The next second, everyone returned to the game hall of Community 17.

Other players were anxiously waiting, and upon seeing everyone return, they hurried over.

The large screen also displayed the earnings from this game.

[Now announcing the final visa time results for Community 17 in the 'Shelter Game.']

[No. 1 Fu Chen: 15827]

[No. 3 Li Renshu: 16728]

[No. 4 Cao Haichuan: Deported]

[No. 8 Zhou Guifen: 15722]

[No. 10 Zheng Jie: 17759]

[According to community rules, when a player's visa time exceeds 20,000 minutes, 5% is allocated to the Community Security Fund. The remaining visa time will be added to each player's visa.]

Li Renshu placed the broken wristband on the long table: "This is Officer Cao's wristband."

Everyone fell into silence, as they had already prepared themselves mentally to a certain extent.

Because when Li Renshu decided to use the Immunity Coupon, the large screen in the community briefly showed the in-game scene.

After it was used, the screen was cut off again.

No one would object to using the Immunity Coupon for Cao Haichuan.

Before entering this game, everyone knew it was an elimination game and could be very dangerous. From the previous scenes when the Immunity Coupon was used, the situation seemed urgent at the time.

Being able to return safely from the game with only one death was already considered lucky.

Of course, Cao Haichuan's death, being a core player in the game and an indispensable member of the community, would undoubtedly have far-reaching consequences for Community 17.

Everyone fell silent once more; the vast majority of the community members had a favorable impression of Cao Haichuan.

Although he appeared a bit unpolished and rough, he always seemed very reliable, like a stabilizing force in the community.

Yang Yuting asked gloomily, "Does this game have a two-strike death penalty?"

Community players had witnessed Cao Haichuan use the Immunity Coupon to offset a death penalty, yet didn't return from the game, naturally making them wonder about this possibility.

Li Renshu nodded: "Yes. Let's all rest for now and regroup in the afternoon for a debrief."

...

In the afternoon, everyone sat around the long table, their spirits still heavy.

Li Renshu first brought up the detailed game rules on the large screen and recounted the entire process.

Wei Yinzhang pondered aloud: "So, the final earnings are actually the result of redistributing everyone's visa time using Gold Coins.

"Because our community's players had a higher remaining visa time compared to the average of the inner court players, we were inherently at a disadvantage in this game.

"Even though we managed to kill Hidden Players and obtain quite a number of Gold Coins, the gains weren't substantial."

As an Imitator, Wei Yinzhang was more sensitive to game rules and earnings issues.

The large screen had previously shown the visa times earned, which were pretty consistent but all neat and under 20,000.

Below the average earnings for most games.

But in terms of game content, when Community 17 exited the game, each player effectively left with about forty Gold Coins.

This was because after all players from the three communities died, the Gold Coins were distributed among the surviving inner court players and the Audience.

Community 11 was the 'Hidden Community', which originally could have received the earnings from the inner court players' land sales, roughly 360 Gold Coins.

Meanwhile, players from Community 7 and Community 9 also sold three shelters at high prices, leaving about 150 to 200 Gold Coins remaining.

The seven surviving inner court players, along with 30 members of the Audience, divided these Gold Coins.

Thus, each person effectively received an extra 19 Gold Coins.

In the game, Gold Coins were calculated based on the average visa time of all players, so 19 Gold Coins should equate to about two-thirds of a typical player's total visa time.

But the issue was that Community 17 players withdrew all their Gold Coins during the game.

For communities with longer remaining visa times, withdrawing Gold Coins equates to a loss.

Therefore, although they left the game with an additional dozen or so Gold Coins, their visa time hadn't significantly changed compared to when they entered, increasing only by over 10,000—not enough to meet the 20,000 mark required to contribute to the Community Security Fund.

Xu Tong frowned, sympathizing with the players: "The rules of this game were just too unfair!

"I thought for sure the Imitator would be among the Hidden Players, but they weren't?

"With such a high mortality rate, the Imitator still didn't have to enter the game? They could just reap so much visa time at almost no cost."

Wei Yinzhang thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head: "No, if you look at it closely, the Imitator doesn't actually get much visa time from this game.

"Because most of the wealth in this game flows between 'Hidden Players', 'inner court players', and the 'Audience'.

"The Gold Coins from the inner court players' land sales all went to the Hidden Players;

"And the Gold Coins extorted from the Audience through overpriced shelters are either taken back to the community by surviving members or split between inner court players and the Audience;

"When Hidden Players died, their Gold Coins and land sale earnings were also split;

"So the Imitator truly earns only from the 'unprotected portion forcibly deducted from the Audience's visa time'.

"Assuming an audience member spent 16 Gold Coins on a poor-quality shelter, 10 of which are free Gold Coins, they effectively used up 30% of their visa time, but a poor-quality shelter only protects 50% of the original visa time. This 20% discrepancy disappears into thin air, presumably becoming the Imitator's gain."

Zheng Jie recalled the game situation: "But it seemed like fewer than 10 members of the Audience spent 16 Gold Coins on shelters when Community 12 and Community 15 were desperate to recover funds.

"Most of the Audience spent around 23 to 26 Gold Coins."

Wei Yinzhang nodded: "Indeed, if a poor-quality shelter is purchased at a price above 20 Gold Coins, the Imitator actually has no profit.

"Because all the Gold Coins transferred to the inner court players were taken away."

Xu Tong was puzzled: "Does this mean the game's Imitator didn't actually gain much visa time? Which is why Walkway allowed him not to enter the game.

"And considering the Gold Coins design, does that mean this game's Imitator had a philosophy similar to Yinzhang about 'wealth redistribution'?"

Li Renshu shook her head: "No, of course not.

"Although at first glance, the 'Shelter Game' seems to have a 'visa time redistribution' setup like the 'Fool's Game', giving players with less visa time a certain advantage, they actually achieve completely opposite effects.

"The Gold Coins-related design in the 'Shelter Game' is actually meant to push communities with less visa time to use Gold Coins without reservation, accelerating the Coin cycle and prompting a spiraling down of mutual harm among 'Audience', 'inner court players', and 'Hidden Players' within the game."

She glanced at Wang Yongxin: "Brother Wang, what are your thoughts on this game?"

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