God's imitator

Chapter 247 Asking for money
Lee In-sook added, "In addition, there is one more point worth noting."

"The current rules don't say anything about what happens to the gold coins spent during the auction. Are they redistributed at the end of the game? Or do they just disappear?"
"While we can't be stingy with gold coins and should bid for more land to build shelters, we must also be as careful as possible to bid for land at a lower price."

"Because there are likely other places where money will be spent in the second phase."

Zheng Jie thought for a moment and nodded in realization: "Indeed, we can't bid on every piece, that would be a huge loss."

Cao Haichuan added, "However, we were the second to last to choose. The specific selection will depend on the communities that came before us."

"Stay as far away as possible from the nine-square grid selected by other communities."

"If we have to be adjacent to other communities, we should try to be adjacent to communities with weaker bidding intentions."

After reaching a consensus, everyone went to the control panel in front of the square.

Before the game officially begins, each community must select its own 'priority development area'.

However, because they had plenty of time, the players in these communities were still thinking and discussing, and were not in a hurry to make a choice.

签证时间最少的社区先选九宫格，顺序是第12社区、第7社区、第9社区、第17社区、第15社区。

Two players from Community 12 stepped forward to make their selections, choosing the G7 3x3 grid, which is the bottom right 3x3 grid in the entire arena.

Li Renshu lowered her voice and asked Zhou Guifen, "Aunt Zhou, do you know all these players in Community 12?"

Zhou Guifen glanced at it briefly and said in a low voice, "I only know two people."

Li Renshu then asked, "What about Chen Guangming, who went to choose the nine-square grid with Fan Zehui?"

Zhou Guifen shook her head: "I don't know him."

Chen Guangming appears refined and wears gold-rimmed glasses. Judging from his decision to select the nine-square grid with Fan Zehui, he likely wields considerable influence among the five individuals in Community 12.

Of these five people, Zhou Guifen didn't recognize three of them, indicating that these three players were most likely newcomers.

Because the mortality rate in the 12th community is very high, and new players participate in the game less frequently, they are more likely to be selected by the game.

Previously in "The Kingdom of the Conglomerates", the 17th Community had a grudge against Fan Zehui, so Zhou Guifen would feel somewhat awkward seeing him again this time.

It would be very difficult to establish cooperation again.

But Li Renshu didn't care, since she could still cooperate with other communities, such as Community No. 9 or Community No. 15.

Moreover, judging from the current rules of the game, there may not be many opportunities for cooperation between communities. At most, they can discuss not to deliberately raise the price when bidding for the nine-square grid.

Next up was Community 7, led by a female player named Jin Cheng, who chose the top left corner, the A1 3x3 grid.

I only encountered this once in Community 7, in the community where Fei Xiong, the domestic violence killer, lived during the "Birth Trial".

Although there are some minor conflicts, they are not as irreconcilable as those in Community 12. If the timing is right, cooperation can still be tried.

Judging from the choice of the nine-square grid, the 12th community chose the bottom right corner, while the 7th community chose the top left corner. These are the two nine-square grids that are furthest apart.

Clearly, other communities have reached similar conclusions: in the selection of "priority development areas," the competition is less intense in the corner grid.

Furthermore, the choice of the first corner of the nine-square grid in the 12th community will inevitably have some influence on the choices of subsequent communities.

Next up was the 9th community. The male player who stepped forward was named Zhang Shichao. He chose another corner: A7 in the lower left corner.

Having encountered them before in "Blood Poker" and "Dating Game", Community 9 might be a potential target.

Soon, it was the 17th community's turn to make a choice.

Li Renshu had already discussed it with Cao Haichuan, and of course they chose the last remaining corner: the G1 nine-square grid in the upper right corner.

In this way, the nine-square grid at the four corners of the field were all selected. Finally, it was the turn of the 15th community, which had never been encountered in the game before.

The leader of the players was a middle-aged man who looked somewhat unkempt and had a stubble beard; his name was Wang Weidong.

He had been standing in front of the control panel for a long time, deep in thought.

In terms of ranking, the 15th community is in the worst situation as it is the last to select the nine-square grid.

Since the four communities mentioned above will definitely be far apart from each other, there isn't much difference in which corner you choose.

However, Community 15 is the last choice, and the remaining four 3x3 grids are all in the middle. No matter which one you choose, you will inevitably be next to the other two communities.

The more crowded it is, the fiercer the competition becomes—that's only natural.

Players haven't been engaging in much cross-community interaction yet.

This may be because some people learned a lesson in "The Kingdom of Tycoons" and know that the time before the game officially begins is best used for internal community discussions.

However, Wang Weidong from Community 15 did not directly choose the nine-square grid. Instead, he looked at the players from other communities and said something unexpected.

"If any community were willing to give me 20 gold coins, I would choose the 3x3 grid furthest from them."

"This is a very good deal, is anyone interested?"

This surprised all the players.

Zhang Shichao from Community 9 frowned: "You are the richest community in the entire game, even richer than Community 17."

"And now you're asking us for money?"

Wang Weidong shrugged indifferently: "What's so strange about that? Little by little, you accumulate a lot. The better you are at saving money, the more money you'll have."

"For our community, it doesn't matter which of the remaining four squares we choose; it's all voluntary trading, and we treat everyone fairly, young and old."

"So, is anyone willing to spend money? If not, I'll just pick one."

"Anyway, it doesn't matter to us which one we choose."

People from other communities exchanged glances, their expressions varied.

Twenty gold coins isn't a lot, but it's not a small amount either.

Each community can have a maximum of 50 free coins and 100 redeemable coins, and redeeming all of them means using up all of your visa time.

These gold coins can essentially be considered a non-renewable resource; every one spent reduces the available supply.

According to the game rules, it might be possible to earn viewers' coins by selling shelters, but that would require going to the second stage.

No one knows exactly how many gold coins will be spent on the auction, nor whether building a shelter will require gold coins; every gold coin must be carefully calculated.

According to the game's selection rules, the selected players are relatively weaker players in the community, have limited visa time, and tend to have a conservative mindset, making it difficult to make such a decision.

Li Renshu glanced at Cao Haichuan, and the two of them shook their heads slightly.

On the one hand, the visa period in Community 17 is longer, and the gold coins are more valuable, so it is not cost-effective to give them away in this way;

On the other hand, such behavior could incite hatred in other communities.

After considering it, Chen Guangming from Community 12 said, "We are somewhat interested, but we are only willing to offer 10 gold coins."

(End of this chapter)