Inside the Audience Lounge.

[All audience members, please conduct a 'consensus vote' on the actions of the Judicial Council in the second Judgement Room.]

[Voting results: ×√×√√××√××]

This time, the voting results show some divisions.

For players who believe Fei Xiong's sentence is too lenient, choosing 'punishment' twice is reasonable and consistent, hence they gave a √.

But for those who think Fei Xiong's sentence already fits his crime, they shouldn't pursue 'punishment', but rather 'innocence'.

The concept of 'consensus' has a certain ambiguity and will be influenced by each audience member's subjective judgment.

But no matter how it's said, the voting result did not trigger any overt special mechanism after it came out.

...

After passing through the long, curved corridor again, the group arrived at the door of the third Judgement Room.

There was a new question on the door.

[As parents of a newborn, which of the following is permissible?]

[A: Kiss the baby.]

[B: Make the baby use a potty.]

[C: Stop the baby from sucking fingers.]

[D: Occasionally let the baby sleep on their tummy.]

Jiang He's face looked even worse: "Isn't this a multiple-choice question? How can three of these not be allowed?

"I can eliminate option B, I remember this seems to be a common mistake grandparents might make when caring for children, newborns shouldn't be made to use a potty."

There are no more chances to seek help from the audience, and which of the remaining options is correct can only rely on guessing.

Some people looked at Chen Xin and Fei Xiong, expecting them to know the answer.

But obviously, Chen Xin was not even 20, and Fei Xiong, being a man who committed domestic violence, probably didn't do any childcare work, so they couldn't provide any clear reference.

The crowd could only have an open discussion.

"No matter what, choosing A shouldn't be wrong, right? Don't all parents kiss their babies on TV?"

"Stopping the baby from sucking fingers, isn't that okay? Sucking fingers could have bacteria, right?"

"It seems like option D is the worst, as sleeping on the tummy surely affects health."

After a simple discussion, everyone was still clueless.

They finally decided to choose C.

Kissing the baby seemed too correct to choose, and for using the potty, newborns have diapers, so there's no need, especially since Jiang He already mentioned it is likely an incorrect option.

Stopping the baby from sucking fingers and giving them a pacifier instead should be okay, right?

[Unfortunately, that's incorrect.]

[The correct answer is: D]

[Remaining Fertility Fund: 187,000]

Unable to secure the final piece of the Fertility Fund, the group pushed open the door with some frustration and entered the third Judgement Room.

It was still a female convict.

[As a taxi driver, you engaged in a heated argument with a male passenger over the fare, deliberately took a wrong route back to the original location. During the process, the male passenger jumped out of the car, resulting in a coma and ultimately a Grade Five disability in his right upper limb.]

[Penalty result: Compensation of 20,000 to the male passenger, no criminal liability.]

But compared to previous criminals, this female player had one difference: her mouth was not sealed by a mechanism and she could speak.

"Help!" In a rush, she quickly called for help to Jiang He and the others.

Jiang He looked at the group: "I think it should be innocent."

Li Jiang nodded swiftly: "No problem, I agree."

Seeing no one opposed, Jiang He naturally struck the gavel.

"Innocent!"

A deduction of 10,000 from the Fertility Fund, but this time, the mechanism directly unlocked completely without causing any harm to this female player.

She was ecstatic and repeatedly thanked everyone.

Jiang He did not say much, only comforted: "It's okay, this wasn't your fault."

[Remaining Fertility Fund: 177,000]

The entire team had expanded to 8 people, 6 females and 2 males.

Jiang He thought for a moment, the next male probably wouldn't have committed a serious crime, whether guilty or punished, the final male-to-female ratio is 3 to 6, which is totally acceptable.

6 females share mechanism 1, 3 males share mechanism 2, and from the current amount of the Fertility Fund, it should be enough to achieve the game's clearance goal.

However, when they reached the other half of the Judgement Room, they were all stunned.

Because there was no one inside, the mechanism on the wall was empty, just locked air.

[As a taxi driver, failing to hear a female passenger's inquiry led to her jumping out of the car and accidentally dying.]

[Penalty result: For the crime of negligence causing death, sentenced to one year of fixed-term imprisonment, suspended for one year.]

Jiang He was puzzled and unwillingly looked around every corner of this Judgement Room: "Where's the criminal?"

Clearly, in the third Judgement Room, the Imitator played a joke on everyone.

There was no male criminal.

But the judgment still had to proceed.

Jiang He looked at Li Jiang, then at Yang Yuting.

Neither of them spoke, but their attitude should be quite clear and easy to guess.

Li Jiang would certainly lean towards an innocent verdict, while Yang Yuting didn't have a particularly strong opinion on how to judge, her only requirement being that both cases have the same verdict.

If the previous one was innocent, then this one should also be innocent.

If the previous one was punitive, then this one should also be punitive.

But now the problem arises. The previous female driver was judged innocent, and if this one is also judged innocent, it would mean spending 10,000 of the Fertility Fund to save air.

Because there is no specific male criminal, people cannot be used to share the mechanism's uses.

This 10,000 Fertility Fund would essentially be wasted.

Even though being deducted an extra 10,000 wouldn't prevent the necessary use of the mechanism, what if a chance error means failing to manufacture successfully? There's no error margin left.

Furthermore, every extra 5,000 points of the Fertility Fund can reduce the difficulty of the mechanism, and it cannot be wasted like this.

Executing a death penalty can probably still regain 10,000, but in terms of crime, executing a death penalty for such a case doesn't seem reasonable.

If they truly chose to kill everyone before, then forcibly killing here would barely make sense.

But they have saved quite a few people before, some with much graver crimes than this male driver.

Jiang He remained silent for a long time, then could only heavily strike the gavel on the Judgement Table, making the only choice.

"Punishment!"

Neither innocence nor the death penalty are acceptable options, only punishment can be chosen.

The mechanism's spikes protruded as well, but since no one was there, it just finished the fixed process and unlocked automatically.

Then Jiang He explained: "The results of these two cases are not the same; one resulted in injury from jumping, not death, while the other directly resulted in death.

"So we cannot apply the same judgment standards."

Obviously, her words were not just for the players inside, but also for the audience.

From the 'King's Judgment' mechanism, the judge can explain the reasons and motivations for their judgments, which can somewhat sway the audience's perception.

If this game also has a rating mechanism, then giving an explanation might help a bit.

Since similar rating mechanisms definitely include a lie detector, the audience often wavers between 'fair' and 'unfair'. An explanation can't convince everyone, but changing the views of a small portion of the audience can still help improve the ratings.

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