Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Since Fengshan has brought this up, Li Zheng certainly won't be stingy.

I found a quiet place and spent half an hour guiding Fengshan to condense the first spiritual energy node.

Experts like Fengshan possess considerable mental strength.

In particular, Fengshan is an anomaly among experts.

This kid really doesn't use anesthesia during surgery. If either his mental strength or willpower were even slightly weaker, he would have collapsed long ago.

“So it’s that simple…” Feng Shan opened his eyes, a glint of light in them: “I thought it would be much more difficult. When Lu Li and the others described it to me, it sounded quite dangerous.”

His nonchalant attitude greatly displeased Li Zheng.

"You think it's easy now, why didn't you learn it before?" Li Zheng scolded, "Do you think everyone is like you, fighting like you're out of your mind, of course you don't feel the danger?"

Fengshan's fighting style of trading blows for blows is probably rare even among the myriad races of the outer city, let alone within the matrix.

Sometimes, when faced with a formidable enemy, he would even risk his life for injury!

It's truly a miracle that I'm still alive.

Aside from becoming more restrained after confirming his relationship with Yan Guang, Feng Shan spent most of his time living with his life on the line. He had experienced all sorts of dangerous situations, not to mention the hidden dangers of condensing spiritual energy nodes, which he had never personally experienced.

"Alright, we've achieved our main objectives for this trip. I'll head back to Block 4 and wait for those Japanese devils to enter the outer city." Feng Shan waved goodbye to Li Zheng, "Please let Miss Zhan know for me that I won't go to say goodbye to her."

Watching Feng Shan's departing figure, Li Zheng saw a hint of relief on his face. It seemed that whether Yan Guang could be successfully cloned was still weighing on his mind.

Li Zheng didn't know if Feng Shan would take this as a reassurance, but in any case, Feng Shan successfully regained his focus and hope in life.

This is a good thing.

Otherwise, with his reckless nature, without someone of sufficient influence to keep him in check, he will eventually suffer a terrible fate!
Back in the gravity chamber, Ye Kai and the others were chatting.

Ye Kai, Ye Yuan, and the professor were the main speakers, while Chu Xiao and Miriel listened from the side, their faces showing expressions of "What are you guys talking about? I don't understand! But you seem really impressive!"

Li Zheng went over and listened for a few minutes; the conversation mainly revolved around academic topics, which he didn't understand much of...

"Huh? Where's Fengshan?" Chu Xiao noticed that Li Zheng had returned alone, and his expression became ambiguous: "Is Yan Guang back to life? Is he with his wife right now?"

Looking at his gossipy face, Li Zheng said irritably, "You're the kind of person who uses the smallest size of the Tech Cup, so you should ask less about these things to avoid getting hurt."

Men... no, males always have a strange competitive spirit when it comes to this kind of topic. When he heard Li Zheng publicly reveal his "shortcomings", Chu Xiao's face turned red instantly, and he argued: "I was just curious and bought one to see. It doesn't mean that's all I'm capable of!"

On the contrary, I specifically bought the smallest size to avoid being unable to resist using that thing!

Ye Kai and the others stopped chatting and looked at him with strange and eerie eyes.

Chu Xiao, his face flushed and neck red, shouted, "I'm serious! You have to believe me! You absolutely have to believe me!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful." Ye Yuan shook her head with pity.

"Tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful." Ye Kai followed closely behind.

"Tsk tsk...cough..." The professor wanted to follow suit, but he was too embarrassed to finish his sentence.

Miriel, not understanding, whispered to Li Zheng, "What is the Tech Cup?"

"It's the one that replaces that one," Li Zheng explained quietly, gesturing to show how small the smallest size was.

After understanding, Miriel also showed a look of pity: "Too small, isn't it? It's less than a tenth of yours!"

"I...!" Chu Xiao was speechless and could only cover his face and refuse to speak.

Fortunately, the professor was a kind-hearted person and spoke up to help him out: "I'm currently doing some research on your Water Blue Star human race. If it's convenient for you all later, could you cooperate with me to do an experiment? I'd like to collect your physical data."

This……

Ye Kai and the other two immediately stopped joking, exchanged glances, and conveyed some information through their eyes.

Li Zheng witnessed this scene, and his previous guesses about the three of them were now completely confirmed.

“I’m sorry, Professor, we…” Ye Kai began, but Li Zheng interrupted him, saying, “They have urgent business to attend to later and may not be able to cooperate with the research. However, the ten people we agreed on have already been picked up and will arrive in a few days. At that time, you will have enough samples to work with, Professor, so there’s no need to worry about the data from these two or three people.”

“That’s a pity.” Professor Rothcal did not insist. “I’ll go to the control room to prepare first. Once you’ve finished talking here, we can start today’s training.”

The professor turned and walked into the control room, leaving the space to Li Zheng and the others.

Upon hearing that he needed to train, Ye Kai prepared to take his leave, saying, "Then we won't disturb you..."

"Don't rush off, I have something to ask you." Li Zheng's eyes gleamed with an inexplicable light as he called out to the three who were about to leave: "What year AD did you enter the Matrix?"

"This year is 2023 in the Water Blue Star Calendar." Ye Kai said in surprise, "It hasn't been that long, and you don't remember?"

Ye Yuan laughed and said, "Once you enter the Matrix, time seems to drag on forever. It's normal to get confused."

“That’s right.” Chu Xiao nodded in agreement: “If you hadn’t brought this up, I would have almost forgotten what year it is.”

Ha ha!

Li Zheng gave a forced smile. These three guys were putting on quite a show, answering questions fluently, as if they had done their homework beforehand.

Unfortunately, it doesn't pay enough attention to details.

"Listen carefully," Li Zheng emphasized, repeating, "I'm asking about the Earth's Gregorian calendar, not the Water Blue Star calendar!"

Ye Kai's expression changed for a moment, but he quickly pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "What Earth?"

Li Zheng looked at the three of them and said calmly, "Didn't you just subconsciously correct the Gregorian calendar and the Aquamarine calendar? How come you don't know what Earth is now?"

Ye Kai and the other two were visibly shocked: "!!!"

The air suddenly froze for a moment as they all stared at each other.

Everyone understands that the other person knows some things about them.

But neither of them knows exactly how much the other knows about them.

The atmosphere gradually became somewhat subtle, and the most quick-witted individuals were racing, trying to guess what the others knew.

Only Ye Yuan roared at Ye Kai, "I told you you're more trouble than you're worth, you've revealed all my secrets!"

Ye Kai looked annoyed: "It was just a subconscious reaction. Who knew he would see through our identities?!"

Chu Xiao remained relatively calm: "You asked us what year it is right off the bat. You already knew we weren't from the Blue Planet?"

Yup!

When did he find out?

Ye Kai and Ye Yuan also realized what was happening.

They thought they had disguised themselves very well and blended in completely with the people of the Blue Star. When did Li Zheng discover their flaws?
“You were exposed not long after you entered the Matrix,” Li Zheng reminded with a smile. “Someone mentioned the word ‘Earth’ on the world channel, but there were too many people speaking at the time, so others didn’t notice. Even I assumed that everyone who entered the Matrix was from Earth and overlooked it. As a result, I couldn’t remember who said the word ‘Earth’ even after thinking about it for a long time.”

Of course, what truly exposed your identities was a question Ye Kai asked me in a private message late at night.

"What problem?" Ye Kai was bewildered; he couldn't remember anymore.

"Who is the author of Journey to the West?" Li Zheng asked.

"Journey to the West... Holy crap!?" Ye Kai was horrified: "How could I have been so stupid as to send you a private message directly?"

"Damn it!" Ye Yuan's face turned ashen: "Are you out of your mind? How could you ask him something like this?"

"I forgot about the cultural differences between the two sides, and you know he's also an Earthling, so I didn't take it seriously," Ye Kai explained, but Ye Yuan clearly didn't accept this excuse.

Chu Xiao took a deep breath and slowly said, "Since you've already discovered our Earthling identities, there's nothing we can do."

Miriel took a few steps back, blocking the only way to the entrance to the gravity chamber.