Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Riley looked bewildered and doubtful. "Who said we could kill them?"

Li Zhi: "The parts section is full of forging merchants, and you probably have people in the semi-finished and finished product sections too. With so many weapons, surely you can kill the sea monsters?"

Riley: "The parts area, semi-finished product area, and finished product area have all been occupied by sea monsters. We cannot replenish our weapons and energy. Moreover, this octopus is a sea monster from the Deep Sea Trial Area, and it is also the oldest species on the Apocalypse Continent besides the Apocalypse Clan. No race below SS level can easily kill them."

Li Zhi quickly processed this information and then asked, "Why do the sea monsters in the deep-sea trial area come ashore?"

Riley lay down next to Li Zhi, then rolled over and lay there, pointing at the sea monster's enormous mouth above: "Can you see its eyes?"

Li Zhi looked in the direction she was pointing, but could see nothing but dazzlingly disgusting mucous membranes and that enormous mouth that resembled an abyss.

"no."

Riley: "The red inside those blue circles is its eye."

Li Zhi got goosebumps all over his body.

Those interwoven blue and red colors were actually the eyes of an octopus?

How many eyes does it need?

No wonder the SAN is dropping so low.

Riley: "Their eyes were supposed to be yellow; the red is from the berserk drug. They were deliberately lured ashore."

Li Zhi instantly became alert: "You mean this attack was deliberate?"

Riley casually swung his leg: "Everyone stayed, just wanting to know what the person behind it all is up to."

Now, all of Li Zhi's doubts were resolved.

Why did the Forging Clan resist but not kill the sea monsters?

Why do these superior races choose to stay when they could have escaped?

Why do some people appear so relaxed and at ease during a crisis, as if they are watching an IMAX blockbuster?

I see……

Li Zhi's heart, which should have been at ease because the situation was under the control of a small group of people, instead clenched even tighter.

Before she knew the truth, she felt this place was like a living hell; after she knew the truth, she felt this world was a meat grinder.

Lower-ranking races and weaker individuals will all become part of the minced meat.

If you don't want to be slaughtered, you have to climb to the top.

Riley then heard Li Zhi suddenly ask, "What level is the Apocalypse Clan?"

Li Zhi heard Riley's earnest and hopeful reply: "SSS".

Three S's...

It turns out that humans are indeed the soles of all races.

Li Zhi's gaze swept over the various powerful warriors fighting the sea beasts, then over the incomplete corpses of different races below, all stained with vomit and blood, before finally landing on the serene assessment room directly below, enveloped in crystal.

Her irises reflected all the colors refracted and reflected by transparent crystal, yet deep within her eyes shimmered a dim light.

SSS.

If she has enough money and can use her cards an unlimited number of times, could she one day reach SSS rank?

"Your Highness Riley."

The rough, hoarse voice brought Li Zhi back to reality.

She turned her head and saw that Celia and the other forging merchants were all sitting on the aircraft, circling the roof of the evaluation room.

Riley: "What's wrong?"

Celia: "Those sea monsters seem to be trying to destroy the auction house and trap us all inside. We have to retreat now."

As she spoke, the door to the assessment room below opened.

Shen and another Scaled Clan merchant hurriedly retreated in another direction.

Riley jumped onto the aircraft, preparing to leave, when he saw Li Zhi standing to the side.

"Come with us."

Li Zhi was already thinking about where to climb down, but upon hearing Riley's words, he replied without hesitation, "Thank you so much!"

Celia glared at her, but still adjusted the size of the aircraft, stretching out a new seat, and opened the hatch: "Come on board."

Li Zhiyi quickly sat down inside.

Although I had to curl up my arms and legs, at least I was able to sit still.

The moment Celia closed the hatch, the aircraft shot off.

The blue octopus's tentacles occupied most of the auction house's space, and Celia could only move through the gaps between the tentacles. Li Zhi soon saw Hen holding a particle knife and severing one of the octopus's tentacles.

Just then, Shen turned around and met Li Zhi's gaze from inside the aircraft.

She cleaved another small sea monster in two with a single stroke, then casually turned her gaze away.

Li Zhi frowned.

For some reason, she felt that Shen's glance just now seemed to be intentional.

Celia witnessed this too: "When you were lying on top of the dark assessment room, did you ever consider that she might kill you because of it?"

Li Zhi's heart skipped a beat: "Why?"

Celia glanced at her: "Did you know that Shen once had a subordinate he trusted and cherished?"

Li Zhi shook his head, waiting for Celia to continue.

Celia: "That subordinate was very talented. Her ability to rank on the combat power list back then was also related to that subordinate. But one day, she discovered that that subordinate was not a pure-blooded Scale Clan member. He was just a low-level Scale Clan member who had gained the power of a pure-blooded member through modification."

Li Zhi: "And then?"

Celia: "Then, Shen personally injected that inferior scaly race with a drug that would cause genetic collapse, banishing the scaly race and leaving it to fend for itself."

As she spoke, Celia's aircraft accelerated to its maximum speed, passed through the gap between the blue octopus's two tentacles, and rushed out of the auction house.

Li Zhi only felt a flash before his eyes, and he was already out.

"Press that red button."

As Celia's voice rang out, the aircraft began its rapid descent.

Li Zhi had observed the aircraft, especially the structure of the seat, when he sat down. He quickly found the red button and pressed it directly.

Celia: "I thought you'd hesitate for a moment, but it seems you're destined to live today."

Before Li Zhi could ask Celia what she meant, a tremendous impact struck, and her vision went black as she fainted.

When she woke up again, she found herself in an oval pod, and there was a knocking sound outside.

"Press the blue button, or you'll have to go down the mountain yourself."

Li Zhi fumbled and opened the hatch.

Celia, Riley, and the others have already come out of the protective pod.

"You're too weak—" Celia put on her goggles, her sarcasm trailing off only halfway through before her tone shifted abruptly: "We have to get out of here right now!"

Li Zhi looked around, but couldn't see anything.

A merchant from the Smelting Clan said, "But the aircraft has crashed, and the weapons are running out of power. We simply cannot fight these sea monsters."

Celia: "Then you can just wait to be eaten alive by these bugs, leaving not even bones behind!"

She shielded Riley behind her and retreated rapidly.

When the rustling sound came, Li Zhi still couldn't see anything.

But this only made her more terrified.

Li Zhi: "Stay closer to me!"

Celia gritted her teeth: "Who cares about you right now!"

Despite saying that, Riley grabbed Li Zhi's cloak, forcing her to move closer to Li Zhi as well.

The disposable protective shield was activated.

A hazy oval halo enveloped a three-meter radius around Li Zhi.

She turned to Celia: "It seems you're destined to live today."