God's Imitator

This game invitation feels somewhat familiar, similar to the ’Pain Game’ from the beginning of this phase.

The ’Pain Game’ invitation limited the game type to three categories: distribution, selection, and elimination. While the type could be chosen freely, the theme was limited to ’pain.’

Xu Yiheng ultimately chose ’selection type,’ possibly because this type offers more freedom—it is neither as safe as ’distribution type’ nor as extreme as ’elimination type.’

And his final bid was as high as 1.19 million.

’One Word Breaks the Prison’ was also acquired by bidding, with a final bid of 320,000 along with all Imitator earnings.

As for the ’Jury Game’ and ’Trust Marketplace,’ since Lin Sizhi did not qualify, it’s unclear whether they were acquired by bidding and what the final bids were.

One can only roughly deduce based on previous ’Pain Game’ and ’One Word Breaks the Prison’ bids.

Selection type game bids tend to be noticeably higher, as more players are involved, making it easier to exploit rules and earn excessive profits.

According to logic, this selection-type game likely requires a bid not exceeding 1 million, as Xu Yiheng’s end was not favorable.

Spending too much time bidding as an Imitator equates to setting oneself up: one must create more extreme designs to recoup costs, which easily leads to unnecessary risks.

Nonetheless, the average bid required will likely not be lower than 500,000.

Though Xu Yiheng is dead, there should still be enough Imitators willing to bid in the New World.

After all, the ’Pain Game’ bid didn’t initially reach 1.19 million—it was bid up by several Imitators.

Even though Xu Yiheng is dead, there are other Imitators willing to bid.

However, looking at the invitation design details, this time it seems that competition among Imitators is not entirely fair.

Lin Sizhi revisited Wei Yinzhang’s sketch drafts, checking for materials suitable for a selection-type game.

The primary issue he must consider now is how much visa time to spend bidding and what standards to use when selecting players if the bid succeeds.

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Four days later, morning.

[Good morning, players!]

[The ’Walkway’ will open in 1 hour.]

[This game’s name is ’Endorsed Game,’ with the goal of ’selecting players.’]

[This game involves players from 16 communities, totaling 112 players.]

[Each community can have 7 participating players. The specific participation rules are as follows:]

[1. The gender of participating players is fixed at 3 men and 4 women.]

[2. There is 1 unrestricted participation slot.]

[3. Other slots will be sorted and selected based on ’least to most game participation frequency’ (game participation during the first phase is counted at half rate).]

[4. If gender requirements are not met, the mandatory participant list will be automatically adjusted.]

[5. It is preferable to have one male player with ’outstanding appearance.’

Please confirm voluntary participants and prepare promptly!]

A one-hour countdown appeared on the big screen.

Huang Shengjie was a bit surprised: "Wow? This selection type game has so many conditions!"

Geng Yuxia instinctively asked: "What does ’automatic adjustment of the mandatory participant list’ mean?"

According to the third rule, players with fewer game participations are more likely to be selected. In the second phase, Geng Yuxia participated less than others in the community, making her likely to enter the game based on this rule.

But if the gender requirement is not met, she might not enter the game, which would be good for her.

After all, her visa time is still sufficient, and the selection-type game has a certain mortality rate, so it’s better not to enter if possible.

Yao Yuan frowned: "From the literal meaning, the final participating players must be 3 men and 4 women, which is crucial and cannot be changed.

"We will first sort and select 7 from the community, based on ’least to most game participation frequency,’ then adjust.

"Suppose the list exceeds the male quota, like picking 4 men and 3 women, the last male will be kicked out, continuing the search for another female to make up 3 men and 4 women.

"The same goes for exceeding female players.

"Additionally, there is one unrestricted participation slot, without gender limits, so we can use it to replace a player of the same gender.

"Also, among these 3 male players, it’s best to have one with outstanding appearance. Although this line of the invitation isn’t mandatory, there will surely be corresponding benefits after entering the game.

"If the forced selection list already has such a player, then it’s irrelevant. Our unrestricted participation slot can directly select a stronger player to lead the team;

"If there’s no such player, it’ll be more troublesome, and we’ll need to weigh between the ’team leader’ and the ’high-appearance male player.’"

Lu Bingjun pondered seriously for a moment: "Well, first determine the possible initial list based on everyone’s game participation frequency.

"Yao Yuan, do you remember the number of times everyone participated in games during the first phase?"

Yao Yuan had already taken out pen and paper to make a rough count: "I’ll go through it from the beginning, though it’ll take some time."

Lu Bingjun nodded: "Yes, there’s enough time, no need to rush."

Generally, players participate in games about once a month, so the veteran players in Community 2 should average 3 game participations in the first phase.

Of course, players like Lu Bingjun, who served as the game core in the first phase, likely participated in more games.

Lu Qi felt somewhat lucky, thinking she might not be chosen.

Though she’s a new player joining in the second phase, she’s already participated in 3 games: ’Prison Factory,’ ’Jury Game,’ and ’Trust Marketplace.’

She hadn’t intended to enter the latter two games, almost forced in, but this unexpectedly became a blessing: she might be less likely to be selected compared to old players in the second phase who participated in only one game, given the first phase games count at half rate.

Yao Yuan first roughly calculated the game participation count for Community 2’s new and old players, then looked at Lin Sizhi, Shen Bowen, and Zhang Yan.

"How many times did you participate in games during the first phase?"

Lin Sizhi did not answer directly: "A lot, probably won’t be my turn."

Shen Bowen answered: "3 times."

Zhang Yan also said: "I played 4 times in the first phase, 3 times in the second phase."

This information was not known to Yao Yuan beforehand.

He quickly did some calculations and then concluded.

"Currently, assuming statistics include one decimal, the least in game participations should be...

"He Qinyun (2.5 times), Geng Yuxia (2.5 times), Shen Bowen (2.5 times), Lu Qi (3 times), Qin Cheng (3 times), Zheng Chunhua (3.5 times), Zhou Wanlin (3.5 times).

"Next would be myself and Brother Lu, though in the second phase we only participated in one game, but both had 6 participation counts in the first phase, so our total count is recorded as 4 times."