The choices they made were expected.

The 'Final Vote' must inevitably select one community, and the one that stirs the most resentment is inevitably the first target.

Although Community 12 obtained the 'Privileged Community' title, strictly speaking, they didn't provoke Community 7 or Community 9 much.

However, Wang Weidong from Community 15 was much more high-profile, directly choosing the land plots between Community 7 and Community 9, which can be seen as a clear act of provocation.

In addition, with the most remaining visa time and being more aggressive, they were likely to be resented by Community 7 and Community 9.

Zhang Shichao suggested accordingly, "Since our three communities are to cooperate, it's not just about the 'Final Vote', there are many other areas we can collaborate on.

"For example, the insincere votes. If we concentrate the use of insincere votes, we can forcibly change a trial result."

Li Renshu was silent for a moment, then shook her head, "Sorry, but I can't promise you anything regarding the use of 'insincere votes'.

"Our community has other uses for them."

Zhang Shichao was a bit disappointed but nodded, "Alright."

Li Renshu continued, "Of course, I've come with sincerity to make our cooperation more solid this time.

"Both of your communities now have only four plots. According to the game rules, every shelter must be under a player's name. So, these shelters are not enough to protect all five players.

"We are building eight shelters with a 90% probability of being normal, and we can give you two.

"But you must purchase them at the price of 12 Gold Coins.

"The reason for this price is to avoid risks as much as possible, avoiding crime by association due to too high or too low selling prices.

"Of course, according to the game rules, shelters can only be completed after the start of the sixth round, and we have to wait for the 'free trade phase' in the sixth round to make the deal.

"In other words, we can't help with the trial at the beginning of the sixth round, but before the seventh round's trial, both of your communities can ensure all members have shelters."

Upon hearing this, both Zhang Shichao and Jin Cheng showed happy expressions on their faces.

Obviously, this was exactly what they urgently needed.

Although there will be further auctions for the new Nine-Box Grid, who knows what order these grids would be auctioned in, and what if they don't have the qualification for two consecutive rounds?

If they suffer insta-kill penalties before building enough shelters, they would be done for.

Directly purchasing shelters is obviously a better choice.

The price of 12 Gold Coins is neither high nor low, considered to be around the normal cost price, which is completely acceptable.

Such actions would also make the alliance between the three parties more solid.

Although they had initially reached an agreement to cooperate in the final vote, the game was only halfway through, and many things could happen during this period to destroy this cooperation.

So, continuous exchange of interests and cultivating mutual trust are necessary to make this cooperation more firm.

Zhang Shichao thought for a while, "So, what can our two communities do for you?"

Li Renshu thought for a while, "For the time being, there's no need to do anything.

"If you're willing, you can tell me the potential crimes of the sinners in your community, and we can share information to avoid the risk of being implicated."

Jin Cheng and Zhang Shichao hesitated a bit, obviously, this information was quite sensitive.

After considering, though, Zhang Shichao said, "The crimes of the sinners in our community might be 'spreading rumors', 'inciting', 'instigating', or 'deceiving'.

"But I'm not sure which one it specifically is."

Jin Cheng frowned, "Huh? That's too broad, isn't it? Can't just a few random words get you implicated?"

Zhang Shichao shook his head, "That shouldn't be the case; perhaps only malicious behavior, or statements related to shelter transactions, would count? I'm not sure and you'll have to judge for yourselves."

Jin Cheng thought for a while and added, "My crime should be selling substandard houses."

This somewhat surprised Li Renshu because this crime was very clear, confirming Community 17's internal suspicion: selling substandard shelters might be one of the crimes.

Finally, it was Li Renshu's turn.

After considering, she said, "The crime of our community might be 'inaction'.

Although she could fabricate a false crime to deceive, Li Renshu thought it was not a wise move.

If she lied now and the sinner records were revealed, it would definitely be uncovered. Although she could argue that she was unsure or guessed wrong about the specific crime, the others might not believe her, potentially leading to three communities turning against each other.

That would be courting resentment, making things complicated at the 'Final Vote'.

Zhang Shichao was somewhat shocked, "Is that really considered a crime? Doesn't make much sense, right? If people are implicated because of this crime, that would kill a lot of people, wouldn't it?

"So, you're also selling the shelters to us to avoid this crime as much as possible?"

Li Renshu nodded, "If you have to say it, there is indeed some of this consideration. But mainly it's still about sticking together for cooperation."

Actually, within Community 17, it had been decided that Cao Haichuan would directly confess and use an Immunity Coupon to counter it, but such things shouldn't be shared with other communities.

Li Renshu continued, "Aside from that, I have some non-binding proposals.

"For example, if our three communities bid against each other for the Nine-Box Grid, we should try not to bid against each other too much and coordinate to allocate the plots.

"When buying shelters from each other, try to trade at the cost price of around 12 Gold Coins as much as possible.

"Apart from this, if we can come up with any collective strategy or cooperative strategy among the three parties later on, I hope, without severely affecting the interests of the other community, we can prioritize internal sharing, cooperate as best as we can, and try to exclude Community 12 and Community 15."

Jin Cheng and Zhang Shichao nodded in agreement.

Li Renshu checked the time; a new round of the game was about to start.

"Alright, it's settled then. After the sixth round of the game's free trade phase starts, you can come find me to trade for the shelters."

...

The three returned to their communities.

Jin Cheng returned to the rest area of Community 7, and the other four players quickly came forward.

"What did you talk about?"

"How did it go? Is there any strategy?"

Jin Cheng felt much more settled, "Don't worry, we've temporarily reached a cooperation with Community 9 and Community 17.

"Community 17 is willing to sell us one normal shelter, so before the end of the sixth round, we can go to make the transaction and at least ensure that everyone gets a shelter."

Hearing this news, everyone in Community 7 was very happy.

Community 7 was already a relatively weak community; of the five who came into the game, three had just entered the New World not long ago and were considered the weakest in the community, usually playing supportive roles for other players.

After entering this game, the five 'supporting roles' had no leader to organize them into a cohesive unit.

Jin Cheng was somewhat reluctantly pushed to the front as the leader among the weaker ones.

Before, they were in a state of panic, but now hearing that they had established cooperation with other communities, it was finally some good news.

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