Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 677 The Blood-Patterned Black Dragon Wants a Marriage Alliance
“The Hundred Flowers Painting can be viewed once every 24 hours, recreating the scene of being immersed in a sea of ​​flowers. Being immersed in a sea of ​​flowers without being disturbed can last for three minutes.” Li Zheng summarized the pattern he observed: “But apart from the obvious improvement in mental strength when viewing the Hundred Flowers Painting for the first time, subsequent viewings can only provide vitality to the flower garden in the mental world, making them flourish again.”

"If you don't look at the Hundred Flowers Painting for more than 24 hours, the flower garden in your spiritual world will slowly wither, and after 12 hours... that is, after a total of 36 hours, it will completely disappear. When you look at the Hundred Flowers Painting again, they will reassemble as before."

"The flowerbed can sustainably supply a small amount of spiritual energy, and the cumulative amount over 24 hours is roughly equivalent to one-tenth of a white magic crystal."

"It may be a little less, but it has the advantage of being long-lasting and accumulating little by little."

“This Hundred Flowers Painting is truly amazing.” Miriel nestled in Li Zheng’s arms, exhaling the scent of photinia blossoms. “It’s hard to imagine just how intelligent the first person to discover and create the Hundred Flowers Painting must have been.”

Li Zheng took out water for her to rinse her mouth: "It may not be the work of one person, but perhaps the power of an entire civilization, who created the Hundred Flowers Painting through countless experiments. There must have been unimaginable efforts behind this, whether in terms of manpower, resources, time, or energy."

"Glug glug." Miriel, not wanting to waste any, swallowed the water she used for rinsing her mouth. "It's a pity that these past few days the treasure chests have only been dropping stone fragments, just like before, although each stone fragment is a bit bigger than before..."

Speaking of this, Li Zheng also felt helpless.

Before the treasure chest system was upgraded, different sizes of wishing stone fragments would be given according to the treasure chest's quality.

I thought the upgrade to the treasure chest system would change this situation, but I was wrong...

Things have changed.

The changes weren't thorough enough.

Previously, there were fragments of wishing stones of varying sizes.

Now they are all the same size wishing stone fragments.

The upgrade felt like a complete waste of time.

"Oh right, Sakura should be back in the next few days, right?" Miriel suddenly remembered this. "When should we set off to pick her up?"

Li Zheng said, "I've already told Roscal that I'm going out after I got up today."

"Hehe, that woman from the Black Dragon Clan said that Blood-Striped Black Dragons change their appearance after their slumber. I wonder what Sakura looks like now," Miriel chuckled. "Could she have turned into a chubby little girl?"

Li Zheng couldn't help but chuckle, recalling Xiaoying's gluttonous nature: "Possibly."

“Once Sakura comes back, we won’t be able to be alone together anymore.” Miriel revealed a sly smile, took a step back, and said indistinctly, “I need to make the most of this time and take advantage of you.”

Li Zheng said with a pained expression, "Let me rest for a while..."

If you don't like the rest of the plot, I'll skip it for you.

The next morning, Miriel helped Li Zheng out of the house, and Li Zheng, supporting his back, walked out.

Miriel looked radiant, a stark contrast to the haggard Li Zheng.

The two arrived at the portal and teleported away following the street number.

Block 375 is quite a distance from Block 902 where Mo Li is located. It took Li Zheng and his companion an entire day to arrive there, even with non-stop teleportation.

Looking up, I saw Mo Li sitting behind that familiar table, which was covered with all sorts of snacks and drinks.

Li Zheng felt that all Mo Li was missing was a phone for watching dramas.

"You're here." Mo Li greeted Li Zheng and his companion with a wave of her hand. "I've been calculating the days, you should have arrived by now. Come, sit here, I specially prepared some snacks for you." Li Zheng looked at the table full of snacks that had already been partially eaten by Kaifeng, and his lips twitched. "If you're ever speechless, you can bite a lighter to make a scene. Is this something you'd serve to guests?"

“Let’s eat together. We’re not strangers anymore. Why be so formal when we’re family?” Mo Li said casually.

Li Zheng's brow furrowed: "What do you mean by that?"

"It's nothing," Mo Li said. "Didn't I send the little one back to the ancestral land to spend her slumber period? On the way, I met a junior member of the clan who took a liking to the little one and wants to marry her. If their relationship goes through, we'll be in-laws, right?"

"Why didn't you say anything about something so important back then?" Li Zheng's face darkened, his anger rising.

Mo Li didn't mention a single word at the time!
"What's there to say?" Mo Li waved his hand dismissively and said, "My junior is related to the current clan leader. It's her good fortune that she's taken a liking to your little one. If they get together in the future, you'll essentially have the entire Blood-Patterned Black Dragon clan as your backer. You have no reason to disagree, right?"

Li Zheng sneered: "Are you so sure it wasn't your Blood-Patterned Black Dragon clan who benefited from my good fortune?"

With the backing of the entire matrix's mastermind, the Bloodstained Black Dragon Clan is nothing more than a hair on a leg compared to a thigh, insignificant in comparison.

"Are you angry?" Mo Li said in a flippant tone, "How about this, since the little one's dormancy period is almost over, you come with me to the ancestral land to pick her up and let her make her own decision."

As she spoke, she casually pointed and said, "Hey you, yes, you, come here for a second."

The passerby, startled by her call, looked around and asked, "Me? What's up?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Come here when I tell you to!" Mo Li moved slightly, and Li Zheng only caught a fleeting glimpse of her shadow before she had already grabbed the passerby and brought him to her side.

"Such speed!" Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes darkened.

Mo Li was trying to intimidate him.

He remained calm and collected, transferring his spiritual energy outward from the dark realm, ready to unleash his strongest power to intimidate his opponent at any moment.

Mo Li took out a familiar badge and threw it into the passerby's arms: "Next, keep an eye on the door here and serve every outer city resident who uses the portal well. Eat whatever you want from the things on the table. You'll get something in return when I come back."

If I find out anyone complains about your performance, I'll break your legs!

Sensing the surging aura emanating from Mo Li, the passerby shrank back: "Okay...okay, I'll take care of it!"

"Hmm." Mo Li nodded in satisfaction and walked towards the teleportation portal. He glanced back at the passersby and Li Zheng and the others who were standing there dumbfounded, and said impatiently, "What are you standing there for? My guests and I need to use the teleportation portal, so hurry up and come serve us!"

"Yes, yes, where are you going? I'll open the door for you." The passerby hurriedly ran over, bowing and scraping, showing the utmost obsequiousness.

Li Zheng frowned slightly, realizing that Mo Li had often acted arrogantly and domineeringly in this neighborhood.

Miriel, holding his arm, glanced at him and asked in a low voice, "What do we do now?"

Following Mo Li to the ancestral land of the Blood-Patterned Black Dragon, who knows what might happen then?

Moreover, it's someone else's territory, so even if they wanted to resort to violence, our side was outnumbered and outgunned, and it seemed we had no chance to resist.

Li Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Let's take it one step at a time, but we can't abandon Xiaoying."

The two followed Mo Li and entered the portal together.

(End of this chapter)