God's imitator

Chapter 397 Priority

Meanwhile, inside the stadium.

After Chen Ran left the room, there was still a little time left in the first round of the game.

These players inside the arena had nothing else to do but check their funding status.

Fu Chen checked the funds he had received, which totaled 8083, but all of these funds had specific conditions for their use.

Each of the following four types of equipment—modification workshop, repair shop, car rental company, and television station—requires 1000 points of funding.

The gas station was allocated the remaining 4083 points.

Fu Chen fell into a brief moment of thought.

The system will display the specific amount of funds received by each player. Fu Chen remembers that he received the most funds, while Peng Xinyuan received the least, only a little over 3000.

However, the specific allocation of funds among other players is not detailed; it can only be roughly determined by observing how these players use their devices.

Their expressions varied; some were happy, some were puzzled, and some even looked annoyed.

Clearly, some players were annoyed that while they received funding, they were all forced to use it only on devices they didn't like.

But according to the rules of the game, they cannot change the use of these funds, and can only comfort themselves that "as long as it is modified, it will be useful."

For Fu Chen, this method of allocating funds is acceptable.

The gas station, which he needed most urgently, received the largest share of the funding, while the other four types each received 1000, which could be used once to verify their functions.

"Wait, Aunt Zhou must have something else in mind, right?"

Fu Chen pondered: "Each player receives a different amount of funding and has different restrictions on its use, which means that a game is also taking place in the venue where Aunt Zhou is."

"The specific amount and distribution method should be decided by her."

"So, can Aunt Zhou see what's going on here? Most likely she can."

"Otherwise, how could she have just allocated all the main funds to the only 'gas station' I ever used?"
"The funds received by other players may not be exactly the equipment they want to use, which means... Aunt Zhou's group of players may have different judgments about different equipment."
"They also have no way of determining which device is better."

"Judging from the game situation just now, Liu Jie's vehicle is a 'small truck,' which should be a relatively poor type. She is the only player who chose the 'modification factory,' but she won her gamble and successfully passed the first map."

"Therefore, many players should be starting to require the use of 'modification workshops' when they receive their funds."

"But Liu Jie seemed a little hesitant and did not continue to go to the 'modification shop' for modifications. Why?"
"Logically, once a piece of equipment is selected, it should be used continuously, because each piece of equipment is modified in a different aspect. It is more cost-effective to choose one aspect for in-depth modification than to make superficial modifications to all of them."

"For example, the role of a 'modification shop' is to give a vehicle a certain probability of being able to navigate curves on its own. The more modifications a vehicle undergoes, the more difficult the curves it can navigate become."

"The curves on the later maps will definitely get more and more difficult. If we only make changes once or twice, the later maps may be the same as if we didn't make any changes at all."

"The players who provide her with funding will definitely focus on the 'modification workshop'."

"Perhaps there's something wrong with the modification shop? The design of this device also looks a bit strange."

"Is Aunt Zhou using this method of allocating funds to get me to provide her with more information?"

Fu Chen wasn't sure if his guess was accurate, but taking the corresponding action based on his guess wouldn't cause any loss.

After careful consideration, Fu Chen used the five devices in a specific order.

He used the television station once.

TV stations can run ads on four other devices, with the device running the most ads receiving an additional discount; however, no one is using this yet.

Therefore, Fu Chen can get an extra discount by placing an advertisement for the gas station here.

Then he went to the gas station, and sure enough, the price there was marked with a '60%' label.

He had already used it once, and the price had increased from 1000 to 2000, but after the discount, it became 1200.

When used again, the price became 3000, then 1800 after the discount.

Just enough for two uses.

However, this discount might not last forever; if other players advertise for different devices, the extra discount will transfer. Afterward, Fu Chen used the modification shop, repair shop, and car rental shop in the same order as the initial devices.

Car rental companies can generate funds for players outside the game, but players inside the game cannot obtain specific information.

The specific effects of repair shops and modification shops are also not visible.

After each use, Fu Chen would pick up the car pen and examine it carefully.

"As expected... the modification shop was problematic!"

He frowned and returned to his seat.

Rental shops, repair shops, and modification shops can all cause cracks in car parts.

The only difference is the degree to which cracks are created.

The cracks made by car rental shops are the smallest and almost invisible unless you look closely; the cracks made by repair shops are slightly larger but not particularly noticeable; only the cracks made by modification shops are very obvious and should be noticeable unless you are extremely careless.

No wonder Liu Jie hesitated to use the modification shop a second time after using it.

In addition, these devices have different appearances, and Fu Chen sorted them according to "the feeling that the appearance gives people, from safe to dangerous".

It seems that this feeling was intentionally created by the copycats who designed the game.

……

The second round of the game has begun.

This time, the players inside the venue received funding from the very beginning.

Chen Ran received 11466 in funding.

Peng Xinyuan received 10533 in funding.

Jiao Hai received 7866 in funding.

Shen Xing received 15599 in funding.

Liu Jie received funding from the 8283 Program.

Fu Chen received 13083 in funding.

[The above funds have additional conditions attached for use; please confirm before using them.]

Fu Chen was somewhat surprised: "So much? What about the thousand-plus points of funding we worked so hard to earn at the beginning?"

He looked at the specific allocation of these funds, and it was indeed as he had expected.

The remaining 2000 each of the four types of equipment other than gas stations was allocated to gas stations, with the remaining 5000 or so going to gas stations.

Fu Chen confirmed that his guess was correct; this was essentially a "second confirmation."

Taking advantage of the gas station's discount, Fu Chen used the gas station once. The original prices were 4000 and 5000 respectively, but after the discount, they became 2400 and 3000.

Including the little bit I earned before, I used it just twice more.

After that, Fu Chen used the TV station, car rental company, repair shop and modification shop in turn.

This is different from the previous order of use.

"The first allocation of funds was conveyed to me by Aunt Zhou: she had to allocate how these funds were used, but she was not clear about the priority of these devices, so I had to observe and decide on them up close."

"I will use each of them once to confirm their priority, and then the order in which I use these devices the second time will be sorted from highest to lowest priority."

"That is: gas stations, TV stations, car rental companies, repair shops, and modification shops."

"Aunt Zhou should be able to see my choice, and I hope she will allocate funds to me according to this priority in the future."

(End of this chapter)