Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 211 is full of outrageous maneuvers (Part 2)

Xiao Siyuan's requirements were quite extravagant; he immediately took two-thirds of the Tiberium alloy from Li Zheng's hand.

That's tens of thousands of grams of platinum-grade material!

In addition, I also acquired quite a few gold and silver grade materials, such as modules.

Basically, Li Zheng borrowed everything he could offer.

"So many items, their value is no less than two diamond-grade weapons..." Li Zheng looked at the materials that had shrunk by half and felt heartbroken.

It was Xiao Siyuan who asked to borrow the materials; Li Zheng would not have agreed to it if it had been anyone else.

Transactions can be conducted simultaneously in the blacksmith's shop, but the order in which people receive the items matters.

Soon, Chu Xiao, who had gone in first, and Ye Kai and his sister came out together.

The three men left the blacksmith shop with beaming smiles, clearly indicating that their improvement this time was substantial.

Ye Kai and Ye Yuan must have improved their preferred attack methods, which are currently stored in their capsule residences. Li Zheng cannot discern how much they have improved.

But Chu Xiao was different. In addition to the ordinary-quality clothes he was wearing when he went in, he also had a metal helmet on his head.

Forced sedation device

Rank: Platinum / Upgradeable (Maximum: Extraordinary)

Type: Equipment

Description: Products made by blacksmiths are guaranteed to be of the highest quality.

In addition to possessing corresponding defensive capabilities, it also comes with a forced calming function, which can exempt users from the "sanity confusion" effect caused by specific genetic abilities.

Upon seeing the attributes of this equipment, Li Zheng vaguely felt a sense of incongruity.

This sudden feeling was inexplicable, and Li Zheng felt that he had overlooked something.

But none of that matters; the key thing is that he has more important things to do now.

Li Zheng squatted down in front of his residence, looking at the three men with an expectant expression: "Bosses, shall we go back to Channel 879?"

Chu Xiao: "..."

Ye Kai: "..."

Ye Yuan: "..."

The three of them fell silent, all feeling that this guy had ill intentions.

Li Zheng retrieved the space pirate's ticket and revealed his true identity: "Return tickets, cheap and discounted, a friend's price plus a clearance sale, everyone consider it?"

There was no other way; Xiao Siyuan had almost emptied Li Zheng's savings, and he urgently needed to replenish his funds.

There's business right in front of us, why not take it?

Ye Kai pondered for two seconds: "Since we've come all this way to another channel, we're planning to look around here for a bit before heading back."

Ye Yuan pulled out two spatial teleportation devices and said smugly, "No need for you, you big swindler, to bother with this."

Chu Xiao said with a bitter face, "Damn it! I'll give you three more megaphones in exchange for another plane ticket back!"

He had just teleported from Channel 2 to Channel 1 a few days ago, so he couldn't use the second space jump device.

"make a deal!"

With a broad smile, Li Zheng completed the transaction and handed over the Star Pirate.

Chu Xiao stared blankly, as if looking at something, before saying, "Not for now. I'll contact you when I need to go back."

"No problem!" Li Zheng guessed that Chu Xiao probably wanted to use up the remaining exploration opportunities here before going back.

"Alright." Chu Xiao nodded to Ye Kai and his sister. "Let's go."

After saying that, the three of them each took out a pocket watch and probed the four metal doors that were not yet opened.

Soon, the three chose the room with the alligators and left together.

Li Zheng watched the three figures leave, lost in thought.

I always felt that the three of them had some kind of secret plan.

At this moment, Lu Li also came out of the blacksmith shop, carrying a slender sniper rifle on his shoulder.

【slag

Rank: Platinum / Upgradeable (up to Extraordinary)
Type: Weapon

Description: Products made by blacksmiths are guaranteed to be of the highest quality.

This sniper rifle was custom-made to the client's specifications, with an effective range of 3,000 meters and extremely terrifying power.

This gun is equipped with the Mr. Land system to assist in shooting, so even a complete novice who knows nothing about firearms can easily get started and take lives from a kilometer away.

The molten slag has three different firing modes, each requiring the use of corresponding special ammunition. The higher the ammunition tier, the greater its power.

The special shooting modes are: Armor-Piercing, Demolition, and Ghostly.

(Ghostly: Shooting silently, like a ghost, the first choice for assassination.)

The slag gun is also extremely peculiar in shape. It is 2.3 meters long, with two-thirds of it being the barrel, which is thin, long, and very deformed.

The "Mr. Land" is essentially a pair of combat goggles. The long, dark green lenses display all factors that affect sniping, assisting snipers in long-range attacks.

At the same time, these goggles also have a certain degree of defensive capability.

Wearing a dark camouflage uniform, Mr. Land tactical goggles, and carrying a Molten Slag sniper rifle, Lu Li's demeanor became even more sharp.

Unfortunately, his inherent naiveté ruined this image, making him seem out of place and more like a traitor infiltrating our army.

Lu Li was fascinated by the molten slag, and upon seeing Li Zheng, he boasted, "Father, look at this gun, isn't it mighty? Isn't it imposing?"

Li Zheng also had a sniper rifle, but compared to Molten Slag, it was far inferior.

He couldn't help but say sourly, "Only children care about length; adults know that diameter is more satisfying."

Lu Li's smile, which had been froze upon receiving the good gun, gradually faded: "You can even drive on this lousy road..."

Li Zheng ignored him and flicked the Star Pirate in his hand: "San Duo, oh no... Lu Li, now that you've got your equipment, do you want to go back to channel 879? I'll give you a discount on your return ticket."

"Can you make it cheaper?"

Lu Li reached into his pocket and turned it inside out: "See that?"

"what?"

“It’s empty!” Lu Li, the simpleton, turned all his pockets inside out: “My capsule residence is emptier than my pockets right now, I don’t have the money to pay for your plane ticket.”

"You wouldn't..." Li Zheng paused for two seconds, "You wouldn't have gone bankrupt trying to forge this gun, would you?"

“Of course!” Lu Li said matter-of-factly, “This is a weapon with an extraordinary upper limit. I’m not as powerful as you guys. I can only stay in the top 20 of the combat power ranking. I don’t have as many resources as you guys to begin with.”

At this point, Lu Li looked at Li Zheng with pleading eyes, appearing pitiful: "Father, you won't abandon me, will you?"

Li Zheng felt disgusted by his gaze, waved his hand, and said decisively, "Get lost!"

Lu Li knelt down with a thud, crawling on both knees to Li Zheng's side, tears streaming down his face, crying out miserably, "No, Father! I am your own flesh and blood! How can you bear to abandon me?"

puff~
He blew his nose, wiping it all over Li Zheng's trouser leg, and then burst into tears: "Back when you and my mother got married, I even attended the wedding! As her son, I didn't skimp on my wedding gift money!"

Are you really so heartless as to abandon your son here and not care about him at all?
If my mom finds out, she'll definitely want a divorce from you!
Children from single-parent families have such a hard life…

This guy……

Got sick again.

Intermittent psychosis.

Terrifying!
Unable to withstand the attack, Li Zheng kicked him away: "A grown man, crying like his own father has died..."

Damn it?

Don't come any closer, okay? I give up.

"I'll give you one free use, just don't disgust me."

"Waaah~" Lu Li was so moved that she crawled back, grabbed Li Zheng's trouser leg, and burst into tears: "I knew it!"
What father doesn't love his son?
You still love me after all!

that……

I have another favor to ask..."

Li Zheng kicked him away again with force, suppressing the urge to kill him with a knife, and roared: "Why won't you listen? Stop disgusting me!"
Let's talk this out!

"OK then."

Lu Li wiped his face and returned to normal: "It's not a big deal. We just used up all the materials. Now we only have the gun, but no bullets. I was wondering if I could borrow some materials for bullets from you."

Li Zheng: "..."

Li Zheng was dumbfounded by Lu Li's seamless switching of emotions. He even suspected that Lu Li hadn't actually had a seizure earlier, but was just faking it.

"Woo~"

"stop!"

Upon hearing that Lu Li's mournful sobbing was about to be reenacted, Li Zheng quickly called for a halt: "Show me the production page, and I'll lend you the material for five bullets."

"Thank you so much!"

Lu Li quickly demonstrated the formulas for three special ammunition types. It was a good thing he still had some conscience; he only wanted bronze-grade ammunition materials and didn't ask for an exorbitant price.

Platinum-grade slag paired with bronze ammunition offers no additional power boost, and various properties are even reduced.

However, it's sufficient for dealing with creatures below Platinum rank.

Li Zheng quickly sifted out the materials for five bullets, packed them up, and handed them over to the recipient, saying irritably, "Remember, this is a loan to you; you have to return it!"

Lu Li accepted the materials with a grin, then took the space pirate's teleportation device: "Don't worry, I'll pay you back three times the amount tomorrow night."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Li disappeared from the spot, and the space pirate automatically returned to Li Zheng's hands.

At this moment, Liu Jiale, who had come out earlier, spoke up: "Luckily, I'm not as strong or wealthy as you, otherwise it would be quite difficult to deal with him getting involved."

Li Zheng looked up but found no trace of the other party's improvement. However, Old Pu gave a hint.

Training stance
Rank: None
Type: Special Equipment

Description: It must be said that the concept behind this prop was a challenge for the blacksmith as well.

Before this, all customers would only order weapons, armor, or various functional facilities for daily life from him, things for practicing martial arts and taking hits. This was the first time.

To satisfy both the need for sturdiness and the customer's need for practice, the blacksmith waived the payment that the customer was obligated to make.

He even spent his own money to acquire a lot of rare materials.

Effect: Accelerates the acquisition speed of "Mastery Ability".

It's obvious that this attribute was detected by the sub-body after Zhan Zhouzhou entered.

The reason why Ye Kai and his sister were not shown is probably because Zhan Zhouzhou was not interested in what they had obtained and did not even bother to take a look.

After reading the hint, Li Zheng remained calm and thought to himself: This is indeed in line with Liu Jiale's personality.

When I first met Liu Jiale, he was constantly hitting sandbags made of iron filings.

These past few days, my boxing mastery acquisition rate has exceeded 95%, and I'm almost there.

It's easy to imagine that Liu Jiale practices like crazy whenever she has free time, never letting up.

I don't know how many sandbags were broken through.

However, one thing that puzzled Li Zheng was that, despite both being martial artists, Liu Jiale and Zhan Zhouzhou were completely different.

The latter specializes in one skill and studies it diligently. From the beginning of the game until now, his terrifying speed of progress has shocked Li Zheng.

Liu Jiale, on the other hand, is quite similar to himself, seemingly not content with being proficient in only one thing.

However, Li Zheng himself knew that the ability of "fighters" existed, which is why he decided to pursue the "Hundred Paths".

What was Liu Jiale's motive?

Li Zheng suppressed his curiosity: "Lu Li isn't a bad person, he's just sick."

Once his illness flares up, it's not hard to understand how outrageous he might be.

"uh-huh."

Liu Jiale shrugged, neither confirming nor denying, and said, "I didn't say he was a bad person, but your excessive kindness is not advisable in the Matrix."

You've probably read the story of the rich man and the beggar.

You can't see into someone's heart; how can you know if they have ulterior motives?

“Birds of a feather flock together.”

Li Zheng smiled and said, "Those who can be my friends are at least not bad people. Take you for example, you know that saying such things is easy to offend people, but you still said it to their faces, didn't you?"

Liu Jiale's expression suddenly turned cold: "Then how do you know I wasn't being sarcastic or mocking?"

Li Zheng smiled and tapped his temple: "The eyes don't lie."

Liu Jiale is a very straightforward person, and many of his thoughts are expressed through his eyes.

Friendliness is friendliness, and dislike is dislike.

They never bothered to hide it.

It's also hard to hide.

"whispering sound."

Liu Jiale took out a bright red fruit with gold patterns from his residence and tossed it over: "Here, I was originally going to keep it for the lottery, but I'll give it to you now."

Li Zheng reached out and caught it, then glanced at its attributes.

【Liuyan Lingxiang Fruit】
Rank: Gold

...]

It was just a standard gold-level gene ability development tool, which Li Zheng didn't really value, so he tossed it back into Liu Jiale's arms: "You should keep this for the lottery."

"What? I remember you have a fire-type gene ability, don't you?" Liu Jiale caught the fruit and said, "Wouldn't it be more valuable to use it to upgrade that ability?"

Upgrade Ice and Fire Attachment?

just forget it.

Li Zheng is a man who owns thirty cultivation dishes, and they are about to be filled with Flame Branches. One or two gold-level fruits are of no use at all.

Even if he reaches the maximum level of Ice and Fire Attachment, he doesn't plan to develop any gene abilities below the Platinum level.

Without him.

Too weak, not worthy of his current strength.

On the contrary, it will waste resources.

"I don't think much of it." Li Zheng pretended to be profound and pretentious. "Instead of trading this, you might as well give me a gold-grade power core. That would be more attractive to me."

"alright."

Despite his confusion, Liu Jiale still replaced the power core with a gold-grade one: "Here, this is the last one. Let's exchange it for another chance to use the space pirate."

"Thanks, boss!" Li Zheng took the power core and handed over the Space Pirate: "Why don't you play on this channel a little longer?"

"No, I just checked the regional combat power rankings." Liu Jiale immediately activated the space pirate mode. "They're all trash. I feel disgusted if I stay here even a minute longer."

As the space pirates took effect, Liu Jiale vanished from the spot.

At this moment, Zhan Zhouzhou also came out of the blacksmith's shop.

Li Zheng glanced at her and exclaimed, "Holy crap! You guys are really something else!"
"The blacksmith is losing money doing business with you guys, he'll practically go broke!"

I heard there's a bug. Today, you can only vote one vote at a time. If you click "vote all," it shows a system error.

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