Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 309 The Composition of the Nine Heavens

"A mysterious lantern?" Li Zheng's pupils dilated slightly, then instantly contracted.

The mysterious lantern is the precursor to the mysterious declaration. When you get your hands on it, it only has a basic lighting function and the ability to unlock things with a key.

"Yes, the mechanic was found by our group. We made it very clear that he would only trade with the player holding the mysterious lantern, and would refuse any resources offered by others." Qian Bugou explained briefly.

The reason they dared to share the mechanic's information with others privately was because those were the targets they had found, so it couldn't be considered betraying the organization.

Moreover, the terms of the deal are too harsh. Even if we told Li Zheng, what difference would it make?

Without the mysterious lantern, Li Zheng's search would be futile.

Why not use this useless information to repay a favor?

Li Zheng asked calmly, "Didn't you try to find that lantern?"

Only a few close players knew that the lantern was in his possession, and Li Zheng trusted them completely, believing they wouldn't betray him.

"We searched, of course we searched!" Qian Bugou said with a frustrated expression, "But everyone in the entire Nine Heavens has been searching, and we still don't even know what the so-called mysterious lantern looks like. It truly lives up to its name as a prop with the 'mysterious' prefix; it's just too damn mysterious."

"Oh, really..." Li Zheng deliberately guessed, "Perhaps it's because the Mysterious Lantern is of too high a grade, and players can't access it for the time being."

"That's what we were thinking too, so Jiutian has arranged for several people to take turns guarding the mechanic's door, changing shifts every forty-eight hours." Qian Bugou inadvertently revealed another crucial piece of information.

Having someone guarding the mechanic's door is both a good thing and a bad thing for Li Zheng.

The good thing is that Li Zheng can find out the names of those people and then use the channel jump once a day to go directly to the mechanic's door.

The downside is that if the other party discovers this, then Li Zheng's secret of possessing the mysterious lantern will be completely exposed.

Therefore, this matter needs to be considered carefully.

"Wouldn't we lose a lot of resources if we stayed on guard for 48 hours?" Li Zheng asked casually, but in his heart he was thinking about how to sneak a peek at the mechanic without anyone knowing.

"There is compensation. Jiutian never lets its members suffer losses. There will always be a reward after you give." He explained without a doubt that the money was insufficient.

Is there any compensation?

As an organization, how can it not have a rule that forces members to complete tasks?

Li Zheng suddenly became interested in the Nine Heavens organization: "Can you tell me what kind of organization the Nine Heavens is? I feel like you guys have a lot of freedom."

Qian Bugu assumed Li Zheng had considered joining Jiutian and replied, "Jiutian only accepts members from specific groups; we don't accept ordinary players."

"A specific group of people?" Li Zheng was even more curious.

Neither Jiutian nor Kunlun extended an olive branch to me. Does this mean that even though I am the number one player in the channel, I am just an ordinary player?

“That’s right. Jiutian currently only accepts police officers, medical staff, teachers, and some players with special functions, such as crafting experts and researchers.” Qian Bugou introduced: “For example, there is a content creator on Bilibili who has restored cultural relics by hand. He was invited to join us a couple of days ago.”

"You're not talking about Caiqian, are you?" Li Zheng didn't use Bilibili much, and he had only heard of this UP master who restored cultural relics by hand.

“It’s him.” Qian Bugou nodded. “Besides him, the one who netizens jokingly call the new era’s Minister of Justice has also joined us long ago and has given us a lot of surprises.”

"A surprise?" Li Zheng was taken aback for a moment. "You mean he obtained a lot of blueprints before he joined you?"

“No.” Qian Bugu shook his head: “He himself used the materials within the matrix to design many new blueprints that were certified by the terminal.”

Design your own blueprints!

Li Zheng was shocked by the news. Before this, he had always thought that this kind of thing was the exclusive domain of the "blacksmith" lineage.

I never expected such a genius to emerge among Earth's gamers!

Li Zheng quickly asked, "How did he do that?"

"Sorry, it's confidential." Qian Buguo smiled without saying a word; he knew very well what he could and couldn't say. Li Zheng knew his question had overstepped his bounds: "Sorry, I was just a little curious."

"Everyone has curiosity." Qian Bugou looked into Li Zheng's eyes: "Just like I am very curious about how you managed to improve your strength so rapidly that even some experts in the Nine Heavens admit that they are no match for you."

"The secret to my becoming number one on the channel's power ranking is actually very simple, and it wouldn't hurt to tell you," Li Zheng said with a proud look. "It's talent plus hard work! My strength today is all thanks to my own hard work!"

What Li Zheng said wasn't entirely wrong. If he hadn't risked his life to snatch a flower from the knee of the Ice Giant leader, even with Old Pu's help, he might not have achieved what he has today.

Although the ice and fire attachment was only a supplementary genetic ability, it laid the foundation for Li Zheng's later development.

He also relied on this ability to overcome several difficulties.

For example, the combination of ice and fire played a crucial role in the initial encounter with the Wuji Modifier and the fatal shot in the ancient ruins.

"Whose strength isn't earned through hard work?" Qian Bugou had obtained a lot of intelligence from within Jiutian and knew that high risks often bring high rewards. If one only pursues comfort, one will eventually become just another ordinary person.

“I’ve said everything I need to say.” Li Zheng glanced at the time, stood up and said, “In short, there’s only one black market merchant on channel 879. If you’re determined to find him, I won’t stop you, just don’t cause trouble on channel 879.”

Li Zheng's main purpose in coming here this time was to find out their goal in coming to Channel 879, and secondly, to get to know the "King of Undercover Agents" that Lao Xiao had mentioned.

Now that both things are done, it's time for him to leave; he has other things to do tonight.

"We're all compatriots, what trouble could we possibly cause?" Qian Bubu reassured Li Zheng, guaranteeing, "I promise that unless we're looking for special beings, we won't cause any trouble."

Li Zheng looked at him intently for a moment and said, "I believe I can trust your character. Don't disappoint me."

"Farewell!"

"No delivery."

He didn't have enough money to get up, and watched Li Zheng's figure disappear. His eyes suddenly became much deeper.

Only then did he have time to respond to his teammates in the group chat. He had sent the message to the group chat as soon as he saw Li Zheng. If Li Zheng made a move against him, at least nine days would pass before anyone knew who was behind it.

“Li Zheng must have obtained a high-level teleportation item. He has been running through many channels these past few days, and the limitations of the space jump device are no match for him.”

"You don't need to tell me this... The problem is, why did he suddenly come to the boss? We arrived before he left 879, so it shouldn't have taken this long, right?"

"He probably didn't have time to deal with us at that time. Wasn't he having a conflict with the Japanese? He was probably out looking for revenge."

"Although he killed a lot of Japanese devils, which was very satisfying, it's definitely not a good thing that he suddenly came to see the boss. Hopefully, the administrator position doesn't have the authority to kick people out. If we are kicked out of channel 879, we will never be able to find that thing again."

"If we were going to kick it, we would have done it already. Let's wait for the boss's message."

Qian Bugu glanced at the group messages and replied, "I've fooled Li Zheng for now. He thinks we're here to see a businessman."

"Our leader really knows what he's doing. I bet Li Zheng would never guess that we're here to find the Lantern, right?" one of the teammates said.

Can't guess?

Not having enough money always made me feel uneasy. Li Zheng's eyes seemed to see through everything, even the acting skills I had honed over ten years as an undercover agent.

"Do you think... the lantern might be in Li Zheng's hands?" a teammate suddenly asked in the group chat.

Not having enough money to quell his emotions, he said in the group chat, "I had the same suspicion, so I gave him the wrong information."

Tell Wang Wei to have his team keep watch on the mechanic, and not to sleep these next few nights. If Li Zheng shows up, have them notify me immediately!

"Yes!"

……

Not having enough money, he closed the group chat, looked up at the front and sighed, "I hope it's not in Li Zheng's hands, otherwise getting it back will be as difficult as climbing to heaven..."

(End of this chapter)