The three of them each fell into deep thought.
It was evident that ’family issues’ were the guess of Community 10, but this might not necessarily be the truth.
Community 2 should also have its own judgment.
Originally, Huang Shengjie thought the remaining time would undoubtedly be spent pondering, but just then, a broadcast sounded in the lounge.
[Community 5 chooses to question Community 10’s actor ’Fu Yujun’.]
[Please prepare the relevant players.]
Huang Shengjie was taken aback: "Hmm? They’re questioning now?"
The game consists of three acts, and each community actually only has one opportunity to question, so according to Huang Shengjie’s original prediction, players would certainly save their questioning opportunity for the third act.
After all, by then, enough information would have been gathered to avoid wasting the chance on meaningless redundant information.
Even if not in the third act, it should at least be in the second act.
This behavior of Community 5 was somewhat surprising.
Zhou Wanlin thought for a moment: "Community 5...is where Zhang Lijuan, who plays Gong Zheng’s mother, belongs."
Soon, Fu Yujun’s image appeared on the big screen in the actor’s dressing room, seemingly ready.
A voice also came through the broadcast.
"What I want to question is: In your performance, this dialogue, where you harshly criticize Gong Zheng for not being serious and demand he does better - how many times did it occur? Or did it persist throughout his transition from university to work?"
On the big screen, as the first player to be questioned, Fu Yujun showed no extra expression.
He just stated truthfully: "Many times, throughout."
According to the game rules, during questioning, the actor must answer strictly according to the content in the setting book, without concealing any information, otherwise it will be deemed a violation.
Therefore, Fu Yujun’s response can be considered as a clear and certain answer written in the setting book.
For everyone in Community 2, this was not an unexpected situation, because since Qin Cheng chose to trust Community 10, he naturally leaned towards believing Fu Yujun’s performance was genuine from the start.
Therefore, the professor’s strict requirements for Gong Zheng were naturally ongoing.
The questioning ended, but immediately afterward, a new broadcast sounded.
[Community 5 chooses to ask the audience a question.]
[Please give a definite ’yes’ or ’no’ answer after the session.]
[This answer will be counted toward the community’s total score, so please consider carefully!]
Huang Shengjie was quite surprised: "What’s going on? Community 5 directly used both the questioning and asking opportunities?
"They...are very proactive."
Clearly, different communities have decided to adopt different strategies, and Community 5 is the most aggressive one.
They very decisively made a choice when the information was incomplete just after the first act ended.
Zhou Wanlin frowned: "But isn’t this strategy very irrational?
"Both questioning and asking are limited to once per session. Using them so early indicates they are very confident about the game’s deeper storyline.
"Doesn’t this mean they are most likely ’special players’?
"If they didn’t have unique information exclusive to ’special players’, how could they be so certain?"
Huang Shengjie nodded: "Yeah, isn’t this revealing without being explicit?"
Qin Cheng raised his hand to gesture for them to stay quiet for a moment: "Not necessarily, let’s seriously listen to what Community 5 has to say first."
Soon, the broadcast voice sounded again.
"Hello, players from the other three non-special player communities, time is limited, please listen carefully.
"The reason we chose to use our questioning and asking opportunities directly in the first act is because we’ve already found the correct direction!
"This story is about ’the oppression of young people by society’.
"We’ve seen how a young person transforms, how he is disciplined by society, step by step moving towards the bottomless abyss of buying a house and getting married.
"From the current performance, we know that Gong Zheng is in a large city with strict household registration management and extremely high housing prices. His parents are farmers, with a thin family foundation, entirely incapable of affording his down payment and mortgage in the city.
"As a small-town test-taker, he has a severe path dependence on ’test-taking’. He constantly demands himself to follow the best preset route, so from studying to working, and then to marrying and buying a house, every step follows society’s prescribed path for him.
"And this is precisely a trap.
"This class’s most vulnerable point lies here, should any link break down, be it work, marriage, or health, it could lead to a mortgage default, and consequently, a hopeless dead end.
"This is a specific path to the impoverishment of the middle class, and also the most reasonable direction for the entire story.
"However, ’societal discipline’ is only a rough direction and cannot be a definitive truth. To receive the extra bonus for the truth, clearer information is needed.
"So I once again urge all of us who are not ’special players’ to refrain from holding back in subsequent performances and to present as many related details as possible because the more details there are, the more likely we are to guess correctly!
"We mainly want to use this question opportunity to show sincerity to all communities, hoping everyone can work together to find the truth.
"Therefore, our question is also simple:
"’At the latest known time point, which is after Gong Zheng started working, does Zhang Lijuan, as the mother, love Gong Zheng?’
"The reason for setting a time point is to avoid ambiguity.
"To reiterate, our question is: ’At the latest known time point, which is after Gong Zheng started working, does Zhang Lijuan, as the mother, love Gong Zheng?’
"This is undoubtedly a question to choose ’yes’, and it is also our way of expressing sincerity."
Huang Shengjie was a bit surprised: "Can you say such a long statement during a question? It seems the game rules encourage us to elaborate on the topic.
"Before asking a question, you can also express your guesses about the truth.
"It might be true, but it’s more likely an intentional misdirection."
Zhou Wanlin looked at the countdown on the big screen: "However...first, we must determine whether to answer this question with ’yes’ or ’no’.
In front of the big screen, there is a control panel, with each audience member having one.
Choices can be made directly on it, but this interface itself does not notify others in the same community of the choices made.
That is to say, the three of them can discuss with each other, but they can’t see Lin Sizhi’s choice in the VIP room, nor can Lin Sizhi see theirs.
The question choice countdown is five minutes.
Looking at the options in front of him, Huang Shengjie instead falls into hesitation.
"Damn it, the more I think about this question, the less I can determine...is this also part of Community 5’s strategy?"