Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 175 Old Man Yuan

Chapter 175 Eternal Remembrance of Elder Yuan (Title will be posted for seven days and revised later)

Andrew (12)

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Gray (10)

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Hans (10)

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All three individuals were red-named and dressed in identical uniforms: full-body special operations suits (silver), Orichalcoat bayonets (gold), and basic tactical goggles (silver).

The three of them were completely covered from head to toe, clearly not wanting to reveal their true identities.

Unfortunately, it was all an act for the blind; Old Pu knew their background perfectly well the moment they met.

Among them, Andrew, who was lying by the door, was holding a handheld ultra-quiet vacuum cleaner (gold), but the vacuum cleaner was held upside down, and the inlet that should have been used for vacuuming was connected to a smoke generator (silver).

Even a fool could guess that the smoke generator had been poisoned.

He was familiar with this trick; he remembered how he had killed a certain unlucky guy using it back then.

The three seemed surprised that Li Zheng was still awake so late, and opened the door just before they were about to make their move.

For a moment, the scene fell into a brief calm, and Andrew even forgot that Li Zheng could still fight back.

In the past, they used this method to assassinate others with absolute certainty, but today they encountered a "cultivation" player who caught them red-handed in their evil deeds.

"The three of you..."

Taking advantage of Andrew's momentary daze after being hit, Li Zheng raised his hand and swiftly sliced off Andrew's head from his neck with his sword.

"So weak!"

Gray and Hans were shocked to be sprayed with foul-smelling blood. After a moment of silence, they leaped up and each drew their weapons to attack Li Zheng.

In this situation, they are even less likely to speak.

Although there is a system to assist in translation in the Matrix game, people from all countries can understand and read all languages.

But once they open their mouths, you can still hear the difference.

Da da da……

Flames spewed out, illuminating the area around the two. They did not possess any ability to be imbued with ice and fire; the power of their firearms depended entirely on the quality of the ammunition and the weapon itself.

"A gold-grade AK and a gold-grade G36?" Li Zheng dodged to the side and hid behind the door, closing it behind him.

The bullets from the two firearms struck the outside of the dwelling, clanging and clattering, creating quite a commotion.

However, relying solely on the power of gold-grade firearms, it would be impossible to break through the capsule dwelling's defenses in a short period of time.

The capsule's interior has been damaged...

"repair!"

Li Zheng only needs to consume some materials to repair the damage, and the repair speed is even slightly faster than the damage caused by the two of them.

With his current stockpile of low-level materials, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe him as extremely wealthy; he could easily spend another hour playing with the two attackers.

However, Li Zheng also had some doubts.

They dared to assassinate me with only a few gold-grade weapons. Where did these people get the courage?
"Or is the arrogance of the bald eagles truly ingrained in their very bones?"

The advantage of firearms is that they are easy to learn. With just a short period of practice, even an ordinary person who has never handled a firearm before can use them.

Of course, there are more drawbacks, such as the difficulty in controlling accuracy.

This is easily solved. With blueprints available, players can essentially carry around an ammunition depot as long as they have the materials.

If accuracy isn't enough, then make up for it with quantity. Just hold the gun and fire randomly to achieve suppressive fire.

However, compared to the energy-type firearms that Li Zheng possesses, these realistic thermal weapons often have a fatal flaw.

That means it has a low magazine capacity!
Unless it's like Ye Yuan's powerful Gatling gun, with the bullet belt directly connected to the capsule dwelling.

otherwise……

Click
In just thirty seconds, both men's guns jammed simultaneously, requiring new magazines to be replaced before they could continue firing.

"Out of bullets, huh? My turn!"

Li Zheng smiled coldly, quickly opened the door, and looked up to see that the two men had each pulled out a gun.

"WDNMD!"

The door closed instantly.

Da da da!
Gunshots rang out, clanging and clattering...

"This is ridiculous. Using this method to avoid insufficient firepower? Are you out of your mind?"
"I'm not playing with you guys anymore. If this keeps up, we'll accumulate more and more repair materials, and I'll suffer huge losses."

With a wave of his hand, the dented, gold-grade shield flew into his grasp.

"Luckily, I discovered the Night Warrior's weakness in advance thanks to my clever mind, otherwise this shield would have been useless."

Ordinary cold weapons or armor like these are the type that cannot be repaired unless the user has special means.

If it breaks while in use, then it's completely gone, and you'll have to make or buy a new one.

Most importantly, this kind of thing is non-decomposable once damaged; it can only be disassembled before it is completely scrapped to recover a small amount of materials.

This is why Li Zhengming, despite possessing mastery of spear techniques and a platinum-grade spear, rarely uses it in battle.

After all, cutting blades belong to an unusual category.

"We can't wait any longer. Who knows if you have any more guns? If you realize what's happening and one of you shoots while the other reloads, how am I supposed to survive?"

With his shield in front of him, Li Zheng bent down to hide himself, opened the door, and prepared to rush out.

Da da da……

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding...

As soon as the door opened, the shield was hit by a bullet, flashing with fire, and its "durability" dropped rapidly.

The hand holding the shield went numb from the shockwaves, and the shield nearly slipped from his grasp amidst the barrage of fire.

Li Zheng estimated that if his physique hadn't been upgraded to the Silver level, he would have been instantly killed when he first entered the Matrix, even with a shield.

"Damn, I used to think that shooting someone backward with one shot was too exaggerated when I watched movies, but now that I think about it, it's so realistic."

There's not much to say after that. With his shield up, Li Zheng stepped out of the residence and became the master of the entire battlefield.

In terms of combat strength, Li Zheng completely overwhelmed the two white pigs. In just two minutes, two more corpses, hacked to pieces, appeared outside the residence.

"It's really bad!"

Li Zheng repeated the sentence, looking at the shield in his hand, which was riddled with holes and completely unusable.

"It's a pity about this shield. I could have salvaged some materials from it before, but now it's all for nothing." Li Zheng casually tossed the shield aside and checked his body.

There were two holes in the clothes, from which a small amount of blood was leaking out.

After the shield was destroyed, two bullets pierced through and hit him.

However, the injuries were not serious. After being cushioned by the broken shield, the two bullets only pierced his skin before being stuck in his muscles.

After pulling out the bullet, the bleeding from the previously blocked wound suddenly increased significantly, which looked rather frightening.

Li Zheng poked at the hole in the clothes with his fingers, feeling heartbroken: "I only have two sets of silver-grade clothes, and you've ruined one of my shirts. Isn't this just annoying?"
"You've only lost your lives, but I've only torn a piece of clothing!"

Muttering curses under his breath, Li Zheng ignored his still-bleeding wounds and began collecting his spoils.

There was only one set of combat uniform and tactical goggles; the other two sets were shredded by Li Zheng during the battle and were completely destroyed.

Two firearms, two bayonets, one vacuum cleaner, and one smoke generator.

Another military dagger was also cut in two by Li Zheng, rendering it unusable.

"The Zhan family's swordsmanship is truly amazing. As long as you follow the techniques and mobilize your muscle groups together, the increase in attack power is simply outrageous!"

The dagger could have escaped unscathed, but Li Zheng, wanting to test the swordsmanship he had just learned, cleaved it in two.

Later, he wanted to try cutting it a few more times.

The test result was... three shots. In addition, there were two gold-grade portable rocket-assisted grenade launchers, commonly known as RPGs.

If the two white men hadn't pulled out this powerful weapon later, Li Zheng could have shortened the battle time to less than thirty seconds.

With Lao Pu around, no matter how fierce this thing is, it's impossible for it to hit Li Zheng, and he successfully dodged it.

Yes, this also caused the room he was in to suffer an undeserved disaster.

"I said, if you have this thing, why didn't you take it out and bomb your residence in the first place? Seriously... Oh, one grenade requires one gold-level active core, then it's fine."

I was wondering why it was so incredibly powerful; even Old Pu warned me to dodge.

After picking up three more identity cards, it's hard to say how much Li Zheng gained from this attack, but the assassins certainly suffered a huge loss.

Then, the three corpses were gathered together, a flame was flicked out with a finger, and the cremation began.

"Dare to assassinate me? I'll scatter your ashes!" Without lingering, Li Zheng strode back to his residence.

This time, he didn't rush to close the door; instead, he simply sat down by the door, looking very imposing.

Check the wound; the scab has turned black. Once it falls off, the wound will be fully healed.

Li Zheng sat by the door, intending to wait and see if there would be any further attacks or assassinations.

With nothing else to do, I decided to organize my spoils.

"These two money-burning machines are definitely not for me. The materials for one grenade are almost as much as a petri dish. I'm not surnamed Wang, so I can't afford them."

I'll post it in Ye Yuanjian's group and see who's interested in selling it.

"We'll ask Lao Xiao and Li Chun tomorrow if they want the bayonets and firearms."

"The combat uniform... it's uncomfortable to wear, so I'll just post it in the group chat, and there are also combat goggles."

With Putin around, what's the point of having combat goggles? They only have an infrared imaging function, which is unnecessary most of the time and they're just in the way.

"This wave seems to have made quite a bit of money. I don't ask for much, just three more attacks like this!"

Li Zhengzhi was smug. He opened the regional channel and glanced at the remaining players: 996.
"Four are missing?"

Noticing the change in the number of players, Li Zheng frowned slightly: "I killed three here, who is the other one who died? Was it one of the other innocent players in the channel?"

If that's the case, Li Zheng feels that he is indirectly an accomplice.

For a moment, he felt a little sad.

Killing players with red names and challenging others are his own business, but if innocent people die as a result, he believes he is to blame.

"It seems necessary to get a teleportation device so we can directly attack their headquarters."

Perhaps only in this way can innocent players be prevented from dying because of him.

Although there are many space-jumping devices, Li Zheng hasn't managed to get his hands on a single one yet.

Even if you wanted to trade with someone, no one would sell to you.

This item is like a strategic resource; ordinary players would keep it as a means of escape if they obtained it.

Once the various organizations acquire it, they will certainly manage it uniformly.

This was also what Gangmen, slightly to the left, told Li Zheng.

Therefore, for ordinary players, the only way to obtain the Space Jump Device is through luck and exploration; there are almost no other options.

"...Damn it, with a face like mine, I probably won't even be able to find a room with a spatial teleportation device, right?" Li Zheng touched his face, feeling extremely sad.

"This can't be rushed. Let's squeeze that guy surnamed Feng a bit more tomorrow and try to get some of his good luck."

Putting that matter aside, Li Zheng began to review the system notifications.

The previous attack came at an inopportune time; he hadn't even had a chance to see what was inside the treasure chest.

He quickly found the tips.

[Received: Advanced Pharmaceutical Table Blueprint +1]

[Received: Advanced Human Body Modification Table Blueprint +1]

[Received: 1000g of Vibranium]

[Obtained: Ancient Technology Legs +1]

[Obtained: Ancient Technology Kidney +1]

[Gained: Ancient Technology Eye +1]

[Obtained: Extraordinary Gene Spectrum Fragment +1]

[Acquired: Power Core Type IV +5]

[Received: Advanced Module +100]

"One, two, three... Holy crap! A box of six diamonds, that's awesome!" Li Zheng looked through the approximate attributes of all the items and was immediately shocked.

As expected, both blueprints contained diamond-grade materials; he didn't even want to look at the materials.

Why bother looking at it?
Anyway, there's definitely not enough material, and seeing it will only make me angry.

What he was really concerned about were the two bionic parts and the fragments of the extraordinary gene spectrum.

"Ancient technology, could this thing be related to ancient ruins?" Li Zheng thought to himself, recalling the first instance he had entered.

Judging from the level of technology revealed in the "first layer" of ancient ruins, it is very likely that they possessed some advanced bionic organ technology.

"Could it be that the next time we enter the ancient ruins, we'll encounter monsters with these modified limbs?"

Li Zheng was unsure and could only make wild guesses.

Ancient technological organs are different from ordinary modified mechanical limbs.

Ordinary limbs can be upgraded by consuming materials, while limbs made using ancient technology cannot be upgraded.

However, correspondingly, the performance of ancient technology limbs is much stronger than that of ordinary diamond-grade limbs.

Interestingly, one of the functions of that kidney was to enhance sexual ability, which was unexpected for Li Zheng.

As for the extraordinary gene spectrum fragments, the information only states that once they are collected, they can be fused into a complete item.

However, the purpose of the fused super-god gene spectrum is not explained.

"We still need nine fragments to fuse them. It's a long way off. Let's just leave them there."

After taking inventory, Li Zheng suddenly felt that, from his current perspective, opening the diamond treasure chest this time was a huge waste.

Apart from the last two types of materials, the rest are just gathering dust for now.

This is utter nonsense...

However, the fact that five gold-level dynamic cores were obtained at once was good news for Li Zheng, and the one hundred advanced modules directly provided all the materials for the TJP-type ion shield.

Take out the blueprints and just rub them off.

Thirty seconds later, a black metal belt appeared in Li Zheng's hand.

TJP-type Ion Shield, Platinum, Equipment

Description: When activated, it can deploy a shield around you to block flying projectiles.

Note: Shields are ineffective against melee weapons.

Note: Only accepts power cores of Platinum grade and above for charging.

Old Pu: This thing is a magic weapon if used well, and it's also a magic weapon if used poorly.

Beware of explosive projectiles; although you are not afraid of high temperatures, your shield cannot block the impact.

I suggest you use it sparingly; the energy consumption will make you regret it!

"Not bad, it looks pretty strong."

He casually fastened the belt around his waist, twisted his waist left and right, and felt no discomfort. It wouldn't affect his usual combat.

Most importantly, it's very lightweight; you can barely feel its weight.