Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 376 The Seven Deadly Sins? This concept is so outdated!

"It's only natural that someone with such exceptional skill would find it easy." The captain was speechless when he heard Li Zheng muttering to himself.

Within Kunlun, although no one had personally witnessed Li Zheng's actions, his single-handed suppression of Takamagahara had still drawn attention from some people.

His ability to suppress an organization single-handedly and force them to submit demonstrates his formidable strength.

There was a quiet discussion within Kunlun about whether they could achieve Li Zheng's level if they were in his shoes.
The answer is: It's very difficult!

The fact that it appeared and disappeared unpredictably and frequently changed channels was like a bug at the time.

Takamagahara bowed his head at that time because of this.

After all, no one wants to be the next target of retaliation.

This is why all organizations later developed teleportation items. Now, almost every large organization has a large number of free teleportation devices in its inventory, for fear of being targeted by players like Li Zheng.

"I've already told you I'm not some kind of expert," Li Zheng chuckled.

"Excessive humility is arrogance. You should be able to tell that I'm talking about your ability, not your fame."

"Oh, in terms of strength, I could barely be considered a minor god," Li Zheng said without any modesty. "Although I was just a bit luckier than others and won at the start, luck is also a part of strength."

The captain glanced at Li Zheng and asked, "So, would you be interested in doing business, Master?"

"You want me to help Kunlun with dungeons?" Li Zheng saw through the other party's intentions at a glance and immediately refused: "Kunlun has plenty of experts inside, there's no need to ask me."

"Major Liu asked me to discuss this with Mr. Li."

“Then let Liu Qishao speak to me personally.” Li Zheng remained unmoved.

The captain was taken aback, staring blankly at Li Zheng for a moment before saying dejectedly, "Alright, Major Liu was unaware of what happened earlier. I made the decision on my own to invite Mr. Li."

Li Zheng gave him a half-smile: "You should know that even Liu Qishao doesn't dare to play tricks on me. I won't tell Liu Qishao this time, but this won't happen again."

After saying that, he got up and walked away, found a place to sit down, closed his eyes to rest, and waited for news from Fengshan and the others.

This team leader was probably in charge of mobilizing some of the members for dungeon runs. He couldn't bear to see the Kunlun warriors constantly suffering casualties, so he secretly invited Li Zheng to help with the dungeons without Liu Qi's knowledge.

The initial intention was good, but Li Zheng couldn't help.

Li Zheng, who frequently runs dungeons, is most aware of the rewards involved. The benefits are too great, so there's no need for him to risk accepting the invitation.

To avoid harming others and oneself.

Li Zheng would only consider discussing this business deal with Kunlun if Liu Qi personally invited or hired him.

After a while, the captain must have figured out why Li Zheng refused, and came over to sincerely apologize: "I was impolite just now, Mr. Li, please don't take it to heart."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Zheng opened his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "Although I cannot accept your invitation, I can still offer some guidance on certain dungeons."

The captain was overjoyed and sat cross-legged next to Li Zheng, saying, "I'm all ears."

In his mind, Li Zheng probably runs more dungeons every day than he explores rooms, so he must have a lot of exclusive information about these dungeons. Getting even one or two pieces of information would be a huge gain.

"There's a dungeon that many of you have probably run, called Ancient Ruins." Li Zheng recounted the whole story of how he finished Ancient Ruins and was subsequently overwhelmed by a fit of rage.

"I'm not sure if this negative effect is only triggered by first-time users, nor am I sure if there are other types of negative emotions." "But you must be careful when you encounter this instance. If you get affected, you can look for the special life forms scattered in the matrix. They have ways to eliminate the effects."

“So that’s how it is… No wonder…” After listening to Li Zheng’s explanation, the captain looked enlightened and pulled Li Zheng toward Wei Hai.

Wei Hai lay on the stretcher without moving from beginning to end, not even opening his eyes. If it weren't for the visible rise and fall of his chest, people would have thought he was dead.

“His name is Wei Hai. Before he became like this, he went to that ancient ruins instance once.” The captain pointed at Wei Hai and said, “He used to be a very driven guy. No matter what happened, he could always cheer himself up and get out of the gloom.”

“But ever since he became like this, he has become more and more depressed, to the point that he can’t even move an inch.”

“At first I thought he became like this because he was traumatized by his disability, but after listening to what Mr. Li said just now, I realized that it might be related to ancient ruins.”

"Ancient ruins?" Zhao Limin, who had been idly chatting with a young soldier carrying him, couldn't help but ask when he heard this, "Da Hai went to the ancient ruins with me, so why am I alright?"

Zhao Limin remembers it clearly because he went to the Ancient Ruins first that day, and then went to download another instance. When he came out, it had become like this.

“Of course you’re fine.” Li Zheng carefully examined Wei Hai, then said without turning his head, “Only the person who lands the final blow will be affected, which means that out of five people in a dungeon, only one person has a chance of getting entangled.”

"Are there many cases like him in Kunlun?" Li Zheng asked the captain.

"Quite a few people from Kunlun have been to the ancient ruins." The captain frowned as he recalled, "There are a few examples of people whose personalities changed drastically after leaving the instance... but not many!"

"Two of them have become increasingly bad-tempered, and even their longtime teammates are now fighting each other over the slightest disagreement. They have been transferred to the solo team."

"Those two... we haven't heard from them for two days!" The captain seemed to flip through some records, and his face suddenly turned very ugly.

“There’s someone who went into the ancient ruins three days ago. After coming out, his appetite increased a lot, and he’s been asking me for more food for the past two days. Since he was known for his big appetite when he was in the army, I didn’t take it seriously.”

"Now it seems he also has problems!"

"I don't know about the others. Not many people have been transferred through my channels, but I guess others have."

Angry, lazy, gluttonous?
Li Zheng started scratching his chin; this setup looks kind of familiar...

“Uh… if we’re talking about changes that have occurred after we went down the ancient ruins, I know two people.” Zhao Limin hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: “Zhang Qiang from Squad 3745 and Wang Yu from Squad 5564. One of them has become very sarcastic and always offends people with his words. The other… has developed a strange hobby.”

"A strange hobby?"

Zhao Limin's expression turned strange: "It's just... xi... has a bit too much personal desire."

“I didn’t think about it that way before. I thought he was at the point where even sows looked good to him, so I didn’t pay attention to it.”

"Alright, that's enough. I'll give you a set of small toys later, you can take it back to him." Li Zheng waved his hand to stop him.

Wrath, lust, sloth, pride or envy, gluttony...

Isn't this the seven deadly sins?

"Could it be that the guy we met last time has also been tainted by laziness?" Li Zheng suddenly remembered Zhao Yu, whom he had met before, that incredibly lazy guy who was too lazy to even move when a battle broke out around him.

"After so much time, if no one had taken care of them, they might have died of thirst by now," Li Zheng muttered softly.

"No, although we've become lazier, we will still adhere to our basic survival needs."

Wei Hai, who had been the subject of much discussion, suddenly opened his eyes and said softly.

(End of this chapter)