Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

[Hey kid, do you have a lot of questions?]

Receiving the prompt from Prelis’ Eye, Li Zheng was completely puzzled.

"Confusion is one thing, but what’s with your tone? When facing Luo Aiman just now, weren’t you pretending to be dead?" Li Zheng stood behind the children’s clothing mannequin, in front of him an already opened metallic door. "And now that we’re out of that room, you’re suddenly bouncing around?"

Li Zheng was exasperated: "Xiao Ying is still a child, pretending to be dead to survive against a powerful enemy is one thing, but you’re just a piece of equipment, and you get so scared you can’t move?"

"Wah wah?"

Regaining energy, Xiao Ying, standing on Li Zheng’s shoulder, heard her name and looked confused.

How is there something about her here?

By the way, who is the master talking to?

"I don’t mean to blame you, it’s just that a certain shameless guy is so infuriating, I’m just scolding it."

Li Zheng comforted Xiao Ying and casually heated up some spider silk glands as snacks for her to munch on,

Although Prelis’ Eye gave an early warning, saying it couldn’t help,

Li Zheng never expected, it wasn’t just that it couldn’t help.

It outright went "offline," fully AFK!

If it had given me even a hint, I wouldn’t have fired that shot! Wasted a transaction opportunity, losing at least twenty bottles of Bronze-level potion!

"Do you have any idea what twenty bottles of Bronze Potion mean? Rounding it up, it’s a hundred million!"

Although the decision to enter that room was ultimately mine, coming out, not only do you not explain, but also mock me?

"Causing me such a big loss, and you have the nerve to use a taunting tone to give me a reminder??"

Pah!

Shameful!

[...The opponent’s tier is too high, unable to detect information.]

"Can’t detect information? Then why don’t you explain, why did I end up back here, didn’t the Matrix Game system say players can’t go back?"

[’Unable to return the same way’ means that players cannot return through the entrance of this room.

Obviously, that octopus monster opened another door leading to this place for you.

Just a reminder, going through this door will also consume one exploration opportunity.]

"See, if you were this honest from the start, just doing your job properly, wouldn’t things be fine?"

Li Zheng curled his lips, looking at the door in front of him that he’d already passed through once.

[You have already passed through once, unable to enter again.]

"As expected."

Unable to get three transaction opportunities again, Li Zheng wasn’t bothered. The deal with Luo Aiman this time earned him a lot, enabling him to push all his attributes straight up to the Black Iron 5+ limit, reaching the Bronze-level threshold.

Leaving the children’s clothing store, Li Zheng headed to the metallic door where he previously detected a Silver-level creature.

Bar, restroom, a metallic door opened here.

[There is a Silver-level creature behind the door, with a high threat level. In the time you were inside the black market, other players have already entered here.]

"Someone got here first?"

Li Zheng pondered; currently, there shouldn’t be many players able to contend with Silver-level creatures.

Even with his Platinum-level genetic abilities, Silver-level creatures posed a high threat level to him.

Imagine then, for other players, it would be even more challenging.

There could even be a life-threatening situation.

"Almost everyone in the region channel is my worker, the longer they live, the more blood-based materials I can get, so if I happen to encounter them, I might as well go in and see if I can lend a hand."

With that decision made, there was no time to brew potions to boost attributes; Li Zheng swiped his card, and once the door opened, he went in.

"Thud!"

"Bang!"

"Hahahahaha... Incredible!"

Just entering the room, before he could grasp the scene, a wild laughter echoed in Li Zheng’s ears.

Looking towards the direction of the sound, he saw a two-story tall blue-furred giant wolf flying away and crashing to the ground, sending shattered grass spraying up.

"Stupid dog, get up, face your fate!"

A skinny young man with a buzz cut stood where the giant wolf originally was, beckoning it with a single finger, his tone outrageously arrogant.

Both were just within the detection range of Prelis’ Eye, and the information quickly appeared.

[Desert Giant Wolf, Silver-level

A genetically modified wolf species, massive in size, known for strength, with sharp claws and fangs that can easily pierce ordinary metal.]

On the other side, the player was Li Zheng’s old acquaintance.

[Name: Phoenix Mountain

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Height: 178

Weight: 65KG

Status: Healthy/Highly energized

Cell Vitality: Black Iron

Bone Strength: Black Iron+

Muscle Strength: Black Iron+

Nerve Response: Black Iron

Equipment: Manganese Steel Fist (Bronze Level), Brand New Ion Light Saber (Silver Level)

Abilities: Dexterous Moves, Flesh and Blood Power, Burst (Silver Level Lv8)

Genetic Force: 45/60

Modification: None

Remaining Exploration Opportunities Today: 4

"Oh, isn’t this Lil’ Phoenix?"

Li Zheng laughed, from all the commission orders he just received, Phoenix Mountain alone had provided three sets of materials to produce three bottles of Bone Strength Potion, which also increased his Bone Strength attribute to Black Iron 1+ level.

"Speaking of which, this guy collects materials at a strangely fast pace..."

Li Zheng looked at Phoenix Mountain playfully; most of the materials from others were only in single sets, and even Zhan Zhouzhou, who had shown signs of being a top player from the first day of the game, only brought two sets of materials today.

Phoenix Mountain leading by so much must have some unknown secrets.

Li Zheng didn’t mind, just like how he could obtain the rare item "Rock Ice Ruo Fire", it wasn’t surprising for others to have some fortuitous encounters.

Moreover, in his mind, Phoenix Mountain was already synonymous with ’lucky charm’, so whatever rare things he obtained wouldn’t be surprising.

"Let’s see what happens."

Since Phoenix Mountain could punch back a Silver Level Desert Giant Wolf, Li Zheng didn’t need to worry about his safety, although wasting an exploration opportunity made him a bit distressed.

So, he sat cross-legged on the ground, took out food from his residence, heated it up, and started today’s lunch with Xiaoying.

On the other side, Phoenix Mountain also noticed Li Zheng entering the room, but without a detector-like tool, he couldn’t see Li Zheng’s face, only identifying him as a male player.

"Why did someone suddenly enter?"

Phoenix Mountain thought, "Hope he has the sense not to try stealing my kill, otherwise... hmm, no blood qi swirling around him, meaning he hasn’t killed anyone, then I’ll just give him a beating as a lesson."

"But..."

"Why does this guy look familiar?"

"Seeing him makes me feel uncomfortable."

"Even though he hasn’t shown any intent to steal my kill, why do I have a strong urge to beat him up to vent my anger?"

Strange!

"Aw-oo, roar!"

The Desert Giant Wolf got back up, let out a furious roar, and charged toward Phoenix Mountain.

The massive body represented terrifying weight, making the ground tremble as it ran, with grass leaves flying everywhere.

"Let’s take care of this dumb dog first."

Phoenix Mountain suppressed all thoughts, focusing on the charging Desert Giant Wolf.

"Burst·Triple Amplification!"

The genetic ability attached to himself, Phoenix Mountain stomped and charged towards the Desert Giant Wolf.

Behind him, the grass leaves broke and flew into the air, erupting into a mass.

"Woo~roar!"

The Desert Giant Wolf swiped its claw at Phoenix Mountain, its sharp giant claws causing an invisible gust of wind in the air, full of menacing aura.

"Hmph."

"Burst·Fivefold Amplification!"

Phoenix Mountain’s eyes were full of wildness, dodging the Desert Giant Wolf’s claw attack with even greater speed.

"Burst·Sevenfold Amplification!"

"Thump!"

Phoenix Mountain suddenly disappeared from his original spot.

The next moment.

"Bang!"

"Awo~~"

The Desert Giant Wolf howled miserably, suddenly halting its forward momentum, flipping and flying away.

Its giant jaw was skewed to the side, knocked askew by someone.

"Boom!"

The giant wolf landed again.

"Hmm?"

Phoenix Mountain’s figure reappeared, looking at his right hand. From the protruding bone on the back of his hand, it was evident that his hand bone was slightly deformed and dislocated.

"Still not enough; even if I get the potion from that Li guy to boost Bone Strength to the so-called Black Iron 1+ limit, it can’t withstand full-force amplification."

However, compared to before enhancement, he’s much stronger now.

"Yesterday during the day, using full power could only manage Fivefold Amplification, causing bodily damage.

Today, I’ve already managed Sevenfold Amplification. I believe that as long as I boost to Black Iron 2+ limit, I can achieve the current highest of Eightfold Amplification."