Lu Bingjun nodded approvingly.

Although Qin Cheng was a new player and quite young, his status as a medical student and his calm demeanor had a significant impact.

This is exactly the crucial role that a doctor plays in the community.

But just as Qin Cheng finished speaking, Deng Xiao couldn’t wait to chime in: "Medication is one thing, but how to take it is another; each room should surely have a bottle of pain reliever for emergencies.

"But more importantly, isn’t the issue about staff allocation?

"Shouldn’t the person selected to suffer rotate?

"Let me be clear, merely by the time I’ve earned for visas, I might not be in the bottom 7; it’s only because I donated a lot that I fell behind.

"Old Lu, if you don’t change the rules, I won’t voluntarily donate any visa time in the future."

As a fitness coach, Deng Xiao indeed fits the stereotype of a "brash and reckless" type, always speaking directly, and this time he was the first to broach this very important topic.

But his reactive response is completely understandable, as this concerns his own interests.

Lu Qi was taken aback: "Doesn’t this rule say that it’s defaulted to randomly select from the seven people with the least remaining visa time?

"It seems there’s no way to rotate."

As a new player, clearly, she wasn’t aware of all the intricacies of community proposals and the community fund.

Seeing no response, Shen Bowen explained, "In theory, you can use special proposals to ’deposit and withdraw’ individual visa time, thus adjusting the visa time each person carries.

"Most communities in the previous stage likely realized this, but not all communities managed to implement it."

It was apparent that the players in the 2nd Community had long realized this proposal could be enacted, even someone seemingly reckless like Deng Xiao understood this. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

However, for various reasons, it hadn’t been truly implemented.

The hall grew quiet once more, with everyone looking towards Lu Bingjun.

Such a significant issue would inevitably require his decision.

Lu Bingjun nodded: "We did indeed discuss this issue before: we could try to establish a fund that allows everyone to deposit excess visa time and withdraw it under certain rules.

"But this proposal didn’t receive majority approval before, so it was never passed.

"Now it seems revisiting this proposal might be necessary.

"If this method works, then we can distribute this pain through a ’multi-person rotation.’

"In conclusion, we currently have two paths to choose:

"First, do nothing, and continue with the current community construction fund contribution rule. Everyone earns based on their skills and donates by choice. Players in the bottom seven for visa time are randomly selected to endure pain; if you want to avoid it, work hard in the game to earn more visa time.

"Second, we pass a new proposal to continuously adjust each player’s individual visa time to allow more people to share this pain."

Another key player in the Community, Ye Lin, spoke up: "The downside to the first option is that it might dilute the community’s cohesion and interrupt the community’s development process.

"It’s very possible that no one donates anymore.

"Relationships will become distant, and the community may evolve into a jungle society where the strong prey on the weak.

"The downside to the second option is that it would inevitably upset stronger players, who might consider leaving the community.

"Because ’top seven’ players originally don’t need to bear any risk, yet with this option, they’re forced to share this pain.

"Ideally, we should find a compromise between these two plans, dynamically balancing ’efficiency’ and ’fairness.’

"But clearly, if this plan isn’t executed well, it could result in dissatisfaction from everyone.

"Moreover, there’s a key issue to solve: if some players with a lot of visa time refuse to share, we currently don’t have any enforcement measures."

Lu Bingjun pondered thoughtfully for a moment, looking around: "How about this, let’s first tally how many players are unwilling to share the pain?

"After all, only if the majority accepts it does this plan have the potential to be implemented, and we can better finalize the corresponding details."

The group exchanged glances, with no one speaking for a while.

For the seven players with the least visa time, they would certainly unconditionally support the second plan, hoping as many as possible from the top seven would share the burden.

After all, the more players involved, the more their burden is practically reduced, lowering their chance of being selected.

Yet those with more visa time have to consider their image in the community. Directly stating their unwillingness to share might attract a lot of resentment.

But perhaps this was precisely the outcome Lu Bingjun intended.

He didn’t plan to leave much time for everyone, but as he intended to continue driving the topic forward, a clear voice rose.

"I’m unwilling."

Lu Bingjun turned around in surprise to see Lin Sizhi looking unfazed, stating these four words matter-of-factly.

Amid some astonished expressions, Lin Sizhi reiterated.

"To be precise, I’m not unwilling to share pain under any circumstances. I just don’t accept such a vague question unless you present a specific plan."

The atmosphere in the hall turned awkward for a moment, and Lin Sizhi seemed to be subconsciously distanced by some, but clearly, he didn’t mind.

Just as Lu Bingjun was considering how to ease the tension and advance the discussion, someone else spoke.

Qin Cheng said: "I agree with Brother Lin’s view.

"Brother Lu, without any specific proposal, my answer can only be ’unwilling.’

His words evidently had a greater impact than Lin Sizhi’s, as the people in the hall were very surprised, with many not expecting those words to come from him.

Previously, as a medical student, Qin Cheng had simply mentioned the use of pain relievers from the medical kit, which was in line with his profession.

As a new player, even speaking that much was enough.

Discussing community proposals is essentially a political activity, and as a new member, he should avoid speaking out; even if he did, he shouldn’t express opposition at this critical moment.

But Qin Cheng clearly stood by Lin Sizhi’s side.

To other players, Lin Sizhi’s opposition to the second option was because he himself was a vested interest holder, having ample visa time as an old player and being confident he wouldn’t drop into the bottom seven.

But Qin Cheng was a new player, with the least visa time in the community, and he suffered pain the previous night.

If the second option isn’t passed and others don’t voluntarily share for him, it means that until Qin Cheng truly earns a substantial amount of visa time, he risks being selected for pain once every three days.

Even optimistically, earning enough visa time to reach the top seven could take at least a month or two, if not longer.

So, Qin Cheng’s speech left many people at a loss.

Huang Shengjie was so anxious that he kept giving hints, signaling him to retract his statement and not dig himself a hole.

But Qin Cheng didn’t look at him.