Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

If the Celestial Fox Clan were wilderness people, and the outer city residents treated them this way, Li Zheng could still convince himself to accept it by citing the difference in their positions and factions.

But since they've all been promoted to the outer city, and everyone's on the same side, how could they bear to treat someone of another race as an object?!

Kangor, perhaps having experienced that time firsthand, sighed and shook his head, saying, "Back then, although there were many races in the outer city, resources were far less abundant than they are now; they were extremely scarce. It was common for some people to be unable to afford food and to secretly hunt other races for sustenance."

Eventually, the terminal could no longer stand by and watch. It issued a series of decrees and established exchange offices to gradually gather all the resources and supply them to each race according to their needs. At the same time, it vigorously supported scientific research and development, and the situation gradually improved.

However, the Celestial Fox Clan possessed unique talents. Although cannibalism had become extremely rare, their situation never improved. The terminal had no choice but to intervene again, revoking their status as outer city residents and sending them away. After that, there was almost no news of them.

Were the Celestial Fox Clan sent out via the terminal?

Li Zheng noticed this key point and was somewhat surprised.

Kanger said that the people outside the city thought the Sky Fox Clan had gone to the wilderness, but Li Zheng believed that the Sky Fox Clan should have been sent back to the Matrix by the terminal, occupying an area similar to the Abyss, to recuperate.

After all, the wilderness is inhabited by a large number of bloodthirsty people who act with even greater audacity. If they were to learn of the Sky Fox Clan's encampment in the wilderness, the entire Sky Fox Clan would likely be captured that very day.

The news that the Celestial Fox Clan had gone to the wilderness was likely "leaked" secretly by the terminal.

As for Su Xiaoya...

Li Zheng thought of the Celestial Fox Clan member who followed Lin Longxuan. Old Pu had said after probing her that she was an orphan of the Celestial Fox Clan left in the matrix. Li Zheng felt that there must be something wrong with her identity as an orphan.

According to Kanger's methods, the Skyfox Clan has existed in the outer city for a very long time, even so long that the Matrix has only been around for less than a hundred years.

The technology at that time was definitely not as advanced as it is now. It was impossible for a device to exist that could keep a life inside until now. Otherwise, the original body would not have died so recently.

The question now is, was Su Xiaoya's appearance on Channel 1 authorized by the terminal or was it an action taken by the Tianhu Clan itself?
“It must be the work of the Celestial Fox Clan…” Li Zheng carefully considered the Celestial Fox Clan’s purpose in doing so: “Could it be that they want to test the current situation of the outer city, and the Celestial Fox Clan wants to re-enter the outer city?”

That's roughly how it is.

While the Celestial Fox Clan is safe in the Matrix, they have no future.

While the outer city was dangerous for them, it was also full of endless possibilities.

If the Celestial Fox Clan were an ambitious race, they would never be content to remain confined to that small territory within the Matrix and live a self-sufficient life.

Unfortunately, the outer city has developed for so many years, and its overall strength absolutely crushes the Heavenly Fox Clan. Once they reappear, it may not be a good thing for the Heavenly Fox Clan itself.

Ok?
wrong!

Li Zheng stopped Kanger, who was turning to tend to the plants, and asked, "What about the Nine-Tailed Clan?"

The old woman from the Nine-Tailed Clan just now looked remarkably like Su Xiaoya from the Celestial Fox Clan. Not just in appearance, but in racial characteristics. Both clans could grow nine tails, and their other body parts were virtually identical to those of humans. Almost no one would doubt that they were of the same race.

"Sir seems quite interested in the Celestial Fox Clan?" Kanger hadn't thought much of it at first. Li Zheng's behavior clearly indicated that he knew someone from the Celestial Fox Clan; otherwise, why would he be so concerned about their affairs?

Could it be that the Celestial Fox Clan doesn't live in the wilderness, but instead hides in the Matrix?
An answer popped into his head, startling Kanger, who quickly banished the thought from his mind.

The Celestial Fox Clan is already pitiful enough. They cannot bear to remember this matter. If it is accidentally leaked, it will only bring annihilation to the Celestial Fox Clan!

"I'm not interested in the Celestial Fox Clan, I'm more interested in the Nine-Tailed Clan." Li Zheng was unaware of Kanger's thoughts; he was simply curious why the Nine-Tailed Clan and the Celestial Fox Clan looked so alike.

The old woman walked too fast just now, and he didn't have time to let Old Pu probe her, otherwise he wouldn't be asking Kanger here.

"clear."

Kanger misunderstood again, thinking that Li Zheng was using this as an excuse to hide his interest in the Celestial Fox Clan. He nodded in agreement and explained, "The Nine-Tailed Clan is a race that entered the outer city five hundred years ago. When they first appeared, the residents of the outer city also thought that the Nine-Tailed Clan was the Celestial Fox Clan who had changed their names and re-entered the outer city. Someone secretly kidnapped a few members of the Nine-Tailed Clan, but soon their corpses appeared in the Sin Domain, and they died extremely tragically."

"A newly arrived race in the outer city can actually kill a veteran outer city resident?" Li Zheng's eyes widened in disbelief.

"This……"

Kanger smiled awkwardly: "No matter how senior the residents of the outer city are, there are differences in strength. For example, I... have been in the outer city for thousands of years, but I can hardly last three moves against you, sir."

The Tengluo tribe was not good at fighting. When they entered the outer city and faced the final catastrophe, they suffered heavy casualties and were almost wiped out.

Kanger was terrified during that battle and has not dared to set foot in the Sin Realm since. Even his grandson, Rolle, is often warned by him not to venture into the Sin Realm.

Over time, those with courage and ambition, even if they enter the outer city later, grow much faster than others.

However, before Li Zheng appeared, the upper limit of the outer city was fixed. Everyone's mental strength could only be trained to that level, so combat power was determined by physical fitness and combat skills.

This is also the main reason why memory release devices are so popular in the outer city.

Of course, physical fitness is superior to combat skills. The size of the Black Dragon Clan's ancestor is a gap that cannot be bridged by simple combat skills. It would take a large number of experts to overwhelm him.

Yes, this is also why the outer city later developed gene-enhancing agents and super-limit gene-enhancing agents.

“However, some people did escape from the Nine-Tailed Clan… Although the kidnapped members were from the Nine-Tailed Clan, it was indeed the kidnappers who 'escaped' in the end.” Kanger felt this explanation was a bit off and couldn’t help but explain: “Those who escaped were certain that the Nine-Tailed Clan wasn’t the Celestial Fox Clan in disguise, because someone personally killed a member of the Nine-Tailed Clan and discovered that they hadn’t used their tails to take the place of the dead…”

Of course, the outer city resident who took action was met with collective retaliation from the entire Nine-Tailed Clan, who killed hundreds of innocent people before the incident stopped under the mediation of the terminal.

After this battle, the Nine-Tailed Clan's fearsome reputation spread throughout the outer city. Almost everyone knew that the Nine-Tailed Clan was an extremely protective race, and newborns of other races were sternly warned from a young age: "You can mess with anyone else, but never mess with the Nine-Tailed Clan!"