God's imitator

Chapter 78 Yang Yuting's Choice
Lin Sizhi handed over a voucher for 1000 minutes: "Very good, this is a reward for your intelligence."

"Next, all you have to do is give me a thumbs up when you leave."

Zhao Duo happily accepted the voucher, but was somewhat puzzled: "But the query machine only refreshes once an hour, how can you be sure I liked your post?"
"Are you going to verify by sending a broadcast? But if you do that, the likes will be used up."

Lin Sizhi explained, "Of course there's no way to tell, and I won't waste any extra energy thinking about those questions."

"If I don't receive 3 likes in 3 meetings within an hour, it means someone hasn't kept their promise."

"In that case, I will not send invitations to the three people mentioned above, but will instead match three new players."

"Until one hour later, I received all three likes, and then I would take turns sending invitations to these three players in turn, maintaining this cooperative relationship until the game ended."

Zhao Duo was somewhat surprised: "Does that mean that if the other two people don't keep their promise, I'll be eliminated too?"

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes, you'd better pray that such a thing doesn't happen."

Zhao Duo thought for a moment and then asked, "So, will you invite me, or will I invite you? And at a time other than when we're meeting?"

Lin Sizhi had clearly already made a plan: "I'm inviting you. All you have to do is decline all other invitations and accept my invitation immediately after you see it."

"Of course, I usually invite people in a fixed order. For example, if you are the third person in this hour, then I will invite you to the third meeting in every subsequent hour."

"As for the other two meetings within an hour, you can arrange them as you like, I will not interfere."

"Oh, by the way, if we can establish a stable cooperative relationship more than three times, then I will consider increasing the reward amount."

"Increase the price of buying one like to 2000 minutes."

Zhao Duo swallowed almost imperceptibly; it was hard for her not to be tempted by this offer.

Although Zhao Duo knew that if she was lucky, she might be able to squeeze 10,000 minutes of visa time out of some stupid male player, the hope was slim.

Such idiots are hard to find. Many male players may have a 10,000-minute voucher, but it's just an empty promise; they won't give it away easily.

Of course, even if you do find such an idiot and simply give her 10,000 minutes, the best option afterward is not to keep the promise, but to take the voucher and run away to find the next idiot.

Lin Sizhi's proposal looks much more appealing.

This is because it's a strategy for stable income. Although the amount earned each time is small, it accumulates into a considerable sum. Moreover, the price for each subsequent like can double, increasing to 2000 minutes.

Zhao Duo could have used the next third of the meetings to match up with Lin Sizhi and steadily earn visa time, while using the remaining two-thirds of the meetings to execute other strategies.

For example, lying.

No matter how you look at it, this is an offer that's hard to refuse.

Zhao Duo smiled and said, "Okay, then I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance!"

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On the other side, Yang Yuting, who had just finished her third meeting, checked her current number of "likes" and "dislikes" in the rest area.

[Community 17 - Yang Yuting]

Current number of likes: 2

[Current number of dislikes: 2]

[Current number of likes received: 3]

[Currently received 'dislikes': 0]

"Wow, three people actually liked my post!"
"Furthermore, someone even wanted to give me a visa time voucher..."

"This is such a difficult choice."

Yang Yuting was somewhat conflicted. Unlike Zheng Jie, her three meetings in the first hour went very smoothly.

The first meeting was with a male player from Community 9. He took the initiative to pay the room usage fee from the start and tried hard to find topics to talk about throughout the meeting. The two chatted quite well.

However, when leaving the venue, Yang Yuting politely declined the other party's suggestion to exchange likes.

Since only one like can be exchanged per hour, Yang Yuting wasn't sure if there would be a more suitable candidate to like the post later.

Of course, she did not ask the other party to like the post, but the other party claimed that he liked it first to show his sincerity, and hoped that Yang Yuting would accept his invitation to meet again after confirming that he had received the like, and that they would exchange likes starting from the next meeting.

The second meeting was with a male player from Community 3.

Yang Yuting was initially wary of him because he and Lu Xinyi were from the same community, but this male player was very generous. He immediately took out a voucher for 1000 minutes of visa time and offered it to Yang Yuting unconditionally, which caught her off guard.

The other party said this was compensation for the female player's visa time being randomly deducted in the game.

However, Yang Yuting quickly clarified that she would indeed have her visa time deducted in the game, but it would only be 3 minutes per hour, which was not much.

Moreover, even if compensation is needed, it shouldn't be taken from other players.

This made the other party appreciate her honesty even more, and they suggested that Yang Yuting agree to exchange likes during their final meeting, so that both of them could get an extra 3 minutes of visa time.

After considering it, Yang Yuting politely declined and did not accept the voucher.

Although she could have chosen to accept the money first and then change her mind, Yang Yuting ultimately couldn't make that decision.

The other party also felt it was a pity, but still very gentlemanly said that if Yang Yuting changed her mind, she could invite him to meet again at any time.

"You will always be my highest priority."

That's what he said.

The man at the third meeting behaved normally, bringing two bottles of mineral water and a plate of snacks. Yang Yuting felt a little embarrassed and wanted to split the visa processing time with him, but he generously said it wasn't necessary and proactively pressed the "I'll pay" button.

Yang Yuting naturally couldn't select any other options. The two didn't have a particularly congenial conversation, but it was still quite pleasant.

If any of the three people lied and didn't give a thumbs up, Yang Yuting wouldn't have been able to tell at all.

As it turned out, all three people gave a thumbs up, which made it difficult for Yang Yuting to make a decision.

Who should we invite to our next meeting?
She was certain that whoever she invited would agree, but it was really difficult to choose.

Amid this dilemma, a new meeting began.

Yang Yuting walked into the meeting room and paused for a moment.

Because the person sitting opposite her was a young, pretty girl with short hair, not a man.

Moreover, the name on the name tag immediately put Yang Yuting on guard.

【Community 3 - Lu Xinyi】

Yang Yuting never expected that she would encounter players from the 3rd community twice out of the four meetings.

But on second thought, it makes sense.

Although there are 6 communities participating in this game, players from the same community do not seem to be matched together, and the number of participants from different communities also varies.

If the third community has a maximum of 8 participants, then encountering multiple players from that community is not unusual.

Upon seeing Yang Yuting's reaction and the community number, Lu Xinyi immediately understood what was going on.

She shrugged helplessly: "Am I really that lucky to have connections with the people of Community 17? Oh well, no more free drinks and snacks to mooch now."

(End of this chapter)