New Videotape

Cai Zhiyuan dragged his exhausted body into Prison Cell No. 1, and Ding Wenqiang personally closed the iron door of the cell.

"Click!"

After locking it, Ding Wenqiang pressed the button to start the judgment, and the mechanism inside the prison cell automatically activated.

It was a simple mechanism. In the center of the room stood a massive iron pillar connecting the ceiling and floor, featuring a rough and complex gear structure.

At a height of about one meter, a horizontal bar extended outwards, which could be pushed to rotate around the iron pillar.

[Game starts in 30 seconds. Please push the horizontal bar for 10 minutes.]

[You will receive 10 minutes of visa time for each circle completed. If you stop, you will be punished with an electric shock.]

Cai Zhiyuan took a deep breath, gripped the horizontal bar with both hands, and leaned forward.

As the countdown neared its end, he began to move his legs. The mechanism let out a harsh "creak" and slowly began to move.

Cai Zhiyuan wasn't pushing very fast, but fortunately, the game didn't require speed, only that he didn't stop.

Of course, if one wanted to be precise, the speed of pushing would affect the number of circles completed, and the number of circles would affect the visa time earned.

However, considering that a single circle only yielded a meager 10 minutes of visa time, this small reward wasn't worth exhausting himself for.

After all, survival was the most important thing in this game.

As the Judgment Game in Prison Cell No. 1 neared its end, a prompt box appeared on Lin Sizhi's screen, and the broadcast simultaneously played the prompt information.

[Please vote on the fairness of the King's actions.]

The "√" and "×" buttons below began to flash.

The countdown was short, only 10 seconds.

It was clear that this question involved a value judgment, but it had no absolutely correct or incorrect answer.

According to the rules, this fairness vote would not bring any profit to the spectators, but they had to choose an answer that came from their heart.

If it seriously contradicted their inner thoughts and triggered the lie detector, they would be deducted 10,000 minutes of visa time, which was no small amount.

After a moment of consideration, Lin Sizhi pressed "×".

The countdown ended.

[Voting results: ×√√√×√√√√√]

[Spectator No. 1 deducted 10,000 minutes of visa time.]

[Spectator No. 5 deducted 10,000 minutes of visa time.]

[Final Fairness Rating: 60]

[Thank you for your evaluation!]

Lin Sizhi looked thoughtfully at the voting results: "This game's lie detector is quite accurate."

He had intentionally pressed "×". As he did, he had also tried to convince himself in his mind, thinking things like Cai Zhiyuan was innocent and shouldn't be judged, or that the judgment Cai Zhiyuan received was too light.

But clearly, such thoughts couldn't fool the game's lie detection mechanism.

Although he was deducted visa time, it was worth it.

The accuracy of the lie detector could significantly impact the overall accuracy of the vote, and consequently, the spectators' game strategies.

Now, it was certain that the lie detector was most likely always accurate.

It was worth noting that Spectator No. 1, like Lin Sizhi, had conducted a similar test.

This also caused the current fairness rating to drop to 60 points.

"So, each 'yes' vote is worth 10 points, each 'no' vote is worth -10 points, and the final rating is the sum of these.

"Voting against one's conscience only deducts visa time; it doesn't change the voting outcome."

Lin Sizhi turned his gaze back to the arena.

The other four stood outside the prison cell, silently watching Cai Zhiyuan laboriously push the mechanism.

Finally, the 10-minute countdown ended.

Cai Zhiyuan was so exhausted he was panting, lying completely on the ground, gasping for air.

[150 minutes of visa time have been settled to the player.]

This was truly a game for beasts of burden.

Pushing one circle took nearly 40 seconds at a slow pace, and only yielded 10 minutes of visa time. The visa time awarded for the entire game was less than a spectator's casual tip.

Ding Wenqiang glanced at Cai Zhiyuan through the iron bars. After confirming he was unharmed, he immediately proceeded with the game.

He moved to Prison Cell No. 3, where the game had also been unlocked.

[Prison Cell No. 3: Punishment and Redemption]

[For each finger the criminal smashes with the mechanism, any game in any prison cell can be immediately completed. For each judgment, at least one finger must be smashed, otherwise, visa time will be deducted at a rate of 30 minutes per second.]

[When playing multiple games, the deduction rate for Visa Time will double.]

Upon seeing the game instructions for Prison Cell No. 3, Wang Yongxin's lips involuntarily twitched.

Although both No. 1 and No. 2 carried a risk of death after multiple games, they were relatively safe at the beginning.

In contrast, the game in Prison Cell No. 3 required breaking a finger right from the start.

Setting aside whether there were any medications in the Community that could treat fractures, the sheer pain of breaking a finger was likely something most people would not be willing to endure.

Of course, Prison Cell No. 3 had one advantage: the possibility of "averting disaster with wealth."

If he didn't break his finger, he would be charged at a rate of 30 minutes of Visa Time per second. With each round lasting 10 minutes, that would amount to 18,000 minutes of Visa Time.

As long as one was willing to spend Visa Time, this particular prison cell would actually become the safest game.

However, the next round would increase to 36,000, and the round after that to 72,000... It was a bottomless pit, with the deducted Visa Time far exceeding any potential gains from this game.

Ding Wenqiang couldn't make a decision immediately either. After a moment of consideration, he returned to the center of the arena, deciding to retrieve another videotape to review.

According to the game rules, he could now review the videotapes of two individuals.

After some thought, Ding Wenqiang chose the videotapes of Wang Yongxin and Zhang Peng first.

The static on the big screen disappeared, and the picture appeared.

It was still a first-person perspective, but compared to the narrow, cramped confines of the van's driver's cabin, this space was clearly much more spacious and brighter.

It was an office, estimated to be over 50 square meters.

The owner of the footage sat behind a desk, flipping through documents in his hand.

[As the CEO of a publicly listed company, you are a successful person in everyone's eyes.]

[You claim to work over ten hours a day, with a fixed routine: waking up at 6 AM and going to bed at 10 PM, using this to teach your employees the importance of diligent work, assuring them that with enough effort, they too can achieve success like yours one day.]

[However, in reality, after waking up at 6 AM, you head to the golf course before 7 AM to take your first shot, then catch up on sleep in your luxury car until you arrive at the office at 10 AM.]

[You start your massage at 11:30 AM, have lunch at 1 PM, get another massage at 4 PM, and begin playing cards with business partners at 6:30 PM, before finally attending a dinner party and returning home before 10 PM.]

[This is what you call 'working over ten hours a day'.]

[When a crowd-sourced delivery driver from your company dies from overwork, you have just completed a comprehensive physical examination and are in excellent health. You attribute this to your abundant energy, healthy lifestyle, and an unyielding spirit of perseverance.]

[You never worry about seeing those deceased delivery drivers in your dreams at midnight, because you have never seen their faces, and they have never been worthy of appearing in your dreams.]

Following this, Wang Yongxin's file appeared on the big screen.

[Wang Yongxin, Male, 36 years old.]

[Occupation: CEO of "Speedy Delivery."]

[Through strict exploitation of crowd-sourced delivery drivers using big data algorithms, several serious traffic accidents and three cases of delivery drivers dying from overwork have occurred.]

[Judgment Result: Not yet judged.]

Facing the gazes of the others, Wang Yongxin appeared quite composed.

He spread his hands, "Alright, I admit I'm a bit of a hypocrite. I'm not diligent at all, let alone possessing an unyielding spirit of perseverance.

"All of that was a lie, a carefully crafted public image.

"I've been a cunning businessman who looks for loopholes from the very beginning.

"I accept any moral judgment, but I must also clarify that I have never committed any illegal acts.

"Is it too much to ask to die just for this?"

Ding Wenqiang remained silent for a moment, "No illegal acts? What about labor laws?"

Wang Yongxin was momentarily speechless, "...Besides that."

He paused, then continued, "Alright, if I absolutely have to go into a prison cell, then I choose Prison Cell No. 3."

Ding Wenqiang did not agree immediately. Instead, he inserted Zhang Peng's videotape into the player again.