Li Renshu sighed and continued:

"In all honesty, although I've always spoken to Aunt Su with politeness and courtesy, I truly always regarded her as a burden or someone who needed care in our community, never considering her value here.

"The games in the Walkway encompass everything; any type of person might play an irreplaceable role in specific situations.

"This seems to be precisely the message the Walkway is conveying to us:

"In the real world, the existence of the weak is necessary. If a country or society arrogantly eliminates the weak in bulk, then the social order is sure to collapse.

"It's the same in the New World; the weak, or people who seem stupid, will also have value in certain situations.

"We have indeed proposed some motions to help the weak, but I often question myself: Have I really done my best when it comes to Aunt Su?

"During the recap of the King's Judgment, Aunt Su's demands on Brother Wang and Lawyer Lin were indeed somewhat excessive, which did anger me a bit, and others in the community began to distance themselves from her because of it.

"But now thinking back, who is truly perfect? Who doesn't have their stubbornness?

"Uncle Ding and Aunt Su dying first wasn't because they deserved death, but because their stubbornness was exposed first.

"We also have our stubbornness, so when our judgment game comes, perhaps we might even need someone like Uncle Ding or Aunt Su to help us break through?

"If I could realize this earlier and learn more about Aunt Su, perhaps I wouldn't view her as merely a burden in this game, and the outcome could have been different.

"Just like in the real world, the elderly are a group that almost creates no value, but as a civilized society, we should still ensure they have a peaceful life through pensions and retirement funds.

"It's a mark of progress in civilized society.

"Perhaps it's the same here?"

Cai Zhiyuan stayed silent for a moment: "No, no, no, this absolutely cannot be the message the Walkway is sending.

"Although I thought during the recap that Aunt Su could indeed play a greater role in this game, that was only in discussing this game's solution.

"At this time, I also must remind you:

"This game might just be an exception; we can't use it as a basis to decide the community's future direction.

"The Walkway has no will; it is more like some cruel natural law.

"If we mistakenly receive the false notion of kindness, it could result in serious consequences."

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "No, on this point, I agree with Renshu's thinking.

"The Walkway has a will."

Cao Haichuan exhaled a puff of smoke and explained:

"Of course, from the current situation, the Walkway might only have a vague will, even with an obvious malice in its scoring standards.

"But the imitators who execute the Walkway's demands have clear wills. Although these wills vary, they will ultimately come together."

Cai Zhiyuan thought for a bit: "But even so, we cannot assert that this amalgamated will would necessarily be clearly benevolent.

"How can you assume there are more benevolent imitators?

"Imitators benefit from killing players; what motivation do they have to help players smoothly pass the judgment games?

"I even believe that it will be impossible in the future to have another 'Wealth Game'—such a lenient judgment game."

Cao Haichuan countered: "Really impossible?

"Right now, most communities should also be aware of the importance of high-intelligence players, and they are likely tending to recruit more high-intelligence players during Recruitment.

"After rounds of deadly games, high-intelligence players have a higher survival rate and accumulate more visa time.

"So, assuming you are an imitator, facing more and more high-intelligence players, ordinary schemes might easily be seen through.

"What would you do then?"

Cai Zhiyuan remained silent for a long time, then slowly spoke the only possibility: "Design a game where fools relying on instinct can pass through, but smart people instead will die."

Cao Haichuan nodded in approval: "Yes, just like the 'Wealth Game.'

"If we say that as a judgment game, the 'King's Judgment' is specifically aimed at people like Uncle Ding, then the 'Wealth Game' is quite the opposite, targeting smart people more.

"Players like Wang Yongxin and Tian Fan have a large winning chance in those games that require thinking, taking risks, and prioritizing interests, but entering this game, they are instead less effective than ordinary people's instinctive reactions.

"The constantly deducting employee salaries in each round would naturally drive them to choose a layoff strategy continuously.

"Sure enough, the imitator of the 'Wealth Game' obviously showed leniency; if they had made the game stricter and removed a few death-free rules, they could easily achieve a total annihilation outcome.

"But will other inspired imitators be as lenient?

"If more imitators learned the 'Wealth Game' approach, it might result in targeted selection against ordinary or even foolish people; smart people may instead face an extremely high death rate.

"I believe the Walkway likely has this kind of 'dynamic balance' mechanism that doesn't allow any one type of player to always stand at the top of the ecological chain.

"If some communities mistakenly believe that high-intelligence players will always have the upper hand in the Walkway's deadly games, they might one day face a sudden existential disaster."

Cai Zhiyuan bowed his head in deep thought for a long time but eventually shook his head.

"I admit there is certainly such a possibility.

"However, we also need to consider one question:

"The Walkway will replenish players. Fools will always exist, even if all communities are selecting players according to the 'smart person's' age or profession, some communities will always fail to find the desired ones.

"With a continuous supply of foolish people, smart people are always a minority in proportion.

"It remains much simpler for imitators to design games that kill fools rather than smart people.

"Because smart people can learn, study; for instance, the routine of the 'Wealth Game,' Renshu and Fu Chen might fall for it the first time they enter, but the second time they'll instinctively be on guard.

"Smart people can learn the survival strategies of fools, but conversely, fools can never learn from smart people.

"Moreover, not every imitator is a genius; even if many imitators wanted to learn the 'Wealth Game,' they couldn't design it."

Cao Haichuan exhaled a puff of smoke: "Alright, you have a point too.

"We can't determine who's right or wrong now, but we've certainly touched upon a very crucial point:

"The will of the Walkway depends on the collective force of all imitators.

"If predominantly benevolent imitators prevail, judgment games will become lenient, even close to the punishment severity in real-world laws;

"If predominantly malicious imitators prevail, judgment games will turn harsh, where even the most trivial sin might result in a death punishment.

"Perhaps this game is a kind-hearted imitator's probe of the Walkway's rules.

"The strategy we adopt in the community, whether to care for the weak or focus only on the strong, is itself a form of betting on the 'Imitator War':

"If we bet correctly, the Walkway's game will fit our community's form, and survival rates will greatly increase.

"If we bet wrong, even if we gather a community of elites, it could be wiped out by a specific game type."

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