Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 820 From Him to Her

"Terminal, your current thinking is a bit dangerous."

Li Zheng squinted, wondering if a kind-hearted person would have such lewd thoughts.
The terminal made a smirk: "You seem to lack a sense of humor."

Li Zheng said calmly, "Vulgar jokes are not humor. I don't remember being someone who would tell such vulgar jokes."

The terminal hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed: "If you were to live inside a computer for nearly 100,000 years, you would change a lot too."

Seemingly stirred up by painful memories, the terminal suddenly lost interest in communicating with Li Zheng. It controlled the medical bed to collect some of Zhan Zhouzhou's arterial blood, venous blood, and bone marrow, and then woke her up: "Alright, I will notify you when the clone matures... Oh, by the way, that girl named Yan Guang will be born in five days. Remember to come and pick her up then, or give me an address and I will send her over as soon as possible."

"Is it over?" Zhan Zhouzhou had just woken up from anesthesia and was still not fully awake, babbling incoherently.

Li Zheng was helpless and could only wait for Zhan Zhouzhou to eliminate the remaining potent anesthetic through her metabolism.

Although they are physically strong now, the anesthetic produced by the terminal is even stronger, and there is no possibility that it can be metabolized quickly.

Li Zheng helped Zhan Zhouzhou up, told the terminal her current address in Fengshan, and then left the central hub.

Before leaving, Li Zheng reminded the terminal: "Remember to check the data uploaded by the Gene Research Institute after a while. Our new cultivation method has taken initial shape. Next, we can conduct in-depth research and optimization to find a way to advance without using machines."

Although Li Zheng advanced to level 64 on his own through "entering the Dao," the process was actually unknown and required further research by Yu Bujin and the terminal team.

Moreover, many gene ability sequences are incomplete, and a large number of actual physical and chemical properties have not been included. Those patterns also need to be collected to expand the pattern library.

Li Zheng has done all he could personally. The rest are tasks for Yan Bujin and the terminal. He just needs to wait and reap the rewards.

The terminal was silent for a moment, then said, "I know you went to the gene research institute, but I didn't expect that you and Yan Bujin would actually push the research process forward by a lot... Are you telling me this now on purpose?"

“I gave you a chance,” Li Zheng shrugged and said, “You were the one who didn’t agree to let me try.”

This time, the terminal fell completely silent, sending Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou out of the central hub.

Back at Zhan Zhouzhou's residence, the girl was still talking nonsense, but she had started to make some sense and a few sentences were understandable.

"Hey? Li Zheng, why is your head on fire?"

"I want to fight you, even if I can't beat you, I'll still fight!"

"I won't allow anyone to be better than me!"

"Waaaaah... Sword practice is so tiring..."

She kept spouting nonsense, and Li Zhengzhen really wanted to record Zhan Zhouzhou's embarrassing behavior now so she could show it to her when she came to her senses.

"Li Zheng, I want to eat ice cream." Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly grabbed Li Zheng's hand and pleaded, "Can you buy me two? I'll share one with you."

Seeing her pitiful look, Li Zheng sighed and said, "Okay, you wait here, I'll go buy it for you."

He shook off his boat and went to a shop that specializes in all kinds of cold drinks, picking out something that looked a bit like ice cream.

After giving it to Zhan Zhouzhou, she took a bite and threw it aside, then started crying and fussing: "I want ice cream! This isn't ice cream!"

I've heard that people under anesthesia often do things that defy common sense and say things that don't fit their personality.

Li Zheng had never seen it, so he didn't believe it.

This time he believed it.

There really are people like that...

Li Zheng patiently said, "This is ice cream."

Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly broke down in tears. Li Zheng asked her, "Why are you crying again?"

Zhan Zhouzhou cried out, "You won't give me ice cream!"

"Damn it!" Veins bulged on Li Zheng's forehead. "I'm going to record this today, and I'll make you pay for your emotional distress when you're sober!"

In this state, Zhan Zhouzhou is even more annoying than the sharp-tongued Zhan Zhouzhou of the past.

Li Zheng ignored her, went outside to close the door, and then sat down to wait.

Three hours later, Zhan Zhouzhou opened the door and resumed her usual aloof demeanor.

Li Zheng turned to look her over and nodded in satisfaction: "I'm still more used to you the way you are now."

Zhan Zhouzhou's eyes flashed with panic. She remembered everything she had said and done while under the effects of anesthesia. She was conscious but in a state between wakefulness and confusion, unable to control her behavior.

She didn't even understand why she did it, because she had never liked ice cream since she was a child...

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble," Zhan Zhouzhou apologized, a rare occurrence for him.

“I’ve made trouble for myself.” Li Zheng was a little annoyed: “If I hadn’t promised Yan Bujin that I would give him a Heavenly Sword Body, I wouldn’t have come to you, and I certainly wouldn’t have given you anesthesia and then seen you make a fool of yourself.”

Because bone marrow needed to be extracted, the terminal used anesthesia out of kindness.

Li Zheng was puzzled: "Didn't you get anesthesia when you went to Lao Xiao's for treatment before?"

Although Lao Xiao advocates against using anesthesia, he will still administer it if the injured person insists.

"No," Zhan Zhouzhou said. "I've heard that anesthesia can damage the brain, so I never use it."

"Then what about this time..." Li Zheng stopped mid-sentence.

The terminal moved too fast; she didn't have time to react.

"Alright, I'll tell you about Yan Bujin's research, then I should head back to Block 4."

Li Zheng didn't want to continue discussing Zhan Zhouzhou's embarrassing state under anesthesia, so he told Zhan Zhouzhou about her improved genetic abilities.

After listening, Zhan Zhouzhou seemed to understand something: "So that thing is called a genetic pattern."

She has made a breakthrough in her mental strength in the past few days and discovered several strange things in her body, one of which is a longsword pattern made of lightning.

She had already guessed that these things were related to genetic abilities, but she didn't expect that Li Zheng would bring news that genetic abilities could be further optimized.

"If you're interested, you can go find Yan Bujin," Li Zheng said before leaving. "He would be very happy to see you."

Especially since the body belonging to Yan Bujin has already been cloned, Yan Bujin must be very happy.

As Li Zheng left Zhan Zhouzhou's residence, he felt as if he had forgotten something.

He only remembered after he stepped into the portal.

"I think I only told the terminal to change the clone's appearance, but I forgot to ask if I could change the gender..."

Li Zheng looked up and thought for a moment. Yan Bujin was currently using a female body, and once the Heavenly Sword Dao Body was cloned, he would definitely get used to this state.

He probably wouldn't mind changing from him to her... right?

(End of this chapter)