God's imitator

Chapter 311, "Simple Q&A," concludes.

When faced with such a problem, other players will be caught in a dilemma.

First of all, there must be an option here that will 100% trigger the penalty for acting against one's conscience. For example, option C in this question is simply giving money to the question setter if you choose it.

Secondly, of the other two options, one is the correct option, and the other is both the wrong option and the option against one's conscience.

Therefore, players can only choose to answer truthfully.

However, since only Zhou Guifen meets this condition, she will always be in the minority, while the other players will always be in the majority.

Players in Community 8 will also be penalized, but they have already signed a contract with Community 17 to share profits, so it doesn't matter to them as long as the total profit is positive.

Besides Cai Zhiyuan, there were five other free agents in the room.

In other words, the voting pattern for this question must be that Zhou Guifen chooses A, while the remaining 6 regular players and 5 free agents all choose B.

Although free agents can transfer majority penalties, according to the game rules, each room can only transfer a maximum of 15 penalties; after that, the transfer will expire.

This number of attempts isn't a big problem in a room with fewer free players, but in a 13-person room, there are currently 5 free players answering questions, and they've already used up some attempts.

In other words, after two questions, they will no longer be protected by this rule.

After free agents were unable to transfer majority penalties, the deductions began to become alarming.

Are you a player with a lot of gray hair?

A. Yes

【B. No】

【C. I am a player with a full head of white hair】

The net gain for the 12 participants in this room is -52000 minutes of visa processing time.

The question setter will be granted 52000 minutes of visa time.

The question setter will be the "repeater" (or "go-to person") for the next round.

Was your previous profession a middle school music teacher?

A. Yes

【B. No】

C. My profession is astronaut.

The net gain for the 12 participants in this room is -52000 minutes of visa processing time.

The question setter will be granted 52000 minutes of visa time.

The question setter will be the "repeater" (or "go-to person") for the next round.

In the absence of a majority penalty, only player Zhou Guifen can choose option A, gaining a net benefit of 14000 minutes of visa time, while the other 11 players will have 6000 minutes of visa time deducted.

If they make other choices, the losses will only be greater due to the punishment for acting against their conscience.

Four of these players were allies from Community 8, and after offsetting, Cai Zhiyuan's side still gained a net benefit of 42000 minutes of visa time.

In addition, in the '4-person room', Zheng Jie was also earning visa time from the three players in Community 1.

In the '8-person room', Yang Yuting was also earning visa time from ordinary players in the 13th community.

The outcome of this game is no longer in doubt. The only question is how much visa time the players in Community 17 can extract from the other three communities within the limited time.

They can take 60% of the profits, and the remaining 40% will be distributed to the 8th community according to the contract.

……

The second phase of the game, which lasted for an hour, has finally come to an end.

For players in communities 1, 13, and 15, this hour was an extremely long one. In order to minimize their losses, these communities whose visa time was being harvested were trying to prolong the process as much as possible, extending their answering time to the maximum allowed by the rules, which was 5 minutes.

Even so, each room still has about ten questions in the 17th community that are purely for earning visa time.

In the '4-person room', Zheng Jie's net gain was 38000 minutes of visa time;

In the "8-person room", the net gain for communities 17 and 8 is 344000 minutes of visa time;

In the "13-person room", the net gain for communities 17 and 8 is 436000 minutes of visa time.

The total revenue for the three rooms is 818000 minutes of visa time.

In addition, if a free agent player earns less than 3 minutes of visa time in a room, an additional 6 minutes of visa time will be deducted and transferred to the community with the highest earnings.

The six free agents from Communities 1, 13, and 15 are clearly unable to achieve this goal.

They had 36 minutes of visa time deducted and transferred to the 17th community, which had the highest in-game settlement.

Although a free agent from the 8th community was accidentally injured in the '13-person room', it was all within the internal transfer of benefits, so it was not a big deal.

这样一来，按照6:4的比例进行分成，第17社区的玩家可以获得706800分钟签证时间，而第8社区则是可以获得471200分钟签证时间。

In addition, the copycat who designed the game also gained extra profits.

According to the rules of the game, when a free agent triggers the "majority penalty," it will be transferred to the question setter, and each time it will be 1 minutes of visa time.

However, there is a limit to the number of times each room can be used, with a maximum of 15 times.

The '13-person room' was triggered 15 times very early on, and the '8-person room' was triggered a total of 9 times.

The "4-person room" was triggered 4 times because only Zheng Jie was present and the question setter kept changing.

In other words, the copycat who designed the game earned 28 minutes of visa time through the game.

The total loss amounted to approximately 145 million minutes of visa time, all of which were borne by players in Community 1, Community 13, and Community 15. On average, each player lost around 100,000 minutes.

For communities with longer visa durations, such as Community 15, this loss, while severe, is barely acceptable, given their generally longer visa durations.

Once back in the community, at least they can try to pay off their debts and avoid immediate death.

But for Community 1 and Community 13, they can only hope for the best.

In the cubicle, Cai Zhiyuan did a quick calculation of the approximate profits and felt a little regretful.

Because the time was still a bit short.

If it were another half hour, the earnings could increase by several times, resulting in an even more staggering figure.

However, upon further reflection, he realized something was amiss.

One hour is actually just right.

Because if this goes on for too long, the losses could very well escalate to a level that Wang Weidong simply cannot afford.

The total loss for Community 15 is now approximately 50 minutes of visa processing time. For Wang Weidong, this is the bare minimum he can barely accept in order to maintain his reputation and status within the community.

However, if the loss is greater, such as 80 or even 100 million, then Wang Weidong may not be able to accept it.

At that point, the likelihood of both sides going to their deaths will greatly increase.

So one hour of game time is just right.

Cai Zhiyuan leaned back in his chair, silently watching the countdown reach zero.

【game over. 】

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