Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

A vast expanse of white snow.

The wind and frost gently blew across Li Zhi, who was wearing a cloak and winter clothes, and softly brushed over the tiger, wolf and fox tribes wearing modified animal skins, cutting through every inch of the exposed skin of the wandering beastmen like a blade.

The same snowstorm, a standoff between the three parties.

Amidst the undercurrents, the tiger-clan orc remained confident: "Your event is good, but I think—"

His words were interrupted by Silverspeed.

The freshly fallen snow covered Silver Speed's silver hair, making him appear even more aloof: "Our wolf clan will buy twenty membership cards, each with a pre-deposit of 10 gold. When your physical store opens, we will definitely patronize it."

Thank you for your patronage!

Li Zhi seemed not to understand her implied meaning, and directly drafted the contract, causing the scales on the card table to float in front of Yin Su.

After Yin Su signed the contract and the payment was transferred, he smiled and divided the timber card, oats, timber, and dried meat into twenty portions, put each portion into a bag, and placed them outside the safety barrier.

The wolf-like beastmen behind Silverspeed distributed the twenty bags of supplies to the wandering beastmen who were closest to them.

The stray beastmen who received the supplies showed gratitude, and their lifeless faces regained hope for life.

The other orcs who hadn't received their supplies emerged from behind the cover, crowding around to try and collect a share.

Li Zhi then realized that the number of orcs who had come to watch the spectacle was far more than the dozen or so she had seen at the ruins; a rough count revealed that there were nearly a hundred.

Silverspeed acted decisively, being the first to appear, the first to distribute supplies, and the first to evacuate the encirclement of the wandering orcs.

The tiger-clan orcs were still somewhat confused about the situation.

The fox-clan beastmen stepped forward and said, "If we could buy 10 membership cards and deposit 10 gold, our fox clan would definitely provide a warm meal for all the stray beastmen. However, we have too many cubs and too many elderly people, and we are also struggling to make ends meet. We really can't afford to spend any more money, so we can only do our part."

The fox-orc's eyes turned red when he said this.

Her gaze swept over the wandering beastmen dressed only in ordinary animal skins, and as if she couldn't bear it, she slowly turned her face away, tears sliding down her cheeks, leaving behind glistening...ice shards.

—It froze as soon as it touched my face.

She quickly brushed it away, saying, "It's my fault for being too emotional."

Li Zhi quickly manipulated the scales on the card table to fly over and use them as a support for her: "With a leader like you here, I believe every orc present can understand."

The contract was clearly displayed on the fox-orc side.

The fox-orc paused in wiping away tears, the bracelet touched the scale, and 100 gold coins were deposited into Li Zhi's account.

After signing the contract, she gave Li Zhi a deep look, then covered her mouth in self-reproach and quickly withdrew from the encirclement of the wandering orcs with her tribesmen.

Suddenly, only the Tiger Clan was standing outside Li Zhi's safety barrier.

At that time, the Tiger Clan, Fox Clan, and Wolf Clan seemed to be coming with great force, but in reality, they didn't bring many people with them, especially the Tiger Clan, which only had three people in total.

With the fox and wolf clans retreating, the tiger clan appeared particularly weak and isolated.

Even the slow-witted tiger-tribe orcs gradually came to their senses.

His round pupils turned into vertical pupils again, and he stared fiercely at Li Zhi, his ears becoming like airplane ears.

300 gold coins have been credited to your account.

Logically, the task should have been completed.

But Li Zhi didn't hear the mission completion notification. She suspected this damn system might be up to something, and smiled slightly, "Aren't you going to get a card?"

The tiger-like orc looked around.

The wandering orcs, who had not received any supplies, were eyeing the area covetously.

Although the orcs, including the snake tribe, rat tribe, and brown bear tribe, who had arrived earlier outnumbered the others, they retreated to a more distant place, acting as if it were none of their business.

Tiger-clan orc: "Then I'll buy 10... 20... 30 membership cards! Let the snake-clan buy the rest."

There are now 51 wandering orcs left.

The tiger-clan orcs were unwilling to buy them all.

If you buy too little, these wandering orcs won't give up easily.

This time, the tiger-clan orcs were smarter.

He looked at the snake-kin beastmen who were some distance away and said, "The outskirts of the wilderness market are usually managed by the snake-kin. You can hibernate yourself, but don't you care whether the other beastmen can sleep or not?"

Yu is the snake-type beastman with the longest snake tail and the largest body in the entire snake race.

Li Zhi felt that her snake tail resembled that of a anaconda, and the whole thing gave people a creepy feeling.

Compared to her, Yao...

It's just a cauliflower snake at most.

Yu, who had been observing from the sidelines, finally spoke up. Her voice, like her snake tail, was unsettling: "Yamin, our snake race isn't one of the three major races of the Beast Alliance. Although I control the outskirts of the Wilderness Market, I've never gained any benefit from it. My people were able to survive this extreme cold entirely because of our racial characteristics. Is it our fault that we can hibernate?"

Tiger-clan beastman Yamin: "Then why are you hibernating? What are you doing awake now?"

Yu flicked his forked tongue, glanced at Li Zhi, and smiled.

"Don't you know? I came here to capture the owner of this strong heart, but I didn't expect to see such a good show. Your three races were completely fooled by her, yet you had to give her money. How interesting. If it weren't for the fact that she has a strong heart, I would actually like to do business with such a merchant."

"It's a pity we weren't meant to be."

When Yu spoke, he looked up at the sky.

The sound of wings beating against the air came from afar.

The fluttering snowflakes were blown away by the newcomers, and all sorts of birds and beastmen flew towards them.

The leader is Nightwing, a C-rank race.

Li Zhi had met the Nightwing Clan several times, but the one that left the deepest impression on him was the auction of the Feathered Spirit Clan's origin at Black Iron Harbor.

Ling was secretly charged a higher price by Chen and Ye Yi.

Celia told her about the various twists and turns and entanglements of interests involved in obtaining and auctioning this Origin.

Nightwing swooped down and landed next to Yamin, a fox-like orc.

She didn't even glance at Yamin, but instead commanded Li Zhi, "The Crown Prince of the Feather Spirit Clan wishes to see you. Come with me."

The trembling voice of the Rong tribe chief echoed from beneath their feet: "Don't go! The eldest princess of the Yuling tribe is incredibly powerful. She's already A3, and the entire Yuling tribe thought she would be the 14th person to awaken the heart of a strong person. These past few days, she's been throwing tantrums in her palace, even skinning three of our children..."

"If you go with her, that prince will definitely kill you!"