Cai Zhiyuan pondered for a moment: "That's true, but I'm a pessimist. I believe the games in the Walkway will only become more dangerous.

"Evil Imitators often have fewer limits, so they are bound to win.

"Alright, that point is indeed debatable, indeterminate, we can set it aside for now.

"But there's something I must point out:

"Even if the New World could truly be transformed by some kind Imitators, and maintaining community diversity and proactively including the weak is more beneficial for our survival, so what?

"The key point is, can this argument persuade the other people in the community?

"Would they agree, for the sake of 'maintaining diversity,' to deliberately recruit burdens?

"Even if our community is already the one with the highest average IQ among those we've encountered so far, who would complain that their community is too strong?"

Li Renshu and Cao Haichuan fell silent.

Clearly, Cai Zhiyuan's argument was also quite reasonable.

'Maintaining diversity' is important, but most people in the community are unlikely to prioritize it.

In other words, the people in the community would allow stupid people to exist, and might not mind giving them a helping hand in the game, but they would never agree to actively select a stupid person during Recruitment.

Li Renshu and Cao Haichuan's concerns are valid, but they are not enough to convince a sufficient number of people in the community.

If the issue were something like 'young doctor' or 'elderly doctor,' it might still be possible to achieve the goal through certain guidance and rhetoric.

But regarding the 'smart person' or 'stupid person' issues, rhetoric would not be very effective.

If Li Renshu were to forcibly advance the proposal using the reason of 'maintaining diversity,' it would likely not pass, and would seriously damage her currently accumulated reputation.

For the first time, a major division appeared within the small group of three.

Li Renshu remained silent for a moment, then asked, "What does Lawyer Lin think?"

Cai Zhiyuan said: "I already asked him before coming. He said he's fine with anything and left the decision to us."

Li Renshu stood up and left: "There's still time, let's consider it carefully again."

...

...

The next morning.

Lin Sizhi was having breakfast in the hall when suddenly a new notification appeared on the big screen.

[According to Walkway's statistics, the cumulative number of players expelled from the community has reached 30% of the original number. To accelerate the evolution of community ecology, a brand new rule will be updated:]

[In any game involving multiple communities, it's possible to 'replace community members,' meaning to expel one original member while accepting a member from another community.]

[The specific rules are as follows:]

[1. Expelling a member of this community does not require their consent, but all other community members in the game must unanimously agree, with a minimum of 3 people.]

[2. The expelled player will be allocated to another community after the game concludes according to the relevant rules.]

[3. The new member's agreement to join this community is sufficient, and they are not restricted by the original community.]

[4. 'Replacing community members' will be conducted covertly, and confirmation from the players involved will result in the change taking effect. However, players should exercise caution: once confirmed, the commitment will be locked at the level of the game mechanism, and the community will not be able to renege. At the end of the game, the new member will automatically return to this community.]

[5. The new member can renege in the game, and there's a possibility of being recruited back by the original community or other communities.]

After a while, a notification about Recruitment also appeared.

[A vacancy has appeared among the players in this community. In 48 hours, a new player will be recruited into the community to become the new Player 8.]

[Before then, players may propose requirements for the new player's age, gender, occupation, etc.]

[If a new player is not needed, a proposal can be submitted to reject the addition.]

[A demand receiving 7 or more votes will be officially submitted to the community, and the community will screen within a certain range according to this demand and recruit new players who relatively meet the criteria.]

Upon hearing the notification, many players in the hall gathered spontaneously.

"Expel people?" Upon seeing this rule, Fu Chen instinctively frowned.

Cai Zhiyuan corrected him: "It's not expelling people, it's replacing them.

"From the description of this rule, the community can proactively expel unsatisfactory players, and likewise, they can also try to recruit outstanding players from other communities.

"The purpose of this rule is to 'accelerate the evolution of the community's ecology.'

Li Renshu paid more attention to the mortality rate number: "So far, is the community's average mortality rate 30%? That's so high?

"Does that mean, on average, four people have died in each community?"

Cai Zhiyuan corrected her wording: "It's expulsion, exhausting visa time should also count.

"Older players might have an initial visa time of only about ten days. If they only receive the minimum visa time in 'Blood Poker' and can't earn more time in subsequent games, they might already have exhausted their visa time."

Jiang He was still somewhat slow to react: "What does 'accelerate the evolution of the community's ecology' mean?"

Li Renshu looked at everyone and realized it would be most appropriate for her to explain this herself.

"To put it simply, each community has different characteristics, with different systems determined through proposals, resulting in different ecologies.

"For example, in the communities we've encountered, Community 1 is a 'black shop' built around Imitators, while Community 3 completely equally divides benefits and emphasizes collectivism.

"Our community is not as extreme as Community 3, but also emphasizes basic security and attention to the weak.

"Of course, there might also be communities that believe in survival of the fittest, valuing efficiency above all.

"Originally, the mobility within communities was poor, and only in the event of death would Recruitment occur.

"Even if these extreme communities are dissatisfied with certain members, they wouldn't directly pass a proposal to kill them, preferring to let them fend for themselves.

"But after this rule update on replacing people, it implies two scenarios might occur:

"First, communities wishing to expel a certain member can bring them to participate in games with other communities in a 'three bring one, four bring one' manner and eject these players.

"Second, in games involving multiple community confrontations, 'turning' strategies can now be implemented.

"Originally, it was impossible to turn players from other communities, as after the game everyone would return to their original community. If one betrayed, they'd have no explanation upon returning and might be isolated or face severe punishment.

"Unless a single betrayal could earn astronomical amounts like 500,000 or 1 million, betrayal absolutely wasn't worth it.

"However, now that betrayers can be certain they will be accepted by another community, they're more likely to be turned.

"Overall, this rule can enable some communities to reach their ideal forms faster.

"Imagine a community that emphasizes survival of the fittest, with 8 strong people and 4 weak people. According to the original mechanism, these four people could only be slowly eliminated.

"But now, they can participate in games using the 'three bring one, four bring one' approach. As long as in the game, they find strong players from other communities who share the same ideology, they can attempt to recruit while eliminating the weak.

"The progress toward becoming an Elite Community would accelerate drastically.

"And some weaker communities, or those with severe ideological conflicts, might experience a loss of talent.

"In other words, this rule encourages strong alliances.

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