God's imitator

Chapter 392 Different Equipment

Meanwhile, the players outside were all at their respective control panels, but they couldn't do anything.

Jiao Hongtao slammed his fist on the control panel in frustration: "Why do we have to wait another ten minutes before we can transfer the funds! It wasn't mentioned in the rules!"

After the game officially started, all the players outside immediately went to their respective control panels to prepare to provide funds for the players inside.

Prior to this, they had all chosen to redeem funds up to the maximum amount of 5.

For example, if Wu Xiaomei, Peng Hong, and Jiao Hongtao spend 3 yuan to bid, 3 minutes of visa time will be deducted by default. They can then spend up to 2 yuan to exchange for funds.

Those who bid only 1500, like Fu Yujun, can exchange for another 48500 points of funding.

Of course, this is on the premise that the player has enough remaining visa time.

For cases like Fu Yujun's, there is another option: simply not to exchange any funds. In this case, he would only lose 1500 minutes of visa time in the game.

But clearly, no player made that choice.

Before the game officially started, Wu Xiaomei signed the "live and die together" contract without hesitation and received an extra 2 points.

Jiao Hongtao hesitated for a while, but he still signed.

As for the other four players, they haven't made up their minds yet.

However, players outside the game don't have to make a decision immediately, because the control panel provides detailed information on how much funding they can obtain in each round of the game.

Previously, the rules only mentioned that the funds would be divided into six equal parts, and each round of the game, the players outside the game could unlock one part of the funds.

However, in practice, players outside the venue may also receive funding from the audience, so the total amount of funding may change.

Therefore, players actually receive funds at the start of each round based on 'total remaining funds / number of remaining rounds'.

For example, in the first round of the game, a player has 20000 remaining funds. In this round, the funds available to the player are 20000/6 = 3333 points.

If a viewer provides him with an extra 5000 points in the first round of the game, then in the next round, he will have (16667+5000)/5=4333 points at his disposal.

If the funds for the current round are not used up, you can choose to save them.

Of course, most outdoor players don't bother with these things. If they could, they would give all their funds to their children so they could immediately upgrade their cars to the highest level and complete the challenge.

The preparation time before the game officially started was very short. Although some viewers had already placed bets on Chen Ran, the game had already officially started before they could provide funds to the players outside the venue.

Therefore, even if funds are provided now, they can only be obtained in the next round of the game, so the audience is not in a hurry and can take their time to think about strategies.

However, there is a special prompt message on the control panel.

Funds can only be passed 10 minutes after the start of the first round of the game.

Other rounds of gameplay, as well as investments in specific equipment, remain unaffected.

It is precisely for this reason that the players in the inner circle have not received any funding so far. After failing once, they can only try to use their initial small amount of funding to modify the car pen with the equipment.

Judging solely from his current situation, Fu Yujun is probably in the worst position.

Because he received the worst pen and kept the most funds, but at this time he had no way to pass them on to Fu Chen.

However, Fu Yujun tried his best to suppress his anxiety and silently watched the players in the inner field on the big screen, waiting for the countdown to end.

After a moment's consideration, Fu Chen put his "van" into the "gas station".

He currently only has 1370 points of funding, and the initial funding required to use these devices is 1000 points.

Functionally, the "car rental shop" and "TV station" are functional buildings that do not directly improve the performance of vehicles, so no players are considering them for the time being.

After all, the most pressing issue for everyone right now is to modify the car and get through the "painted track" in the first round of the game.

As for the three types of equipment, 'modification shop', 'repair shop', and 'gas station', they each have different functions, but they all seem to be useful.

A "modification shop" can allow the car pen to automatically navigate some curves, a "repair shop" can reduce the probability of the car pen going out of control, and a "gas station" can reduce the weight of the car pen.

Fu Chen chose "gas station" for two reasons: firstly, his car was too heavy, and he felt that improving this aspect was the most urgent; secondly, it was based on his intuition.

Because these three devices have different designs.

Just like in real life, the gas station is an open-plan building, allowing you to clearly see its internal structure, which makes you feel more at ease.

The "repair shop" is a semi-enclosed building. Although it is partially covered, you can still roughly see the special structures such as the robotic arm inside after placing the car parts inside.

The "modification factory" is a completely enclosed building, making it impossible to see inside. Furthermore, there's something unsettling about the building's details.

Therefore, Fu Chen ultimately chose the "gas station".

The remaining players, Chen Ran (sports car) and Jiao Hai (off-road vehicle), chose the repair shop. Their cars were in pretty good condition and probably didn't need urgent weight reduction, but they were likely experiencing a "loss of control" situation, so they chose to address that issue first.

Like Fu Chen, Peng Xinyuan (in a sedan) and Shen Xing (in a pickup truck) chose the gas station.

Although Liu Jie (the small truck) still needed to reduce its weight, she was perhaps the only player who chose to modify the truck out of a desire to try it out.

Soon, each of these devices emitted a different sound effect, indicating that they were finished being used.

The gas station's sound effects were noticeably more cheerful, while the modification shop's was the loudest and most noisy.

Fu Chen noticed that after he used the gas station once, the cost of using it again increased to 2000 points, while Peng Xinyuan, who was behind him in line, still only needed 1000 points.

This means that the amount of money used will increase each time the same player uses the same device.

After modifying the equipment, everyone took their car pens and returned to their seats to begin the challenge again.

Soon, the next two opportunities were also used up.

The players inside the venue were unaware of the rules for the players outside, and therefore did not know the specific mechanism for receiving funds.

In the first round of the game, they also have to complete the "exclusive punishment," otherwise they will still suffer the instant death penalty.

With limited game time and having already spent all their funds, there was no reason to delay any longer, so they quickly made two attempts each.

As a result, Chen Ran (sports car), Peng Xinyuan (sedan), and Liu Jie (small truck) successfully passed the first map, while three other players, including Fu Chen, failed to pass.

"what!"

Jiao Hai looked furious. He wanted to slam the pen on the table, but remembering the rule that "once the pen is damaged, it cannot be repaired," he held back.

Although the pen looks like a sturdy metal product, I still couldn't bring myself to use it.

(End of this chapter)