Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 686 Bearing the Sin
"Grandpa, don't joke around. Let's talk about these personal matters later."

Li Zheng quickly stopped the Black Dragon Clan's ancestor, telling him to go and gather the clansmen. He then said to the three girls who had been assigned to him, "We're just putting on an act, and we'll definitely have to part ways in the end, so let's resolve some things in a different way."

He informed the terminal to retrieve the teleportation disk and to draft a few contracts to send over as well.

"What form?" Danfeng glanced at him sideways: "Judging from your appearance, you're definitely up to no good!"

Li Zheng frowned and glared at her unhappily.

Sakura brandished her little fists, revealing a few hollow, sharp teeth, and threatened fiercely, "You're not allowed to say bad things about my dad! You bad woman!"

"You little bastard, you're asking for death!" Dan Fenglai immediately frowned, about to explode.

Suddenly, a threatening gaze fell on her. She turned her head and saw it was Miriel.

Miriel, no longer the submissive woman she once was, stared at her coldly, her eyes filled with a warning: "It's fine if you act childishly towards me and Li Zheng, but if you dare to bully Xiaoying, your future will definitely not be easy!"

On the other side, Mo Li said indifferently, "Normally you have the vampire queen protecting you, and others treat you with deference. Now we are all of equal status and identity. If you continue to act like before... don't blame me for being impolite!"

The part of the Black Dragon Clan's genes in Sakura's body came from her, so she naturally felt closer to and more protective of Sakura. Seeing Danfeng's unfriendly expression towards Sakura, she immediately threatened her.

An'an observed the situation and, after weighing the options, chose to join the group with more people: "My great-grandmother said that he will be my man in the future, and my man's daughter is my daughter. If anyone bullies my daughter, I will not let her get away with it."

Li Zheng's expression was icy. He bent down, picked up Xiao Ying, stared directly at Dan Fenglai, and said coldly, "Apologize to Xiao Ying!"

“You…” Dan Fenglai had been pampered by everyone in the vampire clan since she was a child, and had long been spoiled. In the past, no matter what trouble she caused, whether she was right or wrong, others would apologize to her and beg for forgiveness. When had she ever been asked to apologize like this before?
Her breathing quickened, and her eyes grew increasingly fierce: "Apologize to her? Absolutely not!"

"Fenglai, when did your great-grandmother ever teach you to swear?"

The vampire queen, who had been outside instructing the vampires she had brought to go back and gather their people, walked in. She had heard everything that had just happened: "The vampire genes in Xiaoying's body were taken from me. You called her a little bastard, do you think your great-grandmother is an old bastard?"

The vampire queen had always spoiled her and protected her in the hope that Danfeng would develop an innocent and carefree personality.

For men, innocent and naive girls are more likely to arouse their protective instincts, and they won't suffer too much loss if they entrust Danfeng to someone else after fulfilling their promise.

But she didn't expect that she might have spoiled Danfeng a bit too much. Instead of growing up to be the person she hoped for, Danfeng became arrogant and domineering towards everyone.

Danfeng said in a panic, "Grandma, that's not what I meant!"

When everyone was talking about Sakura before, they only mentioned that the Black Dragon Clan's genes came from Mo Li, so she assumed that the genes of the other clans came from people of clans with similar status to Mo Li.

Who would have thought that her vampire genes came from her great-grandmother?
The gray-haired woman walked in at this moment, glanced at Danfeng, and smiled at the vampire queen: "I told you long ago that you can't spoil your children too much. Look at my An'an, how sensible she is?"

"Sigh..." The vampire queen sighed deeply, walked up to Li Zheng, and said apologetically, "Feng Lai's parents died early, and it was my fault for not disciplining her properly. I apologize to you on her behalf, and I hope you will not take what just happened to heart."

"Grandma..." Dan Fenglai was indeed arrogant and rude to others, but she had a very deep affection for her great-grandmother who loved her dearly. Seeing her great-grandmother lower herself to apologize on her behalf, she said with tears in her eyes, "Fenglai knows she was wrong. Fenglai will apologize to her." She looked at Xiaoying and apologized solemnly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have scolded you just now."

The vampire queen placed her hand on Danfenglai's head and said earnestly, "Grandma hopes that you were genuinely apologizing to Xiaoying just now because you realized your mistake, and not because you were apologizing for the vampire genes in her body..."

Her eyes held a complex expression, as if she had a lot to say, but ultimately swallowed it back.

Li Zheng felt that from the moment he agreed to fulfill the agreement, the three clan leaders seemed to have some particularly complex emotions in their eyes.

"An'an, come with your great-grandmother. Your great-grandmother has something to tell you." The gray-haired woman beckoned and led An'an out of the treehouse.

The Black Dragon Clan's ancestor also entered at this moment and called Mo Li away.

After hesitating several times, the vampire queen sighed deeply and left alone.

Miriel walked over to Li Zheng and affectionately pinched Xiao Ying's cheek, causing the little one to whimper and protest incessantly.

After teasing her for a while, Miriel whispered, "Don't you think the three leaders are giving their final instructions?"

When Li Zheng heard her say that, his pupils contracted sharply for a moment.

That's right!

The blood energy emanating from the three leaders was far too intense, even though they had provided assistance and made significant contributions to the genetic technology of the outer city.

But rules are rules. Other bloodless clansmen could enter the outer city through back doors based on their contributions, but these three...

"I think I know why their blood energy is so concentrated that it condenses into cocoons." Li Zheng carried Xiao Ying to the door of the treehouse. Outside, a large number of Black Dragon Clan members were running around, packing their belongings.

Everyone seemed to know they were about to head to the outer city, and their faces were filled with barely suppressed smiles.

Yan Yi, who had been busy serving the Black Dragon Clan's ancestor in the treehouse, stood at the treehouse door with an expression that was neither sad nor happy, but his eyes were unfocused, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Li Zheng walked to her side and asked, "Did our ancestors use themselves as a vessel to absorb the blood essence of other clansmen into themselves?"

Yan Yi focused his gaze, turned to look at him, and nodded slightly: "Yes, our ancestors have been preparing for this day for decades. In order to allow all the clansmen to enter the outer city, they bore the sins of the entire clan alone."

Looking at the busy Black Dragon Clan members, Li Zheng asked, "Do they know that by doing this, they will ultimately be excluded from the outer city?"

Yan Yi said softly, "How could they not know?"

"What...what are you talking about?" Dan Fenglai appeared beside them at some point. Hearing their conversation, she was distraught: "My great-grandmother...she can't enter the outer city?"

(End of this chapter)