Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

The white lop-eared rabbit has long since disappeared.

The Rong tribe chieftain hurriedly emerged from the snow: "My lord! You must run! The chieftain of the snake-tribe beastmen, Yu, awoke from hibernation yesterday, and he's here to capture you!"

Li Zhi was very curious: "How did you know?"

The Rong tribe's rabbit hole is some distance from the wilderness market, and there are no other beastmen living in this area besides the Rong tribe.

It's freezing cold, so I bet even the Mi tribe doesn't know that the Snake Clan Chief woke up from hibernation yesterday. How could the Velvet Clan Chief be so well-informed?

The Rong chieftain proudly lifted his golden-yellow chest: "Our Rong tribe has many people. Although we can't live together, we have caves everywhere. Everyone knows you are our Rong tribe's benefactor. They told me as soon as they heard about you, and those higher races know about you too... The snake tribe is coming this way! And the fox tribe! You should hide in our cave! We have many children who are very favored by the higher races; they won't dare to break in!"

As the Rong tribe chief spoke, his three-lobed lips trembled, and he began to worry again.

Li Zhi's focus, however, wasn't on that: "You can communicate even when you're not together?"

Rong tribe chief: "Aww! This is a racial talent of our Rong tribe. No matter how far our people travel, we can still communicate with each other."

Li Zhi: "Immediately?"

The Rong tribe chieftain rubbed his three-lobed mouth anxiously, but still answered Li Zhi's question first: "Sometimes I'm sleeping or talking with a lot of people, so it's a little late. Sir, please come with me and hide inside! The Snake Clan is about to enter the market area!"

Li Zhi was somewhat surprised: "How did they get here so quickly?"

The Rong tribe chief jumped up: "The Snake Tribe has vehicles that can be driven through the snow! They're afraid of the cold! They always drive when they go out in winter! Adults, come with me!"

The orange-yellow shadow leaped high and fast, drawing a clear path through the vast expanse of white snow.

Li Zhi followed behind and noticed that every few steps she took, other Rong tribesmen would come out to help her wipe away the traces.

"arrive."

The Rong tribe chief brushed aside the snow at the cave entrance: "You come down with me. Even if the Snake Clan comes looking for us, they won't dare to barge in. The Second Prince of the Feather Spirit Clan just arranged for our two children to be together two days ago. The Snake Clan is most afraid of the Feather Spirit Clan. Even if the Domain comes, they won't dare to venture in. You..."

Why aren't you leaving?

Li Zhi brushed aside the snow around him, squatted down, looked into the eyes of the Rong tribe chieftain, and said, "I have a way. The snake tribe can't deal with me, but now, I want to discuss something else with you."

The Rong tribe chief asked in bewilderment, "Is there anything more important than the snake and fox tribes hunting you down?"

Li Zhi: "Much more important."

The Rong tribe chief stretched his short neck, looked at the path he had come from, which was now obscured by snow, and rubbed his face frantically: "Please tell me quickly."

Li Zhi: "I want to cooperate with you and have you become my exclusive intelligence organization."

The Rong tribe chief paused in rubbing his face, and his droopy ears perked up.

"An intelligence organization?" The Rong tribe chief's hairy face was full of confusion. "What's that?"

Li Zhi: "The intelligence organization is where you pass on all the information you collect about me, and all the information I ask you to collect, to me. But this cannot be known to any third party other than the Rong tribe and me. I will pay you."

The Rong tribe chief rubbed his face, then rubbed it again.

"I don't want any reward." The Rong tribe chief's three-lobed lips trembled several times as he spoke with difficulty, "You...you can take a few children with you. As long as you take the child you traded with before, and a few more children who haven't been chosen for three consecutive years, the entire Rong tribe will act as your intelligence organization. We don't want any reward!"

Li Zhi stared into the crystal-clear, blood-red eyes of the Rong tribe chief.

For a moment, the calculations and considerations in my mind seemed to be suppressed by something, but only for a moment.

"You know I'm being hunted, right? Are you really entrusting these children to me out of a sense of responsibility?"

The Rong tribe chief looked into Li Zhiping's eyes, his three-lobed mouth trembling, his ears drooping: "...Even if you are hunted down, even if you die because of it, these children have had masters, and the children left behind by their masters have been chosen..."

Li Zhi understood the Rong tribe chief's unspoken message.

I didn't feel angry; instead, I felt a sense of relief.

In such a world, if the Rong tribe chieftain were truly a friendly, timid, and compromising person, a Rong tribe cub without even a racial hierarchy would never have such a peaceful life near the wilderness market.

It is precisely because the Rong chieftain has always been planning and scheming for the benefit of his people that the Rong ethnic group has been able to continue for a longer period of time.

This also led Li Zhi to believe that the Rong ethnic group was a potential partner.

Give me three months.

Li Zhi calculated the time: three months. As long as there were no unexpected events, her temporary territory would be converted into a real territory, and if she had enough funds, she would most likely have already advanced to Rank B.

Although Rank B is only mid-level in terms of combat strength on the Tianqi Continent, at least they have the confidence to protect themselves and others.

"Before September arrives, I will do my best to take away the children who are not chosen."

"We can sign a contract."

The Rong tribe chief was stunned for a moment, then his crystal-red eyes turned even redder. "Thank you so much—the Snake Clan has come looking for us! They'll be here soon!"

Li Zhi had already heard the rustling sound of the snake's body moving.

Quite a few people came.

Li Zhi thought for a moment and asked, "Would you mind if I designated an area around your cave as my safe zone?"

The Rong tribe chief's eyes widened: "An'an Safe Zone?"

"If a lot of orcs block this way, won't it cause you trouble? I'd better move further away—"

"I don't mind at all! Not at all!"

The Rong tribe chief's three-lobed mouth trembled with excitement: "The safe zone is near our cave? Will the adults establish their territory here in the future? Right near our cave?"

Li knew not why the Rong tribe chief was so agitated.

But he still truthfully said, "I most likely won't establish territory here, as it's too close to the orcs' territory."

The Rong tribe chief's perked ears drooped visibly: "Oh... a temporary safe zone is fine too. You can build the safe zone here. The children have never seen a safe zone before, and they will be very happy to know that there is one here."

Li Zhi noticed that the Rong tribe chieftain seemed to have some different ideas about the safe zone, but the snake tribe beastmen and the fox tribe beastmen were already approaching.

She needs to quickly designate a safe zone.

Otherwise, if these orcs act without any sense of martial ethics and start a group attack right away, she would have no way to reason with them.

[Reserve area coordinates being generated—]

[Coordinates generated successfully; protected area delineated successfully]

An invisible halo appeared within a radius of less than three square meters around Li Zhi, which then slowly dissipated.

The sound of wheels rolling over the snow grew closer, and several snowmobiles came into Li Zhi's line of sight, followed by beastmen of varying heights and races.

The car doors opened, and 15 snake-race orcs got out of the three cars.

After the snake-race beastmen saw Li Zhi standing in the middle of the snow, completely unprotected and unprepared, they turned to look at the other beastmen, who immediately swarmed towards her.