God's Imitator

The ranking of the ’Community Fund’ has changed as well.

[1. Lin Sizhi: 420,000]

[2. Ye Lin: 390,000]

[3. Qin Cheng: 150,000]

[4. Huang Shengjie: 130,000]

[5. Shen Bowen: 80,000]

[6. Zhou Wanlin: 70,000]

[7. He Qinyun: 60,000]

The rest of the players range from 30,000 to 50,000.

Everyone also re-adjusted the balance of their visa time by accessing the fund to ensure that the newly adjusted pain exemption list could function properly.

Then, everyone eagerly looked at the two newly appeared special items.

[’First Player Identity Card’ privilege 5 unlocked]

[5. After the community vote ends, you can privately view the specific voting details of a player. Can be used once a month.]

[Price: 80,000 minutes of visa time.]

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[Drug Sales License]

[Consumable item, automatically used upon purchase, lasts for 30 days. Can be purchased multiple times.]

[During the effective period, players can bring drugs into the game and consign unopened drugs from the community in vending machines.]

[Price: 50,000 minutes of visa time.]

Seeing the two new items, everyone was a bit surprised and began discussing lively.

"A sales license?

"There’s actually such an item, does this mean we can sell drugs freely?

"How many drugs does our community have now?"

Everyone turned to Qin Cheng because, so far, all the drugs have been under his custody.

If it were other players, they might have to return to their rooms to recount, but Qin Cheng was evidently well-informed and quickly provided the answer.

"There should be a total of 170 bottles right now, with 8 more of type O than type F.

"Of course, that doesn’t count the situation after the ’Endorsed Game,’ where if we purchase drugs according to our new exemption list, we would need to add 42 more bottles.

"The only good news is that after the ’Trust Marketplace,’ the total restocking limit of each game is fixed at 100 bottles and no longer increases."

Shen Bowen was a bit surprised: "Before we knew it, we’ve accumulated so many drugs?

"Yeah, I remember we would purchase about 40 bottles after each game.

"Adding the new 42 bottles this time, that totals 212 bottles, with 8 more of type O than type F.

"110 bottles of type O, 102 bottles of type F, meaning the total purchase cost from the community is..."

She subconsciously looked at Wang Yan, hoping that the new player with a mathematics background could do the math, but Wang Yan seemed uninterested, slightly lifting his head to stare at the ceiling, lost in thought.

Shen Bowen had to do the quick calculation herself.

"55,000 + 40,800.

"95,800 minutes of visa time.

"That’s quite a significant amount."

Qin Cheng pondered for a moment: "Assuming these drugs can all be sold smoothly, the cost of the license would be worthwhile, helping us recoup some of the drug management costs.

"But that is just a purely economic consideration, we also have to think about other impacts.

"Let’s discuss more and make a careful decision."

Wang Yan did not sit; he gave Qin Cheng a tentative look, clearly indicating: since the important agenda is over, and the current discussion is not quite as critical and timing is uncertain, could I possibly not participate?

Qin Cheng did not press him to stay, only saying: "Then why don’t you take a walk around the community to get familiar with the environment?

"I’ll show you around and update you on the discussion results once the meeting is over."

Wang Yan wandered off.

The rest sat down around the long table once more.

Qin Cheng calculated on a piece of paper while continuing to analyze.

"The current value of the drugs purchased is 95,800 minutes of visa time, which has effectively been spent through the community fund, converted into drugs locked in my room.

"Of course, to be exact, a small portion of the visa time was converted into some players’ welfare in the community, but the proportion is not large.

"If these drugs remain unused and just sit there, it would mean the 90,000-plus minutes of visa time spent purchasing them is wasted.

"However, if we spend 50,000 minutes of visa time to purchase the ’Drug Sales License’ and successfully sell all these drugs at their original price, recovering the 90,000-plus, it would effectively minimize the loss by 40,000.

"That’s why I said, from a purely economic perspective, it’s profitable.

"There’s room for more optimistically improved gains as well:

"First, we are uncertain about the actual demand for unregulated drugs in the community, and if there’s high demand, these drugs might sell at a higher price, bringing greater revenue.

"Second, players exempt from purchasing drugs could still supplement some. Even though Lu Bingjun and Yao Yuan’s quotas are gone, the total count I, Ye Lin, and Lawyer Lin have together should add up to about seventy or eighty bottles.

"Lastly, the duration of the license is 30 days, during which we can undergo about 3 to 4 games. The restocking quotas from these games can be exchanged for drugs to continue selling.

"Besides, this license might offer other conveniences.

"For instance, the most crucial point, during the license’s effect, players can take drugs into the game.

"Previously in the ’Prison Factory,’ we encountered a similar situation: the mist outside came with severe pain, which could be mitigated with drugs.

"If in a Judgment game, there are body harm mechanisms, drugs might provide a solution.

"Even though there’s a risk of addiction, in dire life-threatening instances, drugs can offer us an additional choice.

"Moreover, once drugs are brought into the game, they could likely be directly traded.

"For example, using unopened drugs to exchange with other communities for game-needed chips or tools."

Zheng Chunhua couldn’t help but exclaim: "It seems... a 50,000-minute visa time selling price is truly a bargain.

"It’s hard not to buy it."

Ye Lin frowned: "But maybe that’s where the trap lies?

"Deliberately setting this special item at a low price, making us purchase without deliberation.

"The downside I can think of for now is that this item could cause the Walkway’s ecosystem to deteriorate further, exacerbating the drug glut.

"Originally, whether to regulate drugs was just an internal community matter, unregulated and regulated community drugs would not circulate across communities, better maintaining ecosystem stability.

"But if some communities sell a lot of drugs to other communities through licenses, it could disrupt this balance.

"Drugs offered for sale are likely impossible for other communities to refuse; I suspect they’ll continually appear in the vending machines.

"If they could be refused, there wouldn’t be a point to this rule."