Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

After Shinoda Chizuru left, Li Zheng stood in place for ten minutes before taking out his Identity Card to swipe at the door.

As early as nine minutes ago, Lao Pu had informed Li Zheng that Shinoda Chizuru was dead.

The reason for waiting a few more minutes was mainly that Li Zheng didn't want to disturb that creature's appetite during its meal.

After all, how could one not let them eat their fill for their last meal before death?

Dismantling the Exoskeleton Armor and storing it in a capsule, Li Zheng lifted his foot and walked in.

"Power Demon·Frenzy!"

As soon as the light that filled his eyes disappeared, Li Zheng instantly activated Power Demon Incarnation, expanding into a small giant over two meters tall.

The next moment, a pure black giant tail swept down towards him, Li Zheng turned his head to dodge and reached out to grab it.

[Black Night Mad Badger

Tier: Platinum

Status: Nighttime Frenzy (Strength Enhanced)

Abilities: Night Shadow Avatar, Tail Breaking Escape, Rapid Growth]

This was a giant beast with a pitch-black body, white hair on its head, and over four meters in length. Its tail was thick and powerful, frantically twitching in Li Zheng's hand, trying to break free.

Li Zheng grinned: "Not bad strength, almost comparable to a Diamond Level creature; maybe Kitajo Akemi could only slowly wear you down here."

What a pity...

You encountered me.

Gripping tightly with one large hand, he swung a fist with the other at the Mad Badger's biting head, knocking it dizzy.

Then, grabbing it by the tail, Li Zheng swung it, smashing it to the ground with force.

Boom—

Boom—

Boom—

After three consecutive strikes, blood seeped from the Mad Badger's mouth.

Snap!

Just as Li Zheng lifted the Mad Badger for the fourth time, it resisted vigorously, breaking its tail at the root, and escaping into the distant night.

The severed tail twisted in Li Zheng's hand and suddenly transformed into a smaller Mad Badger, twisting its body to bite Li Zheng's arm.

Crunch!

Rip!

Li Zheng clasped his hands around the "mini" Mad Badger, tearing it to pieces with a sound of bones cracking and fur tearing, tossing it aside.

As it landed, it reverted to a broken severed tail, as if the mini Mad Badger that just appeared was an illusion.

"So this is the Night Shadow Avatar?" Li Zheng glanced, with two strands of purple flame dancing in his eyes.

The Black Night Mad Badger's three abilities had all been tested, leaving only the last one, which judging by its name, was an auxiliary ability, and Li Zheng had a grasp of its overall strength.

"To be honest, it's a bit mediocre, only suitable as a pre-bedtime exercise." He bent down, exerting force.

Li Zheng chased the fleeing Black Night Mad Badger at full speed. Although it was in a state of Nighttime Frenzy, it wasn't entirely reckless.

With just one encounter, it was scared to death by Li Zheng and fled toward a metal door.

"How could I let you escape? The Identity Card you swallowed still has my Black Water and a random Platinum Level prop in it!" Li Zheng urged the Flying Device, accelerating his pursuit.

Maybe he could even obtain a random Diamond Level prop, so he couldn't let it get away!

Five seconds later, Li Zheng caught up with the Black Night Mad Badger, landing on it from above, riding it.

Two fists as large as steamers swung alternately, repeatedly landing on the back of the Black Night Mad Badger's neck, emitting a series of muffled thuds.

The Power Demon from the Abyss adhered to the principle of breaking all tricks with strength; besides fighting, they also enjoyed honing their bodies and training for more powerful strength.

After becoming a Power Demon, Li Zheng inherited this trait, with each punch carrying monstrous strength of over ten thousand pounds.

If an ordinary person were hit by him with full force, even Xiao Siyuan would be powerless, only able to watch him die.

It was only because the Black Night Mad Badger had a Platinum level base and an extraordinary physique that it could withstand dozens of punches.

Li Zheng pounded it continuously for fifteen seconds before killing it.

He got off, landed, ended the incarnation, and decomposed the corpse in one fluid motion.

[Decomposing Black Night Mad Badger obtained: Black Night Mad Badger's Blood 600ml, Black Night Mad Badger's Fresh Meat +20, Black Night Mad Badger's Fur +20, Hard Bones +20, Sharp Claws +16, Identity Card +1]

Getting the materials in hand, Li Zheng felt somewhat dissatisfied: "A creature with three abilities, and no special tools for pets?"

This cost-effectiveness was too low!

He opened the capsule residence and walked inside, heading straight to the bathroom to take a shower.

Little Sakura was already tired, and since there wasn't much action at night, Li Zheng releasing the residence meant the exploration for the day was temporarily concluded. The little one cheered, having Poliball turn into a waterbed, and lay down to sleep.

Li Zheng lay in the bathtub, beckoning for the Memory Release Device, and extracted the copied memory to take a brief look.

He confirmed the list of people Shinoda Chizuru knew who participated in framing him; to increase the credibility of this memory and prevent anyone from claiming he fabricated evidence, he didn't touch even a frame of detail.

Anyway, Shinoda Chizuru was already dead, so presumably, she wouldn't mind him exposing a tiny bit of her "privacy," right?

Then he uploaded this over eighty-hour-long memory video unchanged to his livestream, set so that everyone could access it at any time.

This is very similar to a recorded broadcast, essentially a different kind of long video where viewers can freely drag the progress bar.

So there's no need to worry about others spending the same amount of time to view this memory.

After finishing, Li Zheng changed the name of the live room to something straightforward and arrogant.

[I'm Here to Slap Faces! Just Ask, Does it Hurt?]

After settling everything, he started to take stock of today's gains.

First, he fused a total of three Identity Cards from: Kato Junwa, Kitajo Akemi, and Shinoda Chizuru.

Among them, Kato Junwa's capsule only opened three Gold Level ingredients, all kinds of biological meats.

The poor luck was so infuriating that Li Zheng felt pain in his liver; he didn't expect that Kato Junwa didn't even have one piece of Platinum Level equipment, and even at Gold Level, only offered three types of meat.

Actually, Li Zheng misunderstood; it's not that Kato Junwa didn't have better things, but most would be handed over to the Creation Organization for collective distribution.

Only that token was kept because it was bound to him.

The Platinum Level equipment he contributed wasn't valuable; he exchanged it for that rented sniper rifle before he died...

"Luckily, I have the Mysterious Declaration, otherwise battling this group would have been a big loss." Li Zheng looked at the item he gained when the Mysterious Declaration was triggered while fusing Kato Junwa's capsule.

[YPS-500

Tier: Platinum

Type: Medical Equipment

Description: YPS Pharmaceutical Company was the most brilliant company specializing in medical equipment in Matrix history, but unfortunately... they disappeared during a sudden riot.

Effect: The YPS-500 capsule can accelerate cell division, stimulate life energy, and hasten the healing of all physical injuries.

Note: Open wounds and broken bones require simple preliminary treatment!]

"Not bad, even with only one capsule, it can be a lifesaver at a crucial moment."

Finally seeing something useful, Li Zheng was much more satisfied and threw the first batch of items out of the bathroom.

Including that capsule.

Next, Li Zheng evaluated the gains from the fusion of Kitajo Akemi's Identity Card, similar to the previous one, three items fused, all food ingredients, but two pieces were Platinum Level biological meats, which have a slight chance to enhance physique when consumed.

The Mysterious Declaration brought Li Zheng 500g of Diamond Level material—Vibranium.

"It's... okay." Li Zheng smacked his lips, feeling a bit underwhelmed.

He realized that the people from the Creation Organization were much stingier than the White-headed Eagle. Most items were centralized, fearing losses like this when subordinates die and benefit others.

Li Zheng estimated that after losing two waves of people to him, the White-headed Eagle should also switch to this mode, keeping only weapons obtained through individual contribution available, while everything else would be centralized and managed.

"Perhaps..." Li Zheng pondered for a moment, then opened the Trade Hall and searched for a long time before giving up in frustration.

"There are too many items, trying to find those players who use the hall as a warehouse is too difficult." He initially wanted to find out who had a lot of two-for-one items under their name to identify the "warehouse managers" of various organizations.

"However, thinking of this method might mean those players managing items will prioritize expanding their residences too."

This way, it can also prevent rival organizations from locating which individual holds all the items.

Li Zheng took the Identity Card of Shinoda Chizuru to fuse, looked at the ceiling, and sighed, "Fighting organized players is truly not cost-effective, the rewards are too little."

Soon, the fusion was complete.

The only thing obtained was a bottle of Black Water that Li Zheng gave her before leaving; that Platinum Level dagger was not at her residence.

"... Oh, I seem to remember seeing it when I came in, the dagger was on the ground." Li Zheng recalled that he was in a hurry to chase the Mad Badger and didn't have time to pick it up.

After the bath, he'd have to go out and look for it, it's a Platinum Level weapon, even if he doesn't need it, he could sell it.

This time, the Mysterious Declaration brought Li Zheng a surprise, a not-so-small Platinum Level Power Core.

Power Cores seemed to always evade Li Zheng, he barely encountered them outside of dungeon runs and trading with others.

Even when obtained during exploration, they were all Low Tier Active Cores, never mind Platinum, not even Gold Level ones were found.

Besides the three Identity Cards, Li Zheng also picked up two other things. After reading the Attributes, he barely restrained the urge to curse.

[Ice Skates][Mountain Climbing Rope]

Both were Bronze Props, obtained from the last two draws of the dungeon.

"I seem to never get anything reliable from draws, they're either weird or... useless!" Li Zheng rubbed his temples and got up from the bathtub.

He drained the water, dried himself, and got dressed.

"In the future, I should stop having any expectations from these draws; I feel like they're just something the terminal uses to mess with people."

Just as he was about to head out to look for that dagger, Li Zheng glanced up and noticed under Sakura, a pink Poli was pressing down on a...

"Well, our Sakura is pretty reliable at crucial times." Li Zheng was extremely pleased, finding some comfort for the annoyance caused by the terminal and Creation Organization.

"Nom Nom~"

Sakura was already asleep, but suddenly smacked her lips and turned over, drool flowing down her mouth, dreaming about who knows what.

Li Zheng: "..."

Are foodies unable to forget about food even in their sleep?

Close the door.

Go rest.