Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

That's 2324760 gold coins.

But this is not the final figure; the price of Apocalypse Dust continues to rise.

Due to manufacturing technology and other issues, the Rock Nest family's microcrystalline energy converters cannot be mass-produced and have always been in short supply in the market, never reaching their peak sales period.

With the beast tide approaching, the Rock Nest Clan has already stockpiled a batch of unsold microcrystalline energy converters, waiting for demand to reach its peak before selling them.

As a result, the price of Apocalypse Dust will also experience a surge.

Li Zhi speculated that reaching 30 silver 0.1 units would not be difficult.

If, prior to this, news were released that the microcrystalline energy converters were sold out and could not be produced in the short term, the price of Tianqi Micro Dust would drop slightly.

If she makes an acquisition now, her total net worth could exceed 600 million gold coins.

On Earth, market manipulation is a crime.

However, the Tianqi Continent does not have a Securities Law.

After calculating his balance, Li Zhi opened the message panel and, as expected, saw the message from Duanfa.

Forging: [The microcrystalline energy converters in all major trading zones are sold out. Is this really useful?]

Li Zhi: [The performance-based agreement has been signed, don't worry, it will definitely be effective.]

Forge: [Did Celia teach you all this?]

Li Zhi: [Yes!]

Forging: [No wonder she's level 11! I never dreamed I could make this much money.]

Li Zhi: [It's because we're both too stubborn.]

Forging: [Try to learn more of these techniques from Celia, but don't let her find out. Teach me after you've learned them.]

Li Zhi: [Absolutely, we're like brothers!]

After closing the dialog box, Li Zhi clicked on Celia's avatar, but still received no reply.

Shen sent me quite a few messages.

Chen: [You introduced me for 5000 yuan as a referral fee?! You just wait!]

Shen: [Lord Lingqiu is helping you promote your exchange? What's your relationship with him?]

Chen: [Why didn't I receive an invitation to your exchange's opening?]

Chen: [Did Lord Lingqiu give you Lingqiu Leaves? Sell me some.]

Chen: [100 gold coins per piece]

Chen: [200 gold, that's all I can offer.]

Chen: [300 gold! I won't raise the price anymore!]

Chen: [So you're really trying to raise prices just because the beast tide is here, huh? I'll only give you 500 gold per piece at most!]

Sinking: [800]

Sinking: [1000]

Li Zhi sent over a palm-sized slice of Lingqiu leaf.

Shen replied instantly: [It's impossible for me to give you 1000 per piece when it's so small!]

Li Zhi: [I'm preparing to open an exchange to sell Lingqiu leaves; only customers who have completed a transaction at the exchange can purchase them.]

Chen: [How much is one piece?]

Li Zhi: [3 gold coins, limited to one purchase per person]

Chen: [What good is one piece? When the beast tide comes, everyone gets hurt. This piece is so small, it can only soothe the nerves or be applied to wounds to help them heal faster.]

Li Zhi: [This is just to let everyone know that I'm the only one in Dongqi who can buy Lingqiu Leaves, and also to let those who want to take action against the exchange know that Lingqiu is watching this place.]

Chen: [...Then sell me a few more pieces.]

Li Zhi directly teleported 5 pieces over.

Li Zhi: [No money required]

Chen: [...]

Li Zhi checked his friend messages and, after confirming there was nothing important, closed the chat panel and went to the waterfall to wash his hands.

Only then did he pull out the keyboard D card.

Click.

[May Heaven discern loyalty from treachery (one-time talent)] [1 unit of Apocalypse Dust] [Teleportation Portal Blueprint] [Mobile Territory Blueprint] [Li Zhi C-grade Origin Card]

Li Zhi suddenly sat up straight.

She bought them all without hesitation.

Five cards slowly fell into Li Zhi's palm. She took out a C-level Origin Card and then took out a C-level Origin Card and an Advanced Copy Card from her backpack.

After looking at them again and again, and thinking for a long time, I finally put the three cards back.

C3 and C2 are different.

在天启大陆，有可能模糊C1和C2，但绝对不会混淆C3和C2、C1。

The energy fluctuations are too different.

Most people still think she only has a C1 rating.

During this period, she was under the watchful eyes of everyone and had no time to search for the source card. Rashly upgrading to C3 would definitely arouse suspicion.

Moreover, the exchange is about to open, and she wants everyone's attention to be on the exchange, not on her level.

But with the arrival of the Origin Card, I can say that I've finally put my mind at ease.

Li Zhi hummed a song while checking the only one-time talent he had just obtained.

【Please Heaven Judge the Loyal and the Treacherous (One-Time Talent): Consumes 10 Spirit Points; When there is a question of right and wrong in a matter, you can shout "Please Heaven Judge the Loyal and the Treacherous" to activate this skill. Heaven will release lightning to strike the wrongdoer/liar, deducting 50 points of their health. This skill can be used on yourself or others (I think you would never use it on yourself)】

Li Zhi hesitated.

There is no such thing as right or wrong; there are only positions and moral standards.

But if that's the case, is this skill card based on the moral standards of Earth or the Apocalypse Continent?

It's very blurry.

Li Zhi pondered, "I absolutely cannot use this on myself."

But it has nothing to do with what Qi Yuan said in parentheses; it's just that she hasn't figured out which set of moral standards to use yet.

If it's confirmed that the moral standard of the survival of the fittest from the Apocalypse Continent is being used...

She wouldn't dare use it.

It's because she's still very weak.

Li Zhi still copied the card and placed it in the skill card slot.

I then looked at the two drawings in turn.

As the name suggests, a portal blueprint is a blueprint for a portal.

However, apart from the materials, the blueprints specifically state that only fixed territories can build teleportation portals, and the territory must be at least level 2.

For now, it can only be left to gather dust in the drawing box.

Li Zhi examined the mobile territory blueprints and discovered that they were actually targeted upgrade blueprints for aerial territories, which could be used directly on the airship.

After use, you can change the airship's attribute from vehicle to territory.

We don't need it for now.

Although she planned to expand her territory on the airship, she did not want others to enter her private domain in the short term.

Furthermore, based on the concept of the airship upgrade blueprints, the three mobile territory blueprints are very likely to be upgraded into advanced mobile territory blueprints.

It's more cost-effective to wait.

Li Zhi again plays the D card.

Click.

[Invisibility (One-Time Talent)] [Intermediate Copy Card] [Territory Survival System Blueprint] [Multi-Functional Watchtower Blueprint] [Eye of Truth (One-Time Talent)]

The Eye of Truth!

Her biggest regret was not making a copy of the card!

The situation was urgent at the time, and she only glanced at the usage instructions without checking the specific information. Today, she can finally take a closer look.

【Eye of Truth (One-Time Talent): Maximum usage time 10 minutes; maximum 10 uses; 6 points of Spirit Power/1 use; View a player's real name, nickname, talents, and identity, and display the viewed player's current most desired thing/achieved goal; View the real name, level, talents, and identity of the native inhabitants of the Apocalypse Continent, and display the viewed player's current most desired thing/achieved goal】

There are no levels?

The Eye of Truth is incredibly powerful. Li Zhi had always thought that he hadn't seen the level because he hadn't read all the information before, but now it seems that he still didn't have a level.

Is it because it lacks lethality?

Li Zhi was puzzled, but still used the intermediate copy card to copy an Eye of Truth.

Today's blessing came at the perfect time.

Without using "Luck," the other card attributes were average, but Li Zhi was already very satisfied to have obtained the Origin Card he wanted most and the Eye of Truth he had always desired.

But who wouldn't want to be more satisfied?

My luck with cards was actually pretty good today.

do not miss it.

Li Zhi used a lucky card without hesitation.

You have activated Luck (a one-time talent).

Click.

[500 sq m Territory Expansion Certificate] [Territory Linkage Turret Combination Blueprint (Grade B)] [S1 Service Robot] [Grade C Medical Kit] [You Can't Hit Me After Hitting This One (One-Time Talent)]

500 sq m territory expansion qualification certificate!

Only 30 gold!

She also has a 300-square-meter territory expansion certificate, which cost 10 gold when she bought it and she thought it was expensive. Now that the 500-square-meter certificate has increased to 30 gold, Li Zhi actually thinks it's very cheap.

They've definitely accumulated some wealth.

Li Zhi waved his hand and bought them all.

That's when I realized that these things weren't cheap.

The blueprint for a B-grade turret assembly is worth 1 gold.

This was the first time Li Zhi had ever obtained a blueprint with a grade, and it was so expensive that she immediately chose to view the details to see the value of that 1 gold.

[Territory Linkage Turret Combination Blueprint: Recommended for use with blueprints of 5000 square meters or smaller. Suitable for territories under 5 square meters. Covers all turret models, enabling comprehensive deployment and control. Can be used for concentrated strikes, large-scale bombing, signal marking, strong light blocking illumination, and jamming...]

【所需组件：1型炮台*12（详细组件）；2型炮台*24（详细组件）；3型炮台*72（详细组件）联动与传统系统*1（详细材料）；主机操纵台（详细材料）；弹药配置说明书；能源配置说明书；】

Li Zhi opened the detailed components of the Type 1 turret:

[Type 1 Turret Components: Base (detailed parts), Base plate (detailed parts), Bearing (detailed parts), Rotary bearing sleeve (detailed parts), Gun barrel (detailed parts)...]

Li Zhi patiently examined the detailed parts of each component, then made a list of them and recorded them.

While making these notes, I couldn't help but recall the days when I first arrived on the Tianqi Continent, purchasing materials to upgrade my flying boat, searching for components one by one on the list, and selecting raw materials in Black Iron Port.

It seems like a long time has passed, but in reality, it hasn't even been a month.

Fortunately, these materials should be available in the rebuilt Black Iron Harbor.

Li Zhi sent a list of materials to Celia.

This time, Celia replied instantly: [Are you going to prepare artillery emplacements for the territory?]

Li Zhi: [Yes, the beast tide is coming soon, let's make some preparations. Also, the leaderboard for the new races' lords is about to open, and military installations will also give you points.]

Celia: [This is at least a component of a B-grade blueprint. You're lucky. Besides the turret, you'd better try to buy a Territory Survival System blueprint, build a planting shed of at least 100 square meters, and prepare seeds and fertilizer. Also, don't blindly trust the defensive power of the territory barrier. The territory barrier can only block intelligent races, not wild beasts.]

Li Zhiyi was surprised.

This is absolutely the most important information before the beast tide arrives!

Li Zhi: [The barrier can't stop the beast tide?]

So, that night, when the giant Pallas's rabbit jumped down, it actually helped her get through a crisis without her even realizing it.

At the time, she subconsciously thought that it would be safe once all the customers entered the barrier, but she didn't expect that it was actually the arrival of the Pallas's cat that inadvertently averted a subsequent disaster.

Celia: [If territory barriers can stop the beast tide, why do the Feathered Spirits' barriers sell so well?]

Celia: [Both the dome barrier of the Feathered Spirit Clan's Feathered Spirit Avenue and our Forging Clan's aerial fortress defending Forging City are prepared for the beast tide. Moreover, during the beast tide, the barrier system must be maintained and reinforced every day. You'd better buy another territory defense system blueprint and a defense system upgrade blueprint.]

Celia: [I remember you bought a defensive barrier on Feathered Spirit Avenue, so you don't need the defense system blueprint anymore. But it's best to have a defense system upgrade blueprint on hand. However, the signs of the beast tide are becoming increasingly obvious, and defense system upgrade blueprints are in short supply. I don't have any either. You can try looking in your new race's trading market. If you can't buy them there either, you'll just have to stockpile weapons and prepare more energy.]

Li Zhi: [I have the blueprints for upgrading the defense system.]

She had originally planned to use this blueprint on her airship, but later she asked Master Sivir to modify it, using Master Sivir's defense system. Master Sivir also manually upgraded her defense system, so the blueprint was left unused in her spatial backpack.

Li Zhi retrieved the drawing from the storage compartment.

[Defense System Upgrade Blueprint: Upgrades an existing defense system, increasing its defense value by 20%]

I was right.

Li Zhi: [Teacher, do you know about the leaderboard for the new races? Does the reward difference between the rankings really matter?]

Celia: [Completely different.]

Celia: [The first Feather Spirit Emperor was ranked first on the Lord Ranking. The reward at the time was 10000 acres of territory and resources for new lords. The first Feather Spirit Emperor never revealed what those resources were, but she comprehended the heart of a strong person through those lord resources. The giant tree in Feather City was able to grow to maturity because of those 10000 acres of territory, and only after maturity could it continue to expand outwards.]

Celia: [But you should know that the lord ranking and the wealth ranking are only one day apart. Although the facilities and area of ​​your territory are also included in the wealth ranking, they will ultimately be discounted. I have estimated that your current wealth should be able to maintain your position at the top of the race's wealth ranking, but if you invest too much in building your territory, your assets will definitely be discounted.]

Celia: [I've recently come into contact with quite a few new races. You have a term called "the best of both worlds," but it's rare to find the best of both worlds in the world; you have to make trade-offs.]

Li Zhi looked at this text.

She knew in her heart that Celia had already made the choice for her.

As a newly formed race, she was unaware of the importance of the territory rankings, but Celia was very clear about it.

Celia only told her about it when she asked, hoping she would maintain her position at the top of the wealth list rather than placing her hopes on a less likely territory.

In fact, it's unrealistic for her to challenge the official rankings for first place in the territory leaderboard.

Is it really impossible to have both fish and bear's paw?