Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 398 What was the name of the organization I founded before?

The private message Liu Qishao sent was very short. Li Zheng only glanced at it before replying with two words: "Thank you."

After closing the private messages, Li Zheng gathered his thoughts and looked at everyone: "...Where was I?"

“Speaking of ‘actually…’” Fengshan reminded him.

"Oh, oh." Li Zheng seemed a little absent-minded, and after thinking for a long time, he spoke again: "Actually, it's not a big deal. It was distributed along with the prizes for winning the event, including a few tickets."

"Tickets?" Feng Shan and the others exclaimed in unison, filled with curiosity about these so-called tickets.

What kind of ticket led Li Zheng to make a deal with Feng Shan and the others in advance?

"What kind of ticket? Some kind of special room?" Zhan Zhouzhou guessed, but then felt it didn't seem quite right.

"Could it be a treasure dungeon?" Yan Guang's eyes lit up.

"Stop guessing," Li Zheng said. "Actually, they are a few tickets to the Matrix Terminal..."

The moment these words were spoken, the entire room fell silent; it was as if even the sound of a pin dropping could be deafening.

Yan Guang's eyes widened: "Matrix?"

"The end point?" Fengshan is about the same.

"You bought the ticket to leave the Matrix from us without a word?" The two realized what was happening and said in unison.

"Calm down, you two." Zhan Zhouzhou held down the two who were about to jump up and said calmly, "Li Zheng is not that kind of person. He must have had his reasons for taking the tickets from you."

"What could it be for?" Yan Guang exclaimed urgently, "You heard it too, it's a ticket to the final destination of the Matrix! Isn't that like a ticket to leave the Matrix? It's the hope of returning to Earth!"

Fengshan was relatively calmer: "Old Li, we've always had a good brotherly relationship, but what you did was really not very ethical."

Tickets!

Towards the finish line!

What is the destination?
Isn't it just exporting?

After learning about the final reward of the event, Li Zheng silently used a prop to exchange for the hope of reaching the exit from the two of them.
Moreover, under the terminal's protocol, this transaction will definitely take place!

"I think... you should listen to what Brother Li Zheng has to say. I believe Brother Li Zheng won't harm us," Lin Fengjiao said weakly, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible.

“Yes, calm down. Everyone has seen what Li Zheng has been doing lately. If that so-called endpoint really is the way out of the Matrix, I believe he won’t stop you.” Zhan Zhouzhou also spoke from Li Zheng’s perspective.

"Hi~"

Feng Shan and Yan Guang both took a deep breath to calm their excited emotions.

Anyone would be this excited if they knew there was a way out of the matrix.

In particular, this road was suspected to have been blocked by his good friend.

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure." Fengshan apologized first, "But you must give us a reasonable explanation for this."

“Yes!” Yan Guang nodded emphatically.

As their most trusted old friend, Li Zheng must have given a reason for cutting off someone else's way out.

However, Li Zheng just watched them calmly until they completely calmed down, then said with a smile, "Remember your behavior just now, because in a little while... after you understand everything, you'll want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into."

After a pause, Li Zheng continued, "First of all, it is indeed the ticket to the end of the matrix, that is completely true."

"Don't get excited!"

"Did someone tell you that the game ends when you reach the finish line?"

"no!"

“From the first day we arrived, the matrix terminal only gave us one message: try to survive.”

"It never said at what point we could leave the game."

Upon reflection, everyone realized that this was indeed the case.

The terminal never promised to let them out and return to Earth.

"I was lucky; I got some preliminary information about the finish line from Roemont a few days ago."

"Yes, that's right, it's that golden octopus. I had you exchange it for the Valok Eye."

Li Zheng stopped Feng Shan from interrupting: "It's just that I encountered it the first time I left Channel 879. At that time, it was running around the matrix, looking for a source of Locke's Eyeballs."

"Then I traded the information that the Lost Castle might produce eyeballs with it for information about the outer city, which is the endpoint of the matrix."

"At that time, it told me that the end of the matrix was a place called 'Outer City'."

"Haven't you ever wondered why, with such a large matrix, so many channels, and so many rooms, there's only this group of players?"

"Have no other players ever come to the matrix before?"

The answer is: Yes!

"Where are they? In the outer city!"

"So, is the outer city, which is a gathering place for countless veteran players, really safe for us?" "At least the information I've received is... no."

"We've arrived at the outer city, but the game has only just begun!"

"Now, please recall your actions just now." Li Zheng laughed exaggeratedly: "If I hadn't traded those two tickets beforehand, would you have used them on the spot after you got them?"

“This…” Feng Shan turned his head and exchanged a glance with Yan Guang, who happened to be looking over.

The two remained silent, thought about it carefully, and realized that given their personalities, they wouldn't care about whether the outer city was safe or dangerous.

It's estimated that once the tickets were distributed, even if Li Zheng tried to stop them, the two of them would have used the tickets and left immediately.

“Indeed, we are both rather impulsive and don’t tend to consider the consequences of our actions.” After thinking it over, Yan Guang calmly analyzed his and Feng Shan’s personalities. “For example, my pursuit of Feng Shan was also an act of recklessness. If he had been a little more ruthless, he would have been completely digested by those creatures in the matrix by now.”

“You know I can’t,” Fengshan blurted out.

“Yes, now that I look at it, of course you wouldn’t.” Yan Guang held Feng Shan’s hand. “But back then, I didn’t know you well, yet I dared to cling to you in such a complex environment as the Matrix. That was actually a very dangerous thing to do.”

"Even if that action was based on my absolute confidence in my abilities at the time."

"Thank you for trusting me." Fengshan felt inexplicably moved.

Even the most powerful tiger has its moments of weakness.

If Fengshan's nature were a little darker, and he pretended to obey Yan Guang, then while Yan Guang was fast asleep at night, he could easily kill her with a single stab!

This shows that Yan Guang doesn't tend to consider the consequences of his actions and is easily controlled by his emotions.

And Fengshan?
Anyone who has seen Fengshan in battle knows that he's a brute!

If it weren't for his good luck in buying a Flame Flower from Li Zheng on the first day and developing the "burst" ability, which greatly improved his initial combat power.

If it weren't for his innate good luck, which always allowed him to escape danger and obtain a large number of medical tools for treating bone injuries.

With his personality, he would have died countless times over.

Not to mention, this guy is inexplicably soft-hearted.

Even though Yan Guang was so annoying to him, he would only curse a few times verbally, but he never laid a hand on Yan Guang.

Li Zheng devised a plan to trade two outer city tickets in advance from Feng Shan, based on his thorough understanding of the two men.

Compared to the unknown environment of the outer city, the Matrix is ​​more suitable for them for the time being.

"Don't worry, these two tickets will eventually be yours. I'm just holding them for you temporarily," Li Zheng said softly. "You'll have a chance to come back after you go to the outer city. Once I've settled down there, I'll come back to get you."

As for why the other two tickets weren't taken away?
Lin Fengjiao also has to fulfill her promise to protect Xiao Siyuan.

Zhan Zhouzhou, on the other hand, is a girl with absolute self-determination. She knows what she wants and what she should do.

Li Zheng wasn't worried about the two of them at all.

Feng Shan and Yan Guang both stood up and bowed deeply to Li Zheng: "We apologize for our behavior just now. We're sorry!"

Li Zheng was thinking of them wholeheartedly, but they mistakenly believed that Li Zheng had cheated them, and they should indeed apologize.

Li Zheng smiled and said, "It's alright. Anyway, I'm not keeping your tickets for free. When I come back to pick you up, remember to prepare some nice things that I like and trade with me."

“No problem!” Feng Shan stood up, thought about it carefully, and said, “I didn’t expect that the one who understands me best is you, Lao Li. Even though I know the whole story, now that I think about it, if I had the ticket on me, I would have used it one day.”

Yan Guang turned to look at him and suddenly burst into laughter: "Me too! Now I'm wondering if I had a problem with my judgment back then. The most suitable person for me is obviously Li Zheng. He understands me so well!"

"I might hit someone!" Li Zheng joked, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.

After joking around for a moment, Li Zheng figured that things were probably almost settled with the Demon Blade team, so he became serious: "Now let's talk about something more important. That private message I just received was from Liu Qishao. He told me something..."

He read out the contents of the private message, and the others were immediately moved.

"Is this intelligence reliable?" Fengshan asked with some concern.

“It should be reliable; Liu Qishao has no reason to lie to me.” Li Zheng thought for a moment and gave an affirmative answer.

Zhan Zhouzhou asked, "Is there anything we can do for you?"

“Yes, we raise an army for a thousand days to use it for one day.” Li Zheng nodded solemnly: “This time, I do need your help.”

"I'll contact Liu Qishao in a bit and ask him for some props. Then..."

Li Zheng explained his plan in detail.

After listening, Zhan Zhouzhou looked enlightened: "Indeed, this is the safest way."

"However, you can give me a few more of that prop. I'll take this opportunity to select a few suitable candidates. If they pass the test, I might have a few more apprentices in the future."

Li Zheng's expression shifted: "You mean..."

“That’s right, I want to use this opportunity to build a force of our own.”

"At least we need to ensure that when we all go to the outer city, we have enough confidence to fight against the veteran players."

Li Zheng smiled, extended his hand and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Zheng, and I'm... wait, what was the name of the organization I founded with Xiao Siyuan again?"

Three thousand words! One thousand more than yesterday! Praise me! Praise my diligence! Praise my length!
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(End of this chapter)