Cao Haichuan pondered for a moment: "In that case, when we discussed the 'Matchmaking Game' before, Li Renshu's guess was correct.

"If Walkway believes the imitators have too much of an advantage in the game, affecting the game balance, it will personally intervene to adjust the rules."

Li Renshu asked with some curiosity: "Are you saying Walkway actually provided two sets of suggestions for modifications? What is the content of the other set of suggestions?"

Wei Yinzhang thought for a moment: "The other set of suggestions includes three modifications, all of which are basically intended to increase the game's mortality rate.

"But my purpose in creating this game isn't to cause deaths, and with those rules added, it would also greatly heighten my own risk of death, so I didn't adopt them.

"Whereas these two rules, I can fully accept.

"The rule of 'identifying the imitator' seems to increase my risk as well, but I believe I will only reveal myself after distributing the Contract Coupons. By that time, I won't have much visa time left, and most players will have received benefits, so it's unlikely voting will reach 70%, keeping me generally safe.

"The first suggestion is also very clever, making me very keen to adopt it.

"Because seeing this rule made me realize there was originally a flaw in my design.

"I hadn't explicitly stated 'oxygen consumption is linked to the amount of thinking', and only noted that players' oxygen masks would display current oxygen levels and the number of times oxygen was replenished.

"I originally thought that whether players thought or not would make a big difference in oxygen consumption.

"But upon seeing this suggestion, I suddenly realized there might be an issue."

Zheng Jie nodded: "Yes, from current medical research, the difference in oxygen consumption between dazing and intense thinking is not much, I recall it being around 5% to 10%.

"The gap is not noticeable because the brain's oxygen consumption only accounts for about one-fifth of the body's total oxygen consumption.

"In addition, tension and anxiety can significantly increase oxygen consumption, which might lead to Foolish Players consuming more oxygen even when not thinking compared to Wise Players.

"In that case, it would be impossible to differentiate.

"But you could just ignore Walkway's suggestion and directly modify your design plan, couldn't you?"

Wei Yinzhang shook his head: "No, I can't change it.

"After I submitted my plan for review, Walkway provided modification suggestions. I could only choose to adopt or not adopt it, and couldn't withdraw the submitted plan, modify it, and resubmit for review."

Li Renshu mused: "So, whenever you see such additions and subtractions afterwards, you can be sure it's Walkway's work."

Wang Yongxin still found it incredible: "But saying so, Walkway is too intelligent, not only offering such clear and specific suggestions but also precisely pointing out the loopholes in the original plan?

"It's like it's become sentient."

Cao Haichuan didn't find it odd: "Actually, during the 'Matchmaking Game', the suggestions from Walkway were also quite smart.

"Also, one noteworthy detail is the differing strength of suggestions provided by Walkway in the 'Matchmaking Game' and the 'Fool's Game'.

"In the 'Matchmaking Game', it clearly stated that the imitator must enter the game, no discussion.

"But in the 'Fool's Game', it seems optional.

"Because the rule only states when the imitator enters the game, the rule of 'identifying the imitator' will apply. This implies there might be scenarios where the imitator doesn't enter."

Li Renshu thoughtfully said: "Hmm... so, based on the balance of the game, Walkway's suggestions may also vary?

"For games with particularly poor balance, Walkway's suggestions tend to be more mandatory.

"For games with acceptable balance, Walkway's suggestions appear more lenient."

Wang Yongxin sighed: "It indeed doesn't seem like something humans can achieve."

Wei Yinzhang spread his hands, saying matter-of-factly: "It's quite normal, isn't it? Walkway is inherently a supernatural existence, its intelligence surpassing that of humans, is it something difficult to accept?

"Moreover, Walkway itself is subjective; although its dialogues with imitators or players are not often seen, they do exist.

"'Understanding Walkway's intentions' is indeed one of the essential skills for survival in the New World."

...

Having reached this point, everyone had roughly understood the mechanisms surrounding the imitator.

Many previous speculations were also verified.

For Community 17, this was undeniably a significant matter.

Xu Tong raised her hand and said: "I suddenly had an idea.

"Does this mean we can also run a black market? Like Community 1 did?

"From the present situation, it takes Sister Wei a relatively long time to design a good game, and it coincidentally requires the right invitation.

"However, Sister Wei could choose to directly tell us the specific design invitation, and then we could work together to complete the scheme, and later Sister Wei could submit it.

"In this way, the likelihood of being selected would significantly increase, wouldn't it?"

Zheng Jie hesitated: "Can we really do that?"

Xu Tong matter-of-factly replied: "Of course, why couldn't we? The rules don't explicitly prohibit it, and didn't Community 1 already do such a thing?

"If it wasn't for Lawyer Lin stepping in, they would have succeeded.

"Walkway did forcibly insert a rule into the game, but that was just to adjust the game's balance.

"This indicates Walkway isn't entirely inflexible on this matter.

"Otherwise, there would be harsher measures like 'immediate death penalty for an imitator revealing their identity' or 'immediate death penalty for players knowing the game rules in advance.'"

Many people nodded; indeed, the words made sense.

Li Renshu looked at Wei Yinzhang, then at Lin Sizhi: "Yinzhang, and Lawyer Lin, what do you two think?"

Lin Sizhi, who had evidently already considered this question, replied: "It depends on how you intend to use the imitator.

"If you intend to use the imitator as a disposable resource, then it is certainly doable, just like Community 1.

"But if you hope to use the imitator as a stable channel of information, then I think it's best not to do so.

"Not only is running a black market absolutely unfeasible, but having everyone help design together is also absolutely not viable, as essentially there is no difference between doing this and running a black market.

"Both belong to actions of 'blurring the lines between imitator and player' and 'severely affecting game fairness'."

Xu Tong was a bit puzzled: "Lawyer Lin, are you saying that as long as such behavior occurs, the imitator will inevitably die?

"But that wasn't necessarily the case, if it weren't for you, Community 1's Zhong Yuanyuan would have most likely succeeded."

Lin Sizhi countered: "Without me, there would have been Lu Xinyi, and without Lu Xinyi, there would be other players.

"Even if Zhong Yuanyuan had succeeded in the 'Matchmaking Game', what about next time? The time after that?

"Don't forget, it's up to Walkway to ultimately decide which players participate in the game.

"Do you think it's wiser to confess and accept punishment when Walkway decides to penalize you, or is it wiser to defy Walkway, even openly challenging it?"

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