Chapter 570: Chapter 570: Sharing Information

Zhou Xiaoying hesitantly nodded, "It’s too painful, I... I should take the medicine to avoid some suffering."

"Anyway, this is the 17th round, with a total of 24 rounds, and just an hour to go."

Lin Sizhi looked at her and reminded, "The game rules never mentioned that addictive pain will disappear after leaving the game."

Zhou Xiaoying was stunned for a moment, then said in a panic, "But, but, the game rules also didn’t say that such pain would persist!"

"Are you saying we’ll still suffer addictive pain when we return to the Community?"

"That, that doesn’t make sense!"

She looked at Qian Li, hoping to hear what she wanted to hear from her.

Qian Li paused for a moment, "In the first stage of the game, there was indeed no such precedent."

"But... a lot of changes happened in the second stage rules, and no one can guarantee anything."

Zhou Xiaoying’s expression turned a bit unpleasant.

Obviously, Lin Sizhi’s stance was clear, advising her not to take any more type O drugs and to endure the pain brought by drug addiction as much as possible.

This way, she wouldn’t fall too deep.

But what if this addictive pain only exists in the game? What if it vanishes entirely after leaving the game?

Enduring would become a meaningless act.

Both scenarios are possible, and ultimately, it’s up to Zhou Xiaoying to make her own decision.

Qian Li looked at Lin Sizhi, "So, what do you plan to do?"

Lin Sizhi looked at everyone, "Are you interested in joining me in finding the Imitator of this game?"

Everyone fell temporarily silent.

Zhou Xiaoying and Du Peng’s expressions were quite surprised, while Zhang Yuan and Qian Li seemed to have expected it.

Huang Shengjie froze for a moment, then said hesitantly, "It would be great if we could find them, but..."

Previously, some players had tried to identify Chen Guangming as the imitator, but in the end, it didn’t cause any stir.

This made most players realize that identifying the imitator is much more challenging than imagined.

Huang Shengjie noticed Zhang Yuan and Qian Li’s expressions seemed odd and asked in surprise, "Do you think there’s hope?"

Qian Li looked at Lin Sizhi, pondering, "So, you stayed in the room earlier to observe the players in this game?"

"You should have already gathered some information about other zones?"

"And perhaps... you already have an answer in your mind?"

Lin Sizhi nodded, "I have indeed gathered a lot of information."

"But...

"Regarding the exact identity of the imitator, I still don’t have a clear direction."

"That’s why I want to leverage your strengths."

"You all come from different communities and can contact players from your own Community to confirm more details."

"Pooling our resources gives us a better chance of finding traces of the imitator, and through thorough investigation, pinpointing them."

Qian Li and Zhang Yuan exchanged glances, clearly not entirely convinced.

It’s not that they don’t believe Lin Sizhi has gathered a lot of information, but they don’t believe he hasn’t confirmed the identity of the imitator.

Without a clear target, he couldn’t leave the room.

Lin Sizhi likely already has a suspect, but due to other reasons, doesn’t want to directly identify them, or identify them himself.

However, they naturally chose not to mention this point.

As for Zhou Xiaoying, her focus was elsewhere.

"So... you were monitoring other rooms during each round of the game while in your room?"

"Doesn’t that mean, after over a dozen rounds, you’ve spent nearly forty thousand medical points!"

Qian Li sighed, "Of course, he can’t be monitoring every round."

"There are two ways to acquire information about other rooms in this game, besides ’monitoring,’ there’s also ’communication.’

"First, use ’monitoring’ to find familiar players or players from the same Community, then initiate communication to share information."

Zhou Xiaoying nodded in realization, "Ah, that makes sense."

Zhang Yuan added, "Besides, for top players in Walkway, the visa time has never been anything precious; it’s just a number."

Lin Sizhi stood up, pointing at the room layout in the lounge, and began introducing it to everyone.

"I’ll share the information I’ve confirmed with everyone."

"Everyone can consider whether there’s anything suspicious about these players."

"When you return to your rooms, you can initiate communications with players you know to confirm more details."

"In the new round of the game, we can gather in the lounge again to continue sharing information."

"We’ll keep doing this until we find the most likely candidate for the imitator."

There are no pen and paper in the game, so Lin Sizhi couldn’t write these names on the room structure map to help everyone remember.

Everyone had to focus on memorizing the crucial players or those from their Community.

Huang Shengjie, meanwhile, endured the withdrawal symptoms that appeared now and then while trying to keep up with the pace.

Lin Sizhi described it in the order of Sales - Auditor - Doctor, and also introduced the different statuses of Zones A, B, C, and D.

The four salespeople seemed somewhat distinct, for example, Ye Lin in Zone AB seemed more sincere, Bai Zilan in Zone AD appeared innocent, Chen Guangming in Zone CD never had a good reputation, and the sales in Zone BC had the least presence.

But their behavioral patterns are very similar, all trying their utmost to sell drugs.

The behavior patterns of the four auditors, however, show distinct differences.

The auditor in Zone A, Shen Qingyun, has the firmest attitude, unaffected by sales or doctors trying to influence her thoughts, consistently refusing to buy any type O or F drugs.

The auditors in Zone B, Xu Yiheng, and in Zone D, Zheng Chunhua, though initially like Shen Qingyun wanting to block type O and F drugs from their rooms, eventually gave in under the dual pressure from sales and patients.

So far, Zones B, C, and D have all been compromised, leading to a drug overflow.

And the situation in Zone A isn’t much better since the supply of type M drugs Shen Qingyun holds is very limited.

As time passes, the number of Infected is increasing, and if Shen Qingyun continues to reject type O and F drugs, there might be fatalities occurring.

...

Lin Sizhi had roughly finished introducing the situations in the four zones.

He couldn’t confirm the identity of every player, especially those in Zones A, B, and D, where most of the patient players remain unknown.

Finally, he added an extra note.

"One more thing to emphasize: I haven’t observed any blatant under-the-table activities."