Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 382 Pig

"What other good stuff do you have? Show it to us." Li Zheng tossed two USB drives in one hand and held Xiaoying down with the other, staring arrogantly at the wandering merchant.

Li Zheng is raising Sakura like a child, so Sakura = baby, so Li Zheng is holding the baby back... Ugh, what a tired trope.

"Have!"

Xiao moved swiftly, reaching under his cloak with both hands to pull out another USB drive.

Li Zheng glanced at the USB drive's grade, his brows furrowing like terraced fields: "Are you kidding me?"

"No, didn't you want something good?" Xiao waved the USB drive in his hand. "A supernatural-grade blueprint, isn't that good enough?"

"The grade doesn't matter." Li Zheng rolled his eyes, grabbed Xiaoying, and prepared to leave. "But don't you even look at what materials are needed? I can't make it even if I bring them!"

"So this is what's troubling you." Xiao quickly pulled things out of his cloak, all of them materials needed for that extraordinary blueprint.

"How is it? Is it enough?" Xiao was extremely excited. Li Zhengzhen truly lived up to his reputation as a player even the Butcher favored; he was incredibly wealthy and powerful!
"price?"

"Hehe, it's not expensive."

"Goodbye!" Li Zheng grabbed Xiao Ying and turned to leave.

Damn it, you said the same thing about the first two USB drives, and they ended up being ridiculously expensive.

This time, it's even more advanced, including super-grade items and blueprints. I'm afraid even if I and Sakura were to work ourselves to the bone, we might not be able to afford a set.

Although it was a blueprint for a long-range weapon, and an ultra-long-range flamethrower at that, it was a divine weapon in Li Zheng's eyes.

But to drain both your and Sakura's genetic energy for such a piece of equipment?
Don't even think about it!

Seeing that Li was about to leave, Xiao became anxious and quickly caught up: "Although we can't budge on the price, can we look at a few more diamond-level items..."

"A diamond-grade item?" Li Zheng looked at him with amusement, then suddenly asked, "Are you selling your gene force storage device?"

"A storage device?" Xiao was slightly taken aback, then realized, "That's a special professional item authorized by the terminal. If you want to buy it, you'll have to go to the outer city and figure it out later."

"Oh? Okay then, this transaction is over, goodbye!" Li Zheng decided to call it a day while he was ahead.

He finally understood: the fact that someone was buying up genetic power meant that the number of genetic abilities each individual could develop was likely limited.

Otherwise, why not just keep developing new abilities? Why buy genetic energy from others?
Seeing that Li Zheng was determined to leave, Xiao stopped pressing him and stopped walking.

Just as Li Zheng had chosen a room and was about to leave after swiping his card, he suddenly ran over and whispered, "Wait a minute... about genetic abilities..."

He paused, perhaps checking if the terminal would block him.

After a while, he continued, "Try not to use gene-based trading items in the future, as it's very difficult to recover them. Also, don't develop gene abilities carelessly; if you encounter something unsuitable, try to find a way to remove it!"

"Why?" Li Zheng stopped in his tracks. Zhan Zhouzhou and the others had already sent him a message in his private message, saying that he could go and challenge the next mutant.

"Because there are limits! No player, regardless of race, can add more than twelve genetic abilities to themselves!" Xiao finished speaking quickly, shut up, and took a few steps back.

As expected, there is a limit to the number of genetic abilities that players can develop!

Li Zheng's thoughts were confirmed: "I've decided to be your friend!"

Xiao just smiled and waved goodbye: "I learned a saying from your language memory: 'Even if a deal falls through, friendship remains.' I've decided to be your friend."

Li Zheng thought for a moment: "When you go to channel 879, don't rip me off too badly. I know those people quite well."

"Friendship is friendship, and business is business," Xiao said seriously. "As a wandering merchant with professional ethics, I have my own principles, which will not be changed by external forces."

At this point, he changed the subject: "When you get to the outer city, I can treat you to a drink. I have a good collection of wines here, you'll definitely have a good time!" "Although I don't drink at all," Li Zheng shrugged, "I can consider having a drink with you, so you'd better prepare some non-alcoholic wine."

Non-alcoholic beverages?

Is that still wine?
In the matrix, it's usually called "vegetable and fruit juice", right?

Xiao stood there, pondering whether Li Zheng's words were truly human speech, or perhaps part of their language and culture.

"It's just a joke, no need to dwell on it." Li Zheng chuckled. "I'm leaving."

After saying that, he turned around and walked through the light membrane.

"Friends... I wouldn't mind having more friends like this!"

No sooner had Li Zheng left than Xiao pulled out two gene force storage devices from under his cloak, scraped out thirty points of force from each, turned them into two puffs of green smoke, and inhaled them into his body through his mouth.

"No wonder those guys are scrambling to work here; the profits are indeed considerable!"

Just one deal earned the equivalent of developing a Silver-level ability. Once this cycle of work is over, how terrifying will the improvement be?
Xiao was unaware at this time that people as wealthy and powerful as Li Zheng were actually quite rare...

Moreover, the butcher's assessment of Li Zheng was correct; Li Zheng is indeed very generous in a certain sense.

Of course, we usually call this kind of generosity "naive".

This is the advantage of information asymmetry. Li Zheng usually charges two or more times the materials when selling things, which is also the same tactic.

……

After passing through the light membrane, Li Zheng calmly took out the event ticket and teleported into the event instance.

"Huh? Little Fengfeng, your injury hasn't fully healed yet?" Li Zheng, carrying the mysterious declaration, saw Fengshan with bandages on her body as soon as he entered.

"Hmm, it won't affect anything." Feng Shan had no desire to communicate this time, simply nodding, his perfunctory attitude quite obvious.

Everyone has unhappy times, so Li Zheng didn't say much.

Soon, everyone arrived, with only five seconds between them.

Zhan Zhouzhou was on high alert as soon as she entered, and only relaxed slightly after looking in a certain direction and receiving exploration information from the Eye of Preer.

[The pig, an ordinary domestic animal raised on Radiation Island, mutated into its current form after being infected by nuclear radiation.]

Unfortunately, humans think they are intelligent, but they are not actually that clever. Even after mutation, they are still pigs, and laziness and gluttony remain their nature.

Be careful, it's fast asleep. Don't wake it; let's catch it off guard!

“Everyone’s here, let’s finish this quickly.” Li Zheng looked at Yan Guang and said softly, “Just like the last one, you fire the incendiary bombs, and I’ll finish the job.”

“No problem!” Yan Guang nodded slightly, unsure why Li Zheng was so bold, yet also somewhat cautious.

"Go in that direction, about forty meters away, and bomb indiscriminately." Li Zheng pointed out the direction. Forty meters was exactly the limit distance for him to launch the explosion. The location of this operation was very convenient, as he didn't have to move.

"Okay, just you wait and see." Yan Guang raised his left hand and began to prepare to load the bullet.

Beside him, Feng Shan suddenly frowned and looked at Li Zheng: "How could you see the target from such a distance, in a completely dark environment?"

This chapter has officially surpassed one million words; let's mark this milestone.

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