God's imitator

Chapter 29 Reasonableness and Fairness

Lee In-sook explained, "Because this game actually simulates the distribution mechanism of the real world."

“The way to obtain huge profits is often accompanied by huge risks.”

"While following the crowd can avoid risks, it also greatly reduces the upper limit of returns."

"In addition, there may be different situations such as cooperation or deception between players and between communities."

"If you can find the loopholes or bugs hidden in the rules first, you can gain an advantage in the competition with other players."

"Although I didn't get many chips, I'm not envious of people like Brother Wang and Lawyer Lin who got a lot of chips."

"Very reasonable."

Ding Wenqiang's expression was rather unpleasant: "What's so reasonable about it?"

"It's supposed to be a utopian ideal world, but in the end, it's still encouraging gamblers, swindlers, and speculators?"

Wang Yongxin's lips twitched slightly. He felt that Ding Wenqiang's three words were all veiled criticisms directed at him, but he held back and said nothing.

Officer Cao shrugged nonchalantly: "That's normal, isn't it? When did New World ever call itself a utopia?"
"The idea that this is a utopia where everyone is equal is just wishful thinking on everyone's part."

"On the contrary, the rules of the new world clearly state that not everyone is qualified to live here for a long time, which is why there are visa periods and the trials in the arcades."

"If the arcade truly believes that gamblers and swindlers are more deserving of survival, it's not surprising. At least from a social Darwinist perspective, they do fit the definition of the strong."

"Of course, on the other hand, I don't think it's necessary to view the New World and the Arcade in such a positive light, but it's also unnecessary to view them in such a negative light."

"Even if someone does manage to earn hundreds of thousands of visa time in this game by mindlessly going all in, I don't think it's necessarily a good thing for them."

Wang Yongxin looked at him: "What do you mean by that?"

Cao Haichuan fiddled with his lighter: "It's simple. The gambler did win a lot in this game, but what if next time, the designer suddenly changed his mind and designed a game where players have almost no chance of winning and can only survive by folding?"

No one responded, because the answer was already obvious.

On the surface, if someone is a gambler, then he can indeed win a lot in this game.

However, this also foreshadowed what would happen later.

Just like in real life, people who lose every time they gamble are unlikely to become gambling addicts. Gambling addicts are often the ones who win from the very beginning.

This kind of success will completely destroy his ability to think rationally and cause him to develop a serious path dependency.

So if the details are slightly changed in the next game, this "successful experience" could be his downfall.

Cao Haichuan comforted everyone, "So, there's no need to be too discouraged. The arcade won't only open this once; we'll definitely encounter all sorts of other games in the future."

"These games may have completely different rules and logic, may be life-threatening, or may earn you more visa time."

"It's normal for this game to be in your favor and the next game to be in his favor."

"In short, everyone is safe and sound this time, and everyone has gained extra time for visa processing, which is already very good."

"Even if you only have 10,000 chips, doesn't that extend the visa processing time by a week?"
“Studying the rules and preferences of the arcade is also to help us better crack these games in the future. As for the past, let it go and don’t dwell on it too much.”

Everyone nodded.

Although Officer Cao appears carefree most of the time, his remarks at crucial moments always give people a sense of solid conviction and security.

Fu Chen stood up: "Anyway, everyone has worked hard today. Since it has already happened, there is no need to dwell on it too much."

"Everyone, go back and get some rest."

……

...The next morning, Lin Sizhi got up very early.

As usual, he ordered a coffee and a sandwich, and sat down at the long table in the lobby to eat slowly.

However, at that moment, he saw that the kitchen door was ajar, and it seemed that Ding Wenqiang was busy inside.

The faint sound of Su Xiucen's voice could be heard: "Brother Ding, you can't do this..."

But then the two of them spoke in very low voices, and in the end, only Su Xiucen's sigh could be heard.

Not long after, Fu Chen also got up.

He ordered a bowl of soy milk and a few fried dough sticks, and naturally sat down next to Lin Sizhi.

The two ate in silence, neither saying much.

Not long after, Su Xiucen came out of the kitchen and sat down at the long table with a look of anxiety on her face.

Fu Chen noticed this keenly and asked, "Aunt Su, what's wrong?"

Su Xiucen sighed, "I'm alright, but Brother Ding... sigh, he's planning to eat only steamed buns and pickled vegetables for every meal from now on. I tried to persuade him, but I couldn't..."

Fu Chen was taken aback for a moment, then his expression turned serious.

The kitchen has a steamer and various cooking utensils, and you can also buy flour and yeast in the community during your visa time, so steaming buns is not difficult.

The question is, why did Ding Wenqiang do this?

The answer is not hard to guess: Ding Wenqiang's visa processing time was the shortest among all the applicants.

At the beginning, Ding Wenqiang only had 11 days of visa time, and later in the game "Blood Poker", he only earned 15000 minutes of visa time.

That is, a little over ten days.

Although it seems like a lot, no one can guarantee when the arcade will open again, let alone whether Ding Wenqiang will be able to get the game qualification when it opens next time.

Therefore, although the time spent on three meals a day may not seem like much during the visa interview—for example, a tomato and egg rice bowl takes 45 minutes—for Ding Wenqiang, he has to find every possible way to save time.

If the next game is only a few minutes away, that would be incredibly frustrating.

Buy some flour, steam a lot of buns at once, and serve them with a small amount of pickled vegetables. This is currently the most cost-effective way to eat.

Su Xiucen was naturally worried, but no matter how worried she was, she had to admit that this was indeed Ding Wenqiang's best solution at the moment.

Completely forgetting about the visa application time and indulging in excessive eating and drinking is truly insane.

Fu Chen's expression was grave: "Yes, Uncle Ding's condition is indeed not very optimistic."

"We have to find a way to help him."

"Aunt Su, don't worry. Let's discuss it privately later and see if we can come up with a solution."

"Even if we can't directly offer visa time, we can at least try to help Uncle Ding solve his food problem."

Su Xiucen's expression relaxed a bit: "Okay, thank you, Xiao Fu. It's such a blessing for us to be assigned to the same community as you and Xiao Lin, such good kids."

"But... is there really a way?"

Clearly, although she felt some comfort, she was still uncertain.

[Any direct or indirect transactions involving "visa time" between players are prohibited within the community. Using visa time to purchase resources and then transferring those resources to others is also not permitted.]

These are the basic rules of the community, which were clearly explained to everyone on day one.

(End of this chapter)