[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-god-s-imitator":3,"chapter-god-s-imitator-god-s-imitator-chapter-250":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","God's Imitator",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1794690,2392,"Chapter 250: Pre-determined","god-s-imitator-chapter-250",250,"\u003Cp>After serious consideration, Li Renshu only bid the minimum price of 5 gold coins, obtaining the '2nd Developer' status, and chose not to compete with Community 12.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the reason Community 12 raised the price so high from the start was because they were determined to obtain the '1st Developer' status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Renshu followed, Community 12 would inevitably continue raising the price, possibly even to 50 gold coins or more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the premise that both sides could crack the 'first move wins' principle, grabbing the '1st Developer' status would at most result in obtaining one extra plot. This wasn't cost-effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the second phase game rules were still unclear, it was uncertain whether there were other places requiring gold coin expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For players, not only did they need to find ways to obtain more plots, they also had to control the cost of obtaining each plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides ultimately still divided the plots in this nine-square grid 5:4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fourth round of plot bidding ended, the situation on the field had gradually become clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Community 7: 4 plots, cumulative expenditure 35 gold coins, remaining 115 gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Community 9: 4 plots, cumulative expenditure 45 gold coins, remaining 105 gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Community 17: 8 plots, cumulative expenditure 36 gold coins, remaining 114 gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Community 12: 10 plots, cumulative expenditure 80 gold coins, remaining 60 gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Community 15: 10 plots, cumulative expenditure 47 gold coins, remaining 113 gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these, because Community 12 had given Community 15 10 gold coins at the very beginning, it also led to the gap between both sides widening further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth round of the game would still auction one nine-square grid. After this auction, the game would enter the second phase, and the ownership of 'privileged community' would also be determined based on the number of plots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the current situation, Community 15 occupied an obvious advantage, because not only did they have the most plots, but they also had many remaining gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If calculating the unit price per plot, then Community 15 and Community 17 were clearly very economical, obtaining one plot for about 4 gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the other three communities were at more of a loss, requiring about 8 to 10 gold coins to obtain one plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this wasn't entirely because of bidding strategies, but mainly because of the order in which plots opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players were all speculating that the last nine-square grid to open in the fifth round would definitely be the most central D4 nine-square grid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because opening this nine-square grid meant all communities could participate in bidding. To obtain the 'privileged community' status, competition would definitely be very fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, Community 7 and Community 9, even in situations where it was already determined they couldn't obtain the privileged community, would still participate in bidding, even bidding high prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because so far they still hadn't obtained 5 plots, which meant they couldn't build 5 shelters to protect all players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they had better obtain one or two extra plots before the second phase updated the death rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the D4 nine-square grid opened, competition would inevitably be unprecedentedly fierce but that would also mean that Community 15 obtaining 'privileged community' was almost a certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they only needed to keep an eye on Community 12, and could decide at any time whether to withdraw from bidding based on the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If ultimately Community 7 and Community 9 won, then Community 15 could obtain 'privileged community' without doing anything. If Community 12 wanted to compete, then Community 15 also had an absolute financial advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Community 17 had the most gold coins, as long as Community 15 became the '2nd Developer' of the D4 nine-square grid, they could also ensure they had the most plots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Weidong's expression was very relaxed. Clearly, he was satisfied with the current results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't purely luck. The initial probing also played a certain role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cao Haichuan analyzed, Wang Weidong previously demanding gold coins from Community 12 was probing Community 12's willingness and determination to spend gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Community 12 didn't give gold coins or directly gave 20 gold coins, Wang Weidong would both consider lowering his evaluation of them but Chen Guangming's approach didn't reveal too big a flaw, so Wang Weidong instead judged that Community 7 and Community 9 were relatively easy soft persimmons to squeeze in this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the current perspective, this judgment was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, whether or not it was a coincidence, the nine-square grids that could be bid on in the previous four rounds of games happened to avoid the four corners, choosing the four middle nine-square grids D1, A4, D7, and G4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This allowed Community 15 to become the '1st Developer' of the A4 nine-square grid without paying any gold coins. This simultaneously weakened Community 7 and Community 9, playing a big role in establishing their advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as the fifth round of the game began, the broadcast content stunned Wang Weidong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The developable plot in this round is: G7 nine-square grid.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Community 12 has already selected this nine-square grid as their 'priority development area,' and no other community's 'priority development area' is adjacent to this nine-square grid, therefore Community 12 will directly obtain all plots of this nine-square grid.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Community 12 becomes the 'privileged community,' gaining an additional advantage: can participate in bidding for all remaining nine-square grids regardless of distance.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no bidding and no plot selection, so the time for this round of the game instead seemed quite long. Players all had nothing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Zehui from Community 12 of course could hardly conceal his joy, because after taking all the plots of the G7 nine-square grid, the number of plots they possessed reached 19.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely leading all other communities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Renshu frowned in deep thought, \"Strange... why would the last nine-square grid open at G7? Opening at the most central D4 would be more reasonable, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could the order in which these nine-square grids open be completely random?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Haichuan shook his head, \"It probably isn't completely random. Otherwise, in the previous four rounds of games, it couldn't possibly have happened to select four middle nine-square grids without a single corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm inclined toward 'audience vote selection,' or the audience voting to decide the order after rules limit the range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Chen was somewhat surprised, \"Audience voting? But the current rules don't mention at all that the audience can vote, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Haichuan explained, \"According to the rules, in the previous 5 rounds of games, the audience could almost do nothing, only watch helplessly. This also isn't too reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The audience very likely also has other tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps 'guessing hidden rules' is also part of the game strategy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Renshu nodded, \"Hmm... indeed there's also this possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why would the audience favor Community 12?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Chen thought for a moment, \"Because they look weakest on paper? Have the least visa time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Renshu's brows furrowed slightly, \"But if looking at in-game performance, the weakest should be Community 7.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Haichuan added, \"But from this round's situation, no matter which nine-square grid opens, Community 7 absolutely couldn't possibly become the 'privileged community.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So Community 7 isn't an option.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1211,"2026-06-09T04:22:33.919Z",1,"novelbin.me","b3c4f3ec384cf96a7cded44247cb8cc42a66f2bc2b97a957ab71989641c32f2e","god-s-imitator-chapter-401","god-s-imitator-chapter-249",597,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgod-s-imitator-cover.jpg"]