Lin Sizhi paused slightly, then continued:

"No matter how smart a person is, it's impossible to completely comprehend all the rules and plan out every detail in the oxygen-rich environment of the preparation phase.

"Take my situation for instance, even though I had formulated a strategy from the beginning, once I entered this new environment of the battle room, there were still some thoughts that arose involuntarily.

"These extra thoughts are an instinctive reaction, impossible to eliminate through conscious control.

"If a 'Sheep' can completely avoid thinking, there are only two explanations: The first is she has some special ability; the second is that she already knows all the rules of this game and has thought through all possible solutions countless times before entering the game, so she doesn't need any extra thinking during the game.

"Of course, I didn't conclude this based on just one point.

"Another crucial point is that I guessed the 'Imitator's intent' from the details of the game's rules.

"Many rules in this game exist for 'robbing the rich to help the poor.'

"For example, why would the Imitator deliberately design the 'oxygen consumption' to be in the form of a 'safety statement'? Why must the amount of oxygen consumed be placed prominently on the mask for everyone to see? Why does 'Guess the Fool' appear to be a multi-layered logical game but is actually about guessing the number of Fool cards?

"These are all special considerations for the 'Wise Fools.'

"If the Imitator was simply running a casino to earn visa time, there would be no need for such designs.

"Moreover, there's the voting stage to 'kill the Imitator.'

"The Imitator wouldn't have included this rule in the game if she was insane. The only reason is she confidently believes that the risk of exposure at high-risk points wouldn't lead to 70% of players voting for her death.

"Here are two different considerations:

"If she finds herself unable to execute her plan smoothly, she will hide like an ordinary passerby, making it difficult for others to identify her. And if someone wrongly identifies her, she can earn 30,000 minutes of visa time for free.

"If her plan is smoothly executed, she will distribute the final chips pool as much as possible to the Foolish Players. There's no way 70% of people would vote to kill her.

"Both outcomes are acceptable to her.

"She would only include this rule if she believes the risk is far less than the reward.

"An Imitator willing to share money with all players in her game is invincible.

"The only thing she can't do is madly amass wealth for herself in this game, exploiting backdoors to take away the final prize pool. If she had such an intention, she wouldn't have written such rules.

"To achieve the 'rob the rich to feed the poor' goal, the Imitator would likely infiltrate the Wise Players' group, push the situation forward, and greatly likely make herself one of the 'Contract Coupon issuers.'

"So, I further narrowed down my filter, used consumption records to lock onto the 'Sheep,' and proactively suggested only accepting contract coupons from 'Sheep,' aligning with her plan.

"Before this, I had already expressed my dislike for the 'Rabbit,' so this choice was natural.

"The final step, at the beginning of the third 'Guess the Number,' I privately talked with 'Sheep,' exposed her identity, helped her perfect her plan, and then called you over to confirm the scoop.

"To gain the trust of the 'Rabbit,' 'Sheep' also agreed to join the 'Rabbit's community.

"But she's definitely not going.

"The original plan of 'Sheep' was to find players from her own community within the game. But unexpected performance from those players in the absence of rule spoilers left them unable to stand out, making it hard to confirm identities in a short time, failing to gather the minimum three people.

"And 'Sheep' didn't want to openly search among the crowd, as it might raise suspicion from the 'Rabbit.'

"Just at that moment, I extended an olive branch, and after careful consideration, she naturally accepted."

'Woodpecker' Zheng Jie was even more surprised: "But isn't she afraid we'll harm her? After all, she's the Imitator!"

'Owl' Lin Sizhi shook his head: "I also showed my sincerity."

'Woodpecker' Zheng Jie was somewhat curious: "What sincerity? Did you promise something? But that's unverifiable, right?"

'Owl' Lin Sizhi explained: "Not killing her was my sincerity.

"You must know that this was only at the beginning of the third round of 'Guess the Number,' not the final voting.

"If it were after the final voting, 'Sheep' would have already distributed the final prize pool to the Foolish Players. Even if her identity as an Imitator is exposed then, no one would vote her to death.

"But during the third 'Guess the Number' round, it wasn't like that.

"As long as I recognized her, she would certainly die.

"'Sheep' never expected me to guess her identity in the third 'Guess the Number' round.

"Because she overlooked in designing this game, made the same mistake as you: mistakenly thinking that a slightly lower oxygen consumption wasn't a big issue, didn't intentionally force herself to think in the first phase to increase oxygen consumption, leaving a flaw.

"Fortunately, besides me, no one else noticed this.

"But since I punctured this and didn't kill her, it already proved my sincerity.

"What's more, my willingness to help her improve the plan meant our ideas aligned."

'Woodpecker' Zheng Jie suddenly realized: "I see!"

He was trying hard to think, following the train of thought as the oxygen slot on his oxygen mask visibly shortened.

The game was about to end, and most players had already found other players from their community, though the atmosphere in different communities was entirely different.

'Gray Wolf' He Xiaojun had also found other players from Community 14. But before leaving the game, he specifically came over.

"Thank you so much, 'Owl' sir! Just not sure if we can meet in future games.

"I want to tell you my name very much, but unfortunately, according to the rules, we cannot reveal our information throughout the game."

'Peacock' Qin Yao said: "It's okay, if we meet next time, just remember the strongest one is 'Owl' and that's enough!

"Goodbye!"

They all waved goodbye to each other.

[Chips and visa time have been settled. Players who are still in debt will have double their visa time deducted. Players with insufficient remaining visa time will suffer instant death penalties.]

In the hall, there were still players letting out despairing wails. Clearly, those who were unable to clear their debts were going to suffer the instant death penalty.

But there's no help; this is a selection-type game where, besides the 'Wise Fools' and the 'True Wise Ones' benefiting from it, some players must inevitably be weeded out.

[Wei Yinzhang has been accepted by Community 17 and will become Community 17's new number 2 player.]

This piece of information was only heard by the players of Community 17.

[Game Over.]

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