Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 77 "The father, seeing that his son was not dead, withdrew..."

In the Matrix Survival game, players are generally much more physically capable than ordinary people due to various enhancements, and the surgical process is not as risky as it was on Earth.

Once the surgeon had fewer concerns, the operation progressed very quickly.

When Li Zheng brought Xiaoying to meet up with the others, Fengshan's leg surgery had already ended, and he was sitting on the ground wearing a bone-setting splint, undergoing his final rehabilitation treatment.

Yan Guang and the others were bored, so they sat down next to him and chatted idly.

"You should all have received the system notification, right?" Li Zheng raised his hand and released a pile of materials that he had just decomposed.

Fengshan's eyes were practically gleaming as he excitedly shouted, "Got it! Shouldn't we divide the spoils? Let's get started! I can't wait!"

"What does 'distributing the spoils' mean?" Xiao Siyuan corrected from the side: "Items obtained through illegal means are called stolen goods, and the process of distributing stolen goods is called 'distributing the spoils.' You need to understand this concept."

"Exactly!" Yan Guang chimed in, "These are clearly spoils of war! How can distributing spoils be called dividing the loot?"

"嘁~"

Feng Shan, swinging his now-recovered arm, patted Xiao Siyuan's shoulder heavily and said in a condescending tone, "Old Xiao, you're just too rigid and don't understand humor."

Men who lack a sense of humor are unlikely to find girlfriends.

"Can't find a girlfriend?" Xiao Siyuan nodded calmly: "You're right. It seems that it's because I have no sense of humor that I'm almost thirty and have only dated twelve people."

"..."

Feng Shan was stunned for a moment, then chuckled dryly, "See, what you said is quite humorous."

"Is it humorous?" Xiao Siyuan said seriously, "But what I said is all true."

Hear the words.

Feng Shan paused for a moment, then said, "The truth is... are you collecting stamps here? Twelve partners, are you trying to collect all twelve zodiac animals?"

"Stamp collecting?"

Xiao Siyuan recalled for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I haven't collected all twelve zodiac animals, but I have dated all twelve zodiac signs."

"..."

Hahahaha!

This time, Fengshan held it in for even longer, and his not-so-young face turned red at a visible speed, eventually turning purplish.

Seeing his embarrassed expression, Yan Guang almost laughed himself silly.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh! What are you laughing at!" Feng Shan retorted angrily to Yan Guang, then turned to Li Zheng and asked, "Brother, let's distribute the spoils first."

Yan Guang suddenly chimed in from the side, "What I'm laughing at is utter nonsense!"

"You surnamed Yan, don't think I won't hit you just because you're a woman!" Feng Shan was so angry that she clenched her fists and almost exploded and punched Yan Guang.

Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly spoke up: "If you hit her, wouldn't that be considered domestic violence?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Feng Shan yelled in a frenzy, "Who the hell is related to her?!"

"Goodness," Xiao Siyuan said casually, "You really know how to play games. You just made people laugh at you, and now you're getting them to let you go. You're so busy."

Fengshan roared, "Old Xiao, whose side are you on?!"

"Generally speaking, I prefer to stand on the side with more people, as that gives me a better chance of winning."

"..."

Li Zheng watched the group laugh and joke for a while before interrupting them: "Alright, if you want to chat, you can do it later on the regional channel. Let's get down to business first."

These guys, having confirmed that the ancient ruins had been fully explored and that there was no longer any mental interference, were completely unleashed.

If we let them keep making a scene, it will be getting dark soon.

We still have two more opportunities to explore today.

Seeing that everyone had stopped joking, Li Zhengcai continued, "Today is the first time we've gathered together to explore the 'dungeon,' so let's be clear about the rules for distributing the loot before we start. This will make it easier for us to continue cooperating in the future."

"First is this."

Li Zheng took the M4 from the capsule and returned it to Xiao Siyuan. "I saw you were in surgery earlier, so I didn't rush to return it because I was afraid of disturbing you. Now it's back to its rightful owner."

"Ah."

Xiao Siyuan nodded, took the M4, and said "thank you".

"Secondly, I'd like to share my thoughts on the distribution ratio." Li Zheng organized his thoughts and said, "First of all, in general, team exploration should be distributed according to contribution. Whoever contributes more will get more loot in the end. I believe everyone agrees on this, right?"

"No."

"It should."

"That's how it should be."

"Ah."

All four nodded in agreement.

Li Zheng continued, "However, I have another idea, I don't know if you agree with it."

"That means the person who initiates the invitation to discover the 'copy' will unconditionally receive an equal share of the rewards from the corresponding number of people. Then, based on that, they will receive additional contribution rewards."

"For example, if I initiated this 'dungeon' and formed a five-person team, then after the dungeon ends, I will unconditionally receive one-fifth of the final income."

"And I will also participate in the distribution of the remaining four-fifths of the profits, and I will receive the same amount as I was entitled to."

After speaking, Li Zheng stopped and waited for their reaction.

The group was clearly considering and weighing the pros and cons of Li Zheng's proposal.

After a short while, Zhan Zhouzhou spoke up: "I disagree with this statement. If we follow your logic, then if someone invites us to a dungeon and then just coasts through the whole thing, we'll have to give them a share unconditionally?"
"How could there be such a good thing?"

After she finished expressing her opinion, Yan Guang immediately raised his hand and said, "I think Zhouzhou is right. It would be unfair to the others if they were to receive one person's share unconditionally."

Xiao Siyuan also spoke up, "I second that. It is indeed unfair. After all, the person who initiated the invitation only gave up one more exploration opportunity compared to others. Compared to the benefits in the dungeon, the value of that one exploration opportunity is far less."

Fengshan opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then remained silent.

For ordinary players without a detector, the value of an exploration opportunity is actually very low.

Because in addition to rooms containing supplies and biological rooms, the matrix also contains a large number of extreme environment rooms, and even empty rooms.

Without detectors, on average, one or two rooms will be entered each day that have no value, which will reduce the average revenue of each room.

Especially now, most of the items or materials that players get from their explorations are still at the silver level or below.

Gold grade is extremely rare.

Not to mention Platinum level.

Otherwise, why would William dare to ask for two gold-level tools for developing gene abilities in exchange for renting out a set of platinum-level nanobots?
The main reason is that platinum-level items are extremely rare at this stage.

Everyone knows that the loot from ancient ruins consists of at least half of gold-grade materials.

Even if divided among five people, its value far surpasses that of a single exploration opportunity.
Take Li Zheng for example, although he has several gold-level blueprints waiting to be produced.

However, the corresponding materials are pitifully scarce.

Aside from the materials obtained from dismantling the Ghost Lion, the only other materials are those obtained from opening random treasure chests.

It's easy to imagine that gold-grade items are still extremely valuable.

Even among the few gold-level blueprints he possessed, several were obtained by Lin Fan through the special feature of Death Declaration.

Not to mention the difficulty for ordinary players to obtain gold-level items and blueprints.

However, Li Zheng had already anticipated that they would not agree, so he was not surprised.

Moreover, he had a final distribution plan that everyone could accept.

However, we can't reveal our hand at the beginning; we have to take it one step at a time and talk things out slowly.

"Hmm, what you said makes sense, but the person who initiates the invitation can't just give up an extra exploration opportunity compared to others and then receive no benefits in the end, can they?"

Upon hearing this, the three from Fengshan all turned to look at Zhan Zhouzhou.

On the regional channel, Zhan Zhouzhou had already demonstrated his talent for doing business.

First, they were particularly daring in asking for exorbitant prices. (Referring to the pricing of gene therapy drugs, Zhan Zhouzhou was the first to make an offer.)
Secondly, she was extremely shameless when making transactions. (Refer to what she did to Li Zheng after the Flame Flower triggered its side effects.)
Third, they can always negotiate the price down to the lowest level acceptable to either the seller or the buyer. (Refer to the price Zhan Zhouzhou set for the blueprints on the first day of the game.)
Therefore, everyone wanted Zhan Zhouzhou to come up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Zhan Zhouzhou clearly understood this as well, so after raising her objection, her brows furrowed, indicating she was already calculating the most reasonable solution. Li Zheng wasn't in a hurry; as long as they were willing to think, he would ultimately benefit.

What?
You're saying that if someone else discovers a dungeon later, Li Zheng will get less loot, right?

Ha ha,

Preys' Eye is saying, "Just because I'm not very useful in dungeons doesn't mean I can't find dungeons..."

Who will ever discover more copies than Li Zheng?

After careful calculation, Zhan Zhouzhou relaxed her brows and had already come up with a plan: "The initiator can freely choose any material or item from all the rewards, excluding blueprints and gene ability-related items, regardless of quality."

There is only one item, and you cannot choose the blueprint or the item that develops gene abilities.

These conditions squeeze the benefits that the inviter can obtain to the absolute limit.

But this was exactly what Li Zheng wanted.

drawing?

Li Zheng already has several gold-grade blueprints that he can't use to create finished products because he lacks the materials. If he takes another one, won't he just end up with more unused blueprints?
They don't care at all!
Items related to genetic abilities?
Let's wait until a platinum-level ice and fire dual-element item appears, otherwise it will have almost no effect on improving Li Zheng's gene ability level.

There's no way around it; the starting point was too high, and the difficulty of upgrading was correspondingly increased as well.

Li Zheng tried to negotiate, but ultimately failed to increase the quantity.

Reluctantly, he chose a gold-grade power core.

Next, the five of them discussed their respective contributions to the exploration of the ruins.

After much back and forth, they finally decided to split it equally.

Then Li Zheng generously stated that he didn't want the blueprints for the mind interference device, and since he had already taken one of the power cores, he would generously leave two for them to share.

However, he wants an extra portion of the high-end components.

After comparing the values, everyone agreed.

After everything was distributed, Li Zheng's earnings from this ancient ruins expedition were as follows:

动力核心Ⅳ型+1 、奥利哈刚+726g、中级模块+23、铁锭+44、铜锭+30、高级零部件+36、钛空合金+255g
……

"Alright, now that the spoils have been distributed, let's all start the lottery to go home."

As the one who initiated the invitation, Li Zheng naturally let everyone else go back first, while he stayed until the very end.

"Ah... I finally finished a dungeon, and when I get back I still have to make a pocket watch..." Fengshan suddenly remembered this and cried out in despair, then quickly started the lottery.

After staring blankly for a while, he disappeared from the spot.

Li Zheng glanced at the system interface, but it didn't show what Feng Shan had won in the two lottery draws.

"Yes, the items obtained from the lottery are definitely considered private income and will not be shown to others, like in the Fat Intestine River."

After Feng Shan left, Zhan Zhouzhou and the others also drew lots and left.

When it was Li Zheng's turn, he was just about to open the lottery page when he suddenly saw the mechanical giant still in a punching stance. He suddenly realized that he hadn't tried to disassemble this thing yet.

"Speaking of which, there are too many mechanical mantises, which limits their decomposition capabilities."

The mechanical giant is clearly a boss-level monster; maybe we can successfully dismantle it?

It's just a try, it won't waste much time.

Thinking this, Li Zheng walked up to the mechanical giant and placed his hand on it.

"break down!"

As the command was given, the mechanical giant was enveloped in a faint light and was instantly broken down into a large amount of materials, which entered Li Zheng's capsule residence.

Li Zheng was taken aback. He hadn't expected the mechanical giant to actually be disassembled, and for a moment he was still a bit stunned.

After he finished reading the materials he had obtained, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Holy crap!! This is huge!"
【分解机械（巨人），获得：电浆炮制作图+2、镭射枪制作图+1、破损的动力核心Ⅴ型+1、人格释放器+1、数据处理器+1、高级模块+100、B25级锰钢1500g、铁锭+180、铜锭+200、高级零部件+80、钛空合金1000g】

"Three weapon blueprints, two platinum and one gold!"

After a brief review, Li Zheng quickly came to a conclusion.

The biggest reward in this dungeon is actually this mechanical giant!

"That's right, that's right. The mechanical giant was taken down so easily because the five of us ganged up on it." Li Zheng thought for a moment and then realized, "In fact, the mechanical giant is far superior to an ordinary gold-level being."

"I was wondering why, with such a powerful boss, the final reward hadn't broken through to the Gold level yet. Turns out, the real highlight was here!"

After figuring out the reason, Li Zheng suddenly felt a bit of a headache.

"Should we share the materials we obtained from dismantling the Mechanical Titan with Fengshan and the others?"

Let's split it evenly...

Reluctant.

Let's not split it equally...

I felt guilty.

"This is difficult!"

Li Zheng scratched his head, conflicted.

"Ugh... Ugh! Waaah!"

Sakura landed on the ground in front of Lee, hummed twice, spat out two small things from her mouth, and looked up with a proud expression.

"this!"

Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat. He picked up the two props and found that they were two blueprints.

[Mechanical Race Research Core Manufacturing Diagram]

[Mechanical Mantis Assembly Center Construction Diagram]

"Two more gold-grade blueprints!"

Li Zheng looked at these two things and felt his liver tremble.

"When the hell will I ever be able to gather all the materials to craft it?!"

"Yingying?"

"Who does this child take after?!"

"Hey!"

"If you had brought those two things out sooner, I could have exchanged them for an extra gold-grade power core!"

"Hey?"

"Sakura, have you ever heard this saying?"

"嘤嘤嘤?"

"When the father saw that his son was still alive, he drew out seven wolves."

……

In the end, Li Zheng concealed the fact that the mechanical giant had been dismantled, opened the lottery page, and prepared to leave the ancient ruins.

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