Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Upon returning to the wilderness market, the first thing Li Zhi felt was the chill.

It was neither too hot nor too cold; I lifted a corner of my cloak slightly, and felt a very comfortable breeze.

She walked around the Roman columns and low walls and saw a few familiar animal skin tents and stalls, but there were fewer orcs coming and going than the day before.

The fox-girl is still selling salt in the same place.

Upon seeing Li Zhi, she immediately sat up straight, exchanged a few whispered words with the fox-clan beastmen behind her, and walked towards him.

"Sir, do you have any more anti-inflammatory medication?"

Her eyes were expectant, but the taut muscles and bristling hair beneath the animal skin revealed a sense of vigilance and readiness.

Li Zhi nodded casually: "There's more."

A glint of light flashed in the fox-girl's eyes, and the hand behind her back twitched. The fox-orcs inside the tent began to stir.

Li Zhi waved in another direction, his tone instantly becoming enthusiastic: "Sister Tu!"

Tu Ye had already spotted Li Zhi immediately.

Seeing that she was stopped by the fox clan, he even seemed somewhat gloating.

Who knew that she would turn around and drag her into the mess, saying something she couldn't refuse: "I brought anti-inflammatory medicine to deliver the goods ahead of schedule."

Tu crossed her arms: "Do you want me to come pick you up?"

Li Zhi brushed past the fox-girl and walked straight to Tu's side.

Before even opening the mouth, he pulled out two anti-inflammatory pills. "Here, eight days ahead of schedule, isn't that generous?"

Tu glanced around with a warning look, took the anti-inflammatory medicine, and said indifferently, "Wasn't it supposed to be ten days? Why are you here today?"

Li Zhi became wary: "You didn't bring enough money for the remaining payment, did you?"

Tu threw the money bag at Li Zhi with annoyance: "I'm not like you."

As Li Zhi carefully put away the money pouch, a dialog box popped up:

[Complete the store's first transaction, experience points +1]

Li Zhi was both surprised and delighted, and immediately opened the profession panel:

[Shop: Blacklisted Shop]

[Businessman: Li Zhi]

Shop Level: 0 (1/10)

[Shop Anchor Points: 1. Wilderness Market; 2. Black Iron Harbor;]

[Shop Status: Free Stall]

[Shop Equipment: Merchant's Cloak, Merchant's Backpack, Fair Scale]

Experience points have been gained!

But something's not right...

Wasn't her previous trade of anti-inflammatory drugs with the fox clan considered her first transaction?

Later in Black Iron Harbor, her and Celia's red ore even went through a transit station, so how can that not be considered the first transaction?

You'd better not stay here too long today.

Tu's voice interrupted Li Zhi's thoughts.

The question that immediately came out was: "Why?"

Tu scoffed, "I don't believe you didn't notice."

Li Zhi came to her senses; she had indeed noticed.

The atmosphere at the Wilderness Market today is much more tense than the day before. The day before yesterday, you could still see other races such as Treants, Rock Nesters, and Giants, but today there are almost only Orcs left.

Li Zhi's gaze swept over the menacing tiger-like beastmen lurking in the pickup truck not far away. "What happened?"

Tu: "The weather is getting colder."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi subconsciously glanced at the sky.

There are no wooden houses.

Looking down from the wooden house, you can see mountains and grasslands, which, given the terrain, are not much different from a wilderness market.

Is it possible that the log cabins and the wilderness market belong to the same area?

One is in the sky, and the other is on the ground.

Li Zhi pondered for a moment, then joked, "So these orcs chose to rob me to have a mild winter?"

Tu straightened up, his vertical pupils scanning Li Zhi: "I also want to rob you."

Li Zhi took a half step back: "I was just kidding!"

Tu: "I'm not joking."

Li Zhi: "I was worried about your wound and brought you anti-inflammatory medicine in advance."

Tu said earnestly, "That's why I didn't rob you."

"Thank you so much."

He put away the anti-inflammatory medicine and tidied up the fish and shrimp on the stall: "Go home early, I'm not going to be your bodyguard today."

Li Zhi probed, "Do you think I could possibly buy timber and fuel here?"

Tu: "The Tiger Clan is selling it; 10 copper coins for half a bundle of timber."

Even darker than her?

He's even better at fighting than her.

Li Zhi immediately abandoned the idea of ​​stockpiling fuel here.

"Tu, I have a question for you."

Tu turned the fish pieces over, without raising his head.

"Is it just here that's getting colder, or is the entire Tianqi Continent getting colder?"

Tu raised his head, his eyes filled with wonder, "Do you know how big the Apocalypse Continent is?"

Li Zhi honestly replied, "I don't know."

Tu: "Only the East 1st to 16th districts are affected by the cold wave from the North District. The areas after the East 17th district are quite warm, and the migrating orcs are all heading towards the 17th district."

Do you have a map?

From Zone 1 to Zone 16, Zone 15, where she is located, happens to fall within this range.

Does this mean that the initial region's number is very likely to correspond to the number of the Apocalypse Continent?

Realizing this, Li Zhi was extremely eager to obtain a map.

With the map, she could not only find out the current location of the airship in advance, but also use it as an auxiliary map for exploring the airspace.

Tu's tone was cold and hard: "No, get out of here."

Noticing her sudden change in attitude, and unsure if he had stepped on her coattails, Li Zhi didn't think much of it and simply said, "Would you like to buy some food from me?"

Tu turned his head to look at her, the scales on his cheeks reflecting a faint light: "What do you want me to do?"

Li Zhi grinned and said, "Come with me to the territory of the Rong and Rat tribes."

Since we're already here, even if we can't receive the goods in advance, we can at least check on the progress.

Tu: "You'd better not go to the rat tribe. They're at their most frenzied when they're hoarding food. If you run into them now, you won't be as lucky as last time."

Li Zhi: "Don't worry, I have my own way of doing it."

Tu packed up his stall and walked with Li Zhi into the depths of the wilderness.

"Do the Rong people live around here?"

As Li Zhi spoke, his hands were tucked into his cloak, and he craned his neck to look into the distance, as if he couldn't see Tu's raised and lowered hands.

Tu slowly lowered her sharp nails: "Over there, the Rong tribe has many caves, and they are timid. You need to find the tribe chief to find the person you are looking for."

The two searched in the grass for a while and finally found a hidden rabbit hole.

Li Zhi squatted down, raised his hand but couldn't find the door.

She coughed lightly. "How do you usually address their clan chief?"

Tu stood to one side with his arms crossed: "Except for the annual slave trade, no one will come to the Rong tribe chief."

Li Zhi was taken aback. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a head peeking out of a hole not far away, before quickly retreating back inside.

She immediately raised her voice: "Hello, I'm Li Zhi. We agreed to meet again in ten days to retrieve the Pure Flesh Grass. I'd like to ask the clan leader how the progress is?"

The wind rustled the grass.

There was no movement inside the cave.

Li Zhi thought for a moment and continued, "A cold wave is coming, and I may not be able to get here in nine days. I plan to take this part that's already finished first. It's okay if it's not finished."

There has still been no response.

Li Zhi looked at Tu.

Turn your face away; it's none of my business.

Li Zhi could only say, "Then let's talk about it in nine days. If the delivery is delayed due to force majeure, I will not make you pay any penalty."

After saying this, Li Zhi prepared to leave.

"grown ups."

Caramel Lop-eared Rabbit cautiously peeked out half its head, but when it saw Tu, it seemed startled and quickly scurried back inside.

Li Zhi: "You don't need to come out. Just talk to me like this, your Jingrongcao..."

"It's all done!"

Caramel Lop-eared Rabbit, carrying a basket, hurriedly jumped out and placed it at the entrance of the hole, then immediately shrank back inside.

Li Zhi exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"

The caramel-eared rabbit peeked out, its bright red eyes secretly glancing at Li Zhi, without saying a word.

Li Zhi took 50 copper coins directly from the wallet he had just given her, placed the remaining 100 copper coins in the purse in front of the lop-eared rabbit, and then put the basket back into his backpack.

"This is the final payment; the transaction is complete."

"grown ups!"

The lop-eared rabbit called out to Li Zhi, who was about to leave, and whispered while clutching its money bag, "W-do you need fuel?"