According to a 2:1:1 ratio, each common player can obtain a wealth value of over eighty thousand, bringing half back to the community, which is over forty thousand.

This already exceeds the average earnings of typical games.

The key is that after forming a cooperation, this game is not difficult and poses little risk, so these forty thousand are far more enticing than the visa time earned in dangerous judgment games.

Wealthy conglomerate players can also bring back over eighty thousand visa time each to their community, and many players have never seen such high earnings from a single game.

But envy is useless; the game's mechanism is just like that, and the wealthy conglomerate status is something they've earned by their skills.

However, just as the players of Community 12 and Community 17 were preparing to head to the work area, a new broadcast echoed inside the venue.

[A proposal to change tax rates has been initiated by a player, all management players should immediately head to the management room for voting.]

[The proposal has received 3 'Agree' votes, more than half, and it takes effect immediately.]

[The current common player's wage tax is adjusted to: 70%]

[The current common player's investment tax is adjusted to: 70%]

At this time, the players from Community 12 and Community 17 were in the work area, ready to continue with this round of work.

Fan Zehui's face showed a shocked expression, finding it somewhat hard to believe his eyes.

He had anticipated that Community 4 was unlikely to be so generous as to maintain the 2:1:1 ratio until the end of the game, but he hadn't expected that they would be so impatient to change tactics by just the 10th round.

They could easily wait a few more rounds, enlarging the total wealth even further.

Yet now, with a full 10 rounds left before the game ends, the commoners of Community 12 and Community 17 are most likely going to unite and fight back.

Why is Community 4 so confident? There must be some special reason...

Seeing Han Mengying coming over, Fan Zehui clenched his fists.

He knew there was only one way to preserve his interests.

That was to lie flat with the people from Community 17 and give up work opportunities.

This way, the total wealth in each round would shrink by 20%, and soon the total wealth would not be able to meet the standards.

"Let's go."

Fan Zehui didn't say much to Han Mengying. He had already understood that since Community 4 had torn up their promise and wanted to take a majority of the commoners' earnings through taxes, then what follows must be a demonstration of a commitment to mutual loss to the opponents.

Lin Sizhi didn't say anything, just motioned for the other 3 to leave.

However, at this moment, an unexpected situation occurred.

Han Mengying smiled and said, "Very well, now there are 3 spots left; first come, first served, don't miss out."

Fan Zehui was momentarily stunned, looking at the three people from his community with shock, only to find they were just as confused as he was.

Instead, Luo Wei from Community 17 stood in front of one of the 'Earnings' buttons.

Coupled with the original 4 from Community 4, 5 of the 8 positions were already occupied, leaving only 3 empty slots.

Fan Zehui looked at Lin Sizhi incredulously; he hadn't expected the people from Community 17 to have been persuaded. How could this be possible?

Lin Sizhi's expression remained calm, betraying no trace of his inner thoughts, but the current situation, no matter how you look at it, seemed a bit hopeless.

No matter what the reason may be, Han Mengying had succeeded.

She pried away Luo Wei from Community 17 and recreated a prisoner's dilemma.

Han Mengying looked toward Lin Sizhi: "Thanks to Mr. Lin's explanation, I learned about the 'Happiness Avoidance Principle.'"

"But now, it seems some of you have also become happiness avoiders."

Even Fan Zehui could see that the current situation had changed from the initial one.

Initially, the total wealth was far from fifty thousand, meaning everyone's earnings were uncertain.

Under those circumstances, common players had nothing to lose, so their determination for mutual loss was the strongest.

But now the situation was different.

The total wealth was about to reach fifty thousand, which meant that as long as the game ends smoothly, each common player could also take back more than fifteen thousand visa time, without losing five thousand.

If they lie flat and resist, everyone's wealth would shrink, and the common players would definitely lose five thousand.

Originally, the barefoot feared not the shoe-wearer, but now, both sides had become shoe-wearers—though the wealth conglomerates were in leather shoes and the commoners in straw shoes, the commoners could quit the game quietly by making a small compromise; this lucky thinking would seriously weaken their determination for mutual loss.

Moreover, a portion of the wealthy conglomerate players had already amassed wealth of more than ten thousand; they could choose 'Departure' to preserve their existing wealth.

This meant that wealthy conglomerate players could now both advance and retreat.

Advance, as long as the common players compromised, they could continue earning in the following 10 rounds and take away the majority of the earnings.

Retreat, if the common players didn't compromise, they could opt for departure and retain the current visa time.

The initiative was now completely on the side of the wealthy conglomerate.

Even worse was Luo Wei's betrayal.

This not only set a bad example but also meant that even if wealthy conglomerate players departed, common players couldn't gather enough 8 people to press the button, inevitably triggering wealth shrinkage.

Qin Yao's face was also full of shock as she looked at Luo Wei: "Why!"

She had initially been very welcoming of Luo Wei as a new member and had given her ample trust.

Moreover, in all the current games, there had never been any betrayal in Community 17. Luo Wei was the first.

This made Qin Yao feel unbelievable.

Isn't Community 17 strong enough? Aren't the benefits good enough? Why the need to defect to Community 4?

Luo Wei sighed: "I'm sorry.

"I know this is hard for you to accept, and how you see things is your business, but I have my own considerations.

"The New World is a place full of crises; I must consider choosing the safest, strongest, and most suitable community."

"Qin Yao, for someone like you, Community 17 might be great, but for me, it's not.

"Because of both ideological and interest conflicts."

Luo Wei paused slightly and continued explaining:

"Since the day I entered Community 17, I've been observing the community's ecology, purposefully making contact with some players.

"Then I unfortunately discovered that there's actually a very solid five-person clique in this community, with males having absolute dominance.

"This means I can't enter the management level, and most likely, I will become the oppressed side.

"The community's structure is stable, but also because of this, even if I consider allying with Wang Yongxin, Yang Yuting, and others to try to establish a second core, there's no chance of success.

"Most importantly, I disagree with Community 17's ideology.

"The New World is a place of survival of the fittest; those who can crack the game naturally deserve far superior political status.

"As for those who are weak, they should be eliminated.

"But in Community 17, it wasn't like this; you passed numerous proposals protecting the weak, causing those weak members to cling to the community and not be cleared, which seriously increases future risks.

"Teaming up with Lawyer Lin this time was fine, but next time I might team up with other idiots from the community and die in the game.

"I don't want to take that risk.

"Smart people select; they don't alter.

"Clearly, I can't change the ecology of Community 17, so I can only choose to change places.

"I'm sorry."

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