Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 105 The Cowardly Fengshan and Two Salted Fish

"Ha...Achoo!"

Fengshan rubbed his nose, wiped away the snot from his sneeze, opened his sleepy eyes, and pushed away the long-haired white cat that was lying on his chest with its butt facing his face.

"Ahh~~"

Sitting up and letting out a long yawn, Fengshan muttered to himself, "What's wrong with this cat? My old cat did the same thing, it always liked to turn its back to people's faces..."

I rubbed my temples and patted my face, trying to clear my head.

"We still have a lot to explore today, let's hurry up...wait? Why do I have so many private messages?"

When I opened the private chat interface, more than twenty strangers I had never met before were sending me messages, all of them repeating the same sentence: Are you awake yet?

Within seconds, the number of people messaging him privately increased, which puzzled Fengshan even more.

"Didn't I already grant access to strangers?"

A quick glance at the system notification—wow!
"Are these people crazy? I put one iron ingot for two ingots in the trading hall, and they actually bought it from me?"

What the hell is this?
Are there too many fools and not enough scammers?
Why did you come here to stage an accident for yourself?

"They're crazy. They can't blame me for buying the wrong thing. I'm not going to return it anyway," Feng Shan muttered, casually adding these people to his blacklist without paying any attention.

The number of iron ingots sold was not large; they were leftover materials from his transaction with Roemon yesterday. He placed them in the trading hall to keep track of the quantities and prevent himself from getting them mixed up.

He had originally planned to find an opportunity to annoy Li Zheng later, but his money was all bought up today.

"Strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual." Feng Shan got up from the ground, brushed off the white fur that had gotten on his body, stretched, and prepared to leave.

Just then, the system interface in front of him began to flood with notifications and mentions.

"I... Damn it! Not again?" Feng Shan's eyes widened. He now had a bit of PTSD from all the spam messages. His heart would tremble whenever he saw them.

"It's not over yet, is it?!"

Feng Shan angrily opened the regional channel, ready to send a message to curse, only to find that the people who tagged him were lined up and sending the exact same message.

"@Fengshan, you're a pro! This newbie is desperately begging for a pocket watch!"

"..."

All the messages were from people wanting to buy pocket watches. Fengshan didn't rush to reply. After observing the screen for a while, he figured out what was going on.

"That Li guy, I only took one nap and he's already retaliating!" Feng Shan said angrily, gritting his teeth.

[Your trade will be designated in the trading hall.]

[There are... in the trading hall]

……

After receiving three notifications for designated transactions, Feng Shan opened the trading hall and immediately saw the items sent by Yan Guang.

【Bullwhip】

[Niu Bao] x2
Seller's message: Shanbao, this was specially saved for you, to help you recover.

Now Fengshan is completely stuck in Bengbu, and he starts cursing as soon as he opens the regional chat.

Fengshan: "@Yanguang, are you out of your mind? Who the hell needs to eat that stuff? Send it back to where you got it! I don't want it!"

Yan Guang's reply was mixed in with a bunch of purchase requests: "I can't send it back. Li Zheng gave this away for free. I specially asked him for a set to help you recover. Don't be ungrateful for getting a good deal!"

"Damn it! It's Li Zheng again!"

When Fengshan saw this name, he felt like biting someone.

He opened private chat, unblocked Li Zheng from his blacklist, and sent a message: "Are you out of your mind?"

……

After Li Zheng finished drawing the prize, the scenery before his eyes changed, and he reappeared in the grassland room.

Before I could even see the scene before me clearly, Fengshan sent me a private message.

"Hey, this kid actually woke up. He just barely made it before the Flame Flower!" Li Zheng opened his private chat and almost questioned his existence after reading it.

What did I do to offend him this time?
its not right!
I haven't even brought up the time you were bothering me with all the messages this morning, and you still have the nerve to curse at me?
Seriously... you're giving me too much credit?
Li Zheng: "If you're sick, go to the doctor. Xiao Siyuan is a doctor. I suggest he perform a craniotomy on you to clean up your brain."

I snapped back immediately; I was just looking for a way to vent my anger!
Li Zheng held a dried salted fish in his hand, and was furious.

You're supposed to be a lucky person, so why is it that the luck you get from others is so badly skewed?
[Pasmiao's Salted Fish, Gold Level, Weapons/Firearms]
Description: It looks like a salted fish, but it is actually a firearm that is perfectly disguised.

Modified by Pasmiao himself, it's very salty, very hard, and very sturdy.

Pasmin, along with Icarus, is considered one of the two most unique figures in the assassin world.

Its greatest strength lies in its ability to disguise itself, infiltrate, and shoot enemies at close range.

It also has a younger brother, Spam. This salted fish once contributed to Spam's legendary exploits.

Old Pu's Review: What kind of bad intentions could a kitten possibly have?
It just likes dried fish.

“Gold-grade broken salted fish…” Li Zheng paused, and another salted fish appeared in his hand. The previous one was a silver carp, but this time it was seafood—a ribbonfish.

"They even sent two at once!"

Spam's Ribbonfish, Gold Grade, Weapon/Firearm
Description: Spam really admires its older brother. After studying its brother Spam's salted fish gun, it modified it into this ribbon gun for sniping.

Old Pu's Review: Kittens can be a little mischievous sometimes.

Using a sniper rifle with a silencer is just plain stupid!

Fengshan: "Pah! You shameless old thief, giving a set of bullwhips to a female player and still barking like a madman here. I have never seen such a shameless person!"

"Soga!"

Li Zheng then realized that Feng Shan had been frightened by Yan Guang.

But what does this have to do with me?

I'm just giving away a few things that might be useful to others, so that such good things won't go to waste. Am I wrong for being thrifty?

On the contrary, you surnamed Feng, not only did you disgust people by posting targeted trading information early in the morning, but now you dare to take your anger out on me.

Ah!
Innocent!

too naive!

Li Zheng sneered as he tossed the capsule dwelling out, went inside to take a picture of the soon-to-mature Flame Flower, added text, and sent it out.

"You don't want the [Flame Flower] anymore?"

A moment later, Fengshan sent a new message: "Brother, I was just trying to amuse you because I was worried you'd be bored! Please be magnanimous and just ignore me, okay?"

"hehe."

Li Zheng only sent these two short words, which terrified Feng Shan. Fearing that Li Zheng would block him right now, he quickly begged for forgiveness: "Brother, dear brother, I really know I was wrong!"

As usual, Fengshan was quick to back down, immediately starting to acknowledge his brother as if he wasn't the one who had been arrogantly cursing just moments before.

What is this called?
This is called being brave enough to admit defeat, but never repenting, and daring to do it again next time!
In fact, Li Zheng probably guessed why Fengshan had disgusted him so early in the morning.

He must have been lazy yesterday and directly had someone else trade him the materials. The notifications kept coming, which drove him crazy.

But you can't blame me for this.

There are too many materials in that batch, it would be too much trouble to just pass them on to me.

Wouldn't it be more convenient to trade directly with Fengshan?

"But fundamentally speaking, whether it's the plan to make pocket watches or these two salted fish today, the ultimate beneficiary is myself..." Li Zheng felt quite guilty thinking about it.

Fengshan received such a large quantity of materials but didn't embezzle them; instead, he diligently stayed up all night to produce the product.

Isn't it just taking revenge on myself in the morning to vent my anger?
It's nothing serious, so what's the harm in letting them have some relief?
After thinking it over, Li Zheng decided to help Fengshan out, as a way of repaying the favor of making the pocket watch and speeding up his collection of blood materials.

"Isn't your goal to max out your fire-type gene ability?"
Actually, my two flame flowers are just a drop in the ocean for you right now.

So let me show you the way.

Looking at the three Flame Flowers that were almost ripe (only two could be given to Fengshan, as agreed upon during the previous transaction), a wise glint appeared in Li Zheng's eyes.

"Didn't these players who were split up want the pocket watch? Why don't you have them trade it for fire-type development items?"

"Exchange it for fire-type development tools? Right! How could I not have thought of that!" Feng Shan slapped his thigh, cursing himself for sleeping in and forgetting how he could have missed such a good opportunity.

"Hehe, luckily I made up my mind and used up both of my trade opportunities to buy up all the Valok Eyes, otherwise I wouldn't have enough materials now!"

Without replying to Li Zheng's messages, Feng Shan excitedly went to the regional hall to propose transaction terms.

Li Zheng peeked through the screen for a while, and seeing that everything was going smoothly, he put the matter aside.

There are some materials and equipment behind this door.

Old Pu knows what you're looking for, so he strongly recommends you choose this option.

"Ha, if I hadn't seen that the things behind the other doors weren't very valuable, I would have almost believed it."

Li Zheng's lips curled down slightly as he swiped his card to open the door.

The fifth day, the fifth room.

This is a safe room for materials, and right in the center is the computer that Li Zheng is familiar with.

(End of this chapter)