This was the expected outcome.

Since the first batch of shelters had just been completed, even though there were 'substandard shelters', there hadn't been enough time to sell them, so naturally, there wouldn't be that many players committing similar offenses.

In the end, only the players from Community 7 were 'collectively punished.'

The player who didn't receive a shelter fell straight down in despair, silent and lifeless.

Shortly after, his body disappeared, leaving only the broken bracelet and some gold coins that were originally on him, scattered on the ground.

At the same time, in the A4 Nine-Box Grid, the four completed shelter plots in Community 7 emitted a blinding light.

With a "snap", all the signs for these four plots shattered, and the green lights that had turned on after the shelters were completed also went out.

This meant that the shelters on these four plots were destroyed and completely abandoned.

The remaining four players from Community 7, having survived the disaster, finally reacted and quickly ran to where the player's body disappeared, picking up his dropped bracelet and gold coins.

According to the game rules, as long as players from a certain community haven't all died, it's a violation for other communities to take the gold coins, so players from Community 15 wouldn't take them either.

Jin Cheng sat powerlessly to the side, mind blank.

She had thought of some strategies before, but all of them were built on the premise of 'not becoming the first judged sinner.'

And now, that premise no longer held.

Therefore, all of Jin Cheng's thoughts and strategies were completely overturned, and this despair and suffocation directly crushed her.

But no matter how hard Jin Cheng tried, she couldn't understand why she was the first judged sinner.

Could it be that the order of the dossiers' release is completely random?

...

No one came to care about Community 7, as this is an elimination game, and all communities must prioritize their own interests.

On the big screen, the new round of land auctions began.

[The available development plot in this round of the game is: A1 Nine-Box Grid.]

[Community 7 has selected this Nine-Box Grid as the 'Priority Development Area,' and therefore will automatically acquire the identity of 'First Developer.']

[Community 12, Community 15 can gain the identity of 'Second Developer' through bidding.]

[Bidding starts now, limited to 3 minutes.]

The opening of this plot was full of irony.

If this plot had opened a round earlier, Community 7 would have definitely obtained 5 plots and built enough shelters, avoiding serious consequences like deaths.

And now, even for the surviving 4 players, the only chance of immunity from death has been used up, and acquiring more plots and shelters is meaningless.

Of course, they could also choose to sell the shelters for gold coins.

Jin Cheng numbly watched Community 12 and Community 15 bid.

This time the bidding results were quite straightforward, with Community 12 directly offering a high price of 30 Gold Coins right from the start.

Though previously the expected price point for plots among various communities ranged from 30 to 40 Gold Coins, it was extremely rare for so many gold coins to be thrown in from the beginning.

What if the opponent simply forfeited?

But Fan Zehui didn't seem to consider this issue, his face gloomy, seemingly determined to win.

Wang Weidong carefully observed Fan Zehui's expression, then looked past him at Chen Guangming, who wasn't participating in the bidding.

After thinking it over, Wang Weidong chose to bid 36 Gold Coins.

Other players also watched the bidding changes on the big screen from a distance.

Zheng Jie said to others in Community 17: "Hmm? Is Wang Weidong trying to directly persuade the other side with this? Community 12 should only have 35 Gold Coins left now.

"At the end of the last game round, Community 12 should have only had 60 Gold Coins left. To ensure their safety, they still need to build 5 regular shelters, which would cost another 25 Gold Coins.

"So, they should only have 35 Gold Coins left."

However, just as Zheng Jie finished speaking, Fan Zehui bid 40 Gold Coins again.

Wang Weidong contemplated for a moment looking at Fan Zehui, and finally chose to bid 41 Gold Coins.

Fan Zehui chose to forfeit, but after paying the 5 Gold Coin fee, he took away the remaining 35 Gold Coins.

Yet he wasn't too disappointed, as if he had anticipated this outcome.

Wang Weidong, though securing the plot, showed little joy. He frowned in thought, while distributing the A1 Nine-Box Grid plots with Jin Cheng from Community 7.

In the end, Community 7 obtained 5 plots, and Community 15 got 4 plots.

Zheng Jie was a bit surprised: "Huh? Wait, how did Fan Zehui have 5 more Gold Coins? Where did they come from, was there a private transaction? But it's not time for the free trading phase yet?"

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "This indicates that they built, not regular shelters, but substandard shelters.

"And they built a total of 10.

"For communities with a lot of plots, they can adopt this strategy, which is actually more cost-effective than regular shelters.

"Fan Zehui's thinking should be like this:

"First offer 30 Gold Coins, if Wang Weidong doesn't follow, then use 30 Gold Coins to take the 'Second Developer' for this plot.

"If Wang Weidong follows, then drive the price as high as possible, making Community 15 obtain the plot at a higher cost."

Zheng Jie then suddenly understood.

Clearly, because Community 12 had many plots, they actually had two different options:

Either build 5 regular shelters with a 90% probability; or build 10 substandard shelters with a 50% probability.

Though substandard shelters had a low probability, if each person got two, they were relatively safe.

The most crucial point is that the former would cost 25 Gold Coins, but the latter only needed 20 Gold Coins, saving 5 Gold Coins.

Fu Chen sighed: "To save 5 Gold Coins, that's really meticulous planning."

Zhou Guifen reminded: "5 Gold Coins isn't a trivial amount; that's 25% of a player's total visa time."

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "No, it's not just to save 5 Gold Coins.

"What they're doing has another benefit, which is to sell a large number of shelters as quickly as possible and get the funds back."

Zheng Jie didn't quite understand: "Why?

"Our community's 5 regular shelters can't be sold, and their 10 substandard shelters can't be sold either, isn't it the same?"

Cao Haichuan didn't immediately answer but only said: "It's not certain yet, but the strategy Community 12 is adopting might be more risky and aggressive."

Li Renshu mused: "I originally thought Community 12 and Community 15 would naturally form an alliance, but from the price-raising situation this round, it seems no such thing happened.

"Why? Aren't they worried about the 'Final Voting'?

"Or are they considering other strategies."

Just then, Zhang Shichao from Community 9 walked over here, presumably coming to purchase shelters as previously agreed.

The group temporarily paused their discussion.

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