Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 125 Trading the Zhan Family Sword Technique (Another treasure chest to open tomorrow!)

Li Chun was closest to Zhan Zhouzhou, and she could see the sword mark on the ground very clearly. Her eyes widened in surprise: "Wow! Sister Zhan is so amazing! Is that sword energy?"

This little girl asked the question that Li Zheng also wanted to know.

Zhan Zhouzhou stood holding his sword, and after summarizing his insights, he shook his head: "It's not sword energy, but rather a special technique of exerting force, using the sword to drive the airflow to achieve this effect."

In terms of principle, it's probably closer to the wind blades in Western fantasy novels.

"Wind Blade?" Li Chun tilted his head, asking curiously, "Is it any different from sword energy?"

"Yes, there are still differences between the two."

Zhan Zhouzhou nodded and explained, "According to the novels we usually read, sword energy actually causes damage through internal energy cultivated within the body, which is released through a longsword after circulating along a special circuit."

Wind blades, on the other hand, utilize existing air, employing specific techniques to transform it into sharp blades that are propelled outwards.

Li Chun only half understood what he was hearing; his mind was still a complete mess.

Helpless, Zhan Zhouzhou explained in a more blunt way: "Sword energy injures people by the energy inside the body, while wind blades injure people by the energy outside the body. Now you should understand, right?"

"Mmm-hmm!" Li Chun nodded repeatedly, "I think I understood!"

Actually, no...

Explaining this to someone who has absolutely no martial arts background is quite difficult, so Zhan Zhouzhou eventually gave up and simply said, "This move only looks flashy right now; its power is probably not even as good as a black iron-grade firearm."

However, with diligent practice, theoretically there is no upper limit to its power, as long as there is gas present.

The prerequisite is that the person practicing has enough comprehension and the physical ability to handle it.

Don't be fooled by how easily Zhan Zhouzhou made that move just now. In reality, she mobilized almost every muscle she could use, and the movement trajectory was extremely complex.

For example, the movement trajectories of the biceps and triceps are completely opposite.

This completely defies common sense; to achieve this, the user must have precise control over every single detail of their body. (I know some of you perverts might have some bold ideas at this point, *manually adding a sarcastic emoji*.)
In short... it's very difficult!
Sheathing her longsword, Zhan Zhouzhou swayed slightly. Li Chun quickly got up to support her and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

With her help, Zhan Zhouzhou sat down by the campfire and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired. I'll be fine after a rest."

Li Zheng and Feng Shan also walked over. They noticed that Zhan Zhouzhou's face was slightly pale and his forehead was covered in sweat, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness but still insisted on strenuous exercise.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Zheng saw that she seemed to be in good spirits, so he took out a bottle of stalactite milk and handed it to her: "Have some."

"Mmm." Zhan Zhouzhou took the bottle and took a big gulp without any hesitation. "Thank you."

Seeing that the amount of chrysanthemum in the bottle had decreased by almost half, Li Zheng felt his heart skip a beat.

That spendthrift woman, there are very few of these!

I wouldn't even dare to drink as much as you do!

However, Li Zheng felt that this effort was necessary for the questions he would ask later.

Even though Sakura tugged at his ear hard on his shoulder, he ignored her, which made the little guy so angry that he flapped his wings and flew to the sword mark to take a look.

"Hey!"

咻咻咻～
Whoosh!
An invisible and silent wind blade appeared out of nowhere, tearing the sword mark to shreds.

Everyone: "..."

Fengshan: "What's wrong with it?"

Li Zheng's lips twitched: "It's not in a good mood."

She's definitely in a bad mood!
There were four bottles of Zhongshi Milk in total. The little guy had been begging him all day and only got to drink two cups. He was so hungry for it.

Well, Li Zheng actually gave a whole bottle to that woman it hates right in front of it. How could it not be angry?
Ever since Zhan Zhouzhou retaliated against Li Zheng in a very domineering and unreasonable manner during their first meeting, Xiao Ying has been disliking her ever since.

Even after running the dungeon together twice, nothing has changed.

"In a bad mood?" Feng Shan suddenly seemed to remember something, turned his head and looked around: "Holy crap! Where's my butt?"

Everyone: "..."

Li Zheng gave him a disdainful look: "Isn't your butt on your body?"

"No, I mean that cat... damn, it seems to still be with Yan Guang."

Fengshan remembered, ran to bang on Yan Guang's door, and yelled, "Crazy woman, give me back my butt!"

The door opened, and Yan Guang, his face frosty, tossed a white cat out: "Get out!"

boom!
The door was slammed shut again.

"Meow~"

Its bottom was hanging on Fengshan's body, trembling miserably.

Fengshan held it in his arms and went back to sit down by the campfire.

Zhan Zhouzhou and Li Chun then remembered that Feng Shan had just gone into the house with Yan Guang.

Why has it become like it was before?

After scrutinizing her appearance, Zhan Zhouzhou chatted with Yan Guang in private messages to understand the situation. The way she looked at Fengshan was exactly the same as Li Zheng's back then.

"She's single by choice..."

Feng Shan had just sat down when he heard this and became displeased: "What kind of talk is that? I'm just saying I have principles and a bottom line!"

Zhan Zhouzhou smiled slightly: "So you do know why Yan Guang is angry?"

Fengshan nodded: "I just figured it out."

"Then why don't you go and try to win her over?"

"Uh... let's wait a bit longer. I don't have enough resources right now. Let's wait until I've gathered enough before we talk about it."

"resource?"

Li Zheng and the others exchanged bewildered glances: "What does this have to do with resources?"

Fengshan replied matter-of-factly, "Of course it's related!"
I just realized that you're talking about renting a fake partner on Earth, and every company charges you for it.

The crazy woman is angry simply because they couldn't agree on the price, right?
I'll gather more materials and send them to her later; it'll definitely work!
Oh, that's right.

Hey Lady Zhan, you seem to know that crazy woman pretty well, don't you?
Why don't you ask her what kind of material she needs most right now?

That way I can prepare in advance.

Li Zheng and Li Chun: "..."

Zhan Zhouzhou rolled her eyes: "I think what she needs most right now is durian."

"durian?"

Fengshan asked with great interest: "She likes to eat that stuff?"
"Hey! You should have said so earlier... I'll look around the trading hall tomorrow, maybe I can find a few."

Li Zheng said quietly from the side, "Then you can also buy two pairs of stockings and send them over."

Fengshan took out his notebook and started writing: "Durian, stockings, hmm, these seem to be things that girls would like."

Anything else?

Li Zheng rolled his eyes and thought carefully for a moment: "Let's buy another blast helmet."

Zhan Zhouzhou nodded: "It's necessary."

Li Chun was still a little confused. This was her first time meeting Feng Shan and the others, and she didn't have a clear understanding of the relationship between them.

However, the young girl wasn't stupid. She could vaguely sense that Zhan Zhouzhou and Li Zheng were plotting to trick Fengshan.

Looking at Fengshan, then at Li Zheng and the others, and weighing the pros and cons in her mind, the kind-hearted Li Chun chose to keep quiet: "Mhm!"

"Explosion-proof helmet".

Fengshan wrote the name down in his notebook, then suddenly looked up and asked, "What does she want this for?"

Oh, adding head protection improves safety.

Li Zheng looked at Feng Shan with pity: "The riot helmet is for you, so that when Yan Guang stuffs a durian into your stockings and whips you, it won't damage your brain."

Fengshan was stunned: "..."

Zhan Zhouzhou followed up with a stabbing remark: "So that your already meager intelligence won't be further damaged."

"..."

Feng Shan remained silent for a long time, then threw the notebook he had just been jotting down into the fire and burned it, cursing, "Damn it!"

He got up and left, still with his bottom sticking out.

He then realized that the two of them were making fun of him.

He just couldn't understand why, whenever he got involved with that crazy woman, everyone would side with Yan Guang.

As soon as Fengshan left, Li Chun stretched and said, "I feel sleepy again. Maybe the hypnotic gas is working again. I'm going back too."

Goodnight, Sister Zhan and Brother Zheng.

"Little Spider, let's go."

"hiss."

The enormous, multicolored venomous spider responded and followed Li Chun back. Because of its large size, it couldn't fit into the capsule dwelling and could only lie guarding the door.

Only Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou remained present. Xiao Ying had already used up all her genetic energy and was now standing not far from Zhan Zhouzhou, staring intently at the Bell Stone Milk in her hand.

"Eek, hiss."

Zhan Zhouzhou noticed it and waved to it, "Come here, come to your sister." "Hmph!"

The little guy looked smug and turned away, ignoring her.

Zhan Zhouzhou waved the bottle of Zhongshi milk in her hand, tempting it: "Sister will give you some milk."

Li Zheng glanced at Zhan Zhouzhou's conscience: "Ahem!"

Sakura perked up her ears, shamelessly flew into Zhan Zhouzhou's arms, hugged the bottle of Zhongshi Milk, and drank it down in big gulps.

Li Zheng cursed the little guy inwardly, saying he was a traitor who would follow whoever offered him food, and had no principles or bottom line whatsoever.

Zhan Zhouzhou smiled and patted its head, asking, "So, what do you want to see me about?"

Everyone else had left, but Li Zheng showed no sign of going back to rest, and he ignored her attempts to curry favor, so he must want something from her.

The other party got straight to the point, and Li Zheng naturally didn't mince words either, directly showing the system notification: "I want to exchange my spear skills for the Zhan family sword techniques."

Li only dared to propose this deal after careful consideration.

Although he could gradually learn through spear techniques, mastering swordsmanship was only a matter of time.

But since there's a master swordsman right beside you, why not take a shortcut?
Moreover, he had just noticed that Zhan Zhouzhou's breakthrough in swordsmanship this time was very difficult; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so exhausted after just one strike.

Most importantly, the Eye of Preys revealed that Zhan Zhouzhou's exhaustion was due to overexertion caused by forcibly controlling his muscles.

It's somewhat similar to the situation when Li Zheng killed Creation Man No. 7.

There are solutions, and Preers' Eye proposes to combine the strengths of various approaches.

With enough accumulation, Zhan Zhouzhou's future achievements will be limitless.

Perhaps because it was a bit hot sitting in front of the fire, Zhan Zhouzhou took off the wig and put it aside. After thinking carefully for a moment, she finally said, "Okay, but I want to increase the price!"
As a trump card, I can give you some advice: don't rush into studying swordsmanship. Continue to improve your spear skills until you become a master; that's the right path.

As he spoke, Zhan Zhouzhou released his ability panel, hiding the part about the electric sword and only keeping the sword-related abilities.

Swordsmanship Specialization

The panel only displays a simple noun, clearly indicating that Zhan Zhouzhou has hidden the specific attribute description of this ability.

In Li Zheng's view, this was quite normal. After all, it concerned his trump card, so how could he easily reveal it to others?

pity……

Zhan Zhouzhou had no idea that he was facing the only overpowered person in the entire matrix.

Li Zheng had seen through all the attributes the moment the other party acquired this ability through the Eye of Preys.

Swordsmanship Specialization

Description: Increases the attack power of melee weapons - swords.

Without specifying the exact amount, Li Zheng speculated that it might be related to the player's individual ability.

The stronger the ability, the stronger the effect of specialization.

This means that Zhan Zhouzhou has acquired a "growthable" skill, and it's a passive skill!
"This specialization ability was acquired after that sword strike just now, which means that every mastery can be further improved."

In this transaction, Zhan Zhouzhou was indeed very sincere, risking the exposure of his own secrets by telling Li Zheng how to acquire specialized abilities. This alone is of immeasurable value.

Li Zheng considered it for a moment and asked, "The price increase is negotiable. Tell me your expectations first?"

"it's actually really easy."

Zhan Zhouzhou smiled and said, "You just need to tell me where you got your mastery of gun techniques."

Li Zheng's eyes flickered: "How can you be so sure I'm skilled with a gun?"

"Haha."

Zhan Zhouzhou laughed loudly and turned off the ability panel: "It's like you can tell that my swordsmanship has improved. Martial artists are very sensitive to these things."

Anyone who has observed you fight with a spear at close range, unless they're an idiot, can basically tell that you've practiced spear fighting, and that you're quite skilled.

Li Zheng continued his nonsense: "As for mastering the spear... because I have a special talent, I mastered it on my own in just a few days."

Zhan Zhouzhou gave him a look as if he were an idiot: "When you're talking nonsense, can you at least come up with something plausible?"

Can you take your marksmanship from zero to the level of over ten years in just a few days?
"To be honest, if you could really do that, I'd devour the capsule home right here and now."

"..."

Li Zheng was helpless. These seasoned martial arts practitioners had incredibly sharp eyes; they could easily see through his strength.

Left with no other choice, he had to tell the truth: "It's a diamond-level item called a memory release device, which I obtained by accident."

"That's pretty much it."

Zhan Zhouzhou stood up with satisfaction and said, "These two pieces of information will serve as the deposit for this transaction. I will record the secrets of my family's sword technique in the next two days and send them to you later."

You should prepare yourself too.

Then she returned to her capsule residence.

This sets the tone for the transaction. Once Zhan Zhouzhou sends the items over, Li Zheng will soon be able to master another melee combat skill.

"I wonder how many melee skills are required to become a Fighter?"

Li Zheng envisions the future; he has a gut feeling about it.

The potential for improvement in the "Fighter" class is definitely higher than that of a single melee mastery!

"what?"

Li Zheng suddenly stood up and ran to bang on Zhan Zhouzhou's door: "Hey, give Xiaoying back to me!"

Click.

The door opened, and Zhan Zhouzhou handed Xiaoying out.

The little guy was fast asleep, hugging the empty bottle of Zhongshi Milk, completely content.

Li Zheng was speechless. He took it and touched its little belly, which was bulging.

"This kid, drinking so much in one meal, isn't he afraid of spitting up?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Zheng took out another bottle of stalactite, intending to share some with Zhan Zhouzhou.

"Forget it, you should keep it to raise the child, so the little guy won't find out and cause trouble again."

It's getting late, we still have plenty of time to explore tomorrow. Goodnight.

After saying that, Zhan Zhouzhou closed the door.

"alright."

Li Zheng didn't mind, and carried Xiao Ying back to her home, putting her back in her special little nest.

Looking at the time, it's almost midnight, and the treasure chest is about to respawn.

Let's not sleep yet, let's wait until we get the treasure chest.

All the materials for the Eye of Preys have been gathered today, so I'll take this opportunity to submit the upgrade.

Upgrade confirmed...

[Time required for this upgrade: 12 hours]

"Yes, it's about what I expected. I can make it in time after I get up tomorrow."

There are still quite a few potion orders today. Let's take on a few to help them improve their strength.

Incidentally, we can also store some more Iron-grade power cores.

Li Zheng woke up Number Two and Number Three and took on some more gene-based drug commissions, keeping him busy.

When you get busy, time flies by.

When Li Zheng came to his senses, he realized that it was already past midnight and close to one o'clock.

"Sigh, there are more people in the channel now, and more migrant workers too..."

Li Zheng looked at the large number of uncompleted potion orders in the trading hall and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

As players grow stronger, his gene serum business becomes increasingly overwhelmed.

At least, before everyone reaches the Silver level limit, even if he worked 24 hours a day, he might not be able to keep up.

"It would be great if I could find a blueprint for a smart humanoid device in the treasure chest that could help control the equipment."

Li Zheng muttered to himself as he contacted the treasure chest system.

Four thousand six hundred words!

Adding to that chapter of over three thousand words from early morning!

You still say I'm short?

That would be incredibly heartless!
I dare not ask for votes anymore. You people are so wicked; you're just waiting for the double monthly votes at the end of the month to give me even more votes...

I've already added almost two extra chapters for next month's monthly ticket bonus...

Damn, despair!

Starting May 1st, each chapter will be 2,000 words. As for the 3,000-word chapters like these past two days, that will depend on my mood. (Subtle hint)

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