Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 357 Food can be auctioned off? That's quite an eye-opener!
"Genesis?"

Someone scoffed in the live chat: "Which little organization popped up out of nowhere? How did they infiltrate the auction? Even we're too embarrassed to extend an olive branch to Mr. Li, how dare they?"

The players gathered in this live stream room today, it's hard to say, include the very top tier of the gaming community.

However, their financial resources are absolutely exceptional, and they have no shortage of capable subordinates.

They would know each other to some extent.

They had never heard of an organization called "Genesis," and only thought that it must have been recently established and that they had scraped together resources to sneak into the auction.

Some viewers found the name Cao Cao familiar and commented in the live chat, "Where have I seen this guy's name before?"

"Cao Cao? Isn't that the great warlord from the Three Kingdoms period?"

"How dare you share the same name as Cao Cheng? What makes you think you're worthy of this?" Tang Qiancang glanced at the other party's brief profile and was even more furious when he saw that the profile picture was of a blond, blue-eyed foreigner. "And a damned foreign devil from a Western country at that! He's an insult to the ancestors of my Chinese nation!"

Liu Qishao said, "I know this person. He used to be the head of a channel in the White Eagle, but he disappeared some time ago."

"I know about this, and it's somewhat related to Li Zheng."

A player named Chris Moriarty suddenly said, "Before Watanabe was killed by Li Zheng, he sought help from the White Eagle. Cao Cao was in charge of this matter."

Chris comes from the United States and is a junior manager in a player organization there. He is well-informed, has extensive connections and influence, and is appreciated by the organization's behind-the-scenes boss. He is specifically responsible for foreign negotiations.

When Li Zheng saw the comments Chris posted, he was reminded of the first few mud-covered men who had died at his hands.

He remembered that at the time, the other party was nominally going to Channel 879 under the identity of Takamagahara.

In the end, there were three people: one was a spy from Furuichi Island; one was a spy from Genesis; and the last one was thought to be loyal to Takamagahara.

Now it seems... that he has an unclear relationship with the Bald Eagle.

The official organization of the Muddy Country is truly impressive, practically a "monolithic bloc".

Li Zheng said with a half-smile, "I remember being assassinated a few times before. Those people thought that wearing a mask could hide their identities, but I wiped them all out."

"If I'm not mistaken, both groups of assassins were Westerners. Does Mr. Cao Cao recall them?"

The timing of the foreigners' attack on him coincided with Watanabe Toshio's death, so they must have been reinforcements he had called in.

Based on what Chris said, the one who sent the assassins was undoubtedly Cao Cao, who had recruited him at that time.

Cao Cao wiped away his cold sweat and quickly typed a reply: "Mr. Li, you misunderstand. As you can tell from my name, I greatly admire your country's culture and especially respect the people of China. How could I possibly plot against you in secret? This matter must have been framed by someone else!"

We must find a way to clear our names of arranging the assassination attack on Li Zheng, otherwise, once he sets his sights on us, we'll never be able to sleep peacefully for the rest of our lives.

"I framed you? Ha!" Chris sneered twice. "You say you admire and yearn for China, yet you haven't even learned a fraction of the admirable qualities of the Chinese people—their courage and integrity. How shameless and despicable!"

These words first openly criticized Cao Cao, while secretly praising the Dragon Kingdom, directly hitting Li Zheng's "patriotic" G-spot. It can be said that Chris was indeed right to be placed in this position.

At least he knows who to please and who to offend.

Unlike some supporting characters in novels who, regardless of who the protagonist is, unleash a barrage of attacks on the protagonist, only to be utterly defeated and forced to surrender, this character is different.

"It's alright. As long as Mr. Cao Cao doesn't oppose me in the future, I, Li, will let bygones be bygones for what happened in the past."

Li Zheng narrowed his eyes as he spoke, a gesture that led several people to speculate about his intentions.

Cao Cao interpreted this as a strong warning, indicating that he would not tolerate any future attacks.

Chris felt that his words had hit a nerve with Li Zheng, which was a satisfactory response.

Junichiro Tanaka, however, believes that Li Zheng's past with Takamagahara has been brought up again, and he may take action again.

Banquan Longma wondered if Li Zheng would turn on him and cause trouble again if he remembered what happened back then.

Li Zheng, however, was thinking: Sakura's scales are actually glossy black; when the light shines on them, the reflection is quite dazzling. "I dare not! I dare not!" Cao Cao sent two consecutive comments to show his determination.

Liu Qishao didn't care about these trivial matters. After watching for so long, he got a little annoyed and urged, "After adding the gold grade, what is the base price for this batch of potions?"

The conversation finally got back on track. Li Zheng thought for a moment and said, "The starting price is fifty bottles of platinum-grade blood material, and each bid must be at least five bottles higher!"

With the addition of gold-grade potions, the base price remains at fifty, but the materials have been upgraded from gold to platinum.

The price has increased dozens of times!
Liu Qishao's face darkened; the previous auction being cancelled was the biggest loss for him.

Originally, just over four hundred bottles of gold-grade blood materials would have been enough to acquire a batch of potions that could be upgraded to silver grade.

Because of Tanaka Junichiro's interference, he was unable to obtain it.

Now that it's being auctioned again, even though it includes a whole set of gold-grade potions, the price is quite reasonable.

But ultimately, who gets the potion depends on who's willing to pay the highest price.

Liu Qishao wished he could bite Tanaka Junichiro to death, because if he didn't participate in the auction and suffer a huge loss, he might not even get a single bottle of medicine!
The person responsible for this situation is Junichiro Tanaka.

"Go, find out which channel Tanaka Junichiro is on!" Liu Qi waved his hand, signaling his adjutant to go and investigate, while he focused on bidding against others.

Liu Qishao's thinking was very straightforward: whether you did it intentionally or unintentionally, you have caused losses to me and my soldiers.

Especially the gene serum, which is a great thing that can improve the survival rate, and the fact that it was interfered with made Liu Qi even more unhappy.

Most importantly, Junichiro Tanaka... he's a complete idiot.

Why would a mud-covered person cause trouble for a Chinese person?

It would be a miracle if you weren't unlucky!
We Chinese can be friendly to everyone, except for the Muscovy people... the thieves... the beautiful country... well, foreigners.

They are not so tolerant of foreigners.

If you don't cause trouble, we'll treat you well, like a few stray dogs wandering by the door.

But what if you commit a crime in front of the people of China?

Well then, I'm sorry, but the iron fist of justice doesn't mind making close contact with your eye sockets.

Tanaka Junichiro was unaware that his attempt to seduce Li Zheng and gain business from him had failed, offending not only Li Zheng but also the head of one of the two major organizations in China.

At the auction, only the second set of items had been sold when the bidding became fierce and intense once again.

The screen was filled with wildly varying prices, with the highest price soaring to 500 bottles of platinum-grade blood material.

It has increased tenfold!
Liu Qishao almost ground his teeth to powder when he saw the price.

Without it.

The reason is because the person who offered this price was Junichiro Tanaka.

The high price of 500 bottles remained on the live chat for 15 seconds, but no one else bid. Tanaka Junichiro thought to himself with satisfaction, "This is it!"

Li Zheng was secretly pleased: "Those little devils have no good intentions. It's a pity that even if you want to tamper with the products made by our baby, you'll have to see if our baby is willing to do so."

Liu Qishao was not so pleased. He was so angry that he was panting heavily, wishing he could immediately send someone over to beat up Tanaka Junichiro and snatch the medicine away.

"Five hundred bottles of platinum-grade blood material sold!" Li Zheng made the decision, giving the set of gene-based medicine to Tanaka Junichiro and receiving payment.

"Next up is a slightly different set of items, so please be prepared," Li Zheng said with a grin, revealing a set of white teeth. "What we're about to auction is a customized deluxe meal set!"

As he spoke, Li Zheng waved his hand and presented twelve different exquisite dishes, dazzling everyone's eyes.

(End of this chapter)