Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 360 These guys are doing pretty well... The players are quite rich!

"I hope everyone will keep this in mind."

Li Zheng stared at the "camera" with a murderous glint in his eyes and said, "I'm the one in charge of this auction. You can bid on what I'm selling. As for what I'm not selling, you'd better not ask about it!"

You'd better not ask about things I don't sell!
This statement is somewhat authoritarian, and many people feel uncomfortable hearing it.

People in Western countries, in particular, admire so-called "freedom".

Li Zheng essentially deprived them of some of their freedom at this auction.

The part of freedom that pertains to speech.

However, they will not show this dissatisfaction at this time.

After all, Li Zhengkuo brought out many valuable items that they desperately needed at the auction. Whether a long-term cooperation can be achieved after the auction depends on whether the auction ends well.

"Now, let's announce the starting price for this auction." Li Zheng suppressed the murderous aura surging within him, feeling the cool sensation spreading throughout his body from his wrist. He had actually triggered the critical point of the balance bracelet during the process just now.

"To meet the needs of medical bed providers, this auction only accepts Power Cores, with a starting price of thirty Platinum-level Power Cores and each bid increment of no less than three Power Cores."

"Start bidding now!"

As soon as the order was given, numbers obediently appeared on the screen, starting from thirty and soaring all the way to sixty.

Li Zheng remained calm. In his mind, the right to use the medical bed three times was worth ninety platinum-level dynamic cores.

Judging from the reactions of those people, the final transaction price will only be higher, not lower!

Once the price exceeds sixty, fewer and fewer people bid, and the bidding frequency becomes very slow, with someone bidding again only every thirteen or fourteen seconds.

After the previous rounds of auctions, everyone noticed that Li Zheng habitually ended the auction if no one raised the bid within fifteen seconds, so they all started to consciously lower their bids.

This can create psychological pressure on other bidders.

Li Zheng appeared to be waiting leisurely, but in reality he was communicating with others via private messages.

Liu Qishao: "You really don't intend to put that medical bed up for auction, do you?"

Li Zheng frowned upon hearing this. He had already made it clear many times, so why was Liu Qi still asking?
"I wouldn't mind kicking you out of the auction right now!"

Li Zheng replied impatiently, directly threatening to kick him out of the auction.

"No, no, no!" Liu Qishao hurriedly said, "I don't want to buy the medical bed, but I advise you not to sell it to anyone who wants to buy it! Even the owner of the medical bed should not reveal their identity!"

This was beyond Li Zheng's expectations; Liu Qishao was actually so kind.

It seems that I am also his competitor in this event, right?

Why did he remind himself?

“I know you must have doubts, but I want to say that not everyone in this world puts their own life and death and interests as their top priority. There are many people who choose to give everything for their beliefs,” Liu Qishao explained in a private message.

When you have a superficial understanding of faith, you might think it's mysterious, or even that it's foolish to give up everything for a so-called faith.

It was like the medieval church that burned witches at the stake—foolish and cruel.

"In short, that medical bed is too precious to be underestimated; you must protect it and its owner!"

“You don’t need to tell me, I would have done that myself,” Li Zheng replied. “But I’m curious, it’s just a medical bed, why are you all so nervous?”

Even if the medical bed is of diamond grade and can be upgraded further, it shouldn't attract the covetousness of these people.

Li Zheng felt that he had overlooked some key points.

"Nervous? How could I not be nervous?!" Liu Qishao exclaimed in surprise, "You haven't realized the true value of this medical bed yet, have you?"

Hit the nail on the head!
Li Zheng indeed didn't notice.

"Appreciate further details."

"..."

Liu Qishao was helpless; even the seemingly shrewd Li Zheng could make a foolish mistake.

"The true value of the medical bed lies not in its medical applications, but in its ability to perform human body modification surgery on players!"

"Although the gene serum you sell may not necessarily make you worse than mechanical limbs of the same level when taken to a high level, and may even surpass them in some aspects."

"But you have to understand, there are plenty of people in this world who like to take shortcuts. Compared to potions that require long-term collection of materials to slowly improve, how many people do you think would choose human modification surgery to achieve instant success?" "Moreover, even if your physical abilities are improved, it's not perfect. There are quite a few players who lose parts of their limbs due to encountering strong enemies in battle or accidentally getting injured."

"If any organization could acquire a human modification device, it could instantly coerce those players into signing contracts with them and serving their purposes!"

"So now you should understand how important this medical bed is, right?"

Understood!
I understand now.

To put it bluntly, Li Zheng has seen too much and normalized many things or functions that others covet, causing him to overlook the fact that the medical bed also has a "human body modification" function.

The reasoning is similar to "Why not eat meat porridge?"

"Are there any individuals or organizations on the market that possess human modification equipment?" Li Zheng inquired.

"Not at the moment," Liu Qishao replied. "If it were, it would have been exposed on the world channel long ago. Why would it have waited until now?"

Li Zheng thought about it again and realized, "That makes sense!"

It's just that I've seen too many high-level things in my daily life, so I look down on human body modification technology.

But it is precisely this kind of thing that is most attractive to ordinary players.

If someone else had access to such a device, they would have announced it on the world channel long ago and made a fortune by modifying other people's limbs.

Ultimately, they either get targeted and silenced by an organization, or they join an organization and become its dedicated equipment.

"To be honest, Kunlun tried to store the modification platforms they found during their explorations into their dwellings," Liu Qishao continued. "Unfortunately, the doors to the capsule dwellings are too small, and no matter how we rearranged them, the modification platforms couldn't fit in. Otherwise, Kunlun would have at least a hundred of them by now."

One hundred units.

Li Zheng keenly noticed the key point in this sentence: it meant that Kunlun had at least one hundred members who had undergone physical modifications!

If every player had the strength of Yan Guang, such a hundred-man squad would be an unstoppable force!

Even if you see them yourself, you have to activate your shield and shout: Farewell!

However, when it comes to human body modification platforms...

Li Zheng raised his hand, holding a small USB flash drive in his palm.

That's a blueprint for a human body modification table!
A blueprint that came from a treasure chest, but was shelved because Li Zheng had no need for it!

"Should we collect the materials and create them to sell for human modification slots at the next auction?"

After pondering for a while, Li Zheng decided to talk about it later.

To be honest, Li Zheng always felt that the act of transforming perfectly good human bodies into machines was simply inhumane.

If it's simply about serving victims like Yan Guang, then it might be worth considering.

At that moment, another private message arrived, from Tang Qianzang.

"Old Li, that little Japanese guy bid the highest again. Should I bid again?"

Li Zheng then came to his senses and noticed that the auction comment section only had a lone number "135" displayed, which was posted by Tanaka Junichiro twenty seconds earlier.

One hundred and thirty-five platinum-grade power cores, which was much more than Li Zheng had expected.

It seems the Japanese devils have at least two diamond-level human modification blueprints, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to secure these three uses.

"These little devils are quite rich," Li Zheng muttered to himself.

As a large organization, it's not surprising that they can obtain diamond-level items or blueprints at this stage.

What's strange is that the Japanese soldiers got quite a lot.

Li Zheng guessed that Gao Tianyuan might have the coordinates of a special merchant's room and had someone guarding the door.

After a moment's thought, Li Zheng replied to Tang Qianzang, telling him not to interfere. He then contacted another person, loudly announcing, "Mr. Tanaka Junichiro has bid 135 pieces. Are there any higher bids? If no one continues to bid, this item will be sold to..."

"Alright! We see another bid! Mr. Wu Hao has offered a high price of one hundred and forty power cores!"

"Mr. Tanaka, will you continue bidding?"

Wu Hao was naturally the player that Li Zheng had secretly contacted.

This person is very mysterious. Apart from the other person's appearance and name, Li Zheng only has one impression of him: he is extremely greedy!
(End of this chapter)