Zheng Jie was taken aback: "Huh? Did he think of that too?"

Zhou Guifen was confused: "A way for everyone to survive? But up until now, we still don't know the specific sins of the sinners, do we?"

Clearly, the words 'everyone survives' hold great allure for the players.

Especially in such a cruel 'elimination-type game.'

But Cao Haichuan was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "The method you guys thought of, I've considered it as well.

"Although this method does exist from the perspective of the game's mechanics, it's too idealistic and probably not feasible.

"Of course, we can also listen to what Zhang Shichao has to say specifically, perhaps it's different from what I previously thought."

The players from various communities gathered on the field, ready to hear what Zhang Shichao's so-called 'everyone survives' solution entails.

But their expressions varied.

Zhang Shichao didn't keep them in suspense, after all, time was limited.

"My method is simple, we just need to utilize the game mechanics!

"In this game, there are many rules for death, any player who suffers two instant death penalties is dead for sure.

"So, what we need to do is coordinate among the inner court players to stagger these death penalty mechanisms, ensuring as many people as possible suffer only one instant death penalty, then use the sanctuary to offset it.

"Specifically, it's like this:

"We first select a community to be voted on in the 'final vote', let's call it the 'Truth Community'.

"Then, every time a sinner's crime is announced, this selected 'Truth Community' votes as usual, while the other four communities all vote 'not guilty', no matter what they truly think.

"In this way, the sinner will be judged not guilty, avoiding any 'linked' punishment.

"Until the game's end, players from the 'Truth Community' will by default become 'Perfect Judges', and won't suffer instant death penalties due to lie detection.

"Other players, although they will all suffer one instant death penalty, can offset it through the sanctuary.

"After that, in the 'final vote', we vote for the 'Truth Community'.

"All members of the 'Truth Community' will use their sanctuary to offset the instant death penalty.

"By the end of the game, all players will have suffered exactly one instant death penalty and offset it with the sanctuary, achieving the goal of everyone surviving."

Upon hearing this, some players showed delighted expressions.

According to the game rules, it was indeed feasible.

But many players remained indifferent.

Wang Weidong smiled nonchalantly: "Hmm, this is indeed a very perfect strategy, now we just need to solve one last problem.

"Who will be the 'Truth Community'?

"Since your Community 9 proposed it, why don't you be the one? How about it?"

Zhang Shichao was taken aback, then sank into contemplation.

The other communities stayed silent.

Moments later, Zhang Shichao said dejectedly: "Alright, let's pretend I never mentioned it."

It was clear that while the strategy was theoretically feasible, its biggest problem was the lack of sufficient binding force.

The 'Truth Community' could vote based on their real thoughts and be assured they wouldn't be punished by the lie detection mechanism, but how could it be ensured that other communities would vote 'not guilty' against their true intentions?

From the perspective of other communities, voting for the sinner was essentially a standard prisoner's dilemma.

If everyone voted 'not guilty', everyone would be happy.

But surely some community would secretly vote 'guilty', because then they wouldn't have to worry about being punished by the lie detection mechanism.

While one instant death penalty could be offset by the sanctuary, it's always better not to trigger it at all.

Under the current mechanism, players who secretly vote 'guilty' wouldn't be caught.

Once a community secretly votes 'guilty', the communities that originally voted 'not guilty' would be made fools.

Because their numbers might not reach a majority, causing the sinner to be judged guilty and potentially triggering 'linked' punishment due to actions during the game.

If someone is instantly killed due to being 'linked' once and then suffers an additional instant death due to the lie detection mechanism by the game's end, they're as good as dead.

Any community that realizes this would tend toward secretly voting 'guilty'.

Ultimately, the 'Truth Community' ends up being the most disadvantaged community.

Because the sinner's judgment and linking proceed as usual, all communities bear the same risk, yet the 'Truth Community' has to suffer an additional instant death penalty due to the final vote.

It's a significant loss.

Zhang Shichao was deflated, clearly, the strategy was doomed to fail.

Even if other communities verbally agreed, in the first vote, they would definitely still vote 'guilty', with no chance of following his proposal.

The players dispersed disappointedly.

Zhang Shichao was just about to leave when Li Renshu called him back.

"Hold on a moment, I have a cooperative strategy I'd like to discuss with you and Community 7."

Zhang Shichao nodded: "Alright."

The two of them moved a bit away from the crowd and found Jin Cheng from Community 7 near the A1 Nine-Box Grid area.

The selection of these two communities was, of course, carefully considered.

From the first phase of the game, Community 12 and Community 15 were relatively aggressive in their strategies, and Community 12 had previously had conflicts. Meanwhile, Wang Weidong from Community 15 didn't seem like someone who would uphold a promise to cooperate until the end, so they weren't suitable as partners.

Community 9 and Community 17 had a basis for cooperation and could easily build mutual trust.

Moreover, although Zhang Shichao's previous proposal wasn't implementable, it still revealed Community 9's preference for game strategy.

As for Community 7, though less understood, based on their performance in the first phase, they seemed to be the weakest in this game.

These five appeared to be a temporary team with no reliable core player and no discernible strategy.

Jin Cheng, the apparent leader, obviously lacked special talents, most likely being pushed into the position.

Furthermore, with Community 7 having the fewest assets and being in the worst position, they were more likely to be swayed by early small favors.

In the final vote, if they obtained support from more than half the players, they could determine the voting result.

Therefore, Li Renshu couldn't settle for just Community 9, but had to include Community 7 as well.

"Time is short, so I'll get straight to the point.

"I hope we can reach a cooperation agreement, to vote together on Community 15 or Community 12 during the 'final vote' phase.

"Which one to vote for can be decided by you."

Jin Cheng and Zhang Shichao exchanged glances and pondered for a moment.

Then they nodded in agreement.

Jin Cheng said, "I want to vote for Community 15."

Zhang Shichao agreed: "Alright, then Community 15 it is."

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