Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 310 Kuro and Is

[That guy was tense the whole time he was talking to you; Old Pu suspects he was lying.]

When Li Zheng returned to the room on channel 995, Lao Pu suddenly sent him a notification.

“There are definitely lies.” Li Zheng released the capsule residence, opened the door, and went inside.

He went straight to the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water, muttering to himself, "The attributes of the Mysterious Declaration clearly state that it is a key to a certain place, how could it become a trading condition for some mechanic?"

As the water in the bathtub increased, Li Zheng's smile grew wider and wider.

Once the bathtub was one-third full, Li Zheng inserted a finger, and the fire element activated to heat it up.

In just ten seconds, the water in the bathtub began to steam, making it even more convenient than an electric kettle.

Take off your clothes and lie down in the tub, placing a certain grotesque-looking giant on the edge of the tub. The lukewarm hot water provides a comfortable feeling that seems to sweep away the fatigue of the day.

"This is life..." Li Zheng groaned comfortably.

[You've become smarter; it seems that improved mental strength also benefits intelligence.]

"..." Li Zheng suddenly fell silent. He remembered that Lao Pu used to call him "idiot" [beep], a name he had almost forgotten.

"You should be glad you're in my sights, otherwise I would have smashed you to pieces!" Li Zheng said fiercely.

No, you can't bear to.

Li Zheng fell silent again. Old Pu was right. Even if Old Pu was still in his equipment form, he couldn't bear to hit him.

Who can blame them for having such incredible abilities? If it weren't for Old Pu, Li Zheng probably wouldn't even know how to explore it.

What can you do when faced with such a "treasure" that you can't beat?
The only thing to do is try to ignore it.

Li Zheng pretended not to see Lao Pu's prompt, and instead thought of the information about not having enough money to explain.

At first, when they didn't have enough money, they said that Jiutian sent them to Channel 879 to find a businessman, and he actually believed them.

After all, many channels have similar ones, and besides yourself, others will definitely discover a few as well.

For an organization of Jiutian's size, it's perfectly normal to want to find several similar businessmen and then hold the trading rights long-term through manual intervention.

Unfortunately, Qian didn't know Li Zheng well enough, and soon his flaws were exposed.

He didn't know the lantern's specific properties, nor did he know that Li Zheng could see information that others couldn't, and he was even more unaware that the lantern was in Li Zheng's hands.

So when he mentioned that he needed to carry a lantern when trading with the mechanic, Li Zheng knew that this information was half true and half false.

It's true that Jiutian is guarding the mechanic, but the transaction terms are fake.

This half-true, half-false information actually exposed Jiutian's true target—the mysterious lantern!
"They probably suspect I have the lantern and are trying to scam me using the mechanic. As long as I bring the lantern, Jiutian will find out immediately." Li Zheng splashed warm water on himself, his mind racing. "The Jiutian members guarding the mechanic have been working tirelessly to keep an eye on me these past few days."

If an ordinary person obtained the lantern but couldn't see its hidden information, and learned that carrying the lantern offered the opportunity to trade for extraordinary items, they would definitely make the trip.

But Li Zheng was different. He already knew that the lantern was not simple, and he had seen through the old undercover agent Qian Buguo's tricks. Of course, he would not fall for it.

"Trying to use me as bait? How could you possibly succeed? Uh... um???" Li Zheng suddenly paused, then chuckled.

Not long ago, I and three other players devised a fishing strategy to ambush a few red-named players, but unexpectedly, someone else countered us with a similar method.

"This is truly a cycle of cause and effect; those who fish will always be fished by others." Li Zheng shook his head slightly, thinking of another question.

That is, should he go to the mechanic's place or not?

Logically speaking, if someone learns that a certain channel has a special merchant, shouldn't the top-ranked player on the power rankings who is pursuing strength go and take a look?
However, Li Zheng also needed to appear as if the lantern was not in his possession, making the matter difficult to handle.

Not going?

Want to cover up.

go with?
What are you going to do without a lantern? Waste a cross-channel teleportation opportunity? Are you rich and powerful? The right choice would be to take advantage of your frequent potion trading in the world channel and make a big show of acquiring the Mysterious Lantern.

In this way, the initiative was in Li Zheng's hands; whether he went or not was up to him.

"Superior-level armor must be expensive, right?" Li Zheng didn't doubt whether the other half of the information about not having enough money was true.

As a veteran undercover agent of twelve years, Qian Buchu must have been well aware that lies must be a mixture of truth and falsehood to be convincing.

There are almost no armors of this grade that are affordable at the moment.

Even Li Zheng couldn't afford it; who knows what price the mechanic would ask for?
Therefore, Li Zheng wanted to accumulate more resources, at least until after the auction ended, before making another trip to the mechanic.

As for the Nine Heavens members who were guarding the mechanic and waiting for Li Zheng?
What does it matter to Li Zheng whether they sleep or not?
Having made his decision, Li Zheng quickly took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and gave the bathroom to Xiaoying and the others.

Upon entering the lobby, Li Zheng saw two blood-red robots standing on either side of the entrance, like two guardian deities.

"Oh right, I haven't even looked at their stats yet." Li Zheng slapped his forehead. He hadn't had a moment to rest since leaving the dungeon and hadn't had a chance to check them.

Taking this opportunity, I examined these two robots whose purpose of recognizing a master was unclear, to see how they differed from intelligent humanoids, since they were classified as "pets".

Kuro

Race: Crimson Robot
Gender: ♂
character:?
Loyalty: 75
Abilities: Plasma Cannon (Gold), Energy Regeneration, Pure Intelligence, Infinite Technology, Mechanical Resonance

Energy: 98%

[Is]

Race: Crimson Robot
Gender: ♀
character:?
Loyalty: 80
Abilities: (Same as above, not weak)
Energy: 97%

"Aside from having loyalty, which is an advantage over Sakura, they don't seem to have anything special about them." Li Zheng finished reading the attributes of the two robots, and the information he received was exactly the same as what Old Pu had given him.

However, a few of these abilities caught his attention.

Pure intelligence is described as having the same thinking and consciousness as humans, and being able to experience emotions and feelings.

From this, Li Zheng estimated that Xiao Siyuan had indeed guessed correctly: the consciousness of the Kron race and the robots had been switched.

Infinite Technology is much more powerful. It can modify and upgrade existing mechanical bodies. Theoretically, as long as Li Zheng has the ability and materials, he can keep upgrading these two blood-red robots indefinitely.

The downside is that... this upgrade must be done by Li Zheng himself; it cannot be done by hand like other props or rely on some kind of equipment.

This means that Li Zheng will need to learn more about this topic in the future...

"What a rip-off! I know absolutely nothing about mechanics. How long am I supposed to learn from scratch?" Li Zheng rolled his eyes and focused his attention on the last ability: Mechanical Resonance.

The crimson robot can resonate with other mechanical life forms or mechanical bodies to achieve "data exchange" or "control".

Data exchange, which bypasses the limitations of "language" and generates communication directly, is a rather useless feature.

The controls are much more powerful.

The Crimson Robot can hack into the database of mindless mechanical beings and bring them under its control.

For example, Li Zheng currently possesses various intelligent humanoid robots, which can be controlled by two robots, and after Li Zheng authorizes them, they are assigned to perform tasks.

This means that Li Zheng doesn't need to give orders personally; he only needs to tell the Crimson Robot his purpose.

The prerequisite is that Li Zheng must overcome the language barrier between him and the blood-red robot.

In addition, Li Zheng also possesses a mechanical entity that can be controlled by the Crimson Robot.

That is: Mechanical Mantis.

(End of this chapter)