Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 249: Let "Fly" be nominated for World Heritage status!
Li Zheng woke up with the help of Sakura's alarm clock. He glanced at the time and realized it was already past 10:40, almost noon.

He was somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect you to sleep in sometimes!"

"Aww..." Xiaoying lowered her head. If Li Zheng hadn't dragged her around all night and they hadn't fought a few times, she wouldn't have overslept today.

Li Zheng had no awareness of sleeping in late. He got up and prepared the first meal of the day before taking Xiao Ying to do the daily washing and grooming routine.

Li Zheng had high expectations for Xiao Ying. She had to brush her teeth twice a day and take a shower before going to sleep.

The toothbrush was found by Li Zheng in the trading hall. It was a gray quality brown bristle brush, usually used for brushing shoes, but in Xiaoying's hands, it could only be used as a toothbrush.

There was no such thing as toothpaste. Li Zheng had been searching for days without finding even a single tube, whether it was because no one had discovered it or because others were unwilling to sell it.

Fortunately, there are many substitutes in cooking utensils, such as baking soda and sea salt, so my dental health is still very good and my breath is very fresh.

Li Zheng's lifestyle might be criticized as pretentious if spoken of, but he believes that since he has the ability, why not make his life better?

After washing up and preparing breakfast, Li Zheng brought the food out and placed it at the door for Xiao Ying to enjoy together.

Breakfast was porridge made from fragrant rice, a silver-grade ingredient we obtained during our exploration a few days ago. The rice was very fragrant, and after sitting for a while, a thick layer of rice oil formed on the surface, making it taste excellent.

Paired with the spicy kimchi that Li Zheng made himself, he not only enjoyed the delicious food but also gained two buffs.

As a silver-level crop, the fragrant millet has finally produced several harvests these days, thanks to Li Zheng's less-than-careful attention.

However, Li Zheng's luck was... well, those who know, know. After a few days, he had harvested quite a lot of fragrant rice, enough for him and Xiaoying to cook several meals in a row, but he didn't get a single seed.

"To be honest, it's ridiculous that the fruit and seeds of fragrant rice are separated!" Li Zheng complained, then casually opened his live stream to see the effect of Chizuru Kamishiro's memory video.

Looking through the records, there were quite a few views, but the comments were deviating from the main point Li Zheng wanted to make.

Few players cared about the truth, and even fewer apologized to Li Zheng after watching the video. Less than a hundred comments expressed remorse for previously insulting Li Zheng.

Many of the comments were actually questioning the authenticity of the video, with some believing that Li Zheng's use of a first-person perspective was a hoax.

Some observant people have already noticed that Chizuru Kamishiro is "offline" and are speculating in the comments that she may have died at the hands of Li Zheng.

This has deprived the "fake video" of verification methods, further fueling the arrogance of these comments. Some people have already left comments attacking Li Zheng with the charges of "rapist" and "murderer".

Some people even dug up Li Zheng's past provocations against Gao Tianyuan and Lin Fan, exaggerating that Li Zheng had bloodthirsty tendencies, which almost made Li Zheng laugh.

"You can never wake someone who's pretending to be asleep..." Li Zheng was in a good mood this time, sighing as he scrolled through the barrage records and found the earliest player to "question" the situation.

Sure enough, they were several distinctive names from the Muddy Country, and some of them matched the list that Li Zheng later learned about.

"So that's what happened. It turns out you were exposed too, which is why you came up with this plan?" Li Zheng understood.

To ensure authenticity, he preserved all of Chizuru Kamishiro's memories in this video recording.

This included chat logs showing Chizuru Kamishiro contacting people to carry out a frame-up plan, exposing the names of those people and their plans to the public without reservation.

However, these shots are all in the later part of the video. In order to show the public what kind of person Chizuru Kamishiro is, Li Zheng deliberately left her to beg others to take her in repeatedly, and made certain "sacrifices" to gain protection. The process was extremely explicit.

However, viewers didn't care about any of that. Some viewers even treated this memory video as some kind of action movie, and some left comments asking Li Zheng to film more.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye who watches the video will notice that the two photos Chizuru Kamishiro takes out also have corresponding shots in the video.

It's obvious what Li Zheng was doing at the time, and it's easy for him to clear his name.

But those who blindly follow the crowd and continue to criticize and question him are like blind men, turning a blind eye to this evidence.

Li Zheng finally understood that the world didn't really care how many bowls of noodles Liu Zi ate; they just wanted Liu Zi dead!

Only the misfortunes of others can offer these players, who face daily pressure to explore and are always at risk of death, a twisted form of comfort.

Because others are worse off than them, they feel that their efforts to live have value.

In particular, Li Zheng, who has repeatedly made his presence felt on the world channel and is considered a "celebrity" in some respects, is the one who is troubled.

They knew they were no match for Li Zheng if they faced him head-on, but what could he do if they cursed him online?
Could Li Zheng really use the "internet cable" to attack them?
Even if he could.

With so many people cursing him, how many could Li Zheng possibly kill? How could he be so unlucky as to be the one to be killed?
If Li Zheng really went online to kill someone, they would be even happier as long as it wasn't them who died.

Because they now have another pretext to attack Li Zheng.

They didn't mind if Liu Zi died a more tragic death; they were only afraid that Liu Zi's death wasn't tragic enough and that he would live a better life than them.

How could Li Zheng not see through these people's thoughts?

But he didn't mind; he had only done what he could and wanted to do, and he had a clear conscience.

If someone falsely accuses me, I will provide evidence to clear my name. But if you don't believe the evidence I've presented, then that's none of my business.

Believe it or not!

If he really pushes him too far, Li Zheng wouldn't mind killing a few more people, just like he did with Chizuru Kamishiro, as a warning to others.

"I hope that all the players who have been following the trend and criticizing me during this period will stick to their bottom line and never turn against me. If you wait until others are better off than you and living better lives, it will be too late to regret it!" After putting down his bowl, Li Zheng licked the rice oil off his lips, still feeling unsatisfied.

"Contact Zhan Zhouzhou and ask her to check the audience in the swordplay classroom and kick out those idiots mixed in there." Li Zheng opened the group chat and told Zhan Zhouzhou his intention.

The other party agreed on the spot, and others even came up with a better solution.

Lu Li said, "There are too many viewers, and even more fools who are cursing Li... cursing my father. Lady Zhan definitely can't handle it all by herself. So I suggest that we let the viewers monitor each other. As long as they report one person, they can receive a reward from Lady Zhan or my dear father after it is verified. I believe those people know what to do."

Li Zheng gave him a thumbs up on the spot: "You kid, you were surprisingly reliable at the crucial moment, you deserve a reward!"

Then he sent Lu Li the small bowl of leftover rice porridge from breakfast, along with a plate of spicy cabbage as an appetizer.

Lu Li tasted it and was moved to tears: "I would serve my father with my life, even unto death! [Photo]"

The accompanying food photos immediately provoked outrage. Ye Yuan, the group admin, promptly banned Lu Li from speaking, giving him time to enjoy the food and reflect on his actions.

While Lu Li was unable to speak, the others launched a barrage of criticism against him in the group chat, completely ignoring the fact that he hadn't even read the chat.

At this moment, Li Chun suddenly asked, "Brother Li Zheng, I watched that video in your live stream. By the way, wouldn't you say that's indirectly spreading obscene videos?" Feng Shan replied, "Girl, are you out of your mind? Nobody else has mentioned this. Didn't you see? If he takes the video down, what will people use to kill time at night?"

[Lu Li lifted the silencing restriction on Lu Li.]

Lu Li: "Hey girl, your persona is about to collapse! You actually watched the whole five-hour video? I only watched half an hour before I was exhausted and had to give up."

Ye Yuan: "Holy crap? When did I give you admin privileges?"

[Lu Li has been removed from her administrator duties by the group owner.]

[Lu Li was muted for three hours by the group owner, Ye Yuan.]

Yan Guang: "I don't care what other people do to relieve their boredom, but @Fengshan, if you had given me and Xiaoyu a chance, you wouldn't have said that!"

[Yan Guang and Feng Shan were muted for three hours by group owner Ye Yuan.]

Ye Yuan: "So you're publicly abusing your love, huh?"

Everyone: "...We feel offended."

Zhan Zhouzhou: "@Li Zheng, most of the players who are paying attention to this matter have already watched the video. Why don't you take the video down first?"

Chu Xiao: "We can't withdraw! I've seen those comments, and the public opinion is very unfavorable to Li Zheng. If we withdraw now, it will only give them ammunition to criticize us."

Ye Kai agreed with Chu Xiao: "That's right. If he takes down the video now, people will say he's guilty. Even if the video wasn't fake, people will say it was!"

Ye Yuan: "Isn't that a dead end?"

Liu Jiale suggested, "Isn't this simple? Just edit the video and keep only the key evidence. I've seen that angle, and none of the shots show any key parts. Just blur them out a little."

Chu Xiao: "It's no use. Once the video is edited, it loses its integrity and will still be questioned, and even more people will question it! Li Zheng must have considered this when he released the complete content."

Liu Jiale: "That makes sense, but Chizuru Kamishiro is dead. We should respect the dead. Those explicit videos have completely damaged her reputation. Why don't we, Li Zheng, take down the videos? We can continue to think of other solutions."

At this moment, Li Zheng finally sent a message: "It's too late. The video has been deleted by the terminal, and the live broadcast room has also been shut down by the terminal. They said I violated the live broadcast rules and banned the live broadcast room for three days as a warning."

Chu Xiao: "Damn it! The terminal shutting down your live stream at this time is practically giving those people an endorsement. Before long, people will say that you were punished by the terminal for spreading false information!"

Ye Yuan asked, puzzled, "But wasn't it clearly shut down because of those explicit contents?"

Ye Kai explained to her, "Do you think those people care about the truth?"

Ye Yuan complained, "Old Li is really something. Why didn't he discuss it with us beforehand when he got that crucial evidence? Now look what's happened, he's made things worse."

Li Zheng smiled wryly. He hadn't expected the terminal to pop up and cause trouble at this time!

Zhan Zhouzhou said, "There's no point in arguing about these things now. The key is what Li Zheng should do next. If he can't clear his name of the rapist charge as soon as possible, he will face a lot of obstacles no matter what he does in the future."

What she said was true. As long as Li Zheng could not clear his name, if he wanted to trade with others on the world channel in the future, many moral exemplars would definitely try to stop him.

This is indeed a minor trouble for Li Zheng. Although many people will not care about these things and will still trade as usual, if this matter is left unresolved, the player community will definitely fall into chaos in the future.

Moreover, for Li Zheng personally, being constantly insulted is also disgusting.

At that moment, Li Zheng suddenly felt that there was a very absurd phenomenon in the matrix.

Murder is clearly a more serious crime than rape, and the proportion of players with red names is also very high.

But the strange thing is that as long as the murder is not exposed, everyone has an unspoken understanding afterward, and no one investigates.

It was only Li Zheng and his small group that did something that everyone thought was naive.

It's about fighting against those with red names (indicating a negative online reputation).

What's even stranger is that Li Zheng was exposed not for murder, but for rape.

Even though the charge was fabricated, the impact was more severe than if someone had actually committed murder.

Sometimes he couldn't understand whether people's bottom line was high or low.

Liu Jiale: "Why don't we listen to Da Congming's opinion? That kid must have a lot of clever ideas, right?"

Liu Jiale lifted Lu Li's silencing restriction.

Ye Yuan was exasperated: "Why are they all administrators?!"

She forgot that she had created the group, but since everyone in it was an acquaintance, she simply assigned them all an administrator position.

Lu Li: "Hmph, when you need something from someone, you call them 'Big Smart.' When you're unhappy, you block them whenever you want. Bah, scumbag...woman!"

Li Zheng's face darkened: "Behave yourself, or you won't get any more dishes from now on!"

This move was a super finishing move against Lu Li, and he immediately became obedient.

Lu Li: "Hehe, Father is right!"

Actually, it's not just him; this move is a super killer move for everyone else. As long as Li Zheng uses food to blackmail them, they basically won't behave.

There's no way around it; there's an old saying among the Chinese: "Food is the first necessity of the people."

I can disagree with anything, but I won't disagree with food.

The dishes that Li Zheng served were truly delicious, and there was only one such restaurant in the market at that time.

Li Zheng asked him, "What solutions do you have for the current situation? Tell me about them."

"Isn't that simple?" Lu Li's message carried a sinister undertone: "I think you guys are just too kind, always trying to resolve things peacefully, which is why you're getting into trouble. Since you can't solve the problem, then get rid of the person who raised it!"

"In this way, the world will be free from worries!"

(End of this chapter)