Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Molten City is located underground in District 8888.

On the ground, there is a continuous cluster of volcanoes.

Celia's airship landed on one of the small volcanoes.

The volcano erupted instantly, the high temperature covering the hull of the airship, volcanic ash covering all the portholes, and the ground of the airship trembled slightly. Li Zhi sensed something and descended with the airship.

Celia: "I'll take them down first, and you can teleport to Soma Ghost Market and bring them over yourself later."

Celia is very busy.

After a brief conversation with Li Zhi, he was busy dealing with various matters, and his hands and prosthetics never stopped working.

Li Zhi did not disturb her.

Instead, he lay back down on the big rock and made arrangements for things on the other side of the danger zone.

It wasn't until the erupting volcanoes caught her attention, and Celia's airship was anchored atop one of them, that she realized the Molten City was actually located beneath these volcanoes.

The spaceship descended very quickly.

Not long after, Celia activated the one-click cleaning mode, allowing Li Zhi to see the scene outside.

This is a huge underground city.

The spaceships descended amidst blue pillars of light. Li Zhi could see many other spaceships or airships descending, like shooting stars.

The dungeons are even more awe-inspiring.

The molten lava here is just a flowing river, reflecting a bright orange-red color onto the different buildings.

Mushroom houses of all sizes are built on both sides of the lava, and as if they can breathe on their own, they emit their own blue or green light, or red light reflected by the lava.

Among these mushrooms of different sizes and shapes, members of the Forging Clan were moving about.

Some people drive, some walk, and some take boats.

—A ship that sails directly on lava.

Li Zhi leaned against the window, watching all of this in amazement.

"I thought the Forging Clan would be more technologically advanced."

Celia: "Technology creates and destroys everything, which is why we never abuse it."

The spaceship's hatch opened, and Li Zhi followed Celia off the spaceship.

"Celia! You're back!"

"How was the trip?"

"This is your student? The new student of that race you told Lilith about?"

When the Forging Clan members who come and go see Celia, they all greet her.

Celia, abandoning her usual shrewd demeanor, greeted everyone with a smile and introduced Li Zhi: "Yes, I came back to take care of some business. Everything went smoothly. She's my student, so let her meet everyone."

Li Zhiye greeted him generously.

"This kid is good. Here, have a mushroom. If you eat this, you won't be afraid of falling into lava."

"And this, this is a little thing I just made. It adds 2 points to Spirit, doesn't take up any equipment slots, take it."

Li Zhi received many gifts along the way.

As they approached a cliffside building, the number of people around them gradually decreased, and Celia stopped walking.

"The talent imprinting machine is right behind here. Go and bring the person over. I'll wait for you here."

"it is good."

Li Zhi activated the teleportation stone and teleported to Soma Ghost City.

She had already messaged the magician, and he was now waiting for her.

It's been a long time.

The magician looked much better than before.

He was clearly not happy to see Li Zhi.

"Master, did you need something from me?"

"Of course something's wrong."

Li Zhi looked her up and down, then asked suspiciously, "You didn't eat some kind of baby animal again, did you?"

Magician: "Of course not! I found something great in the trial area that can increase my health points, and with the increased health, I feel much better."

Li Zhineng sensed that she was telling the truth.

She took one of the teleportation stones Celia had given her and gave it to the magician: "I'll take you somewhere."

Magician: "Where to?"

Li Zhi: "Imprint your talent."

The magician's expression changed slightly.

Li Zhi knew what she was thinking: "Don't worry, I won't use you up and throw you away so quickly. I still want to see how many talents you have."

The magician breathed a sigh of relief.

The two were teleported back to Molten City together.

Celia was indeed still there.

When she saw the magician, her droopy eyelids lifted, and she stared at her for a long while.

The magician was terrified.

"What's wrong with this guy? Why is he staring at me?"

Li Zhi also asked curiously, "Teacher, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with her?"

Magician: "What problem could I possibly have! I signed a contract with you, and I can't hurt you no matter what!"

Celia also looked away: "It's nothing, let's go in."

The cliff instantly split in two and moved outwards.

Li Zhi then realized that the cliff, which looked no different from rocks, was actually a disguised door.

The magician muttered to himself, "This cliff is so realistic! It blends perfectly into the environment. Is it craftsmanship or technology?"

Li Zhi: "Shut up and follow me."

The mushroom-shaped underground city inside the gate is completely different from the dreamlike underground city outside the gate. It is a huge market composed of merchants from the Smelting and Forging Clan.

If Celia is an outsider, she is a friendly neighbor.

Here, one becomes the master of the market.

All the forging merchants greeted her respectfully.

Some people who see Li Zhi will look at him curiously a few more times, but their gazes are always friendly.

Celia introduced her again.

Li Zhi didn't receive a gift this time, but instead received a handshake greeting from the merchants of the Smelting and Forging Clan.

One by one, the forging merchants lined up and walked towards her, taking her hand and gently touching the back of her hand with their foreheads.

Celia: "This is a gesture of acknowledgment that you are a member of the caravan, and as the heir of me and Lilith."

Li Zhi: "What do I need to do?"

Celia: "You don't need to do anything."

There are a total of 182 forging merchants.

The last one is Perth.

Perth reluctantly touched the back of her hand with his forehead, then angrily stretched out his hand and looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi immediately understood what it meant.

She also touched Perth's hand with her forehead.

Perth gave a light hum, and Celia said, "Let's go, the printing press you wanted is inside."

The magician witnessed all of this, his thoughtful gaze shifting between Li Zhi and the forging merchant.

Li Zhi glanced at her.

She immediately looked away.

The printing press looked very different from what Li Zhi had imagined.

—Like an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) device.

But it's bigger.

Celia: "Let her lie down inside, and the machine will scan all her talents that can be imprinted and automatically assign levels to them."

Li Zhi looked at the magician.

The magician had no choice but to lie down.

The machine started running.

The magician's data appeared on the screen next to the machine.

[Race: New Race (Unnamed)]

[Grade: D (Unofficially rated)]

[Talent: Devour]

Occupation: Magician

[Imprintable Skills: Invisibility, Clone, Takeoff, Transformation, Threading, Imprisonment, Shuffling, Speed, Magician's Hat...]