Fu Yujun had been listening intently, and after considering, he said, "But the difficulties in the actual implementation may be far greater than we imagined.
"There is no direct communication between communities; they can only communicate between communities during the intervals of the same game session and relay messages to others upon returning to their community.
"Moreover, the identities of most Imitators are hidden.
"Even players from other communities may not know who the Imitator in their community actually is.
"Trying to track down all the Imitators and get them to cooperate with this plan is almost impossible.
"Not to mention we have to consider building mutual trust, the specifics of implementation, ensuring enforcement, etc., any one of which alone can be said to be nearly impossible to achieve.
"And we need to accomplish every single one."
Qin Cheng nodded: "I am well aware of the difficulty, but I believe difficulty itself does not constitute a basis for decision-making.
"What I care about are two points:
"First, apart from this, we have nothing else to do at all.
"I mean that our daily time seems full of activities, but this is just like being a ’lab rat on a treadmill in Walkway’.
"Walkway sends out game invitations, Imitators design them, players enter, some die, some earn visa time, and the cycle repeats endlessly.
"For players, no matter which specific game they die in, the whole process is just a meaningless cycle.
"Players have never truly controlled their destiny, nor truly lived for themselves.
"Second, even if this thing cannot succeed, it is still meaningful.
"We put out an idea, a concept, which can subtly change some people over time.
"We do not need to find all the Imitators nor negotiate face-to-face with every community leader.
"We just need to openly share this ideal with other communities, letting it spread naturally. Given enough time, its influence will eventually accumulate and bear fruit in the future.
"Or even if this plan never succeeds, at least we made an attempt.
"This might sound a bit extremely idealistic, but in this damn place, idealism is our only way to live like human beings.
"If we live with realism in this place, we will gradually lose our humanity, becoming players like Chen Guangming. In that case, are we truly alive?
"By sticking to ideals, we might die miserably in this process.
"But if we give up our ideals, in that moment, we are already dead."
Ye Lin frowned, "Hmm... it does make sense, but this is a very grand topic and significant. Perhaps each of us needs to digest it well.
"Lawyer Lin, what do you think?"
She instinctively looked at Lin Sizhi.
Lin Sizhi said calmly, "I think it’s a good idea. Precisely because its difficulty is evident to everyone, it has irreplaceable value.
"However... I think the biggest issue does not lie in the possibility of success, but in the inevitable cost.
"Can you really bear this cost?"
These words weren’t particularly clear, so those present needed to think about it a bit.
Huang Shengjie frowned and pondered for a moment, "Lawyer Lin, do you mean that... even if we can’t ultimately accomplish this thing, proposing and publicizing our ideal is, in itself, meaningful?
"This is itself a kind of advocacy, a special statement that allows us to stand out among the 32 communities and become some kind of opinion leader?
"At least from the perspective of other communities, we are a responsible, reliable, and cooperative community.
"Previously, we attempted to establish cooperation with other communities one by one in games, but this attempt is certainly very slow. For example, the communities we might currently be cooperating with, like Community 23, Community 24, Community 10, and Community 4.
"But our game sessions are limited, and the communities we encounter are also limited.
"If our ideal can spread widely, it could save us the step of building mutual trust to some extent and better achieve cooperation with other communities.
"By being the first to propose it, naturally, we would become the most notable community, and be irreplaceable in the entire New World.
"As for the cost...
"What I can think of is that among the 32 communities, there must be existences like Chen Guangming’s Community 12. They are completely subservient to Walkway’s game rules, choosing betrayal over cooperation in games more often, or their belief is to survive by any means necessary.
"In that case, they would undoubtedly consider us their number one enemy.
"If multiple such communities entered the same game with us at the same time, they would likely unite to plot against us.
"A tall tree catches the wind, and being the standout always draws attention.
"And with enemies in the open while we are in the dark, other communities are very aware of our stance, but we don’t know enough about other communities. So, these communities might pretend to cooperate and approach us, only to betray us at critical moments.
"These are the costs and risks."
Lin Sizhi nodded, "It’s more than that.
"From the current situation, I tend to think that Walkway has subjective intentions.
"Although we can’t currently determine the form of such subjective intentions—whether it’s using ’human’ thinking or using ’some special rules or algorithms’ thinking?
"But no matter which one, it will not tolerate players publicly defying the rules.
"Qin Cheng’s proposal, in the eyes of Walkway, is likely to be seen as an act of great treason, the highest level of provocation.
"Walkway will definitely use various rules to carry out extreme targeting.
"It might even directly publish your Sinners file, or match you with the strongest enemies in games, or use other methods.
"Moreover, this plan requires the cooperation of our entire community, so Walkway might also vent its anger on our whole community.
"This is far more dangerous than being targeted by other players."
Zhang Yan silently sighed, "My suggestion is that it’s best not to court disaster.
"Walkway is the referee, and we are just chess pieces. The referee lets the pieces act according to certain rules just because it’s in a good mood or enjoying some kind of fun.
"Once the pieces disrupt its mood or fun on their own initiative, it’s quite normal for the whole board to be overturned.
"Currently, Walkway indeed follows its own rules to a certain extent, but... we can’t be optimistic in thinking it will always abide by the rules because of this."
Qin Cheng nodded, "I understand that in extreme cases, Walkway might indeed actively break the rules.
"But before reaching that point, no one can be sure.
"So, someone must try to reach there.
"Although I can’t say too much... I believe I have a chance of winning, though it’s very, very small.
"I want to try."