Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

The ocean was gradually replaced by continuous forests.

But what captivated Li Zhi's gaze was an aerial city suspended above the forest, composed of hundreds of white, jade-like floating islands.

And below the aerial city, there is a completely inverted phantom city, a replica of the aerial city, composed of the shadows of floating islands.

The two cities are each other's light and shadow sides, connected by a bridge of light and a magical vortex.

Among them were the Saints with pale golden skin and a faint pearlescent sheen, and the Darkkin with dark gray skin, whose skin seemed to blend into the shadows.

Celia's airship began its descent.

She said, "That's Holy Shadow City, but our destination isn't here; it's down below."

Only then did Li Zhi reluctantly shift his gaze to the forest below the city.

To my surprise, this forest was entirely composed of towering trees, with all buildings constructed atop their trunks and canopies, and wooden bridges connecting the trees.

The spaceship landed on the leaves of one of the giant trees.

Li Zhi disembarked with Celia.

Stepping on the green leaves, you feel a firm yet soft texture, similar to the feeling of a carpet on a marble floor.

To her astonishment, a huge airship flew past her and landed on an even taller tree.

Li Zhi looked up and saw that the leaves of the tree almost blocked out the sky.

As the airship stopped, someone got off. The leaves rustled, and through the gaps, Li Zhicai could see clearly that it was a giant who was over five meters tall.

Celia: "In the Green Market, different types of ships have different types of blades to dock. That's the Mountain Giants' private docking port."

Li Zhi nodded in response, his eyes glued to the screen.

A procession, completely encased in armor with only one eye visible at the front and one at the back, passed by.

"What race is that?"

Celia: "Those are puppets, made and manipulated by mages of the Holy and Darkblood lineages to maintain order in the Green Market."

This was the first time she had ever met a mage on the Tianqi Continent.

Li Zhi clicked his tongue in amazement, but Celia was unsurprised.

"Let's go, let's go down first."

Celia grabbed a vine and pulled it downwards.

Two green leaves overlapped at a ninety-degree angle, resembling a stool with an armchair, appearing behind Celia.

Celia sat down, and the vines climbed down to the side, binding her and Green Leaf together, before swooping down.

Li Zhi followed suit and also tugged at the vines.

The green leaves nudged her, and she found herself sitting on one of them without warning. The seatbelt had just been fastened when she was suddenly lifted into the air, and the next second, she was on the ground.

"These tree people definitely know you're a newbie; they love playing like this."

Li Zhi glanced back and smiled, "I think it's pretty fun too."

Celia: "It gets boring after a few times."

She led Li Zhi across a series of wooden bridges, and soon they arrived at a hollowed-out tree trunk.

"This is the information exchange. You can go and take a look for yourself. I have other things to do, so I'll contact you before I leave."

Li Zhi nodded, and seeing Celia disappear between the legs of different races, he lifted the curtain woven from flowers and entered.

The first thing that catches the eye is countless vines hanging down from the heart of the tree.

Wooden signs were attached to the bottom of these vines.

Li Zhi approached, picked up the wooden plaque, and a voice appeared:

"Provide information about the demons, direction: potions; location: treehouse on the 4th floor, room 127."

Pick up another wooden sign:

"Acquisition of the Feathered Spirit Clan, direction: Trade Conference; contact information: Fourth Rongrong Tree on Cyril Avenue."

This is where you post and announce acquisition news.

Li Zhi walked forward, bypassing the vines.

I saw several electronic machines.

A small tree-man saw Li Zhi and immediately stepped forward: "Hello, sir. Are you looking to buy or sell information?"

Li Zhi: "Buying information."

Little Tree Man: "Please provide the message content."

Li Zhi: "I want to know how to break the racial limit."

The little tree man clicked a few times on the machine, and all the results were texts and symbols that Li Zhi couldn't understand.

Input complete.

The little tree-man asked, "The information message costs 10 silver coins. Should I pay directly?"

Li Zhi: "I want to know more specific methods, besides becoming the strongest, on how to break through the upper limit."

The little tree man thought for a moment, then canceled the order and re-entered it.

"When purchasing special types of news, is it possible to narrow down the scope of traders?"

"Can I also choose the trader?"

"Of course," the little tree-man said. "Many people know this information, but what each person knows may be different. For example, the scholar profession may know the direction of scholars, or the direction of races, and the crystal core race may know the direction of the crystal core race."

"Is there anyone with more comprehensive knowledge, who understands all aspects, and can give me a more specific and comprehensive opinion?"

The little tree-man thought for a moment and said, "I've got it! There happens to be a Darkin on duty today. You can ask her; she knows a lot, but her information doesn't come cheap."

Li Zhi: "How much?"

Little Tree Man: "One message, 10 gold coins."

Isn't that the same price as Celia?

Li Zhi: "I'll take this Darkborn Lord."

"OK."

The little tree-man typed something in, and a leaf popped out of the machine's opening.

"You can just go directly to Leaf Tower, Floor 7, Room 112."

Li Zhi took the leaf and walked up the spiral staircase of the tree trunk.

Upon reaching the second floor, she discovered that it had been divided into hundreds of soundproof rooms made of leaves or treehouses.

This soundproof room has 77 floors in total.

Li Zhi went up to the seventh floor and quickly found Leaf Tower No. 112. He lifted the leaves and went inside, only to find it pitch black with the only light coming from the veins of the leaves.

"Please sit down."

A voice rang out in the darkness.

Upon closer inspection, Li Zhi noticed a person sitting not far away.

The person was completely blended into the shadows; if it weren't for the cold, metallic sheen of her skin, Li Zhi wouldn't have been able to spot her at all.

"A new race?" The Darkborn sat up straight, his tone revealing a hint of interest: "You found the Whispering Tree right after your novice period ended. You have great potential to become a Whisperer. Have you changed jobs? Would you be interested in working for me?"

Li Zhi: "I changed jobs."

"Oh..." Her interest vanished instantly. "What did you want to know again? Let me see... breaking the racial limits?"

The Darkborn sat up straight again, his voice even more agitated than before: "Why are you asking this question? Your new race has only been in the Apocalypse Continent for four days. Even if you know the racial limits, you shouldn't be looking for the answer to this question at this time, unless..."

"You have reached the maximum level for your race!"

The Darkin stood up abruptly, excitedly plucked a leaf, and wrote it down in front of Li Zhi:

"A powerful individual has emerged from the newly formed race, reaching the racial limit."

Darkin: "What's your profession?"

Li Zhi: "How much is this message worth?"

Darkborn: "If that's the case... you're definitely a businessman!"