Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 363 Signing a Contract with Kunlun and Jiutian
The two placed their order in advance, not for any potions or flying machines, but instead showing a particular fondness for something like a tech cup.

Li Zheng suspected that the two old lechers wanted to line their own pockets through the purchase process, but he had no evidence.

"It's definitely unrealistic to try to satisfy all of you. I don't have the time to make props," Li Zheng said, rejecting their order without hesitation.

Unless he eventually figures out a way to give the blueprints to Gongyi and the others to make, he can basically forget about selling anything other than potions in large quantities.

"And Liu Qishao, don't forget, we're still competitors," Li Zheng reminded him, taking the opportunity to announce the reserve price for the Technology Cup, specifically for "human bionic tissue" material.

The event wasn't over yet. If it weren't for this auction, Li Zheng's team would have already pulled ahead of Kunlun by who knows how many points in kills.

Because of this, Zhan Zhouzhou and the others sent messages to inquire about the situation. When they learned that Li Zheng was busy, they didn't say anything, but each of them left a few exploration opportunities in case Li Zheng finished here and they still had to go back to the event to fight.

Liu Qishao, somewhat helpless, sent a private message: "Sigh, I've figured it out. This event is simply not something ordinary players can participate in. We've given up on the subsequent challenges to Kunlun. However, I have a favor to ask: could you prioritize providing the gene potions you produce to Kunlun in the future?"

"Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged on the price; it'll be the same as always!"

Li Zheng had anticipated that Kunlun would abandon the event.

He thought Kunlun would give up tomorrow, but unexpectedly Liu Qishao revealed the truth to him today.

“Providing Kunlun with medicine is not out of the question.” Li Zheng thought for a moment. According to the intelligence he had gathered, the members of Kunlun were the most principled young people in the Dragon Kingdom.

In the past, they were always at the forefront of flood relief efforts, without complaint or regret.

If possible, Li Zheng really wanted to give these people the best treatment.

Unfortunately, there is only one machine for producing gene-based drugs. Even if the production capacity is increased to 100%, it will be difficult to keep up with the consumption of the entire Kunlun region.

Moreover, he also has an entire channel of 879 players to support, so his productivity is really limited.

"I'll give you a set of stock images. You prepare 500 bottles of potion every day according to the required types. Just put the commission under my name, and I'll give you priority in production." Li Zheng gave Liu Qi a bottom line for the deal.

Each bottle of medicine takes about thirty seconds to produce, and even if you work 24 hours a day, you can only produce 2,880 bottles.

Giving Liu Qi a quota of 500 bottles was truly the limit Li Zheng could offer.

Moreover, besides Kunlun, Jiutian will also take up a portion of the share.

This further exacerbated the already strained productivity situation.

In other words, most people in Channel 879 have already reached Bronze (some blood can also improve their physique, so they need fewer potions than Li Zheng). Bronze potions require more types of materials, resulting in a significant decrease in orders for Channel 879.

Otherwise, Li Zheng wouldn't have been able to provide such a large share to the two organizations.

Li Zheng thought for a moment, worried that Liu Qi and the others would waste their production quota, so he simply sent them a table listing the approximate levels that players on channel 879 could reach at each stage below Bronze.

By simply referring to the table and conducting a short test, you can determine which level you are currently in, with an error generally not exceeding the amount of two bottles of medicine.

On Jiutian's side, Li Zheng only allocated 200 bottles per day, which was more than half less than Kunlun's allocation.

It's not because the number of people in Jiutian is less than that in Kunlun.

On the contrary, the total number of members in Jiutian is much larger than that in Kunlun.

However, the composition of the Nine Heavens members is more complex, and there are some bad apples among them, so Li Zheng is more inclined to be towards Kunlun.

Li Zheng did not change the price, treating it the same as players with 879.

Anyway, these two organizations are big enough, so there's no worry about them not being able to raise the funds.

While all the auction participants were still thinking about negotiating long-term supply with Li Zheng after the auction, Li Zheng had secretly accepted orders from two major organizations in the Dragon Kingdom. The bidding for the Technology Cup was more intense than Li Zheng had expected. Because the starting price was already low, even after so much time had passed, everyone was still scrambling for it, and the price kept fluctuating.

Liu Qishao did not participate in the bidding, and sent Li Zheng a private message: "Be careful over there. You exposed too many treasures at this auction. Some people are friendly on the surface, but they have done a lot of dirty tricks in secret."

"There's a high chance that several combat squads from various organizations will attack you tonight. Should I send a few squads to help you?"

Human nature is inherently greedy, and Li Zheng had certainly considered what Liu Qishao had said.

Since his high-profile confrontation with Takamagahara last time, Li Zheng has hardly made a name for himself or produced any impressive achievements that would intimidate everyone, except for this event.

Many people have become less bothered by his fearsome reputation, feeling that after these days of development, his strength should have caught up long ago.

Li Zheng didn't take them seriously, and said disdainfully, "They're just chickens and dogs. If they had the ability to fight against me, why didn't I see them participate in this event?"

The team that wins the Mutant event will be rewarded with a super-level item.

Such a reward is extremely tempting for any organization, and if they have the ability to do so, why would they pass it up?

“It’s different,” Liu Qishao explained. “Do you think that just because they didn’t participate, they weren’t eyeing the final prizes of the event?”

"You mean..." Li Zheng had already guessed what Liu Qishao was going to say.

“For those in the West, plunder is their very nature,” Liu Qishao said. “Think carefully about the methods the Bald Eagle has used against certain countries for oil.”

it is as expected!
Li Zheng sighed, realizing that Liu Qi had the same idea as him.

Yesterday, Li Zheng vaguely realized this. Extraordinary-level items are actually equivalent to "nuclear weapons." He and Kunlun are competing for the event's victory. How could the White Eagle sit idly by?

If Kunlun ultimately wins, other national organizations may be intimidated by Kunlun's size and dare not say much openly.

But Li Zheng is a "lone wolf"!
Or, to put it another way, Li Zheng is an international "small country"—a small country that wants to possess nuclear weapons?
That would be a disaster for the whole world.

Therefore, those people in the West will definitely use some pretext, which everyone understands, to cause trouble for Li Zheng.

Yes, just trouble.

Because if we kill Li Zheng, we won't get all those good things and blueprints from him.

"It's alright. At worst, I'll go on another killing spree and make them etch my name into the depths of their souls, so that they won't have a single extra thought whenever they hear my name!" Li Zheng squinted and replied to Liu Qishao's private message without showing any emotion.

On murder.

Li Zheng has never shown any mercy!
He had let Itsuki Ryoma go before, simply because he was tired of killing.

Liu Qishao's expression changed: "Does this kid even know what kind of situation he's about to face?"

That could be an attack launched by organizations from all Western countries combined against him!

Can he really handle this alone?
No!

It's not easy for a true dragon to appear among the players of the Dragon Kingdom, we absolutely cannot let anything happen to him!

Liu Qishao felt he needed to persuade Li Zheng again. If all else failed, he should just hide. As long as he didn't reveal his channel number, basically no one could find him.

"Do I need to hide?" Li Zheng turned his head away and sneered, "They're the ones who should be hiding!"

They were just worried that the Bloodthirsty Blade had no offerings.

Wouldn't it be better if someone were willing to come to us on their own?
(End of this chapter)