God's imitator

Chapter 265 Confession
As Chen Guangming spoke, he looked at Wang Weidong and asked, "How many shelters have you sold already?"

Wang Weidong thought for a moment and then answered truthfully, "Four."

Chen Guangming nodded: "We sold 5 because in the last round of the game, our two communities were eager to recoup their funds, which made these viewers the lucky ones."

"But that also means that there are still 21 viewers who have the delusion that the shelter will lower its prices."

"What we need to do is destroy their delusion and force them to buy the shelter at the highest price, which will be very profitable."

"You don't need to worry about being implicated, because as long as half of the players choose to cast a vote against their conscience during the voting process, it will be fine."

“We, the 12th community, cannot vote against our conscience.”

"However, the combined population of your three communities is certain to exceed half."

Zhang Shichao hesitated.

Since the "vote against one's conscience" cannot be used on sinners within one's own community, these three communities have indeed not yet used the "vote against one's conscience."

There are three more sinners, from communities 12, 15, and 17.

Zhang Shichao had originally considered whether to use the votes against his will on the 17th community, but in previous exchanges, Li Renshu had made it clear that their votes against their will were to be used elsewhere and would not be exchanged.

In that case, Zhang Shichao wouldn't need to leave the vote against his conscience to the 17th community; instead, he could try to secure more benefits for himself.

Chen Guangming's statement is indeed very appealing.

After considering for a moment, Wang Weidong nodded: "No problem, I agree to this plan."

He had actually given up on competing with Community 12 and was only thinking about how to sell his existing shelter for a high price.

Therefore, Chen Guangming's words really resonated with him.

Although Wang Weidong could not be sure whether Chen Guangming's statement was true or false, regardless of whether the crime was to inflate the price of the shelter, he should choose to raise the price.

If this crime didn't exist, then raising prices wouldn't be punished at all, and of course, the shelter should be sold at a high price to earn viewers' coins;
If this crime exists, then no matter who commits it, as long as enough people commit the crime, everyone will vote against their conscience.

Because this is not only saving sinners, but also saving oneself.

Of course, to avoid risks, Wang Weidong would not do this himself, but would entrust it to other players in the community who still had a chance to escape death.

Regardless, raising the price of the shelter and squeezing as many coins as possible from the audience is in the interest of all the players inside.

The key is not to avoid committing any crimes, but to have corresponding ways to avoid them once the crimes are identified.

Zhang Shichao nodded: "Okay, I agree too."

Jin Cheng asked, "So what exactly do we need to do? What price should we list it at?"

Chen Guangming explained, "It's very simple. There are still 21 spectators without shelter. We can just divide up these 21 spectators."

"Based on the number of plots, the allocation can be roughly carried out as follows:"

“我们第12社区挂牌9个庇护所；第15社区挂牌6个庇护所；第9社区和第7社区各挂牌3个庇护所。

"This is roughly consistent with the proportion of the number of plots of land we currently own."

"We sell them all at the same price."

"It's round 7 now, and we have 23 gold coins."

"After that, we added 1 gold coin to each round. By the 10th round, we had increased to 26 gold coins."

"At the same time, players can be sent to other communities to supervise each other."

"Of course, this cooperation may also break down. After all, if you insist on listing more shelters or lowering prices, there's nothing I can do to stop you."

"But you must understand that if that situation really occurs, you will not gain any more benefits; instead, everyone's interests will be harmed."

"After all, these 21 audience members are a non-renewable resource. Once we buy a shelter, we certainly won't buy a second one."

Chen Guangming's plan was clearly well thought out and aligned with the common interests of these communities.

Although they could choose to list their properties at a low price early, each shelter might lose 8-10 gold coins.

Furthermore, other communities will also follow suit and list lower prices. Under such circumstances, everyone's prices will continue to fall, and the profits will actually be worse than they are now.

The other three looked at each other and finally nodded.

"make a deal."

……

After returning to their respective rest areas, these communities sent players to each other's communities to supervise one another.

Then, they changed all the listed prices.

As per the previous agreement, all the shelters listed were of poor quality, and the price was set at 23 gold coins.

Although you can't see the audience's expressions, you can roughly guess what they are.

Nine viewers had previously purchased the shelter for 16 gold coins, which seemed like a bit of a rip-off, but now they should be incredibly grateful.

Because there are no more shelters that cost 16 gold coins; they've all become shelters that cost 23 gold coins.

After the listing was completed, no transaction was made even after the 7th round of the game.

Clearly, the audience simply cannot accept such a price.

But nobody cares whether they accept it or not.

……

The 8th round of the game has begun.

The list of the third criminal appeared on the big screen.

Cao Haichuan, male, 39 years old.

[While working as a police officer, I encountered a farmer who had been scammed while buying a house and had a dispute with the developer, so he called the police. I only conducted a simple mediation and did nothing else.]

[Verdict: No trial held.]

In the game, the act of committing the same crime as a sinner is: "not attempting to prevent other players from committing other crimes, and not committing any other crimes yourself."

You have 10 seconds to choose between 'plead guilty' or 'appeal'.

Everyone was somewhat surprised and looked in the direction of the 17th community.

Clearly, this crime is similar to Zhang Shichao's crime, both having a great deal of ambiguity.

Judging from the case itself, this kind of dispute is indeed difficult for an ordinary police officer to handle, and it seems that the only thing they can do is mediate.

However, many people have higher expectations of law enforcement officers.

Therefore, whether someone is "guilty" or "innocent" depends solely on the players' inner thoughts and is influenced by subjective factors.

The sentencing for similar crimes is also quite brutal.

Simply put, it means 'inaction'.

Whether you prevent other players from committing crimes or commit other crimes yourself, you will not be judged as "inaction".

However, these judgment criteria are quite difficult to guess, and this type of player inevitably exists in many communities.

Many players were on tenterhooks.

Almost all players believe that Cao Haichuan will most likely choose to appeal, but it is unknown how many people will vote "not guilty".

However, Cao Haichuan made a decision quickly.

[If a sinner chooses to 'confess,' they will suffer instant death in 10 seconds.]

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(End of this chapter)