God's imitator

Chapter 358 Chip Consumption Mechanism

Cheng Wen was speechless for a moment.

Clearly, Lin Sizhi wasn't actually trying to sell these "immunity cards" because she was posting them online.

Because apart from a very few players like He Xiaojun who were already in the room, the other players simply didn't have enough chips.

Even if you go to the chip exchange station to exchange them, it still takes time.

Lin Sizhi deliberately displayed these immunity cards to give new players the illusion that there were plenty of immunity cards in the room.

This will encourage them to exchange chips more actively and play games in this room.

However, if he were to sell at that price, Lin Sizhi would suffer a significant loss. As a player, his methods of generating revenue are essentially no different from those of other players.

Other players use their visa time to exchange for chips and then come to buy, but when they see that the cards have already been sold, they don't realize they've been tricked.

Because many players are vying for it, it's normal not to get it; getting it is an unexpected surprise.

These players failed to buy the "immunity card" and exchanged their chips, which means they incurred sunk costs. They can only continue playing in the room and wait for the next payout to earn back the time spent on the visa.

Of course, Lin Sizhi would need to cooperate with Cheng Wen to implement this plan.

If a player lists a card and then cancels it, the auction house will display "Cancelled Auction" instead of "Transaction Completed," which may raise suspicion among some players.

That's why he and Cheng Wen bought each other's cards.

While auction houses continuously display records of completed transactions, they do not record the specific individuals who listed the item for sale or who purchased it.

Before other players could buy them, the two players gradually repurchased each other's invulnerability cards. Even if other players saw that the number of invulnerability cards in the auction house was gradually decreasing, they would only assume that other players had gotten there first and earned chips faster than them.

Seeing the frequent trading of "immunity cards" can actually motivate them to work harder to earn chips, or to put their duplicate cards up for auction in this room.

The new players who flooded into the "Auction Tycoon" room failed to buy the invulnerability card, but since they had already exchanged for chips, they decided to continue playing here until the next payout.

During this period, if it can be confirmed that the room continues to distribute dividends, the value of the chips remains stable, and new "immunity cards" continue to appear on the auction house, then they will continue to play in this room until the game ends.

……

Meanwhile, Chen Guangming was also keeping an eye on the situation of the "Auction Tycoon".

Qi Fan's expression was somewhat solemn: "That person is very strong, I told you before."

Of the four players, only Qi Fan had played the game with Lin Sizhi before, so he was the most wary of Lin Sizhi.

He had certainly warned Chen Guangming long ago.

However, among these four players, Chen Guangming was the one who actually made the decision, followed by Xu Zhao and Qi Fan.

Chen Guangming wouldn't change his plans just because of Qi Fan's simple reminder.

There are too many players who perform well in allocation-type games, so Chen Guangming can't possibly treat Lin Sizhi as a major threat just because Lin Sizhi once earned a lot of visa time in "The Tycoon Kingdom".

After all, in those stronger communities, there will be at least one or two people with similar abilities.

Moreover, Lin Sizhi kept a very low profile throughout the game. Apart from earning the first wave of profits in "Minesweeper at Sea", he stayed in the "Auction Tycoon" game room and had little presence.

There was no grand effort to attract other players, nor was there a large amount of exchangeable revenue.

Chen Guangming believed that the "Auction Tycoon" room had more problems and flaws than the "Equipment Forging" room, and there was no need to fight for it, so he should focus on executing his own plan.

But now that Lin Sizhi has launched his attack, it means his plan is complete. Ma Chengye was somewhat at a loss: "What do we do?"

Many players went to the "Auction Tycoon," which caused their business to stagnate, and few people came to buy the right to use the game console anymore.

Seeing that Chen Guangming did not speak, Xu Zhao considered for a moment and said, "Don't panic. He just temporarily fooled some players by using the method of earning stable income."

"But it's highly unlikely that they'll last until the end of the game."

"Because the 'Auction Tycoon' room is different from the 'Equipment Forging' room, there is a high probability of currency inflation, which will lead to a significant decrease in the visa time that can be exchanged."

"Moreover, at this point in the game, the other game rooms should have almost no dividends left, and the same should be true for 'Auction Tycoon'."

"With the chips inflated and the dividends exhausted, the players probably won't stay in that room for long; they'll come back."

However, Chen Guangming shook his head slightly: "But there is a certain probability that the room will neither exhaust its dividends nor experience inflation, but will maintain a high exchange rate of 1:1 for visa time."

Xu Zhao was taken aback: "Why?"

Chen Guangming did not answer, but after considering it, he quickly made a decision: "Xu Zhao, you and I are going to 'Auction Tycoon'."

"The rest of you, stay in the 'Equipment Forging' room to earn profits and occupy the game console."

“The two of us will go check on the situation at ‘Auction Tycoon.’ If necessary, we’ll call you all over again.”

……

Chen Guangming led Xu Zhao quickly to the "Auction Tycoon" and, after waiting for a moment, found an empty game table and immediately went to claim it.

Xu Zhao continued to wait, frowning as he pondered.

He originally thought that the "Auction Tycoon" room posed no threat whatsoever, and that even if Cheng Wen announced a method to reliably earn chips, it would be meaningless.

Because this room will inevitably experience inflation of chips, similar to a "bigger or smaller" game.

The reason is simple: these rooms lack a good chip consumption mechanism.

Take the "comparison" game as an example. Since there is no pump and dumping and there is a stable way to produce chips through positive-sum games, the total number of chips in the room will always increase.

Transaction taxes are, in themselves, a means of limiting inflation.

Most players are reluctant to use their visa time to trade for cards that grant immunity from death, because using visa time to pay taxes would be a pure loss.

If room tokens are used for transactions, a fixed percentage of the tokens will be automatically consumed due to transaction taxes.

Since everyone has used up a portion of their chips, the returns received during dividend distribution won't change too much.

This helps maintain a relatively stable value for the room's chips.

It doesn't need to stay at a high level indefinitely; as long as the depreciation isn't too rapid, it's fine.

However, it is clear that the transaction tax for rooms in the "size comparison" category is set too low, at only 10%.

This leads to the chips in the "bigger or smaller" room inflating the fastest and becoming increasingly worthless.

This will also severely reduce players' willingness to play in this room.

(End of this chapter)