Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 403 The Real Catastrophe?
Ye Kai was led aside by Li Zheng to think about whether the value was equal and whether it was worth agreeing to Li Zheng's conditions.

Li Zheng let him think it over slowly, knowing that he wouldn't lose out in the end anyway.

Lin Longxuan received a bunch of gifts that exceeded his own ability, and he was completely numb. He wanted to laugh but felt it was too frivolous, so he had to hold it in and force himself to make a strange expression.

"By the way, who is this behind you?" Xiao Siyuan pointed to Su Xiaoya who was following Lin Longxuan, asking the question knowing the answer already.

All the information that Su Xiaoya could explore had already been seen through by several players with the Eye of Prey, but they just couldn't say it out loud.

"Let me introduce you all." Lin Longxuan realized what was happening: "Her name is Su Xiaoya, and she's... my partner!"

partner.

Upon hearing this address, Su Xiaoya looked at Lin Longxuan and revealed a restrained and gentle smile.

"What rank?" Li Zheng asked abruptly.

"Silver-level elite".

Lin Longxuan didn't speak; this was Su Xiaoya's own answer.

"Silver-level elite?"

Ye Yuan pondered these words and suddenly realized, "Isn't this what we usually use to measure a pet's strength?"
"So you are..." Before she could finish her sentence, Chu Xiao used his large hand to cover Ye Yuan's mouth, almost choking her.

"Yes, actually I'm Xiao Xuan's pet." Su Xiaoya smiled gently, a fluffy tail standing up behind her.

Pure white, with fluffy fur, like a fox's tail.

The moment the tail appeared, a refreshing fragrance filled the air, invigorating the senses.

Li Zheng took a sniff and was amazed. This scent actually increased the speed at which his genetic energy recovered!

Name: Su Xiaoya

Race: Celestial Fox Orphan

Belongs to: 0000879 Lin Longxuan

Gender: ♀
Loyalty: 100 (Completely devoted)
Personality: Gentle and kind (She can help her owner with housework and create certain blueprints. With her by her side, the owner's mood will be more stable and positive.)
Grade: Silver

Rank: Elite

Description: A member of the Celestial Fox Clan left in the Matrix. She was born just as the Celestial Fox Clan player era ended, but was forced into hibernation because she couldn't enter the outer city in time.

Until Lin Longxuan discovered and awakened her. (This description is from the Preer's Eye version; Lin Longxuan saw something different.)
Talent 1: Celestial Fox Guide
The Celestial Fox clan is born with the ability to produce a unique fragrance, which has remarkable effects and can refresh the mind.

Talent Two: Celestial Fox Transformation
Each stage of growth for the Celestial Fox Clan allows them to make changes to their physical form according to their own desires.

Talent Three: Nine-Tailed Fox
As the Celestial Fox Clan ages and gains strength, they can grow multiple tails, up to a maximum of nine.

Each tail can protect itself or its owner from disaster once, but it cannot be restored.

Current: 1/3
Talent Four: Intelligence
The Celestial Fox Clan possesses an exceptionally high sensitivity to various languages, learning any language effortlessly. Occasionally, they will offer their opinions when their masters are undecided.

Abilities: Agility (lighter and more nimble movements, silent footsteps), Swiftness (faster movement and attack speed).
Genetic Ability: Heavenly Water Cloud Transformation (Silver, Lv2, capable of condensing water mist to cover wounds, accelerating healing.)

Top-tier pet!

It's an absolutely top-tier pet that everyone in the entire matrix would covet!
Li Zheng sighed regretfully. Unfortunately, her loyalty level was already maxed out, and even if she died, she would die with Lin Longxuan.

In comparison, let's look at a certain diamond-level leader...

Ugh!
Li Zheng sighed again.

Forget it, comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable.

The fact that Lin Longxuan has earned such high regard from his pets shows that his character is commendable; otherwise, Su Xiaoya's loyalty wouldn't have reached such a level of unwavering devotion.

"Su Xiaoya?" Lin Fengjiao repeated the name softly. "I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before?"

“Xiao Xuan said that this is the second most important name in his memory after his sister,” Su Xiaoya said. “So I used it.”

Lin Longxuan explained, "Actually, I don't know where this name came from, but I just remembered it..."

He used to live a muddled life, with almost no memory of anything. After treatment, he recovered and became a normal person. All that remained in his memory was his sister and this name that he didn't know where it came from.

“Su Xiaoya…” Lin Fengjiao pondered for a moment: “This seems to be the name of a landlord’s daughter from a few years ago. She was about the same age as Xiao Xuan and often brought snacks to play with him.”

"That's probably when you remembered that name."

Su Xiaoya was one of the few people who was willing to play with Lin Longxuan, so it's not surprising that he remembered her name.

"Around the same age?" Yan Guang's eyes lit up: "Does that mean there's another girl named Su Xiaoya in the matrix that Xiao Xuan knows?"

If we can find her, we'll bring her here...

“No!” Lin Fengjiao shook her head: “There are many girls with that name, but Su Xiaoya could never appear in the Matrix!”

"Huh?" Yan Guang's expression froze. "Why?"

“Because she has passed away,” Lin Fengjiao said. “She had leukemia. Her family sold their house to pay for her treatment, but it still didn’t work. Xiaoxuan and I moved out around that time.” “Passed away?” Lin Longxuan was stunned. “I don’t remember that.”

"Of course you don't remember. After we moved away, you cried and made a fuss with me for a long time because you wanted to play with Su Xiaoya. I was just momentarily confused and couldn't remember where that name came from."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Yan Guang interrupted, then asked, "I've always been curious, where did those people who were removed from the matrix go for treatment? Do you remember?"

Before learning of the existence of the outer city, Yan Guang probably thought that the Matrix had also established a medical outpost on Earth, specifically for treating those players.

But now, that's not necessarily the case.

"I don't remember." Lin Longxuan pursed his lips and shook his head: "Logically speaking, I was cured there, so I should have some impression of that place in my memory."

"But I've asked many people, and they all only remember having been to a place, but they can't remember exactly where it is."

"If I think back carefully, all I see in my mind is a white light, and many people have fallen."

"When I opened my eyes again, I was inside the matrix."

Flashing white light?

Li Zheng frowned, because in his memory, there was also a flash of white light, and many people around him fell down.

Looking at the others, they all had almost the same expression, so it seems their memories were similar.

Only Zhan Zhouzhou asked, "You didn't all come in like this, did you?"

"Aren't you one?" Everyone was astonished.

"The situation was actually similar," Zhan Zhouzhou recalled. "At first, there was also a flash of white light in front of my eyes, but I collapsed later than the others. Before I lost consciousness, I saw something strange."

"I know you're curious about what it is, so I'll draw it for you."

As he spoke, Zhan Zhouzhou squatted down on the ground, took out a bottle of blood from the capsule at random, dipped his finger in it, and slowly began to draw.

She frequently copied swordplay manuals, and the little figures she drew were so lifelike that it showed her profound painting skills.

In no time, she drew what she had seen.

Several wavy lines, below which are two parallel and perpendicular straight lines, connected by intersecting dotted lines, creating a dense network of intersections.

At the very bottom of the image is a larger rhombus, like a Rubik's Cube with countless cubes. However, the image is too small, so Zhan Zhouzhou just drew a few strokes to represent it.

"What is this? It looks like a chimney." Fengshan looked at it from several angles and finally concluded, "This is a chimney!"

"Don't talk nonsense," Yan Guang nudged Feng Shan. "I think it looks a bit like half a tower that's been hidden, but could the rhombus-shaped array below the tower be the matrix we're in right now?"

"It should be." Chu Xiao called out, "Ye Kai, you usually deal with blueprints, come and take a look at this!"

Ye Kai was still thinking about the deal when he heard Chu Xiao calling him, so he came over.

Upon seeing the drawing on the ground, he was visibly taken aback: "Isn't this the logo that often appears on drawings? What's so strange about it?"

"Logo?!" Everyone was taken aback by his words.

"Yes, it's a USB drive. You plug it into the data station, which is one of the computers you'll encounter during exploration, and it will display images and text." Ye Kai explained, "Although you can't understand the text, the images inside are actually the sketches for making each item. Those of us who work with machinery and pursue scientific research study those sketches."

"In the corner of the drawings, the same logo often appears... no, in the corner of every single drawing."

As he explained, everyone couldn't help but recall their own process of learning how to draw blueprints.

Although I haven’t looked at them intentionally, I vaguely remember that this pattern appeared on those drawings.

"So, the truth about the Matrix has always been right in front of us, but we've been blind to it?" Li Zheng was speechless. He had never looked at those pictures and texts carefully, only thinking they were a game setting.

"wrong!"

Zhan Zhouzhou, who had been frowning, suddenly splashed all the blood from the bottle in her hand onto a short distance from the edge of the painting. After the blood had spread irregularly, she said, "This is all I saw!"

"All of them?" Now it was Ye Kai's turn to be bewildered. He pointed to the pool of blood and asked, "What does this represent?"

Zhan Zhouzhou shook her head solemnly and seriously: "I don't know!"

"do not know?"

You can see something with your own eyes, and even draw it, but you can't describe its nature.

“I really don’t know!” Zhan Zhouzhou explained, “I can’t even describe its shape. I always feel like it’s constantly changing, and…”

"I don't know why, but even though I only saw it for a moment, I had a feeling that it was approaching Earth."

"When it officially arrives on Earth, the real catastrophe will begin!"

The real catastrophe?
Doesn't the fact that all of humanity was pulled into this game by the Matrix count as a catastrophe?
What would a real catastrophe be like?
Human civilization, including the entire Earth, has vanished?

Zhan Zhouzhou's explanation was unclear, and finally, Feng Shan, with a wild imagination, suddenly suggested: "Do you think... the Matrix might be here to save us and the Earth?"

(End of this chapter)