Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Chaos is not the only option for people.

Soon, the guards of Black Iron Harbor, along with merchants and customers with relatively high combat skills, began to resist.

Li Zhi saw Celia among them.

She led the merchants of the Forging Clan at the forefront, and the cannon that had been used to threaten her was now aimed at the octopus's tentacles. The extreme heat instantly melted one of the octopus's tentacles, causing it to scream shrilly and go berserk.

The tentacles began to squeeze into the auction hall.

This forced Celia and the others who were retaliating to retreat.

The space was getting smaller and smaller, and Li Zhi was being pushed and shoved by the crowd.

She witnessed firsthand how the superior races pushed the inferior races to the ground, trampled on them, and used them as stepping stones to avoid the octopus's tentacles.

In a moment of panic, some people use others as shields, or rely on their size and strength to throw weaker people around them to attract attention.

The stench of blood grew stronger, mingling with the sour, putrid odor of vomit, creating a catalyst that further fueled the crowd's agitation.

The five-meter-tall giant went berserk, rushing forward to grab the octopus's tentacles and bite at its suckers, but was corroded by the liquid in the suckers and screamed in agony.

The tentacles lifted the giant and threw it back into the auction hall.

A tremendous thud followed by the sound of bones shattering.

It's not the skeleton of a giant.

Instead, they were an unknown race that was crushed to death by giants.

Li Zhi's view was blocked, so he couldn't see the tragic scene on the other side.

But she could imagine it and felt a chill run down her spine.

She suppressed the churning stomach acid, trying to maintain her balance while searching for a higher point to climb.

The auction table is no good; it's too narrow and unstable. If you fall in such a dense crowd, you're doomed.

Crystal pillars are also not an option; they're too smooth and offer no handholds. You might get pushed over before you even get to the top.

However, in order to allow more auctions to take place simultaneously, the auction hall omitted unnecessary decorations and furnishings, making the entire auction hall look more spacious, and leaving no room for climbing.

The only possible place to hide—

Li Zhi looked at the assessment rooms that had been occupied long ago.

The assessment room is located at the very center of the octagonal hall, forming a proportionally scaled-down octagonal space.

Although it is said to be a scaled-down version, its floor height is at least ten meters to facilitate the entry and exit of guests of all ethnicities.

There is a separate door on each side, making a total of eight assessment rooms.

This was the safest place, and also the first place to be occupied.

However, very few people would ask the people in the assessment room to open the door and let them in, because most of the people inside were of higher races, and there were even nobles of higher races.

Li Zhi saw the merchant who had previously auctioned off the Feather Spirit Clan's origins inside.

She sat in the assessment room closest to Li Zhi. Through the irregularly shaped crystal door with its cut and carved surface, Li Zhi couldn't see her exact appearance. He could only tell from her calm and composed posture that she didn't care at all about what was happening outside.

Celia once said that she had been ranked on the combat power rankings of the Apocalypse Continent.

Li Zhi didn't know if Shen's intervention would make things much easier for the team fighting the sea monsters, or even lead to an overwhelming victory, because she didn't have a clear understanding of the combat strength of the various races on the Tianqi Continent at the moment.

But she could tell from Shen's composed demeanor that neither staying nor leaving would pose any threat to her.

The sea monsters outside couldn't affect her, and the people killed by them had nothing to do with her.

Her absolute strength gives her the right to choose at any time.

Li Zhi withdrew his gaze and secretly gathered his strength.

Just as the crowd pushed her toward the crystal door of the assessment room, she leaped and stepped onto an irregular recess in the door, while simultaneously gripping another protruding, irregular crystal.

Following the pre-planned climbing route, Li Zhi put all his strength into his fingers gripping the crystal, and with a powerful swing, threw himself to a higher grab point.

Behind me were screams, gunpowder smoke, and the smell of blood.

Every tremor of the ground signifies a fierce battle of weapons and the fury of sea monsters.

Li Zhi disregarded everything behind him, including the dangers approaching from behind, and focused all his attention on every muscle in his body.

From one landing point to another.

Every climb relies on the ultimate adrenaline rush.

Sweat, missing a grip, slipping...

Any mistake could send her tumbling off the "crystal climbing wall".

Soon, it reached the last landing point.

There was only one protruding, cone-shaped crystal, less than three centimeters long.

If the angle is slightly off, the palm will be pierced.

Li Zhi adjusted his breathing, fixed his gaze on the crystal, and unleashed the power of every muscle, leaping upwards.

"hiss--"

She gripped the sharp edge of the crystal tightly, blood dripping from her palm onto her eyelashes, stinging her eyes and blurring her vision. She gritted her teeth, using her other eye to aim at the target, ignoring the sharp pain in her raised nails and palm, and forcefully flipped it upwards.

Finally, I lay down on the crystal dome of the octagonal assessment room.

Li Zhi was panting heavily.

All the muscles in my body were aching and trembling.

Waves of pain shot through my palms and fingers.

Only at this moment did Li Zhicai truly appreciate the improvement in all aspects of his physical abilities after advancing to D2.

Without the upgrade, her amateur climbing skills would never have been able to get her up there.

Li Zhi did not rest.

While peering over the roof above the assessment room to observe the situation below and outside, he took out gauze and water from his backpack to rinse and bandage the wound, and also took an anti-inflammatory pill.

From this vantage point, Li Zhicai was able to get a clear view of the situation outside.

The giant octopus was still guarding the entrance, with most of its dozens of tentacles already lost. However, the reason why everyone was trapped in the auction hall was not just because of the octopus, but because of the strange sea monsters that kept surging up from outside.

The merchants and customers who were carrying weapons were running out of ammunition and energy after a long battle, and they were beginning to show signs of fighting and retreating.

Li Zhi's expression was solemn.

If this continues, those who are unable to break out will eventually be trapped and die here.

Can I ask you a question?

A voice suddenly rang out.

Li Zhi's muscles tensed up again. He quickly got up, saw the source of the voice, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "It's you?" What's the problem?

Riley piloted the small aircraft to Li Zhi's side and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me where you got Master Odin's dagger?"

Li Zhi looked at the waves of sea monsters surging in: "In exchange, answer me first: why are you dragging your feet and not taking action when you could clearly kill the sea monsters?"