Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 567 Difficulty Stable Vanguard
"What kind of task is worth all this fuss about?" Li Zheng said disdainfully, holding his rice bowl. "Can't you be a little more mature and composed like me?"

Honestly, how old are you? Why are you getting so excited over such a small thing?

Li Zheng had basically studied everything in the mission hall. Unless a special mission that allowed him to return to the matrix appeared, Li Zheng had no interest in missions that were time-consuming, thankless, and didn't offer much reward.

"Tell me, which unlucky guy accidentally added an extra zero to the task reward section, making you so happy?" After scorning Zhan Zhouzhou, Li Zheng displayed the composure of remaining calm even when Mount Tai collapsed before him, sat up straight, picked up a small piece of crystal-clear meat and vegetable, put it in his mouth, and slowly savored it.

Hmm, Miriel's skills have improved again. She truly lives up to her title as the little princess of the succubus race.

Uh……

If the succubus queen found out that her daughter had transformed into a little cook in her place, would she go berserk?

"Oh dear, it's better to be lucky than early!" Zhan Zhouzhou sniffed the air, her beautiful eyes instantly lighting up. She plopped down next to Li Zheng and reached out, saying, "Quick, quick, give me a bowl and chopsticks. I'll just have to eat here. I'm starving."

Li Zheng: "..."

Good grief, you really don't hold back at all!

He handed over a bowl and chopsticks, and after Zhan Zhouzhou wolfed down several mouthfuls without any manners, Li Zheng put on airs and asked like a seasoned eunuch, "Tell me, what mission did you receive?"

"Mmm... Mmm~ Glug~" Zhan Zhouzhou swallowed the food in his mouth, shoveled a few mouthfuls of millet rice, and mumbled, "A mission to return to the matrix to participate in a competition."

"Oh……"

Li Zheng nodded calmly, then suddenly realized in shock: "Huh??? What did you say? The mission to return to the Matrix???"

Surprised!

Isn't it said that tasks done in the matrix are rare and only one is released at a time?

How come Zhan Zhouzhou received one on their second day in the outer city?
Mist grass!

That's incredible luck!
"What's all the fuss about?" Zhan Zhouzhou rolled her eyes, looking down on Li Zheng. "When will you be able to be as mature and composed as me?"

Li Zheng was speechless. These words sounded so familiar, as if they had come out of his own mouth not long ago.

Is this karma in this lifetime?
They came way too fast.

"A harder kiss? No way, I'm afraid if I kiss too hard, you'll cut me with a sword."

Li Zheng's words startled Zhan Zhouzhou: "When did you become so glib?... If you dare to use the phrase 'glib' as a joke, I'll still chop you up with my sword, believe it or not?"

"Why are you taking it so seriously?" Li Zheng was taken aback by Zhan Wuxia's words. He had actually been about to use those four words as a joke. "Just kidding... By the way, let's talk about the mission. What are the details?"

The topic was brought back on track, and Zhan Zhouzhou recounted the mission details to Li Zheng: "It's very simple. The terminal is about to open a new special room, and it's recruiting stable pioneers with a requirement that the strength of the outer city residents not exceed the beginner level. I went to the mission hall to hand in the mission I received this morning, and I just happened to see this mission appear. I immediately grabbed two spots."

"Difficulty Stable Vanguard?" Li Zheng squinted and scoffed, "It's amazing that the terminal could come up with such a ridiculous term... Does it mean that the new special rooms the terminal is preparing to open need residents from outside the city to help improve them?... Like NPCs?"

Li Zheng thought of the previous 'fishing competition'. It was obvious that Luo Aimang and Xiao had accepted a similar task, which was why they appeared at the competition.

This so-called 'Difficulty Stability Pioneer' was probably similar to the merchants of that time, serving as a kind of guidance NPC to guide players in the competition?

"Maybe." Zhan Zhouzhou nodded: "The mission details are not very detailed. It says that specific details will be given after the mission starts. And this mission is... uh... how should I put it? It's a pre-open type. We who received the mission will only be notified and go to complete the mission after someone in the outer city triggers the new special room."

These instant-triggered rooms wouldn't release tasks only after the player triggers them; preparations would definitely be made in advance.

That's why the terminal is releasing the task now, allowing residents of the outer city to select their targets so they can be teleported there to carry out the task later.

"You just said you snagged two spots?" Li Zheng asked. "Yeah, I grabbed one for you too." Zhan Zhouzhou raised an eyebrow and smiled. "How about that? Pretty good, sis? I even thought of you when something like this happened!"

"..." Li Zheng sighed, "Have you forgotten that I'm currently tied up?"

Extra slots can be shared with others. Generally, each person can only grab one extra slot, and the slot must be used within 30 seconds after the mission starts. Otherwise, the terminal will forcibly take away the slot and randomly assign it to another resident of the outer city.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Zhan Zhouzhou said dismissively. "The mission hasn't even started yet, has it? You know how big the matrix is. Maybe this mission won't be triggered for another ten days or eight months."

When Li Zheng regains his freedom, he will naturally be able to share a spot, which can be considered as planning ahead.

Li Zheng thought for a moment and nodded: "I hope so."

Li Zheng had figured out the tricks of the trade by going through several rule updates.

Since Zhan Zhouzhou has already received this task, it means that the terminal has already issued an announcement on the matrix side.

Furthermore, those newly developed special rooms must have been implemented.

Generally speaking, newly added content will definitely be triggered by players within three days.

Even if an accident does occur and no one triggers it naturally, the terminal will still tamper with things behind the scenes.

The location of each room in the matrix is ​​not fixed. Li Zheng discovered this on the morning of the third day after entering the matrix, because the room information detected by the Eye of Preys was slightly different from that detected the previous night.

Of course, the room that has already been explored and is connected to the player will not change.

As for whether the connected 'explored' rooms would change after the player left that room the next day, Li Zheng wasn't sure.

After all, one of the rules of the matrix is ​​that you can't go back, and he didn't have the time to waste his daily exploration opportunities going back in circles to take a look and confirm.

"By the way, take these three scrolls." Li Zheng took out the other three outer city tickets he was keeping from the capsule and handed them to Zhan Zhouzhou. "If I miss the mission, you go back alone and find a way to return the tickets to Feng Shan and the others, and tell them that they can enter the outer city at any time."

"Is it the right time?" Zhan Zhouzhou didn't take the question immediately, but said, "I think we should wait a while longer. After experiencing the outer city these past two days, I found that it's not much easier for new players to live here than in the matrix. Earning their first batch of white crystals is enough to keep them busy."

If it weren't for her superior strength and the assistance of the Eye of Prey before entering the outer city, which allowed her to kill many creatures of platinum and diamond rank or higher and obtain a lot of materials to exchange for some white crystal coins at the registry office, she wouldn't even have a place to stay yesterday.

It was precisely because of yesterday's embarrassing situation that Zhan Zhouzhou was so eager to accept the mission today. He accepted a mission with an inflated reward, which led to him being disgusted by the 'pure-blooded red-skinned pig's' demands.

To be honest, the reason Zhan Zhouzhou was able to complete that task in half a day was purely because her strength was unparalleled among players of the same level, her monster-killing speed was extremely fast, and she also had the advantage of having a flying item.

If it were a player with slightly weaker skills, it would take at least two to three days to complete the Pureblood Red-skinned Pig quest.

Spending the night camping in the wilderness is far more dangerous than spending the night in the Matrix!
There are very few wandering monsters in the matrix, and players are protected by capsule dwellings, so they are unlikely to suffer casualties due to wandering monsters.

Once you reach the outer city and enter the wilderness, although you can still deploy the capsule dwelling, you lose the 'invincible' feature!
Furthermore, even the oldest players in the outer city dare not be 100% certain about what level of wild beasts will appear in each area at night in the wilderness.

You might be dealing with extraordinary-level wild beasts during the day, and then at night several low-level or higher wild beasts will appear and gang-rape you...

"Of course I have a reason for doing this." Li Zheng waved the ticket in his hand. "Take a close look at the information on the ticket."

Reminded, Zhan Zhouzhou looked closely and exclaimed in surprise, "The destination has changed?!"

“That’s right!” Li Zheng raised his chin and said proudly, “From today onwards, all players who enter the outer city by any means will gather in Block 4!”

This was the reward Li Zheng got for 'selling' himself, but it benefited the other players besides him and Zhan Zhouzhou.

(End of this chapter)