Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Li Zheng had fifty people stay in the Dark Realm for an entire night.

Starting at midnight, some people find there's nothing left to learn, as most images are contrary to their areas of expertise, and there's very little to draw upon.

Some people learn a wide variety of things, or delve deeply into a particular area. They are able to accept more things and can watch many videos under the Bodhi tree to extract the essence and integrate it into themselves.

Those who finished reading earlier didn't sit idle either. They took the opportunity to use the Bodhi tree to sort out what they had learned, and then solved the doubts and difficulties they had encountered in practice one by one.

Occasionally, when I figure out a key point, I realize that I'm still missing something, so I search through those three hundred images again, and I always find something.

Someone sighed in reverie, "If only I could come in every day and sit under the tree."

Sitting under a tree all night is worth more than months of blind practice.

Unfortunately, it's just wishful thinking. Boss Li Zheng has his own things to do, and he can't possibly stay in Block 4 and act as their babysitter forever.

As the night wore on, almost everyone entered the final sorting phase, occasionally getting up to look around and search for anything useful among the three hundred images.

To make things easier for them, Li Zheng distracted himself by controlling the images to loop endlessly.

It was at this time that Xiao Siyuan left the Dark Realm to gather those Water Blue Star people who were talented in medicine.

There weren't many players entering the outer city this time, and the number of people was rather random. Before leaving, Lao Xiao optimistically said that he could probably find about twenty people.

However, this number is still too optimistic.

At dawn, Li Zheng stopped all the images and led everyone back from the Dark Realm. Each of the fifty people had gained something, and their hearts were filled with excitement. Although they hadn't relaxed all night, they didn't feel tired. They just wanted to go back and consolidate what they had learned that night.

They each said goodbye to Li Zheng and left. Turning around, Li Zheng looked at Xiao Siyuan and the three young boys and girls beside him and fell silent.

"Only three?"

And they all look quite young, maybe eighteen or nineteen at most.

“Only three!” Xiao Siyuan pointed at them and said, “These are the three with the best comprehension that I picked out from those hundreds of people.”

"What kind of comprehension are you talking about?" Li Zheng asked, puzzled. Does learning medical knowledge require comprehension?
A fair-skinned, crew-cut boy smiled shyly and said, "I was the top student in the whole school in high school biology."

Another girl with freckles on her face whispered, "Me...me too..."

These two looked like model students in school. Li Zheng knew that they were only being so reserved in front of him. Anyone who could survive in the matrix and successfully enter the outer city was not someone to be trifled with; they were all cunning and resourceful.

The third one was also a teenager, but his temperament was slightly different from the other two. He looked carefree and didn't stand properly.

Li Zheng seemed quite interested in him and asked, "What's your name?"

The boy answered lazily, "Bai Yuan."

"Bai Yuan." Li Zheng nodded and asked, "You also got first place in biology?"

"Ah...no." Bai Yuan's reaction time seemed to be a bit off, and he hesitated for a moment before replying, "I just have suffered more injuries than others, so I have a more thorough understanding of human anatomy."

"I understand." Li Zheng said knowingly, "So it was just a nobody."

“You’ve misunderstood.” Bai Yuan revealed a simple smile that didn’t match his demeanor. “I didn’t get injured in street fights; I was beaten by my dad.” “Domestic violence?” Li Zheng’s expression changed, and his brows furrowed. “Is your dad in the Matrix? I’ll talk to him for you.”

"It doesn't count as domestic violence." Bai Yuan thought for a moment, then resumed his nonchalant and indifferent attitude: "It should be said that he hits and torments me just out of interest. He hits me when he's happy after getting paid, he hits me when he gets scolded by his boss at work, he hits me when the food is too salty, he hits me when it's too bland, he hits me when he's bored, and he hits me when he's too busy or tired."

Sometimes, you can beat someone up for no reason at all.

As for where he is now…

Bai Yuan uttered chilling words in a seemingly innocent tone: "It should be emitting a stench in some room of the Matrix. I mean... the stench of the non-absorbable residue left after food has absorbed most of its nutrients through the digestive system, or 'shit' for short."

"Oh? You killed him?"

Li Zheng frowned and re-examined Bai Yuan. The information given by Lao Pu did not indicate that Bai Yuan had blood energy or caused any direct loss of life.

“Murder? No!” Bai Yuan said sincerely, “That was my own father. How could I be so cruel as to take his life? I was just returning to him what he had done to me over the years. He was still breathing before I left.”

"You mean, you just incapacitate him and then abandon him to fend for himself, and incidentally avoid being flagged as a red name in this way?" Li Zheng said, "Then you might be mistaken. In the Matrix, as long as someone dies due to factors you subjectively cause, you will become a red name, unless another target appears and kills him for you."

For example, if Li Zheng has a grudge against someone, he can cripple the other person's limbs, find a room with ferocious creatures, put the other person down, and then wait on the side.

If he is killed by other creatures, his kill count will not be counted.

Even if someone dies from excessive blood loss before that, their kill count will still be counted towards their score.

"Whatever." Bai Yuan shrugged indifferently. "Anyway, I didn't become a red name afterwards. When I sent a message, the terminal reminded me that the other party was offline. I guess I either got finished off by someone else or was eaten by a wandering monster."

"You just said that you gained a deep understanding of human anatomy through experience from your injuries." The freckled girl asked timidly, but unable to suppress her curiosity, "What kind of injury could have taught you this knowledge?"

In her mind, domestic violence was at most a few superficial injuries; if the violence had been really severe, Bai Yuan might have been dead long ago.

"You really want to know?" Bai Yuan chuckled as he rolled up his sleeves, revealing his abdomen beneath his shirt. The dense scars on his body resembled grotesque centipedes crawling across his skin, a shocking sight.

"Oh my god!" The freckled girl covered her mouth, her face pale. "These are all from your dad hitting me... no, these are clearly cuts that were stitched up!"

"Isn't it amazing?" Bai Yuan put down his clothes and said calmly, "My dear father is the chief surgeon of the First People's Hospital of Baichuan City. Suturing this wound is nothing more than child's play for him."

“Every time he cut open my skin and flesh with a scalpel, he would ask me to open my eyes wide and watch him slowly stitch up the wound, showing off how superb his stitching technique was.”

"The kind that doesn't require anesthesia."

Bai Yuan recounted his past experiences in a light and casual manner, as if describing someone else's story.

"What do you think?" Xiao Siyuan poked Li Zheng in the lower back and asked, "I think he's very talented, definitely a good candidate for studying medicine!"

Li Zheng didn't know if Bai Yuan was a good candidate for medical school.

However, one thing Li Zheng was certain of was that if Bai Yuan could still love life after experiencing such a childhood, that would be absolutely absurd.

He even suspected that Bai Yuan had taken several lives before entering the matrix!