Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

"It's true that resentment can absorb blood energy, but blood energy is also nourishment for resentment!"

Looking at the hideous, resentful ghost face, Li Zheng thought to himself, "The more blood energy I absorb, the stronger this resentment becomes. Even someone with my mental strength can be slightly affected if caught off guard!"

Although it was only for a very brief moment before he realized it, it was enough to prove how troublesome resentment can be!

Even someone with incredibly strong mental power as a support would be affected, let alone others with relatively weaker mental power.

And people like that are everywhere in the wilderness!
"No wonder that over the years, there has never been a period when the wilderness could be well managed."

Li Zheng sighed inwardly: "As long as the blood and qi are not eliminated, the wilderness will remain in chaos."

Not every race can produce someone like the Black Dragon Ancestor, who is willing to sacrifice for the entire race; most are actually selfish and self-serving.

But he was helpless in this situation.

The blood energy on Feng Shan's body was quickly devoured. The resentful ghost opened its mouth wide, seemingly burped, and looked at Li Zheng with venomous eyes before returning to its black-haired form and going back behind him.

Having absorbed the blood and qi, the resentment that had been nourished became even darker and shinier, clinging to Li Zheng's back like smooth, long hair that had been carefully maintained for many years.

Fengshan felt relaxed and comfortable all over.

He let out a long sigh of relief and said excitedly, "I'll go and find the others right away!"

There aren't many people with red names who can enter the outer city. Even if there are, they are just one or two people with weak bloodlust, who got involved out of necessity.

There is not a single person like Fengshan who has the blood of nearly a hundred people on their hands.

Feng Shan gathered more than a dozen people with red names together one by one, feeling very uneasy.

They were doing well at their jobs when Fengshan suddenly came to their door, without saying why, and just asked them to come with him.

When someone asked Fengshan what he wanted, Fengshan simply went to find other people, and since it was in public, he couldn't say it outright. He just told them they would understand in a moment.

Immediately, their already fearful and uneasy hearts became even more panicked.

Is this a preparation to clear out one's negative reputation?
Some people wanted to explain, but Fengshan didn't want to listen at all: "Everyone has their own unavoidable and heartbreaking past, there's no need to say more."

This attitude led several people to consider whether they should run away immediately and hide in the wilderness.

They finally broke down when they followed Fengshan into a house and saw the familiar yet unfamiliar man.

With a whoosh, several people collapsed to the ground, their legs giving way and their faces turning pale. The words they wanted to beg for mercy were stuck in their throats, and they couldn't utter a single one.

To those unfamiliar with him, Li Zheng is a stern figure who shows no mercy to those with red names and is known for his ruthless killing.

Some people only dared to contact the starting point and join the legion because they saw that Li Zheng had already entered the outer city.

Later, based on his strength and contributions, he was allowed to enter the outer city by the terminal.

After entering the outer city, they were cautious, afraid that others would discover the blood on their bodies. They didn't even dare to go into the wilderness, and could only find a job in the shops of the fourth block, working and living honestly.

To everyone's surprise, after hiding for several months, Li Zheng finally discovered them.

A heartbroken girl, her eyes brimming with tears, said, "Boss Li Zheng, I know it was wrong of me to hide my red name. I have no power to resist whether you kill me or torture me. But I hope you can hear why I became a red name, otherwise I will not die in peace!"

Feng Shan's expression changed, and he shouted, "Shut up!"

Li Zheng frowned and said, "Tell me about it."

"Actually... you, Li Zheng, are indirectly responsible for me becoming a red name!" The girl had given up all hope and decided to pour out all the grievances she had kept hidden in her heart for so long. It turned out that when Li Zheng was still in the Matrix, he frequently warned others on the world channel not to become red names.

This action was originally good and well-intentioned, and it also allowed many people to suppress the dark side of their hearts.

However, over time, some unscrupulous people discovered that there were loopholes in this system that they could exploit.

This girl is one of the victims.

That day, as usual, she explored all ten rooms before releasing her capsule residence and began preparing dinner.

Suddenly, two men, who were in a group, entered her room from the next room.

Fearing an argument, the girl neither chased him away nor struck up a conversation with him. She simply watched him warily, intending to wait until after dinner to return to her capsule apartment and spend the night there.

However, things didn't go as planned. The two men, seeing that she was quite attractive, had wicked intentions.

It started with verbal flirting, and later escalated to physical inappropriate touching.

The girl is quite strong; if a fight breaks out, I'm confident I can kill both of them.

However, just as she was about to turn hostile, the other party said these words: "Oh? You want to fight, huh? So what if you can kill us? Do you think Li Zheng will let you off after you become a red name? Even if Li Zheng isn't here, do you think anyone else on Qidian will let you off?"

"Just because of the red name restriction, do I have to submit to them?" the girl said bitterly. "I originally didn't intend to kill them and just hide in the capsule residence to settle things peacefully. But they kept pressing me and wouldn't let up!"

Li Zheng frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What did they do?"

"They...they..." the girl said humiliatedly, "They spread rumors on the regional channel, saying that I was a liar who traded with them by selling my body, and then hid after taking their things!"

"And then you got so angry that you came out and killed them?" Li Zheng exhaled.

"Yes!" the girl said angrily, "They provoked me first! I explained in the regional channel, but no one believed me! They even said that a woman with my appearance has no chance of surviving except by selling herself, and that if they ever meet me, they'll make me pay!"

Li Zheng glanced at the others: "What about you? Are you in a similar situation?"

"I'm the same as her! But I couldn't beat that guy, so I stabbed him with a knife while he was having sex with me!"

"IM about the same."

"Me too."

Several girls became infamous because of this kind of thing. The first girl was the only one who had the ability to protect herself. The other girls could only pretend to submit and look for opportunities to fight back.

The ways in which men become red-named are incredibly varied.

Some people acted bravely to help others, some were harassed by scoundrels and found it extremely annoying, and some were attacked but failed to kill the attacker at the time, only to take revenge later when they encountered the attacker again...

When they talked about these things, some were emotional, some were calm, and some were numb.

"There are no laws in the Matrix, and we can't expect the law to give us justice!" the girl said at the beginning. "You might say that as long as I reveal the truth, the innocent will be proven innocent. But no one believes I'm innocent. After I killed those two people, I didn't dare to speak in the regional channel. If I did, people would call me a slut, a whore, hypocritical!"

"I just want to live!"

"I don't want to live in humiliation; I want to live upright and honestly!"

"Am I wrong!?"

"Yes! We did nothing wrong!" the others echoed loudly. "If even people like us are not tolerated in the outer city, we will not accept being killed!"