It was clear that this was the so-called 'black market'.
The three answering players didn't need to know the correct answer at all, because as long as everyone's answers were consistent, even a wrong answer would yield a positive return.
The combined earnings of the 3 players amounted to exactly 6000, allowing them to use a voting method to forcibly make the questioner 'continue holding the position'.
Although the game rules prohibited players from agreeing in advance on a fixed answer in any way, with the risk of a warning or even death penalty for violations, the answering players still had many ways to achieve this.
For example, utilizing the rules of the second phase to offer each other suggestions.
It's highly likely that the players from Community 1 had already reached an agreement beforehand, with one player sending suggestions to the others who then acted according to those suggestions.
This ensured that their answers were perfectly aligned.
