After careful consideration, Li Renshu only bid the minimum of 5 Gold Coins, obtaining the identity of the 'Second Developer' and did not choose to compete with Community 12.

Obviously, Community 12 raised the price so high at the start because they were determined to secure the identity of the 'First Developer.'

If Li Renshu followed, Community 12 would certainly continue to increase their bid, and might even raise it to 50 Gold Coins or more.

Under the premise that both parties can break the 'First Move Must Win' strategy, snatching the 'First Developer' identity merely to acquire one more plot is not worthwhile.

Because the rules of the second phase of the game are still unclear, it's uncertain whether there will be other places to spend Gold Coins.

For players, not only must they find ways to acquire more plots, but they must also control the cost of obtaining each plot.

Ultimately, both sides divided the plots in this Nine-Box Grid in a 5:4 ratio.

...

After the auction of plots in the 4th round, the situation on the field gradually became clear.

The current number of plots and the amount of Gold Coins spent by each community are as follows:

Community 7: 4 plots, cumulative spending of 35 Gold Coins, remaining 115 Gold Coins.

Community 9: 4 plots, cumulative spending of 45 Gold Coins, remaining 105 Gold Coins.

Community 17: 8 plots, cumulative spending of 36 Gold Coins, remaining 114 Gold Coins.

Community 12: 10 plots, cumulative spending of 80 Gold Coins, remaining 60 Gold Coins.

Community 15: 10 plots, cumulative spending of 47 Gold Coins, remaining 113 Gold Coins.

Among them, since Community 12 initially gave Community 15 10 Gold Coins, the gap between the two has widened further.

The 5th round of the game will also auction off one Nine-Box Grid, and after this auction, the game will enter the second phase, and the ownership of the 'Privileged Community' will also be determined based on the number of plots.

Currently, Community 15 has a clear advantage because they not only have the most plots, but also a lot of remaining Gold Coins.

If we calculate the price per plot, then Community 15 and Community 17 are obviously very economical, getting a plot for about 4 Gold Coins;

while the other three communities are relatively at a loss, needing about 8 to 10 Gold Coins to get a plot.

Of course, this is not entirely due to bidding strategies, but also because of the order in which plots are opened.

Players are speculating that the last Nine-Box Grid to be opened in the 5th round of the game is surely the D4 Nine-Box Grid in the center.

Because opening this Nine-Box Grid will allow all communities to participate in the bidding, the competition will surely be very intense to obtain the 'Privileged Community.'

Moreover, even though Community 7 and Community 9 have already confirmed that they cannot obtain the Privileged Community, they will still participate in the bidding and even bid high.

Because so far, they have not obtained 5 plots, which means they cannot build 5 shelters to protect all players.

Therefore, it's best for them to acquire one or two more plots before the death rules are updated in the second phase.

As long as the D4 Nine-Box Grid is opened, the competition will certainly be unprecedentedly fierce.

But that also means that it's almost certain Community 15 will take the 'Privileged Community.'

Because they only need to keep an eye on Community 12, deciding whether to exit the auction at any time based on the situation.

If Community 7 or Community 9 wins, then Community 15 will get the 'Privileged Community' without doing anything; if Community 12 wants to compete, Community 15 still holds an absolute financial advantage.

Although Community 17 has the most Gold Coins, as long as Community 15 becomes the 'Second Developer' of the D4 Nine-Box Grid, they can ensure they have the most plots.

Wang Weidong's expression is very relaxed, clearly he is very satisfied with the current outcome.

This is not simply luck, the initial probing also played a certain role.

As analyzed by Cao Haichuan, Wang Weidong previously demanded Gold Coins from Community 12 to test their willingness and determination to spend Gold Coins.

If Community 12 did not give Gold Coins or directly gave 20 Gold Coins, Wang Weidong would consider lowering his evaluation of them.

But Chen Guangming's actions did not reveal too many flaws, so Wang Weidong turned to judge Community 7 and Community 9 as relatively weak opponents in this game.

From the current perspective, this judgment is correct.

Moreover, whether by coincidence or not, in the first four rounds of the game, the available Nine-Box Grids for auction happened to avoid the four corners, opting for the four middle grids of D1, A4, D7, and G4.

This allowed Community 15 to become the 'First Developer' of the A4 Nine-Box Grid without spending any Gold Coins, which greatly helped establish their advantage by weakening Community 7 and Community 9.

However, as the 5th round of the game began, the broadcast content left Wang Weidong stunned.

[The developable plots in this round of the game are in the G7 Nine-Box Grid.]

[Community 12 has selected this Nine-Box Grid as the 'Priority Development Area,' and since no other community's 'Priority Development Area' is adjacent to this Nine-Box Grid, Community 12 will directly obtain all plots in this Nine-Box Grid.]

[Community 12 becomes the 'Privileged Community,' gaining extra advantages: they can participate in the bidding of all remaining Nine-Box Grids regardless of distance.]

...

There was no bidding or plot selection, so the time of this round felt quite lengthy, with players having nothing to do.

Fan Zehui from Community 12 was obviously unable to hide his joy, as having secured all plots in the G7 Nine-Box Grid brought their total to 19 plots.

They are completely ahead of all other communities.

Li Renshu frowned, lost in thought: "Strange... why would the last Nine-Box Grid open at G7? Opening at the central D4 would be more reasonable, right?

"Could the order in which these Nine-Box Grids are opened be completely random?"

Cao Haichuan shook his head: "It shouldn't be completely random, otherwise in the first four rounds of the game, it wouldn't be possible to just happen to select four middle Nine-Box Grids without a single corner.

"I lean towards 'audience voting selection,' or the order is determined by audience voting after rule-defined range."

Fu Chen was surprised: "Audience voting? But the current rules don't mention anything about the audience being able to vote."

Cao Haichuan explained: "According to the rules, in the first 5 rounds of the game, the audience can't do much except watch, which is not very reasonable.

"The audience is likely to have other tasks too.

"Perhaps 'guessing hidden rules' is also part of the game strategy."

Li Renshu nodded: "Hmm... that indeed seems possible.

"But why would the audience favor Community 12?"

Fu Chen pondered: "Because they appear weakest on paper? The shortest visa time?"

Li Renshu frowned slightly: "But if we look at the performance within the game, the weakest should actually be Community 7."

Cao Haichuan added: "But from the situation in this round, no matter which Nine-Box Grid is opened, it's absolutely impossible for Community 7 to become the 'Privileged Community.'

"So Community 7 is not an option."

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