Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 247 Mr. Li, you are truly a good person!
"I should have gone easy on him."

When Li Zheng arrived at Bei Chengmingmei's capsule residence, he was still resentful about losing an opportunity to acquire specialized skills.

That's a specialty!

It's a skill that's even higher than mastery!
Ever since Li Zheng obtained the ion cutting blade, he has dedicated time every day to practicing with various weapons, all in order to master more skills.

As a result, apart from the gun skills mastery obtained through the "Fighter" type memory release device, he hasn't mastered any other skills!
Even with the highest progress in sword mastery, it's only 73.56%, still quite a distance from true mastery.

These days, Li Zheng has noticed that his progress in mastering the Zhan family sword technique has slowed down considerably since he reached 50% in the first few days.

At the beginning, as long as the skills are similar, almost every sword strike can increase the progress by a little.

Now, sometimes he practices hard for ten minutes and his progress only increases by 0.1%.

Li Zheng guessed that it might be because he practiced too many moves. He didn't know why, but he was particularly fond of the "Swallow Through the Hall" move in the Zhan family sword style, and he improved very quickly by practicing this move.

Of the remaining dozens of moves, apart from "Willow Leaf Brush," he could only perform the form, having the appearance but not the spirit.

Just don’t mention it!

Perhaps this is the same answer Zhan Zhouzhou gave when Li Zheng asked him if he had the talent for martial arts.

hehe--

In fact, the results of Li Zheng's hard training these past few days are completely equivalent to three years of hard training by a martial arts master on Earth.

It's not that Li Zheng's talent isn't as bad as people imagine; he simply benefits from the fact that abilities are quantified in the matrix, allowing him to adjust his training based on his acquisition progress.

However, the appearance of Zhan Zhouzhou and Beicheng Mingmei also served as a warning to Li Zheng.

With such a vast Earth and such a large population, there must be some reclusive masters among us.

Normally they don't show off, but once they enter the matrix, their talents become apparent, and their progress is almost like that of monsters.

While others are still struggling to make progress in mastering skills, they have already mastered a certain specialty, putting them ahead of everyone else.

On the other hand, these are the foundations that people have accumulated through years of hard work before entering the Matrix. Why should they be on the same starting line as others after entering?

"Never mind, I'm lucky to have it. Perhaps there are even better abilities waiting for me in the future."

Li Zheng composed himself, pressed his ear against the door of his residence, and listened intently. He found the interior completely quiet, with only very faint breathing sounds, almost inaudible.

"This commotion... could he have already fainted?" Li Zheng looked puzzled. If that were the case, wouldn't it save him the trouble of operating the memory release device later?

You should know that knocking someone out is not as simple as it is portrayed in movies and TV shows.

It requires a high level of skill.

If Li Zheng were to follow the methods he'd seen in movies and TV shows, he'd probably be a red-named player by dawn.

He's clearly better at killing someone than knocking them unconscious.

Kitajo Akemi is a living example...

When the mysterious declaration was mentioned, Li Zheng chose to merge with Kitayama Akemi's identity card. At this moment, Li Zheng suddenly felt that things in life are sometimes just so coincidental.

If Chizuru Kamishiro were in her own capsule residence, he would have to find a way to drag her out, and he couldn't be too drastic. If he accidentally killed her, he might become a red name (indicating his criminal status).

[Merge identity cards...]

[Triggered the Mysterious Declaration feature...]

【get……】

[Fusion complete...]

With several notifications flashing, the identity card and capsule residence disappeared together, and Chizuru Kamishiro, covered in blood, fell to the ground, already unconscious.

"Ugh, can't you guys wear a couple more layers? You're such a worry! You'd be happy if I died, wouldn't you?!" Li Zheng rummaged through the capsule for a while, then found two dirty clothes in a grayish-white stone box to cover Chizuru Kamishiro, so that some parts below the neck wouldn't be exposed later.

Looking at the dirty clothes, Li Zheng fell into deep thought: "It seems like I haven't had those intelligent humanoid scoops of poop for two days. I'll check how much fertilizer is left and find a chance to replenish it."

Despite his thoughts, his hands moved quickly, already putting the memory release device on Chizuru Kamishiro.

The next second, a virtual display appeared on the helmet, showing two options.

[Copying Memories]

[Replication capability]

Selecting the first option causes the screen to switch to displaying numerous video files.

Li Zheng casually clicked on the link and found that they were all snippets of Chizuru Kamishiro's life.

Some of these scenes are from before entering the matrix, and some are from after entering the matrix. However, these scenes are not continuous, and the further back in time the memory is, the more severe the sense of disjointedness becomes.

Li Zheng had no interest in exploring other people's privacy, so he skipped over the numerous scenes of sex in the shower and changing clothes, and focused on his memories from the last few days.

Li Zhengzheng was about to copy the memory fragments from when Chizuru Kamishiro encountered Li Zhengqi to when she went live and framed him, but then he suddenly stopped.

I moved the timeline forward two days and selected the memory of Chizuru Kamishiro asking the previous player to take her with her before I could confirm the capture.

After the memory copying was complete, Li Zheng removed the memory release device from Chizuru Kamishiro's head and took some time to wake her up.

When Chizuru Kamishiro woke up, she saw Li Zheng standing next to her and immediately burst into tears, begging him to let her go.

Li Zheng simply replied with a quote the other party had once said: "I gave you a chance, Ms. Kamishiro."

"No, no!" Chizuru Kamishiro rolled over and knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, tears streaming down her face as she cried out, "These things were all forced upon me by that bitch Akemi Kitashiro! I'm a victim too!"

"Mr. Li, please, please forgive me! I promise I'll never do it again!"

"Please, I really know I was wrong!"

Looking at Chizuru Kamishiro, who was kowtowing repeatedly, Li Zheng suddenly felt nauseous.

Not long ago, Kitashiro Akemi risked her life to enter her attack range in order to save her.

In the blink of an eye, in order to save her own life, Chizuru Kamishiro actually cursed the other party with vicious words.

"How about this, I'll give you a chance. Whether you live or die depends on your own luck, okay?" Li Zheng said.

Upon hearing this, Chizuru Kamishiro was overjoyed and hurriedly nodded in agreement: "Please speak."

Li Zheng smiled kindly: "It's very simple. I'll choose a door for you. Whether you live or die after you go in is entirely up to fate."

“This…” Chizuru hesitated for a moment, but then thought that this was her only way to survive, and gritted her teeth and agreed: “No problem, I will do as Mr. Li instructed. If I survive, I hope that Mr. Li will keep his promise and not pursue the matter any further.”

"Don't worry, I've always been an upright and honest person, and I would never go back on my word." Li Zheng smiled even more brightly.

Afterwards, Li Zheng led her around the room to choose a metal door that she liked.

Chizuru Kamishiro remained on edge the entire time, fearing that Li Zheng was playing a trick on her and might suddenly attack and kill her.

Fortunately, Li Zheng stopped with Chizuru Kamishiro at the first door, which relieved her.

It seems that Li Zheng really wants to let him go.

“Well then, I’ll be going now, Mr. Li.” She took out her ID card, swiped it on the card reader, and the metal door opened, revealing a light gate flowing through it.

"and many more!"

After Chizuru swiped her card, Li Zheng didn't rush to let her in. Instead, he stopped her and asked, "You probably don't have a suitable weapon, do you?"

As he spoke, he tossed her a platinum-grade dark matte dagger and a large bottle filled with black liquid: "This dagger belongs to Kitajo Akemi. Here, take it for self-defense. The bottle contains gold-grade healing items that are effective both internally and externally. It'll be perfect for treating these injuries you've sustained."

"Huh?" Seemingly not expecting Li Zheng to be so kind, even giving her weapons and healing tools for free, Chizuru Kamishiro was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses, deeply moved: "Thank you... thank you so much, Mr. Li."

"No need to thank me." Li Zheng's smile grew even more amiable. "I'm not as kind as you think. Besides the two things I gave you, give me everything in your residence as an exchange!"

"Hey!" Chizuru Kamishiro simply poured out everything from the capsule in front of her; the highest grade material was only bronze-level.

"That's all?" Li Zheng looked at her suspiciously.

"That's all; the better things have all been taken by others." Fearing Li Zheng might misunderstand, Chizuru Kamishiro quickly added, "I can grant you access to my residence; you can go in and take a look and you'll see I wasn't lying!"

"No need for that." Li Zheng recalled that the other party had been a vassal of others for a long time, so even if there were any good things, it wouldn't be up to Kamishiro Chizuru to possess.

He patted Chizuru Kamishiro on the shoulder and said earnestly, "There's enough black liquid for you to use for a long time. Remember to keep the rest safe in your residence and don't lose it, understand?"

"I...I understand." Chizuru Kamishiro was flattered.

"Okay, go ahead," Li Zheng said gently.

"Okay." Chizuru Kamishiro took a deep breath, turned around, took a step, then stopped, turned back and bowed deeply to Li Zheng, saying sincerely, "Mr. Li, you are truly a good person!"

After saying that, she stepped through the door that Li Zheng had chosen for her.

Li Zheng smiled as he watched her leave, then glanced at the room information displayed on the Eye of Preys and said softly, "That's not necessarily true..."

There is a crazed platinum creature behind the door, posing a high risk. It will calm down after dawn, so it is recommended to rest for the night before leaving.

Old Pu: Oh wow, you're a real villain! She's dead meat!

(End of this chapter)