Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 62 A High-Stakes Gamble!
"You're really all talk and no action!"

Li Zheng complained about a certain detection expert, ignored the last strange question, and tried to press the button raised above the radar.

"Guji."

Strange sound effects, strange feel, the radar map screen lights up, the main color is blue, and a 5x5x5 square is outlined with white lines on it. In the very center square is a stick figure, representing Li Zheng's current location.

"Guji."

Li Zheng pressed the button again, and the blueprint was enlarged. By dragging the screen, Li Zheng saw that each grid was marked with a graphic.

"Judging from the direction, the previous room was marked with a monster image. Now that the monster has been killed, there is no refresh information, which means that this map is not real-time."

"In the next room, there are two icons. One is... is that a Transformer? It should represent an intelligent humanoid. The other is a money bag, which means there's a shop here?"

"So Roemang's black shop is actually inside a room, but it's also separate from that room, so entering or leaving each room consumes an exploration opportunity?"

"Ok?"

Looking at the map, Li Zheng suddenly had an idea and quickly opened the private chat page to find Feng Shan: "Are you still in the room you were in before?"

Feng Shan quickly replied: "Waiting for the genetic force to recover, I haven't left yet, what's wrong?"

"It's good that you didn't leave."

Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, told him the location of Roemeng's shop and the trading conditions there, and then said, "Although it will waste three of your exploration opportunities, if we do it well, we can definitely exchange for a lot of rare materials from Roemeng, such as Valok Eyes, and we might even make a fortune!"

Whether it's profitable or not is relative.

By exchanging items with excess value for certain specific items, Roemão would definitely be able to profit from the price difference.

But for players like Li Zheng, there are too many uncertainties in their daily explorations. They may not be able to find the materials they want and exchange them with Roemang for what they urgently need, which is still considered a profit.

It can be said that it's a win-win situation.

Feng Shan sat in his capsule residence, somewhat troubled: "But the only material I can offer right now is a silver-grade giant wolf that I just dissected. How can I trade it?"

"It's ok!"

Li Zheng sent him a message: "I'll send you a list of some black iron-grade materials and a list of bronze-grade materials in a bit. Please help me exchange some of the items on the list."

"I'll figure out the rest."

"OK!"

Fengshan replied briefly, then was stunned by a series of designated trading notifications from the trading hall.

That's way too much!

Regardless of what Fengshan thought, Li Zheng quickly listed all the materials, then found Zhan Zhouzhou's avatar and sent a message: "Are you there? How about we make a deal? [Ion Lightsaber]"

The other party must have been busy, as Li Zheng waited quite a while before receiving a reply.

Very briefly, "Speak."

"I need a batch of materials at least bronze grade..."

Li Zheng briefly explained the details of the deal with Luo Aimang, and concluded by saying, "I know this request is rather excessive, so this silver-grade lightsaber will be given to you as part of this transaction, and some additional rewards will be provided later."

Li Zheng obtained photos of the "malicious detection pocket watch" from Fengshan and sent them over.

After considering it for a moment, Zhan Zhouzhou finally replied, "Okay."

Next, Li Zheng also received several messages specifying the transaction.

The items were varied, mostly basic bronze-level materials, some were bone, flesh, and shell materials decomposed from living beings, and a small number were silver-level materials and items.

In return for his promise, Li Zheng immediately put the still-warm lightsaber up for sale. "Not enough!"

After reselling everything he received to Fengshan, Li Zheng gritted his teeth and opened the regional channel, "[Malicious detection pocket watch attribute photo] Heaven-defying item crafting reservation right, in exchange for a large number of bronze starting materials, first come first served, those with large quantities will be given priority! As a deposit, all players who participate in the transaction will receive at least ten [Snake Grass Needles]."

The value of maliciously probing the pocket watch is self-evident; any player with a sound mind can see it.

The response to Li Zheng's message was far more enthusiastic than any major transaction.

The entire 0000879 channel was buzzing with excitement. The number of people signing up was almost all over the channel. Even those who were exploring and didn't have time to look at the area chat were tagged by their friends.

With the reputations of top players like Li Zheng and Feng Shan in the channel as guarantees, the others were not worried about being scammed at all, and they all brought out their best items to trade with Li Zheng.

Li Zheng then made a record of the total value of the props the other party brought out, and issued varying numbers of snake grass needles.

After all the transactions were completed, the number of snake needles in Li Zheng's possession shrank by more than half, leaving him with just over nine thousand.

By pooling the resources of all surviving players in the channel, the amount of resources that can be gathered is undoubtedly terrifying.

Fengshan's capsule accommodations were completely full, with no room for even a single item. The trading hall was also filled with nearly a hundred pages of transaction orders, all from various players within the channel.

After several days of exploration, each of the surviving players has some savings.

Especially after the beginner period ends, some of the players who relied on capsule accommodations to survive are filtered out, and the remaining players are undoubtedly skilled.

They might not have many individual materials available, such as blood-based materials and power cores, which they are definitely holding onto for future transactions with Li Zheng for gene-based drugs.

However, decomposing organisms involves more than just blood; it also involves flesh, bones, shells, stingers, horns, and other miscellaneous materials.

The sheer quantity of these materials combined is absolutely staggering.

Moreover, there are even larger quantities of basic materials, such as B25 grade manganese steel.

Fengshan stood outside his capsule apartment, unable to return home, and fell into a state of existential doubt.

Are these players... all crazy?
Aren't you afraid that you and Li Zheng will end up ruining them all?

To be honest, not only Feng Shan was surprised, but even Li Zheng, who orchestrated the transaction, did not anticipate that the players involved would include almost the entire channel.

What is the one person in the Matrix most lacking?
arms?

resource?

Rare props?
neither!
It's about a sense of security!

The biggest threat is the unknown in the next room to explore!
The purpose of maliciously exploring the pocket watch is to provide players with a sense of security!

To gain this sense of "security," players are willing to pay far more than this.

Fengshan put away the capsule residence and, without waiting for the recovery of his genetic force, set off for Luo Aimang's black shop as instructed by Li Zheng.

On the other side, Li Zheng was also sweating bullets.

"Little Fengfeng, don't let me down!"

Li Zheng's willingness to entrust such an important task to someone he had only met once was undoubtedly a gamble.

Once he lost the bet, Fengshan absconded with the money after making the deal with Luo Aimang.

As a result, Li Zheng's reputation plummeted across the entire channel, and even within the Matrix Survival game, turning him into a pariah.

However, if he wins the bet, Li Zheng's reputation in this channel will reach its peak.
Moreover, with everyone possessing a malicious detection channel 0000879, it will surely become an invincible channel in time!

The number of favorites increased so slowly today, I'll post it early, otherwise it'll be gone by tonight.

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