Chapter 605 - 604: The True Disguiser

As the only worker among the players, Xu Guangxin’s health condition is probably the worst. He works overtime and stays up late, frequently moves due to housing changes, and his diet is likely very irregular, almost identical to the deceased, poisoned in all aspects.

But this is very normal. How many workers aren’t like this?

The environment forces all workers to helplessly choose the same lifestyle.

Therefore, even if you don’t think he is the one guilty of the worst sin, you can vote based on the ’health’ standard.

During the voting, communication is impossible, and each person has different judgments on the crimes, so even two players from the same community might not necessarily concentrate their votes on the same enemy.

Five votes for five people indeed have a significant element of chance, but in the end, it leads to the ’all-member heartache’ bad result.

Deng Xiao feels like he is on the verge of death, he touches the relief behind the drawing board, and the lump in his blood vessels seems to have grown bigger.

Worse still, his heart rate is increasing, and his physical condition is deteriorating.

"No, I can’t take it anymore!"

This time, Deng Xiao doesn’t look at Lu Bingjun but chooses to press the ’Help’ button directly before the new round of the game begins.

As long as the Disguiser doesn’t die, the game will continue endlessly.

Although Shi Guoliang, who seems most like the Disguiser, also looks like he can’t hold on much longer, Deng Xiao doesn’t dare to bet on who will go first between them.

Deng Xiao received more Sudden Death Tickets than Shi Guoliang, but his physical condition is tougher; Shi Guoliang is older, and his heart has undergone stent surgery, so even though he received slightly fewer Sudden Death Tickets, his situation is also not optimistic.

If Shi Guoliang dies first, and it is later confirmed that he is the Disguiser, then the game will end immediately.

The current situation is extremely chaotic; the players’ crimes are almost fully exposed, no one can control the direction of all the votes.

Now, Deng Xiao understands why players from Community 7 and Community 11 used the privilege of seeking help so early.

Because the earlier it is used, the more it can influence votes and thus establish an advantage early on.

But things have come to this; there are no other options left.

[Deng Xiao used the ’Help’ function, his statement will be replaced by ’Lin Sizhi’ from the same community.]

[All original parts of this round of the game will be canceled; all speaking time will be occupied by the Audience.]

[During the voting process, the Audience can force players to vote based solely on either the ’crime’ or the ’health’ standard.]

...

From the speaker, Lin Sizhi’s voice comes through.

"You should have sought my help earlier.

"Shi Guoliang is not the Disguiser.

"That phrase is a trap set by the Imitator, and Shi Guoliang stepped into it unknowingly, inadvertently shielding the real Disguiser.

"Shi Guoliang is clearly the owner of a restaurant company, caught as a Sinner in the game, and since his crime cannot be the same as Lu Bingjun’s, it is very likely related to food.

"This step of reasoning is completely correct.

"However, ’the company has never produced prepackaged food’, this is a piece of information verified as true by the Lie Detection Mechanism, which has severely misled subsequent reasoning.

"I believe Shi Guoliang genuinely believes that his company indeed does not produce prepackaged food.

"Because the concept of ’prepackaged food’ in his mind deviates significantly from that of ordinary people.

"To ordinary people, any food not cooked on an open flame and made fresh counts as prepackaged food, which aligns more with the literal interpretation.

"But around two or three years ago, the restaurant association and relevant departments jointly issued a clear standard for prepackaged food, greatly narrowing its scope.

"According to this standard, food with preservatives added, vegetables preliminarily cut and washed, food uniformly processed from a central kitchen, staple foods are not considered prepackaged food.

"That means, canned foods, sausages, pickled vegetables, pre-cut and packaged potato shreds, frozen rice meals, burgers, pizzas, etc., are not considered prepackaged food.

"Additionally, the most crucial point is that food uniformly processed from a central kitchen is not considered prepackaged food.

"Thus, in the eyes of general consumers, food cooked, packaged, frozen, and distributed by central kitchens certainly seems prepackaged, but not to industry insiders.

"If one reads the regulations closely, indeed, it doesn’t count.

"Shi Guoliang knew his crime from the beginning and originally intended to conceal it.

"But upon seeing the statement ’the company does not produce prepackaged food’ on the drawing board, he suddenly had a brilliant idea, believing he could use the Walkway’s Lie Detection Mechanism to clear his name.

"Since he had previously revealed his ownership of a private farm, he could disguise his company as one selling healthy food.

"As a result, he could redirect the suspicion of his crime to the same direction as Lu Bingjun’s.

"If other players truly believe his crime is roughly similar to Lu Bingjun’s, then as the executor, Lu Bingjun should attract more fire.

"But unfortunately, this was a trap deliberately laid by the Imitator.

"When the audience exposed this paradoxical situation, Shi Guoliang not only revealed his crime but was also viewed as the Disguiser by many players, while the real Disguiser remained hidden.

"Currently, five players remain alive in the scene, among whom three players, Li Hui, Deng Xiao, and Shi Guoliang, are on the brink of death.

"Although Shi Guoliang received fewer Sudden Death Tickets, his heart, already fragile due to the stent, is weaker than Li Hui’s and Deng Xiao’s.

"If he were the Disguiser, he should end the game immediately, for continuing means he could die at any time, and there’s no need to take such a risk.

"Therefore, the true Disguiser is Xu Guangxin.

"Because his initial goal was to kill as many players as possible in this game.

"Actually, the title ’Disguiser’ provides a very clear hint.

"If it just involved altering content on the drawing board with the lie detector results, then ’Liar’ would be a more fitting term.

"The true meaning of ’Disguiser’ lies in assuming a special identity, and altering lie detector results freely is merely a necessary product to better complete the disguise.

"Thus, Xu Guangxin was not a colleague or friend of the deceased; his ’health condition’ was merely a copy-paste of the deceased’s information.

"This case differs significantly from other judgment games: the players are closer related.

"Shi Guoliang, Wei Hongbing, Deng Xiao — these three players don’t know each other, which is reasonable.

"Shi Guoliang runs a large restaurant business and wouldn’t naturally encounter others, while Wei Hongbing is the deceased’s landlord and Deng Xiao is the deceased’s fitness coach; their work and life circles rarely overlap with the deceased, so their unfamiliarity with other players is normal.

"But Lu Bingjun is the deceased’s superior, Li Hui the deceased’s childhood friend or classmate, covering both the deceased’s work and life circles.

"In this scenario, regardless of whether Xu Guangxin was the deceased’s colleague, friend, or something else, it’s unlikely he wouldn’t recognize Lu Bingjun and Li Hui. Conversely, Lu Bingjun and Li Hui should have at least heard of Xu Guangxin.

"They were unsure themselves — Lu Bingjun might think Xu Guangxin was a friend of the deceased, while Li Hui might believe he was a colleague — hence they didn’t react instantly.

"As a Disguiser, Xu Guangxin very cleverly never used his identity privilege to alter any lie detection result, even proactively revealing much unfavorable information.

"Therefore, he could hide more effectively."