Yang Yuting thought seriously for a moment: "In that case, I actually have an idea.

"What do you think about female mechanics or engineers?"

Wang Yongxin thought for a moment: "I do prefer female players with a STEM background, and the rest of the community probably feels the same way.

"Currently, our community still leans towards humanities-related professions, so recruiting someone from a pure STEM field might be a good choice.

"I had also considered professions like architects before.

"What is your reason for considering mechanics or engineers?"

Yang Yuting sighed silently: "It's a twofold consideration.

"On one hand, I feel that female players in these professions are indeed more reliable, generally more pragmatic, and less likely to end up like Luo Wei and Jiang He.

"On the other hand, it's also to continue to make up for the current knowledge structure of our community.

"From the 'King's Judgment' to the 'Fertility Judgment,' more and more mechanisms are starting to appear in many games.

"I thought about it, during the 'Fertility Judgment' we made a very basic mistake—not realizing that those mechanisms could be reused.

"Of course, from a post-review perspective, this was indeed a rather foolish mistake, also caused by the mismatch of gender and mechanisms, but regardless, not noticing it means not noticing it.

"If it's someone familiar with machinery, they might easily think of this point.

"Moreover, if it's a similar profession, although they're female, they might have a physical advantage over the average female, right?

"Currently, it seems there is a possibility of physically related segments appearing in the game.

"A female player with relatively good physical strength, though still not as good as male players, can still easily outpace average female players if the mechanisms are designed according to female physical standards."

Wang Yongxin considered for a moment and nodded: "Hmm, if the proposal is for female mechanics or engineers, it is highly likely to be approved.

"After all, people can only draw lessons from the most recent history.

"The same goes for our community's recruitment; everyone instinctively corrects the mistakes from the last game, it's unlikely to have a long-term view."

Yang Yuting was puzzled: "Hmm? People can only draw lessons from the most recent history? What do you mean?"

Wang Yongxin explained: "Oh, it's a historical concept.

"Simply put, after every unified dynasty is established, although they generally follow the previous regime's system, they also make some institutional corrections.

"But such corrections often can only address problems of the previous regime, sometimes leading to new issues.

"For example, the 'historical cycle phenomenon.'

"Dynasty A makes a mistake leading to its downfall, Dynasty B learns from this mistake and makes changes, but falls for another reason; Dynasty C learns from Dynasty B's mistake but falls back into Dynasty A's path and falls for the same reasons...

"So there's also a saying: 'The only lesson mankind has ever learned from history is that mankind has never learned from history.'

"But this is also unavoidable, because the future is too nebulous, rather than overemphasizing the future or a distant past, it might be better to focus on the recent past."

Wang Yongxin paused briefly and continued: "Moreover, recruitment of this kind has another problem, which is... her ideology might not necessarily align closely with ours.

"If this new member aligns more with Li Renshu or Cai Zhiyuan, it would be a bit awkward.

"I need to think in advance how to win favor in front of this new member, to make her stand with us as much as possible."

Yang Yuting sighed silently: "There's nothing that can be done if such a situation arises.

"Right now, my primary requirement for recruitment is a reliable and stable teammate. As for which side she stands on specifically, I don't care."

Wang Yongxin couldn't say much, only comforting: "Hmm, I understand."

Clearly, the trial game's impact on Yang Yuting was significant. For now, safety and stability trump everything for her, almost showing a tendency to give up the small group entirely and entrust her fate to Li Renshu.

Wang Yongxin initially established this small group for better self-preservation, to prevent being subjected to 'tyranny of the majority' through voting.

But as time passed, more players in the community have started to recognize Li Renshu, leading to the natural collapse of these external small groups.

Though Wang Yongxin had concerns, he could only accept and understand this.

After all, when he first came out of the 'King's Judgment,' he also had a bit of PTSD, where the craving for safety overwhelmed everything else.

...

...

Three days later, in the morning.

Everyone had finished breakfast, yet they still gathered in the hall, some reading, others just waiting.

In fact, someone was already waiting yesterday morning, but no new recruitment notification appeared on the big screen despite the waiting.

Many people showed clear anxiety on their faces.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, the recruitment notification finally came.

[There is a vacancy in our community. After 96 hours, a new player will be recruited to fill the position, becoming the new number 2 player.]

Seeing this, many people felt relieved, but also a bit heavy-hearted.

Li Renshu's expression was serious: "As expected, each time the community recruits, the time increases.

"The first recruitment notification appeared the day after the game's end; the second was on the third day after the game ended; this time it's already the fourth day after the game ended.

"Furthermore, the time for the new player to arrive in the community has extended from initially 24 hours, to 48 hours, and now 96 hours.

"Looking at the interval of most game initiations... before the next game's start, our community likely won't gather 12 people."

Cai Zhiyuan had previously discussed such speculations with Lin Sizhi, and now they seem to be correct.

The community cannot recruit frequently, with each interval lengthening increasingly.

The number of player deaths in Community 17 is much lower than other communities' averages, yet they still face vacancies. Communities with more weak players are even more so.

Li Renshu was also a bit disappointed, but she remained stable and looked at everyone: "According to our previous established principle, the community's male-to-female ratio must remain 6:6, so this time we need to recruit a female player.

"Does anyone have any thoughts on the new member's profession?"

Wang Yongxin glanced at Yang Yuting, as they had already discussed this issue.

But before Yang Yuting spoke, Cai Zhiyuan interjected: "I have some different views on the recruitment matter, can we chat about it first?"

Everyone was somewhat surprised, but such discussions are always open here, so most expressed their consent.

Cai Zhiyuan pointed at the big screen: "Regardless of what kind of player we decide to recruit, it will take 96 hours for them to arrive, which means it has to be after the next game.

"So, there's no rush about this matter.

"I even feel we're past the point where this method of recruitment is necessary."

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