It was evident that this collective punishment mainly affected players who held more shelters.

Especially Community 12.

All their shelters were low quality and almost equally distributed among four players except for Chen Guangming, so all except Chen Guangming were targets of the punishment.

Community 15 had clearly anticipated this crime, so Wang Weidong had always meticulously avoided allowing players from the same community to hold too many shelters.

Logically, holding 2 shelters should be absolutely safe.

Therefore, Wang Weidong made sure everyone only held 2 shelters and built new ones after selling the old ones.

This allowed them to remain unaffected.

Community 17 also took similar precautions, so they were unscathed as well.

However, Community 9 had a unique situation. Although Zhang Shichao also guessed that holding multiple shelters might be a crime, his strategy was to have the only player with an immunity chance hold all remaining shelters.

Thus, these players were punished, but they still had shelters to avoid death.

The plots with completed shelters constantly emitted light, with signboards shattering one after another.

Especially Community 12, which used low-quality shelters to avoid death, possibly resulting in consuming 2 or even 3 consecutively.

However, since they had reserved enough shelters, they could avoid death successfully even with bad luck.

Fan Zehui looked at these destroyed shelters, feeling deeply pained.

But there was nothing he could do, as this issue had already been discussed within the community, a risk they had to take to earn gold coins.

From the results, although they lost shelters, there wasn't much impact.

Since the game was about to end, all the sinners' crimes had been announced, and aside from the final vote, there would be no more immediate death penalties.

And regarding the final voting, the community had already reached a consensus.

They were safe.

...

The broadcast sounded again on the big screen.

[The latest listing transaction price for shelters is: 26 gold coins.]

At this moment, more and more players couldn't hold back and started buying shelters.

Since this was the last round of the game, if they hadn't purchased any shelters, all their visa time would be deducted upon exit.

At least a 26-gold-coin shelter could allow them to retain 20% of their visa time, which was much better than having it all deducted.

Since it was the last round, the audience's gold coins could be received immediately.

A lot of gold coins gushed out from the coin slot next to the shelter signboard, weighty in their hands.

Each gold coin represented a considerable amount of visa time.

Meanwhile, a new broadcast emerged on the big screen.

[The final vote will now take place, and the community voted upon will suffer an extra immediate death penalty at the end of the game.]

The players all looked at the screens on their arms, the voting time was generous this time because the last round had just begun, and the vote would only take effect at the end of this round.

However, at this moment, Cao Haichuan came to the center of the field and spoke calmly: "I know what you're thinking, maybe you want to choose Community 17 as the target.

"But I advise you, if you choose Community 17, you will pay the most tragic price. This game will be a bloodbath."

Wang Weidong was taken aback: "A bloodbath? Why?"

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "I can't prove it to you now because once it's proven, it will inevitably happen."

Wang Weidong frowned slightly: "Sensational scare tactics. Do you think this simple bluff can fool anyone?

"Aside from the final vote, now the only rule for death is the consequence of false judgment.

"But in such a clear rule situation, everyone votes according to their true feelings, and 'false votes' were used for Chen Guangming's judgment.

"Those who can't pass a lie detector can't possibly exceed half."

Cao Haichuan looked at Jin Cheng of Community 7 and Zhang Shichao of Community 9.

"Our three communities can together vote for Community 12 or Community 15, and it would be enough to exceed half.

"When my crime was announced, players with similar actions surely existed in your two communities. I chose to plead guilty, not letting the collective punishment affect you.

"And we have been sincerely expressing goodwill to you since the game began.

"Even so, would you still vote against us?"

However, Jin Cheng kept his head down, not speaking.

Zhang Shichao glanced at Jin Cheng and then at Cao Haichuan. Clearly, if it was certain that Community 17 could win, he wouldn't mind standing on Community 17's side.

But the combined number of players from the two communities couldn't reach half, much less he himself was a beneficiary of selling shelters at high prices.

Chen Guangming walked over and silently shook his head.

"Don't waste your breath, friend from Community 17.

"Let me say what they are reluctant to voice out.

"Why should your Community 17 remain untouched, watching from afar? You present yourself nobly, perhaps in view of all the audience, while we are elevating the prices of low-quality shelters, appearing so depraved.

"You even have special tools to directly prevent death, effortlessly avoiding collective punishments.

"Since your community is the most noble, with the least loss in this game, you, of course, should bear the final immediate death penalty at the end, because that's only fair.

"We four communities are accomplices, collaborators.

"It's precisely why we must vote for you."

Clearly, the other four communities had been tightly bound together by interests.

They were accomplices in inflating shelter prices.

Cao Haichuan was certainly aware of this, but there was nothing more he could do.

Because Community 17 couldn't possibly collude with them, directly selling shelters at low prices would certainly disrupt their price inflation plan, but it would also only invite greater animosity and make the 'final vote' outcome even more predictable.

So, the players of Community 17 decided to wait until now, trying their best to persuade Community 7 and Community 9 once more.

After this, regardless of the result, they would sell the extra shelters at the last moment, allowing those few fortunate audience members who had persevered to take back as much visa time as possible to their community.

At least, it would be a last chance for everyone.

However, as the broadcast on the big screen announced, the last possibility vanished.

[The final vote is over.]

[More than half of the players chose 'Community 17', and the players from this community will suffer an additional immediate death penalty at the end of the game.]

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