"What is this??"

The flood of text information made Zheng Jie panic instantly. He quickly stepped up to the big screen and read all the new rules from beginning to end.

Afterward, he felt his hands and feet turning cold, his breath almost stopping.

Denunciation and murder!

This means that players with a lot of 'likes' or 'dislikes' can attack him in the meeting room.

Once the attack is successful, for instance, if denounced three times or unlucky enough to encounter a player with more than 5 'dislikes', he would die instantly in the game.

Zheng Jie found it hard to believe how suddenly and carelessly death came in this game!

In a judgment game like 'King's Judgment', the sinners had at least some psychological preparation, going through two or three rounds of physical torture before they died.

But in this game, there's hardly any room for struggle.

As long as you kill someone, you can take 1/10 of the victim's remaining visa time.

Among the current players, the least visa time is less than a month, while some have three to five months.

Calculating this, if you really encounter a fat sheep with a visa time of twenty to thirty thousand, killing one would gain you twenty to thirty thousand visa time.

Moreover, there is no limit to the number of people you can kill in the game, meaning that if other players have enough likes and dislikes, they can kill many others in succession.

What about players like Zheng Jie who don't have many likes or dislikes?

They probably can only be slaughtered at will, leaving their fate to chance.

Zheng Jie had thought that likes and dislikes would play some role in the game, but he didn't expect them to have such power.

If he had seen the game rules in advance, he might have taken a completely different strategy in the first four hours. But now, it was obviously too late for regrets.

"How many 'likes' and 'dislikes' do people actually have now?"

Zheng Jie really wanted to understand this issue, but this data is not shown to the players at all.

"Maybe Lawyer Lin can come up with a strategy, but the problem is, how do I meet Lawyer Lin?

"The game has updated the killing rules, but it doesn't even allow community players to send a voice message to each other. Isn't that too much??

"The imitator who designed this game is simply crazy!"

Zheng Jie was burning with impatience, and his isolation only increased his anxiety.

If the four players in Community 17 could talk to each other, discuss strategies, and implement team strategies, Zheng Jie's sense of security would be significantly enhanced.

But unfortunately, the game didn't provide such a mechanism.

Zheng Jie paced around the room anxiously.

Suddenly, he thought of something and quickly went to the data query machine.

"The premise of killing is to consume 'likes' or 'dislikes'! Then, I can check a player's 'like-dislike ratio' in the first 4 hours, and then check their current 'like-dislike ratio'. If there's a significant consumption of 'dislikes', wouldn't that prove he's the murderer?

"By that time, if I broadcast this data, other players will naturally try to kill him!"

Zheng Jie was excited, feeling as if he found a glimmer of hope in desperation.

However, when he saw the rule prompt, a bucket of cold water was poured over his head.

[Note: Data related to the changes in 'likes' and 'dislikes' for individual players cannot be queried.]

Zheng Jie instantly deflated.

This rule had been in place from the very beginning.

The imitator had already closed this loophole when designing the game, absolutely not allowing players to catch the murderer in such a simple way.

Zheng Jie could certainly query the changes in 'like' and 'dislike' ratios for the group of players, but in that case, there would be too many variables. It would be impossible to pinpoint a specific player and might trigger greater chaos.

This game is like a cold slaughterhouse that leaves players no way out.

...

Before he knew it, the 10-minute break was over.

[Players, please enter the meeting room immediately, or you will suffer an instant death penalty for overtime.]

When Zheng Jie saw this sentence in the first four hours, he didn't feel much, just thought it was a bit nonsensical.

But seeing it now gave him a sense of despair, like being caught between a tiger in front and wolves behind.

He could only bite the bullet and push open the door of the room, walking down the corridor to the meeting room.

Seeing a woman in her forties trembling as she opened the door and entered the reception room, Zheng Jie subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, she seems to be kind and gentle, and probably not dangerous.

Moreover, Zheng Jie recognized her. She seemed familiar, like the one who performed bel canto during the previous talent show PK with that handsome guy.

[Community 12 - Zhou Guifen].

However, before he could speak, he saw Aunt Zhou curling up in the corner of the room, waving her hands repeatedly: "Young man, don't, don't kill me..."

Zheng Jie felt a bit helpless: "Auntie, do I really look so much like a murderer?

"Don't be nervous, sit down first.

"I saw you in the talent show, your singing was really nice."

Zhou Guifen was still very nervous, trembling all over: "Can I sing for you now? Please don't kill me..."

Zheng Jie didn't really know what to say. Clearly, this lady had been scared out of her wits when she first saw the rules, to the point where she had lost her rationality.

"Auntie, you're overthinking it. I don't have any likes or dislikes; how could I kill you?"

"Just sit down, or anyone who doesn't know might think I'm going to do something to you."

Only then did Zhou Guifen sit down, still somewhat skeptical.

But then she jumped nervously again, pointing at Zheng Jie: "Put your hands up! Don't sneak them underneath!"

Zheng Jie had no choice but to raise his hands in a surrendering gesture: "Is this okay?"

"Should I pay for the room first? Watch carefully, I'm going to press it."

Zheng Jie pressed the [I Pay] button and then placed both hands where Auntie could see them.

Only then did Zhou Guifen calm down a bit. After pressing the [You Pay] button, she let out a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, young man, I was just too scared. You don't really seem like a bad person, but... who can say for sure? After all, you are a man."

Zheng Jie frowned: "Auntie, I don't like hearing that. What's with the 'after all, you're a man'? You say it like all men are murderers."

Zhou Guifen quickly waved her hand: "No, no, young man, you've misunderstood, I didn't mean it that way at all.

"What I'm saying is, isn't that how the game's mechanics work?

"In the first 4 hours, isn't it obvious who gets more 'dislikes'?

"The more 'dislikes' someone has, the easier it is for them to kill, isn't that right?"

Zheng Jie was taken aback, what the auntie said actually made some sense.

He hadn't realized it before, partly because he was also a male player and had overlooked a fact:

After the first 4 hours of the game, the 'likes' and 'dislikes' players received must have a noticeable gender characteristic.

Because male players are more inclined to use 'likes' to show sincerity, earn trust, with the ultimate goal of establishing a stable match, being the relatively proactive side;

While female players tend to use 'dislikes' to threaten the other side into concessions, preferring to hold onto 'likes' instead of giving them away easily.

In other words, female players naturally receive more 'likes', while male players naturally receive more 'dislikes'.

The strategy of male players ganging up and female players mutually disliking each other is overly idealistic, and is almost impossible to implement when everyone's communication is completely cut off.

Moreover, the method of killing is different through 'likes' and 'dislikes':

'Likes' require 2 for each report, but it takes three reports to kill;

While 'dislikes' require 5 for each, just initiating a murder means death in 10 seconds, with no buffer time at all.

Therefore, for this auntie, upon seeing a male player, even if she doesn't know whether the other party actually has 5 'dislikes' or not, she would still feel terrified and scared.

Of course, Zheng Jie also has to bear the risk of being 'reported' when facing female players. But 'reporting' after all takes three attempts before someone is killed, so the psychological pressure isn't as intense.

"Alright, Auntie, since we're both good people, there's nothing to be afraid of. Let's just chat casually and get through this meeting."

Zheng Jie thought for a moment: "Auntie, how about we exchange a like? During our last meeting, if you're willing, we could exchange likes and earn 30,000 minutes of visa time together."

The auntie shook her head forcefully: "No! Keep your hands away from that place!

"It's fine this way; let's maintain this status with no one touching the buttons and just wait for the meeting to end."

Zheng Jie felt somewhat speechless but nodded: "Alright."

He felt the auntie's behavior was a little silly. After all, if he really intended to kill, all he needed to do was casually press a button, and there was nothing she could do to hold him back physically.

This act of "keeping both hands where they can be seen" was purely a psychological comfort.

But Zheng Jie didn't dare provoke her either, in case she mistakenly thought he was going to do something and pressed 'report' in a panic?

Zheng Jie knew that the auntie definitely had at least 2 'likes'.

So, they both kept their hands visible to each other, staring at each other for a tense ten minutes, then left separately.

...

The first meeting after the murder rules were initiated ended safely, allowing Zheng Jie to feel slightly relieved.

But just as he returned to the rest area, he heard a new system notification from the large screen.

[From now on, all talent shows will add the following rule:]

[Accumulate 20 'boring' reactions, and the talent performance will end immediately, while the performer will face instant death as a punishment.]

Zheng Jie was shocked; his eyes widened, scarcely able to believe the rule was real.

Just pressing 'boring' can kill someone?

The imitator who designed this game, how utterly insane must they be!

This game, in its last 4 hours, was practically filled with murder rules!

Is there truly no way for players to survive?

Now, he could only pray that everyone would always pay attention to the new rules displayed on the large screen and avoid habitually pressing 'boring' like in the first 4 hours, or it would be troublesome indeed.

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