Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

"Yes, disposable props."

This was an excuse that Li Zhi had already come up with.

As early as when he realized he could synthesize Apocalypse Shards, Li Zhi had considered acquiring Apocalypse Micro Dust.

After learning about the existence of the microcrystalline energy converter, they were even more eager to stockpile large quantities of Apocalypse Dust.

The largest amount she could hoard at that time was when she bought it from humans who had extra Apocalypse Dust after the novice period ended.

It is time-consuming and laborious, and the quantity is limited.

The release of the rankings today brought an unexpected surprise.

—The top three on the list can be designated as the safe zone.

What does a safe zone mean?

This means she can designate a location to fish for cloud minerals!

Moreover, she could easily cooperate with the authorities, or even negotiate terms, to hire/shelter a group of humans who are unable to live alone and are afraid to explore this crisis-ridden world, to collect Apocalypse Dust for her.

She believed that the authorities, who were currently overwhelmed with problems, would absolutely not refuse her cooperation, and were even more likely to take the initiative to seek her out for cooperation.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Zhi did not hide his nickname.

However, this will inevitably reveal the size of her constituency.

Now that the 9999 districts of Dongqi have been merged, the officials have probably been in contact with each other and must know that the safe zone for the top-ranked race is one acre.

One mu (approximately 0.16 acres) is about 666 square meters.

After deducting 10% of the area from her constituency, she had nearly 600 square meters left. She used 300 square meters to establish a safe zone for fishing in cloud mining, the same area allocated to the top-ranked area.

It will not arouse suspicion.

The flying boat is a moving coordinate, so the chances of it encountering people are not high. Humans are not isolated by the safe zone barrier, so it is difficult for them to detect the abnormality of her flying boat.

If an accident like today were to happen, she could explain it away with the protective shield.

—There are indeed items similar to protective shields in this world. Even if she can't get a protective shield in the future, she can buy one.

For at least a month, she will have no worries.

Even if the rankings change a month later, Li Zhi has already come up with a solution: cancel the Flying Boat safe zone and replace it with a cloud mining fishing location, since the two are roughly the same size anyway.

Of course, the best approach is to maintain our position at the top of the racial wealth rankings and not let it drop.

Li Zhi knew that his first-place finish this time was somewhat due to luck.

Having only been in the game for three days, the game is divided into different servers, and no one knows about the existence of the three major leaderboards.

Officials cannot communicate with each other, so to be on the safe side, they naturally wouldn't put all their money in one person's hands, lest they lose everything.

But now that people know the importance of the rankings, not only will the official authorities definitely change their asset allocation, but teams have also started to form among the general public.

The ranking competition a month from now will definitely be fierce.

Li Zhi wasn't too worried about maintaining his position as number one on the regional rankings, but the racial rankings...

She is not blindly confident in herself, but she also doesn't think she has no hope.

So much can happen in a month.

She has already experienced more excitement in the past three days than in three years on Earth. Who knows what other exciting things or adventures might happen in the next month?

She is not blindly confident, so she plans her escape route in advance.

But his ambition never waned, so he always asked himself, why couldn't it be her?

The wealth rankings may change, but Li Zhi's goal is:

—Always ranked number one.

Li Zhi picked up a few tiny, transparent pebbles next to the corpse.

Hao Shi noticed a hint of surprise: "Apocalyptic Dust?"

Li Zhi nodded and counted the number of beads in his palm: "Nine."

Teacher Hao frowned: "There are already 9, so the last one should have been within reach. How could it just fall down like that? And it even used a parachute."

Li Zhi didn't know the reason either.

She gave three to Teacher Hao.

"Everyone who sees it gets a share."

Teacher Hao: "I didn't see it at all. If you found it, it's yours. I wouldn't have seen it if you hadn't come."

Li Zhi placed the three pills into her palm: "There must be more here. Don't go more than 100 meters away from my flying boat. Look for them. If you find them, I'll get 70%, and the three of you will get the remaining 30%."

So many bodies have been found, and they've spread into the woods.

She was picking them up by herself, not knowing how long it would take.

Distributing 30% will save time and effort, and when Apocalypse Dust prices rise significantly in the future, it will also increase favorability.

Teacher Hao: "...What's the use of picking this up?"

That's what they said, but the person had already gone to the other body and started searching.

Those who were greedy for survival and those who were lucky also came down.

GreedyPass asked the same question: "Isn't Apocalypse Dust useless? The spaceship doesn't need Apocalypse Dust as fuel anymore, so why are you collecting it?"

The Lucky One: "Your hand is still wrapped in gauze. Why don't we pick it up? You're sitting there. Your protective shield saved Shishi's life, so it's only right that we help you pick it up."

After searching through all the corpses and bloodstains in the 100-meter area, Li Zhi and his three companions collected a total of 109 Apocalypse Dust particles.

Greedy Pass held it in his hands: "These little things together look like crushed diamonds, quite pretty."

Li Zhi: "If I told you that these things would soon become incredibly valuable, would you believe me?"

European Emperor: "I believe you."

Her reply was so quick and confident that Li Zhi was somewhat bewildered.

"You trust me that much?"

The "Emperor of Luck" raised his chin, crossed his arms, and smirked: "I believe in myself. Guess why I'm called the 'Emperor of Luck'?"

Li Zhi suddenly remembered that he had escaped death for an afternoon, but he hadn't earned as much as she had from opening a box.

Li Zhi: "I don't want to guess. Also, your perm has faded."

The European Emperor's smile froze.

Tan Sheng and Hao Shi burst into laughter, one clutching his stomach and the other supporting himself on the flying boat.

In stark contrast to the joyful atmosphere on the airship, outside the safe zone, hyena orcs lurked menacingly.

They bared their fangs, gnawing on human remains and entrails, their green eyes fixed on them as if they were about to pounce and bite them at any moment.

Greedy Pass caught a glimpse of the corpses out of the corner of his eye, immediately averted his gaze, and grabbed the climbing ladder: "We've seen these corpses, let's hurry up and get up there."

The lucky guy pressed down on the "pass" button, saying, "What are you afraid of? This is a good opportunity for you to practice your courage. You're too timid."

The cowardly passerby refused to turn back: "Building courage should be done gradually! If I look at it again, I won't eat anything today!"

Teacher Hao suggested, "It's no use if she doesn't turn around like this. Let's lift her up and put her directly in front of us so she can see."

"Teacher Hao, you're a devil!"

"Help! Help me, I don't care!"

Greedy Pass was lifted up by Lu Huang and Master Hao, one by the shoulder and the other by the leg, and carried directly to the edge of the barrier.

This setup clearly indicates that they intend to give the cowardly student a chance to practice their courage.

"Save me, Sanwu! Ahhh, Sanwu, save me! You said we were best friends!"

Li Zhi was so distressed by what he saw that he quickly chased after them.

"etc!"

Master Hao and Emperor Ou stopped in their tracks.

With tears welling in her eyes, Tan Sheng said, "I knew you were the best to me..."

Li Zhi grabbed her outstretched hand and pried the 109 Apocalypse Micro Dust particles out of her palm.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness they're all still here."