Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Celia's face fell. "Just sell your stones. Why are you saying all this?"

Stall owner: "As victims, are we not even allowed to tell the truth about what happened back then?"

"If you and your friends hadn't used a magic circle to move the largest red ore mountain of the Smelting Clan to some unknown place back then, would the Great Mage of the Witch Spirit Clan have signed a 100-year employment contract to clean up your messes?"

The stall owner fell silent.

Li Zhi never expected to hear such gossip.

So, the scarcity of red ore is just because of a prank by some mischievous kids?

No wonder Celia was so curious about where she got the red ore.

Celia: "There's nothing good here. Go look around somewhere else. I want to talk to her."

Li Zhi nodded.

They wisely walked a little further away.

She looked at many stalls along the way, and they did have some concealment equipment and props, but in terms of actual concealment, none of them were as good as what she was currently using.

Until Li Zhi saw a magic stone imprinted with his talent.

[Grade C Imprint Magic Stone - Time Stop: Consumes 20 Spirit Points to stop time for 0.5 seconds; the user is unaffected.]

This is the most mentally taxing item Li Zhi has ever seen, but its effects are truly powerful.

Li Zhi: "How much is this magic stone?"

Stall owner: "15 gold coins."

Before coming, Li Zhilai had researched the prices of equipment, weapons, and items of different levels.

Equipment and weapons are priced primarily based on the number of attribute points a player has.

1属性点6到8金币，D级装备武器一般增加5-8属性点，定价就在30-50金之间。

The item classification is more complex, but in most cases, the price is based on the level of the magic stone.

—The more powerful the talent, the higher the level of magic stone required to imprint it.

C-grade items can generally only be sold for a maximum of 12 gold, since even the most powerful effects can only be used once.

Li Zhi: "It consumes 20 spirit points at a time. There aren't many people who can use this magic stone. 12 gold is the highest price for a C-grade item. I'll give it to you at that price."

Stall owner: "Not for sale. This is time-stopping, not one of those cheap talents."

Li Zhi: "You're right. If it weren't for this time freeze, I wouldn't be discussing this with you here. But the time freeze effect imprinted on a C-grade magic stone is indeed greatly reduced, and you have to admit that, don't you?"

Stall owner: "Okay, then, you can choose one more from this pile of 8-gold imprint magic stones. We'll sell them together for 20 gold each, otherwise, forget it."

Li Zhi really wanted the magic stone, so he searched through the stalls again and unexpectedly found a pretty good talent.

[D-Rank Imprint Magic Stone - Reflect: Consumes 2 Spirit Points to reflect attacks of B rank or lower]

"This is it."

Celia was already waiting on the side. "I was going to take you to see the intermediate and advanced equipment, but something came up. Maybe next time."

Li Zhi nodded without asking any further questions.

Celia dropped her off near Beta Tree 1200 and then left.

Li Zhi found number 1209 and knocked on the door.

The businessman who opened the door was the one who had previously received Li Zhi.

When she saw Li Zhi, she said apologetically, "Something happened today, and the auction has been canceled. We may have to reschedule."

Both the Forging Clan and the Rock Nest Clan are suddenly in trouble?

Li Zhi suppressed his doubts and smiled, "See you next time then."

She didn't linger in the Green Market, but teleported directly back to the airship. After changing her clothes, she teleported from the airship to the Wilderness Market.

Everything was white.

The deep snow weighed down the wild grass, and with each step Li Zhi took, his entire leg sank in a third of the way.

If it weren't for these boots adding another 12 points to her speed, she doubted she would have been able to reach the Rong tribe's territory at all.

And it's too cold.

Wearing a winter coat and with a physical condition at level C, she still felt as if her nasal cavity and chest cavity were frozen with every breath, causing a stinging pain.

The beastmen who used to live on the outskirts of the wilderness market have all disappeared.

I don't know if they migrated to other areas or hibernated somewhere.

Fortunately, Li Zhi had marked the coordinates of the Rong tribe, otherwise he would have gotten lost in this vast white expanse.

Before even reaching the Rong ethnic area, they heard rustling sounds.

It's so quiet here.

Even the slightest sound will be amplified.

The dense, rustling sounds were even more obvious than they could have been.

Li Zhi squinted at the source of the sound and saw two rat-like beastmen, one fat and one thin, emerge from the snow. They were clearly taken aback when they saw Li Zhi.

Meanwhile, rustling sounds were approaching from the side.

One by one, the rats poked their heads out of the snow and surrounded Li Zhi once again.

Fat Mouse: "Are you a businessman?"

Li Zhi was dressed so warmly that the rats didn't recognize her.

Moreover, although her current level is still D, according to Celia, the level of Li Zhi that she sensed has reached C, and is very close to C2.

Wearing a mask, Li Zhi asked in a muffled voice, "What do you want to do?"

The skinny mouse's voice trembled with excitement: "It really is a merchant! A fat sheep has arrived! Quick! Tell the chieftain! We have something to eat!"

Li Zhi also hadn't seen Mi for a long time.

I miss it a little.

She was quietly surrounded, appearing particularly small and vulnerable amidst the vast expanse of white snow.

Mi arrived quickly, still coughing as she emerged from the snow.

"A merchant? After that swindler left, another merchant actually came to my wilderness market? If she brought food, it would definitely be a gift from Mother Earth!"

Mi Xu chattered on and on, his long beard trembling, and he walked impatiently toward Li Zhi.

Li Zhi pulled out his firearm and fired at the snow in front of him.

The roar of the fire paved a path for Mi Rong and also illuminated Li Zhi's smiling eyes.

Mi slammed on the brakes, preparing to reverse, but then, as if struck by a sudden thought, he winked at his chubby son, grabbed Li Zhi's trouser leg, and burst into tears, wailing, "My kind friend! We've been waiting for you for so long! It's so cold, we're out of food, you can't just leave us to die!"

Li Zhili suspected, "You're not tipping me off, are you? You're letting other orcs ambush me."

Mi's eyes darted around: "Huh? What are you talking about? Our friendship is so precious, of course I would never do anything to ruin it."

Li Zhi: "Really? That's great! I was just about to take our friendship to the next level—"

Before she could finish speaking, a dialog box popped up in front of her:

[Congratulations to player [Give Me Back My 3-Star, 5-Fee Character!!!] for unlocking their exclusive career path: Black-Hearted Merchant]

[Initial Mission: Earn 100 gold coins within 12 hours using business tactics at the Wilderness Market]

[Failure Penalty: Half of the player's assets will be confiscated [Give me back my 1-star, 2-cost account!!!], including but not limited to vehicles, temporary territories, and other fixed assets, as well as loans and other receivables.]

[Warning: Robbery is not a business tactic]

[Warning: Robbery is not a business tactic]

[Warning: Robbery is not a business tactic]