Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi: "It really is Kleiasna!"

Tu's expression was both serious and doubtful.

Li Zhi sighed, "Never mind, I can't explain it to you. Take a look at this."

She took out the mechanical fish tail that she had previously ordered from the Mechanical Race on the Trading Avenue.

"Wasn't your tail injured? This is a prosthetic limb created using the latest neural connection system of the Machine Race. It can not only be used on both land and water, but also provides a boost to mobility."

Looking at the heavy, azure-blue, fishtail-shaped prosthetic limb in her hand, which perfectly matched the scales on her body, Tu hesitated, "This is... for me?"

Li Zhi: "If I don't give it to you, who else should I give it to? Is there anyone else here who has grown a tail?"

Tu asked, puzzled, "Why are you so good to me?"

Li Zhi: "Is this considered good? It's just a prosthetic limb, only 68 gold. Oh, and here's the IOU."

Tu: "Not only that, you also saved me."

Li Zhi didn't take it seriously: "It was just a favor. If you had really been caught, I would have just pretended not to know you. But you were only one step away from escaping. It was just a small matter for me, so of course I had to save you."

Tu: "Why is it 'of course'?"

Li Zhi exclaimed in surprise, "Because you saved me too, have you forgotten?"

Tu: "...That bag of flour and one anti-inflammatory pill?"

Li Zhi: "Yeah, do you know how much the bounty is now? Flour and anti-inflammatory drugs have completely lowered my value. Besides, I had high hopes for you before. If you hadn't been made a scapegoat, you would have been my first choice for a shop assistant."

Tu put on his prosthetic leg, looked down at the fish tail that seemed to have never been broken, and said softly, "I won't let you down in the future either."

Li Zhi: "Try it and see if it suits you. If it doesn't, we can change it."

Tu swam a few steps, then jumped back into the stream, splashing water with its tail.

"It suits you very well."

"That's good."

Li Zhi glanced at the sky and pulled Tu to the monitor that was broadcasting live.

"Give them a heads-up and go deliver the message. The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back."

Tu's gaze swept over the small machine. "With whom?"

Li Zhi: "Senior Klesina."

Tu turned to look at Li Zhi, his lips slightly pursed, his voice a little tense: "Lord Kleiasna is the most respected monarch among the Scaled People. I cannot joke about her, and I hope you will not joke about her either."

For the first time, Li Zhi felt unable to explain himself: "I'm terribly wronged! I really wasn't joking!"

"Pfft—"

Li Zhi turned his head and saw Perth acting as if nothing had happened.

She had completely forgotten about it.

She had just finished shopping when Perth came over by himself, his eyes still red.

She did whatever Celia told her to do.

Celia asked Perth to come with her to the Unforgettable Dangerous Lands, to join the Unforgettable Dangerous Lands, and to become its subjects, and also told Perth to protect her.

Perth, as if receiving a royal decree, shouted, "Yes!"

Then it's like turning on one-click follow.

She followed Li Zhi wherever he went.

There weren't enough people to fill the construction platform with raw materials, so Li Zhi had to persuade her to stay and help out before she was finally freed.

Unexpectedly, they followed us again in the blink of an eye.

Perth's eyes were no longer red. Dressed in her imposing mecha suit, she hovered next to Li Zhi, gloating, "It's because you always lie that nobody believes you~"

Li Zhi looked at Bai Ge: "Am I always lying?"

Bai Ge was filled with righteous indignation: "No, absolutely not! Even an S-class race can't make such baseless accusations; this is utter slander!"

Perth's eyes widened.

Li Zhi looked at the greedy student who had passed: "Do you think I'm a liar?"

Without thinking, Tan Sheng said to Perth, "You misunderstood Sanwu. Sanwu never lies. She always keeps her promises. Moreover, she has to support so many people in the territory all by herself. She works very hard every day and you can't even see her. Since you are her friend, saying this just because you gave up racial discrimination will damage your friendship."

Perth's eyes widened with anger, turning red: "I'm not racist!"

Li Zhi: "Look, look! The eyes of the masses are always discerning! Only you with your red eyes would be envious of everyone."

Perth: "You—you give my hairdryer back!"

Li Zhi simply pulled out a Perth hairdryer from his backpack and tossed it to her.

"gold."

An inconspicuous button on the cloak turned automatically, and a golden mech jumped out.

Li Zhi jumped onto the mecha and manipulated its arms to change shape.

"See this? A hairdryer. I have one myself, made for me by Master Odin and Celia. Oh, and they added red ore. Did you add any to yours?"

Perth's mech cockpit door closed, and the hairdryer he'd just retrieved was pointed at Li Zhi: "I challenge you to a duel!"

Li Zhi jumped out of the cockpit: "Then I'll tell Celia."

Perth stood frozen in place, holding the hairdryer.

Li Zhi turned to Tu and said, "It's getting late, you should hurry back."

Tu: "Is it really Lord Kleiasna?"

Li Zhi: "...You're still thinking about this? Would you believe me if I said that?"

Tu: "I want to believe you, and you're right. There won't be any Scaled Clan or Scaled Descendants left out in the open who possess the core of the sea territory. All the cores of the sea territory have already been used. The only ones that can be traded are in the hands of the first lord, Lord Kleiasna."

Li Zhi: "You've finally figured it out!"

Tu: "...I'll go deliver the letter."

Li Zhi waved his hand.

After Tu left, Li Zhi inspected the area below for a while to make sure everything was going according to plan, and then prepared to return to the mountain.

Perth followed behind.

Bai Ge also caught up.

"Boss, there's something I need to report to you."

Li Zhi glanced at Perth: "You overheard all my secrets."

Perth: "I have no interest in hearing your secrets!"

Li Zhi: "Then stay away from me."

Perth scoffed, piloting the airship and speeding away a considerable distance.

Bai Ge chuckled: "You clearly trust her a lot, otherwise you wouldn't have brought her back. Why do you always tease her?"

Li Zhi: "She's trustworthy. She can't keep a secret. Whatever she hears from me, she turns around and tells the Forging Clan a whole bunch of things, and she confesses everything."

Bai Ge nodded and got down to business: "From yesterday to today, several leaders asked me to pass on messages, inquiring about the inside story of the price drop of Tianqi Micro Dust and the timing of the acquisition. I declined on your behalf."

Li Zhi looked at Bai Ge: "The wealth rankings are about to be revealed. Don't you want the officials to win?"

Bai Ge: "If you want to hear the truth, it's that I want you to win."

Li Zhi: "Why?"

Bai Ge: "The reward for being number one on the race ranking list is limited, but if this number one spot falls into the hands of any one person in the organization, it will lead to unfair distribution and suspicion. Rather than that, it would be better to release this number one spot."

Li Zhi: "What about the territories? Won't having all the territories in the hands of three people lead to unfair distribution and suspicion? The second batch of humans will be deployed soon, and when the real leaders arrive, will those territories change hands again? Moreover, the reward for being number one on the racial territory ranking can only be given to one person. Who will get this reward?"

Bai Ge smiled wryly: "This issue has been analyzed and discussed internally many times, and a preliminary plan has been drawn up. How it will be implemented in the end is not something I, at my level, can dictate."

She looked at the bustling construction site: "I just hope that humanity can become stronger and that humanity's future can be more promising."