Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi took a deep breath and sent a message to Celia, asking her to recall the people sent to deliver the invitations to Ming Chun.

Then he messaged Ying: [Are Congressman O'Lewisner and Sister Mingchun both at Saint Film City?]

Shadow: [Yes.]

Li Zhi: [Is Zero there?]

Shadow: [She's teaching Tree Man this afternoon. You don't want to ask them for money, do you?]

Li Zhi: [I'm not just going to ask those two for money; I'm also going to ask Senator Olivina's sister, the ruler of the Twin Moon Empire, for money, and I'll make an outrageous demand—I want the Twin Moon Empire to invest 20 million gold coins in me directly. Do you believe me?]

Shadow: [I believe you. I think you're going crazy over the wealth rankings.]

Li Zhi: [...Could you make an appointment with Sister Mingchun for me? I'll be there right away.]

Ying: [We even had a fight because of you! Asking me to ask her out is basically asking me to apologize first!]

Li Zhi: [After this is done, I'll tell you a secret that will be revolutionary for the Tianqi Continent.]

Shadow: [You still haven't told me your last secret. Okay, deal.]

Li Zhi immediately changed into a cloak and teleported to the Green Market.

She walked through the bustling market and arrived at the place where she had taken her class before. Sure enough, she saw rows of little tree people and Zero giving a lesson to them.

Ling glanced at Li Zhi, then continued without pausing, "...The failure and demise of the Lalexi tribe was not due to a special constitution, but because the Lalexi tribe, from beginning to end, refused to cooperate with other races because they possessed a great treasure, leading to their isolation and helplessness for a century..."

"Starting with Airaville, let's take examples from the past century of ratings, the most common methods used by various races, and the most significant changes on the Apocalypse Continent."

The little tree spirit that Li Zhi knew was secretly flirting with her when she was suddenly called out, and the tree branches trembled in fright.

Fortunately, she seemed to have learned something: "...resource competition!"

Zero glanced at Airavel, then at Li Zhi, before letting Airavel put its roots back into the soil.

"Next, Leilar."

"Technology is developing rapidly!"

"In their quest to become stronger, elites from all races are frantically searching for the origin..."

"Build military fortresses!"

"Sneak attack on the elite!"

"Prices are soaring, and scarce resources are being monopolized!"

"..."

Li Zhi listened with great interest. When class ended and the little tree children rushed out to play, she walked over with lingering enthusiasm and said, "I really want to be your student and take classes here with you."

Zero is organizing her teaching materials.

A miniature version of the Apocalypse Continent.

It includes topography, climate change at different dimensions, airflow characteristics at different altitudes, ethnic territories, and so on.

It's basically a miniature planet in the shape of an anatomy.

Li Zhi: "Can you sell me this teaching aid?"

The planet disappeared.

Li Zhi: "...Stingy."

With her hands behind her back and an air of smugness, she walked up to Zero and lowered her voice, saying, "I have a proposal that would be groundbreaking and progressive for the peace and unity of the entire Apocalypse Continent. Would you like to hear it?"

Zero: "If I say I don't want to, will you not say anything?"

Li Zhi: "No."

Zero: "Speak."

Li Zhi: "Establish a securities regulatory system."

If an exchange wants to publicly raise funds on the Tianqi Continent, what it needs first is not investors, but a regulatory mechanism that can be trusted by investors from various races who are wary of or even hostile to each other.

Qiyuan and the Parliament.

The former are the supervisors, judges, and enforcers of the Apocalyptic Law.

The latter was established by various races in order to compete and cooperate with the former. It was a multi-race integration power institution that was above the lords of each race and had certain judicial and law enforcement powers.

In this world, there is no institution more suitable as a regulatory body than Qiyuan and the Parliament.

Li Zhi wasn't worried that Ling wouldn't understand what she was saying.

With zero learning ability, she might already know more about Earth than Li Zhi does.

Zero: "You want to list your stock exchange."

Li Zhi: "As expected of Zero! So smart!"

Zero: "What is the breakthrough and progressive significance of this for peace and unity on the Apocalypse Continent?"

Li Zhi: "As you just said in class, as long as the century-long rating system exists, it will be impossible for different races to coexist peacefully. To be honest, even if the century-long rating system doesn't exist, it's still impossible for different races to coexist peacefully, since resources are limited, while intelligent races are greedy."

"However, I believe the biggest barrier between the various races is that the power evaluation system on the Apocalypse Continent is too simplistic. Technology and power are certainly important, but isn't the economy the foundation of both?"

"Strength is innate, which lower races cannot and are powerless to change, but technology and economy can be improved through hard work."

"My original intention in creating the exchange was to allow all races on the Tianqi Continent to enjoy the same technology equally, so that there would be no situation where primitive beastmen who eat raw meat and drink blood would fight against the Feathered Spirits who are armed to the teeth with mechs."

Zero said calmly, "Your original intention was simply to secure your own position, to give you influence and power, and to ensure that you would remain invincible in the century-long ranking, regardless of the fate of humanity."

Li Zhi looked up and met Ling's slightly mocking gaze.

"yes."

She tilted her head: "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Zero was slightly surprised.

Li Zhi: "In our Blue Star Xia Kingdom, there's a saying: 'When poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue; when prosperous, one should benefit all under heaven.' Is it wrong to want to live well before I have the power to save the world? Should I also fall into the abyss if the world falls?"

"Every intelligent life seeks nothing more than the clarity of thought."

"Becoming stronger is having a clear mind, and so is lying down; roaming the world is having a clear mind, and so is settling down in one place; being helpful is having a clear mind, and so is being selfish; being alone is having a clear mind, and so is integrating into a group; sacrificing for the greater good is having a clear mind, and so is simply living for oneself..."

"So-called clarity of mind is nothing more than getting over that psychological hurdle, so that you won't lose sleep over a certain choice for the rest of your life."

"There is no superior or inferior choice among these options, because ultimately, they are all about making oneself feel comfortable."

"My mission as an intelligent being is to live well, and I can only sleep soundly when I am invincible. I also pursue the enlightenment of a single thought, am I wrong?"

"In order to ensure their own invincibility, aren't the various races on the Tianqi Continent allowed by the Rulers to devour, scheme against, and slaughter other races?"

"I'm just a prisoner trapped within the rules, trying my best to live a decent life."

"As the product created by the rule-makers, you have witnessed the arrival or extinction of new species, and you have hundreds of millions of samples in your hands. You should understand that every intelligent life form has its own rules of conduct."

"Is it because among all the samples you've observed before, none have been as interesting as mine, defying your expectations and completely deviating from the results calculated by your supercomputer brain capable of calculating everything in the world?"

"I think it's because you projected your feelings onto me, which generated curiosity and emotions outside of your own sample."

"Now, I, this special sample, will undergo an epic experiment."

"I want to know whether economic improvement for individuals and races, and the public disclosure of technological inventions, can break the rigid system of evaluating power."

"Isn't the existence of dedicated career paths precisely to demonstrate the impact of differentiation on overall career development?"

"This won't conflict with your underlying code; on the contrary, it increases the diversity of your experiments."

"Moreover, only when the prisoners of the rules become the rule-makers."

"Only then will you see a truly complete sample."

Aren't you curious?