Chapter 514
The Qualification for Torture
Chapter 514 The Qualification for Torture
Zheng Jie asked, "What does 'receiving death threats' mean?"
Lin Sizhi explained, "It means exactly what it says."
"In the game 'Simple Roulette,' the setting of 'Redemption Roulette' is actually used. So, if I fire four or more shots at the doll, I may die from severe traumatic brain injury, which the existing medical conditions in the community cannot save me from."
"In other words, as long as there is a risk of death in the game mechanics, it counts."
"You can't say that if a player completes the game perfectly, the game mechanics are no longer a threat."
"Of course, when I was writing the rules related to the 'Fate' cell, I didn't know what kind of special game Cai Zhiyuan would use against me, so I couldn't predict whether he would really die because of this rule."
Zheng Jie thought for a moment: "But the possibility of firing several shots at a doll is very low, right?"
Wei Yinzhang shook his head: "Not necessarily, it depends on the player's choice on the first shot."
"Because players know that the copycats who designed this game have also studied the rules, and the conclusion is that 'the first shot is the safest,' so the copycats are most likely to put live ammunition in the first shot."
"As a result, players might choose to shoot the doll first."
"But then you fall into the same trap—after the first shot is a miss, you can't help but think that maybe the live round is in the second shot."
"Because the first shot fired at the doll will completely ignite the player's will to survive."
"Players will be overwhelmed by their survival instincts, and after multiple rounds of competition, the game will return to its original state."
"So the worst-case scenario can still happen in this game:"
"He fired several shots at the puppet, then got caught in a trap and died."
Wei Yinzhang paused slightly, then added, "Of course, this only applies to other players. Players like Lawyer Lin certainly wouldn't fire several shots at the puppet in a row."
Even if I decide to shoot the doll, I will only shoot specific bullet slots.
"But for Cai Zhiyuan, this possibility is like winning the lottery—although the probability is extremely low, it is the result he most wants to see: to destroy Lawyer Lin both physically and mentally."
"Therefore, he may treat this possibility as an insignificant lottery draw, even though he knows the probability is low and not enough to affect the main strategy, but drawing a prize is no big deal."
Zheng Jie raised his hand and said, "But that makes me even more confused."
"Cai Zhiyuan must know that the possibility of Attorney Lin shooting the puppet four times is almost non-existent. Treating it as a lottery draw makes sense, but it certainly cannot affect the main strategy."
"He ultimately chose to put the bullets in the doll's pocket, which meant the pistol must have been empty."
"It's impossible for Attorney Lin to be crushed to death by the traps, so isn't Attorney Lin bound to survive in this game?"
"Regardless, it would be the logical choice for him to put the bullet in the pistol, whether it was the first shot, the last shot, or any of them, right?"
Wei Yinzhang said helplessly, "You're doing nested dolls again."
Zheng Jie was taken aback: "Huh? Did I create another nested doll pattern?"
Wei Yinzhang explained, "What you said is indeed true, but this conclusion was drawn after you knew the conclusion that 'Lawyer Lin will definitely shoot himself with all six shots.'"
"What if Attorney Lin thought one step further and shot the puppet as the last shot?"
"Then Cai Zhiyuan thought one more step and replaced the last shot with an empty shot?"
"This is a classic nesting doll problem; thinking about things this way is meaningless. Let's go back to the level where Attorney Lin and Cai Zhiyuan are and think about it:"
"For players of their caliber, belief is more important than life and death, so the final outcome of this game depends on whose belief prevails."
"Only after that will it be a matter of who lives and who dies."
"Let's take the case of the last shot as an example:"
"If Cai Zhiyuan puts the bullet in this shot, there are only two possibilities:"
"First, Attorney Lin chose to shoot the doll with his last shot, and then the live bullet in the gun was fired."
"So, has Attorney Lin been attacked on the mind? You can insist on saying he has, since it's enough that Attorney Lin hit the doll. But in reality, it doesn't have the effect of attacking the mind at all."
"—You saved the live ammunition for the last shot, and then Attorney Lin anticipated your actions and shot the doll with the last shot. What kind of psychological attack is that?"
"That would mean the game designers would suffer a double loss in terms of both belief and mechanics, a complete and utter defeat, which is unacceptable to Tsai Chih-yuan."
"Secondly, Attorney Lin chose to shoot himself with his last shot, dying in the game."
"But in that case, Attorney Lin would essentially be proving his beliefs with his life. According to the rules of the 'Trial by the Hermit,' Cai Zhiyuan would still die, and he would still have completely lost on the level of belief."
"Of course, Cai Zhiyuan could not have known in advance that he would encounter such rules in the 'Trial of the Hermits,' but even if Attorney Lin had not initiated the 'special game' against him and Cai Zhiyuan had not died, this outcome would still be unacceptable to Cai Zhiyuan."
"Because he only killed Lawyer Lin's body, not Lawyer Lin's beliefs; on the contrary, his own beliefs collapsed."
"If we use 'god-killing' as a metaphor, the act of 'god-killing' can be divided into two types:"
"The first type is to take advantage of God's divinity, resort to despicable acts, admit that they are rats in the gutter, just to achieve the result of 'killing God';
"The second way is to openly and honestly pull God down from the altar and shatter His divinity. Although you cannot become a real god, you will prove that there is no god in this world and that you are the strongest person in a godless world."
“Cai Zhiyuan is clearly the latter. He wants to kill a god, but he certainly doesn’t consider himself a rat in the gutter.”
Wei Yinzhang paused slightly before continuing:
"Putting a bullet in any one of them won't really prove whether the two men's beliefs are superior or inferior."
"Because only by making Attorney Lin fire blanks at the doll can Attorney Lin's belief be shattered."
"Conversely, only when Attorney Lin fired six shots at himself could Cai Zhiyuan's belief be shattered."
"Zheng Jie, your idea has two serious flaws:"
"First, it presupposes the flawed premise that 'Lawyer Lin will definitely shoot himself with all six shots,' which is equivalent to trying to solve a problem with a known answer."
"Secondly, you prioritized the 'life and death of the body' over the 'victory or defeat of beliefs,' thinking only of physically killing Attorney Lin, without considering anything else."
“A player like you would never even reach the point of using ‘special games’ to challenge Attorney Lin.”
Attorney Lin nodded: "Some people may have the wrong understanding and think that I would shoot myself six times under any circumstances."
"That's of course impossible."
“I would only do this in Tsai Chih-yuan’s games.”
"If another copycat had designed this game, even if the rules were exactly the same, I would have used a different strategy."
"And even if I lose, it won't affect my beliefs."
"Because not everyone has the right to interrogate me."
(End of this chapter)