Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

"What?"

"It's empty!" The big lug Lu Li turned out all his pockets: "My capsule home is cleaner than my pockets right now, where would I get the money for your plane ticket."

"You didn't..." Li Zheng paused for two seconds: "You didn't go broke just to make this gun, did you?"

"Of course!" Lu Li said as if it was a matter of course, "This is a weapon with the Extraordinary limit, and I'm not as strong as you guys who can stay in the top 20 on the power ranking, nor do I have as many resources as you."

At this point, Lu Li looked at Li Zheng with puppy-dog eyes, looking pitiful: "Father, you wouldn't ignore me, would you?"

Li Zheng was disgusted by his look, waved his hand, and bluntly said, "Get lost!"

With a thud, Lu Li knelt down, moved to Li Zheng's front on his knees with tears streaming down his face, crying miserably: "No, father! I'm your own flesh and blood! How can you bear to ignore me?"

Sniff~

He blew his nose, wiped it all on Li Zheng's pant leg, then wailed: "Back in the day when you and my mom got married, I even attended the wedding! I didn't skimp on the gift money as your son at all!

Now you're being so cruel, leaving your son here uncared for?

If my mom finds out, she's definitely going to divorce you!

The fate of a child from a single-parent family is so bitter..."

This guy...

He's at it again.

Intermittent psychosis.

Terrifying as hell~

Li Zheng couldn't take it anymore and kicked him away: "A grown man crying like his father just died...

Whoa?

Don't come over, I give up, alright?

The Star Thief will let you use it for free once, just don't disgust me."

"Boo hoo~"

Lu Li was moved to tears, crawled back and grabbed Li Zheng's pant leg, crying loudly: "I just knew it!

What kind of dad doesn't love his son?

You really do love me deep down!

Um...

I do have a favor to ask..."

Li Zheng forcefully kicked him away again, holding back the urge to chop him with a knife, and yelled: "Why won't you listen? Stop being disgusting!

If you have something to say, let's talk about it calmly!"

"Alright then."

Lu Li wiped his face, returned to normal: "It's not a big deal, I just used up all my materials, and now I have a gun, but no bullets. I'd like to borrow some materials for a few bullets from you."

Li Zheng: "..."

Lu Li's seamless emotional switch operation left Li Zheng dumbfounded, he even suspected now that Lu Li wasn't having an episode just now, but was pretending.

"Boo~"

"Stop!"

As soon as Li Zheng heard that sorrowful crying tone getting ready for a reprise, he quickly called it off: "Show me the crafting page, I'll lend you the materials for five bullets."

"That would be much appreciated!"

Lu Li quickly displayed three special ammunition formulas, showing he still had a conscience by only asking for Bronze level ammunition materials, not making exorbitant demands.

Platinum level slag paired with Bronze ammunition, no extra power boost, and various attributes would decrease somewhat.

But it's already enough to deal with beings below the Platinum level.

Li Zheng quickly screened out the materials for five bullets, packed them up, and initiated a trade with a bad mood: "Remember, this is a loan, you need to pay it back!"

Lu Li accepted the materials with a grin, took the Star Thief ready to teleport: "Don't worry, I'll triple it and return tomorrow night."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Li vanished, with the Star Thief automatically returning to Li Zheng's hand.

At this moment, Liu Jiale, who had long come out, finally spoke up: "Good thing I'm not as strong and wealthy as you, otherwise it'd be quite a struggle to handle if he latched onto me."

Li Zheng looked over, not finding any signs of the other party's improvement, but Old Pu gave a prompt.

[Training Post

Tier: None

Type: Special Equipment

Description: It's hard not to see this item as a challenge for a blacksmith.

Before this, customers only ever customized weapons, armor, or various functional living facilities, but something for training and taking hits, this is a first.

Not only must it be solid, but it also has to meet the needs for sparring. The blacksmith waived the payment the customer had to make for this idea.

Even invested quite a bit of rare materials himself.

Effect: Speeds up the rate of 'Mastered Ability' acquisition.]

There's no need to think, this attribute must have been detected by Zhan Zhouzhou after entering.

The reason it didn't show for the Ye Kai siblings is probably because Zhan Zhouzhou isn't interested in what they obtained, so didn't even bother to look.

After reading the prompt, Li Zheng remained calm, thinking: That sure matches Liu Jiale's character.

Back when he first met Liu Jiale, he was punching sandbags made from iron sand non-stop.

These days have passed, the boxing mastery acquisition rate has exceeded 95%, looks like he will get it soon.

It goes to show that Liu Jiale practices intensely whenever he's free, never slacking off.

Who knows how many sandbags he broke in the process.

However, Li Zheng was puzzled about one thing, as fellow martial arts enthusiasts, Liu Jiale and Zhan Zhouzhou are completely different.

The latter specializes in one area, delving deep, and her terrifying speed of progress since the game began shocked even Li Zheng.

Whereas Liu Jiale seems more like himself, not satisfied with mastering just one.

Except, Li Zheng knows about the existence of 'Warrior' ability and hence decided to master 'a hundred paths'.

What is Liu Jiale after?

Li Zheng suppressed his curiosity: "Lu Li is not a bad person, just sick.

His kind of sickness, when it kicks in, even outrageous things are understandable."

"Mm-hmm."

Liu Jiale shrugged, nonchalantly saying: "I never said he was bad, but your kind of excessive kindness isn't very advisable within the Matrix.

You've read the story of the rich man and the beggar.

Hearts are separated by the belly, how do you know if the other party doesn't have hidden motives?"

"Birds of a feather flock together."

Li Zheng smiled and said: "To be my friend, one must at least not be too bad. Like you, you know such words can offend, yet you say them upfront."

Liu Jiale's face suddenly turned cold: "And how do you know I'm not ridiculing or mocking you?"

Li Zheng laughed and pointed to his own temple: "Eyes don't lie."

Liu Jiale is straightforward, many of his thoughts expressed in his eyes.

Friendly is friendly, dislike is dislike.

Never one to hide it.

And hard to hide it too.

"Tch."

Liu Jiale took out a fiery red fruit with golden patterns from his house and tossed it over: "Here, I was originally going to keep it for a draw, now I'll give it to you."

Li Zheng caught it and took a look at the attributes.

[Gilded Flame Spirit Fragrance Fruit

Tier: Gold

...]

A mediocre Gold-tier gene ability development tool, it doesn't really catch Li Zheng's eye, so he tossed it back to Liu Jiale: "Keep it for your draw then."

"Why? As far as I remember, don't you have a Fire element gene ability?" Liu Jiale caught the fruit and said: "Wouldn't it be more valuable to upgrade that ability?"

Upgrade Ice and Fire Attachment?

Might as well forget it.

Li Zheng, a man with thirty Cultivation Dishes, soon to be filled with Flame Branches, what little effect could a mere one or two Gold-tier fruits have?

Even if Ice and Fire Attachment reaches full level, he doesn't plan to develop gene abilities below the Platinum tier thereafter.

No other reason.

Too weak, it doesn't match his current strength.

It would be a waste of resources instead.

"Not interested." Li Zheng intentionally put on a sophisticated air, "Instead of trading me this thing, how about exchanging for a Gold-tier Power Core, that would be more enticing."

"Alright then."

Though curious, Liu Jiale still exchanged a Gold-tier Power Core: "Here, it's just the last one, exchanging for one use of the Star Thief."

"Thank you, boss!" Li Zheng accepted the Active Core and handed over the Star Thief: "Aren't you going to play more on this channel?"

"Not really, I just checked the area power rankings." Liu Jiale directly activated the Star Thief, "All Mud Furnace chickens, spending another minute and I feel sick."

As the Star Thief took effect, Liu Jiale disappeared on the spot.

At this moment, Zhan Zhouzhou stepped out from the Blacksmith Shop as well.

Li Zheng just took one look and exclaimed: "Whoa! You people really know how to play, don't you?!

The blacksmith doing business with you guys, is losing even his underwear!"