Luo Wei was stunned for a moment: "Why?

"If only one person can be sent across the border, then our two communities definitely can't cooperate, but if two people are sent across, we can each send one from our respective communities!

"Community 12 shouldn't refuse that, right?"

Han Mengying sighed: "So who do you think, between He Ming and Zhou Rong, would be willing to let the other go?

"Fan Zehui might have a slight chance to be the sacrificial one, but Zhou Rong would never sacrifice herself to save He Ming because she's always looked down on him; and conversely, He Ming would never save Zhou Rong either because he himself doesn't have much visa time left.

"Although everyone would be deducted 50,000, earning a few thousand more could mean less deduction.

"Neither of our communities has a proposal for sharing the benefits equally. Although sending one person across is the option with the least overall loss, avoiding losses brings no benefit to the sacrificial one.

"Do you think Community 12, which is like a pile of loose sand, would willingly cooperate with you?

"As for our Community 4, we don't mind helping you, but Qi Fan and I don't have any wealth and can only play a secondary role in this plan.

"As long as either Zhou Rong or He Ming disagrees, this plan cannot proceed.

"Forget about those theoretically optimal solutions. If these people truly had the ability to execute and had team spirit, they wouldn't have been left behind here.

"The only executable plan you have now is for everyone to equally share the investment returns.

"That's the only plan that everyone can accept."

Luo Wei's face turned pale, and her last hope was dashed.

She would still try to persuade the three people in Community 12, but deep down, she knew the chances were slim.

"Then, at least let's press the work button together to gain more returns? Accumulate as much total wealth as possible so that less can be deducted.

"Although Fan Zehui still harbors hostility towards you all, I can mediate in between."

Han Mengying glanced at the only remaining Wealthy Conglomerate player with over 40,000 minutes of visa time: "When you finish your 18th round, you'll be reborn; go invest with Luo Wei and transfer as much wealth as you can to her."

Then, Han Mengying leaned against the wall, finding a slightly more comfortable position for herself: "I'm not going to bother.

"I don't want to be seen as a clown by Community 17 for a few thousand minutes of visa time. Nor will I bow down to idiots like Fan Zehui."

Luo Wei sighed silently: "Alright."

She took the Wealthy Conglomerate player back to Fan Zehui, continuing their desperate struggle.

...

Luo Wei attempted to persuade Zhou Rong and He Ming, but sure enough, she failed again.

It was obvious that both were rather selfish people, unwilling to lose thousands of minutes of visa time to save the other.

With neither Zhou Rong, He Ming, nor Luo Wei willing to relinquish their gains, Luo Wei's plan could not work.

Only another Wealthy Conglomerate player from Community 4, because of more visa time, was willing to transfer as much wealth value as possible to Luo Wei.

But this led to Zhou Rong, He Ming, and Fan Zehui unwilling to let Luo Wei receive more investment returns because they too couldn't accept Luo Wei running off on her own.

At this point, everyone realized that Lin Sizhi's promise to give them all the investment returns for the last 4 rounds had indeed not been a deception.

It's just that the reality was different from what they had imagined.

The design set by Lin Sizhi before leaving resulted in their earnings being far less than the theoretical maximum in the last 4 rounds.

In the 15th and 16th rounds, Lin Sizhi superficially maintained the previous investment plan.

Internally, Lin Sizhi, Cai Zhiyuan, Qin Yao, and Zhou Guifen prioritized fully consuming all investments first, then cross-invested among themselves and with Luo Wei and others.

Previously, this method made Lin Sizhi and the others almost eat up all the upper limits of investment returns.

But in reality, during the 15th and 16th rounds, Lin Sizhi and others entered the Notary Office without doing internal investments and only made the gesture of entering.

Since they were about to leave, they didn't need to invest and needed to avoid showing any anomaly.

The cross-investment between Lin Sizhi's side and Luo Wei's side still proceeded as usual.

The problem was that Lin Sizhi and the others left at the critical point near the end of the 16th round.

When they departed, they took their investment coupons, which meant that part of the gains would not materialize.

The few investment coupons in the hands of Luo Wei and the others were primarily either equally shared or aimed for full return to investors.

This led to them being unable to get previous investment returns in the last 4 rounds, significantly slowing down the accumulation of wealth.

The only rounds left for substantial investment returns were the 19th and 20th rounds.

The current total wealth value is 260,000. If nothing is done, after 4 rounds of shrinkage, the total wealth value would reduce to just 100,000.

Even with all efforts of desperate struggle, maintaining the total wealth at about 290,000 is the best they could do.

Regardless, earning a little more means deducting a little less.

Han Mengying helplessly shook her head, not sure which was more ridiculous, 'waiting peacefully for death' or 'desperate struggle'.

...

The 20th round of the game ended.

At this point, the 'elderly' players did not trigger the 'rebirth' rule anymore, and everyone settled according to their current Wealth Value.

First, the five players who have gone to the 'Foreign Area'.

[Lin Sizhi's Wealth Value is '235290', able to take '117645 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Cai Zhiyuan's Wealth Value is '227381', able to take '113690 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Qin Yao's Wealth Value is '210124', able to take '105062 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Zhou Guifen's Wealth Value is '192475', able to take '96237 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Sun De's Wealth Value is '117584', able to take '58792 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Zhou Guifen is accepted by Community 17 and will become the new player number 8 of Community 17.]

[Sun De will leave Community 4 and be assigned to other communities excluding Community 4, Community 12, and Community 17 as per the rules.]

Then, there are the 7 commoner players who remained in the game field.

[Total Current Wealth: 293532 minutes of visa time]

[The National Wealth Total Value is not met.]

[Fan Zehui's Wealth Value is '63839', able to take '6384 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Zhou Rong's Wealth Value is '72931', able to take '7293 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[He Ming's Wealth Value is '67891', able to take '6789 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

[Luo Wei's Wealth Value is '88871', able to take '8887 minutes of visa time' back to the community.]

Another Wealthy Conglomerate player transferred as much of his wealth value to Luo Wei through investment and then further transferred his remaining legacy to her upon his sole death in the 18th round.

So, including Han Mengying, the final Wealth Value for the three Wealthy Conglomerate members was 0.

Luo Wei's Wealth Value seemed the highest among the 7 people, but for her, it was the hardest-to-accept situation.

Because if the three players from Community 12 were willing to let her take more investment returns, she could have scraped together 100,000 to avoid punishment by leaving the area.

Yet Fan Zehui and the others deliberately prevented her from gaining more, for fear that she would run away alone.

[Due to insufficient visa time under 10,000 minutes brought back to the community, the above 7 players will be deducted an additional 50,000 minutes of visa time, with a maximum deduction to a remaining 48 hours.]

[Luo Wei is accepted by Community 4 and will become the new player number 5 of Community 4.]

[Game Over.]

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