Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 425 Sakura's Fifty Bloodlines!
"Why is this fellow back?"

Early in the morning, Qian Buzu habitually opened the regional channel and saw the name occupying the number one spot on the leaderboard next to him, which was extremely glaring.

His name was followed by a gleaming gold "Management" badge, as if he wanted everyone to know his identity.

"Brother, we've searched this channel, asked around, and waited, but there's still no information about the lantern. Could it have been taken and teleported away?" Zhang San, the underling behind Qian Bugou, asked in a low voice.

Zhang San, surnamed Zhang, given name San... He has two older brothers, named Zhang Da and Zhang Er respectively. Due to incompatible professions, they were unable to join Jiutian and are now working in some small legion.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out." He looked up at the sky, not knowing he had enough money. He had been dragging his feet on going back until now, ultimately because he was unwilling to give up.

After investing so much time, I still haven't found what I'm looking for. Now I'm telling him that thing might no longer be here.

How could he be willing to accept that?
Once he gives up the search and leaves, the sunk costs will truly be sunk.

Qian Bu and Zhang San can complement each other in terms of ability, so they recently teamed up to explore.

Another player named Zhao Wu was exploring solo when he sent a private message because he didn't have enough money: "Brother, while we were sleeping, channel 879 got wiped out?"

The entire channel, if it weren't for Li Zheng and another Muddy Country player, would have looked like they'd been completely wiped out.

but……

Since Li Zheng has returned, it means that the reality is not what they thought.

"It seems like...the entire group has been relocated?" The thought popped into Qian Bugou's mind, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

What did Li Zheng do?
Why would they go to such lengths, migrating all the players in the entire channel?
“I saw someone mention in the regional channel yesterday that they fully support Boss Li Zheng. Was there an attack on Li Zheng last night, and all the players in channel 879 teleported over to help?” Zhang San seemed to have also received Zhao Wu’s private message and asked.

"If that's the case, then it makes sense." Not having enough money for continuous operations, he asked in the legion and received a positive reply; someone even gave him a detailed description of what had happened.

After reading it, Qian Bugou was amazed: "Five legions joined forces to attack Li Zheng, but Li Zheng and his men turned the tables and killed them?"

That's over a thousand people!

Even for a one-way ticket, how much material would a thousand-plus motion devices require?!

Too bad!
Fighting in team battles within the matrix is ​​a complete waste of money!
"Hmm? The commander's information?" Qian Buguo's expression shifted, and he opened it to check.

Before long, he looked puzzled, as if he was somewhat confused.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Zhang San asked curiously.

"It's nothing." Qian Bugu shook his head, a thoughtful look in his eyes. After a moment, he said to Zhang San, "Tell Zhao Wu, let's go back!"

"Really?" Zhang San was overjoyed. He had been wanting to return to the Nine Heavens Ruler channel for a long time. He had nothing in common with anyone outside and was so bored.

"Then...did the commander say whether we should continue looking for that lantern?" Zhang San asked cautiously, remembering the mission.

Qian Budu said, "I'm not looking anymore. Not only am I not looking anymore, but the regimental commander told me to give that item to Li Zheng."

"Give it to Li Zheng?" Zhang San's voice rose two octaves. "Why?"

why?
Of course, it's because the raid leader discovered that the other three components were also appearing in channel 879!

At the beginning, when Li Zheng was at 879, his coordinates could still be found.

As soon as Li Zheng left, the coordinates appeared and disappeared intermittently, with extremely irregular occurrences.

Now that Li Zheng has returned to channel 879, the guild leader discovers that the three components have reappeared in that channel. The answer is self-evident.

"You guessed right, someone did take the lantern and teleported to another channel." Qian Bu Gou sighed. "The one who took it was Li Zheng!"

"Is it Li Zheng?" Zhang San was slightly taken aback, feeling that it didn't make much sense, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it made perfect sense.

"He actually managed to resist the temptation and not go to the mechanic's to check?" Zhang San said somewhat dejectedly, "We even sent Wang Er and Chen Si to keep watch for two days, and it was all for nothing..."

"A lie, no matter how perfectly told, will eventually be exposed." Qian Bugou never imagined that all the lies he had told in his life would be exposed so easily this time.

Did Li Zheng not go to the mechanic because the super-class mecha didn't appeal to him, or because he saw through the mechanic's lie?

If you don't have enough money, you should think it's the latter.

In his mind, unless there are weapons and equipment that surpass the superhuman level at the present stage, it is impossible to resist the temptation of superhuman level mechs!
Just like those drug traffickers in the Golden Triangle, who wouldn't want raw materials that are of better quality, in greater quantity, and cheaper?

Unless they have better access to materials!

"Let's go, the commander told us to meet up with Wang Er and the others, let's retreat!" Qian Bugu sent a private message to Zhao Wu, took out half a candle from the capsule, and specified it to Li Zheng through the trading hall.

He then left Channel 879 with Zhao Wu and Zhang San.

……

At noon, Li Zheng, who had slept for nearly seven hours, was woken up by the urge to urinate.

When I opened my eyes, Sakura was still fast asleep.

"Strange, the little guy seems to be sleeping more and more lately." Li Zheng sat up in bed, went to the bathroom to take care of his business, and when he came back, he found that the two blood-red robots were still guarding the third floor, working diligently.

At this moment, because they had been on guard all night, Yi Si and Ku Luo had exhausted their energy and were catching up on sleep, so Li Zheng did not disturb them.

They went to Sakura and woke her up, then went back downstairs together to wash up and have a meal.

The little guy, who used to be full of energy after sleeping eight hours, was yawning the whole time today, as if he might take a nap at any moment.

"What's wrong with you these past two days? Have you become lazy?" Li Zheng opened Xiaoying's attribute panel to check, but found nothing unusual.

The Eye of Preys also did not provide any clues.

"Huh?" Sakura was still half asleep, scratching her head, seemingly unable to understand why she had suddenly become sleep-deprived.

'It's bloodline.' The Bloodthirsty Demon Blade flew to Li Zheng's side, willingly slipping into his palm for him to hold, and sent out its thoughts.

'That's just how the Blood-Veined Black Dragon's bloodline is—a tendency to sleep. Otherwise, the guy who forged me back then wouldn't have been able to obtain even a drop of its essence blood.'

"A drop of essence blood?" Li Zheng asked in surprise, "No wonder Xiaoying mentioned before that she felt a strange sense of closeness to you. It turns out it was because of that drop of essence blood?"

"A sense of familiarity? Actually, it's because its bloodline awakened earliest as a Blood-Patterned Black Dragon. If it had awakened other bloodlines first, it probably wouldn't have this feeling." The Demon Blade trembled in response. Having received another batch of blood nourishment last night, it now understands more and more.

"You mean, Sakura has more than one bloodline?" Li Zheng thought it was a bit far-fetched, because Sakura became the way she is now because she used the core of the Armored Dragon Turtle.

"More than one? It harbors at least fifty other biological bloodlines of the same rank within its body; it's just a matter of which bloodline awakens first. The bloodline that awakens first will suppress the others, which is why it's become quite lethargic these past few days."

(End of this chapter)