Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 217 Night Raid, the Incarnation of Wrath!
"This is my first time broadcasting today, so I won't talk about anything too advanced. But if you practice well, you'll be able to dominate any creature below the gold level."

After half an hour, Zhan Zhouzhou practiced the sword technique twice before finally stopping and slowly exhaling.

"The sword technique I just practiced is actually a performance routine, usually used as the opening of major martial arts competitions, aiming for a gorgeous and beautiful effect."

"I've made some slight modifications to the swordplay I've been demonstrating these past two days, making it more suitable for real combat."

"So today, I will teach you the basics of this sword technique. I don't expect you to master it quickly. If you can learn even one or two moves within two days, you'll be considered quite talented."

"Well then... let's begin."

"The first move is derived from my family's sword technique, 'Piercing Swallow.' In summary, it's a simple straight thrust, but the key is to concentrate the power at the tip..."

As she spoke, Zhan Zhouzhou slowed down and began to break down the performance sword technique as she narrated her story.

Watching the other party's demonstration and explanation, and drawing on his own practice experience, Li Zheng discovered that Zhan Zhouzhou had indeed simplified the "swallow through the hall" technique considerably.

Don't underestimate the "straight thrust" move. You should know that this one move can be used in many different ways by different sword styles.

Otherwise, where would so many different sword techniques come from?

Right?

What makes this difference is the technique of applying force.

For example, in the simplified version of "Swallow Through the Hall," Zhan Zhouzhou only requires beginners to be able to thrust the sword straight.

It's very easy to practice. Just draw eighteen different points on the wall and then sheathe and thrust your sword.

Each time you draw your sword, the tip must accurately pierce your target point, without deviation, cleanly and decisively.

To demonstrate this technique, Zhan Zhouzhou drew dozens of dots densely on the outer wall of his capsule residence.

When drawing the sword, the speed gradually increases until it almost leaves an afterimage.

The clanging sounds of the longswords hitting the outer wall blended together.

If you look closely, you can even see that Zhan Zhouzhou hits different points with each sword strike, covering dozens of small spots evenly!

This scene directly shocked the thousands of spectators present, leaving them speechless.

Frustrated by being locked out of their chat room during the live stream, some players who knew each other formed a private group and thoroughly enjoyed themselves in the chat.

Someone said, "Oh no, it seems she really wants to teach us!"

Others said, "That's hilarious, you can't learn that at all!"

Some people said, "My eyes can't keep up with the speed of her sword strikes, my brain tells me it's all for naught, and my hands want to hurt myself."

Finally, someone concluded: "Stop talking, I'm useless!"

"No, we are all useless!"

……

Zhan Zhouzhou finished his move and stood up: "At first, you can just practice a little bit. When you can hit the target accurately every time, and even develop muscle memory so that you can hit the target with your eyes closed, then you've already stepped into the threshold."

At this point, she lifted the chat restrictions in the live stream: "You can ask any questions now."

The audience was full of enthusiasm, and the live chat exploded with comments:

"Damn! I just tried it myself, and I only managed to hit the mark once by sheer luck. It's so difficult!"

"Is this level of skill considered the beginner level?"

"A hardcore streamer, I love it!"

"If those people who left earlier knew what the streamer was teaching, wouldn't they be devastated?"

"Stop talking, they're a bunch of idiots. I'm glad I didn't jump on the bandwagon and say something rash."

"That's not just being fast-talking, that's being foul-mouthed!"

"If the beginner level is this difficult, I'm very curious about what the advanced tutorials are like. Can the host reveal some details?"

"Yeah, yeah, tell me about it."

"We share the same curiosity."

Finally, someone in the live chat raised a valuable question, and many others echoed it, asking Zhan Zhouzhou to briefly discuss the future direction of his teaching.

Seeing the audience's enthusiasm, Zhan Zhouzhou thought for a moment and said, "Alright, then I'll tell you about my future teaching direction."

"To put it simply, after teaching all the moves, all that's left is to practice methods to increase the power of the moves."

"For specific examples..."

She took out a metal plate and showed its properties: "This is a material mixed with titanium alloy. In terms of defense alone, it is comparable to silver-grade metal armor."

He then took out another longsword: "This is a bronze-grade longsword. Theoretically, its attack power cannot break through silver-grade defenses."

"However, as long as you master the correct way to exert force, it will be like this..."

The metal plate was thrown out, and Zhan Zhouzhou drew his sword and thrust it straight out.

Clang!
The bronze sword swept through the silver-grade metal plate with unstoppable force, its tip emerging from the other side.

The live chat exploded again, the screen filled with: "ohhhhhhhhh!"

"too strong!"

"Metal Plate: I'll lead you guys to victory!"

"An unexpected ending."

"This board must be at least two centimeters thick, right?"

"Please don't play pool, I'm afraid the balls won't go in."

"Hilarious, is it a matter of whether it's willing or not?"

"Metal plate: This is so hard!"

The screen is filled with amazement!

"The path of martial arts is endless, and I have only learned a little bit."

Zhan Zhouzhou remained unmoved, put away the two props, and said, "That's enough for today's live stream. This move is enough for you to practice for two days. End of stream."

After saying that, she ignored the comments and closed the live stream.

More than 3,000 viewers were cleared out, and they lost interest in watching those pointless live streams, so they all started practicing.

That night, more than three thousand black iron-grade longswords went missing from the trading hall.

That night, several streamers lost their top spender.

Li Zheng closed the live stream interface, his eyes deep in thought, while his mind replayed the content of Zhan Zhouzhou's live stream, especially the moment before the stream ended, when the other party's hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

"Strange, this shouldn't be the case."

This amount of exercise might be unacceptable to others, but for Zhan Zhouzhou, who has been practicing swordsmanship for many years, it's nothing.

Moreover, how could a swordsman's hand tremble when holding a sword?

After thinking for a moment, Li Zheng sent a private message to the other party: "During your live stream just now, you didn't have gravity amplification on the whole time, did you?"

Zhan Zhouzhou replied: "It's on."

"How many times?"

"1.8"

"..."

Li Zheng was shocked; this girl was really courting death!

After receiving the "overweight" rating, they immediately started with 1.5 times the normal amount, and it hasn't even been that long?
Has the 1.8x gravity amplification already begun?

Li Zheng asked worriedly, "I think you were about to collapse. Will this cause any damage to your body?"

Gravity amplification is not something to be taken lightly; if it exceeds one's tolerance, it can damage bones and internal organs.

It could even be life-threatening.

Zhan Zhouzhou said, "It's nothing, this time I'm just trying my best."

Li Zheng was still worried: "Please be careful. If anything goes wrong, contact Lao Xiao immediately. I'll have him and Lin Fengjiao go back to channel 879 in a bit."

Lady Zhan is now a great treasure to everyone, so we must be very careful about her safety.

If she does a good job teaching, it will be an immeasurable act of merit. If she expands her teaching scope in the future, countless people will benefit from her and survive in the Matrix.

This is much more effective than Li Zheng killing a few red-named players.

If Li Zheng's previous idea of ​​killing red-named players was "giving a man a fish," then Zhan Zhouzhou's teaching plan is "teaching a man to fish."

Of course, most importantly, Li Zheng could also glean some ideas on how to further improve his swordsmanship from the other party's teaching.

"Hmm." After Zhan Zhouzhou sent the message, Li Zheng could tell that she had no desire to chat, so he simply stopped bothering her.

Li Zheng got up and went outside the residence. Without stopping, he walked to the edge of the room and made a small mark on a pile of useless machines.

He began practicing swordsmanship in the same way Zhan Zhouzhou did.

During this practice session, Li Zhengcai realized just how poor his aim was...

Of the ten sword strikes, three would miss.

"It's such a failure, it's not even comparable to Zhan Zhouzhou's level!"

Li Zheng angrily cursed himself and buried himself in practice.

Once he started practicing, Li Zheng became completely absorbed in it and couldn't pull himself away.

Before he knew it, it was almost midnight when he finally snapped out of it and stopped practicing.

At this moment, the wall that Li was facing was in a mess, with sword holes all over the useless machines.

Checking his progress on acquiring swordsmanship proficiency, Li Zheng was overjoyed: "It's already far ahead of staff proficiency, and I'll be able to officially acquire it soon."

Li Zheng was a little curious: if someone practiced this sword technique to the point of mastery, would they be able to comprehend other sword techniques on their own?

"...That's impossible. If it were that simple, the world would be full of martial arts masters."

Since Li Zheng did not acquire his mastery of marksmanship through hard work, he did not know which specific aspect of his abilities was being improved by this mastery.

"It should be similar to the ability to adjust the attack. When I use a spear, I have better control over the accuracy and power than when I use a longsword."

It was already quite late, and Li Zheng was feeling a bit tired after practicing swordsmanship for so long.

Back at my accommodation, I went straight into the bathtub for a hot bath and prepared to rest.

"We can open the treasure chest in half an hour. I wonder what good stuff we'll get this time?"

With half of his body submerged in the water, Li Zheng's thoughts gradually drifted away. The warm water, with the fire element attached, could be heated at any time.

"I hope the quality of this treasure chest is a bit lower, otherwise I'll get blueprints but won't have the materials to craft them, which is really frustrating..."

boom!
boom!
Two loud thuds.

"Ouch!"

"Polly!"

Startled by Sakura and Pink Polly's angry shouts, Li Zheng leaped out of the bathtub and rushed out of the bathroom, raising his hand to summon his sheathed sword.

Sakura and Pink Polly have a very good relationship, so it's impossible for them to have any conflicts. This commotion definitely means something has broken in!

Li Zheng didn't have time to put on his clothes; he just put on the levitation thrusters, and then his feet started shaking violently.

"Damn it! Can't you even give me a chance to put on my underwear?" Li Zheng roared, wielding his sheathed sword in one hand and his Eye Demon Boots in the other, as he darted out the door.

While still in mid-air, Li Zheng managed to slip on his Eye Demon Boots, and just as he was leaving, he also managed to grab his underwear.

"I feel relieved..."

欻!
A cold glint appeared, and Li Zheng quickly increased his flight altitude to dodge the attack.

Before he could even look down to check on the attacker, he felt an extremely dangerous aura emanating from beneath him, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

"So strong!"

hide!
We have to hide!

Otherwise, your anus will be in danger!

With his body tilted to the side, Li Zheng used the aircraft to adjust his angle and flew out at an angle.

"First, put the inner k..."

Li Zheng, who was flying non-stop, raised his hand, holding only a small piece of cloth...

"Damn it, what the hell could you have chopped up?"

Li Zheng was furious. He wanted to throw away the small piece of cloth, but after hesitating for a moment, he rolled it up and tried it out.

"This is a special brew, but I'm too big to fit properly!"

Throwing away the cloth, Li Zheng turned around and looked back. Although the attacker couldn't fly, he was relentlessly pursuing him not far from his feet.

It was a slender, black figure, completely wrapped in pure black bandage-like fabric, with not even its mouth, nose, or eyes showing.

This disguise makes it extremely difficult for the other party to detect you in dim lighting conditions.

If it weren't for Li Zheng's silver physique granting him superhuman eyesight, he might have even lost sight of his target.

Old Pu immediately provided the other party's attribute information:
Night Warrior

Grade: Diamond

Description: A creature of the night, with a mysterious origin.

"Night Warrior? Is it related to the Night Warrior?" Li Zheng suddenly realized that this was the same person who had used the Night Warrior to ambush him before, still harboring malicious intentions!

Li Zheng was really angry now. He hadn't gone looking for trouble with the other party, so how dare they provoke him?
"court death!!!"

The violent emotions that had been suppressed for most of the day could no longer be contained and erupted suddenly. A strong evil fire instantly occupied Li Zheng's heart, burning fiercely and becoming more and more intense.

"Power Demon - Berserk!"

As he activated his avatar ability, Li Zheng shut down the aircraft behind him and fell from the sky, crashing headfirst into the pursuing Night Warrior.

He had seen it from the air; this time, there were two opponents, not just one!

Another Night Warrior was entangled by Sakura and Pink Poring, but he wasn't in good condition. The two of them were overwhelmed and could only barely hold on.

"You think you can take me down by sending out two diamond-level creatures?"

Li Zheng's burly body descended from the sky, his three legs raised high, head down and feet up, as he drew his sheathed sword and slashed at the head of the Night Warrior with brute force.

boom!
The Night Warrior, skilled in speed, vanished like a ghost, his longsword piercing through the opponent's afterimage before slamming into the metal floor.

This brutal and unreasonable slash drove the sheathed sword deep into the floor, only stopping when it touched the very edge of the room.

"hide?"

Li Zheng opened his large, copper-bell-sized eyes and glared at the shadowy figure not far away. The figure's eyes were filled with a purplish-red flame like a lantern, exuding an evil aura.

"Short-distance leap!"

The giant vanished from his spot and reappeared beside the Night Warrior, unleashing a sword strike.

"I want to see where you can hide!"

tom!
As expected, the sword missed again, and Li Zheng decisively kicked out, leaving a clear shoe print on the ground.

The direction he charged out from was precisely where the Night Warrior had hidden!

"Gotcha, you bug!"

A large hand reached out and grabbed at the head of the Night Warrior.

The other person twisted his neck, narrowly dodging the attack, and raised the strangely shaped blade in his hand to slash at Li Zheng's neck.

"Besides speed, you have nothing!"

Purple flames surged in his eyes, and his large hand, which was grabbing at the opponent, did not back down. His other hand gripped the sheathed sword tightly, blocking the sharp blade that the opponent was slashing at.

Ding!
Transforming into a berserker demon, Li Zheng's strength far surpasses that of the Night Warrior, easily deflecting the opponent's weapon.

"Die!"

The large hand had already touched the other person's slender neck; it could crush it with a single squeeze.

Just then, a sharp whistling sound came from not far away, and Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat, his temples throbbing uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)