Yang Yuting frowned and thought for a while, then said, "But... even if I don't lie and fulfill my promises as usual, assuming a male player is willing to split the 30,000 evenly, I can still secure 45,000 minutes of visa time.

"So why should I lie for an extra forty thousand?"

Lu Xinyi felt a bit helpless, "Are you a rich second generation who never lacked money since childhood?

"Listen to what you're saying, is forty thousand really that little?

"In other games, how much risk do you have to take to make forty thousand?

"Moreover, even if you keep your promise, so what? Besides the male player from another community who actually matches with you in the end, who knows? Who cares?

"On the contrary, if other female players lie excessively and many male players get deceived multiple times, they won't attack a specific person but will target all female players in this game.

"From a results perspective, your persistence is completely meaningless."

Yang Yuting frowned and asked, "What about the male players in your community? What will they do?"

Lu Xinyi smiled without speaking, seemingly unwilling to answer this question.

Yang Yuting suddenly understood, "I get it, judging from the 'Blood Poker' situation, your community has long established a proposal for compulsory even-sharing of income, so male players can also benefit from your actions.

"Even if they can't communicate after entering the game, they can guess what you will do.

"So, they will actively give more concessions to other female players, push the situation, and even actively broadcast some things unfavorable to male players, which is equivalent to giving you support.

"No wonder that male player I met from your community was so generous, turns out this is also part of your strategy."

Lu Xinyi nodded, "Exactly, among the female players I encountered from Community 17, you are considered relatively smart.

"In short, this strategy is not something only I would think of; other smart people in different communities will certainly have thought of it too.

"It will spread faster than you imagine.

"As more male players get deceived, they will also realize this, and some will start refusing to make concessions.

"So we must make good use of this time gap.

"Those who adopt this strategy first will gain the most benefit, those who adopt it later will pick up scraps, and those who don't adopt it won't gain any benefit but will share in the consequences.

"This process is irreversible, you'd better figure it out quickly."

Yang Yuting pondered for a moment, then said, "But it seems you've forgotten a very important point.

"The 'Matchmaking Game' has two stages, and during the last four hours, some entirely new rules will be updated.

"Are you sure your strategy will still be applicable in the second half?"

Lu Xinyi wasn't surprised, "Of course, I've considered this issue.

"But as I've said before, since this game passed the Walkway's review, at least in terms of design logic, it should remain consistent throughout.

"If the imitator who designed this game forcibly added a hidden rule like 'The player with the most likes gets executed,' that wouldn't be logical and is almost impossible to pass the Walkway's review.

"So I believe, even if the rules change in the latter half, even if some killing rule is introduced, 'Likes' will remain a crucial resource in this game, and 'Visa Time' will still be tangible benefits you can take out of the game.

"The accumulation in the first four hours will inevitably determine the starting point for the next four hours.

"Of course, I'm not 100% sure.

"But no matter what, I can only think about the best solution for Community 3 under the existing game rules."

As they spoke, a system prompt sounded.

[Meeting time has ended. Both players are requested to leave and return to their respective rooms.]

Lu Xinyi stood up, "Shall we exchange a like?"

Yang Yuting shook her head, "No need, I don't trust you."

Lu Xinyi didn't mind, she turned and waved her hand, "Think it over, see you."

...

...

Unconsciously, nearly four hours had passed.

Zheng Jie was already hungry, and he resisted his hunger, not buying food from the vending machine.

After checking the likes and dislikes he received, he let out a silent sigh.

[Community 17 - Zheng Jie]

[Current 'Likes' owned: 1]

[Current 'Dislikes' owned: 1]

[Current 'Likes' received: 2]

[Current 'Dislikes' received: 4]

"Who exactly is getting the likes? Can this game still be played?"

Zheng Jie felt helpless, thinking he had done enough, but the final result was still terribly disappointing.

On the big screen came the voice of a contestant.

[Community 9 - Xiao Zhiyu].

"I want to make a complaint! I was scammed out of a thirty-thousand-minute visa exchange coupon by three female players!

"It's supposed to be mutually beneficial, why not keep the promise? I want to expose the names of these three female players, they are from Community 12's..."

[Performer No. 2 received over 20 'Boring' votes, performance forcibly terminated.]

Zheng Jie had initially perked up his ears, hoping to hear which female players were scamming so he could avoid them, but he didn't expect the guy to get cut off before finishing.

"It takes 20 players to jointly vote 'Boring' for a cut-off, so... did all the female players vote 'Boring'?

"No, there must be male players among them too.

"But so what? Isn't the situation just as bad?"

Zheng Jie realized that trying to find out which female players were scamming through the talent show was almost impossible.

Because the opportunity for the talent show itself is very rare, each player is likely to only have one chance, and many players vote 'Boring' and cut off as soon as they hear such messages.

The deceived simply cannot be heard.

[Community 8's Jiao Hongtao broadcasts a piece of data to all players.]

[The proportion of female players who do not continue to accept invitations after receiving a ten-thousand-minute exchange coupon is: '100%'.]

Zheng Jie held his forehead, feeling a bit desperate.

Oh right, almost forgot, there's also broadcasting.

But the problem is, broadcasting can only announce game data related to 'proportion', but not the list of deceptive players or specific scams.

This player named Jiao Hongtao, Zheng Jie had some impression of him, he seemed to be the unkempt middle-aged man who was nearly immediately cut off in the talent show before.

It seems that he was also very maddened, otherwise, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to broadcast such a message.

This is yet another explosive piece of data—100% proportion, looks quite shocking.

Even making people feel like 'all female players are scammers'.

Of course, Zheng Jie thinks that this probability is not necessarily authentic; maybe only three or four female players have gotten a ten-thousand-minute exchange coupon and all of them changed their minds so far?

In that case, while it still matches the data, the scamming female players only account for 20% of the total female players, not as horrible.

The same fact, calculated in different ways, can yield different proportions; the feeling it gives when broadcast can also be completely different.

However, players like Zheng Jie, who can roughly sort out these probability tricks, might not be too many.

Moreover, even if someone can figure out these probabilities, so what?

Staying clear-headed does not necessarily increase one's gains.

In the previous meetings, Zheng Jie carried out his predetermined strategy: first, test the water with bottled water, and if the other party did not appreciate it, just pass on; if the other party showed gratitude, then try to exchange a ten-thousand-minute visa coupon for a promise of swapping likes in the last meeting.

Of course, Zheng Jie wouldn't just give away the coupon based on the other party's mere word; he asked for a swap of likes first.

After confirming the exchange, he would invite the other party for a second meeting, at which point he would hand over the coupon.

As for how he got an extra 3 dislikes? That's how.

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