God's imitator

Chapter 403 Extortion of Funds
Upon seeing the punishment, both Liu Jie and Shen Xing showed expressions of worry.

Whether it's the electric chair riddled with traps or the vaguely described rules, both inspire fear.

Fu Chen comforted him, "It's okay, there won't be any danger if the five of us split the cost."

"If you can hold on for more than 2 minutes, and someone feels they can't hold on any longer, then everyone should press the 'give up' button together."

Soon, everyone took their seats.

The clicking sound continued as the mechanism on the electric chair locked everyone firmly in place.

"Zizi..."

A faint electrical hum began to sound and gradually intensified.

Fu Chen felt a tingling sensation all over his body. Although the feeling was becoming clearer, it was still within an acceptable range.

……

Meanwhile, the players outside were also watching the situation on the big screen.

As time passed, everyone gradually felt relieved.

Clearly, this punishment room still follows the previous rules: the more people there are, the easier it becomes.

If only Jiao Hai were to enter, enduring two minutes of electric shocks alone could be extremely dangerous, but with five players sharing the burden, the difficulty drops dramatically.

Jiao Hongtao himself had just received an electric shock, and he knew that it was not a pleasant experience.

So seeing this scene, especially when players like Fu Chen took the initiative to enter the room to help, he was quite moved.

Jiao Hongtao breathed a sigh of relief. Jiao Hai's successful passage through the exclusive punishment meant that he would be safe and sound as long as he passed the challenge of the "track in the painting".

But looking at the current state of the players outside the venue, Jiao Hongtao felt a bit ironic.

The children inside were cooperating more and more smoothly, and the number of people entering the room gradually increased.

However, the parents outside the venue went from cooperation to division.

Jiao Hongtao approached Fu Yujun, bowed his head, and said, "Thank you."

Fu Yujun shook his head: "No need to thank me, it was all Fu Chen's own decision."

Jiao Hongtao continued, "I also want to join you. Let's work together as a trio! I will cast all my votes for Wu Xiaomei from now on."

Fu Yujun paused for a moment: "You're the 'sharer' for this round, so you should think carefully about what you want to share first."

As for cooperation...

"Due to strategic reasons, we cannot cooperate with you in depth, but we can cooperate to a limited extent."

Jiao Hongtao was somewhat disappointed, but he was too embarrassed to ask any more questions and could only nod.

Then, as the "sharer" of this round of the game, he considered for a moment before beginning his story to the crowd.

“When I talk about my son Xiaohai, I often feel powerless.”

"I've changed jobs several times, and most of the time I haven't had much time to spend with him because I've been too busy with work."

"Sometimes I'm very disappointed and angry with him, but what can I do?"

"Because he's my son."

Jiao Hongtao waited silently for a moment. If the system felt that the content he shared was insufficient, then he would need to continue to supplement it.

But after waiting a moment, a system notification sounded.

The sharer completed the sharing according to the game rules and received a reward:

"The driver took a hammer and tapped it himself; sometimes it worked, sometimes it made it worse."

No one said anything more; they simply went to their respective workstations and completed their votes.

Wu Xiaomei: 26 votes

Peng Hong: 22 votes

Jiao Hongtao: 40 votes

Zhou Guifen: 70 votes

Liu Mingxin: 22 votes

Fu Yujun: 0 votes

[If the current voting pattern remains unchanged before the next round of the game begins, Zhou Guifen and Jiao Hongtao will be blocked.] Jiao Hongtao was stunned upon seeing this voting pattern.

Although the specific voting records are unavailable, it's still possible to make rough inferences based on previous vote patterns. This is precisely why Jiao Hongtao was so surprised.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any major flaws in what he shared.

"Feeling powerless towards my child," "Sometimes I'm too busy with work to spend time with him," "I often feel angry and disappointed, but he's still my child"—these are thoughts that most parents share.

Even in cases like those of Zhou Guifen and Fu Yujun, there's no need to directly express opposition.

The four votes that Wu Xiaomei gave to Jiao Hongtao were "borrowed" in the previous game. In this round, Wu Xiaomei chose to fulfill the contract and took back the four votes from Jiao Hongtao.

Even so, Jiao Hongtao still received an extra 30 votes, which means that at least 3 players spontaneously voted for him.

As for Jiao Hongtao, he naturally voted for Wu Xiaomei.

The total number of votes for Zhou Guifen and Fu Yujun remained unchanged. Obviously, the reason why only Zhou Guifen was blocked in the previous round was because Zhou Guifen transferred all of Fu Yujun's votes to herself.

Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin each had 10 more votes, so they had no reason to vote for each other.

That makes the answer clear.

Wu Xiaomei, Peng Hong, and Liu Mingxin have reached an agreement to cast all 30 votes for Jiao Hongtao.

With this, Jiao Hongtao had 40 votes, making him the second player to be blocked.

As for Zhou Guifen and Fu Yujun, one of them will inevitably be banned.

Wu Xiaomei, Peng Hong, and Liu Mingxin ensured their safety in this way.

Jiao Hongtao's brow twitched violently, and anger surged within him.

He had a bit of wishful thinking before, thinking that Wu Xiaomei and the other two wouldn't go to such extremes, and that it would be the same to vote for Fu Yujun.
But clearly, this idea is foolish.

"If I had known, I should have advised Fu Yujun and Zhou Guifen to pool their votes and cast them for Wu Xiaomei!"
"In that case, she would still have 6 more votes than me."

"Wait, it still doesn't seem to work. Wu Xiaomei can still use funds to sell tickets to Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin, but I don't have that many funds, so I still can't compete with her..."

Jiao Hongtao realized that when Wu Xiaomei initially "borrowed" tickets from him, although she paid 5000 yuan, she actually recruited Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin to form a small group, completely excluding him.

He became the player in the worst situation among the six players.

Just then, Fu Yujun approached Jiao Hongtao and said without any hesitation, "I can sign a contract with you and take away 18 dissenting votes."

……

Wu Xiaomei, Peng Hong, and Liu Mingxin also clearly heard what Fu Yujun said, and they were all stunned.

Then, Fu Yujun looked at them and said, "I can also collect 'opposition votes' from you, but I will only collect them one by one."

"As for who to collect from first, that depends on who provides more funding."

Liu Mingxin was stunned for a moment, and she almost blurted out, "Aren't you afraid of being blocked?"

Clearly, after Liu Mingxin and Peng Hong worked together very well with Wu Xiaomei, they thought they had victory in their grasp.

Since Zhou Guifen and Jiao Hongtao have been confirmed to be banned, the other players are safe.

But clearly, there is another possibility.

Fu Yujun was not afraid of being blocked, because he was certain that he would be blocked in this round of the game.

Before this round of the game ends, Fu Yujun will transfer all the opposing votes from Zhou Guifen to himself through a contract, allowing Zhou Guifen to be unblocked.

So, he's actually in a state of "not feeling itchy when he has too many lice".

Regardless of how many dissenting votes Jiao Hongtao has, Fu Yujun will choose to receive the remaining 22.

As a result, in addition to Wu Xiaomei having 26 dissenting votes, Peng Hong, Jiao Hongtao, and Liu Mingxin each had 22 dissenting votes.

Wu Xiaomei has the most funding, so she will definitely not accept being blocked. Therefore, she will transfer the funding to Fu Yujun to divert the opposing votes and reduce her vote count to below 22, thus breaking the blockade.

However, this would result in Peng Hong, Jiao Hongtao, and Liu Mingxin having the same vote, which would then be blocked.

What Fu Yujun is doing at this moment is actually the privilege of "bidding not being blocked," with the highest bidder winning.

This strategy is precisely the one that other players cannot execute.

There is a prerequisite: two players who trust each other must take turns accepting all the opposing votes to ensure that one of them will not be blocked.

Otherwise, if they are blocked for two or three rounds in a row, they will be unable to pass any funds, and the players inside will surely die.

(End of this chapter)