Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi drew another set of cards.

As usual, use up all your spirit points before upgrading.

The afterglow of good fortune seems to linger.

In the first round of cards, she drew one of her own Origin cards.

[Li Zhi X-level Origin Card] [Advanced Copy Card] [Food Wish Card] [Thread of Delight (One-time Talent)] [1 Bottle of Soy Sauce]

Ignoring the last card that was just there to make up the numbers, Li Zhi's gaze fell on the [Li Zhi X-level Origin Card].

A D-grade source card costs 10 copper coins.

A Tier X Origin Card costs 100 Copper?!

And what does X mean?

The situation was urgent, and with the simultaneous awakening of the Heart of a Strongman and her second talent, she only hastily glanced at the talent's description without carefully examining the details.

Li Zhi clicked on "Climbing the Ladder," and a detailed introduction popped up.

[Climbing the Ladder: You have broken the level rule and can be upgraded to D (4). When you upgrade again, you will skip C (1) and directly advance to C (2). This rule applies to every future leap.]

She pondered the sentence carefully.

The more I think about it, the faster my heart beats.

She found Shadow's avatar: [I've already acquired the heart of a strongman. Does that mean I can keep breaking through, from C-rank to B-rank, then from B-rank to A-rank, and finally SSS?]

Ying replied quickly: [Theoretically speaking, the heart of a strong person can be continuously comprehended. With each level of comprehension you advance, you may break through to the next level. However, in reality, in the past thousand years, only 3 people have achieved a second breakthrough, and no one has achieved a third.]

Shadow: [Also, SS is an uncomprehending realm. Apart from the Apocalypse Clan and their descendants, Starborn and Creators, no other race can break through from S to SS. Legend has it that someone once entered the ancient trial grounds on the edge layer, passed the trial, and broke through from S to SS, but this is just a legend, unverifiable, and no one has ever seen this person, nor do they know their race or name.]

Li Zhi's wildly beating heart gradually calmed down.

—Her second talent can at least help her advance from D-rank to S-rank without any bottlenecks.

It's uncertain whether it will be useful in areas above S-level.

But for her at the moment, SS and SSS are too far away. Being able to break through to S-rank without having to comprehend it again is already good news that she doesn't even dare to dream of.

Li Zhi thanked Ying, transferred 10 gold coins directly, and closed the chat window.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement, and bought the five cards.

Buying your own Origin Card for 100 copper coins is definitely a great deal.

It's reasonable that a high-grade copy card costs 100 copper.

But a single food wish card costs at least 100 copper coins?

This... a divine talent shouldn't be so extreme as to treat people differently based on their status.

They'll just raise prices as soon as she gets richer and her rank increases, right?

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Li Zhi checked his Origin Card.

[Li Zhi X-level Origin Card: An Origin Card exclusively for human Li Zhi during the period when he broke through the racial limit. Three Origin Cards can raise Li Zhi to another level (Emerald should like you a little, otherwise even with 10 times the luck, an unlucky guy like you wouldn't be able to awaken a rule-based talent)]

Li Zhi's temples twitched, and he swallowed back the curses he was about to unleash.

Is this game even worth installing anymore?

Are they really spying on her?

He even started talking to her.

Li Zhi recalled Celia's wary expression, his eyes darting around, and he made a heart shape with his hands in all directions: "It's not just Emerald who loves me, you must love me too, otherwise why would you have so much to say to me? I love you too~"

Nothing happened.

Li Zhi gave a soft snort to himself and clicked to view the attributes:

Player Attributes:

Health: 49.5/49.5 (equipment attribute bonus)

精神：29.5/29.5（装备属性+12.5；每3/h恢复1点精神）

Strength: 19 (Equipment attributes +7.5)

Speed: 26 (equipment attributes +7.5)

Overall combat strength: 34.5 (equipment attributes +12)

The nonsense is finally gone.

This dog game really does monitor everyone!

Li Zhi glanced around without changing his expression, and goosebumps rose on his skin.

But there was still no fluctuation in the air.

But Li Zhi believed that there was indeed an invisible eye monitoring all races on the Tianqi Continent, and she might be a key target of surveillance.

That's why strong people easily attract attention.

Li Zhi shook his head, touched the Heart of the Strong badge on his chest, sighed softly, and then continued to think about how to allocate skill points.

She is now wearing the badge of the Heart of Might, the Boots of Speed, and under her cloak is a small cloak, top, and pants sewn by Master Odin, bound to a dagger that Master Odin was barely satisfied with after turning trash into treasure.

The maximum number of equipment pieces has been reached (6).

But overall, its strengths and weaknesses are indeed too obvious.

Her overall combat strength appears to be 34.5, but in reality, the power she can unleash may not even be 25.

Because she was too weak and not skilled at using daggers.

Li Zhi decided to put training, learning combat skills, and practicing the use of daggers on his agenda.

With that in mind, she immediately added 9 attribute points to Strength.

This is the first time she has allocated more than half of her attribute points to Strength.

It was indeed this life-or-death struggle that changed some of Li Zhi's thoughts.

She had previously considered using equipment and vehicles to maximize her defense, trying to avoid manual labor as much as possible.

But there are always unexpected situations.

Take today, for example.

In terms of attributes, she believed she was not much different from Hena.

But in terms of overall combat strength, she is definitely no match for Hena.

The only reason I was able to win was because I had enough equipment, enough items, and the Lucky card was still working.

But she can't always use her luck in time.

Even if she keeps copying lucky cards, she will always have one available.

But Li Zhi wouldn't use it recklessly.

She was unwilling to entrust her life to something as intangible as "luck."

Today she used luck and indeed won against Hena by sheer chance.

But what if one day her opponent is someone like the European Emperor?

Can luck still play a role?

Placing your hopes on something intangible will lead to a disastrous fall, making you suffer a more gruesome death than anyone else.

Only when strength and speed are balanced can she maximize her overall combat power. Moreover, since she is preparing to learn martial arts and train her body, the more balanced her attributes are, the more efficient her training will be, and the faster she will progress.

Li Zhi allocated the remaining 5 points to speed and 2 points to spirit.

This time, the Spirit points were allocated the least, but the bonus from the Heart of the Strong badge was actually higher than the points Li Zhi added to Speed ​​and Strength.

Overall, the three-dimensional properties have finally reached a certain balance.

Player Attributes:

HP: 65.55/65.55 (Can try fighting against C-rank races) (Equipment attribute bonus)

精神：31.5/31.5（C级天花板）（装备属性+12.5；每3/h恢复1点精神）

Strength: 28 (Do you understand how to use this strength?) (Equipment attributes +7.5)

Speed: 29 (Outruns all C-rank races, but unfortunately, C-rank races don't like to chase you down) (Equipment stats +7.5)

Overall combat strength: 40.5 (Seems like it's halfway up the mountain, but actually it's at the very bottom) (Equipment attributes +12)