God's imitator

Chapter 455 Survival Strategies of Marginal Communities

After watching these matches, He Xiaojun suddenly realized that what marginal community players like him lack most right now is courage.

Because of a subconscious aversion to the loss of large amounts of wealth vouchers, I dare not carry so many.

However, this also significantly reduced his earnings.

Moreover, many players in peripheral communities lack the awareness to step forward and are passively waiting.

Just like the 14th community, although they also agreed on a code word when they met in the game, if they didn't meet or couldn't recognize each other, they might not have the courage to try or take the initiative to say the code word.

This will make it very difficult for them to progress in the game.

This is because weaker communities like this inherently lack leaders with exceptional leadership qualities. There may be core players within the community, but if these players aren't skilled enough, they become overwhelmed and unable to cope with high-intensity matches, making it even harder to integrate everyone in the community.

He Xiaojun suddenly realized that he had to step forward now, otherwise the entire 14th community might face annihilation in the game.

"Right now, the game content is no longer the most important thing."

"While players like '↑Wheel of Fortune' and '↓Hermit' can perfectly utilize the game rules to earn extra profits, the best thing about the 'Number Bomb' rule is that it can naturally bring out more Wealth Vouchers. Even if the 'Thief' player chooses the first method, the 'Sage' player can reliably retain 12 wooden boxes."

"Moreover, with the increasing number of large wins and losses, there must be players in the same community sending each other wealth vouchers."

"They just used this game format as a cover so that the audience wouldn't immediately recognize it."

"Otherwise, if the audience determines that certain players come from the same community, there may be some strategies to target them later."

"I should do that too, even if the method is a bit clumsy. The most important thing now is to bring as many wealth vouchers as possible, and at the same time, to recognize as many players in the same community as possible..."

A new game has begun, and this time it's his turn to play the 'Sage'.

He decided to muster his courage and use the same "digital bomb" strategy.

Even if your number is guessed correctly and you lose everything, you must show this courage, otherwise you will truly have no chance of winning afterward.

……

After setting up, the player playing the 'thief' entered the room.

It is the upright "Lovers".

The "↑ Lovers" are dressed in magnificent robes embroidered with beautiful patterns of flame trees and roses, and the chest is decorated with an embroidered image of a young couple deeply in love.

After reading the rules on the notice board, "↑Lovers" didn't immediately guess the numbers. Instead, they asked, "'Justice,' shall we cooperate?"

He Xiaojun was stunned for a moment. In previous matches, the players he played against didn't exchange many pleasantries before starting the game.

Even if there's anything to talk about, it's always saved for after the game ends.

This time, however, the situation is different.

After a moment's thought, He Xiaojun quickly understood the other party's strategy.

Clearly, '↑Lover' is already quite familiar with how to play this 'number bomb' game, and she has given up time to think about strategies.

Perhaps they already had a number in mind to guess, or perhaps they simply gave up on guessing the number altogether and decided to take the 10 wooden boxes using the first strategy.

In short, '↑Lover' planned to make full use of the game time to use 'off-the-books tactics,' that is, to bypass the game rules by negotiating a partnership and directly distribute the spoils between the two of them. Seeing that He Xiaojun didn't speak, '↑Lover' knew that he was interested, so she suggested, "Let's mute the sounds in the room first?"

Only one room can hear the sound at a time. The probability of someone being in that room at the same time is very low, but for safety reasons, it is safer to block the sound.

He Xiaojun nodded: "Okay."

The audience can no longer hear any sounds from the room.

"↑Lover" got straight to the point: "You must come from a marginalized community, right?"

“I watched your previous match against ‘↑Magician’, it’s a bit of a pity.”

"However, I can see that you are actually a player with great potential, which is why I am considering establishing a partnership with you."

“I come from the main community, and you should know from the rules that we have a natural basis for cooperation, right?”

He Xiaojun nodded in a perfunctory manner. He didn't actually know what the so-called "foundation for cooperation" was, but as long as he didn't speak, the other party would definitely continue talking.

Sure enough, ↑Lover continued, "How can players from the peripheral communities survive in this game?"

"According to the rules, at least one player from the peripheral community must enter the 'exit zone,' which means that a certain wealth voucher advantage must be ensured."

"If the advantage is big enough, it can even squeeze out some players from the main community."

"On the other hand, if the players in the peripheral communities all receive very equal rewards, they may be overtaken by players from other peripheral communities and unable to squeeze into any of the 'exit zones'. In that case, all the players in that peripheral community will suffer an instant death penalty."

"If you think about this rule in the usual way, you should just play the game fairly and try to earn as many wealth coupons as possible."

"But will the players in the main community play the game with you in a fair and square manner?"

"As the game has progressed to this point, you should have noticed that many communities have already taken action. After confirming the identities of players from the same community in the game, they have begun to transfer large amounts of wealth vouchers."

"The reason is simple: there are limited spaces in the main community, and who would want 'wild people' from peripheral communities to infiltrate? If there are spaces available, players from the same community will naturally be given priority."

"We will only accept individual players from marginalized communities if there are available spots."

"Therefore, they will allocate wealth vouchers as much as possible to ensure that the income of players in this community is relatively high and that no one falls behind."

"In the free matchmaking phase, this situation will only become more serious, because the main community will only send out strong players to randomly match with outside players, while within the community, players will match with each other to transfer wealth vouchers."

"Under such circumstances, how can players from peripheral communities squeeze in if they want to play normally?"

"If we can't squeeze in, everyone will die instantly. Have you thought about the consequences?"

He Xiaojun was taken aback for a moment, then realized that what '↑lover' said made a lot of sense.

Players in peripheral communities are generally weaker and are mostly disorganized.

Based on current trends, the main community will definitely try to increase the wealth value of all players in the same community as much as possible, leaving only a limited number of empty slots.

Competition between marginalized communities will become even more intense.

(End of this chapter)