Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

There are a total of 23 game zones monitored around the city. These games are like hungry monsters; if they haven't "eaten" for seven days, they will move towards areas with concentrated populations.

To defend the space where humans can survive, an organization has formulated the following rules based on the characteristics of the games:

One: Every resident must participate in the games assigned by the organization.

Two: Residents who refuse to participate in assigned games will no longer receive food, housing, or walkthroughs provided by the organization.

Three: Residents who submit cleared game items can exchange them for leave slips to offset one assigned game.

Du Lai gave them a general overview of the current situation in the city.

Yan Qingwen nodded thoughtfully and said, "It's a clever solution. With 23 games, if every resident in the city takes a turn, it can be guaranteed that the games won't move for a certain period, indirectly ensuring everyone's safety."

Bai Youwei also nodded. "If there are more than two thousand residents in the city, and each person participates in a game every seven days, that can buy three hundred days. With more than four thousand residents, that's nearly two years of stability. But when it comes to actual operation, there should be various problems, right? For example, population depletion. How will that be calculated then? The number of people will definitely decrease."

"Any policy changes with time. There has never been a method that can last for more than a decade without changing and still be effective," Yan Qingwen said. "When that time comes, there will probably be a new plan."

Du Lai also added, "Actually, population depletion isn't a big deal. The most troublesome thing is the games' anti-farming system."

"Anti-farming system?" Bai Youwei was slightly surprised. She had heard Tu Dan and her students mention it before, but she hadn't paid attention at the time.

"If everyone clears a certain game, the game will activate the anti-farming system and disappear directly," Du Lai said. "Maybe it went somewhere else, maybe it no longer exists. No one knows."

Lü Ang couldn't help but say, "Isn't it a good thing if it disappears directly?"

"It's not good." The smile on Du Lai's face disappeared. "When the old ones leave, new ones will come. A newly emerged game always requires the sacrifice of many lives… to figure out the walkthrough methods."

After he said this, everyone fell silent.

Along the way, whether good, bad, deserving of death, or undeserving of death, they had all seen enough…

Zhu Shu sighed softly and murmured, "Think of the bright side. This is already very good. At least everyone has a goal and is still alive."

If they were wandering outside, there would be nowhere to go, and they wouldn't know where to go.

Perhaps they would live aimlessly, then get caught in a game on some road and die confusedly.

After a moment of silence, Du Lai didn't forget to remind Yan Qingwen, "Can you consider it now? The claw machine game."

He said with a smile, "I have a feeling that our collaboration will be invincible."

"Didn't you just say it wasn't good?" Bai Youwei interjected.

Du Lai was slightly stunned. "What?"

"The anti-farming system," Bai Youwei looked at him teasingly. "If everyone clears it, the game will activate the anti-farming system. You also said that when the old ones leave, new ones will come, and many lives will have to be sacrificed again. I think… to avoid sacrifices, Yan Qingwen, you better not agree."

Du Lai: "…"

Yan Qingwen smiled helplessly and said to Du Lai, "Let's cooperate again when there's another opportunity in the future."

The smile on Du Lai's face had a coldness that was more like a forced smile. He glanced at these people and said, "It seems that I'm destined to go home empty-handed today."

No one paid attention to him.

Du Lai took one last look at Bai Youwei, finally turned around, and left.

After he left, Lü Ang asked in confusion, "What's going on? Did he want to trick us too?"

"Wanting to find a partner should be true," Bai Youwei watched the departing figure. "But that claw machine… is likely to be a 2V2 mode. I wonder which two unlucky people his opponents are…"

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