Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

"Is it possible that there are undiscovered races somewhere in the universe?" Li Zheng asked tentatively. "Maybe your conclusion is wrong?"

“There’s almost no chance of that!” the terminal said with certainty. “I once found a star map in a box. It was with that star map that I was able to get the Matrix to find the next target before the emotional storm and bring them into the Matrix. Water Blue Star is the last intelligent planet on the star map. I’ve been to all the other places.”

"I see." Li Zheng suddenly realized. The terminal had said that he could always find the next race three years in advance. He had thought that the terminal was just lucky and could accurately predict the target every time.

It turns out it was the treasure chest that made it all possible.

"Tell me about him, what happened?" The terminal looked at Yan Bujin and asked, "You brought him here because you need my help?"

"Indeed."

Li Zheng explained his purpose: "This so-called Nascent Soul is actually an extremely solid spiritual body. If the outer city can master such a method, it may greatly enhance our overall strength."

The terminal seemed thoughtful, and said, "So you made a deal with him, and you need my help with the details of the deal?"

"That's right!"

Li Zhengdao said, "This guy's physical body was destroyed by a heavenly tribulation not long ago. I promised him that as long as he cooperates obediently, I can help him rebuild a physical body in the future."

Cloning technology is currently only possessed by the Wilderness Man and Terminal, so using cloning technology to create a physical body for Yan Bujin is a piece of cake.

“That’s not difficult,” the terminal said. “As long as I have enough non-cloned live cells, I can clone a newborn. However, clones themselves have some defects, and other things are needed to eliminate these defects before they can be used. As a clone, you should be aware of this.”

Cloned humans have many flaws, some of which cannot be avoided even at the terminal stage.

For example, Li Zheng's defect was a short lifespan, but because the gene serum helped him fill in the missing key information in his genes, he became healthier.

Now, apart from the fact that his active cells can no longer be used for cloning, Li Zheng is already a complete and independent human being.

“It doesn’t matter. He should be able to fix some of his flaws himself.” Li Zheng smiled and glanced at Yan Bujin. The two of them didn’t hide their conversation at all: “Doesn’t he call himself a cultivator? We’ll just have to see if a cultivator can defy fate.”

"Understood." The terminal nodded on the screen and asked, "So now he doesn't believe your promise, so you brought him here to let me prove that I can create a physical body for him?"

“That’s true.” Li Zheng nodded in agreement.

The terminal said, "That's easy, there's a ready-made example."

As he spoke, he manipulated the central ground, causing the ground to crack open and a transparent jar filled with green liquid slowly rising from below.

Inside the jar was a girl with a tube inserted into her navel. She looked extremely similar to Yan Guang; apart from their age, they were practically identical.

The girl was curled up like an unborn fetus, her arms wrapped tightly around her knees and pressed against her chest.

The ground next to him cracked open, and a horizontal, transparent container rose up, inside which lay the body of the one-armed Yan Guang.

"come over."

Li Zheng glanced at Yan Bujin and said, "This is the evidence that we can help you sculpt a physical body. We can even adjust it to whatever shape you want and satisfy all your needs."

Yan Bujin was stunned. They didn't have such methods where they lived, and he couldn't understand how a magical artifact with a spirit could do such a thing. He carefully looked at Yan Guang and the newborn girl. Although he couldn't understand the method, he could sense in his heart that the two were actually the same person.

They can actually sculpt a physical body for themselves!
Yan Bujin tentatively asked, "Is it really true that any kind of body will do? What if I wanted a body like yours, sir?"

"Mine?" Li Zheng frowned. "What do you mean?"

Damn it, is this guy planning to impersonate me and NTR me when I'm not looking?
Let's just kill them now!
Sensing the faint killing intent emanating from Li Zheng, Yan Bujin trembled and quickly explained, "To be honest, my lord, I only want a formless body to change my appearance!"

He explained what the Formless Body was, leaving Li Zheng and the terminal completely bewildered.

"There's such a thing as a special physique?" Li Zheng looked at the terminal and laughed, "I was really born in the wrong place. If I had been born there, I might not be a clone, but an external avatar."

"What kind of protagonist template is this, like a mortal cultivating immortality?" Terminal uttered a witty remark only they could understand, then said to Yan Bujin, "Forget about his body. The original is dead, and it's impossible to cultivate a new clone. Find someone else."

"This..." Yan Bujin's face stiffened, and he said repeatedly, "What a pity..."

If there is no choice, then any body will be perfectly satisfactory.

But now that he has a choice, he has to be careful in his selection.

Li Zheng gestured for the terminal to put Yan Guang back, then asked, "I'll ask you one more time: do you accept the deal or not?"

He has already shown enough sincerity. If he still doesn't appreciate what he has to say, for the sake of the future of all the races in the outer city, Li Zheng wouldn't mind adding another stain to his record.

Since he already has a clump of resentful black hair hanging down his back, taking another life isn't something he's incapable of doing.

Moreover, Li Zheng felt no guilt whatsoever for killing Yan Bujin.

"As long as the Lord is willing to fulfill his promise, I will be at the Lord's command from now on!" Yan Bujin knelt down to express his loyalty.

"Heh." Li Zheng sneered, "Don't be too happy yet. You yourself said that everyone's constitution is different. What your body will ultimately be like depends on how you perform in the future."

"Your subordinates will give their lives, even unto death!"

"Good!" Li Zheng clapped his hands and laughed, "Now the first thing I want you to do is hand over all the cultivation techniques you know, in detail!"

To understand why the "Nascent Soul" is so special, starting with the so-called "cultivation techniques" is undoubtedly the simplest and most direct approach.

"Gong...Gongfa?" Yan Bujin hesitated.

His martial arts techniques were the foundation of his livelihood; to hand them over to others would be tantamount to revealing all his weaknesses.

Taking his cultivation technique is no different than taking his life.

"What?" Li Zheng narrowed his eyes. "Are you going to refuse the first thing?"

The terminal also said, "Just now you were 'giving your all,' and now you want to back out? Is this what cultivators are like? It's really laughable."