this process, adjusts the sequence, allowing each of the four prisoners to receive punishments roughly matching their crimes, once the 10 rounds are completed, regardless of who lives or dies, as long as the justice score doesn't drop to 0, he won't be in any danger.

"Even if all the above doesn't hold and the King's Judgment is initiated, Uncle Ding still has a way out.

"According to the rules of the King's Judgment, the execution vote must exceed half of the total prisoner votes to be effective.

"If Uncle Ding enters the prison room to share the trial game, then he is also counted as a prisoner and can vote a dissenting vote for himself.

"Moreover, as long as Uncle Ding can make the other prisoners feel grateful, rather than complete hostility, those prisoners will not all vote for execution.

"In both cases, Uncle Ding won't die."

Lin Sizhi added, "Actually, there's another possibility, though it's rather stringent and not easy to achieve.

"If the side betting on the King includes two or three high-IQ audiences, then no matter what Uncle Ding does, he wouldn't die."

Everyone was momentarily stunned, clearly having not considered this possibility before.

Lin Sizhi explained, "According to the rules of justice scoring, the audience can actually give a fair evaluation against their conscience, but this results in a deduction of ten thousand minutes of visa time.

"If the audience betting on the King votes for justice against their conscience, according to the game rules, each time can retrieve a 20-point difference.

"Vote against consciousness a few times slightly, and it's enough to pull the justice score back to a safe line.

"Of course, this condition is too stringent, I think it's almost impossible to happen.

"Because the audiences betting on the King cannot know the specific penalties after the justice score hits zero. If the King is merely forcibly enclosed in a prison or swapped, it doesn't concern them much.

"In uncertainty, forcibly voting against one's feelings requires deducting ten thousand minutes of visa time each time, which is too high a cost.

"Moreover, the audiences on the King's side, wanting to win, have already spent a lot of visa time coaching the King, and if they also vote against their conscience forcibly, the input and output are completely disproportionate.

"Even if one audience does this, it's unlikely to receive unanimous support from other King-side audiences."

Finally, Cai Zhiyuan, who had been silent, spoke up, "Speaking of which, Lawyer Lin, I do have a question.

"Did you notice the justice vote issue very early on?

"Did you guess it might trigger the King's Judgment mechanism?"

Lin Sizhi shook his head, "I speculated the justice vote might trigger a mechanism inside the game, but I couldn't predict exactly what it would be.

"It's somewhat akin to the dramatic principle, where if a gun appears in the first act, it must go off in some subsequent act. I figured, since the game designer included a justice vote, it would certainly play a role at some point.

"The rules clearly state, the justice vote gives no benefit to the audience; it must be related to the five players in the field."

Su Xiuqin powerlessly lowered her head, seemingly beginning to accept the reality, her voice shifting from questioning to pleading.

"Lawyer Xiaolin, you're the audience number 5. According to Officer Cao, you intentionally voted incorrectly twice."

Lin Sizhi nodded, "Yes."

"Why?"

Lin Sizhi calmly explained, "The first time was to verify the accuracy of the lie detection mechanism, to decide the future game strategy.

"The second time was to correct the previous erroneous result to avoid the first attempt causing the justice rating to skew."

Su Xiuqin's body trembled slightly, "But if you realized this mechanism might exist and guessed it could be delayed by voting against one's conscience.

"Then, would deliberately casting a few more dissenting votes have delayed the judgment?"

Lin Sizhi pondered it but didn't dispute, "Yes, that's the case."

Su Xiuqin wanted to say more, but Wang Yongxin could no longer bear it.

He seemed finally on the verge of exploding and slammed the table, "Enough!"

The previous game had already injured his throat, leaving his voice hoarse, and now, raising his volume in anger, it seemed even more exhausted and strained.

"What exactly are you trying to say? Do you want to judge the three of us as if judging murderers?

"Let me answer for Lawyer Lin:

"Even if he cast a few more unjust votes against his conscience, it would be meaningless!

"Even if the eighth vote temporarily delayed the King's Judgment, what about the ninth? The tenth?

"Imagine if Uncle Ding had killed us all then, once the judgment begins, he would still die immediately! Because deceased prisoners automatically cast execution votes!

"Moreover, even if Lawyer Lin speculated something might happen when the justice score dropped to zero, who knew what exactly would happen before the 'Judgment of the King' mechanism truly triggered?

"Maybe it would put Uncle Ding in a prison cell? Maybe it would switch the identity of the King?

"In all this uncertainty, hasn't Lawyer Lin, as an audience member, already done enough?

"Moreover, do you think Lawyer Lin should cast votes against his conscience to prevent the judgment mechanism from triggering, but is that fair to me and Cai Zhiyuan?

"I don't care what you think, but I know, Lawyer Lin is our savior.

If Lawyer Lin really did what you say, then we would have been dead! We would have been killed by Uncle Ding!"

Su Xiuqin shook her head, "Brother Ding is a good person, he wouldn't kill anyone!"

Wang Yongxin retorted angrily, "If he wouldn't kill, then how did Zhang Peng die?

If he was really as good as you think, why didn't he enter Cell No. 3 himself, nor let anyone else enter Cell No. 3?

The audience said, kill us all, and they would give him a five-hundred-thousand-minute visa time!

You didn't see his expression at the time, but I did, he was seriously considering this question!

Perhaps you think Lawyer Lin didn't do enough, then to what extent would be enough?

Lawyer Lin's three speeches have already hinted at the core secret of this game, and Uncle Ding didn't listen, what else could be done?

Do you want Lawyer Lin to spend tens of thousands of minutes of visa time to write a small essay?

When I advised Uncle Ding to enter the cell, if counted as 1000 minutes per word, there would be hundreds of thousands of minutes, right? How did Uncle Ding answer me?

He questioned me: Why should he?

I talked to him with all my injuries, and he didn't listen. Why would you think that Lawyer Lin writing a few dozen words as the 'Audience No. 5' would make him listen?

So, is it wrong for us to want to live?

The vote for the King's Judgment is only once, miss it and it will never come again! He has disappointed us time and again, why should we continue to unconditionally trust him?"

Wang Yongxin's demeanor startled everyone, and for a moment, no one spoke.

Wang Yongxin still felt indignant, "I'm not saying I'm nobler than him, maybe if I were the King, I'd die even earlier than him.

I might be the most selfish person in this community, but I also find it reasonable when others treat me with the same selfishness.

If I were Uncle Ding, I would accept my losses willingly.

If I have chosen the selfish path, wanting to earn the most visa time, should I not bear the corresponding consequences?

What kind of business in this world has only gains and no risks?

Is it fair? Of course, it's unfair, but so what?

How naive are you to still be seeking fairness in this world?

Fairness, fairness, where is there so much fairness in this world?

I've said long ago, the new world is not a utopia; in this world, there is only one rule: to find a way to survive at all costs!

Every game, I've seriously analyzed the optimal strategy for you, telling you how to increase your chances of survival as much as possible.

What are you doing? This doesn't work, that's wrong, always entangled in some inexplicable points incessantly.

This is a life-or-death game; it's not a variety show, okay? Brothers and sisters?

Do we have to repeat such a stupid process every time a person dies?

I've had enough. From now on, I don't want to discuss these boring issues with you any longer. It doesn't matter what you think or how you see me!

If you think that I'm utterly heinous just because I was forced to protect myself in the game and must pay with my life, then have at it, I welcome you to kill me by any means!"

After saying this, Wang Yongxin started to cough uncontrollably.

Then he turned and went upstairs back to his room, no longer participating in the discussion.

A long silence followed.

Fu Chen looked at Su Xiuqin and consoled, "Aunt Su, please calm down as well.

All of us are truly saddened by Uncle Ding's situation.

But Wang Yongxin and Cai Zhiyuan barely escaped death, being judged like murderers, it's emotionally unacceptable for anyone.

You really shouldn't have said those things to them.

I believe we cannot use our old moral standards to judge those who have gone through life-and-death games. As the saying goes, never test human nature, for human nature cannot withstand testing.

In moments like this, we need to stay calm, rational, and unite in trust.

If we start an internal feud, how can we deal with those terrifying imitators?"

Fu Chen's words brought some life back to the dead silent hall.

Su Xiuqin held Ding Wenqiang's visa wristband in her hand, nodded silently, "I understand. Xiaofu, you're a good kid, thank you."

So far, there's been little detailed discussion of 'King's Judgment,' unlike previous discussions.

Perhaps because of Ding Wenqiang's death, most people are averse to discussing this topic, so even if forced to start, it's hard to sustain.

Fu Chen sighed, "Let's end here for today, everyone is tired, get some rest early."

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