Morning of the second day.
Everyone gathered in the hall, waiting for the arrival of the new member.
[The new player's visa has been approved and will automatically be appointed as the new Player 4.]
[Please guide the new player to settle in and familiarize themselves with the relevant community rules to avoid any violations.]
[The community is now at full capacity and will no longer accept new players.]
Everyone turned to look at the entrance of the community, where a male player in a simple T-shirt and trousers, with a buzz cut, was looking around.
His skin was sun-tanned and he appeared to be on the thin side, but the clear contours of muscles were vaguely visible underneath his T-shirt.
Fu Chen quickly stepped forward: "Hello, this is Community 17. My name is Fu Chen, nice to meet you."
The new male player shook hands with Fu Chen: "Hello, I'm Dai Yifan.
"What is this place? I'm not quite sure why I'm here."
Fu Chen pointed towards the entrance of the hall: "Come inside first. These things aren't easy to explain in a few words, let's start from the beginning."
...
Soon, everyone introduced Dai Yifan to the basic situation of the New World and the basic rules of the community.
Dai Yifan also briefly introduced himself.
He was 21 years old, and after the college entrance examination, he served for two years as a conscript and has now retired.
This made some people a little disappointed. Although they indeed wanted to recruit a relatively young member, even among young members, there are differences in education level and service duration.
Some people serve after graduating from university or directly enter military school, giving them a clear advantage in terms of knowledge structure.
However, Dai Yifan went into service right after high school, which implies his academic performance might not have been good. Naturally, one could not expect his intelligence or knowledge structure to be extensive.
But anyway, the community's selection process is such that it's practically impossible to choose someone who fits all aspects.
Everyone was mentally prepared in advance, so they would not be too disappointed.
After gaining a preliminary understanding of the community rules and Walkway's survival game, Dai Yifan's brow furrowed and his expression was inevitably somewhat grave.
However, he did not panic too much and remained relatively calm.
Fu Chen comforted him: "Don't worry, the players in our community help each other. Once in the game, try to find players from the same community as soon as possible and execute the team strategy.
"The next game is set to start in about three or four days. If you're interested, I can use this time to give you a brief introduction to the previous games.
"Although each game is different, cramming at the last minute is still somewhat useful."
Dai Yifan nodded: "Alright, thank you very much."
With the game about to start and most still feeling down because of Cao Haichuan's situation, no one was in the mood for a welcome party. After a simple welcome for Dai Yifan's joining, everyone went about their own business.
Fu Chen took Dai Yifan to familiarize himself with the community environment, and then recounted the situations of previous games to him.
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Evening.
Lin Sizhi returned to his room to check, and sure enough, new messages had appeared on the computer.
[Hello, Lin Sizhi.]
[Subtle changes are happening in various communities of the New World, and each Imitator has their own plans.]
[The review standards for all Imitators will gradually become looser, and the number of usable scene props continues to increase.]
[Initial permissions to the 'Database' have been opened to more Imitators.]
[Please continue to work hard and keep Walkway's attention on you.]
[Now, Walkway issues you a new design invitation:]
[Please design a game with the theme 'Strengthen Visa Time Redistribution'.]
[This distribution game does not require all members to participate. As the designer, you can screen the participating players through specific rules.]
[But be cautious: you cannot directly specify the communities participating in the game, but you can decide the number of participating communities; you cannot directly specify the players participating in the game, but you can determine the player selection criteria.]
[The game proposal is in the drawer of your desk.]
[The deadline is 8 PM tomorrow night. You have 24 hours to complete the game design.]
[Walkway will assess all submitted proposals and adopt the one with the highest score to set up the game site.]
[Now, the 24-hour countdown begins. Please make your choice.]
Lin Sizhi had already guessed this game type.
According to the previous pattern, it was roughly time for another distribution type game.
But unlike the previous two distribution games, this time, the distribution game had a notable difference.
It no longer requires full participation.
As a designer, although Lin Sizhi cannot specify the exact communities and players participating in the game, he can limit the number of communities, number of players, player selection rules, etc., to covertly allow specific players to enter.
Moreover, judging by the wording of the game invitation, this distribution game seems to be more brutal.
So far, Walkway has issued invitations for distribution games three times in total.
The first time was 'Blood Poker', described as 'Completing the First Visa Time Allocation';
The second time was 'Wealthy Dynasty', described as 'Completing the Reallocation of Visa Time';
This time, it is described as 'Strengthen the Reallocation of Visa Time'.
These slight changes in wording also reflect Walkway's attitude.
Although direct death penalty rules generally cannot be designed in distribution games, other ways can be used to penalize.
For instance, deducting visa time.
The 'Wealthy Dynasty' game included a rule for the punitive deduction of visa time, so for players with less time, if they are deducted to a remaining 48 hours and the community does not want to save them, they can only wait for death.
This time, the distribution game is clearly more brutal than 'Wealthy Dynasty'.
Lin Sizhi took the game proposal out of the drawer and fell into deep thought.
After making up his mind, he wrote down the name of the game on the proposal.
'Simple Q&A'
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The next day.
Lin Sizhi got up for breakfast as usual.
Once most people had gathered, Wei Yinzhang shared the information about the game invitation with everyone.
"The next game is a distribution game.
"I don't have any particularly good ideas at the moment; I can only think of some fragmented rules, not a systematic whole. Since the game invitation deadline is tonight, my plan is unlikely to be selected.
"However, from the invitation, it seems this distribution game may not involve all players.
"Besides that, there isn't any more information to disclose."
Upon hearing this news, everyone was very pleased.
"Oh? A distribution game!"
"Good news, finally another distribution game!"
"Is it true that not everyone participates? Why, was it because there were too many visa time extensions from previous rounds, and Walkway wants to control inflation?"
Just joined the community not long ago, Dai Yifan was still somewhat confused: "What's up with the distribution game? Why are you all so happy?"
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