Three Towers Game

Chapter 371 Yunlang's Ingenious Plan to Secure the World

Yun Xinghe was very dissatisfied with this result.

Not only Wen Xishu, but even his own team scored lower than expected, although still one point higher than the average per person.

However, it is clear that a team of more than a dozen people, in an extremely competitive environment, should not have an average overtime of less than two hours per person.

It's fair to say that he was very dissatisfied with everything.

Today was supposed to be a day for him to score a high score and then dominate the D area with that high score.

His intuition was that Wen Xishu had cheated.

But Clark's reminder made him suddenly realize... that something was wrong.

Area D.

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Let's go back to the early hours of the previous day.

When the results of the attack on C area from area A came out, Lorenzo's subordinate D03 began to analyze the results. On Wen Xishu's side, Tang Zhe immediately noticed the change.

"Points are not earned by working normally, only by working overtime. There is also a hidden message: the points earned by working overtime are clearly enough to resolve the crisis... but the other party said that if we don't switch jobs, someone will definitely die."

Tang Zhe frowned:

"I guessed what the outcome would be. Our competitors will be able to steal a certain percentage of our overtime points."

Tang Zhe's calculation speed is faster than both Wen Xishu and D03.

Even in his mind, Tang Zhe had already thought of a possible formula, down to the specific numerical value.

"We had to work overtime, and even then, we couldn't reach a score of thirty. The score we should have had, minus the score we actually received, is the score that the opposing team in Area A stole from us."

"This is a fatal blow. You should have been prepared yesterday. If we had more than 30 points in reserve, we could have gotten through this day safely."

Although Tang Zhe frowned, he didn't seem very anxious.

Because Wen Xishu didn't seem to be in a hurry.

"If I said I guessed this situation earlier than you, would you believe me?" Wen Xishu said with a smile.

Tang Zhe thought for a moment and nodded:
"You can't match my pure computing power, but in terms of imagination, you should be superior to me. Do you have some kind of cheating method?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"I didn't use any cheating methods. My cheating ability this time is my memory. I can remember everything that has happened so far and organize it into words."

Tang Zhe said:

“Great ability, you’ve come up with a solution? If we don’t handle this well, our C district will be finished.”

"To be honest, Boss Wen, I like a boss like you. Doing this kind of calculation is quite boring. You don't make us work overtime, and you try your best not to exhaust our energy and physical strength."

"In fact, because you never work overtime, your DR value continues to rise. I guess that's your inclination."

"Has your inclination somehow brought you any benefits?"

Wen Xishu still shook his head:
"Not so fast."

"I was analyzing the rules yesterday and discovered something interesting."

Tang Zhe didn't speak, but listened attentively.

Wen Xishu said:
"The boss has domestic affairs, foreign affairs, and military strategy."

"I've always thought that if they're going to pull off some fancy tricks in domestic affairs, it's probably like the D district, where they calculate scores precisely and ignore the outside world."

"Military strategy, when it gets really fancy, will most likely result in something like Area A, a crazy war."

"But what about diplomacy?"

Tang Zhe seemed to be deep in thought:
"Diplomacy is about poaching talent; that's what I see in the current situation. The 47 people in Area A can be attributed to a combination of military strategy and diplomacy."

Wen Xishu nodded:

"But that's not diplomatic enough."

"On the second day, I realized that the game was simulating real business warfare, but real business warfare is actually more complex and shouldn't be all enemies."

"The voice on that electronic screen only said one thing—if HP is greater than 0, you can survive; if your score is greater than 0, you pass the test."

"You see, it's a very simple thing, but because of the existence of warmongers, it has become complicated."

"If four companies all adopted the same strategy as us, would everyone be able to survive?"

Tang Zhe said:

"That's the ideal situation. The reality is, if you don't seize the market, you'll be eliminated."

Wen Xishu said:
"But in reality, there are also win-win situations. At least the rules of the game this time are enough to make that possible."

Tang Zhe asked the key question:

So what are you planning to do?

Wen Xishu continued:
"At the end of the day, Clark Kent asked me to resign, wanting to go to Area A. It was at that time that I discovered something—at this point, everyone could trade freely."

"Diplomacy, this option has a lot of room for development."

"Let's get back to the main topic and talk about our current crisis. Yes, after the destruction of Area B, Area A did not immediately launch a war, but instead purchased a very expensive item."

"I suspect this item is something that makes expeditions even more ferocious."

"At the time, I was wondering, what could it be?"

“It was hard to guess what the conditions would be like at that time, but I envisioned several models.”

"First of all, my score is the lowest among the three teams."

"But my employees are the most energetic and physically healthy of the three teams."

"My explosive power is amazing. I can cash out my hidden MMR and hit a full MMR of 28*4+2. In this way, I can instantly overtake the D area and get close to the A area."

"So, with this confidence, I started thinking, if the game were to push me to the brink, how would it do it?"

Tang Zhe was slightly surprised.

He underestimated Wen Xishu; this man's sense of crisis was stronger than he had imagined. Wen Xishu seemed to be the kind of person who would create a sense of crisis for himself once the environment became relatively comfortable.

Wen Xishu said:
"I thought of stealing points. I thought of the most extreme scenario: stealing points, or banning me from earning any points."

"In other words, the game is not that complicated. I will only be in a dead end if my employees are unable to convert health into points."

"Then there are only two possibilities: either they steal my points, or they prevent me from earning points."

"So, if I encounter these two situations, is there any way to resolve them?"

Tang Zhe was somewhat excited:
"Say it!"

Wen Xishu said:
"Yes, bro, yes. After Area B was destroyed, Area A didn't take any action because they were preparing a big move. I'm assuming that big move is either stealing points or preventing me from gaining points."

"So all I have to do on this day is get enough points before he makes a move, right?"

"In other words, as long as I arrange for everyone to work overtime and earn more than 30 points, my problem today will be solved."

Tang Zhe doesn't understand:

"Huh? But you didn't do that. Yesterday, you still told everyone not to work overtime."

Wen Xishu said:
"Of course, I didn't do that. Because if I did it in advance, my tendency to avoid overtime and ensure high employee DR and HP would be disrupted. I'm still waiting for the rewards that this tendency will bring."

"Moreover, if we do that, Area A will see that we have enough reserve points, and they might not be so arrogant in attacking me. I have to trick them into attacking me, and then let their employees feel frustrated in order to accelerate the drop in their DR value."

"So, considering these two points, I'm wondering if I can maintain my bias while simultaneously tricking Area A into using their ultimate move to deplete their points?"

Tang Zhe was a little surprised.

This Boss Wen is truly a master of layering; he even thought of this layer. He started planning all of this even before Area B was destroyed.

"So you thought of diplomacy?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes, diplomacy."

"Domestic affairs and military strategy have been developed, but diplomacy has not."

"I stared at the diplomacy section, and combined it with my cheated memory, after a long time, I discovered that the rules before and after were like this—"

"Employees' work and overtime points will be collected and sent to the boss at 2 a.m.

"As the boss, I would receive prompts requiring me to immediately allocate work points and make a decision on whether to go into battle."

"What are work points? Work points are the points that employees earn for their normal work."

"Once the points are allocated, the electronic screen will display today's score rankings."

Tang Zhe nodded, "That's right."

Wen Xishu continued:
"But in addition to work points, there are also overtime points. Overtime points are points that the boss can allocate at any time." "Already allocated points cannot be taken back, but as long as overtime points remain in the boss's hands, he can decide to allocate them at any time."

Tang Zhe nodded; he was aware of these rules. After all, Wen Xishu had recently given Li Weiwei a score of 3.6 to keep the others in suspense.

"After the team's score rankings are released, we enter the free trade period, which is from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.

"From 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., this seemingly resting period is actually the period when diplomatic activities are most frequent."

"Clark Kent left our team around this time and went to the team in Area A. Area B also began to gradually defect to Area A around this time."

"There is no limit to the number of times you can resign. I can approve many resignations in a day. As long as the other company agrees to accept you, the resignation will be successful."

"In addition, the game only states that employees can switch jobs between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., but it does not say that they can only switch jobs once."

"I've been wondering if this is even possible? Is the only purpose of diplomacy to poach talent?"

Tang Zhe was quite intelligent; he grasped the concept immediately and began to connect the various rules:
"Employees are free to resign during their free trade period and relocate to a different region. There is no limit to the number of times an employee can change jobs."

"There is no limit to the number of times the boss approves a resignation... As long as the other company accepts it, it can be done repeatedly."

"The boss can allocate overtime points for all hours of work."

A glint flashed in Tang Zhe's eyes, and he slapped his thigh, standing up abruptly. He said excitedly:

"I see, I see, I understand! But how are you going to convince District D?"

Tang Zhe did understand.

Wen Xishu planned to send someone to District D, and District D was naturally happy to accept the newcomer.

Once company employees leave Zone C, they become residents of Zone D and are then subject to the overtime pay distribution by the Zone D boss during the free trade phase!

In this way, each employee who transfers from Zone C to Zone D will have one point, which can be used to offset the population maintenance fee. At this point, before 6 o'clock, all employees can apply for resignation again and return to Zone C to complete the operation.

After figuring it out, Tang Zhe greatly admired Wen Xishu's approach. This way, Wen Xishu's employees wouldn't need to work overtime, or even come to work at all…

HP and DR are restored without any loss. The tendency was saved, and the A-site ultimate was baited out.

But the question is, on what basis?
Why would Lorenzo, the owner of District D, cooperate with you in doing this?

The overtime points that people work so hard to earn, earned at the cost of their lives, are now being used by your Wenxishu employees?

Is he stupid?
So Tang Zhe immediately asked that crucial question:

How will you persuade District D?

"Furthermore, what if our people go to Sector D, are swayed by Lorenzo, and refuse to resign and return to Sector C?"

"By doing this, aren't you just sending people to Lorenzo? And people with extremely high DR and HP values ​​at that."

“With this population, Lorenzo can take over Area A directly. You send all the employees there, Lorenzo will use his persuasive skills to get everyone to work overtime, and they will quickly gain hundreds of points. In this way, they can easily suppress Area A.”

"He can declare victory right now."

Why should he help you?

Wen Xishu was actually a little disappointed:
"Xiao Zhe, you have such a talent for math, how come you're so bad at game theory?"

Do I need to persuade Lorenzo?

"I just need to let him know that HP equals justice, or rather, that human resources equal scores. No, I don't even need to let him know; he probably already knows that himself."

Human resources are points...

Tang Zhe's mind worked quickly, and he suddenly understood.

Yes, there's no need to persuade Lorenzo; he can only cooperate. Anyone with a modicum of sense knows... he can't beat Area A right now.

Tang Zhe had some admiration for Wen Xishu:
"You're really amazing, Boss Wen."

Wen Xishu said:
"If I were to force everyone to resign and head to Sector D all at once, I would be courting disaster. I'm assuming Lorenzo's strength lies in his ability to manipulate, a kind of superpower..."

"If I send all my employees there, they will inevitably be directly bewitched by Lorenzo and devour all my assets in one go."

"But what if I only trade one person at a time?"

"What if I tell Lorenzo that if you don't release my men and don't give us any points, my remaining men will be assigned to Area A?"

"I'll let one person go, and he'll assign overtime points to the person I'm working with. Only after I let that person go back will I let the second person go."

"Otherwise, I will simply forfeit and let you go to Area A."

"In game theory, a lose-lose situation is better than a lose-lose situation."

Tang Zhe nodded. Yes, it was flawless.

Population equals financial resources, and financial resources equal deterrence.

First, send someone over to explain the pros and cons, then begin trading population. If Lorenzo devours people, then Wen Xishu will use population intimidation as a means to exploit population resources to flood Area A.

In this way, it becomes impossible for District D to defeat District A, which has a population of over seventy, almost half of whom are healthy and have high DR (drability).

It's okay if I can't live, but if you don't help me, I can make sure you can't live either.

If you help me, and we solve Area A together, then we can each play according to our own abilities.

This is diplomacy.

Tang Zhe said:

“I am willing to go. I believe you are telling me this so that I can explain the pros and cons to Lorenzo.”

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Then, I'll leave it to you. I'll return Lorenzo's points. Tell him that these points were just borrowed, and that I'm a pacifist, as you can see from my egalitarianism towards my employees."

Tang Zhe nodded:

"Don't worry, Boss Wen, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

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Let's go back to the early morning of the sixth day.

When Yun Xinghe saw the scores in Zone D, he finally understood what was going on.

Zone C: A total of 30 points were obtained. After deducting population expenditure, 1 point remains (10.6 points accumulated over five days).
Area D: A total of 40 points were obtained. After deducting population expenditure, 10 points remain (21 points accumulated over five days).

District D actually gave 28 points to District C! Has District D gone mad? Why doesn't District D try to eliminate District C?
At this moment, Yun Xinghe suddenly received a message.

To be precise, this is a message from Area C released to the entire Area A.

[A declaration from Zone C to Zone A: Zone C had no overtime today, not even a day off! What a pleasant day! Friends in Zone A, how are your livers doing? Zone C can still earn population points even without overtime, want to give it a try?]

The elegance and composure on Yun Xinghe's face had vanished, replaced by anger and resentment.

Clark Kent watched this scene and thought to himself, "This is bad..."

Now morale is low, and the DR value is likely to drop.

So far, the negative effects of the drop in DR value are not yet apparent, after all, it has only been a few days, and it seems to have only slightly caused some distracting thoughts.

But no one knows how low the DR value will drop after this failed expedition, or what will happen when the DR value is too low.

At the same time, Clark Kent also realized something... the prevailing trend.

In other words, it refers to the company's stance and inclination.

If a company's attitude and inclination are full of hostility, constantly expanding and conquering externally...

This company may perform well, but it will inevitably provoke other peace-loving people to join forces.

Clark Kent was unclear why Section D would give points to Section C to help Section C deal with the various logical details of Section A.

but……

If he had the choice, he would also join forces with Area C to deal with Area A. Because the prevailing attitude in Area A is what it is.

At the same time, Clark Kent felt the pain of his depleted life force, and suddenly...

I'm starting to miss Wen Xishu's team a little. They were truly an outstanding team; they managed to keep everyone alive, and everyone did quite well.

When the pain comes, the points don't matter anymore. How many days has it been? There are still more than twenty days left. Can my body really handle it?

If hp is less than 0, does the score still have meaning?

Perhaps the solution is like Boss Wen's: the only correct one? I really envy them... In dealing with this crisis, they not only didn't work overtime, but they didn't even have to go to work; they just went through the motions in Zone D.

This is a strategy that only a boss who absolutely doesn't want people to work overtime would probably come up with, right?

The company's atmosphere is far from apocalyptic, yet at this moment it is something to yearn for.

"If I go back... will they despise me?"

(End of this chapter)