Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 198: One More Trump Card (Seeking a Moon... never mind, take it or leave it.) Secretly Kneeling
Player Li Zheng dismantled the Abyss Berserker Demon and obtained: Abyss Berserker Demon Heart Blood +1, Concentrated Abyss Serotonin +6, and Abyss Serotonin +12.

There were only three items, but after Li Zheng examined their quality, he instantly understood why there were so few varieties.

Ordinary Abyss Serotonin needs no introduction; it's a gold-tier item with a low probability of unlocking Abyss-related genetic abilities—a privilege reserved for the luckiest players.

Concentrated Abyssal Serotonin, as the name suggests, is an enhanced version of the former, and its rank is Platinum.

Their uses are naturally similar, but the difference lies in the fact that the success rate of developing gene capabilities is much higher than that of the former.

It went from being tasteless to being something you couldn't bear to throw away.

But at least, players with bad luck like Li Zheng can try taking concentrated serotonin to develop abyss-type genetic abilities.

Logically speaking, six tubes of Platinum-grade Concentrated Abyss Serum should be roughly equivalent in value to the final reward from clearing a previous dungeon.

After all, with a bit of luck, these six tubes of concentrated serotonin could allow six players to advance to the level of experts with platinum-level genetic abilities.

He rose to the top of the class in an instant.

This is something that no external prop can match.

But after reading the rest of his heart's blood, Li Zheng had an urge to slap himself and kill himself.

[The Blood of the Abyss Berserker]
Grade: Diamond

Type: special props

Description: Taken from the very core of the heart of an Abyssal Berserker, this drop of blood is equivalent to the source of a Berserker's power. Only a Berserker of Diamond rank can condense a single drop.

Effect: Upon consumption, there is a high probability of gaining the special ability "Abyssal Berserker Avatar".

Abyssal Berserker Demon Incarnation

Grade: Diamond

Type: Self-amplification

Description: Consuming a large amount of genetic energy, temporarily transforming into an "Abyssal Berserker" of the same tier as the item, perfectly inheriting all of the other's abilities.

Duration: 5 seconds / 50 seconds
Note: This ability is extremely difficult to improve upon.

"Damn it, a diamond-level boss!"

Li Zheng was speechless. No wonder this guy was ridiculously strong; he had to use all his trump cards to barely kill him.

It turns out that this boss is a level higher than the ones we've encountered before.

Li Zheng now deeply regrets refusing Xiao Siyuan's suggestion to choose an item before entering the dungeon.

Diamond-level development tools are absolutely incredibly powerful at this stage.

If it falls into my hands, it's like having another trump card up my sleeve.

With this, you're basically invincible below the diamond level.

Unfortunately, it's quite difficult to get him to swallow his pride and go back on his word.

Unless Xiao Siyuan asks Li Zheng to choose an item again, Li Zheng will have to find a way to collect some items of equal value to exchange for it.

"Indeed, running dungeons is the shortcut to getting rich. The rewards after clearing a dungeon can even turn people into enemies."

At this moment, Li Zheng even saw a hint of malice from the matrix terminal in the final profits of these copies.

If other players team up to clear the dungeon, it would be perfectly normal for them to have an internal conflict over such rewards.

Especially with the setup Li Zheng used this time for running the dungeon, who knows, one day there might be a situation where a pro carries a newbie, kills other players while clearing the dungeon, and takes all the loot for themselves.

Obviously, there may be differences in skill level among players, but there is really not much difference in intelligence.

The moment the dungeon exploration progress reached 100%, the system displayed two notifications.

[Player ** has completed the lottery and returned.]

[Player *** has completed the lottery and returned.]

At the same time, the two guns that had been temporarily borrowed from the other party automatically returned to Li Zheng's residence.

"..."

Looking at these two notifications, Li Zheng smiled wryly. He was, after all, a well-known player with the highest combat power in channel 879. His credibility shouldn't be that low, right?
Is it really necessary to run that fast?
Taking out his lantern and retrieving the spear that Li Mo had thrown, Li Zheng turned back through the black mist and returned to where Xiao Siyuan and the others were.

At this moment, the ground was littered with the corpses of some kind of winged monster.

Through the system prompts, Li Zheng learned that this was a kind of abyssal monster called "Little Devil".

A rough estimate puts the number at over fifty.

Even after contacting the corpse, the system still indicated that it belonged to the category of undecomposable substances.

Li Zheng could understand this, after all, the items produced by a berserker demon were ridiculously valuable.

If these little devils can be dismantled, then this dungeon might as well be renamed a charity.

"Ow!"

When Xiaoying saw Li Zheng return, she ran up to him excitedly, tilted her head back, and puffed out her chest, looking like she wanted to take credit.

"Polly!"

Pink Poring clung to it, its two strange fists striking various bodybuilding poses, echoing Sakura's movements.

Li Zheng praised it: "Well done."

He had just glanced at the scene and found that many of the monsters that had died had died from blunt force trauma.

Only Sakura and Pink Polly could have sustained such an injury.

"Aww...woo?"

Sakura froze, gazing at Li Zheng with expectant eyes, waiting for him to continue.

Li Zheng suddenly realized, took out the earth dragon crystal core and threw it to it: "I almost forgot, here you go."

"Ouch!"

Sakura was extremely disappointed and became so angry that she jumped up and down, accusing Li Zhengtai of being stingy.

"Poliri..." Pink Polly was being tossed around by Sakura, and it sounded quite happy, probably thinking that Sakura was playing with it.

Li Zheng was both amused and exasperated: "Alright, alright, I'll reward you with a whole plate of delicious food tonight. Are you satisfied now?"

Sakura stopped jumping around: "Ouch!?"

This sound was tinged with a mixture of joy and doubt.

Li Zheng's face darkened, his complexion matching Xiao Siyuan's: "What kind of written agreement? When have I ever lied to you?"

Sakura looked up and thought about it, and it seemed that there really wasn't any. Then she became happy and flew around in the black mist, swinging her pink Polii around, venting her joy.

From afar, Pink Poring would occasionally be flung out of black mist, emitting a cheerful "Poring!" sound.

The next second, Sakura, who was having a blast, would pull him into the black mist again, and his screams would be blocked.

"Those two guys are heartless."

Li Zheng shook his head helplessly and walked up to Xiao Siyuan and the other person.

"What's up with her?"

Xiao Siyuan is taking care of Lin Fengjiao, and judging from the fact that blood is flowing from her mouth and nose, the situation is not very optimistic.

Xiao Siyuan was busy feeding Lin Fengjiao black water, renting a nanobot for her to swallow, and checking her pulse from time to time. He was sweating profusely from all the work.

"I don't know, it just suddenly turned like this, and I can't find the cause."

Li Zheng stared at Lin Fengjiao for a long time, but Lao Pu did not react. Only then did he realize that he was still in the instance and that Lao Pu was being suppressed by the terminal.

He said, "Then what are we waiting for? I'll give you everything. You take her back for treatment first."

As he spoke, Li Zheng transferred all the dungeon rewards to Xiao Siyuan's account and was about to leave to participate in the lottery.

Lin Fengjiao suddenly raised her hand and said in a weak voice, "I'm fine, it's just an old ailment, it has nothing to do with the injury."

Xiao Siyuan asked, "Did you often do this before?"

Lin Fengjiao shook her head: "Occasionally, I just need to rest for a while."

As she spoke, she lay quietly without making another sound.

Seeing this, Xiao Siyuan had no choice but to leave her alone for now. He stood up and looked at Li Zheng: "What about you? Are you hurt?"

"No." Li Zheng smiled smugly and put away the exoskeleton armor.

Xiao Siyuan was still worried, so he went over to check.

After finishing, Old Xiao said admiringly, "You're really amazing. You can even take on a diamond-level BOSS one-on-one."

"I doubt you'd find another player in the entire matrix who can compare to you, right?"

Li Zheng smiled modestly and said, "With hundreds of millions of players, who can say for sure?"

I think Zhan Zhouzhou is not much worse than me.

"That girl? I don't think even if she can defeat a diamond-level boss, she can't do it as quickly and without taking any damage as you."

Xiao Siyuan scrutinized Li Zheng, a strange look on his face: "Why do I feel that your demeanor has changed these past two days?"

"Oh?" Li Zheng asked him, "How is it different?"

Old Xiao circled around him twice before saying, "When we first met, you gave me the impression of an ordinary person, with a hint of weakness in your eyes."

"now what?"

“You’ve become so much more menacing now. Standing in front of you, sometimes I even think you’re a psychopathic killer.” Xiao Siyuan said this, then suddenly remembered something and looked apologetic.

He realized that quite a few red-named players had died at Li Zheng's hands in recent days.

Some people suffer just as much torment before they die.

From a certain perspective, calling Li Zheng a "psychopathic killer" is not an exaggeration at all.

Li Zheng didn't mind, but he was a little annoyed when he thought about how the two players had cowered in front of him earlier.

"So they were so terrified because of the so-called murderous aura I exuded?"

By taking the side of ordinary players in everything he did, he ended up making others fear him.

This is far from Li Zheng's original intention.

Xiao Siyuan said, "Not entirely. It's mainly because besides the murderous aura, you also have a rather violent feeling about you."

“Violent?” Li Zheng carefully recalled his experiences fighting against red-named players over the past few days and suddenly realized that every time he encountered a red-named player, he had an urge to tear them to pieces.

This impulse did not arise when facing Lin Fan and Lin Feng.

Until I met Hitsuji Gosaka...

Xiao Siyuan suggested, "How about we put aside the fight against the red names for a couple of days and let ourselves relax?"

"Honestly, I'm worried that if you keep doing this, you'll one day develop post-traumatic stress disorder."

"..."

Li Zheng felt that Xiao Siyuan's words made sense and he was also willing to take the other party's advice and relax for two days.

But the thought of how many players would be killed by red names during this period made him feel irritable.

Xiao Siyuan saw his concerns: "Actually, these things shouldn't be your responsibility alone. The player base is too large. How can you know exactly how many red-named players there are?"
Millions of players could potentially become red-named (indicating a game-breaking situation), so your efforts alone are ultimately insufficient.

Li Zheng certainly understood these principles.

Perhaps at this very moment, another ordinary player in the matrix is ​​dying at the hands of a red-named player.

Or perhaps a new player with a red name has emerged.

Human desires are endless.

As long as human nature doesn't change, the number of people with red names will never be exhausted.

Of course, such instances of infighting among members of the same race cannot be entirely blamed on so-called "human nature."

As Roamund said, humans on Earth were not the first group of players to enter the Matrix.

Li Zheng had no idea how many generations of players had played before this.

But one thing is the same.

That is, among them, there are bloodthirsty individuals.

At this moment, Li Zheng suddenly wondered if there had ever been a player who shared his thoughts and actively fought against all red-named players.
If so, how did they do it?

Has the goal been achieved?

"I see."

Li Zheng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled: "After I take care of the mastermind behind Gangban Richuan, I will rest for a while."

It was Hitomi Gosaka who hurt Lin Fengjiao.

Whether its arrival was due to the covert conflict between Fubuki Island and Takamagahara, or for some other reason, he would retaliate.

Otherwise, wouldn't players from the Dragon Kingdom be nothing more than fish to be slaughtered in their eyes?
Can we implicate anyone at will?

At that moment, Li Zheng suddenly understood.

Whether it's Takamagahara, Fubuki Island, or Bald Eagle.

As long as you don't implicate innocent players from our Dragon Kingdom, even if you beat them to a pulp, it's none of your business.

Xiao Siyuan stared intently at Li Zheng. In fact, his intention was for Li Zheng to stop worrying about anything and adjust to his own state as soon as possible.

But Li Zheng would definitely not agree to that, so he could only try to speed up Li Zheng's progress towards his goal from another angle.

"You should keep this drop of your heart's blood."

He assigned the props to Li Zheng: "You're now deep behind enemy lines, and you might encounter some dangerous situations. It's always good to have more things for self-defense."

“Okay.” Li Zheng didn’t hesitate this time; he had been waiting for Xiao Siyuan to bring it up himself.

"I can't just take it for free."

He took out a coin and handed it to Xiao Siyuan: "Take this. If you're interested later, you can try your luck and at least get a means of self-defense."

The coin was an "electromagnetic coin" that Li Zheng had previously taken out of the wall.

This item is only of the gold grade, and its value certainly cannot compare to the Blood of the Mighty Demon.

Since he couldn't come up with any suitable props right now, he might as well use this as a temporary substitute.

After thinking for a moment, he remembered the bronze potion he had specially left for the other party, so he simply asked Gong Yi to make it urgently and give it to the other party.

This means there's a lot more stuff; just the potions to upgrade to Bronze 5+ limit alone amount to two hundred vials.

Regardless of its overall value, it at least looks somewhat luxurious.

Xiao Siyuan took the prop and said with concern, "Be careful in everything you do."

Li Zheng gave a thumbs up: "Don't worry."

After some conversation, Li Zheng finally looked a little relieved.

Xiao Siyuan helped Lin Fengjiao up: "Then we'll be going now."

Lin Fengjiao couldn't see the spinning wheel, so Xiao Siyuan helped her operate it and successfully completed two draws.

Before leaving, the little girl suddenly bowed deeply in Li Zheng's direction: "Thank you."

Then, their figures faded away.

Li Zheng stood there for a moment, a genuine smile spreading across his face, and said softly, "You're welcome."

He was all alone in the Fallen Abyss instance. Instead of leaving immediately, he wandered around in the black mist again.

After confirming that there were no other missing items in the dungeon, excluding the already invalid summoning circle, Li Zheng flew high into the sky and took a picture of the entire circle in case he needed it later.

Only then did he call Sakura back and start the lottery.

This lottery draw is a little different from previous ones.

Perhaps because the Berserker Demon's rank surpasses Platinum, there is an extra slot on the lottery wheel, marked "Diamond Material".

However, the space occupied by this grid is truly touching.

Li Zheng had no illusions about this.

As expected, both spins resulted in silver-level items.

A silver-grade power core.

A bone from a "rotten hyena".

The bones were useless to Li Zheng, so he threw them directly into the trading hall and priced them at ten bottles of bronze blood.

Whether or not it can be sold is not something Li Zheng is considering.

……

……

Xiao Siyuan exited the instance and, looking at the rewards from the instance, allocated four bottles of gold-grade serotonin, sending two bottles each to the two players who had exited earlier.

They could have gotten a bigger share, but they withdrew at the last minute, showing their distrust of Li Zheng and Xiao Siyuan.

Old Xiao wasn't exactly a pushover; if it weren't for his and Li Zheng's reputation in 879, he wouldn't have even wanted to give them those four bottles.

The two people received the gift and simply exchanged a few polite words.

In their eyes, this was what they deserved, and they even felt that Li Zheng and Xiao Siyuan were stingy for only giving them two bottles of serotonin.

……

……

Here, Li Zheng had just exited the instance and his vision hadn't even returned when he heard an excited female voice:

"You really are still here!"

Li Zheng looked in that direction and immediately frowned: "What are you doing here?"

……

(End of this chapter)