Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi was surprised.

Celia didn't seem to feel anything when the Emerald Chest yielded the Origin.

Why are you making such a fuss over something as simple as the right to allocate rights?

"Does the right to claim the Emerald Mountain Range have any other added value?"

She knew the commercial value of the land, but judging from Celia's reaction, it seemed to be more than that.

Celia coughed up a grain of rice stuck in her trachea after a few gulps of cola, swallowed it, and then said in a hoarse voice that sounded almost like an electronic gong, "You know that the Emerald Mountains were formed because Emerald died, right?"

Li Zhi: "I know."

When the Emerald Heart appeared, the detailed information stated that it was "the crystallization of a certain Apocalypse Clan's talent." At that time, she thought that if the talent had been extracted, the person must be gone.

Celia later confirmed this.

Jade is indeed dead, but it left a part of its essence in the Star and Moon Corridor.

Now, Celia's bringing this up again clearly has a different meaning.

"Everyone knows that the Star Moon Corridor can preserve the original essence of the strong heart possessors, which contains a part of their consciousness. However, over the centuries, very few people have been able to truly communicate with them. The questions these people ask have received similar answers, so people have begun to doubt whether these essences truly possess the consciousness of their masters."

Li Zhi said thoughtfully, "So what you called communication before wasn't actually an exchange of ideas, it was just a dialogue."

Celia burped: "Everyone says the Apocalypse Clan is immortal, but to this day, no one has ever truly seen a member of the Apocalypse Clan live a complete life. Even Emerald, who voluntarily returned her power to the earth, will not answer every question from the powerful who enter the Star Moon Corridor."

"Therefore, the general consensus is that Jade's essence retains some of her past consciousness and personality, but is unable to perceive what is happening now."

"Emeralds love children who refuse to admit defeat. In the past thousand years, the number of people who have awakened the heart of a strong person in the Emerald Mountains is more than the total number in all other regions of the Apocalypse Continent, a total of 771 people."

"You are one of them."

"It's not surprising that Jade likes you."

"But you're only one in 771."

"But today, you are no longer one in 771."

Celia stared intently into Li Zhi's eyes and said, word by word, "You've become the only one."

"The only person who made Emerald grant you the right to allocate territory."

"He was also the first person to make the Apocalypse Continent realize that Jade not only has a consciousness of the past, but also a consciousness of the present."

Do you know what this means?

A dark glint flashed in Li Zhi's eyes as he suppressed his turbulent emotions and grinned, "It means I have gained a powerful backer! You'll be terrified when you sell my information to Chen right in front of Emerald."

Celia's profound expression froze, then turned pale, then purple, as the mechanical arm behind her raised the cannon barrel: "Is that all you think?"

Li Zhi hid behind Sivir: "Emerald is watching you, so watch your words!"

Sivir was terrified: "The spaceship parked here and the new materials that arrived in my tool shed today are worth a combined 10!"

Celia lowered the cannon and suddenly smiled: "Emerald is indeed watching, but once you leave the Emerald Mountains, all races in the east, west, north, sky, and earth will be watching you. You can exaggerate your shop's advertising even more and open an exchange here as well. Your life is worth more now than before. If you use it for a loan, you can buy all the airships and materials here in Sivir."

Li Zhi: ...

Sivir: ...

Li Zhi touched the player panel: "I have a message, I'll reply to it."

She opened the 99+ messages, browsed through them casually, and then opened Huayan's messages.

Hua Yan: [Boss! The Scaled Clan is after you! We didn't accept the job; I wouldn't do something so treacherous! We refused! But my aunt accepted it, so don't go to the Seventh Trial Area anytime soon, she's good at disguising herself!]

This is the latest message.

There are 32 more items above, namely:

[Hey boss, this is Huayan. Thinking of you on this night, remember to call me if you need anything~]

[Hey boss, this is Huayan. Thinking of you this afternoon. Remember to call me if you need anything!]

[Hey boss, this is Huayan. Thinking of you this morning. Remember to call me if you need anything!]

[Boss, I am...]

As a result, Li Zhi directly blocked Hua Yan's messages and ignored the urgent news that Shen was looking for the Shadow Mane Clan to hunt her down.

—Sink this guy.

There's definitely something wrong with his brain!

Li Zhi replied with a message: [I do have some things to do recently. Which levels of trial areas can you traverse?]

Hua Yan replied instantly: [We can only go to the B, C, and D level trial areas for now, but my aunt's team can go to the A level!]

Li Zhi: [BCD is enough. I'll send you some things later; you just need to figure out how to get them to each trial participant.]

Huayan: [Okay! When will it be teleported? Automatic or manual? How far will the impact be?]

Li Zhi: [Paper copies, the wider the reach the better, ideally one for everyone.]

After sending the message, she turned to Celia and said quite naturally, "By the way, weren't we just talking about opening an exchange in the Emerald Mountains? The trade conference is in a few days, isn't it? Shouldn't we prepare some materials to persuade the other shareholders?"

Celia gave a forced smile, her eyelids drooping, and said, "Opening a shop in the Emerald Mountains and then showing up there in person would be the best way to convince you."