Wang Yongxin paused slightly, then continued:

"Whether a community has more or fewer smart people mainly depends on comparison.

"Luo Wei might think that Community 17 barely has four or five people who could be considered smart, which is a low proportion.

"But in other communities, it's not uncommon for there to be just one or two smart people in the entire community.

"For example, strictly speaking, doesn't Community 3 only have Lu Xinyi as a truly smart person? Yet their performance in the games is also quite good.

"Moreover, Walkway's games aren't all about testing intelligence. If Walkway only wanted to filter out smart people, then just a single mathematician among the Imitators could come up with a few complex math problems that would eliminate over ninety percent of New World's players.

"But Walkway won't allow that to happen.

"So, despite not fully agreeing with Li Renshu's ideas, I do support her view of maintaining diversity in the direction of community development.

"Both the community and Walkway have so far been encouraging diversity.

"And such community building itself requires time and energy; it has to be completed gradually.

"It's like two castles:

"Although I don't have a position in Community 17's castle, it is tall, strong, and well-structured; whereas other castles may have a place for me, but they are broken and full of loopholes, and even if I start building from scratch, it may not turn out well.

"Since that's the case, I'd rather stay here. As long as no one here intends to harm me, then I'll just wait for the day an opportunity arises to enter the core of power."

Yang Yuting had some doubts: "Can you really wait for that?"

Wang Yongxin nodded: "Of course, whether it's the community or Walkway, situations are bound to change.

"Currently, the visa time doesn't allow us to buy too many special items, but what if we can buy them later?

"Perhaps when everyone's visa time increases, the community will offer some hefty priced items for everyone to buy?

"Also, isn't it possible that the core members of our community won't die? If someone from the five-person group dies and Walkway's games get more dangerous, they will need me more, and might be forced to include me into the core group.

"For now, staying patiently in Community 17 is the best choice for me.

"Blindly switching to a completely unfamiliar community would be foolish. Even business people wouldn't make a decision that is full of risk but with little to gain.

"So, for now, I don't plan to switch sides."

Yang Yuting nodded: "Yes, exactly, I think so too. Community 17 is already in what seems like an ideal state to me, and other communities don't hold any special attraction for me either.

"However, we still need to maintain our small group, although it's difficult to find five people, but if an extreme situation does arise, at least we can urgently bring in one or two people to protect ourselves."

Wang Yongxin nodded: "Of course."

He stood up: "Alright, don't think too much, go back and rest well."

...

As they left the third floor, Yang Yuting and Wang Yongxin took different staircases to return to their rooms.

But as Yang Yuting reached the second floor, she saw Jiang He waiting by her door.

"Hmm? Do you need something?"

Jiang He nodded: "Can we have a quick chat?"

Yang Yuting couldn't help but chuckle to herself; this feeling of '100 small groups among 12 people' was becoming more apparent.

But since Jiang He was someone she had previously tried to recruit, and was now proactively looking to chat, of course there was no reason to refuse.

"Of course, let's find a quieter place."

The two of them returned to the third floor and found a random corner room.

Previously, Yang Yuting had talked with both Jiang He and Qin Yao.

The reactions of these two were somewhat different: Qin Yao was more resistant and did not give a clear answer later, so Yang Yuting naturally didn't bring up the matter again.

Of course, on the surface, everyone still seemed like good sisters.

But Jiang He's response was different, she expressed clear interest from the start, inclined towards forming a small group, but afterwards always seemed to maintain a distance from Wang Yongxin.

Take the 'Wealthy Dynasty' for example; although Jiang He played a role in the game, the real strategizing and planning were obviously done by Wang Yongxin.

While the three managed to bring back significant visa time from the game, most of the credit clearly went to Wang Yongxin.

Yet Jiang He did not express much gratitude to Wang Yongxin, instead becoming noticeably closer with Yang Yuting and Xu Tong.

Yang Yuting didn't quite understand why this situation arose, so she took this opportunity to find out.

Up until now, although the players of Community 17 have experienced several games together and many of them were quite close in everyday community life, truly knowing each other deeply and becoming fully trusting friends was still very rare.

Everyone being adults, couldn't help but harbor some personal calculations in their hearts.

It's a bit like colleagues at work or neighbors in an apartment building; even with frequent contact, having been through experiences together, and acting close on the surface, they never truly become friends or family.

Jiang He smiled and said: "Yuting, I think you did really well in the 'Wealthy Dynasty.'

"Especially at the beginning when negotiating with the Wealthy Community, the strategy mainly relied on your acting skills and charisma.

"Without you, the strategy would have been difficult to implement."

Yang Yuting, unexpectedly praised, felt a bit at a loss: "Ah, that was mainly because Brother Wang's strategy was formulated quickly. Of course, the three of us each did our part and coordinated well."

Jiang He shook her head: "But I think, if it were you, you probably could have come up with that strategy too? I've always thought you are an excellent person.

"Weren't you an executive in a company before?

"I think both you and Brother Wang are elites, and there's no fundamental gap in your abilities."

Yang Yuting was momentarily at a loss for words and hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, maybe you misunderstood me.

"That was my family's company.

"It's my fault for not explaining clearly before, but I never emphasized that I was very capable..."

Jiang He paused for a moment: "Ah, alright."

She didn't dwell on the matter and continued: "In any case, the things you told me before, I've always been considering.

"I still highly believe in your views.

"But I think Brother Wang's plan doesn't seem very feasible, right? It's pretty obvious that Brother Wang has a hard time squeezing into the core, don't you think?

"Moreover, what good would it do for us to help Brother Wang squeeze in, or help him edge out Li Renshu?"

Yang Yuting was a bit puzzled: "The benefit is... we can band together to protect ourselves? Reject proposals that are unfavorable to us?"

Jiang He shook her head: "In that case, we wouldn't really need to do anything, right? Renshu herself is also female, so why would she pass propositions that are unfavorable to us?

"I'm indeed somewhat dissatisfied with the five-person core you mentioned, but I have no objection to Renshu.

"In fact, I believe that having Renshu as the leader of our community is the best outcome.

"I just feel that the current structure within the community is a setup where males overwhelmingly suppress females, isn't Renshu in a position where she's holding things together by herself?

"Don't you think that among the four auxiliary members in the five-person group helping Renshu, two should be male and two should be female?

"Or at least there should be one female, right?

"Isn't this gender composition very unbalanced?"

This statement took Yang Yuting by surprise; she could hardly imagine these words coming from Jiang He's mouth.

But after thinking it over carefully, she found it not so outrageous because she often saw Jiang He and Li Renshu being very close, and she couldn't even recall when this situation began.

It's evident that if Jiang He had to choose between Li Renshu and Wang Yongxin, she would choose Li Renshu without a doubt.

Yang Yuting asked: "So what's your idea?"

Jiang He, seemingly having thought it over for a long time, replied without hesitation: "It's simple; before, perhaps we really couldn't do much.

"But now, Renshu has become the absolute core of our community, Fu Chen is no match for her, it's a testament to her excellence.

"Our power core is an outstanding female, that's something worth celebrating.

"Lawyer Lin and Officer Cao are certainly indispensable, with them helping Renshu, I fully agree.

"But what about Fu Chen and Cai Zhiyuan?

"I think, neither of us is lesser compared to them, right?

"At the very least, your abilities are much stronger than Fu Chen's, aren't they?"

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