God's imitator

Chapter 248 A Test

Wang Weidong waved his hand: "That won't do. How can you bargain like that? Cutting it in half at once is unacceptable."

“Your Community 12 is the community with the shortest visa processing time, so exchanging for gold coins is the most cost-effective. Don’t be so stingy.”

Chen Guangming shook his head: "Didn't you say that yourself? Money is saved."

"A flat price of 10 gold coins. If you don't want it, then forget it. Anyway, no other community will be willing to give you gold coins."

Wang Weidong looked at him: "Aren't you afraid I'll deliberately choose to sit next to you?"

Chen Guangming didn't care at all: "Our 12th community has the least amount of visa time left, you can give it a try."

Wang Weidong immediately put on a smiling face: "Deal, 10 gold coins it is, consider it making friends."

Chen Guangming first took out five gold coins: "I will pay the remaining balance after you have selected the nine-square grid."

Wang Weidong took the gold coin and selected the A4 nine-square grid.

Chen Guangming also paid the remaining 5 gold coins as agreed.

Li Renshu looked at the final choices of the five communities and fell into thought.

The 12th community chose G7 in the nine-square grid, which is the bottom right corner.

Of the remaining 3x3 grid options, A4 and D1 are the furthest.

The specific choice doesn't really matter much; it just depends on whether Wang Weidong wants to be next to the A7 grid of the 9th community or the G1 grid of the 17th community.

He ultimately chose to live next to the 9th community.

This is also good news for Community 17, because there are only two communities on their right side, so the competition won't be as fierce.

Clearly, Wang Weidong made this choice because he was picking on the weak.

Community 12 has the shortest remaining visa time, which seems the weakest at first glance, but this also means that they don't have much to worry about when spending gold coins, meaning they are naturally more financially secure.

Moreover, they also gave him gold coins, and Wang Weidong had to keep his promise. He couldn't possibly make enemies for just 5 gold coins right from the start.

While Community 17 offers longer visa processing times, this also implies that its players are relatively smarter and stronger.

Since it doesn't occupy either of the 7th or 9th communities, it's clearly an easier target for Wang Weidong in the 15th community.

……

After selecting the 3x3 grid, the game will officially begin in just two or three minutes.

Players no longer had time to consider complex countermeasures, so they returned to their own player communities for simple discussions.

Fu Chen was somewhat excited: "Judging from the choice of the nine-square grid, our situation is not bad."

“Communities 7, 9, and 15 have clustered together, while we and Community 12 each occupy a corner.”

"As long as the G1 nine-square grid is selected for auction, we can directly obtain all the plots of land, and other communities cannot compete with us."

Lee In-sook reminded everyone: "The premise is the first stage."

“If the nine-square grid we selected is auctioned off in the second phase, there may already be ‘privileged developers’ who can participate in the bidding regardless of distance.”

"We don't yet know the exact order in which these nine squares will become available for auction."

Fu Chen nodded in realization: "Oh, that makes sense."

The rules only state that in each round of the game, one of the nine squares will be transformed into a "developable state," which means that bidding will begin.

However, it did not specify the exact order in which they would be opened.

If the G1 nine-square grid selected by Community 17 is auctioned in the first phase, they will have exclusive rights to it; if it is opened in the second phase, the "privileged community" will definitely become the "second developer".

Then we'll have to play tic-tac-toe to determine who owns the plots.

Zheng Jie asked with some curiosity, "Judging from the results, were the players in Community 12 scammed again?"

"Wang Weidong from the 15th community originally wanted to choose the A4 nine-square grid, right?"

"Because choosing which grid to use is simply a matter of which two communities they want to be adjacent to. Community 12 has the shortest visa processing time, so they are definitely willing to spend the most money, which means they have the most financial resources."

“Our community has a longer visa processing time, which means that our overall strength is stronger and we should have a certain reputation.”

"It's best to avoid the 15th community altogether."

"So Wang Weidong will definitely choose to go to Community 7 and Community 9. Regardless of whether Community 12 gives out gold coins or not, they will choose the A4 nine-square grid."

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "Not necessarily."

"Wang Weidong's behavior is likely a test."

“如果第12社区的陈光明不给他金币，王卫东很可能会把第12社区当成软柿子，选在第9社区和第12社区之间的D7九宫格。”

Zheng Jie was somewhat puzzled: "It can't be that bad, can it? After all, Community 12 has the shortest remaining visa time, so spending gold coins is the least painful thing for them."

Cao Haichuan explained: "'Shorter visa processing time' and 'spending gold coins without feeling bad' are not directly related."

"Some people become more stingy the poorer they are, and they are unwilling to spend even a few thousand minutes of visa time. This kind of situation is also possible."

"Most of the players filtered out by this game are those who prefer 'prudent decision-making'."

Whether Fan Zehui and Chen Guangming give gold coins or not will directly determine Wang Weidong's judgment of the entire 12th community.

"Giving gold coins means that Community 12 is indeed willing to spend gold coins, and they are definitely not easy to mess with during the bidding. You must stay away from them."

“Not giving them gold coins means that the players in Community 12 do indeed prefer a conservative strategy and may not know how to take advantage of their own strengths. The short visa time also indicates that they are relatively stupid. The combination of these two factors makes them the biggest pushover.”

Zheng Jie suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Is this also some kind of test?"

"It seems that the 15th community is indeed not simple."

After considering it, Li Renshu said, "The actions of the 15th and 12th communities will likely garner a lot of hatred from the 7th and 9th communities."

"Unfortunately, the current rules of the game don't offer many opportunities for cooperation, so for now we can only wait and see."

Fu Chen asked, "Should we try to get 'privileged community' status?"

Zheng Jie hesitated for a moment: "No need, this game has a bit of a trial game nature. Players who get the advantage rarely have a good ending."

Fu Chen reminded them, "But this game has an audience, and the players inside the venue already have an advantage compared to the audience."

Lee In-sook thought for a moment and said, "There are pros and cons to both."

"Having an advantageous identity gives you more initiative, but also makes you more vulnerable to copycats; not having an advantageous identity may be relatively safer, but often you can only leave it to fate because you lack initiative."

"We will try our best to acquire more land, but we don't need to force it. Our primary goal is to survive in the game."

……

Soon, the first round of the game began.

All the players held their breath, waiting to see which plot of land would be selected as the 'developable plot' this time.

[The first round of the game begins.]

The developable land in this round of the game is: A4 3x3 grid.

[Community 15 has selected this 3x3 grid as a 'Priority Development Area', and therefore will automatically be designated as the 'Number One Developer'.]

[The 'priority development areas' selected by Communities 7 and 9 are adjacent to this plot of land and can obtain the status of 'secondary developer' through bidding.]

You can choose to withdraw from the bidding process, or participate in the bidding and then withdraw midway.

However, a 5-gold-coin fee will still be charged for withdrawing midway.

[Bidding begins now, time limit 3 minutes.]

Many players were somewhat surprised.

Zheng Jie said in a low voice, "It just so happens that the 15th community chose the 3x3 grid? One in eight probability, is that a coincidence?"

(End of this chapter)