God's imitator

Chapter 259 Chen Guangming's Strategy
After the land auction ends, the shelters can be freely traded.

As agreed beforehand, Zhang Shichao used 12 gold coins to buy a shelter.

In this way, each of the five players in Community 9 will be assigned a shelter with a 90% probability, and they are temporarily safe.

Even if their players are "jointly punished" in the next round, they won't necessarily die on the spot like in Community 7.

After Zhang Shichao left, the members of Community 17 gathered together to discuss their next strategy.

Zheng Jie sighed, "The 7th Community is just too unlucky."

Jin Cheng clearly didn't expect that she would be the first criminal to be announced.

"If she had thought of this beforehand, she would definitely have fought us for the D1 nine-square grid at all costs."

Lee In-sook shook her head: "We will absolutely not back down. The first phase of the auction is, to put it bluntly, a game of 'who is less willing to spend gold coins first'."

"There are two reasons why the 7th Community made concessions."

"Firstly, in the first five rounds of the game, no one was sure of the order in which the plots would be opened. Jin Cheng mistakenly thought that there would be other opportunities to bid for plots after giving up the D1 nine-square grid, so he was not decisive enough in his bidding."

"Secondly, she believes her crimes will not be revealed in the sixth round of the game."

"It could also be said that the result was due to the fact that both the order in which the land was opened and the order in which the crimes were announced were completely contrary to her expectations."

Fu Chen said thoughtfully, "So, does this confirm that the order in which the criminals are announced is determined by audience votes?"

"Because the act of 'selling substandard shelters to the audience' directly harms the interests of the audience."

"Therefore, they decided to vote first to push Jin Cheng out to be punished, to make an example of him and warn the players inside not to make any underhanded moves."

"After all, if viewers simply adjust the order in which the files are released, they can impose sanctions on a specific community or a specific group of players."

"It's still quite intimidating."

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "I'm afraid that's not the case."

"If Jin Cheng's crimes are not brought to trial, then the inside players might hesitate when selling their shelters."

"But now that Jin Cheng's crimes have been judged, from now on, everyone will only sell 'inferior shelters' to the audience."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

Zheng Jie's eyes widened: "Because all crimes will only be punished once!"
"Now that Jin Cheng's crimes have been made public, it means that players who sell substandard shelters to viewers will no longer be punished!"

Zhou Guifen still didn't quite understand: "But the probability of shelters is different, right? A shelter with a 90% probability can preserve 90% of the visa time for the audience, while a shelter with a 50% probability can only preserve 50%."

"Even if we set the price of a normal shelter a little higher, there will still be viewers who buy it."

Zheng Jie explained, "It's useless because the audience simply can't distinguish which shelters are normal and which are substandard!"

"Whether it's a good shelter or a bad one, it can also be priced high."

"Therefore, for us insiders, selling normal shelters is meaningless except for benefiting a very few lucky ones among the audience."

Fu Chen thought for a moment: "However, there are only 30 audience members. If we sell the normal shelters at the normal price, we can ensure that one audience member can leave safely for every shelter sold. So it can't be said that it's meaningless."

"Surely this behavior can't have any downsides?"

Cao Haichuan was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "It's hard to say."

Fu Chen was somewhat surprised: "Selling shelters normally can't be considered a crime, right? That makes no sense at all."

Cao Haichuan did not give a clear explanation, but only said: "The harm may not only come from the crime."

Li Renshu glanced in the direction of Community 7: "Jin Cheng didn't come to our Safe Haven; their community has probably completely collapsed. I'll go talk to her again briefly and see if we can solidify the cooperation."

Cao Haichuan cautioned, "But be careful with your wording. If they have truly given up hope, don't force them. Avoid saying too much and making a mistake."

Lee In-sook nodded: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

……

Meanwhile, in the 12th community.

Fan Zehui looked at the completed shelter and fell into thought.

He looked at Chen Guangming: "Are we really going to put them all up for sale to the audience? We're not keeping a single one for ourselves?"
"But what if the culprit announced in the next round is from our community? Wouldn't we be doomed?"

Chen Guangming said decisively, "After this round of events, I am completely certain that my initial 'sure-win strategy' was absolutely correct."

"Therefore, the next round of criminals to be announced will definitely not be from our community."

"We only need to do two things now."

"First, build as many substandard shelters as possible on all the existing plots of land, and then sell them all."

"Second, use as many gold coins as possible to bid for all the remaining plots of land, regardless of the cost."

Fan Zehui hesitated: "But you have no idea what the other crimes are. If we do this, what if we get implicated because of some of our actions..."

Chen Guangming interrupted him: "Fan Zehui, listen to me carefully."

"Why have you been losing ever since you came to the New World? Are you really that much dumber than everyone else? No, your biggest problem is that you underestimate the malice of others and don't reciprocate it enough!"
Why were you scammed in "The Kingdom of Tycoons"?
"Because you didn't consider the worst-case scenario for others from the very beginning, you lost half the battle right from the start!"
"You only know how to fixate on the most superficial rules of the game, but you never think about the deeper meaning of these rules!"
"When you are given a disadvantageous status, you can only leave it to fate; when you are given an advantageous status, you are hesitant and indecisive."

"So when exactly will you win?"

"Tell me, when exactly are you going to win?"

“We had already agreed that you would listen to me, and now we have successfully obtained the ‘privileged community’.”

"I can tell you very clearly that we have no way out now, we only have this one choice!"

"This game has become a game of 'extracting more coins from the audience,' and any community must abide by these rules, especially our 'privileged community'!"
"If we don't do this, we'll die without a burial place!"

"Besides, I haven't prepared a shelter for myself either. I'm not afraid of dying, so what are you afraid of?"

Fan Zehui's expression gradually hardened: "...You're right, then we'll sell them all."

How much will it cost?

Chen Guangming already had the answer: "16 gold coins".

Fan Zehui was taken aback: "So many? But we only sell substandard shelters."

"When the criminals were announced, the rules mentioned that selling a substandard shelter for 15 gold coins would be considered a crime, which means that the price was too high!"

Chen Guangming shook his head: "Not high, not high at all."

"In this round of the game, we are eager to recoup our funds, so we are selling it for 16 gold coins. The price will not be the same in the next round."

"Even a low-quality shelter will cost 20 gold coins or more before the game ends."

"Don't you understand? The fact that Jin Cheng's crimes were the first to be publicized sends a clear signal: selling substandard shelters at high prices will become an absolutely safe practice!"

　I'd like to recommend a friend's book, *My Realistic Simulation Game*.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)