Li Renshu, after careful consideration, said, "Our immediate priority is to categorize these numerous death rules and think of a strategy that can avoid multiple death rules at the same time.

"The last two death rules are relatively easier to deal with.

"For all subsequent sinner votes, we must vote according to our true inner thoughts. And for the final community vote, we need to minimize resentment, express goodwill to reliable communities, and avoid becoming the last community to be voted on.

"The problem lies with the first two death rules, especially the death rule of 'collective punishment.'

"Theoretically, if we make enough mistakes in the game, we could be punished four to five times collectively, and there'd be no way out.

"So we must find ways to avoid these actions.

"Even if we have to perform certain actions, it's best for all members to disperse and each only do one thing, just like not putting all eggs in one basket, to minimize the risk."

Fu Chen suggested, "Then why don't we just do nothing?

"From a probability standpoint regarding shelters, if we only want to protect ourselves, 5 normal shelters would suffice.

"If that's not reassuring, then each person can have two normal shelters.

"Once our G1 Nine-Box Grid becomes developable, we can at least secure 5 plots. Combined with the previous plots, as long as we don't consider selling them to the audience, there's more than enough for ourselves."

Li Renshu nodded, "From the game's perspective, doing nothing is indeed the optimal solution, because the more you do, the more likely you are to trigger collective punishment.

"Immunity can be used only once, so there's very little margin for error."

Fu Chen thought for a moment, then said, "Or we could try to guess what these five sinners' specific crimes are?

"From the game content this time, the theme of this judgment might be related to 'property.'

"If selling substandard shelters is a crime, does hoarding land without development count as a crime? Does selling shelters at excessively high prices count as a crime?"

Li Renshu shook her head silently, "These could all be crimes. We can certainly try to guess, but the conclusion might still be the same in the end:

"It's best to do nothing, just protect ourselves.

"But now I'm worried, isn't doing nothing also a crime?"

Everyone fell into silence.

Obviously, no one could predict the future, and the only choice was to opt for a relatively higher survival rate strategy at this moment.

Cao Haichuan spoke, "No need to guess anymore. I very likely am one of the sinners in this game, and my crime is probably 'standing by idly' or 'turning a blind eye'. "

Everyone looked over in surprise, although they weren't clear about the specifics, from Cao Haichuan's assured tone, this information seemed very reliable.

Fu Chen frowned, "If 'inaction' is truly a crime, doesn't that mean we must do something?

"Otherwise, once Officer Cao's record is disclosed, regardless of how many players share the crime, our community will certainly be punished collectively."

According to the game rules, when sinners are found guilty, either 'players from the same community' are punished collectively, or 'players sharing the same crime' are punished collectively.

If the other players in Community 17 do nothing, there's no escaping in either scenario.

Zheng Jie was a little flustered, "So, does that mean we still have to do things as much as possible? But we can't do bad things for sure because doing bad things might trigger other crimes.

"Then should we do good deeds?

"Acquire as many plots as possible, build standard shelters, and sell them at low prices? No, would selling at low prices be 'disrupting market order'? That too might be one of the crimes... Then should we sell standard shelters at normal prices? Surely that's acceptable?

"But in doing so, we'd have to spend all our Gold Coins.

"Because in the next 5 rounds of the game, other communities will surely choose to sell shelters at high prices to earn Gold Coins from the audience, and they'll have more Gold Coins to acquire plots. In a zero-sum game, the gap between our funds will only grow larger."

Cao Haichuan shook his head, "These methods are also not stable because it's uncertain to what extent 'doing something' is achieved.

"There's an easier way.

"I'll plead guilty directly and use the Immunity Coupon to escape death."

Li Renshu thought seriously and nodded, "Indeed, the rules say, when a sinner pleads guilty, the instant death punishment can't be offset by shelters.

"But they didn't say it couldn't be offset by other methods.

"As long as you plead guilty, there will be no 'collective punishment' situation, this should be the best use of the Immunity Coupon, sparing others the chance to use shelters for immunity.

"In this game, the sins of the five sinners certainly aren't duplicated. Whether considering it from the perspective of 'archives selection', or from the 'game mechanism' angle, it's true.

"If Officer Cao can confirm his crime is 'inaction' or 'standing by idly', we can instead create an 'absolute safety' behavior in the game through his confession and the use of the Immunity Coupon.

"We only build shelters for ourselves, do not seize more land, do not hoard, do not sell at excessively high or low prices, and do not sell substandard shelters.

"In doing so, we'll certainly not be punished collectively by other sinners.

"From the current situation, this indeed is the optimal solution we can adopt."

Fu Chen realized the problem, he looked towards Cao Haichuan, "But, whether using an Immunity Coupon or a shelter, all immunity can only be used once.

"What if we encounter another instant death punishment later? We can still use a shelter for immunity, but you can't.

"Officer Cao, you could also choose not to plead guilty, if it's just standing by idly, without committing any actual crime, not necessarily more than half of the players will vote 'guilty'."

"As long as it's not over half, then nothing will happen."

Cao Haichuan shook his head, "Don't harbor such wishful thinking, don't forget, I am a police officer.

"I have a clear grasp of this matter, just do as I say."

He paused slightly, then said, "I hope you can fully trust me, and execute my strategy completely in this game.

"I will try every means to ensure everyone in our community returns to the community safely."

Cao Haichuan was naturally the core leader in the game, possessing the highest authority in the game, given his firm attitude, others certainly wouldn't propose any more opinions.

Li Renshu started to operate on the signage of the plots one by one to build shelters.

At this time, Community 17 had a total of 8 plots, and Li Renshu decided to build all of them into '90% probability' standard shelters.

Suddenly, Zheng Jie seemed to have thought of something; he hurriedly came to Li Renshu's side, "I suddenly realized that these rules seem to have an 'optimal solution' after all, as long as..."

However, just then, everyone heard Zhang Shichao from Community 9 standing in the center of the venue, shouting to all players.

"Could everyone gather to listen to me first?

"This game has a method for everyone's survival!

"As long as we can work together, no one will die, and we will safely leave this game!"

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