Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 124 Sword Qi?

"The biggest gain from meeting Lin Feng this time wasn't this platinum-grade black sword, but rather this information notification."

Looking at the text in front of him, Li Zheng carefully recalled the circumstances when the message appeared.

"Can using spear techniques to wield a longsword also increase the speed at which swordsmanship mastery is acquired?"

Li Zheng pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly drew his black knife and thrust it forward.

……

"no response?"

Without any information prompts, Li Zheng began to investigate: "Is it the wrong weapon, or the wrong technique?"

Look at the black knife; it's shaped like a machete, with an extremely thick back, about two fingers wide.

The blade head appears to have been cut off, leaving a very flat surface without a sharp point.

"A weapon without a sharp edge cannot be used for a straight thrust, so neither is correct."

Li Zheng cursed himself for being stupid. He was stabbing forward with the flat-headed machete. Even if he had the right technique, the system wouldn't recognize it, would it?

"I remember... in that moment of desperation, I used a speargun instead of a melee weapon, but I used a basic spear technique—the 'pick'."

Because the ribbonfish spear itself is long and thin, and has two sharp snouts at the muzzle, it was mistaken for a sword tip.

So... there are similar techniques in swordsmanship, perhaps the way power is generated in a certain sword technique is similar to the thrusting motion of a spear?

Li Zheng didn't understand the system's criteria for judging skills.

"Did the system itself include these sword techniques, or were there people in the game who learned these skills and had their data collected by the system?"

And what is the source of the techniques used in the memory release device?
Other players?

If so, was there ever a player in the game who actually practiced shooting skills diligently for over ten years?

Nothing is known.

Li Zheng could indeed wait until tomorrow when the megaphone refreshes and ask the question on the world channel, but it's highly unlikely that anyone would come forward to acknowledge such a private matter that is linked to one's own strength.

Even if someone admits it, they might just be a player trying to take advantage of the situation. This approach... aside from wasting a megaphone, it doesn't achieve any real effect.

As for letting those players who admit it prove it themselves?

Why?
What price are you willing to pay for this?
No one gets up early for nothing. Why should others listen to you when they don't even know you?

"Assuming there isn't such a player in the game, does that mean that Matrix survival games, besides their sci-fi theme, are developing in other directions?"

Li Zheng thought about this question, but after a while, he dismissed it.

"It's probably impossible. Physical skills rely on one's own training to reach a level that others cannot achieve, which is perfectly reasonable."

But if a single sword strike could unleash a forty-meter-long sword aura, that would be problematic; that direction is immediately ruled out.

However, Li Zheng then thought of a question he had considered when he killed William: Are there other players in this game besides humans from Earth?
If so, why haven't I encountered it these past few days?

Or rather, where are they?

Is it possible that the gun skills recorded in the memory release device came from those people?
As he thought about it, Li Zheng felt a headache coming on.

All the speculations were baseless and based on guesswork, yielding no substantial conclusions.

So, Li Zheng threw the black knife back and dug out the tungsten steel longsword he had obtained when he was living in the fusion capsule. He prepared to go out and practice to see if he could improve his swordsmanship.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard a noise outside. Judging from the direction, it should be coming from Yan Guang's side.

"You're done so quickly?" Li Zheng checked the time. "Only five minutes have passed? You just warmed up?"

With a disdainful shrug, Li Zheng opened the door and went out to take a look.

Sure enough, Fengshan was thrown out by Yan Guang, who was cursing and swearing.

"Who the hell do you think I am? Get lost!"

boom!
The door closed, and Fengshan stood outside with a pained expression, looking somewhat at a loss.

Li Chun glanced over there curiously, but wisely refrained from disturbing them, continuing to watch over Zhan Zhouzhou.

Dressed in white, exuding an ethereal aura, Zhan Zhouzhou remained in the same pose, staring intently at the long sword in her hand, as if she wouldn't stop until she saw something extraordinary.

"Could this girl have gone mad from practicing qi cultivation?"

Li Zheng muttered something to himself and went out, heading towards Fengshan.

Fengshan, who had been hanging his head and was about to return to his residence, was stopped by Li Zheng.

What's going on between you two?

Li Zheng glanced at Fengshan's lower body and raised an eyebrow: "That aspect... isn't quite harmonious?"

Feng Shan smiled wryly: "What? You've all misunderstood! It's not like that between her and me..."

"What happened? Everyone saw how affectionate you two were just now."

"Sigh... there's nothing wrong with telling you."

Feng Shan didn't intend to hide anything, and carefully prepared his words: "Actually, before I received your invitation, I contacted my dad..."

"???"

Li Zheng was momentarily stunned and asked, "How old is your dad this year? How come he's in the Matrix?"

“47.” Feng Shan smiled wryly. From the very beginning of the game, he had been thinking of contacting his father.

At the time, I didn't know which channel my father was on, so I couldn't send him a private message, and sending one to the world channel went unanswered.

(For private chat, you need to know the channel number and specific name of the other party. Otherwise, there are tens of thousands of people with the name "Zhang Wei" in the whole country. How can you distinguish them?)

Alternatively, you'll have to tap the other person's profile picture to enter a private chat when they send a message; the same applies to the trading hall.
At that time, he thought that his father might... be dead. In the following days, he gave up the idea of ​​contacting his father and focused on improving himself. After developing his genetic abilities, he didn't care about the significant side effects.

Just go ahead and play around with the reckless abandon.

To his utter surprise, his father not only escaped unscathed, but seemed to be doing quite well in that channel.

It's said to be ranked in the top three of the combat power list!
According to Feng's father, after contacting Fengshan, he had wanted to contact him as early as when Fengshan angrily confronted William on the World Channel.

However, at that time, Feng's father had just received a major promotion, so he didn't pay attention to his son and let him run wild for two more days.

Just then, Feng's father contacted the daughter of an old friend, and then he remembered that his son was still single. He thought he could play matchmaker, so he contacted Fengshan in advance.

When Fengshan got to this point, he went on a rant about his father: "I really don't know how my dad's brain works. Sometimes I even suspect that Lu Li is his son. Their personalities are exactly the same."

We're living in the Matrix day after day, who knows, we might suddenly die tomorrow morning, and yet this old man is still thinking about wanting a daughter-in-law and holding a grandson...

Damn it!
Ugh……

It's a pity my mom is 51 this year and didn't get in, otherwise there would be someone to keep him in check.

Li Zheng was stunned by what Fengshan said. Fengshan's father probably relied on his high combat strength and thought that even if his son was not good enough, he could still live well with him by his side. That's why he started thinking about his daughter-in-law without any worries.

Li Zheng asked in bewilderment, "Isn't your father doing this for your own good? If you ask me, you should just find a space-time teleportation device, travel there, and start a family."

"You do not understand."

Feng Shan looked bewildered, with a hint of misery: "The girl my dad mentioned, I went on a blind date with her the day before I joined the Matrix..."

With a pitiful and helpless look in his eyes, Fengshan seemed somewhat despondent: "That's a tank!"

It's still a Tiger tank!
He weighs a full 430 pounds!

Those thighs are two sizes thicker than my waist!

I can't drive it!

Li Zheng: "..."

This... I feel a little sorry for you, but what's there to feel sorry for!

I'm laughing so hard I'm dying!
Grass,
You lucky bastard, you've finally met your match?!
Tank driver Fengshan?
That sounds pretty exciting!

Oh no, no, calling a girl a tank is too disrespectful. I can't let Fengshan lead me astray.

Li Zheng suppressed his mocking thoughts and asked, "So you compared them and found that Yan Guang was better, so you went with him?"

Compared to the girl Fengshan mentioned, Yan Guang may not be the most attractive, but she has a great temperament!
A wild little cheetah, what man wouldn't want that?

That idiot Fengshan, when people are practically throwing themselves at him, he just pushes them away.

Moreover, honestly speaking, with Zhan Zhouzhou's 36D bust, Yan Guang's appearance isn't exactly ugly.

By popular standards, she'd score at least 70 points, and with that wild temperament, Li Zheng actually felt that Feng Shan wasn't good enough for her.

To everyone's surprise, Fengshan looked puzzled and asked, "Submit to her? When did I say I was going to submit to her?"

"???" Li Zheng was even more confused. "You didn't give in to her, so what happened when you were grilling just now..."

"Oh, that?" Fengshan said matter-of-factly, "I need her help, so it's not good to refuse her."

"Then why did you go inside with her?" Li Zheng asked persistently.

"Hey! I was just thinking that this would be a good opportunity to be alone with her and talk to her about helping me deal with my dad." Feng Shan blushed. "There were so many people around, I couldn't possibly talk about it in public, could I?"

Li Zheng asked in confusion, "How do you want them to help you? Did you make any unreasonable demands? Otherwise, why would they throw you out?"

"I didn't make any unreasonable demands..." Feng Shan asked, puzzled. "I just asked her to pretend to be my girlfriend and find an opportunity to meet my dad with me."

"If it's just this, Yan Guang isn't that petty. He'd help if he could, wouldn't he?"

"That's right! She agreed at the time, and judging from her expression, she seemed quite happy about it."

Oh, right, I asked her to pretend, so to avoid any misunderstanding, I told her that while I was pretending to be her girlfriend, I would absolutely not touch her, and we would still sleep in our respective capsule apartments at night.

Li Zheng's expression turned strange: "And then?"

"later?"

Fengshan slapped his butt: "I only got kicked twice and thrown out."

Do you think this woman is sick?

They promised it, but then they went back on their word!

"..."

Good guy!
Li Zheng clicked his tongue inwardly. So after all this time, it turns out you brought this on yourself!

If you hadn't said that last sentence, Yan Guang would have definitely helped you out, and he might even have performed better than those fake girlfriends you rent online.

After all, if she behaves well in front of her future "father-in-law," Fengshan will be hard to escape his grasp, won't he?

Patting Fengshan on the shoulder, Li Zheng said earnestly, "Xiao Feng... there's a reason you're single."

You're single by choice, you son of a bitch!
A woman who had been single for over twenty years shook her head dramatically, sighed, and walked away, leaving Fengshan standing there completely bewildered.

Just then, Zhan Zhouzhou, who had been in a daze, suddenly moved!
Suddenly, she raised her sword and made a feint, creating a tiny sword mark on the ground two meters in front of her.

"...?"

clap clap clap!
Li Zheng was stunned, and in a daze, he felt as if he had been slapped three times across the face, and his face was swollen from the blows.

Fuck!
Where is the sci-fi game world I was promised?
What the hell is this sword energy?
Thank you "Lanxinjian" for the 500 coins!

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(End of this chapter)