Li Renshu showed appreciation on her face: "That's right, that's exactly what I wanted to say."
"Anyone with a sense of justice and compassion can actually survive in this game."
"Aside from the confirmed blank fifth shot, players have five opportunities to pull the trigger."
"If he shoots twice at the innocent and three times at himself, he can clear the game unscathed;"
"If he shoots three times at the innocent and twice at himself, he will only sustain minor injuries."
"Only by shooting four or five times at the innocent would he suffer severe cranial injuries or even death."
Cai Zhiyuan shrugged: "Doesn't that support my conclusion?
"What I mean is, the survival rate of this game is actually very high.
"Your statement further proves that the survival rate of this game is even higher than I imagined.
"Those sensitive to wording and able to see through linguistic traps won't die;
"Those who understand some probability and can make rational decisions won't die;
"Even those who understand nothing but have a pure reverence for life and compassion won't die either.
"Only those who recklessly fire five shots at the innocent will die.
"Even beasts have their limits, right?"
Fu Chen pondered for a moment: "Perhaps, the Walkway itself encourages 'tolerance'? The more forgiving the game, the higher the score? That doesn't quite make sense either."
Li Renshu glanced at the large screen: "We can spend 24 hours of visa time to exchange for the player's information and outcome report in this case."
Cai Zhiyuan shook his head slightly: "Is that necessary?
"The game isn't complicated, and we've analyzed it pretty thoroughly.
"24 hours of visa time is too precious, and I'm afraid no one would be willing to waste it on such a meaningless information.
"What if it turns out this player survived unscathed in the end? That would be a big loss."
Li Renshu questioned: "What if he died?"
Cai Zhiyuan paused: "Died? The odds are too low, right?
"And even if he really did die, what does it prove besides showing he's a beast?"
Fu Chen considered seriously for a moment: "Though 24 hours of visa time sounds like a lot, if we split it among 12 people, each spending 2 hours for the information, it would be barely acceptable."
Wang Yongxin was the first to express his opposition: "I disagree."
Human Resources Director Xu Tong also shook her head: "I disagree as well."
Wang Yongxin added: "I don't disagree because I'm stingy; it's just that visa time is very precious now, and we must consider cost-effectiveness when using it.
"Besides, trading visa time in any form isn't allowed here, so how do we split it?"
Fu Chen sighed silently; evidently, the idea of splitting wasn't going to fly.
Although an agenda could be proposed according to the rules, it was very unlikely to gain more than half the support.
Li Renshu looked again at Cao Haichuan: "Officer Cao, do you think the player in this game can survive in the end?"
Cao Haichuan played with his lighter in his hand, paused, and then said, "Hard to say. But I tend to think not."
Li Renshu pressed: "Why?"
Cao Haichuan shrugged: "Can't give a solid reason, just a gut feeling."
Li Renshu nodded: "Alright, that's enough."
She stood up directly: "I'm willing to spend my own 24 hours of visa time to get the related information."
Cai Zhiyuan was taken aback, looked at her, but could only shrug: "Alright, it's your visa time, how you choose to spend it is your business."
Li Renshu went directly to the large screen: "I want to purchase the information related to the 'Wheel of Redemption'."
[Please proceed to any vending machine to deduct the visa time.]
Li Renshu went to the vending machine beside her to swipe her visa, and as the fee was deducted, relevant information also appeared on the large screen.
[Player Information:]
[Wei Xinjian, Male, 37 years old.]
[Due to business failure, he sped on a road limited to 40km/h in the city center, killing a couple on the spot.]
[Verdict: Sentenced to three years in prison for traffic accident crime. Already served and released.]
[Game Process:]
[First, second, third, fourth, and sixth shots, directed at the innocent.]
[Fifth shot, directed at himself.]
[During the second and fourth shots, he hesitated to point the gun at himself but eventually changed his mind.]
[Final Result: Death.]
"Ah?"
"This?!"
The crowd was in an uproar.
Clearly, this result was completely beyond their expectations.
With a loud "snap," Cao Haichuan slapped the lighter on the table, his usually indifferent expression turning serious: "Well, this was surely worth the buy. It seems many of our previous conclusions need to be overturned."
As a criminal investigator, Cao Haichuan didn't often have a serious expression, usually giving off a somewhat careless and even slightly greasy middle-aged vibe.
But when he became serious, it was as if a special aura surrounded him, his voice deep and steady, providing an inexplicable sense of security.
"Actually, our previous discussion wasn't flawed; this game doesn't pose much threat to ordinary people.
"Whether they noticed the language trap, understood some probabilities, or simply had a bit of compassion, they wouldn't just die in this game.
"But this game seemed specially designed for Wei Xinjian.
"It's essentially a 'selfish people must die' game.
"Perhaps this extreme targeting is one of the reasons it was rated S by the Walkway."
"A 'selfish people must die' game?"
Fu Chen pondered the phrase carefully, his face showing a thoughtful expression.
Cao Haichuan looked at Wei Xinjian's information on the large screen.
"Just now, we were wondering what kind of beast would fire five shots at the innocent?
"Clearly, this guy is exactly what we were talking about.
"Of course, calling him a 'beast' is too broad; more accurately, he's someone extremely selfish and indifferent to others' lives.
"Otherwise, he couldn't have sped in a busy area, killed two people, and remained unrepentant."
Cai Zhiyuan interrupted: "Wait, Officer Cao, how do you know he was unrepentant? It doesn't say that in the information, does it?"
Cao Haichuan instinctively reached for a cigarette but restrained himself again.
"Because that's what the game results show.
"What's the key to cracking this game? Is it the language trap? Or probability?
"Actually, the key lies in 'reverence for life'.
"Wei Xinjian was a criminal, the perpetrator who killed a couple.
"Sitting opposite him in the game was an innocent person.
"If during those three years in prison, Wei Xinjian had sincerely repented, he would have understood to place the innocent's life above his own.
"In that case, both he and the innocent could have been saved.
"But obviously, even at a 1/6, or 1/5 chance of death, he was unwilling to assume the risk and instead aimed the gun at the innocent.
"The more people like that exist, the quicker they die in this game."
The crowd nodded.
Some even showed satisfaction, as if thinking he deserved it.
Cao Haichuan continued: "Not only that, the game designer precisely grasped Wei Xinjian's humanity.
"Wei Xinjian actually had two chances to survive.
"During the second and fourth shots, he turned the gun on himself, indicating some internal conflict.
"But he ultimately couldn't pull the trigger.
"This wasn't merely a coincidence."