Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 664 The cleaver is too hard; it will break when smashing garlic.

Li Zheng had always suspected that there were other time travelers, and that one of them had given himself away, but he had never been able to recall who it was.

At that moment, a casual chat among the group instantly dispelled the fog in his mind; it turned out that the time traveler had been by his side all along.

"As expected, I still haven't paid enough attention to details." Li Zheng smiled, his mood greatly improved after realizing the true identity of the transmigrator.

At least, the other party is not an enemy.

The group chatted for several hours until they were all tired and then dispersed one by one.

Before leaving, Zhan Zhouzhou glanced at Li Zheng and Miriel with a complicated expression, lost in thought.

After everyone had left, Miriel cleaned up the mess and let Li Zheng rest on the side.

Li Zheng sat on the edge of the bed waiting. There weren't many things, and Miriel quickly finished packing them and put them aside. She then had Li Zheng put them into a capsule and hand them over to the housekeeping doll for cleaning.

After washing up briefly, the two lay down together. Li Zheng held Miriel's hand, and with a thought, their spiritual bodies arrived in the Dark Realm.

During this time, Miriel was busy adjusting her emotions. This was her first time re-entering the Dark Realm, and she was surprised to see the changes here.

She pointed to the Bodhi tree and asked, "What is this? When was a tree planted in the Dark Realm?"

Li Zhengwei pulled her under the tree and said, "Come on, experience it."

Upon entering the Bodhi tree, Miriel paused, feeling a sudden sense of enlightenment. The many martial arts insights she had accumulated were rapidly digested, and some previously unresolved difficulties were gradually resolved.

"What an amazing effect!" Miriel squinted, enjoying the feeling of enlightenment. It was the first time she had ever had such an experience. She felt relaxed and comfortable, no less so than when she was calming down with Li Zheng.

“I will bring you here often in the future, which will help you improve your strength quickly.” Li Zheng waved his hand, and the images not far away came to the two of them and played in close-up: “Besides whip techniques, you can study these when you have time... I’m not asking you to learn them rigidly or change your style. But you can integrate them and make them your own, adding more variations to whip techniques.”

Miriel watched intently, praising, "These martial arts are all very advanced, no less than the whip techniques passed down from generation to generation in my clan. Learning them will be of great benefit."

She turned to Li Zheng and said, "Give me some time. My strength will soon surpass that of my mother, and I will no longer be a burden to you."

Li Zheng wrapped his arms around her loosely and said, "Whether it's you or Xiaoying, I don't think you're a burden. If it weren't for you two communicating with me often, I would easily go crazy exploring on my own."

“Although what you said touched me a little,” Miriel blinked, her expression odd, “you are exactly like me in my eyes, as if I am talking to myself, which is rather… weird.”

Li Zheng grinned mischievously: "It's a pity that people in the Dark Realm can't contact each other, otherwise..."

Miriel's eyes were alluring and seductive: "Otherwise what?"

“Otherwise I could…” Li Zheng leaned closer and whispered something in her ear, which made Miriel playfully complain.

“You weren’t like this just a few days ago, why are you suddenly in such high spirits today?” Miriel rolled her eyes at Li Zheng, truly exuding charm.

Li Zheng thought to himself, "Because this is the Dark Realm, we can't actually fight here, so we can only show off verbally."

It's common knowledge that some people can say a lot of flirtatious things in front of the opposite sex, but when it comes to actually doing it, they chicken out.

This kind of person is like a banana; it looks yellow on the outside, but it's a bit rotten.

But if you're patient enough to peel back the layers of his heart, you'll find it's white and pure inside. Li Zheng feels that the biggest difference between himself and a banana is that he's not unfaithful.

Li Zheng shifted his gaze and looked seriously at the newly appeared image of Lu Manjiang. With a thought, he made it start "playing".

Lu Manjiang initially practiced marksmanship before joining the Sanda team. After years of practice, some traces of his marksmanship can still be seen in his movements.

"Lu Manjiang would occasionally use his arm as a spear. While this could inflict great damage on his opponents, his own physical weakness would also cause him harm."

"Over time, the bones in both arms will inevitably become covered with cracks, which will not heal for a long time, causing the patient to suffer from bone fractures."

"In severe cases, it's not impossible to break your own arm."

"The approach is too extreme; it needs some other techniques to mitigate it, otherwise anyone who practices it will be ruined."

"Like Fengshan's explosive power, it can injure the enemy by a thousand, but also damage oneself by a thousand and fifty thousand."

Using the Bodhi tree's effect, Li Zheng analyzed Lu Manjiang's boxing style as he watched, and began to think about how to improve it.

Miriel, who had watched the whole thing, remarked, "This person's fighting style is strange. It doesn't seem like it was created to kill enemies; it's more like... it's simply for friendly sparring?"

Various martial arts competitions can indeed be understood as exchanges of skills. Under normal circumstances, unless there are special reasons, the two sides will not fight to the death, but will stop when they have made a point.

Certain highly lethal moves are strictly prohibited and have been removed from the original set of techniques.

"His punches are scattered and unsystematic, but he has his own understanding and his personal style is very obvious in combat," Miriel commented. "His biggest weakness is that he is too rigid. When he encounters a strong opponent, he is easily countered and injured by the opponent's counterattack."

Li Zheng nodded in agreement, saying, "That's what I was thinking. So, how should we improve it?"

“It’s very simple.” Miriel pointed to an image not far away: “Just merge a little bit of that into it.”

Li Zheng looked in the direction and saw an image of a young Miriel, whose martial art was whip techniques. Because Li Zheng's skills were not proficient, the techniques were very rough.

He looked at it for a while and nodded: "I understand, we need to combine firmness and gentleness."

It's like a kitchen knife; if the material is too hard, even smashing a clove of garlic can break the knife.

If you add other things to the material appropriately to increase its toughness, it will not be so easy to break.

“The moves also need to be modified. Martial arts for sparring are ultimately less practical than martial arts for killing,” Miriel continued. “However, I don’t know much about hand-to-hand combat, so you’ll have to find someone who does it.”

Someone who knows the stuff?
Li Zheng thought for a moment and realized that he didn't seem to know any particularly outstanding boxers. Even Feng Shan only seemed to have impressive boxing skills because of his genetic abilities and fearless spirit.

In a real sparring match, without the advantage of genetic abilities, Feng Shan probably wouldn't even last three moves against Lu Manjiang.

Li Zheng felt that he might be able to improve a set of boxing techniques based on his understanding, but he was not good at it, and the final result would definitely be full of mistakes.

"Let Lu Li handle it himself." Li Zheng moved his finger, zoomed out the image, and quietly studied Zhan Zhouzhou's move, 'Spatial Collapse Version of Swallow Through the Hall'.

There was no progress, but since I had nothing better to do, I just dabbled in it for fun.

(End of this chapter)