God's Imitator-Chapter 407: Public Trial

A height of two meters wasn't very high, but when actually looking down, it still felt somewhat daunting.

Fu Chen took a deep breath and jumped down first.

A moment later, the other players jumped down one after another.

With a "thud," Fu Chen landed feet first, then lost control of his balance somewhat and tilted forward, supporting himself with both hands.

He felt his legs were a bit numb and sore. After recovering for a moment, he stood back up. Fortunately, there was nothing seriously wrong.

Turning to look at the other three, he found Chen Ran clutching her ankle with an expression of pain.

"What's wrong?" Fu Chen quickly asked.

Chen Ran shook her head, "It's nothing. I was careless when landing, seems like I sprained my ankle."

Shen Xing hurried forward, "I'll support you."

Chen Ran put her arm over Shen Xing's shoulder and limped out of the room.

...

At the same time, in the outer field.

Liu Mingxin crouched in a corner, clutching her head with both hands, crying silently.

She hadn't signed the 'live and die together' contract, but this also meant she had watched Liu Jie die helplessly with her own eyes.

Although she had always believed she perhaps couldn't love her child wholeheartedly like other parents, when she actually saw this scene, she still instantly broke down and had no way to continue the game.

Only now did the elimination-type game begin to show its cruel true face, with players starting to die in large numbers.

In the final round, it was finally Fu Yujun's turn to serve as the 'Sharer.'

On the big screen, the three surviving inner field players all followed Fu Chen into the room. According to the game rules, they only needed to jump down from a height of 2 meters to be safe and sound.

Seeing this, Fu Yujun also breathed a sigh of relief. After briefly considering, he began his narration.

"I believe that each child's personality and character are mostly innate.

"It's not that the positive effects of education after birth don't exist, but they're negligible. However, the negative effects of education after birth are significant and can even completely destroy a child's future.

"Many people often ask me how they should educate their children.

"I don't think I'm qualified to answer this question, but after thinking it over, all I can say is, try not to take yourself too seriously.

"If a child happens to have a good personality and achieves some success, that's all the child's own merit and doesn't have much to do with being a parent.

"But if a child isn't happy, then it should all be my responsibility.

"I think if parents could all have this kind of awareness, they probably wouldn't do too badly."

['Sharer' has completed sharing according to game rules. Reward obtained:]

["Some drivers say that after sending their cars to a modification shop, they have no problems afterward."]

These outer field players said nothing more and each went to their operating console to vote.

Liu Mingxin reluctantly supported herself to stand up and also completed her vote at her operating console.

She stared ahead with empty eyes, mechanically completing the operation while muttering to herself.

"I have to survive...

"I have to survive..."

Because there was no next round of the game, such voting had already lost its meaning. All the surviving players in both the inner and outer fields silently waited.

Suddenly, with a "boom," the entire scene darkened, and several beams of light shone on these outer field players.

[Now, a 'public trial' will be conducted for all outer field players.]

[During the trial, spectators may choose to accuse a certain outer field player, but each spectator only has one opportunity.]

[The game will not announce the specific crimes of outer field players. The audience needs to deduce based on information within the game.]

[If you correctly guess an outer field player's crime, the accusation is established.]

[If you fail to guess an outer field player's crime, the accusation fails, and 30,000 minutes of visa time will be deducted.]

[All spectators will conduct a 'public trial vote' on all players whose accusations are established. The two outer field players who receive the highest number of 'guilty' votes will suffer instant death punishment.]

...

At the same time, the inner field players were shocked to discover that the original hexagonal platform slowly descended, and then a large screen slowly rose.

The large screen was divided into six different areas, each corresponding to a different player.

This included the already deceased Jiao Hongtao, as well as the disheveled and distracted Liu Mingxin.

"Mom?!"

Shen Xing looked at Zhou Guifen on the big screen, her face full of disbelief.

Peng Xinyuan was also stunned. He looked at Peng Hong, "Why is this old geezer also here..."

As for Chen Ran, she had originally been sitting in her seat resting, carefully touching her sprained ankle. After seeing Wu Xiaomei, her expression instantly froze and her breathing became rapid.

Fu Chen looked at Shen Xing in some shock, then at Zhou Guifen and Fu Yujun on the big screen.

"So you're saying that the one who's been cooperating with me in the other venue this whole time wasn't Auntie Zhou at all??"

At this point, from the perspective of game rules, the inner field players' game content had already ended.

But whether these outer field players could leave the game alive still depended on the outcome of the public trial.

...

In the audience lounge, on the screen in front of Yang Yuting, images of these six outer field players also appeared.

[All spectators have 1 minute to decide whether to make an accusation. Please carefully consider the consequences of accusation.]

[When multiple spectators make accusations, they will take turns making accusations 'in the order they pressed the button.' When a spectator correctly accuses a player's crime, subsequent spectators in the queue will have their accusations canceled and will enter the 'public trial vote' phase.]

[The first 'public trial' player, Liu Mingxin.]

A close-up of Liu Mingxin appeared on the big screen. The 1 minute of time felt especially long.

"Why is she the first to be judged? Is it according to the order in which the inner field players completed the 'Track in the picture'?

"Jiao Hai and Jiao Hongtao died, so they don't need to participate in the trial. Among the other players, Liu Jie was the only one who failed to complete the track, so Liu Mingxin is tried first.

"If this is indeed the order, then next will be Auntie Zhou, Fu Chen's dad, Peng Hong, and Wu Xiaomei.

"Each spectator only has one chance to accuse.

"Should I accuse?"

Yang Yuting was somewhat hesitant.

Actually, according to the game rules, spectators accusing these outer field players at this time had no benefits whatsoever.

Because they had bet on the life and death of inner field players, and now there was no game mechanism that could kill inner field players, so the outcome of the bets had actually already been determined.

Whether outer field players died or not had nothing to do with the audience's earnings.

Successful accusations brought no benefits, while failed accusations would result in a deduction of 30,000 minutes of visa time.

If no one made accusations, all outer field players would not be judged guilty and would naturally all survive.

But as the 1-minute countdown approached its end, Yang Yuting saw a prominent light effect appear on a small display screen on the wall.

[Spectator 9 has filed an accusation against Liu Mingxin.]

Clearly, even in this situation, some spectators still had reasons to accuse.

There were two possibilities:

First, they were very certain of a certain outer field player's crime and had full confidence when accusing.

Second, they felt genuine disgust or even hatred toward a certain player's behavior, and even without any benefits, they wanted to condemn them to death.

Among the audience were many players who had bet on Liu Jie.

Liu Mingxin neither signed the 'live and die together' contract nor tried her best to obtain funding for Liu Jie, causing her to fall short at the crucial moment and ultimately fail to pass the third map. This was enough reason for these spectators to hate Liu Mingxin.