Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 390 Old Xiao's forward-thinking ideas were surprisingly accurate!
'Master, we've finished eating; not a single drop was wasted.'

The demonic blade hovered behind Li Zheng, its attitude respectful, and its spirituality had increased considerably.

"Hmm." Li Zheng remained noncommittal, got up and walked into the poisonous fog. The demonic blade floated behind him, following closely behind, giving him a somewhat cultivator-like appearance at first glance.

Li Zheng suddenly asked, "Since you can fly, can you lift me up in the future?"

'No, Master.'

Even reaching the top level isn't enough?

No, not either.

"crumbs!"

Li Zheng was slightly disappointed. He would lose a good opportunity to show off in front of others. How cool would it be if he appeared on a knife while everyone else was riding on skateboards and flying with wings?

"Then will you be able to attack from mid-air in the future?" Li Zheng asked again. He had a vague answer to this question in his mind, but he just wanted to confirm it.

Theoretically speaking, within the range of the master's mental energy, every sword can be used for an attack without being held in hand.

"But if the master wields the sword in battle, it will be far more powerful than if the sword were thrown out to strike someone," the Demon Sword added.

The difference between the two is roughly equivalent to the difference between a rootless duckweed and a large tree on the shore. The former floats aimlessly and, without the support of a continuous "force," its power is naturally greatly reduced.

The latter, having taken root in the soil, is like having something to rely on, naturally giving it more confidence.

Li Zheng only needed to think for a moment to understand the principle. After all, this was just a characteristic of the prop itself, not the power that one could cultivate and enhance outside the body, as in cultivation novels.

"If I develop the ability of an invisible hand, can I replicate the flying sword-type attack method of cultivators without reducing its power?" A thought popped into Li Zheng's mind. It wasn't impossible to develop such an ability, but it depended a lot on luck.

With a thought, the demonic blade automatically appeared in his hand. Li Zheng held the blade upside down and stepped out of the poisonous fog.

Zhan Zhouzhou stood at a distance and carefully observed Li Zheng for a while. Seeing that he seemed to have changed, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you... alright?" She walked up to Li Zheng, hesitated for a moment before asking, her tone icy but with a hint of concern.

Li Zheng flicked his finger, putting the demonic blade back into his capsule, and shrugged, saying, "Do I look like I'm in trouble?"

Zhan Zhouzhou's gaze lingered on Li Zheng's left hand for a moment: "What happened to your hand?"

"It's nothing. A broken knife needs to be bound to its master by blood. It won't be deep for long and will heal in no time." Li Zheng opened his palm. In just a short while, the wound had already healed by one-sixth.

He suddenly paused, looked at his palm, and seemed to be deep in thought.

Before entering the matrix, this kind of injury would have caused him unbearable pain, requiring him to take a taxi directly to the hospital for anesthesia and stitches.

Yet now, he can actually endure this level of pain and act as if nothing is wrong?

“Old Xiao is right. In the Matrix, you really have to learn to endure pain.” Li Zheng finally agreed with Xiao Siyuan’s point of view in the ancient ruins.

After confirming that Li Zheng was truly alright, Zhan Zhouzhou released the Purple Thunder Sword that had been gathering in her hand, and her temperament gradually softened: "Although Xiao Siyuan's medical methods are rather drastic, his views do indeed align with our current situation and are quite forward-thinking."

“Yes, looking at the results and looking back, Lao Xiao was indeed right.” Li Zheng shook his head as he said this, “But he was too radical. He directly adopted his own approach when no one was prepared. I guess many patients both love and hate him.”

“Xiao Siyuan is a few years older than all of us, so his thinking is definitely more mature. He was suddenly pulled into this place and asked to survive. No one knows when he will die. There was no time for us to prepare ourselves mentally.”

Zhan Zhouzhou said softly, "People either adapt to the environment or are eliminated by it. In these nearly twenty days, those who were eliminated, especially the players who were eliminated in large numbers after several major changes at the terminal, were obviously unable to adapt to the environment."

“That’s right.” Li Zheng agreed wholeheartedly. He recalled the day the newbie period ended, when a large number of players who had stayed in their capsule homes and dared not venture out to explore were killed and devoured by certain creatures.

Those players are the ones who have difficulty adapting to the environment, or are even foolish.

But you can't blame them, because their living environment shaped the choices they would make when faced with danger.

Not everyone who reads a few novels can actually thrive after transmigrating.

You know, fire safety awareness is promoted every day, yet there are still people who collapse to the ground during a fire and can't be pulled up no matter what.

"Looking back... perhaps what the Lin brothers did back then wasn't entirely wrong? The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, that's just the result of natural selection." Li Zheng sighed slightly.

“If that’s what you think, then you’re wrong.” Zhan Zhouzhou held up the mysterious declaration in her hand and handed it back to Li Zheng, who had given it to her before entering the poisonous fog.

"Just like this lantern, I remember you melted down the blood lantern you got from Lin Fan, right?"

"The same props, the same effects, in his hands they become deadly weapons."

"But in your hands, it is a divine weapon to eliminate evil and maintain order."

"Neither the knife nor the person is at fault."

"But when the knife falls into the hands of different people, right and wrong become clear."

"From our perspective, Lin Fan and Lin Feng are wrong. Since there is no law to restrain them, the only option is to fight violence with violence."

“Actually, I understand the principles.” Li Zheng smiled wryly, “It’s just that sometimes I suddenly doubt myself and wonder if certain actions are worthwhile.”

For example, when Wang Chaoran and the female player in channel 879 they encountered in a dungeon, he had clearly done a lot to help her and improve her survival rate.

Why is it that I'm the one being hated by her?
And those two teammates I met in the Abyss dungeon, do I really not deserve their trust?
And there's Chizuru Kamishiro...

On one channel, more than 900 people have received kindness from Li Zheng, 900 people remember his kindness, and only a few people criticize him.

But it was precisely those few people who said and did things that Li Zheng least wanted to face.

"In my opinion, this shows that your belief is not firm enough." Zhan Zhouzhou was unusually patient as she explained to Li Zheng, "Let's not talk about anything else, just take Xiao Siyuan as an example. His belief is to cure diseases and save lives, even if it will hinder his strength improvement and keep him at the bottom of the top 100 in the combat power ranking, he is still happy to do so."

"Or rather, my belief is very simple: the supreme way of the sword! Whenever I have free time, I practice swordsmanship. After mastering the basic sword techniques, I practice my family's sword techniques, and after mastering my family's sword techniques, I study more advanced sword techniques!"

"Practicing swordsmanship in normal conditions is ineffective, so I practice with weights! When the effect of weights is reduced, I practice with weighted force!"

"Once you get used to 1.2x, try 1.5x, and increase it as you get even better!"

"I will do anything that benefits my pursuit of the highest swordsmanship, without any regrets."

"I don't seek a bright future, I only seek a clear conscience!"

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This piece is dedicated to everyone, hoping that you will not follow the crowd or fall into clichés, but have your own ideas when faced with problems and break free from blindly echoing others.

P.S. Although I myself am a follower (referring to following the trend for this book).
Today is Xiao Siyuan's birthday, everyone send your love!

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