God's imitator

Chapter 404 Punishment: Production Line

The other four players could not do it.

Although they can still sign contracts, this level of cooperation cannot be achieved solely through contractual constraints.

Suppose Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin signed a contract in which they would take turns accepting all of each other's dissenting votes, and the liability for breach of contract would be the loss of all of one party's funds.

Therefore, Peng Hong could also consider suddenly changing his mind when Peng Xinyuan was expected to pass the third map. Although he would be forced to compensate Liu Mingxin with all his funds, Liu Mingxin would no longer be able to find anyone else to accept these opposing votes, and she would be blocked forever, unable to turn things around.

Even if there's a lot of funding, it won't make a difference by then.

Therefore, Liu Mingxin could not accept such a risk.

Moreover, to achieve this cooperation, the two players would be blocked in turn. While rationally speaking, they could save up the funds and pass them on to the player inside the room in the next round, it is difficult to accept emotionally.

Because no one knows exactly how difficult the third map of "The Track in the Painting" is, even if it is only blocked for one round, it may result in the final progress being just unable to be completed.

Therefore, apart from situations like Fu Yujun and Zhou Guifen who have absolute mutual trust, no other player could possibly achieve a similar cooperation.

Clearly, there is a guaranteed way to win when it comes to voting.

However, to use this method, a rather demanding prerequisite is required: finding a teammate with whom you have complete mutual trust.

After a moment's consideration, Wu Xiaomei said first, "5 tickets, 5000 yuan in funding."

Fu Yujun shook his head: "No, I'll only sell 4 tickets now, for 6000 in funding."

"As for who I will buy from next, I will treat everyone equally and decide based entirely on your offers."

He paused slightly: "Time is running out, you'd better make a decision quickly."

Jiao Hongtao tentatively asked, "Then can I..."

Fu Yujun shook his head: "I'm sorry, the previous 18 votes were already the result of our limited cooperation."

“If you had come to work with me earlier, we might have considered taking you on.”

"But now, we can only do things officially."

……

Shortly after the start of the fourth round of the game, the players inside received more funds.

Chen Ran received 5050 in funding.

Peng Xinyuan failed to receive funding.

Jiao Hai received 8156 in funding.

Shen Xing received 24465 in funding.

Liu Jie received funding from the 6700 Program.

Fu Chen failed to receive funding.

[The above funds have additional conditions attached for use; please confirm before using them.]

The budget for this round of the game has fluctuated significantly compared to the previous round, but the players inside the venue are unaware of what happened and can only accept this situation.

Shen Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the previous round, she was blocked, which caused her to fall far behind. Now she can finally catch up by modifying the car pen.

As for Chen Ran, Jiao Hai, and Liu Jie, their funding has decreased.

This is because Wu Xiaomei, Jiao Hongtao, and Liu Mingxin were forced to give up their funding in order to avoid being blocked.

Wu Xiaomei received the most votes, and naturally had to pay the most. Although a small number of audience members were still providing additional support for her, she was already starting to run out of steam.

Peng Xinyuan's progress was relatively optimistic, so Peng Hong eventually gave up and became one of the players blocked in this round.

Liu Jie looked at the breakdown of her expenses with some trepidation, then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this time the funds she received didn't force her to use the modification shop; instead, they were used to open a repair shop and a gas station. It seems the player who provided the funds received her message.

The group silently completed this round of the "track in the painting" challenge.

Peng Xinyuan and Fu Chen did not receive any funding, and they tried to challenge the third map, but failed without any suspense.

Although Liu Jie received funding, which improved her situation somewhat, she still couldn't clear the third map. Jiao Hai and Shen Xing, after receiving their funding, successfully cleared the second map and finally caught up with most of the players' progress.

Just then, Chen Ran let out a long breath.

Although she didn't receive much funding this time, she managed to pass the third map successfully.

This also means that as an insider player, she is now absolutely safe and there will be no more game mechanics that threaten her life.

The other players looked at Chen Ran with some envy.

Although her car was the best, she received the most funding, and she was never blocked, all of which can be attributed to luck, through observation over this period of time, many players have realized that Chen Ran is a relatively smart player and very patient.

This is also a key factor in her ability to successfully complete these challenging maps.

Fu Chen reassured everyone, "Don't worry too much. Our progress is actually pretty good. As long as we can get through the third map in the final round, we'll be safe."

The group sat down again in front of the hexagonal platform and decided who would receive this "exclusive punishment" through a game.

Soon, the results came out.

This time it was Peng Xinyuan's turn.

Fu Chen was the first to stand up: "Let's go."

The other players also got up one after another, and everyone naturally ignored Chen Ran. This was normal, since Chen Ran had taken the punishment herself. At the time, the other players did not realize that the punishment could be shared, so there was no reason to ask her to share the punishment for others.

However, Jiao Hai did not get up.

Peng Xinyuan frowned deeply: "You..."

But Jiao Hai turned his head to the side, looking indifferent.

Peng Xinyuan's face darkened: "I knew it... How could I believe someone like you..."

Fu Chen glanced at Jiao Hai, but didn't say anything. He simply walked into Peng Xinyuan's room with the other players.

This time, the room had a long, narrow platform, and behind the platform were six different seats.

In front of each seat are several different buttons.

[Penalties: Production Line]

Players take their seats in front of the production line in order, and a button will randomly light up on the platform of the first player.

The first player presses the lit button, the second player presses the button after the lit button, and each player moves one position to the right of the button pressed by the previous player, and so on.

Pressing all the buttons correctly within 10 seconds is considered a "successful attempt". Otherwise, it is considered a "failure".

The game will last for 5 minutes, and completing 20 attempts is considered "passing".

[If the attempt fails, each player will have 5 minutes of visa time deducted.]

[Under the condition that the player meets the requirements, each player will receive a visa time bonus of 1 x the number of players in the room.]

After a moment's thought, Fu Chen quickly said, "Shen Xing, you sit in the first seat."

Based on his performance in the previous game, Shen Xing is probably the least clever among these players.

The first player only needs to press the lit button; it doesn't need to be fast, and the important thing is that there won't be any mistakes.

Players who follow need to press the buttons according to their assigned seats. If they are too hasty or not thinking clearly, they may still fail.

Overall, this is the only game I've encountered so far where the difficulty increases with the number of players.

If only one player enters, he only needs to sit in the first position and press the lit button, and he will almost always succeed.

The only drawback is the limited visa duration, which is only 1.

While the rewards for clearing a level will increase with the number of players, the probability of failure will also increase.

However, since things had already come to this point, the four players had already established some mutual trust and understanding in the previous games, so they quickly sat down and focused on completing the game.

(End of this chapter)