Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 174: Opening a Treasure Chest - Quality: Diamond!
"The Night Warrior is definitely not the work of the left side of the gate; he's not that sophisticated."

Sitting by the door, Li Zheng pondered carefully.

"However, I was attacked right after he left, so the guy who released the Night Warrior must have been his former superior."

Junkazu Kato!

When the name was uttered from the left side of the gate, Li Zheng felt a sense of familiarity.

Now that I think about it, didn't this player buy purified water from me before?
Back when the game had just started, almost everyone thought that food and water were scarce resources, so some people hoarded a batch of them.

Unexpectedly, after only a week, everyone was no longer worried about water and food.

Those who hoarded food and water back then must have lost a lot of money.

Looking back now, Li Zheng finds it all quite amusing.

Because one of the two foreigners he remembered on the same day had been killed by him two days earlier.

Now, the second one is starting to provoke me too...

Who knows, maybe one day we'll be able to build a space-time teleportation device and chop up Kato Junkazu too.

"Kato Junkazu...why are you in such a hurry? You've only been away from the left side of the gate for a short while, and you're already starting to make your move?"
I always thought you were a smart person.

Li Zheng muttered to himself for a while, but no one else came to his residence.

"The period when everyone's energy is at its lowest is between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. in a 24-hour day."

The next attack must have happened around that time.

Li Zheng stood up, walked outside his residence, closed the door, and began practicing his staff techniques.

After two days of practice and combat, his current mastery levels for the four skills are as follows:
Stick fighting: 7.89%
Swordsmanship: 1.64%
Swordsmanship: 2.71%
Dagger: 0.12%

Staff techniques are used more frequently and far outnumber knife techniques.

"Wait a minute, am I being silly again? Gaining more progress in stick technique mastery doesn't mean I'll practice faster!" Li Zheng slapped his forehead and went back to his residence to retrieve the sword technique manual he had traded with Zhan Zhouzhou.

"Shouldn't mastering swordsmanship be faster? With the sword techniques summarized by generations of the Zhan family, how can the speed of progress be slower than the staff techniques derived from spear skills?"

At that moment, Li Zheng felt like slapping himself a few times.

However, for the sake of practice, he decided to give himself a break for now.

"Let's go through it briefly first to get a general idea of ​​the Zhan family's swordsmanship, and then practice it step by step."

Li Zheng sat cross-legged, spread the manual out on the ground in front of him, and began to read it page by page.

He read very slowly, studying each word and sentence carefully. Sometimes, when he came to the part with illustrations, he would stop and try to practice a little to get a feel for it.

It must be said that Zhan Zhouzhou, out of consideration for Lao Puzi's writing style, provided a very detailed handwritten copy of the secret manual.

From the philosophy of the Zhan family sword technique to the principles behind each move, everything is explained very clearly.

It even details which muscle groups work together, making it incredibly hardcore.

By the time it took to roughly practice the entire manual once, half an hour had passed.

The acquisition rate for swordsmanship mastery also reached 3.97%.
This pace is terrifying!
It should be noted that the Zhan family's swordsmanship only has twenty-four forms.

On average, that's equivalent to an increase of...emmmm...a lot! for each formula!
Even so, this was still the result of Li Zheng's lack of skill, with neither his technique nor the execution of his moves being very high!

It's easy to imagine how terrifying the Zhan family's sword technique is!
It's no exaggeration to say that with the data-driven assistance of the matrix system, even players with poor aptitude and weak foundations can master swordsmanship within ten days if they obtain this manual and work hard!
"Let's begin targeted training now."

Turning back to the first page of the manual, Li Zheng started practicing from the first move, gradually adjusting his muscle activation techniques.

With a solid foundation in marksmanship, it's not difficult to figure out the general approach.

Then, Li Zheng fell into a tedious practice session. Since it was so boring, let's fast forward a bit.

Half an hour later, Li Zheng was finally able to perform the first move of the Zhan family sword technique in a decent manner.

The sword swept upwards, seemingly slow but actually fast, the flash of light accompanied by a slight whistling sound.

After reaching this level, Li Zheng did not stop.

He spent another half hour solidifying this move, trying to imprint all the techniques into his body and turn them into muscle memory.

He only stopped practicing the second move once he could execute it flawlessly in any situation.

Time flies by in this immersive practice.

When Li Zheng had to stop because his arms were sore and swollen, he realized that it was already past midnight.

The treasure chest has refreshed.

"Take a break, relax your body, and then open the treasure chest."

After opening the door and returning to his residence, Li Zheng communicated with the treasure chest system to draw his daily random treasure chest.

[Random treasure chest draw in progress today, please wait...]

[Draw successful. Chest quality: Diamonds. Collect now?]

"A...a diamond-grade treasure chest!"

Upon hearing this prompt, Li Zheng burst into laughter: "A wonderful day begins with drawing a treasure chest! Draw!"

Boom!
Just like before, a treasure chest made entirely of translucent material landed in front of Li Zheng.

"Diamond-level treasure chests are really different; they look much more luxurious than platinum-level ones."

Touching the surface of the treasure chest with both hands, the material felt warm and smooth to the touch. Even the seemingly raised patterns on the surface did not feel rough to the touch.

"Wait... open!"

Just as Li Zheng was about to open the treasure chest, he suddenly realized something.

So far, every treasure chest he has opened has yielded a varying number of blueprints of the same tier, depending on their quality.

As is well known, the higher the tier of the blueprint, the more advanced the materials required...

Won't the blueprints from today's diamond chests be too difficult to craft due to insufficient materials?
Thinking of this, Li Zheng's hands, which had been trembling slightly with excitement, suddenly became steady.

"What a waste of time!"

For a moment, Li Zheng began to feel disgusted with today's treasure chest...

But what can you do now that it's already been extracted?
And we can't return it.

"This feels fucking awful, damn it!"

Li Zheng recalled how he had complained about the low rank of the Golden Treasure Chest he had previously obtained.

Looking back now, I realize I was so young back then!
Treasure chests aren't necessarily better the higher their level.

Opening the box, as usual, all that could be seen inside was a hazy blur, making it impossible to discern what was inside.

As soon as I reached in to scoop something out, the system started displaying a notification.

【get:……】

Before Li Zheng could even look at his haul, he heard a faint commotion outside.

The attack has come!
"So early?"

Upon checking the time, they realized it wasn't even 1 a.m. yet, and these people couldn't sit still any longer.

"Looks like the opponents this time aren't very good."

Carrying the one-handed sword-shaped cutting blade, Li Zheng walked to the door, opened it a crack, and looked out.

Just then, I met a pair of eyes wearing semi-transparent goggles.

Old Pu instantly provided the other party's attribute information.

Li Zheng glanced at the numbers after the other person's name and smiled happily.

The newcomer was indeed a person with a red name.

However, judging from the style of their names, these people do not belong to any organization in Muddy Country.

(End of this chapter)