Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 509 This terminal is so lame!

"Are you okay staying here alone?"

Li Zheng glanced at the time; five minutes had passed since they entered the Thundercloud region. Feng Shan and Lu Li should have already obtained the limited-edition fishing gear from those two regions.

Are you worried that someone will come and steal it later?

Zhan Zhouzhou instantly understood Li Zheng's subtext: "Don't worry, the environment here is special. I should be able to recover my fighting ability before those people find me."

Hearing her say that, Li Zheng felt a little relieved: "Then I'll go back first. Take care of yourself."

"Ah."

After responding, Zhan Zhouzhou adjusted the angle of the levitation thrusters and flew deeper into the clouds, quickly disappearing from sight.

Li Zheng looked in that direction for a moment, pondered briefly, then flapped his wings and circled several times in the indistinct dark clouds, as if he were lost, before finally finding the entrance.

Upon arriving here, he looked around and, through the Eye of Preys, found the direction where the fishing gear merchant was.

The fishing gear merchant was not far from the entrance; Li Zheng found him in just ten seconds by flying to his left.

This is a humanoid creature covered in futuristic armor. Two insect-like organs protrude from the gaps in the armored helmet on the top of its head, trembling rhythmically as if breathing.

"Welcome, sir. Need, some, anything?" This fishing tackle merchant spoke in a distinctive way, spitting out two words at a time, his voice having the unique quality of an electronic product, involuntarily reminding one of artificial intelligence like Siri or Xiao Ai.

Without wasting words, Li Zheng pulled out a fish basket full of his catch: "Give me your limited edition fishing gear!"

"Five thousand points."

The merchant raised his hand, took out a feather, and handed it over. His armored hand had only three cone-shaped fingers, giving him an unusually fierce look.

Li Zheng quickly checked the value of the fish basket in his hand and handed it over.

"Only five thousand." The merchant took the fish basket, and with a wave of his hand, most of the catch was gone, leaving less than ten fish inside. He then handed it back: "Here are the extra points."

Li Zheng was amused by the situation.

I never expected that there would be such principled merchants in the Matrix. I thought that special merchants were all heartless guys like Luo Aimang and Xiao.

"Thank you."

After taking the fish basket and feathers, Li Zheng turned around and returned to the entrance.

In just a short while, figures appeared at the entrance to the Thundercloud region. Through the Eye of Preys, Li Zheng saw a familiar person wearing a cloak.

It was a male player who was only 1.5 meters tall, wearing a black hooded outfit that concealed his face, directing the players to set up a cordon at the entrance.

Upon seeing Li Zheng approach, the hooded player respectfully stepped forward to greet him: "Mr. Li."

Li Zheng looked wary: "Who are you?"

Misaka Tsuchimon was stunned. How could Li Zheng not recognize him?
In an instant, he realized that he should have no connection with Li Zheng on the surface, so he immediately changed his attitude, becoming less respectful and saying in a humble but not arrogant manner: "I felt that the Qidian Legion might not be able to hold the two regions, so I took it upon myself to share the burden for Mr. Li. If Mr. Li wants to go back, I will immediately lead my men to retreat."

He had set up his army to seize territory, but he didn't expect Li Zheng to still be there and hadn't left, which led to their head-on collision.

"Need not."

Li Zheng seemed to think for a moment before saying, "You're right. Our Qidian Legion is indeed unable to defend two regions, so we'll transfer this place to you."

If you profit from ticket sales or other means, just give 30% to Qidian.

In just a few words, the two of them characterized the matter as a transaction, and almost no one could see any clues between them.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Li."

Misaka Tsuchimon cooperated and said, "Mr. Li, please rest assured, with the terminal notarizing the transaction, the profits from those three levels will automatically go into Qidian's name."

If any members of the Qidian Legion wish to change their environment and breathe some different air, please feel free to come to the Thundercloud region. I will take full responsibility for the safety of your legion members.

We will never allow the events of the lava mountains to repeat themselves.

The two of them sang in unison, making those legions that were a step too late regret their actions immensely.

Why did I hesitate?
Otherwise, if we latch onto the Qidian Legion, we might be able to earn some more special catches during this event.

Although some special catches cannot be taken out of the event, their effects are not limited.

People have already caught rare catches in different regions that can enhance various aspects of physical fitness, expand the upper limit of gene force, and improve gene ability rank. These catches are limited to use during the event, but their effects can be brought back to the matrix. They are the most valuable items in the fishing competition so far, apart from Boss items.

People have also caught non-living fish.

This includes, but is not limited to: materials of various grades, blueprints, finished equipment, devices, and semi-finished parts.

I heard someone brought up two diamond-grade armor blueprints, but their authenticity hasn't been verified, and we don't know if they're real or fake.

With the liberation of the Thundercloud region, players who need thunder-type items should flock here, and the Qidian Legion will be satisfied even if they only take a third of the profits.

"Well, I'll leave this place to you. If anyone comes to take over our territory, send someone to the Endless Ocean to inform me, and I will assist you in taking it back."

Li Zheng knew that many people were probably watching him live, so he deliberately said those words in front of everyone.

"!"

Misaka Tsuchimon nodded vigorously, almost instinctively shouting "Hi!", but thankfully he stopped himself in time.

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Seeing players starting to appear through the portal, Li Zheng didn't linger. He casually said something and went straight into the transfer space.

Upon returning here, he immediately found Lu Li and Feng Shan and took the limited edition fishing gear he had just bought from the two who were listening to the lecture.

A bag of powdered bait and a scorpion-shaped lure.

Adding to the fishing rod, fishing line, fishing hook, and float (feather) that Li Zheng already had, he had just collected six limited edition fishing tackle items!
The moment all six items were acquired, a system notification popped up in front of me:
Player has acquired: Dragon Spine (fishing rod), Dragon Tendon (fishing line), Gold Rush (fish hook), Wind Chaser (float), Lure (bait), Soul Hook (bait)

Once you've successfully collected all six limited-edition fishing tackle pieces, head over to any fishing tackle merchant and submit all the parts to redeem a surprise grand prize!

I still need to go find the fishing gear merchant.

Li Zheng tilted his head and thought for a moment. He had already troubled Luo Aimang several times, so he decided to change his target this time.

He turned around and went into the portal to the lava mountains.

At the entrance to the endless ocean, a beautiful and alluring woman looked up at the sky...

Why hasn't Li Zheng arrived yet?
I just heard from someone in the legion that he and Zhan Zhouzhou conquered the Thundercloud region together.

No wonder he didn't come to the Endless Ocean to find him.

Men should prioritize their work. Now that he's finished, he should come and see me... right?

Maybe……

Joey Yung sat on the beach, her chin resting on her knees, her eyes, like spring water, gazing blankly at the distant sea.

No man in the world could resist her. If Li Zheng dared to come, she would definitely win him over!

I will never let my father down.

Must win!
When Li Zheng arrived at the lava mountain range, a scorching airflow rushed towards him. He quickly cast an "Extreme Isolation" spell on himself to protect himself from all the high temperatures. It was as if an invisible film appeared on his body, and the high-temperature airflow was dispersed as it reached him, like waves crashing against rocks.

When Guan Hu saw him arrive, he stepped forward to say something, but before he could even open his mouth, Li Zheng didn't even glance at him and ran straight to the fishing tackle merchant not far away.

He wanted to follow and see what Li Zheng was up to, but Liu Qishao came up from the side and stopped him.

"You've already offended him. If you go over there now, you'll be in his way. Aren't you afraid he'll draw his knife and chop you up?"

"Dare he?"

"Ha, what is there for him to be afraid of? Don't you know his strength? Do you see any country that dares to challenge a nuclear-armed state?"

Liu Qishao sneered: "If you think someone in Kunlun can keep him in check, then go and try it."

After saying that, he took a few steps back and returned to the crowd.

Guan Hu remained silent for a while, glanced at Li Zheng's back, and gave up the idea of ​​following him to check.

……

"Xiao, come and see this!"

Li Zhengxing rushed over and found Xiao lying on the chair, his eyes vacant, staring at something.

Xiao slowly came to his senses after being disturbed by him.

Upon seeing that the visitor was Li Zheng, he became enthusiastic: "What do you want this time? Gold panning? I've saved it for you, I haven't sold it to anyone else!"

His attitude made Li Zheng feel uncertain.

Isn't it?

He wasn't angry at all after how I treated him before, and he's still so nice to me? Ha, how could he not be nice?

Li Zheng made several moves in the Lava Mountains and successfully made Xiao's performance rank first among the six merchants, surpassing the second place by several thousand 'deaths'!
If we can make Li Zheng happy, we'll have a sure thing of winning the 'sales champion' title this time!

"What's this mess?"

Li Zheng pulled out six limited-edition fishing gear pieces and asked, "Tell me first, what can I exchange these for?"

Xiao looked down and was astonished: "You actually collected them all?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the time and suddenly realized, "Oh right, this should be the second batch of limited edition fishing gear for sale, right?"

He picked up the fishing rod and glanced at it, his expression turning strange. He asked Li Zheng, "Now that you have these things, haven't you tried fishing again?"

"No……"

Li Zheng realized that these limited edition fishing gears seemed to be the key items for releasing the venue's boss. Judging from Xiao's words, could it be that, as he initially thought, there was actually more than one batch of bosses?
"Hmm, if not, then forget it." Xiao muttered to himself, "Anyway, starting with the second batch, it won't be something you can handle alone. Releasing them out will only make things worse."

Although he muttered this quietly, Li Zheng still managed to catch roughly what he said: "What do you mean by that?"

"You want to know?"

Xiao glanced around, then raised his hand and placed a circular device next to the two of them. When unfolded, it emitted a beam of light, forming a barrier around them.

After doing all that, he slowly said, "Actually, the terminal prepared four rounds of world-destroying challenges for this event, and you've only finished the first round."

"Four wheels?!"

Li Zheng's eyes lit up. Did this mean that a total of twenty-four field bosses could be killed in this fishing competition?!
Those are twenty-four King-level items!
"Don't get too excited yet."

Xiao seemed to see through Li Zheng's thoughts and poured cold water on him: "I know you have a pretty powerful weapon, but if you think that the difficulty of the four world-destroying challenges is the same, then you are very wrong!"

"You mean the four monsters are all stronger than the last?" Li Zheng suppressed his thoughts and asked, "How much stronger?"

"so much!"

Xiao didn't say it explicitly, but simply raised one finger.

"What do you mean?" Li Zheng asked in horror, "An entire Great Rank?!"

“That’s right! A whole major level!” Xiao nodded and said, “Those guys released in the first round couldn’t even last three seconds against the monsters released in the second round!”
Do you think you have a chance to kill them?

So exaggerated?

Li Zheng was dumbfounded. He knew that even if the first round of bosses had given up and let him attack, it would have taken him about seven or eight seconds to successfully kill them (mainly due to charging up).
The second wave of monsters can kill the opponent in just three seconds, even when the opponent is putting up a full-blown fight...

Li Zheng estimated that the reason it took three seconds was probably because the first wave of monsters would flee in panic, and those three seconds were used for pursuit.

"So, according to you, the terminal never intended for us to get all the challenge rewards, right?" Li Zheng frowned. With this kind of boost, who could possibly kill us during the event?

Even if the Demon Blade Thirst recovers further, he still won't be able to kill the monsters in the second wave.

The Bloodthirst Demon Blade only raised his upper limit, while his own strength determined his lower limit.

If the lower limit is too low, there is no chance to use the higher upper limit to kill the enemy.

"Look what you said."

Xiao revealed a strange smile: "The terminal doesn't even want you to take the first round of rewards."

"puff!!!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Xiao opened his mouth and gushed out a large amount of blood like a fountain.

Caught off guard, Li Zheng was once again sprayed with blood.

"It's over..."

Xiao's face was deathly pale; his originally deep blue skin had faded to a greenish-blue, clearly indicating that he was seriously injured.

He was barely breathing, and slumped weakly onto the recliner, forcing a bitter smile: "I got carried away and forgot the rules of the merchant's code. I said the wrong thing..."

He didn't just say something wrong; he said something he shouldn't have said.

Li Zheng wiped the blood from his face and understood the meaning of Xiao's words.

It's actually quite simple. By considering the restrictions on those treasures, it's easy to guess what the phrase "the terminal doesn't even want you to take the first round of prizes" means.

If someone releases the second boss, which player in the current arena will survive?
If a player carrying a treasure dies, the item they are carrying will definitely be dropped!
Then, who will be able to go to the various venues and snatch the items back?

It must be said that the malicious intent and the low moral standards of the terminal operators are beyond everyone's imagination.

Just then, a terminal announcement suddenly popped up in front of everyone's eyes. After reading it, players, whether inside or outside the event, were all stunned.

[Announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this fishing competition will end early. All players are advised to prepare accordingly.]

Countdown: 9:49

[Announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, ...]

【announcement:……】

As is customary, the announcement will be repeated three times to emphasize its importance.

After reading it, Li Zheng kept grimacing. The terminal was really too sneaky. After Xiao accidentally exposed its sinister intentions, it actually chose to overturn the table...

At the same time, six fishing tackle merchants also received a notification that only they could see.

After reading it, Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the terminal only took away my prize for being the top salesperson this time, and didn't impose any further punishment. It's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune..."

If the terminal were to strip him of his businessman status, that would be a huge loss.

"Is your injury okay?"

Li Zheng bent down and looked at Xiao with caring eyes.

This gesture deeply moved Xiao: "I'm fine, you're so concerned..."

"It's good that you're alright. While there's still time, hurry up and give me the prize for collecting the limited edition fishing gear!" Li Zheng glanced at the countdown again and urged, "There's almost no time left."

Xiao: "..."

He had half a sentence stuck in his throat, unable to swallow it down, yet saying it aloud would be presumptuous.

It was so painful!

After a few seconds of silence, he put away the limited-edition fishing gear that Li Zheng had taken out, with a hurt expression on his face, and replaced it with a prop that looked like a 'sleeve dart' and handed it to Li Zheng: "This is the prize, take it."

"What's this?" Li Zheng took the prop. "A weapon?"

【Godslayer - Pseudo (Imitation System 0.001)】

Rank: None
Type: special props

Description: A concealed weapon modeled after the dimensional weapon 'Godslayer', usable only once.

The person hit is forced into a state of severe injury.

(For use only in the fishing competition. It cannot be taken out of the event. If it is not used by the end of the event, the terminal will forcibly retrieve it.)
Old Pu: A fake is a fake. It only has one-thousandth of the power of the original weapon. It's trash!
Godslayer: Show me your health bar! Even if you're a god, I can kill you!

Forced serious injury!

When Li Zheng saw these four words, his eyes lit up.

If I had this, could I try to kill one of the second batch of bosses?
"Don't even think about it!"

Xiao saw what Li Zheng was thinking and couldn't help but remind him, "Let me give you an example. Don't be fooled by my current injuries. If we really fought, killing you would be as easy as turning my hand!"

"!!!"

Also!

It was just a forced serious injury, not a death sentence.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; the second wave of creatures' desperate counterattack is something we absolutely cannot withstand!

Li Zheng put aside his inappropriate thoughts and instead set his sights on the last Boss that lived in the void.

If the second batch can't be killed, surely the first batch can be dealt with, right?

With the hidden blade in hand, I should be able to solo even the first batch of bosses when they are fully unleashed.

Act on your thoughts, time is of the essence.

Li Zheng abandoned the heavily injured Xiao and flew back to the transfer space, heading towards the final void arena.

(End of this chapter)