Chapter 829 -828: Consecutive Interrogations
If you choose according to intuition, it’s indeed easy to choose ‘Yes’.
If Community 10’s speculation is ‘family factors’, then the speculation proposed by Community 5 is ‘social discipline’.
That is, this society urges young people to advance, buy houses, get married, a series of complex factors contributed to Gong Zheng’s suicidal thoughts.
From Community 5’s standpoint, they are responsible for playing the ‘Mother’, so naturally, they must find ways to distance themselves from the matter.
Regardless of whether Community 5’s speculation is the truth or not, there shouldn’t be much doubt regarding whether the ‘Mother loves Gong Zheng’.
Which mother doesn’t love her child?
Judging from Zhang Lijuan’s performance earlier, there was no information indicating ‘the Mother doesn’t love Gong Zheng’.
But when thinking carefully, this issue is not without its doubts.
Firstly, Zhang Lijuan’s acting score was not high, so she might have concealed certain information.
Secondly, when Community 5 raised the question, why emphasize the timeline ‘after Gong Zheng started working’?
Community 5 claims it’s to avoid ambiguity, but this seems like they’re trying to hide something.
Perhaps there is special information in Zhang Lijuan’s Setting Book, which clearly indicates that this mother doesn’t actually love Gong Zheng, so Community 5’s players deliberately asked such a question to mislead.
Once other communities answer ‘Yes’, they fall into their trap, resulting in a direct 20-point difference on this question.
And they certainly know the correct answer themselves.
——The best strategy that’s apparent to everyone is to make your team answer all correctly, while others answer wrongly as much as possible.
“So, this question actually turns into ‘Are you willing to trust Community 5’?
“No, not just that, we also need to consider the tier Community 5 is in, what if the real answer to this question is ‘Yes’, and they deliberately revealed flaws to trick other communities into choosing ‘No’?”
Huang Shengjie’s brain quickly turned a few corners but found himself back at the starting point.
Qin Cheng said, “Community 5’s strategy also has its thinking: delaying the question might be safer, but other communities can use that time to gather more information, and if some communities already guessed the truth, then the subsequent questions are very likely to be answered correctly.
“Raising the question right after the first act ends, the amount of information other communities have gathered is far from enough, so they can’t make a 100% safe judgment.
“So, this question seems like a pure luck issue for us, a fifty-fifty chance.
“Just go with your first instinct, we three don’t necessarily have to choose the same option.
“There’s also no need to speculate whether Zhang Lijuan’s game strategy is honest or deceitful, because even if her attitude is honest, the answer to this question could still be ‘No’.”
Zhou Wanlin was stunned: “The Setting Book can’t contain deception, right? The content of the Setting Book can be considered completely real, isn’t that the fundamental rule of role-playing games?”
Qin Cheng shook his head: “Assume that in Zhang Lijuan’s Setting Book it says: ‘The mother actually doesn’t love Gong Zheng, but acts like she does.’
“Then Zhang Lijuan performing like that would be fine.
“But the answer to this question would become ‘No’.
“This situation is theoretically feasible and fits the game rules.
“So there’s no need to overthink it.”
The countdown quickly ended, and the three each completed their answers.
In the end, Huang Shengjie chose ‘Yes’, while Qin Cheng and Zhou Wanlin chose ‘No’.
But after answering, a clear result won’t be given immediately; the answer will only be revealed before the game ends.
Originally, the three of them were thinking separately, waiting for the intermission to end, but then, the broadcast sounded again.
[Community 17 chooses to question Community 2’s actor ‘Zheng Chunhua’.]
[Please, related players, get prepared.]
Huang Shengjie couldn’t help but be shocked: “Uncle Zheng is being questioned!”
On the big screen, Zheng Chunhua was clearly a bit surprised, but he didn’t show it too obviously.
During rest periods, actors actually can’t do much in the makeup room except listen to their community’s calls. They can only repeatedly review the Setting Book, trying hard to memorize more details.
At this moment, he put down the Setting Book in his hands, ready to answer questions.
A male player’s voice came through the broadcast.
“The content I want to question is: the situation of Gong Zheng’s parents visiting the county middle school. Specifically, how many times did they go, and are there any noteworthy details?”
Zheng Chunhua hesitated for a moment. He was a bit unsure if this counted as one question or multiple questions, but after waiting a while, there was no violation reminder, so he could only answer truthfully.
“Gong Zheng’s father came to the county middle school a few times. The overall impression he gave was being reticent. During these visits, he didn’t interact much with Gong Zheng; he fits the standard image of a rural parent.
“As for Gong Zheng’s mother, in my memory, she has never visited the county middle school.”
The player from Community 17 politely said ‘Thank you’, then ended the questioning.
Following that, the broadcast sounded again.
[Community 12 chooses to question Community 2’s actor ‘Zheng Chunhua’.]
[Please, related players, get prepared.]
“You mentioned that Gong Zheng once looked troubled during class, and as a teacher, you seem to have talked with him more than once. So, did you figure out what was on his mind? Or do you have any guesses?”
Zheng Chunhua was again stunned; he didn’t expect to be questioned consecutively.
However, since questioning has clear rules, he must strictly answer according to the Setting Book’s content, so there was nothing to be tangled over.
He slightly recalled the content of the Setting Book, then said, “There were a few heart-to-heart talks, but Gong Zheng mostly avoided discussing it, so I couldn’t find a definite answer.
“I had a few guesses. For children of this age, the troubles they face might come from family, external environment, or young love.
“Generally, as long as this trouble doesn’t seriously interfere with their studies, there’s no need to expose it.”
Zheng Chunhua waited for a while longer, and with no further questioning, he took a long breath and picked up the Setting Book again.
As an actor, he indeed couldn’t do much else, only answer truthfully and hope for Qin Cheng and Lin Sizhi on other matters.
…
In the lounge, Huang Shengjie, Qin Cheng, and Zhou Wanlin also finished listening to the questioning of Zheng Chunhua.
“Why question Uncle Zheng continuously? What are Community 17 and Community 12 doing?
“Do they think our community is more likely to be the ‘Special Player’?
“Are they gathering information to guess the truth, or are they predicting the questions we might raise?”
Huang Shengjie was initially surprised, then naturally made a guess.
Zhou Wanlin was a bit surprised: “Predicting the questions we might raise? That’s unlikely, right?
“There are so many contents in the Setting Book, and they can only question two. If we just raise one they haven’t questioned, wouldn’t that work?
“We also wouldn’t be foolish enough to ask about questions they have questioned, right?
“Maybe they also have other guesses about the truth and just want to take this opportunity during the questioning to get some validation from Uncle Zheng.
“It’s just currently hard to say what their guesses really are.”
Qin Cheng frowned deeply, he seemed to have some guesses but did not elaborate.
After waiting for another period, no community raised further questions or inquiries, and the game proceeded to the second act.