God's imitator

Chapter 251 Unofficial decision
After careful consideration, Li Renshu only offered the lowest price of 5 gold coins to obtain the status of "Second Developer" instead of competing with the Twelfth Community.

Clearly, the reason why Community 12 set the price so high from the beginning was that it was determined to obtain the status of "No. 1 developer".

If Li Renshu agrees, then the 12th community will inevitably continue to raise the price, possibly even up to 50 gold coins or more.

Assuming both sides can overcome the "first move wins" principle, securing the title of "number one developer" simply means acquiring another plot of land, which is not worthwhile.

Because the rules for the second phase of the game are still unclear, it is uncertain whether there will be other places to spend gold coins.

For players, it's not only about finding ways to acquire more land, but also about controlling the cost of acquiring each land.

The two sides ultimately divided the plot of land in the nine-square grid at a ratio of 5:4.

……

After the fourth round of land auctions concluded, the situation on the field gradually became clear.

The current number of plots and the amount of gold coins spent in each community are as follows:

Community 7: 4 plots, total cost of 35 gold coins, 115 gold coins remaining.

Community 9: 4 plots, total cost of 45 gold coins, 105 gold coins remaining.

Community 17: 8 plots, total cost of 36 gold coins, 114 gold coins remaining.

Community 12: 10 plots, total cost of 80 gold coins, 60 gold coins remaining.

Community 15: 10 plots, total cost of 47 gold coins, 113 gold coins remaining.

In this regard, the fact that Community 12 gave Community 15 10 gold coins at the beginning further widened the gap between the two communities.

In the fifth round of the game, a 3x3 grid will be auctioned off. After this auction, the game will enter the second phase, and the ownership of the "Privileged Community" will be determined based on the number of plots.

Currently, Community 15 has a clear advantage because they not only have the most plots, but also a large number of remaining gold coins.

If we calculate the unit price of each plot, then the 15th and 17th communities are obviously very economical, as you can get a plot for about 4 gold coins;
The other three communities are less advantageous, requiring approximately 8 to 10 gold coins to acquire a plot of land.

Of course, this is not entirely due to the bidding strategy, but mainly due to the order in which the land parcels are opened.

Players are speculating that the last 3x3 grid to be opened in the fifth round of the game will definitely be the central D4 3x3 grid.

Because this nine-square grid is open, all communities can participate in the bidding, and the competition to obtain the "privileged community" status will definitely be very fierce.

Moreover, even though it was already clear that they wouldn't get the privileged community status, the 7th and 9th communities still participated in the bidding and even sold their properties at high prices.

Because they haven't acquired 5 plots of land yet, this means they can't build 5 shelters to protect all players.

Therefore, they would be better off acquiring one or two more plots before the death rules are updated in the second phase.

Once the D4 3x3 grid is enabled, the competition will inevitably be unprecedentedly fierce.

But that would mean that it's almost a certainty that the 15th community will be designated as a "privileged community".

Because they only need to keep an eye on Community 12, they can decide whether to withdraw from the auction at any time depending on the situation.

如果最终是第7社区和第9社区胜出，那么第15社区什么都不做也能拿到『特权社区』；如果第12社区想要抢，那么第15社区也有着绝对的资金优势。

Although Community 17 has the most gold coins, Community 15 can also ensure that it has the most plots by becoming the 'second developer' in the D4 3x3 grid.

Wang Weidong looked relaxed, clearly satisfied with the current result. This wasn't just luck; the initial probing also played a role.

As Cao Haichuan analyzed, Wang Weidong's previous demand for gold coins from the 12th community was a test of the 12th community's willingness and determination to spend gold coins.

If Community 12 doesn't give them any gold coins or only gives them 20 gold coins, Wang Weidong will consider lowering his rating for them.

However, Chen Guangming's actions did not reveal any major flaws, so Wang Weidong then judged that the 7th and 9th communities were relatively easy targets in this game.

From the current perspective, this judgment is correct.

Moreover, whether by coincidence or not, the nine-square grids that could be bid on in the first four rounds of the game happened to avoid the four corners and instead selected the four middle nine-square grids: D1, A4, D7, and G4.

这让第15社区无需付出任何金币即可成为A4九宫格的『第1开发商』，这同时削弱了第7社区和第9社区，为他们确立优势起到了很大的帮助。

However, as the fifth round of the game began, the content of the broadcast stunned Wang Weidong.

The developable land in this round of the game is: G7 3x3 grid.

[Community 12 has selected this nine-square grid as a 'priority development area,' and no other community's 'priority development area' is adjacent to this nine-square grid. Therefore, Community 12 will directly acquire all the plots in this nine-square grid.]

[Community 12 becomes a 'Privileged Community,' gaining an additional advantage: it can participate in the auction of all remaining 3x3 grids regardless of distance.]

……

There was no bidding or selection of plots, so this round of the game seemed to last quite a long time, with players having nothing to do.

Fan Zehui from Community 12 was naturally overjoyed, because after acquiring all the plots in the G7 nine-square grid, they now owned 19 plots.

Completely ahead of all other communities.

Lee In-sook frowned and fell into deep thought: "Strange...why is the last 3x3 grid opened at G7? It would make more sense to open it at D4 in the very center."
"Is the order in which these 3x3 grids open completely random?"

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "It shouldn't be completely random, otherwise it's impossible that in the first four rounds of the game, four of the central nine squares would be selected and none of the corners would be selected."

"I prefer 'audience voting' or, after the rules are set, the audience votes to determine the order."

Fu Chen was somewhat surprised: "Audience voting? But the current rules don't mention anything about audience voting."

Cao Haichuan explained: "According to the rules, in the first 5 rounds of the game, the audience can do almost nothing and can only watch, which is not very reasonable."

"The audience may also have other tasks."

"Perhaps 'guessing the hidden rules' is also part of the game strategy."

Lee In-sook nodded: "Hmm...that's certainly a possibility."

"But why do viewers prefer Community 12?"

Fu Chen thought for a moment: "Because they seem to be the weakest on paper? And have the shortest visa processing time?"

Li Renshu frowned slightly: "But judging from the performance in the game, the weakest should be the 7th community."

Cao Haichuan added: "But judging from the situation in this round, no matter which nine-square grid is opened, the 7th community will absolutely not become a 'privileged community'."

"Therefore, the 7th community is not an option."

(End of this chapter)