Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 711 Success Doesn't Have to Be Mine
"But……"

Zhan Zhouzhou hesitated for a moment and asked, "What if we fail like the Heavenly Dragon Clan?"

"Or we might succeed, but as the strongest group, we must fight on the front lines and in the most dangerous places. What if we die and don't see the moment of success?"

Won't you feel resentful?
Although Zhan Zhouzhou spared no effort to improve herself, she still had some worries in her heart.

That is to sacrifice oneself for the benefit of the group.

does it worth?
Li Zheng couldn't explain the pros and cons to her, but simply walked towards the door of the medical room and said softly, "I once heard a saying: Success doesn't have to be mine, but... I will definitely be a part of it!"

He pushed open the door, went out, and after determining his direction, headed towards the outside of the gravity research institute.

"Success doesn't have to be achieved by me, but I will definitely be a part of it..."

Zhan Zhouzhou stared blankly as he repeated the sentence, then suddenly chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Heh, I always thought you were an idiot, always showing off the good stuff without ever hiding anything, like a sucker."

"It turns out it's not that you're stupid, but that your perspective on life is a little higher than others."

"He's right. Success doesn't have to be achieved by me; as long as I'm part of the team, that's enough."

……

When Li Zheng returned to the rented room, Miriel had just calmed down Xiaoying, who was making a fuss about wanting to go and keep Li Zheng company. She heard a knock on the door and went to open it. The moment she saw Li Zheng, she immediately looked at his right arm. When she saw that it had completely grown back, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"You've been unconscious for so long, you must be hungry, right?" Miriel gathered the hair that had fallen loose and hung down to her temples. "I'll go make you something to eat."

"Okay." Li Zheng nodded gently. Miriel is showing more and more potential to be a good wife and mother.

"Come in and take a shower, then we'll be ready to eat." Miriel turned and went to the stove to get busy.

Li Zheng walked into the room and saw Xiao Ying lying on the edge of the bed, her eyes wide open, secretly watching them.

"What are you looking at?" Li Zheng chuckled. "It's so late, aren't you asleep yet?"

Xiaoying jumped off the bed in a flash, her short legs moving swiftly as she leaped high into Li Zheng's arms, shouting, "Daddy!"

She grabbed Li Zheng's arm and tugged hard, exclaiming in surprise, "Huh? It really grew!"

"Once you finish taking that pill, you'll be able to regenerate your limbs." Li Zheng picked her up, threw her back onto the bed, and then went into the bathroom to take a shower.

When he took off his clothes, he discovered that the adaptive combat suit he was wearing, which had shattered along with his right arm, had now been restored to its original state, clinging tightly to his skin just as before it was damaged.

He poked his head out of the bathroom and asked Miriel, "What's wrong with my clothes?"

Without turning his head, Miriel said, "After you passed out, the clothes grew back along with your severed arm. The clothes grew back to the same length as your arm. The professor took some fragments to be tested and discovered a rather novel combination of materials. In the professor's words, this new material can be named 'the smartest fabric,' as it can be repaired to the appropriate length according to the body part being worn."

"repair?"

Li Zheng was surprised: "What did it rely on to repair itself? This doesn't conform to the law of conservation, does it?"

“The professor also mentioned this,” Miriel continued to explain. “This combat suit automatically distributes the core components, and the material has extremely strong elasticity. If it is cut into pieces, it will automatically select the largest piece, extract all the elasticity, and restore it to its original shape before it was cut into pieces.”

"But this elasticity is not infinite. If it cannot be restored after being stretched to its maximum, it will become tattered and maintain its tattered shape."

After listening, Li Zheng nodded: "In that case, it can indeed be called the 'smartest fabric'."

He almost thought the combat suit, like his improved physique, could regenerate. Turns out, it was just a matter of material stretching.

This is much more reasonable.

After taking a shower, Miriel had just finished making two simple dishes.

Sakura, drawn by the fragrance, jumped off the bed, ran to the table, and sat down, watching longingly.

Li Zheng found her appearance amusing, so he asked Mireille to cook a few more dishes, and the three of them decided to have a late-night snack together.

After eating and drinking her fill, Sakura rolled into bed and went to sleep.

Li Zheng then extracted the treasure chest from today's contents and let Miriel open it for fun.

The treasure chest hadn't contained anything for over ten days, so neither of them had any hope for today.

Sure enough, Miriel took out a fragment of a wishing stone from the treasure chest.

"Fine, that's settled then." Li Zheng said helplessly, taking the fragments and throwing them into the capsule before lying down to rest.

Unable to sleep, he grabbed Sakura and took the little one into the Dark Realm, where she could train her mental strength.

Miriel now absorbs some magic crystal energy before going to sleep at night.

Li Zheng was multitasking, urging Xiao Ying not to slack off while asking, "You should be close to condensing the second node, right?"

Miriel absorbed the magic crystal's energy and nodded, saying, "Once this magic crystal is fully absorbed, it will be fine."

Li Zheng glanced at the magic crystal; the energy within it gradually diminished as he absorbed it.

It's like when the sun comes out on a foggy day, the fog evaporates and thins out.

“Every time I watch you cultivate your spiritual power, I can’t help but marvel at how Xu managed to condense a six-digit node without the aid of magic crystal energy,” Li Zheng exclaimed. “It’s just too powerful!”

"Or perhaps he's just too good at enduring loneliness, having cultivated in the dark realm for who knows how many years." Miriel imagined it and shuddered: "If I had to live alone in a place like that, I'd go insane in less than a month!"

"Yes." Li Zheng frowned slightly: "You tell me... after living such a futile life for so long, would you really give up your own life to fulfill someone else's?"

Whenever Li Zheng thought of Xu, he would remember the words Xu left behind before disappearing.

We will meet again in another place, in another form, but you may not recognize me then.

Li Zheng still hasn't figured out the meaning of that sentence.

It's somewhat like the theory of reincarnation, but it also seems to have some other meaning.

“Even if he’s lived so long that he no longer cares about life and death,” Miriel stopped absorbing energy and pondered for a moment before saying, “he must still have a lot of resentment in his heart. After all, he’s been lonely in that place for countless years. That resentment should be what keeps him trying to survive.”

"You mean..." Li Zheng said thoughtfully, "Rather than finding a way out through death, Xu is more likely to try to escape from the Dark Realm?"

“If I were in that situation, I would definitely do the same,” Miriel said.

Yup!

According to the terminal, the void is a collection of the original body's negative emotions. How could an existence like it easily accept the end of death?
But if he hadn't died, where would he be now?
(End of this chapter)