Zheng Jie looked at the big screen in shock, visibly panicking: "Ah? Is this the game invitation? Is Walkway already going to start the judgment?"

The reactions from others weren't as intense.

After all, having gone through two games already, everyone had gradually adapted.

In fact, with so many days having passed, many people had roughly guessed that a new game might start at this time in the morning and had mentally prepared in advance.

Though still a bit flustered, they didn't overreact like Zheng Jie.

Fu Chen was somewhat surprised: "Huh? Another hour of preparation time this time?

"Got it. Looks like the different types of games not only have different player participation rules but also different preparation times.

"This should encourage us to negotiate in advance, right?

"Quick, everyone, let's discuss a strategy."

From the current situation, it appears that 'Blood Poker' and this 'Matchmaking Game' both reserved 1 hour of preparation time, while 'King's Judgment' only left 5 minutes.

This means that the judgment game doesn't give players much time to prepare or an opportunity to discuss tactics in advance.

Just like 'King's Judgment', if an hour for discussion was reserved, Wang Yongxin, Ding Wenqiang, and Cai Zhiyuan could have a confession session, confess their crimes, and speculate on the game content, making the game result unpredictable.

But in a non-judgment game like this, players are allowed to prepare in advance and even discuss specific participants.

Li Renshu asked: "First, let's confirm, who are the bottom three in our community regarding visa time? They are the ones forced to participate."

Everyone looked at each other.

Yang Yuting and Xu Tong each raised their hands: "It's probably the two of us."

Zheng Jie was also panicking: "It's probably me too. I haven't participated in any games, only have the most basic visa time!"

Fu Chen nodded: "Hmm, then it looks like the three of you will be forced to participate."

In 'Blood Poker', Yang Yuting and Xu Tong were in the same group with Wang Yongxin and Ding Wenqiang.

Wang Yongxin earned a lot of visa time, and with Ding Wenqiang dead, Yang Yuting and Xu Tong naturally became the ones with the least visa time in the community.

Fu Chen slightly raised his voice and continued: "Everyone, please be quiet.

"We have already discussed before, in these multiplayer games, the more people from the community participate, the greater the advantage.

"By forming alliances through illegal teaming, we can better brainstorm and discuss strategies.

"Since this game allows 4 to 8 players, I think it's best to fill up to 8. The game rules require a 1:1 gender ratio, meaning we need 2 more female players and 3 more male players.

"I'll state now that I am willing to participate in any future multiplayer games.

"Is anyone else willing to volunteer?"

There was no immediate response.

Jiang He said timidly: "I just noticed, Aunt Su seems to be absent. Should I call her?"

Li Renshu shook her head: "No need, Aunt Su still has plenty of visa time, and this game's name is 'Matchmaking Game'.

"From the name, we might assume: this is a game mimicking a matchmaking activity, where those who are popular in real matchmaking might have an advantage in this game.

"Aunt Su would definitely not be suitable for this."

Jiang He didn't insist further: "Oh, okay."

Yang Yuting added: "Aunt Su should be able to see the new game invitation from her room too. If she really wants to participate, she'll come down."

Everyone tacitly ended this topic.

Cao Haichuan looked somewhat serious: "I don't quite agree with Fu Chen that we must gather 8 people to participate in this game.

"We can't just assume that this game is similar to 'Blood Poker' or 'King's Judgment'.

"The rules of Walkway clearly state:

"The goal of 'Blood Poker' is 'to complete the distribution of visa time', while 'King's Judgment' aims to 'judge sinners', and the goal of 'Matchmaking Game' is 'player selection'.

"Different goals mean the optimal strategies for the games also differ.

"Since it's 'selection', and allows the community to choose 4 to 8 participants, I think that the Imitator wouldn't be foolish enough to let players from the same community exploit loopholes through illegal cooperation.

"Just like 'King's Judgment', it might seem that the more players from the same community participate, the better the chances of winning, since more viewers can change the game's outcome.

"But in reality, Walkway randomly selects players to participate, not allowing 'Community 17, except for the sinners, to have all 9 as the audience.'

"A 'selection' game is appearing for the first time, who can ensure it has no fatality rate? Not knowing the specific situation, having one strong leader and four participants might be a safer choice."

Cai Zhiyuan thought for a moment, nodding: "Officer Cao means, it's easy to handle one person with three supporting, but one person with seven supporting is very difficult. I agree with this view.

"If this game didn't have a participant limit, I'd lean toward having more people registered, to increase the odds of being selected even if Walkway randomly selects players.

"But since it's specified as 4 to 8 participants, I actually think more people doesn't necessarily mean an advantage."

Fu Chen felt a bit of a headache, increasingly finding it tough to keep pace as the discussion organizer.

Lin Sizhi glanced at Cao Haichuan. He noticed that after experiencing 'King's Judgment', Officer Cao became significantly more active in game discussions.

Li Renshu's gaze swept over everyone.

"According to general matchmaking standards - appearance, temperament, occupation, conversational skills... these can all influence success rates.

"Qin Yao, Yang Yuting, Xu Tong, Lawyer Lin, and Brother Wang, you should be the 'hot cakes' in the matchmaking market.

"Fu Chen is also okay, but... still, there's a slight difference.

"Yang Yuting, Xu Tong, and Zheng Jie are automatically selected due to less visa time. If we only go with 4 participants, we can only add one more male player.

"Officer Cao is right, this person must be strong and smart enough to ensure everyone's safety."

Her gaze barely lingered on Cao Haichuan before he helplessly waved his hand.

"I don't seem suitable. I'm nearly forty, entering matchmaking games with all these wrinkles, I'd probably lose half the battle right away."

Li Renshu looked past Wang Yongxin: "Brother Wang is still recovering from his injury and doesn't lack visa time, better to stay in the community and heal.

"Lawyer Lin, would you be willing to go?"

Lin Sizhi nodded: "I can go."

Zheng Jie was almost tearful with gratitude: "That's great, Brother Lin, I'm saved if you're willing to go!"

Actually, Lin Sizhi was quite aware that he was bound to participate in this game.

Even if he didn't sign up, Walkway would surely pull him into the game under the 'randomly select players if fewer than 40 participants' reasoning.

Since that's the case, volunteering seemed more natural.

Fu Chen asked: "Or perhaps we could consider going in with 6 participants, add one more man and woman.

"I can also participate. Lawyer Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Sizhi considered it for a moment: "I also lean towards going with 4. This is, after all, the first time participating in a 'selection' type game, and we aren't sure of the risks.

"More people may lead to more chaos.

"If we return safely and confirm that 'selection' games are relatively safe, we can consider increasing the number of participants next time."

Fu Chen nodded: "Okay, I'll respect your decision."

Zheng Jie looked at the other three about to participate in the game, becoming worried again.

"Matchmaking... I've never participated in one before.

"Medical students are so busy, over the years I've been stuck between classes and duty shifts, no time for dating..."

Fu Chen comforted: "Don't worry. As a doctor, you should be quite sought after in the matchmaking market."

Wang Yongxin spoke in a hoarse voice: "There's something else I think we should pay attention to.

"Walkway gave a special reminder: killing the Imitator lets you share visa time, and killing the Imitator of the current game can end the game immediately.

"From this game onward, Lawyer Lin, you could try to identify anyone suspicious of being the Imitator in the game.

"If a player is openly using discreet game exploits, they might be the Imitator. Killing them would be a jackpot."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "It's still unclear if there's a rule about killing in this game. But rest assured, if there's a suitable opportunity, I'll try."

Yang Yuting and Xu Tong exchanged glances. Clearly, they couldn't promise as decisively as Lin Sizhi about being ready to kill.

Even if they identified an Imitator, they'd likely undergo some inner conflict before resolving to kill them.

But either way, by exposing this rule, Walkway signaled that all players must quickly prepare themselves mentally for killing.

Afterward, everyone briefly speculated on what game mechanics might exist.

But clearly, based solely on the name 'Matchmaking Game', it was too difficult to guess the specific rules, at most covering basic etiquette of matchmaking, which was trivial.

Everyone knew these things were likely useless, but still couldn't think of what else to do with the remaining time.

As the countdown reached zero, new information appeared on the big screen.

[Players participating from this community: Yang Yuting, Xu Tong, Zheng Jie, Lin Sizhi.]

In the next second, the four disappeared from the hall.

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