God's Imitator

Yao Yuan continued: "You guessed right.

"Initially, Community 15 where Jiang Chenyan belongs reached out to Hu Yingxu from Community 17 and Chen Yumei from Community 18, forming the initial alliance and setting up the framework for this structure.

"They were very active in the early stages of the game.

"When Gao Jialiang from Community 13 appeared in the second round, it was unexpected. But he did gain a lot of attention, and the agent players from Community 13 are probably not weak, so Hu Yingxu and Chen Yumei had no choice but to include Community 13 as well.

"I observed throughout the first three rounds, and only after Qin Cheng became the spokesperson did I start looking for reliable allies.

"Among the communities without a spokesperson, I chose Community 7 because I roughly understood Tang Qing’s capability.

"Coincidentally, we both adopted defensive strategies, so we quickly agreed, established cooperation first, and negotiated with the existing alliance as a small group.

"Of course, to further strengthen our capabilities and increase bargaining chips, both Tang Qing and I also found additional communities to help."

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Shen Qingyun pondered for a moment: "When you mentioned increasing bargaining chips, do you mean that having enough communities united can drag the game out indefinitely or create disruption in later stages?

"After all, the big screen is just ’coercion,’ but whether the players in the Reflection Room will die ultimately depends on the external vote. Community 18 also doesn’t have much certainty."

Yao Yuan nodded: "In any case, before the game ends, there will be two more spokespersons.

"Community 18 will take one, and you will take another.

"The game ends with seven spokespersons, which is the maximum number this alliance can accept.

"However, you should allocate half of the top ten fans of your spokesperson to the allied community at Community 7 to help them recover some losses."

Shen Qingyun’s voice contained a hint of gratitude: "Of course, that’s reasonable, perhaps even too considerate towards us.

"In this game, we practically did nothing, just contributed some popularity for Qin Cheng.

"You could also completely find another community to cooperate with and lead them to win the game.

"Why did you choose us?"

Yao Yuan candidly said: "Because of trust.

"You are the most trustworthy community among all the others.

"Your performance in the ’Pain Game,’ your continuous efforts in community environment building, and your behavior in this game have proven it.

"Community 7 and we do need another community to help us stabilize the spokesperson’s popularity; otherwise, if the popularity isn’t enough, the possibility of the counterpart reneging significantly increases, and the entire cooperation becomes unstable.

"When choosing a partner, we obviously prioritize reliable communities.

"Additionally, perhaps it’s also an opportunity to rebuild some mutual trust.

"Both of our communities have experienced the ’Trust Marketplace’ where sinner players were entirely wiped out. This game severely damaged the mutual trust among communities.

"But to better face future challenges, long-term cooperation ultimately holds more advantage.

"I hope to take this opportunity to try rebuilding such mutual trust, and if we encounter each other in future games, we can continue to cooperate."

Shen Qingyun nodded: "Yeah, definitely will.

"One last question. Since you thought of these mechanisms from the start and anticipated the plans the opponents might take, why not let Community 2 become the leading community?

"Doing so could yield more benefits, right?

"Ultimately, according to the number of spokespersons, the leader has four spokespersons, whereas we have three.

"And in terms of spokesperson profits, there is also a large gap; the first players to take the stage can accumulate more popularity, converting to more visa time, which is a significant figure.

"For instance, Jiang Chenyan, his income as a spokesperson alone has already reached over 60,000.

"Overall, the plan leader still enjoys higher profits.

"Why take a defensive strategy then? Is it because you’re better at it?"

Yao Yuan was silent for a moment, then explained: "Because Tang Qing and I don’t want to bear additional risks and losses."

Just then, Chen Yumei from Community 18 approached Yao Yuan again.

"Get ready, you can take the stage to become a spokesperson in the next round."

...

[Round 7 begins!]

[This round’s sponsored item is: Western food items in the community.]

[If the spokesperson for this item is not eliminated in the last round and gains the highest popularity among all spokespersons, ’Western food in the community will receive a special augmentation.’]

[Please players who wish to become the ’Western food spokesperson’ take the stage within 5 minutes.]

New prompt information appeared, but no player took the stage yet.

Clearly, players from other communities have recognized the fact that the elimination mechanism for spokespersons is controlled by certain players, so no matter who takes the stage, it results in elimination.

At the last moment, a male player from Community 24 took the stage and became the spokesperson.

Meanwhile, the big screen consistently displayed new information.

[Support Community 24 spokesperson!]

Viewers originally thought he would be eliminated during the ’questioning phase,’ similar to the coffee spokesperson.

But eventually, nothing happened.

Elimination was based on ’Standard One’ for the lower 50% popularity, but since he was the only spokesperson, he was unaffected.

This left many viewers caught off guard. If they had known this player wouldn’t be eliminated, they would have had a chance to become his ’top ten supporters,’ thereby earning additional visa time.

But it’s already too late now.

Players aware of the inner workings had been focusing intensely from the moment he took the stage, and his top ten supporters for popularity had already firmly secured their positions.

[Round 8 begins!]

[This round’s sponsored item is: Fast food items in the community.]

[If the spokesperson for this item is not eliminated in the last round and gains the highest popularity among all spokespersons, ’Fast food in the community will receive a special augmentation.’]

[Please players who wish to become the ’Fast food spokesperson’ take the stage within 5 minutes.]

This time, two players took the stage, one from Community 18 and another from Community 31.

Clearly, the players from Community 31 realized this was the last chance. If they couldn’t obtain a spokesperson, other players in their community would be deducted visa time.

But this wishful thinking held no significance.

[Support Community 18 spokesperson!]

Information on the big screen guided the ’Reflection Room.’

Players from Community 18 undoubtedly gained more popularity, and naturally, players from Community 31 were eliminated.

This player chose to discard the mask and enter the ’Reflection Room.’ He wasn’t the first to make such a decision, evidently more players realized it was the Reflection Room players controlling everything.

However, no matter how many players enter subsequently, decisions made by the ’Reflection Room’ have long been unchanged.