A little earlier.

Wang Yongxin glanced at the clock on the wall in the hall; a long time had passed since the four people in the community entered the 'Matchmaking Game,' but there was still no sign of anyone coming out.

"Is the game time so long this time?"

Wang Yongxin felt inexplicably anxious.

He wasn't worried about these four people dying in the game, because even if they did die, the settlement information of this game should appear on the big screen, and the four people's wristbands should drop in the hall.

Since none of this had happened, it meant the game was still ongoing.

He just disliked this feeling of helplessness.

Wang Yongxin got up and walked to the nearby rest area.

Li Renshu was quietly reading a book here.

"Do you have some time? I'd like to chat with you." Wang Yongxin gently knocked on the coffee table in front of Li Renshu.

Li Renshu looked up, immediately: "Of course."

She put the book aside and they went to the third floor, finding a relatively secluded room.

"Everyone is smart here, so I'll just be straightforward."

"Now, between you and Fu Chen, who is in charge?"

Li Renshu thought for a moment and said, "You can temporarily consider it to be me."

Wang Yongxin was quite satisfied with this answer: "Good, I thought so too."

He could vaguely tell that Li Renshu took a bit of time to think, but not about the question itself, rather about whether or not to give a straightforward answer.

Finally, Li Renshu provided a relatively straightforward answer, which to Wang Yongxin counted as sincerity.

"Alright, then I'll speak frankly."

"I have different views on the current proposals in the community."

"I know that our philosophies might be difficult to reconcile. For me, the most realistic approach is to try forming a second group for direct confrontation."

"But I also understand that the chances of success are low and it would bring great risk to the community and to myself."

"Therefore, I still prefer to find a compromise solution through straightforward dialogue that both sides can accept."

Li Renshu's expression was very calm: "Yes, that is exactly what I hope for too."

"Then, which specific proposal do you have a different view on?"

Wang Yongxin slightly shook his head: "It's not about a specific proposal but rather the underlying thought process in how you propose them."

"I believe the proposals you have put forward, viewed individually, don't have any major problems."

"But the issue is, all these proposals are of the 'minimum guarantee' type."

"What about 'efficiency' type proposals? 'Safety' type proposals? Or even 'proactive attack' type proposals?"

"There is likely an imitator in our community, but so far, almost everyone tacitly avoids mentioning it, let alone proposing anything about 'killing the imitator.'

"Why is that? I don't quite understand."

Li Renshu countered, "Then how do you think we should identify this imitator and kill him?"

Wang Yongxin spread his hands, stating matter-of-factly, "Isn't it simple?"

"After an imitator kills a player through the game, he can obtain the player's entire visa duration."

"In other words, players with normal visa durations are not necessarily innocent; perhaps their game hasn't been selected by the Walkway. But players with visa durations significantly exceeding normal game earnings are definitely imitators."

"We just need to enact a proposal requiring everyone to periodically disclose their remaining visa time to easily identify anomalies."

"Additionally, we could also enact a proposal to directly execute the imitator by majority vote."

"Today's broadcast already hinted that players can kill the imitator in the game to obtain his entire visa duration. So if we kill the imitator in the community, could we also divide his visa time?"

"For both safety and profit, the imitator in our community must die."

"Such a simple plan, don't tell me none of you five have thought of it."

Li Renshu nodded, "We certainly have thought of it, and not just one person."

"I've even discussed the issue privately with others."

"But the final conclusion was that such proposals shouldn't be made, and it's best not even to discuss them publicly.

"For this, I've even had an argument with Officer Cao."

Wang Yongxin was stunned; he was very confused: "Why? Do you think the community won't pass a 'vote to execute player' type proposal?"

"But you'd only know that after submitting and having it rejected."

Li Renshu slightly shook her head, her tone carrying a hint of helplessness.

"Brother Wang, management companies might think this way, where as a boss you can fire whoever you want, but it's not good for managing a community."

"You can't investigate everything; what if something really is found out?"

Wang Yongxin's brow furrowed tighter: "What do you mean? Do you already know the identity of the imitator, and he is a very important person?"

Li Renshu waved her hand: "Of course not, it might be a bit hard for you to understand, but let me explain slowly."

"First, do you think 'there is an imitator in the community' is an unchangeable fundamental rule of the New World?"

"In other words, if we kill one imitator, is it possible for Walkway to arrange a new imitator for us?"

"For instance, inserting one during Recruitment, or directly notifying someone on their private computer who wasn't originally an imitator to become one?"

Wang Yongxin paused, and after thinking for a moment, nodded.

"You make a good point."

"There's a high probability, no, it's almost certain."

Everyone had been living in the New World for a period of time, and had a fairly deep understanding of its rules.

It was a consensus that the New World is not a utopia.

Since Walkway believes in periodically holding games of life and death to clean up the useless and the sinners, would Walkway allow players to kill all the imitators?

Clearly, it would not.

If Walkway desired, once a batch of imitators is dead, a new batch could be selected immediately.

As long as players exist, imitators will always exist.

Because imitators are selected from the players.

This idea of identifying and killing all the imitators to create an absolutely safe zone is essentially still not detached from the thought process of 'the New World can become a utopia.'

Li Renshu continued, "Thus, I believe that 'identifying the imitator's identity' is fine, but 'killing the imitator' must be approached with caution."

"Imitators are people too; some are smart, some are foolish, some are kind, some are evil."

"Only those who are utterly heinous and whose sole desire is to murder the innocent are the targets we must eliminate."

"But if an imitator is relatively kind and orderly, even if he also kills through the game of life and death, as long as this damage is within controllable limits, we cannot rashly kill him."

"Because after killing him, if another comes who is more cunning and evil, wouldn't that be troublesome?"

"For relatively kind and orderly imitators, or those who are simple-minded and easily controlled, our best option is instead to attempt cooperation, having him occupy the imitator's role so Walkway doesn't insert more dangerous imitators."

"If possible, extracting key information from him about the next game in advance could greatly increase our survival rate."

After thinking for a moment, Wang Yongxin slightly nodded, "You are right."

"But since you also agree that we should quickly identify the imitator's identity, the method I mentioned earlier is still feasible?"

"Have everyone disclose their remaining visa time, identify the suspect. Then, we can negotiate with him and establish a mutually beneficial cooperative model. If he steadfastly refuses to cooperate, then we consider killing him."

"No matter what, the initiative remains in our hands."

Li Renshu looked at him, "Brother Wang, think again."

"Just consider the scenario from the imitator's perspective and empathize with it, and you'll understand."

This time, Wang Yongxin thought for a relatively long time.

Finally, he silently sighed, "Alright, in terms of the result, this method is indeed not very controllable."

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