God's Imitator-Chapter 389: Betting Strategy

"From the current situation, I can't think of any perfect strategy for now, and I can't send messages in the game, I can only express ‘Approval’ or ‘Opposition.' If I fail to correctly convey my meaning, it might instead mislead Auntie Zhou or Fu Chen's father...

"Since that's the case, I should first consider strategies on the spectator side, then consider strategies for inner field players and outer field players afterward.

"Especially on the outer field players' side, I need to be careful. Once I have a method that will definitely work, then I'll try to convey it to Auntie Zhou.

"Obviously, spectators should try as much as possible to bet on 'surviving players.'

"The earlier, more, and more accurately you bet, the higher the returns.

"Additionally, spectators have discretionary funds that can also be used to invest in specific equipment or specific 'outer field players,' influencing the game's progress.

"So when betting, you can observe first, then follow the trend and bet on players with higher winning chances. Or you can bet on players with lower winning chances at the start, then through proper use of funds, achieve a comeback and earn greater returns.

"For betting strategies, there are roughly three types.

"One is an adventurous strategy, which means putting all bets on one player right from the start, then using funds afterward to ensure their survival.

"This way you can obtain the most generous returns, but the failure rate is extremely high, and once you fail, the losses are also the most disastrous.

"Another is a moderate strategy, which means betting on two inner field players.

"According to game rules, betting actually has some margin for error. If only one of the bet-on players dies, the spectator is still considered a 'winner.'

"So in the case of betting on two players, assuming each has a 50% mortality rate, there might be four different outcomes. As long as it's not 'both players die,' the other three situations are relatively acceptable.

"But if the 'both players die' situation is really triggered, you'll still suffer disastrous losses."

"Finally, there's the safest strategy: betting on three or even more inner field players.

"In an extreme case, you could bet on all inner field players. Although you'd be destined to become a 'loser,' you'd only lose all your bets. At least you could ensure you definitely wouldn't trigger the additional penalty of 'deducting all visa time.'

"Wait, what if all inner field players die?

"The game rules didn't say.

"But if they didn't say, there probably isn't an additional exemption mechanism. That means all the visa time of all inner field players and spectators would very likely all be harvested by this God's Imitator...

"Even if all outer field players signed the 'live and die together' contract, they'd also be harvested together..."

Yang Yuting thought it over. This was indeed a possibility. If it really happened, there would be no way to deal with it.

However, since this game could pass the Gallery's review, if all inner and outer field players and spectators worked together, there should definitely be a way to successfully clear it. The possibility of total annihilation should be relatively small.

After brief consideration, Yang Yuting quickly made a decision.

Bet 15,000 minutes of visa time each on Fu Chen and Shen Xing, totaling 30,000.

The reason for making the decision quickly was because for Yang Yuting, this wasn't a game strategy issue but a political issue.

If all the inner and outer field players were people she didn't know, she would definitely choose to observe for a while, then adopt the second strategy: bet on two of them.

These two would ideally be two people in different situations: one would be the player who seemed most likely to survive by around the third round of the game;the other would be an inconspicuous player who might be adopting a special strategy.

This way, she could generally achieve a balance between risk and return: controllable risk while expected returns wouldn't be too low either.

But Yang Yuting's main purpose in entering this game wasn't to earn visa time but to help players from the same community as much as possible.

Therefore, she had to find ways to use the funds in her hands to help Fu Chen and Zhou Guifen.

In this situation, betting on other players would be somewhat contradictory.

Moreover, if she bet on Fu Chen and Zhou Guifen and ultimately both these players survived, that would of course be great for everyone. If they didn't survive, at least she tried her best.

But conversely, if she bet on other players because those players had better winning chances, that would be different.

If that player survived it would be fine, Yang Yuting would at least have visa time returns. But if that player didn't survive, wouldn't that be a huge loss? How would she explain it to other players when she returned to the community?

Therefore, betting itself was also a statement of position.

Spectators could only bet on inner field players, not outer field players, so Yang Yuting could only choose to bet on Zhou Guifen's child Shen Xing.

Yang Yuting currently had over 80,000 minutes of visa time left. Assuming the worst-case scenario occurred and both bet-on players died, then all remaining visa time except the bet would be completely deducted.

If the deduction was less than 50,000, an additional 50,000 in debt would be created.

And from the literal meaning, if 40,000 was deducted, an additional 50,000 in debt would be incurred, making it a total deduction of 90,000, a situation that absolutely had to be avoided.

Therefore, Yang Yuting had to ensure she had over 50,000 visa time remaining after betting.

Calculating this way, directly betting 15,000 on each of these two players would be just the right amount.

Moreover, since she had already decided to bet on these two players, she should do it early. After all, according to the rules, the earlier you bet, the more money you get when you win.

Just then, a broadcast sounded in the room.

[Spectator 4 has bet 20,000 minutes of visa time on Chen Ran.]

While Yang Yuting was considering, a spectator had already placed a bet.

Yang Yuting instinctively looked at the 20 small screens on the wall. Sure enough, on screen 4, a line of small text was displayed.

'Bet on Chen Ran: 20,000.'

Yang Yuting had originally wanted to complete her betting operation immediately, but now she hesitated.

"This player bet so early and only bet on Chen Ran. Is it because they think Chen Ran has a huge advantage at the start?

"Chen Ran... is Wu Xiaomei's daughter, a short-haired girl with somewhat masculine styling. Currently, inner field players haven't had much opportunity to perform, so she doesn't have much presence either.

"So this bet is very likely a bet on Wu Xiaomei. After all, Wu Xiaomei obtained the best car pen, the 'sports car,' and has already unhesitatingly signed the 'live and die together' contract, receiving an additional 20,000 in funds.

"However, there's also this possibility: the betting spectator is from the community where Chen Ran or Wu Xiaomei is located, betting for the same reason as me.

"Wait, this broadcast seems to have come from the speaker on the outer field players' screen?"

Yang Yuting hurried to the outer field spectators' screen to check. Sure enough, this message had also caused some commotion among the outer field spectators.

Many players were clearly looking in Wu Xiaomei's direction.

"I can't bet too early. I'll wait a bit longer."