Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 184 Reencounter with Romain Rolland

"Why can't I be here? Instead, why aren't you staying on that channel? What are you doing wandering around?" A golden octopus in an academic gown raised its tentacles, its head turning black with anger, and roared loudly.

Luo Aimang really didn't expect that he would run into Li Zheng as soon as he joined this channel.

Since the last two transactions, Luo Aimang had nightmares for two nights, and every time he woke up, he wished he could bite Li Zheng, the culprit, to death.

So much so that it later applied to the terminal to change the rules, wanting to block this kind of transaction of exchanging plastic bags for plastic bags.

The transaction was rejected by the client because the other party had contributed more items during the transaction, which met the basic requirement that a "transaction" must be profitable.

Instead, a certain material in its inventory was bought up, and the black market does not allow items to be in zero inventory, so the terminal forces it to come out and find similar items to replenish its inventory.

In the terminal's terms, this act of searching for props is called "stocking up".

When a store sells out of goods, the merchant is naturally responsible for restocking.

Originally, it could have applied to the terminal to remove the "Valok Eye" item from the shelves.

Unfortunately, it can only send one request to the terminal every thirty days...

For Romain, a seasoned "homebody," leaving the black market was nothing short of mental torture.

Not only do they have to worry about not being able to find things, but they also have to be constantly on guard to avoid being discovered by their old enemies.

Luo Aimang felt that his current aimless searching for the extinct Valoc Eyes was all because of Li Zheng.

"Ow~"

Sakura, who was behind Li Zheng, had just stepped through the teleportation portal when she sensed the immense pressure emanating from Luo Aimang.

He immediately fell straight backward, pretending to be dead.

The little claws grabbed Li Zheng's trouser leg and tugged at it twice, signaling him to play dead with them.

"..."

Li Zheng's intuition wasn't as sharp as Xiaoying's, so he couldn't sense the pressure emanating from Luo Aimang and naturally wouldn't back down.

He learned after the last transaction that as a black market merchant, Luo Aimang's every move was restricted by the matrix terminal. As long as he didn't do anything reckless and attack Luo Aimang, he would be safe.

So when faced with Romain Rolland's question, he replied confidently, "I can go wherever I want, it's none of your business!"

"And you, instead of staying at your black market shop and doing business, what are you doing wandering around aimlessly?"

"It's all because of you!" Luo Aimang complained subconsciously, then suddenly roared angrily, "Don't you dare mimic me!"

This guy actually returned his question verbatim.

The most embarrassing thing is that I actually answered his question without thinking!
Gan!
I'm so angry!
"Fine, fine, I won't follow your example." Li Zheng helplessly spread his hands: "Haven't seen you for a few days, why have you gotten so irritable?"

That high-class image I had when we last met has completely fallen apart.

"You're still innocent?" Luo Aimang is only innocent because he doesn't have a nose; if he did, he would be furious by now.

"Do you know how much trouble that guy caused me afterward by coming to my shop?"

"Troublesome? The materials we've brought out are all low-grade, not very valuable, and certainly not rare." Li Zheng was completely bewildered. How troublesome could it be?
After the transaction, Fengshan did not tell him about the shortage of Valok's eyeballs, nor did he tell Li Zheng the fact that Valok's clan had been wiped out long ago.

Roamand almost laughed out of anger: "Not rare? Do you know that the Valok clan was wiped out long ago?"

I've been forced to come out and restock because the store is out of stock of Valoc eyes!
damned!
How could I have been such an idiot back then?
They were easily fooled and went to slaughter the entire Valok clan.

The guy who fooled Roemang back then was torn to pieces by Roemang after he discovered that Valoc's eyeball wasn't as valuable as rumored.

So now it can only sulk in silence.

Upon first hearing about the extermination of an entire race, Li Zheng was deeply shocked. The monsters in the Matrix acted far too arbitrarily, wiping out entire clans without a second thought. However, wasn't Luo Aimang himself ultimately to blame for this short-sighted act that led to the current bitter consequences?
However, Li Zheng remembered that after Fengshan and Luo Aimang made their deal, he had seen Valok's eyeballs in another place.

Since Roemang is in a hurry to purchase goods, could we use this information to exchange for some benefits?
Li Zheng thought about it and felt it was feasible, so he asked, "Can we still do business together if it's not in a black market shop?"

"What do you want to do?"

Luo Aimang instantly became alert and instinctively wanted to find an excuse to refuse.

"It's nothing." Li Zheng's lips curled into a wicked smile: "It's just a little clue about obtaining the Valok Eye."

As soon as he said this, Roemang became anxious. Several tentacles swayed in a wave-like motion around him, and the pure black color on his head faded away, returning to pure gold.

With two tentacles crossed in front of him, making a rubbing motion, Luo Aimang revealed a fawning smile and leaned close to Li Zheng: "A trade, a trade is absolutely necessary!"
The rules are the same as in the store: three chances to transact. How about it?

After thinking for a moment, Li Zheng replied, "No, we need to change the rules."

If I were the customer, it would be reasonable for me to assess the value of the items myself and trade with you.

But now you're asking me to trade clues. According to the rules, shouldn't you offer something of equal value in exchange?

"Hmm? You have a point."

Roamund turned around, his head turning pure white, a tentacle pressing against his chin, and he began to ponder: "But there's no precedent for this, and I don't know the value of this clue. How should I bid?"
wrong! "

Luo Aimang's eyes suddenly changed: "I almost got tricked by this kid. He asked me to estimate the value of the clues because he couldn't handle it himself, so he threw the problem to me so he could profit from it!"

Thinking of this, Luo Aimang sneered repeatedly, having already decided what items he should offer in the trade.

As the white faded, Romain turned around and said, "I can agree to this condition."

"OK, let's get started." Li Zheng started taking out the black iron-grade blood materials he had accumulated over the past few days.

The amount of black iron-grade materials Li Zheng has obtained in the past few days is much more than when he traded with Luo Aimang last time. Li Zheng has to fly up and throw them down, and soon a large mountain of blood materials has been piled up.

Exchange iron for bronze, then exchange bronze for silver.

In just two transactions, Li Zheng gathered all the materials needed for Silver 2+ Limit Break, and even some of the materials needed for Silver 3+ potions.

In addition, he also had the resources to leave Xiao Siyuan a set of bronze-level potion materials.

The two relatively normal transactions greatly pleased Romain.

This time, thankfully, there were no bizarre transactions involving trading one item for another of the same level.

Next comes the third trading opportunity with roles reversed. As the "customer," Roemon must offer something he believes is of equal value to the "Valloc's Eye" clue.

"For the third transaction, I'll trade you these treasured possessions that I've kept for countless years!"

During the third transaction, Romain practically gritted his teeth as he pulled out a bunch of things, his eyes filled with reluctance.

Treasured for countless years!

These two words, combined with his identity as a black market merchant in Luo Aimang, genuinely excited Li Zheng a little.

If something is treasured by someone so much that they can't even say how many years it's been kept, it must be something of extremely high quality!
Gold grade?
Platinum level?
Judging from how reluctant it is to part with it, could it be a diamond-grade diamond?

Wouldn't we be rich now?

Li Zheng looked at the pile of things that Luo Aimang had taken out with some anticipation, and was immediately dumbfounded.

He then yelled, "Who would want this thing?!"

(End of this chapter)