'Rabbit' Han Mengying furrowed her brows, she hadn't expected that 'Owl's appetite would be much larger than she imagined.

She and 'Sheep' had initially planned to use 50 of 'Hummingbird' Luo Wei's contract coupons to buy off all the Foolish Players, allowing the Wise Ones to take half of the final prize pool.

'Plum Deer' and 'Owl', these two small groups, were a bit tricky to handle. Twenty coupons each would be reasonable.

But 'Owl' demanded 35, which was completely beyond the original price range of the plan.

However, Han Mengying wasn't about to compromise so easily; she certainly had to try other methods.

"Alright, Mr. 'Owl's appetite is indeed large, but I wonder if the others can resist temptation as you do?"

Han Mengying looked at the other Foolish Players gathered around 'Owl'.

"Anyone who brings their own 'The Fool' to me will immediately receive two contract coupons worth over 20,000 in total, plus an additional 10,000 chips.

"You can come to me privately and secretly; first come, first served, once the offer expires, it won't wait."

She looked at the seemingly tempted 'Gray Wolf' and directly took out some chips, holding them in her hand: "How about it?"

But 'Gray Wolf' glanced at her and silently moved aside.

Seeing no response, 'Rabbit' Han Mengying had to say, "Anyone interested can come to me privately anytime; my offer remains valid."

She turned, ready to leave.

'Owl' said, "If no one approaches you, I hope next time you come with some real sincerity.

"First, we do not agree to let 'Hummingbird' be the final winner, as she surely has the least remaining visa time among your Wise Players.

"You must offer at least three Wise Players as potential final winners for us to choose from.

"Once selected, we will further discuss the specific content of the 'Contract Coupons'. Furthermore, our bottom line is 35 coupons, not one less.

"Also, have someone else negotiate next time; I don't like dealing with clever people."

The time for the second round of Guess the Number was approaching.

After watching 'Rabbit' walk away, Lin Sizhi said to the others, "Use all the 'The Fool' cards you have, this time we guess '15'."

No one had any questions about this answer, of course.

'Woodpecker' Zheng Jie had another issue to raise: "I can also create 'Contract Coupons', why don't we do it ourselves?"

'Owl' Lin Sizhi shook his head: "That's an alternative, but not the optimal solution.

"The group that creates the Contract Coupons is not necessarily the group that gains the most.

"Moreover, if we let the 'Rabbit' side create the Contract Coupons, our cooperation with 'Plum Deer' will be stable; if we create the Contract Coupons, 'Plum Deer', as a swing side, will instead gain more initiative, which is not cost-effective.

"Of course, there are other reasons as well.

"But I still need some time to verify."

'Woodpecker' Zheng Jie and 'Peacock' Qin Yao both nodded, although they didn't quite understand, it seemed reliable.

'Owl' Lin Sizhi then said, "Soon I may need your cooperation to bring someone into the community."

'Peacock' Qin Yao was a little surprised: "Huh? You've already found a suitable candidate? Can you tell if they're reliable even though everyone's wearing masks?"

'Owl' Lin Sizhi nodded: "I believe it will be a good choice, but some details still need confirmation.

"Of course, it also depends on whether the person is willing."

...

The broadcast echoed in the hall.

[The correct answer to the second round of 'Guess the Number' is: '13'.]

[Among the 50% of players with the largest deviation from the standard answer, the 5 with the lowest chips are eliminated.]

[You can view the specific list of eliminated players through the voting machine next to the lounge.]

[Please submit your chips in time to repay debts, otherwise double visa time will be forcibly deducted at the end of the game.]

[In the next round of 'Guess the Number', the eliminated players will have their debt raised to 40,000 points.]

Players let out wailing once more; the rising debt made elimination from 'Guess the Number' increasingly brutal.

Simultaneously, more players chose to clear their debts in the previous round and exit the 'Guess the Number' activity.

On the Wise Player side, 'Sheep' and 'Rabbit' Han Mengying, among others, mostly guessed the number right, but their expressions remained serious.

This number wasn't difficult to guess because in this round, 'Plum Deer' and 'Owl' would inevitably choose to use up the Fool's Cards they held.

The result of the first round of Guess the Number, minus about 60, was roughly the correct answer.

The outcomes of these two rounds were practically showcasing the cohesion and execution of 'Plum Deer' and 'Owl' as small groups, demonstrating to all players:

Within a small team, they could choose to destroy however many Fool's Cards they wished out of 30, and all Foolish Players would comply with their decision.

From the next round of the game, this number wouldn't be so easy to predict.

'Rabbit' Han Mengying looked at 'Sheep': "How's your side going? What card set is 'Plum Deer'? How much do they want?"

'Sheep': "'Fool's Card Set', asking for 35 coupons."

'Rabbit' Han Mengying said gravely, "'Plum Deer' has the Fool's Card Set as well, that's good news. But why do both ask for 35 coupons? Could it be these two have already colluded?"

'Sheep' pondered briefly: "We can't rule out that possibility. But it's also possible they're both astute enough that this outcome naturally arises from the distribution of benefits from 100 coupons.

"But no matter what, 35 coupons is their precisely calculated result, and they're likely not budging.

"If we want to buy them off, we must offer this amount. Otherwise, we won't make it to the final voting of 'Guess the Number' and would only focus on clearing debts quickly and giving up.

"Then they'll likely seek cooperation with the remaining scattered Wise Ones.

"There's also the chance 'they've already prepared their own Wise Ones' as a possibility.

"We can't prevent that; although there are only ten Wise Players, getting them all to unite is much harder than uniting a dozen Foolish Players, nearly impossible."

'Rabbit' Han Mengying could only sigh silently, acknowledging the truth in his words.

'Rabbit' Han Mengying and 'Sheep' had already tried using a prisoner's dilemma approach to dissolve 'Owl' and 'Plum Deer' small groups.

But so far, none of the Foolish Players from these two small groups had proactively come forward.

This indicated that the cohesion of these two small groups was extremely strong, a solid block, hard to break.

'Owl' Lin Sizhi's side had specially filtered through oxygen consumption and established sufficient trust in subsequent games.

While 'Plum Deer' had enough players entering from the same community.

Of course, 'Rabbit' Han Mengying found it hard to figure out everything entirely; all she knew was that from the outcome, trying to win people over by exploiting a prisoner's dilemma was completely infeasible.

If they maintained the current offer, at most they could gather some already desperate scattered players.

With the two small groups unmoved, the ownership of at least 60 Fool's Cards remained uncertain, making it absolutely impossible to ensure they persisted to the last round of 'Guess the Number'.

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