Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 110 Where is Li Chun?

Li Zheng never expected that Xiao Siyuan, this soldier with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and an honest appearance, could come up with one witty joke after another.

Combined with the slightly gritty, soldierly air he unconsciously exudes, the contrast is so strong that it feels almost unreal.

"What were you looking at when you were on Earth?" Li Zhengzhi stared blankly at Xiao Siyuan. "Were you like this at the outpost too?"

Xiao Siyuan shrugged and said, "Pretty much. Usually, we stay at each outpost for ten days or half a month at a time, facing the same old faces. If we don't find some fun to entertain ourselves during the exchanges, how boring would that be?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zheng nodded, surprisingly finding some truth in what Xiao Siyuan said.

It's like everyone who enters the Matrix now chats in the regional channels mostly in a non-serious way, as if this can reduce the feeling of loneliness and emptiness of being alone in the Matrix.

It can also relieve some of the psychological stress of facing various dangers every day.

Not everyone can find familiar faces and team up to explore together after entering the Matrix.

Although teams of two or more people are relatively safer during exploration.

However, the number of times each person can enter a room each day is fixed. Even if you are in a team, as long as you pass through the same door, each of you must consume one exploration opportunity.

This, in effect, reduces profits by several times.

Of course, it's not to say that there are absolutely no team players in the matrix, but relatively speaking, their numbers are much smaller.

"A sentry post?" Feng Shan put the white cat he was holding on the ground and looked at Xiao Siyuan curiously. "What sentry post? Aren't you a doctor?"

Xiao Siyuan once told everyone that he had medical expertise, and this ability clearly indicated that he worked in the medical field on Earth.

"Well, to be precise, I am a military doctor."

When the topic of his profession came up, Xiao Siyuan became more serious: "But I've retired now."

"Retired? Military medic? Outpost?"

Feng Shan muttered these key terms and basically guessed Xiao Siyuan's profession: "You're a border guard... Holy crap?!"

"Snapped!"

Feng Shan gave a somewhat imperfect military salute, his expression solemn: "Salute to the hero!"

"How come everyone except Li Zheng knows about my deeds?" Xiao Siyuan said with a laugh, then returned a standard military salute. "I'm hardly a hero."

“The real heroes have long since passed away; I am merely an ordinary soldier who survived the battlefield.” Xiao Siyuan seemed to recall something, and his eyes reddened.

"嘤嘤!"

Li Zheng turned his head and saw Xiao Ying standing on his shoulder, imitating Xiao Siyuan's movements, and also making a salute, which looked quite convincing.

"Hehe, your little arms can't even reach your forehead, why are you getting involved in this?" Li Zheng reached out and flicked Xiao Ying's head, and the little girl looked at him with a wronged expression.

"Who says those who are alive aren't heroes?" Feng Shan said solemnly, "As a border guard, defending the country is already a heroic act. Old Xiao, as a military doctor, you've cared for countless soldiers and healed countless heroes in the past."

If you're not a hero, then who is?

Are those hotheads who use their keyboards to attack their fellow countrymen online?

“Sometimes, I’d rather not be this so-called hero.” Xiao Siyuan looked much more dejected. “I would rather they come back to life. I want to see that kid cry in front of me again.”

The atmosphere grew heavy and somber.

Li Zheng knew that Xiao Siyuan was thinking of his former comrades-in-arms again.

After a while, Xiao Siyuan snapped out of his reverie, and with tears in his eyes, he smiled and said, "Weren't we here to relax? Let's get going!"

As he spoke, he led the way into the light screen.

"Wait, let me choose the room type first."

Li Zheng followed behind, selecting the type of bath and sauna through the system interface, and then took Xiao Ying with him.

Fengshan picked up the bottom that had been tickling his trouser leg and followed.

……

The light screen, like a dreamlike bubble, dispersed, revealing a small changing room with three standing lockers inside.

Opening the cabinet, I found three sets of bathrobes and slippers, along with some toiletries.

Xiao Siyuan, having served in the military, moved with lightning speed, quickly stripping himself naked and then putting on a bathrobe-like bottom (just a pair of super loose shorts).
"Wow! This environment is great!"

When Feng Shan came in from behind, he first exclaimed in surprise, then quickly stripped himself naked. While putting on his bathrobe, he looked at Li Zheng with ill intent: "What? Do you expect us brothers to help you change?"

Xiao Siyuan had a towel draped over his shoulder and was carrying shower gel or something similar in his hand. He had a mischievous grin on his face, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"Ah!"

Li Zheng rolled his eyes at them, then glanced at 'Xiao Feng' and said sarcastically, "I'm giving you two a chance to go in and soak first, so you won't get a shock later."

"cut."

Xiao Siyuan scoffed, "Unless you can wrap it around your waist, it's impossible to stimulate you... Sorry to bother you, goodbye!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Siyuan turned around decisively with his toiletries and fled in panic.

But Li Zheng had already stripped himself naked, his arms outstretched and legs spread wide, a smug look on his face.

"I'll take my leave too!"

Feng Shan hurriedly grabbed his things and walked with Xiao Siyuan towards the small door inside the changing room.

Li Zheng could vaguely hear the two of them whispering to each other.

"Holy crap... I could never figure out how to write the character '木' when I was in school, and I only understand its meaning now."

"That's fucking outrageous. This thing might actually be wrapped around your waist."

……

"See, you're feeling discouraged, aren't you?"

Li Zheng pursed his lips, changed into a bathrobe and slippers, grabbed his toiletries, and, with Xiao Ying and Pipi in tow, strode into the inner room.

The inner room was filled with steam, and there were two pools, one large and one small, covered with tiles.

Xiao Siyuan and Feng Shan were originally sitting in the larger one, chatting and swimming.

Upon seeing Li Zheng enter, the two of them turned around simultaneously, their backs to him.

"What's there to be so smug about? They're just a tiny bit bigger than us."

"Exactly, exactly, I'm not jealous at all..." "..."

"I'm fucking insanely jealous!" ×2
Li Zheng: "..."

He tossed Sakura and Pipi into the small pool, letting them play in the water on their own. Then, he threw off his bathrobe, jumped high into the air with a "whoosh," and crashed into the large pool like a cannonball.

"Tom!"

The water splashed up, and after it settled, the amount of water in the pool visibly decreased.

"childish."

"That's it."

Xiao Siyuan took the lead in making a sarcastic remark, and Feng Shan chimed in from the side.

"Pfft~"

Li Zheng surfaced, wiped the water off his face, gave a smug smirk, and swam to a corner to soak quietly.

"As expected, I can't feel the water temperature."

Li Zheng could sense the water flow, but he couldn't feel the water temperature.

It's neither cold nor warm.

It is in a very contradictory state.

Beside him, Pipi had somehow slipped out of the small pool, nimbly paddling with all four limbs. He swam to Fengshan's side, flipped over, and began swimming on his back, circling around Fengshan.

Li Zheng, watching from the side, found it amusing.

He has seen many cats on Earth who are forced to take baths under various restrictions.

It's safe to say that it takes two or three people to hold a typical house cat still while it's taking a bath.

Buttocks, on the other hand, not only didn't get all pricked up, but they also swam quite happily.

Especially its thick, long fur; when it kicks its legs in the water, the fur sways up and down and side to side with the current, very smooth, just like a snow-white little sea lion.

Relaxing times often pass quickly. After soaking in the water for a while, Li Zheng started scrubbing off the dirt that had accumulated on his body over the past few days.

The game has been going on for five days now. During this time, Li Zheng has been injured and rolled on the ground, and occasionally he gets splattered with blood when he kills monsters.

As the fingers rubbed together, the water in the pool gradually became murky.

"Huh? This pool also has an automatic circulation system?"

Li Zheng saw the dirty water flowing in one direction and entering another corner, where there was a black pipe entrance.

Sewage was poured into it, but the water level in the pool did not decrease further.

"It's a pity that the water here can't be taken away, otherwise the newly built toilet in the capsule residence could be put into operation."

Li Zheng felt a little regretful, but a thought inexplicably popped into his mind.

"If we can't take this water out, what will happen if players drink it? Will it be left behind when they leave?"

Li Zheng shook his head slightly, banishing the thought from his mind.

I doubt anyone but Lu Li would do something like this.

Next time we come across a recreation room, we can consider bringing Lu Li along and letting him try it out.

By speeding up, Li Zheng quickly washed himself clean and felt refreshed.

On the other side, Xiao Siyuan and his companion were also quick. After washing up, they stood up and asked, "Shall we go to the sauna together?"

"No, you guys go ahead, I still have children to take care of."

Li Zheng shook his head and refused. He called Xiao Ying over, applied some bath gel to the little guy, let it lather up, and then rinsed it clean.

"Then we'll go ourselves."

After saying that, the two of them went into the sauna next door.

"Sigh, it's not that I don't want to take a sauna. It's just that sitting in the sauna is not as comfortable as staying in the pool. At least in the pool I can feel the water flowing."

Li Zheng looked to the side and saw that Pipi was still swimming on its back. He reached out and pulled it over to help wash it.

"Meow~"

When Li Zheng was applying shampoo and lathering it up, it behaved very well, sitting quietly by the pool without making a fuss or barking. It even made a "gurgling" sound when it felt comfortable being lathered.

"Hey~"

Li Zheng raised an eyelid and said in surprise, "You're so carefree, you even need me to help you take a bath."

"Meow~"

Pipi was no stranger to him either, and rubbed against the back of his hand, trying to please him.

"Sigh, I'll let it slide this time since you're so cute."

Li Zheng scrubbed it for a while, then scooped up some water to rinse it clean.

When its bottom is dry, the fur is fluffy like a ball of fur. But once it gets wet, the fur lies flat against its body, and its size instantly shrinks by two-thirds, making it look very thin and weak.

……

Fifty minutes later, Li Zheng bought a new set of clothes, dressed neatly, and used a hairdryer to dry the fur of his two pets.

"Let's ask Li Chun to make another set of clothes for us later..."

Li Zheng's hand holding the hair dryer suddenly paused as he remembered something amiss.

"Li Chun hasn't sent any messages on the regional channel since this morning?"

I glanced at the rankings and saw that Li Chun's name was still in ninth place; it hadn't disappeared.

"The name is still there, so it should be fine, right?"

Li Zheng opened Li Chun's private chat and tried to send a message.

Has this chapter been reported?

A section I wrote earlier was deleted...

Speechless... I didn't even write about a real event, and they still deleted it?
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