"What?"

This surprised everyone because once you confess, it means you can't be protected by the shelter.

Is there really someone who would choose to avoid implicating other players from the same community by committing suicide?

But after 10 seconds, Cao Haichuan was still standing there perfectly fine, unlike the player from Community 7 who died before.

Chen Guangming furrowed his brows, somewhat puzzled.

He looked at Fan Zehui: "According to the game rules, aside from shelters, there's clearly no mechanism that can negate the instant death penalty.

"Does that mean there is an item in the Walkway or community that can negate the instant death penalty?"

Fan Zehui also looked confused: "I don't know! I've never heard of such a thing!"

Chen Guangming didn't ask further. Apparently, this item is special and only some unique communities possess it.

Community 12 is composed of weak individuals who don't have much visa time. They can't accumulate a large fund in the community, so they naturally can't activate an 'Immunity Coupon' item.

But seeing this situation in Community 17, other communities can infer that there must be an immunity item, possibly a reward from the community or Walkway.

Cao Haichuan's confession turned this round of judgment into a non-violent one and the auction continued.

[The developable area this round is the G1 Nine-Box Grid.]

[Community 17 has chosen this Nine-Box Grid as the 'Priority Development Area,' thus automatically obtaining the identity of the 'First Developer.']

[Community 12 automatically obtains the identity of the 'Second Developer.']

The following plot auction became routine because there were only two communities, so Community 17 ended up with 5 plots, while Community 12 got 4 plots.

...

The players from the four communities modified the shelter listing price to 24 Gold Coins, an increase of 1 Gold Coin.

After waiting for some time, as the end of this round was approaching, a new broadcast appeared on the large screen.

[The latest listing transaction price for the shelter is 24 Gold Coins.]

Finally, some audience member couldn't hold back and chose to buy.

This was because they had been waiting for a long time, only to find that all listed shelters not only didn't drop in price but rose by 1 Gold Coin instead.

This sent a very clear message: the Inner Court Players had reached a consensus and formed a solid interest alliance.

So, the price of shelter would not come down anymore.

This price meant they could only take back 30% of their original visa time, but it's still better than losing it all.

Of course, many in the audience still couldn't accept such a price, so there wasn't a massive buying spree.

But the sporadic transactions indicated that the audience's psychological defenses were gradually crumbling.

...

The 9th round of the game started.

[Chen Guangming, male, 33 years old.]

[As a senior executive in the real estate development department, he colluded with other developers to drive up housing prices.]

[Judgment result: Not tried.]

[In the game, the same crime as the sinner is: 'listing any shelter at a price higher than 20 Gold Coins.']

[You have 10 seconds to choose 'Confess' or 'Appeal.']

[If the sinner chooses 'Appeal,' there will be 1 minute for a statement.]

Chen Guangming's face appeared on the large screen, but he didn't make any statement because he had already prepared well, ensuring he could gain enough 'insincere votes' to avoid judgment.

Since there were enough players who committed the same crime as him, these players were forcibly bundled together with him.

Everyone profited from driving up shelter prices with Gold Coins, so naturally, they all used insincere votes to acquit themselves.

[Voting result: Not guilty.]

Fan Zehui and other players from Community 12 couldn't help but cheer. They were worried about being implicated, now they were completely relieved.

From the start of the game until now, this was the first 'not guilty' case.

Ironically, this 'not guilty' likely stemmed entirely from 'insincere votes,' as when judged by the true intentions of the players, it would've been impossible to be not guilty.

[The developable area this round is the D4 Nine-Box Grid.]

The central Nine-Box Grid finally opened, but bidding was no longer intense.

Because the four communities selling shelters had already completed interest allocation.

Community 7 and Community 9 directly abstained, while Community 12 and Community 15 chose to bid.

But their intention was clearly not to outbid each other, but to block Community 17.

So, Community 17 did not participate in the bidding.

Community 15 took the Second Developer position at the base price, but Community 12 still offered 20 Gold Coins to bid.

And this became the last amount used for bidding plots.

Although game rules stated that building a shelter on the central Nine-Box Grid could increase probability by an additional 10%, making the probability 100% for building an ordinary shelter, neither Community 12 nor Community 15 would choose to do so.

They didn't plan on building any more shelters there.

Because shelters already exceeded the number, even if more were built, they wouldn't sell, leading to wasted Gold Coins.

The broadcast echoed again on the large screen.

[The latest listing transaction price for the shelter is 25 Gold Coins.]

...

The 10th round, which was also the final round of the game.

After this round, players could return to their community with the Gold Coins, leaving behind this dangerous game.

[Shao Xinying, male, 42 years old.]

[As a landlord, he hoarded dozens of properties, renovated them with toxic materials, and rented them out for profits.]

[Judgment result: Not tried.]

[In the game, the same crime as the sinner is: 'once simultaneously owning 3 or more shelters.']

[You have 10 seconds to choose 'Confess' or 'Appeal.']

[If the sinner chooses 'Appeal,' there will be 1 minute for a statement.]

The face of one player from Community 15 appeared on the large screen. He had kept a low profile and hardly acted throughout.

And now, he still didn't say anything because with most people out of 'insincere votes,' mere sophistry couldn't change the voting result.

As the last sinner, he still had a shelter for immunity.

But upon seeing his crime, Fan Zehui's face instantly turned dark.

"Quick, cast insincere votes for him! Vote not guilty!"

When Chen Guangming's crime was exposed before, since they were players from the same community, Fan Zehui and the others couldn't cast insincere votes, saving them.

Noticing that the player's crime from Community 15 could affect them, they quickly voted to save themselves.

However, relying on one community's insincere votes was clearly insufficient.

[Voting result: Guilty.]

[In the game, the same crime as the sinner is: 'once simultaneously owning 3 or more shelters.']

[Over 5 players committed the same crime, therefore, players who committed the same crime will face 'implication.']

[These players will be subject to instant death punishment in 10 seconds.]

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