God's imitator

Chapter 296 Number Plates

Zheng Jie stared at the rules on the big screen, trying to think them through, but his brain momentarily went blank.

As for Zhou Guifen and Dai Yifan, they looked completely bewildered; clearly, they had absolutely no clue what to do.

Once inside the room, players can no longer communicate with each other and must answer questions until the game ends.

In other words, players must complete their team strategy within these 15 minutes.

Any oversight could have disastrous consequences.

Based on the experience in the first phase, answering some questions incorrectly could result in the deduction of several thousand or even tens of thousands of hours from the visa application.

When you're the one setting the questions, you might make a fortune or suffer a huge loss.

Once you enter the second phase, all rewards and penalties will be doubled compared to the first phase. Therefore, with so many rules combined, the time lost on your visa could amount to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Moreover, unlike other games, this game doesn't stop deducting from the remaining 48 hours; instead, it continues to deduct from the visa time of other players in the same community.

In the worst-case scenario, the five players from the same community will return to the community together with debt, and if the other players in the community choose not to help, all five of them will surely die.

After the rules were explained, the players now understood the meaning of the signs next to the doors of the three rooms.

These two rows of human-shaped icons represent the number of players currently in the room and the number of free players currently in the room, respectively.

If the maximum number of people is reached, no more people can enter.

If the limit for free agents is reached, then any free agents who join later will automatically lose their free agent status.

Yang Yuting suggested, "Let's first check what number we each got, and then decide who will be the 'free agent' in the community."

Everyone took out their number plates and checked them with each other.

The design of this number plate is very simple, with only two pieces of information on it: at the top, there is a line of small print that reads "Community No. 17", and the main part is a prominent number.

Cai Zhiyuan's number plate is '2'.

Zhou Guifen's number plate is '7'.

Yang Yuting's number plate is '8'.

Zheng Jie's number plate is '13'.

Dai Yifan's number plate is '21'.

The numbers on the number plates will determine the order in which players choose their rooms.

Yang Yuting was somewhat surprised: "Number 2! Your earnings are so high. And Aunt Zhou's earnings are also quite good. You've been keeping a low profile!"

Zhou Guifen was puzzled: "I didn't do anything. I just chose the same answer as the other players."

Yang Yuting was stunned. Clearly, the five rooms had very different styles during the first phase of the game.

Cai Zhiyuan was not surprised: "It should be a problem with the matching mechanism."

"This game most likely separates players who are forced to participate from those who participate voluntarily into different matchmaking systems."

"The room where Aunt Zhou is is most likely occupied by fringe players who don't speak much in the community. They're all pretty guileless, so it's easier to reach cooperation agreements, and the overall returns are quite good."

"Of course, there is an element of luck involved. If even one of the slightly smarter people in the group were to appear, the situation would be completely different."

Yang Yuting felt somewhat helpless. She racked her brains to think, but her returns were lower than Zhou Guifen's.

Zheng Jie and Dai Yifan were even more embarrassed, clearly not having such good luck. Cai Zhiyuan added, "However, getting a later number card isn't necessarily a bad thing; it has other uses too."

Zheng Jie asked, "Brother Cai, you're number 2, that's amazing! Which room are you planning to choose as the host?"

According to the game rules, players must choose rooms in the order of their number plates, and there are only 3 rooms in total.

The homeowner can set a rule related to 'suggestions' for the room. Although it is not clear what kind of rule is appropriate, it is an additional advantage nonetheless.

If you can snag the homeowner's identity, you should definitely prioritize doing so.

Cai Zhiyuan received card number 2, which means that another player had a higher profit than him.

This was mainly because Cai Zhiyuan deliberately chose the option with the lower reward when answering certain questions in order to test the specific reward and punishment rules and values ​​of the game.

Zheng Jie looked at the three rooms and said, "There are five people in our community, which can fill four rooms."

"Does that mean we can play this game as insiders? We won't make money that way, but at least we won't lose money."

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head: "Don't be the host of a four-person room, it's a trap."

Zheng Jie was somewhat surprised; he didn't understand what was going on, but Cai Zhiyuan didn't let him continue.

"Time is of the essence, I don't have time to explain these issues. Since none of you have any ideas, then please keep quiet."

"Do as I say right now."

"First, we exchange number plates internally."

"Dai Yifan, give me your number plate first."

Dai Yifan was taken aback: "Huh? Can this be exchanged?"

Cai Zhiyuan nodded: "Of course, if it can't be exchanged, there's no need to give the physical number plate at all."

"Moreover, since it says 'Community 17' on it, it means that the sign can only be changed within the community and cannot be exchanged across communities."

Cai Zhiyuan took the number '21' from Dai Yifan and then handed his own number '2' to Yang Yuting.

"Yuting, take my number plate and when you choose a room, see what player number 1 chooses. If he chooses a 13-person room, we choose an 8-person room, and vice versa."

"Don't choose a 4-person room."

Then, Cai Zhiyuan looked at Zhou Guifen and said, "Aunt Zhou, go find Yang Hui, the female player with glasses in Community 8, and tell her that we have card number 2. Ask her if they are willing to cooperate with us and sign a contract to share the profits."

"If they're willing, let them come over, and I'll work together to devise a strategy."

“If they have any hesitation, don’t try to persuade them. Go ask Community 13. If Community 13 is also unwilling, then go to Community 1.”

Yang Yuting was a little worried: "Can we confirm that the players in these communities are reliable? Besides, they might hesitate and find it difficult to agree immediately. Should we give them a minute or two to think about it?"

Cai Zhiyuan shook his head: "The time allotted for devising strategies is too short, so there's no need to consider whether they're reliable."

"After all, just devising a strategy would take up all their time, and even if they wanted to betray us, they wouldn't have time to rearrange their strategy."

"Moreover, we can sign a contract to share the profits, and at least one of these three communities will definitely be willing to cooperate with us."

Zhou Guifen didn't ask any more questions, and just walked quickly toward the 8th community.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)