God's imitator

Chapter 51 The Trial of the King
In fact, judging solely from the game content, it's reasonable for Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin to conduct another trial game.

After all, the games in their cell were relatively less dangerous, and undergoing two trials was still within a safe range.

But the number of dissenting votes is increasing, and they are all from the heart. Why?
Because Lin Sizhi exposed a crucial issue: Ding Wenqiang himself could also enter the prison cell.

But he didn't go in.

If this point is taken into account, then no matter who Ding Wenqiang judges, it will be unjust.

In Ding Wenqiang's view, he was the king, and it was reasonable for him not to accept trial.

But in the eyes of the audience, you are also a sinner, the one who directly hit and killed the deliveryman. Why shouldn't you be tried?

You should at least be put in cell number 3. Even if you don't have your fingers smashed, you should at least suffer the punishment of having your visa time deducted.
Moreover, knowing the voting results of others naturally creates a herd mentality.

"Everyone feels it's unfair, so it does seem a bit unfair, doesn't it?"

It was precisely because of this idea that most viewers changed their minds, except for viewer number 7, who was always strict with prisoners and almost blindly voted in favor.

Although the five audience members who bet on the king were eager for Ding Wenqiang to kill the other four as soon as possible, under the game's lie detector mechanism, in order not to waste 10,000 minutes of visa time for no reason, they could only vote according to their true feelings.

Except for Audience Member #1, who is aware of something.

Lin Sizhi stood up and looked at the arena again.

In the seventh vote, he deliberately voted in favor, which was a vote against his conscience, so he was deducted 10000 minutes of visa time.

The reason for this vote was that Lin Sizhi deliberately voted incorrectly once at the beginning in order to test the lie detector mechanism, which resulted in an additional 20 points being deducted from the fairness score.

I'm deliberately voting in favor now in order to make up for those 20 points.

By the eighth vote, Lin Sizhi had realized that if she continued to vote in favor, she might be able to prevent some things from happening.

But he thought about it until the very last second and followed his heart, casting his vote against it.

As the rules state, this is someone else's judgment, and he is merely a spectator.

As a viewer, he felt he had done his utmost.

Of course, once the voting results are in, it seems that his vote of approval or disapproval does not affect the final outcome of the game.

……

Ten minutes have passed, and the trial game in cell number 1 is over.

Cai Zhiyuan lay on the ground, panting heavily, seemingly too weak to even move a finger.

Fortunately, the trial game in Cell No. 1 was the easiest, and multiple rounds only increased the intensity of the electric shocks. As long as Cai Zhiyuan didn't stop, there wouldn't be much danger.

Of course, the intensity of the electric shock also increases as the number of games played increases.

If another game were to start, Cai Zhiyuan could be electrocuted by the high-voltage current if he paused for even a second.

Wang Yongxin felt his vision getting darker and darker, and his mind becoming increasingly foggy.

Originally, she was still thinking about how to survive, driven by her will to live, but soon her mind went blank, and she even started to have flashbacks.

He instinctively straightened his body, gripped the noose with both hands, and tried to pull down, wanting to give himself more breathing space, but the rapid loss of strength made him give up quickly.

It felt like a long time had passed, yet also like only a short moment. Suddenly, Wang Yongxin felt the pressure on his neck loosen, and his whole body went limp involuntarily.

This almost cost him his life, because the noose was only lowered, not lowered to the ground.

Under the influence of gravity, the noose around Wang Yongxin's neck almost tightened further. Driven by adrenaline, he could only muster his last bit of strength to break free from the noose.

Then he lay on the ground and coughed violently.

Ding Wenqiang looked at Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin with a complicated expression.

They all survived, what a pity.

If one person dies unexpectedly, Ding Wenqiang will have an excuse to take down the remaining two players in the last two games.

But now, he may be forced to make a choice between two out of three.

"Uncle Ding... let me live... please don't kill me, I beg you..."

"Next game, I'll find a way to lose all the remaining... visa time... to you..."

"You can have as much as you want... I'll go... I'll earn it slowly... I'll work for you..."

Wang Yongxin's voice was so hoarse that it was unrecognizable as it was as he struggled to save himself in his final moments.

“Attorney Lin…and…Officer Cao…are both…in this game…as spectators. I can…have them as guarantors…as witnesses…No matter how much those…spectators…donate…I…am willing to pay…double it…”

Ding Wenqiang then looked at Cai Zhiyuan.

At this moment, the programmer, who was skilled in calculation, was completely at a loss for what to do. He simply slumped against the machine, seemingly having completely accepted his fate.

Which of these two should I choose?

Or... should we choose none of them? And gamble on those 50 minutes of visa processing time?

There's plenty of time in the game, but it's clear that time alone won't help you figure this out.

Just then, a new broadcast came on.

Ding Wenqiang looked up, somewhat bewildered. Another audience member had asked for more money?
Or were some viewers offering me money to stop me from killing someone?
However, the content of the broadcast was extremely unfamiliar to Ding Wenqiang, and he couldn't even understand what it meant.

[Through audience voting, the King's fairness score has been reduced to zero, triggering the hidden rule of the 'King's Trial'.]

Now, it is the prisoners' turn to judge the king.

[A special voting button has been unlocked on the mechanism in each prisoner's cell.]

You may hold a secret ballot to decide whether the king should live or be executed.

[Prisoners who are already dead will automatically be cast for execution.]

If the number of execution votes exceeds half the total number of votes from all prisoners, the king will be executed immediately.

[Please note! This is the prisoner's only chance to judge the king in this game.]

[10-second countdown begins. Please make your choice.]

【10】

【9】

【8】

……

The countdown was fast approaching. Ding Wenqiang stared blankly as the three prisoners, exhausted and on the verge of death, reached for the mechanisms beside them and struggled to press the hidden buttons.

He couldn't see what buttons these people pressed, and he hadn't even figured out what their actions meant.

He raised his scepter in vain to try to stop them, but when he pressed the scepter down, there was no response.

In the face of sudden despair, Ding Wenqiang's mind went blank.

But he soon found another lifeline: a majority. Executing the king required more than half the votes of all the prisoners!

Not just reach, but surpass!

Since Zhang Peng is already dead, he would implicitly vote to execute Gao Zhankui, and Gao Zhankui would also inevitably vote to execute Gao Zhankui.

However, as long as Cai Zhiyuan and Wang Yongxin do not vote for execution and the total number of votes does not exceed one-half, nothing will happen.

Cai Zhiyuan probably won't vote, so what about Wang Yongxin?

Many possibilities flashed through Ding Wenqiang's mind in an instant, but before he could rank these possibilities according to probability, the cold broadcast voice rang out again.

Voting has ended.

The result of the secret ballot was: the king was executed.

Ding Wenqiang felt a sharp pain in his left wrist. Looking down, he saw that the visa bracelet seemed to have a needle sticking out and piercing his carotid artery, and a clear black line was flowing rapidly along the blood vessel towards his heart.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only a large amount of black blood gushed from his throat.

Ding Wenqiang instinctively covered his mouth with his hand, staring in shock at the black blood on his palm.

Then, he fell straight back and fell silent.

The king was executed, and the "King's Trial" could not continue.

The antidote has been injected into all the criminals.

The viewer who bets on the prisoner wins and shares all the chips bet on the king that the viewer has wagered and won in the game.

【game over. 】

(End of this chapter)