Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 14 Under what circumstances can you drink a glass of water for a lifetime?

“World Channel 1003698 William Hermes: So, as long as you turn fifty, you can safely get out of this hellhole? I mean, even if you spend your fiftieth birthday in the Matrix?”

"World Channel 1186437 Carl Tribiani: Great! I can finally leave here. The system just gave me a notification to prepare. When I leave, I can't take anything with me except what I brought in. All my supplies and items are listed in the trading hall and can be taken unconditionally."

"World Channel 1057123 Ross Geller: Damn it, you bastards are so fast, I only managed to grab ten grams of tungsten steel!"

Li Zheng's original idea of ​​opening the exchange vanished instantly; there were hundreds of millions of players in the matrix.

Trying to compete with so many people for that little bit of stuff is just wishful thinking.

"Forget it, it's only the first day. Even if those 49-year-old players have the guts to explore, they probably won't be able to go through many rooms. There probably won't be many good items."

Even if there are good items, they will definitely be given to some familiar players or those in the same channel whom they have a good impression of.

The items listed in the trading hall are ultimately few in number and of relatively low value.

Li Zheng shook his head and decided to open the regional channel to see how many lucky people were in 0000879.

Matrix Channel: 0000879, Current Remaining Users: 932, Number of Megaphones: 0/1
Noticing the change in the number of people, Li Zheng felt a chill: "I thought there were 964 people before? Another 32 people have died."

Every time Li Zheng saw the number of people leaving the channel, he felt a sense of shared sorrow.

Because you never know when it might be your turn.

"We still need to become stronger..."

Li Zheng glanced at Xiao Ying, who was still carefree and flying around within the lantern's light, and thought to himself, "Such a heartless thing, I really envy her..."

However, people with his ideas are still a minority; most people think about taking shortcuts and being opportunistic.

such as……

Liu Lingling: "Seeking a chance encounter, seeking a fleeting romance, seeking a safe period during October!"

Chen Qianxue: "Please, God, give me a handsome guy in the next room! I also need ten months of safe period!!"

Mori: +1

……

Within channel 0000879, there were very few people discussing leaving the Matrix at fifty; most of the messages were from young women frantically spamming the chat looking for partners.

Occasionally, Li Zheng could also see some people joking around.

Lu Li: "You all line up, let me do it!"

Yan Guang: "Why is it that only women get a ten-month safe period? Are men destined to stay here and live in fear? When will we men be able to stand up for ourselves? I'm shivering in this heat... What? I'm a woman? Never mind then."

Fengshan: "...@Yanguang, you're so sexy~"

Li Chun: "@Lu Li, ptooey! I never expected you to be this kind of person!"

Yan Guang: "@Fengshan, of course! I'm the kind of woman who can carry a wardrobe like Pinru's anytime. How about it? Your profile picture looks pretty good, how about... you get a bargain?"

Lu Li: "@Li Chun, what did I do? I just spoke the mind of every normal man."

Fengshan: "@Lu Li, just admit you're a pervert, don't try to take advantage of us normal men. @Yan Guang, I can't take it anymore, I still have ten wives to take care of, I'm not getting enough nutrition."

Lu Li: "@Fengshan, you're right, boss. I'm just a coward. Whatever you say, I'll do. Can you take me under your wing? I'm still short fifty grams of tungsten steel..."

Fengshan: "Get out of here."

Lu Li: "Okay!"

Yan Guang: "@Fengshan, I was almost fooled by you. You described a ten-on-one fight as ten wives... You're even more shameless than me."

Li Chun: "@Yan Guang, what does 'ambidextrous fighting' mean, where ten people are fighting one?

Lu Li: "Let me explain..."

Fengshan: "Get out of here!"

Lu Li: "Alright! If the boss tells me to get lost, I'll get lost. I'm the boss's biggest fan!"

Yan Guang: "@Fengshan, ten Thumbelinas can't compare to the real thing. Think about it? Just give it a couple of pokes, what's the big deal? You won't lose anything!"

Fengshan: "I'm outta here, I can't afford to mess with them."

Yan Guang: "Coward."

Li Chun: "@Yan Guang, what exactly is 'ambidextrous fighting ten against one'?"

Lu Li: "@Yan Guang, my boss is very upright and has a clean reputation. How about you take a look at me?"

Yan Guang: "You? You look like a watermelon rind to me!"

Lu Li: "What do you mean?"

Yanguang: "You need to step on it!"

Liu Lingling: "Seeking an encounter, seeking..."

……

In short, the system message threw everyone into chaos.

There weren't any interesting topics in Li Zhengjian's channel, so I was about to close the page and move on to the next room.

A message caught his attention. Zhan Zhouzhou: "Shut up, you idiots! Can't you see the main point of these consecutive notices?"

the point?

Li Zheng focused his attention and read the system notification message again, but found nothing unusual.

Fengshan: "What's the key point? Explain in detail."

The chat channel suddenly fell silent, even the women who were just looking for a quickie quieted down and waited for Zhan Zhouzhou to explain.

Zhan Zhouzhou: "The key point is 'removal'! Those people who left the Matrix tonight were transferred out!"
In other words, we have always truly existed in this space, rather than being impersonated by a virtual character!
If there are still idiots who don't understand this, let me put it more bluntly... Once we die in this 'game,' we're really dead!
Instead of being judged a game failure and then leaving this world, as some initially speculated!

Li Zheng originally thought that the information Zhan Zhouzhou revealed would make the channel even more chaotic.

However, reality was quite the opposite; the people in the channel were surprisingly calm.

Yan Guang: "@Zhan Zhouzhou, that's it? I already knew that."

Yan Guang: "[The photo] Did you see it?"

Li Zheng opened the photo and found that Yan Guang had taken a picture of a bright silver, smooth-surfaced, and mechanical-looking left arm.

And this left arm is connected to Yan Guang's body!
Yan Guang: "I might have been unlucky. Today, while exploring, I encountered a monster that looked a lot like a crocodile. After losing an arm, I barely managed to escape to the next room."

When the monster bit me, I could clearly feel its sharp teeth tearing through my flesh and eventually crushing my bones.

The pain felt so real, it made you wish you could just die on the spot.

Li Chun: "Ah! That's terrifying!"

Lu Li: "Then what's with your metal arm? Is it a prosthetic?"

Yan Guang: "The human body modification platform can perform one human body modification surgery."

I found this thing before I bled out, cut off the remaining half of my upper arm, and replaced it with this monstrous thing.

"I can say I had a brush with death; the feeling of being on the verge of death still sends shivers down my spine when I think about it now."

Li Chun: "I feel sorry for Sister Yan."

Lu Li: "Feeling sorry for you +1"

Fengshan: +1

……

Yan Guang: "@Fengshan, what are you so heartbroken about? If you really care about me, then when we meet again, just have sex with me!"

Li Chun: "???"

Lu Li: "Boss, you're awesome!"

Zhan Zhouzhou: "..."

Fengshan: "I'm outta here, I can't afford to mess with them."

Zhan Zhouzhou: "So you all knew!! The clown was actually myself..."

Li Zheng closed the chat room and sighed, "They're all pitiful people..."

Compared to others, I'm living a really comfortable life.

At least each time you enter the next room, you're prepared, so you don't have to worry or be in danger.

"Wow, my darling is amazing!"

Li Zheng gave the treasure chest system a huge thumbs up.

The [Mini Water Purifier] you listed for sale has been purchased by another player. The transaction is complete, and the item has been automatically added to your capsule residence.

The water you're listing for sale...

Thanks to those who were leaving, someone finally noticed the items Li Zheng had listed for sale, and within a minute, they were all snapped up.

To Li Zheng's surprise, someone was actually willing to use bronze-grade materials to bid for 100 milliliters of water.

I glanced at the trader's name; he was a player from another channel.

0000023 Kato Junkazu.

This Japanese player bought all 300 milliliters of water.

The water purifier was bought by another player from channel 1155247 named William Houston.

At this point, the system notified that there was a new private chat message.

Li Zheng opened the box and was delighted to see that it belonged to the player named William, with whom he had just made a transaction.

"Mr. Li Zheng, why does this water purifier you're trading have an unusual smell?"

Li Zheng thought to himself, "This foreigner is quite polite; he's talking about an unusual smell, not a foul smell."

Of course, he couldn't tell William the truth, so he sent him the sentence from the seller's message.

"Under what circumstances can you drink a glass of water for a lifetime?"

(End of this chapter)