Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 144 Undercurrents (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
Player Li Chun dismantles MWD Experiment Subject 19 and obtains: Gene Fragment +1

[Player Li Zheng dismantles MWD Experiment Subject 19 and obtains: Charcoal +1]

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"I go!"

Li Zheng was astonished. This tree that had just been burned could actually decompose into charcoal.

The piece of charcoal was taken out from the residence. It was only as thick as a forearm, but nearly a meter long, so it was quite large.

"Awesome! A system is a system, there's no logic to it!"

Rolling his eyes, Li Zheng put away the charcoal. He would take a few pieces to keep on hand when distributing the meat later, so he could use them to smoke whenever he wanted to change things up while grilling.

……

Apart from Fengshan, the other four were quickly dismantling the woods after they had burned down.

The heavy rain came quickly and went quickly; the sky had cleared up for a while now.

Li Zheng tried using a flying vehicle to ascend up and see the extent of the fog over the entire island.

As a result, just one step away from emerging from the fog, he could no longer ascend even a meter. No matter how he urged the aircraft, he could only "tread" in place and eventually gave up in despair.

At that altitude, through the mist, Li Zheng saw half of the sun peeking out from the edge, or rather... a star similar to the sun.

To confirm whether it was a real sun, Li Zheng got down and carried Li Chun up to check.

The little girl said that when the light shone on her, she did feel a little warm.

But Li Zheng saw that her face was flushed and for a moment he didn't know whether her so-called "warmth" was from the sunlight or from shyness.

Seeing her like that, Li Zheng gave up his original plan to try lifting her up to see if he could break through the highest point of the fog.

"Huh? That's right!"

Li Zheng slapped his forehead, turned around and quickly ran to the hermit crab's corpse, tapping its claws: "Xiao Ying, come out here."

A moment later, the little guy emerged from the gap, his little belly round and plump, it was hard to tell how much crab meat he had eaten.

Aren't you afraid of bursting your stomach?

Li Zheng picked it up and tapped its little head.

"嘤嘤!"

Sakura shook her head and shouted that she hadn't eaten anything.

Li Zheng was speechless. He pinched a crumb off the side of its mouth and asked, "What's this?"

"Eek... Eek."

The little guy's eyes started to glaze over, and he whispered that he had only eaten a tiny bit.

Li Zheng rolled his eyes and poked its round belly: "A tiny bit, maybe?"

He didn't dare to poke too hard, for fear of making his little one vomit up what he had eaten.

"Hey?"

Sakura pretended to be puzzled, touching her stomach as if she didn't know why this was happening.

"Alright, I didn't mean to blame you, I was just worried you'd overeat and hurt yourself." Li Zheng patted its little head. "Besides, I haven't skimped on your food, have I? Why are you acting like this?"

"Waaaaah~"

Sakura gestured repeatedly, and Li Zheng was speechless after understanding what she meant.

"You mean eating more now is equivalent to earning more when it's distributed later?"

"Eek!" Sakura said with a serious expression.

Li Zheng slapped his forehead, speechless, and said, "Where did you get this stingy personality from?"

To prevent Sakura from crawling back inside and eating like crazy, Li Zheng simply turned around, touched the hermit crab, and gave the order: Decompose.

【玩家李正分解MWD实验体666号，获得：巨化基因+1、超限甲壳+50、钛空合金1000g、泰伯莱合金5000g、鲜嫩蟹肉+200、富有营养的超鲜美蟹膏2000g】

The items are few and far between, but the quality is quite high.

Giant Gene, Overlimit Shell, and Tiberium Alloy are all Platinum grade.

Titanium-air alloys are of a lower grade, only silver grade.

The last two ingredients were of a higher grade than Li Zheng had imagined; they were both gold-grade.

"嘤嘤......"

All that remained was a pile of useless fragments, and Sakura looked reluctant to leave.

"Alright, I'll make you sashimi later!"

Li Zheng flicked Xiaoying's head and said irritably, "Didn't I warn you before? You're not allowed to eat raw meat!"

“Waaah, Mom, Mom.”

Sakura smacked her lips pitifully.

Li Zheng was so angry that he flicked it again: "Even if it tastes good, it's no good! Especially this kind of undecomposed biological corpse, do you know if there are parasites or anything inside?"
If you dare to eat anything recklessly again, I'll punish you by forbidding you from eating anything for three days, only allowing you to drink water!

"Ying ying."

Sakura gestured, then held up two small hands in front of her.

"You're only allowed to drink water!"

Li Zheng laughed angrily: "You made a mistake and still want to drink Zhongshi Milk? Don't even think about it!"

"Hey."

Sakura dejectedly admitted her mistake, saying she would never do it again.

"That's pretty much it."

Li Zheng opened the pet panel and carefully examined it, confirming that the little guy hadn't picked up any parasites or other diseases while eating, before letting it go. "Come on, let's go to heaven and do an experiment."

Holding Xiaoying in his arms, Li Zheng activated the aircraft, ascending into the sky. He stopped at the edge and said, "I'll throw you up there. If we can get past the fog, remember to look around carefully, okay?"

"Ok!"

Having received an affirmative reply, Li Zheng forcefully lifted his hands upwards, and then he witnessed a bizarre operation that defied all common sense.

After the little guy was thrown out, although his upward momentum was not destroyed, he could not rise more than ten centimeters above his head.

It looks as if it's suspended at that height.

"strong!"

Li Zheng raised his hand and caught the floating Sakura. After thinking for a moment, he simply lifted it up with one hand.

As a result, just as he raised his hand, his flight altitude inexplicably decreased along with the movement of raising his hand.

"Hey, what does this mean? They're not leaving any loopholes at all?"

Now Li Zheng was completely disheartened and landed with Xiao Ying.

By this time, Xiao Siyuan and the others had finished dealing with the burned forest and were gathered together waiting for him.

After landing, Xiao Siyuan asked, "How did it go? Did the test reveal anything?"

Li Zheng shook his head: "No, we didn't find a single loophole."

“I guessed so too.” Xiao Siyuan said with a knowing look, “This means that even if we found the second floor of the Lost Castle instance yesterday, we wouldn’t have been able to go up, and we might not even have been able to see the contents.”

"almost."

Li Zheng said, "I always felt that these so-called special rooms are not just dungeons for players to team up to conquer. There should be a lot of information hidden inside, but we haven't explored enough to collect any useful information."

"It doesn't matter..."

Xiao Siyuan glanced at Fengshan and Yan Guang and said cryptically, "There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. We will eventually be able to explore more areas. There's no rush."

Li Zheng understood Xiao Siyuan's meaning; he didn't want to reveal the existence of the Eye of Prey too early.

Both he and Li Chun are subject to the contractual suppression of the matrix system, making it impossible for them to expose the existence of the Old Pu Sub-body.

But Fengshan and his group might not be so lucky.

Without any actual transaction, the system won't interfere; whether or not it's kept confidential depends entirely on the players' self-discipline.

“Let’s distribute them first. Xiao Feng contributed a lot this time. I suggest that after Lao Xiao gets the fixed prop, we give him half of the rest.” Li Zheng took the initiative to change the subject.

"I second that," Yan Guang was the first to raise his hand.

"I have no objection either, since I won't lose out anyway."

"Brother Fengshan is so badly injured, it's only right that he takes more."

Fengshan was deeply moved: "My own brother is still the best to me!"

Li Zheng chuckled and ignored him.

When there are benefits, he's like a brother; when he's in a bad mood, he's just a "Li guy." What kind of real-life behavior is this?
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"Mr. Murata, the Chinese player we contacted the day before yesterday has been confirmed dead, but he asked us to help him take revenge before he died."

"Oh? Where's the target?"

"Channel 879, all the top ten on the power ranking."

"Ha! And the payment?"

"Of the ten gold-level items, eight have blueprints, and five of those blueprints are for furniture."

There are also three spatial hopping devices.

"Gone?"

"There's also... there's a gold-grade composite bow."

"Left-leaning Sang, next time you want to embezzle something, be more decisive, understand?"

"Hi!"

"Okay, take two people to that channel. Don't worry about who the target is, kill anyone you encounter!"

"Hi!"

……

A man who was about 1.68 meters tall wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, let out a long sigh, and muttered to himself, "Every time I contact him, I'm on tenterhooks..."

A shrewd glint flashed in his eyes, and he took out a shield, holding it with obvious delight.

"Gold-grade armor, huh, luckily I had a backup plan."

"Contact Kato-kun first, then go to that channel."

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Brother, there's really no need for that. Your tip alone added an extra chapter, and the monthly pass is practically a bonus.

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I made a mistake in the previous chapter and missed this donation record... Here's a thank you!
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I was stunned...

Aba aba aba...

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