Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

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

On the planet where you were born, there is a profound saying: Capital becomes bold when there is a suitable profit. With a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere... For a 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all human laws; with a 300% profit, it will dare to commit any crime, even risking the gallows.

At this moment, the game has generated two custom career paths for you: Unscrupulous Merchant (Speculator) and Unscrupulous Merchant (Gambler). You can choose one of them.

[Unscrupulous businessman (speculator): You pursue profits, and leveraging low costs for high profits is a trivial tactic for you. You excel at analysis, and every decision is based on meticulous judgment. You can always control risks and increase the success rate of investments. Your pursuit of profits ranges from 10% to 100%.]

[Choose the speculator option, and you will randomly receive asset upgrade missions. Each successful challenge will grant you a unique reward.]

[Speculator's Gear Upgrade: Merchant's Cloak - Value Adjustment Cloak]

[Value Adjustment Cloak: Grants 6 free attribute points, which can be redistributed every 8 hours]

[Speculator's Gear Upgrade: Fair Scales - Black Scales]

[Black Scale: It will display the product descriptions you want it to show]

[Speculator's Gear Upgrade: Merchant's Backpack - Speculator's Backpack]

[Speculator's Backpack: As a speculator, you always make multiple preparations; your backpack slots have been increased to 16.]

[A ruthless businessman (gambler): You care about winning and losing, but you care even more about having fun. The world is your playground, money is your tool, and profit is your stake. When the dice of fate start to roll, and the profit has exceeded 100%, will you go all in at the table, or will you calculate the cards and wait for an even higher bet?]

[Choose the gambler option, and you will embark on gambling missions. Each mission is a gamble; whether you win all or lose everything depends not only on skill but also on luck.]

[Gambler's Gear Upgrade: Merchant's Cloak - Cheating Cloak]

【Cheating Cloak: Cheating is a basic operation for all gamblers. You can adjust your professional level (the upper limit is based on your current level and can be increased by a maximum of 2 levels, with no lower limit), making it impossible for anyone to see through your true professional level.】

[Gambler's Gear Upgrade: The Fair Scale - The Scale on the Card Table]

[The scale at the card table: exchanging cards is all about speed. If you're fast enough, it will display the product description you've edited for it.]

[Gambler's Equipment Upgrade: Merchant's Backpack - Dice Backpack]

[Dice Backpack: Before the dice cup is opened, no one knows the dice roll. Your backpack can be bound to another spatial backpack, and supplies can be transferred and exchanged at your discretion.]

Li Zhizai carefully reviewed these two career paths several times.

In general, each has its advantages and disadvantages.

Speculators are more stable, but their equipment upgrades are not significant and will not be of much help to them in the short term.

Gamblers could directly resolve her current predicament, but every mission is a gamble, and a slight misstep could lead to total defeat.

Given her personality, she would actually be better suited to be a speculator.

But... who isn't a gambler at heart?

Li Zhi no longer hesitated: "I choose the gambler."

Congratulations on unlocking the exclusive quest path for the unscrupulous merchant (gambler): Betting Agreement.

[Voting Agreement: Every task is a gamble; the more difficult the task, the higher the reward. You can choose different tasks (minimum 100%).]

[Player, give me back my 3-star, 5-cost character!!! Initial mission successfully triggered]

[Initial Mission: Earn 100 gold coins within 36 hours using business tactics at the Wilderness Market]

Please select:

Bet 1: If you complete the task 100% of the time (earning 100 gold coins within 36 hours), you will receive a C-grade equipment piece. Failure will result in the deduction of 100 gold coins.

赌注2：200%完成任务，即18小时赚取100金币或33小时赚取200金币，你将获得一套可选择属性的B级装备；失败则扣除1/4资产

赌注3：300%完成任务，即12小时内赚取100金币或36小时内赚取300金币，你将获得1000金币、一套可选择属性的B级装装备、一张商人版强制签署协议；失败则扣除1/2资产】

Li Zhi couldn't believe his eyes: "Winning gives me 1000 gold coins??? Losing deducts half my assets??? This damn game is just—"

[Task selection complete]

[Initial Task: Earn 100 gold coins in the Wilderness Market within 12 hours using business tactics, or earn 300 gold coins within 36 hours]

[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.]

"Who made a choice?! I didn't make a choice at all?! Qi Yuan, you have the guts to trick me but not the guts to come out?! Come out here!"

What is a wilderness market?

When she first came, the orcs had not yet migrated, and people of different races came and went, making the place very lively inside and out.

Even so, she only earned 220 copper coins after a hard afternoon.

It doesn't even give you as much money as the lucky ones who get a free box!

Now that the orcs have all migrated, the wilderness market is mostly buried in snow and there are hardly any people left. The problem is, she is still being hunted and killed by other orcs...

Does this situation allow her to earn 100 gold coins in 12 hours?

—What's the difference between this and simply taking half of her fortune?!

Moreover, these orcs are currently unable to sell their essential salt and water at high prices, while fuel and warm clothing are likely to trigger looting...

This game is definitely targeting her on purpose!

Li Zhi became increasingly angry, and even kicked Mi, who was clinging to her leg.

Just as Mi rolled over from being kicked, Li Zhi suddenly remembered something, his eyes darted around, and he quickly ran a few steps, pressed Mi down, and helped him up.

"My dear old friend Mi~ Look at you, so old yet still so childlike, you even like to roll around in the snow! By the way, where were we? We were going to visit you, right? That's exactly what I was thinking, let's go!"

Mihu shook his head, not even bothering to brush the snow off his clothes: "My kind friend, as you know, with the arrival of the extreme cold, we rats can't even get enough to eat, let alone entertain guests..."

Li put her hand on his shoulder and pressed down slightly: "Hmm? We have such a good relationship, and you're unwilling to entertain me? Could it be that I guessed right, you're having someone ambush me?"

"You've made me a little sad. When I'm sad, I need emotional compensation, otherwise I might go insane and start setting things on fire with this D-grade firearm~"

[Warning: Robbery is not a business tactic]

Three dialog boxes popped up at once. Li Zhi glanced at the trembling characters out of the corner of his eye, then quickly returned his gaze to Mi.

"You don't want this either, do you?"

Mihu trembled, turning to look at the rats shivering in the snow, his cries echoing in his eyes: "But I really have nothing left to give you, sir, please, please, find someone else, no, find another tribe to rob! If you keep robbing us, our rat tribe will starve and be wiped out..."

Li Zhi smirked, "Why didn't you say so earlier? I came here to discuss a business deal with you. If you agree, I guarantee your rat clan will survive this extreme cold safely."

Mi looked at Li Zhi suspiciously, and before she could squint at him, he immediately grinned slyly and said, "Our rat clan has a special connection with you and we've long since formed a deep friendship. If we don't trust you, who else can we trust? But then again, I wonder how you're going to help us get through this extreme cold."