Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

The cloud boat may seem far away, but it's actually right on the shore.

As soon as Ying led Li Zhi onto the path, they were recognized:

"Are you Li Zhi, the powerful member of the newly emerged race?!"

The speaker had blue cheeks, blue fins on his ears, and a fish tail of the same blue hue that shone with a healthy glow in the sunlight.

His voice was loud yet clear, with a youthful excitability that made him very endearing.

Li Zhi grinned: "Hello, I am indeed Li Zhi."

"My name is Qing!"

Qing leaped onto the cloud ship, her bright eyes fixed on Li Zhi: "Our elders mentioned you to us! They said you're incredibly talented! They also said you'll definitely achieve even greater things in the future!"

Li Zhi asked in surprise, "Have all the elders mentioned me?"

"That's right!" Qing sat down directly next to Li Zhi. "Although I study in the Twin Moon Empire, every time we contact each other, the elders either mention Lady Clyasna or you! They say you might achieve the same things as Lady Clyasna in the future!"

She was outspoken, and when the cloud boat was full, she chattered on and on about the situation of the Lin tribe.

"The elders adore you! That's why they enjoy cooperating with the new races!"

"By the way! The new race's sea territory is not far from our city of Cleria! We helped them obtain many of the materials there! The underwater city was also built with the help of us Scaled Races!"

Li Zhi: "Really? Do you know exactly how large the sea territory of the new race is?"

"Huh? Lord Li Zhi, didn't you know? I remember the sea lord of the newly formed race is your sister! That's why the elders agreed to help build the underwater city!"

"Her sister???!!!"

The person who found it hardest to accept this was Ying.

She was initially quite idle, and out of boredom, she would lie on the clouds, scattering them and then gathering them back together, and occasionally hang upside down to play in the seawater.

Upon hearing this, Teng suddenly did an inverted sit-up, expressing disbelief and then looking at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's tone was casual: "That's what that sea lord said?"

Qing hesitated, "Yes... Our elders even used a magic circle to trace her relationship with you, confirming that you are sisters before agreeing. Could it be a lie?"

She was both shocked and furious.

Did this new race lie and deceive the Scaled Race in order to build an underwater city?!

Li Zhi shook his head: "She really is my sister, I'm not lying to you."

Qing Da breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good... If it were fake, the elders would definitely be very upset and angry."

Li Zhi understood the anger, but didn't quite understand the source of the sadness.

Even if they thought highly of her, she had never actually met any of the other Scaled Race members besides Tu. The Scaled Race elders had only heard rumors about her.

How does it qualify as "sad"?

Or is there a translation error?

Li Zhizheng was puzzled, but Qing had already quietly answered her question:

"You are Lord Tu's friend, and you helped our cubs and elders through the most difficult time. Although the elders all say that Lord Tu is no longer a Scaled Descendant, everyone actually likes Lord Tu and believes in Lord Tu's friends. If they find out that they have been deceived, the Sea Elders will be very sad. The elders who have always opposed Lord Tu entering the Scaled Descendant territory will expel Lord Tu again."

Li Zhi was taken aback.

When did she ever help the Scaled Cubs and Elders through their most difficult times?

The most she ever interacted with Tu was during those three days of the beginner period.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi suddenly remembered the grains and anti-inflammatory drugs that Tu had been trying to buy. Tu spent all his savings to buy two anti-inflammatory drugs, but he couldn't bear to use one of them when he was injured. Could it be that he gave them to the elders of the Scale Clan?

—And then in her name?

As Li Zhi was pondering this, the cloud boat had already brought them to the end of a pure white corridor.

Qing: "My lord! We've arrived! Are you going to see the portraits in the Star and Moon Gallery? I know where your portrait is! Would you like me to take you there?"

When Li Zhi came to his senses, he saw a single white figure appear in the pitch black.

It resembles a two-dimensional plane, consisting of only a thin sheet.

But when you step inside, it instantly transforms into three dimensions, the deep black of the universe fades away, leaving only a soft and translucent jade white.

The pristine white corridor extends outwards, with several portraits hanging on the white walls.

Through the walls, one can clearly see that the corridor is situated amidst a starry sky.

The light from the two moons overlapped and fell.

Li Zhi then realized that the corridor was not a physical entity, but rather an alternate dimension formed by the overlapping of two beams of moonlight.

"No need, you can go do your own thing. We'll tour it ourselves. Can I get your contact information? I want to ask you about Tu."

Qing was overjoyed: "Of course!"

After Qing left, Ying jumped off the boat: "How was it? Surprised?"

"I was also surprised when I first came here. No one knows how the Twin Moon Corridor came to be. It's like a fragment of an older world that is independent of the Apocalypse Continent. Legend has it that only those who possess the heart of a strong person can find the secrets and answers of the Twin Moon Corridor."

"But is Li Lingjun your sister? Why didn't you tell me when I mentioned her to you before?!"

"I even asked you if she was your enemy! And you want me to keep an eye on her news!"

Ying looked resentful.

Li Zhi's attention was completely drawn to the portrait inside, and he casually said, "She's my sister, but I have no contact with her. We're not enemies, but we're not friendly either. Why aren't you happy about giving me business?"

Ying asked, puzzled, "Isn't she your sister? Why haven't you been in contact?"

Li Zhi walked inside: "What's so strange about that? If the relationship isn't good, there's no contact."

Ying: "But aren't sisters the closest of relationships?"

Li Zhi: "Not all sisters of all races are like the Holy Blood and Dark Blood. Some become enemies. My relationship with her hasn't reached that point yet; we get along fairly well."

Ying was greatly shocked: "So, the sisters of this new race are actually so distant..."

Li Zhi could no longer hear what Ying was saying.

Starlight spread out at her feet.

The overlapping moonlight had separated at some point.

In the pure white corridor, Li Zhi stopped in front of a portrait.

In the Starry Sky Corridor, Li Zhi could see his predecessors from different eras with every step he took.

They were no longer portraits, but rather slightly transparent souls bathed in starlight.

Most of them had their eyes closed, as if they were fast asleep.

But some seemed to have noticed the commotion and turned to look this way.

Li Zhi walked step by step past these souls with their eyes closed, placing the prepared Apocalyptic Dust Necklace in front of them.

"What are you doing?"

A clear, ethereal voice rang out.

Li Zhi turned her head and saw a blue soul appear in front of her, its expression calm yet agile, with a hint of curiosity in its eyes.

"Senior Tenmu!"

Tianmu asked, puzzled, "You know me?"

Li Zhi: "I have been studying your mental power training method, but unfortunately my mental power is still too low. I haven't even practiced mental power separation very well."

Li Zhi took out a necklace and then a book: "By the way, this is the Apocalypse Dust Necklace, a little gift I recently developed, as a greeting gift for all of you seniors. This is the latest research paper on spiritual power from the Apocalypse Continent, a gift I specially brought for you."