Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 32 Xiao Siyuan
Five seconds!

What can you do in five seconds?
He cut down five opponents, then ran away in circles, swinging his big sword?
Or should I take out a cigarette, light it, and take a deep drag?
Or, after your alarm goes off in the morning, do you reach out and turn it off?
Undoubtedly, five seconds is insignificant in the grand scheme of life.

But sometimes, it can determine the fate of several people!

……

【00:00】

As the countdown ended, Li Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the Wuji Modifier suddenly freeze in place.

Just now, in less than a second, a line of almost consecutive ice-blue bullets shot towards the opponent.

As expected, the Limitless Modifier, driven only by instinct, was unaware that its energy was nearly depleted and still evaded the bullets that threatened it.

However, what should have been a life-saving action instead hastened its shutdown.

Shutting down is, in another sense, death for it.

[The Ultimate Transformer (now discontinued)]
The Wuji people, whose hearts and brains had been modified, could not be awakened because their energy resources had been completely depleted, and their modified body parts had stopped functioning.

It can be decomposed.

The countdown ended, and the detector finally began its work, giving a notification.

"it is finally over."

Li Zheng's hand, which had been holding the gun, seemed to lose its strength instantly, falling to the ground as he gasped for breath.

Only then did he realize that, due to the intense running he had just done, his heart was pounding wildly, as if it were about to jump out of his chest.

A burning pain shot through my lungs, yet they continued to expand, squeeze, expand, squeeze, greedily demanding fresh air.

Upon opening the trading hall, Li Zheng directly searched for nanobots. At this moment, the player had changed the conditions after recycling the robot and put it back up for rent.

Trade terms: 20 delicious foods, no meat.

These are outrageous terms of the deal. If it were ginseng flowers instead, and they were eaten sparingly, twenty flowers would be enough for Li Zheng to eat five meals!
As for whether it tastes good.

Li Zheng felt that compared to concentrated nutrient solution, all food was delicious!

Even though the flower of the ginseng plant is actually one of the materials used to make nutrient solution.

"I can replace it, but I only have one power core with 65% energy left. I don't know if it can last until the end of this treatment."

Li Zheng struggled to his feet, walked to the capsule dwelling, and retrieved it.

In the trading hall, buying and selling items is straightforward, but after receiving the nanobot, Li Zheng still had to retrieve the power core from it, which meant risking further injury by getting up to retrieve it.

"Ahem,"

Li Zheng coughed lightly twice and used twenty Luoshen flowers to rent the nanobot again.

"Gulu."

The silver grit was swallowed, and as expected, the nanobots all concentrated in the abdomen, waiting to recharge.

"hehe."

Li Zheng gave a wry smile: "As expected, the reason we got the remaining energy last time was because the previous user hadn't used it all up, so we managed to get a lucky break."

Take out the power core that was originally intended for the water purifier, place it in your abdomen, and wirelessly charge the nanorobot.

At this moment, Li Zheng saw the player who came in after him slowly get up, and his condition was much better than his.

"After all this hard work and risk, are we just going to end up doing all the work for someone else?"

Li Zheng stared at the player, a bitter feeling welling up inside him.

If it weren't for the time needed to swipe the card and wait for the door to open, Li Zheng would have left long ago when he sensed things were going badly, and he wouldn't be in this predicament now.

Furthermore, he was unsure whether he could swipe his card to open the door while in combat or before eliminating any hostile creatures in the room.

In the room where Li Zheng encountered the Ice Giant last time, the Ice Giant leader was still unconscious when Li Zheng swiped his card. It was essentially a scene decoration and naturally had no hostility towards Li Zheng.

If Li Zheng doesn't find a chance to figure this out, he won't dare risk getting shot by trying to open the door.

After all, he is only immune to heat and cold, not immune to explosions.

"That's all."

Li Zheng sighed, "As long as he doesn't take advantage of my misfortune and kill me, I'll accept even if he gives me the corpse of the Wuji Modifier."

With one hand charging the nanobots and the other behind his back, Li Zheng waited for the player to make a decision. ...

Xiao Siyuan got up, shook his somewhat dizzy head, and tried to clear his head.

The last time he was flipped over, he hit the back of his head on the ground during the roll, which knocked him unconscious.

After a brief period of unconsciousness, my mind is still a little heavy, but my thoughts are slowly starting to function again.

"I...right, where's the monster?"

Xiao Siyuan was startled and looked up at the humanoid creature wearing strangely designed armor, only to find that it remained motionless, holding its gun.

"died?"

Xiao Siyuan wasn't entirely sure, but at least the danger was temporarily averted.

Instead of dissecting the corpse of the Limitless Modifier, he turned to look at Li Zheng, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards him.

……

"Alas, a wrong decision."

Li Zheng sighed inwardly, and with one hand, he pushed the magazine onto the Desert Eagle.

As the other party approaches, the detector dutifully provides information about it:
Name: Xiao Siyuan
Race: human

Sex: Male
Height: 178
Weight: 72KG
Status: Sub-healthy (neural damage)

Equipment: Kinetic micro-charger Uzi (Black Iron grade), Tungsten steel triangular spikes (Black Iron grade)

Abilities: High-density skeleton, proficient in medicine

Modification: None

Remaining exploration attempts for today: 5

Xiao Siyuan walked slowly, and Li Zheng watched him quietly, suddenly feeling that the other's walking movements were a bit awkward.

I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong, but I just feel like Xiao Siyuan's hands and feet are a bit uncoordinated when he walks.

"stop!"

Seeing that Xiao Siyuan had already walked about seven steps away and showed no sign of stopping, Li Zheng raised his gun and shouted at him to stop.

As the saying goes, people's hearts are hard to fathom, and they are easily swayed by money.

Even without the system providing information, one can guess from the appearance of the Wuji Modifier that its grade must be quite high.

Regardless of what materials can be obtained after dismantling, for players at this stage, its value is at least no less than that of a first-prize winning lottery ticket.

The situation between Li Zheng and Xiao Siyuan is like two people walking down the street and simultaneously seeing a lottery ticket.

No one knows what the other person is thinking.

However, the detector did not warn of any danger, and Li Zheng only gave a warning instead of firing directly.

"Do not misunderstand!"

Xiao Siyuan immediately stopped, raised his hands to show that he meant no harm, and explained, "I just saw that you were in a bad state and wanted to see if I could help."

Li Zheng looked at him suspiciously, not easily trusting him.

Before meeting Zhan Zhouzhou, Li Zheng had a brief conversation with her and often saw her speaking on the regional channel, so he had a preliminary understanding of her and could roughly guess what kind of personality she had.

So although there were some minor conflicts between the two, they were easily resolved with Li Zheng's deliberate efforts.

But this was the first time Li Zheng had ever met Xiao Siyuan.

I had never even seen him speak on the regional channel before, and I knew absolutely nothing about him.

Therefore, we must be much more cautious in dealing with it.

Xiao Siyuan has an honest and simple appearance, a dignified face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes.

He glanced at Li Zheng's expression, realized what was happening, and quickly said, "Let me introduce myself. My surname is Xiao, and my name is Siyuan. Before entering this place, I was a retired border guard."

"Rest assured, as a soldier, the safety of the country and its people is paramount. I truly have no ill intentions towards you."

"I swear by the honor of a soldier!"

(End of this chapter)