Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 55 Black Market Merchant: Romain Rolland
"Hmm? Is it that white cat?"

Li Zheng found it strange. Hadn't he added cat food to the cat's bowl? Why wasn't it eating and instead sitting by the door?
"As if waiting for someone?"

Following the white cat's gaze, Li Zheng discovered that what it was looking at was the shattered humanoid robot lying on the ground.

Suddenly, he understood.

"I don't know how long these cats have lived here. I guess the intelligent humanoid robot is responsible for feeding these cats in addition to cleaning."

Li Zheng felt a bit of a headache.

Now all the intelligent humanoids have been dismantled by him, none of them survived. Obviously, no one will feed these cats in the future. They will likely starve and kill each other after he leaves.

"Sigh... Fine, I'm such a kind person."

Helpless, Li Zheng had no choice but to release the capsule residence on the street, and soon he came out with a boy dressed in ordinary casual clothes.

"Number One, from now on you'll be responsible for cleaning here and feeding the cats, until the energy runs out, understand?"

Li Zheng gave orders to the first intelligent humanoid that had just been created, and at the same time, he wanted to see how well this intelligent humanoid, which was only at the Black Iron level, could respond to commands.

"Clean, tidy up".

Perhaps because it's a household appliance model, even though No. 1 was created by Li Zheng, it can only shout these meaningless 5S slogans.

"Organize and reorganize."

Number One picked and chose on the street, found the cleaning tools that could still be used, piled them up on the side of the road, and then began to start cleaning.

While chanting slogans, it picked up the fragments left behind by its predecessors and walked towards the end of the street.

Before long, they returned empty-handed and went back to their work.

Li Zheng watched the whole thing from the sidelines. The messy metal parts on the street were slowly cleaned up by Number One. After that, it went into the cat cafe, inspected the area, and found that the cats did not need to be fed for the time being, so it stood in the corner of the cafe.

Intelligent Humanoid (Number One)
Status: Standby.

Due to its unique manufacturing structure, it can slowly recover energy when in standby mode.

"Although it's only of the Black Iron grade and the materials used are very simple, the result is surprisingly reliable."

Li Zheng raised an eyebrow, relieved. He left the cat café and entered the children's clothing store.

"There's no rush for silver-grade biological materials. After announcing the news about the gene serum last night, at least five hundred workers are currently working hard to help me... cough cough, I mean, they are preparing materials for their gene serum."

Li Zheng swiped his card on the card reader behind the children's clothing mannequin, and a light screen suddenly unfolded until it became the normal size.

"Once the other players have all leveled up, there will be more silver-grade materials than you can use, so..."

Lift your foot and step into the light curtain.

"Things that are supposed to interest me are more appealing..."

……

As the light curtain gradually dissipated and his vision returned, Li Zheng found himself in a place that resembled an office.

The space here is small, with only a large desk piled with some documents.

Behind the desk, there is a high-backed sofa chair with its back to the desk.

"Huh? Why isn't there a metal door in this room?"

Li Zheng turned his head and looked around. When he looked back, he found that the light barrier he had come from was collapsing, turning into specks of light, and disappearing from the spot.

"This……"

This unprecedented scene left him somewhat bewildered, and he couldn't react for a moment.

"Lulu, Saipan."

A strange voice sounded from behind, and Li Zheng was startled, instantly turning around and raising his gun.

"Applies Fire Element!"

"boom!"

Without hesitation, he attached himself to the weapon and fired. The lava bullet pierced through the high-backed sofa chair, and then there was no further movement.

"Kudali, Saipan".

The high-backed sofa chair slowly rotated with the sound, revealing the figure sitting behind it.

It was a giant golden octopus, holding the lava bullet in the tip of one of its tentacles, its expression relaxed.

"So strong!"

Li Zheng's expression darkened slightly; this was the first time he had encountered a monster that could emerge unscathed from a Platinum-level genetic ability. "Dulu, Saipan?"

The golden octopus revealed a half-smile on its round, bald face, then opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, threw the lava bullet into its mouth, and chewed it gently.

With a few snapping sounds, the lava bullet was chewed up and swallowed.

"Hiccup~"

The golden octopus opened its mouth and let out a smoky burp, its eyes filled with disdain as it said, "Baka, Saipan!"

"???"

Li Zheng couldn't understand what the other person was saying at all, and he was even certain that the language the other person was speaking did not belong to any country on Earth.

"Crack".

The golden octopus looked displeased, and pointed one of its tentacles at Li Zheng, causing ripples to spread through the air.

As the fluctuations reached him, Li Zheng felt as if the other party had taken something from his mind.

Witnessing such bizarre methods, he became even more cautious, even though he knew that his strongest attack was no match for his opponent.

But he still stubbornly pointed his gun at the other side.

To put it in his current thoughts...

"At least this way you can die with some dignity."

"Cough cough!"

The ripples disappeared, the golden octopus coughed twice, and spoke again: "Relax, guest."

"You...you can speak Chinese!? No! You should say you've taken language from me?"

Li Zheng instantly realized what the other party had taken from him.

"No no no no!"

The golden octopus waved its hands repeatedly, denying it, saying, "It's just a copy. The two are completely different in nature. As a businessman, I would never do such a thing as plundering by trickery."

"merchant?"

Li Zheng noticed this term and was even more surprised.

Could this monster in front of us be an NPC from the Matrix survival game?

No wonder it's so strong, it must have some kind of invincible feature provided by the system, right?

"Yes, a businessman."

The golden octopus repeated itself, emphasizing its words, and then said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is... well, in your language, my name should be Roemon. I am a black market merchant."

Each person has three trading opportunities each time they come here.

You can trade anything with me!
I have everything that can be found in a matrix!
Of course, in return, you need to pay something of equal value.

Furthermore, we have an unwritten rule that we must inform you in advance: before you inquire about any item, please prove that you have the ability to pay for an item of equal value.

otherwise……"

Luo Aimang paused, then pulled a toothpick from somewhere and began shaving its sharp teeth: "I believe your bones aren't as hard as that bullet from before."

"Oh, right."

"As compensation for your unwarranted attack on me, let's consider this act of copying your language as a deal."

"So……"

"Now, cherish your remaining two trading opportunities."

"consider properly."

"Ten million."

"Don't mention anything you can't afford to trade."

This chapter underwent numerous revisions and was rewritten three times before being finalized.

Two thousand words in one chapter, and it took me five hours to finish... I'm quite impressed with myself...

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