Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 78 Game Update: Power Ranking Now Available

You have two chances to win a prize. Would you like to draw one now?

A large lottery wheel, the kind commonly seen on the streets, appeared in front of Li Zheng. It was divided into sections, with an arrow pointing downwards.

Each area is labeled with the types of items that may be drawn, and then color-coded to distinguish their quality.

Examples include: materials, blueprints, genetic ability development tools, finished weapons, finished armor, etc.

The quality ranges from lowest to highest, from black iron to platinum.

The lower the quality, the wider the area; the higher the quality, the narrower the area.

The Platinum quality option, in particular, is so detailed it's almost as fine as a strand of hair.

"There must have been people from NetEase involved in the development of this lucky draw wheel!"

Li Zheng silently complained and confirmed that the first lottery draw would begin.

"smoke!"

With a thought, the lottery wheel started spinning rapidly. When it reached its maximum speed, and all that could be seen was a blur, a "Stop" option appeared on the wheel.

"Is he just afraid someone will stop the game immediately and snag something good?"

Li Zheng pursed his lips, not choosing to stop immediately, but letting the turntable spin endlessly.

After scrolling until his eyes were blurry and his head was spinning, Li Zhengcai suddenly selected the "Stop" option.

The next moment, the turntable slowly slowed down and came to a complete stop after thirty seconds. The option under the pointer was cyan-green: [Materials].

"Damn! I only got a bronze-level material after a sneak attack?"

Li Zheng completely lost interest and accepted the prize.

[This lottery draw yielded a bronze-level basic material: [1000g of B25 grade manganese steel]]

"Yo."

Upon seeing the names and quantities of the materials, Li Zheng raised an eyebrow in surprise.

I actually got some materials that can be used to repair my capsule dwelling, and the quantity is quite considerable.

"Not bad, it seems that teaming up with Fengshan has brought me good luck too."

Li Zheng happily accepted the gifts and started his second spin on the prize wheel.

This time he didn't wait long; the moment the "Stop" option appeared, he selected it.

Thirty seconds later, the wheel stopped and pointed to the silver-gray [finished weapon].

"A silver-level weapon?"

Li Zheng nodded. Although he didn't get a platinum-level item, or even a gold-level one, he was still quite satisfied.

While the Desert Eagle is useful, when combined with the special ammunition Snake Needle, all non-mechanical creatures below the Bronze level are as fragile as paper in its presence.

However, as Li Zheng challenged higher and higher-level creatures, the Desert Eagle gradually fell behind.

Even when facing a gold-level creature, if it doesn't have genetic abilities attached, bullets can be easily shattered.

"It would be best to get a melee weapon. Although the ion lightsaber is also silver-grade and has good power, it requires a power core as an energy source, and the consumption rate is quite high. My resources can't withstand such a waste."

Li Zheng was calculating that after this exploration of the ancient ruins, the ion lightsaber only had a little over half of its energy left. He would find an excuse to either sell it or give it to Zhan Zhouzhou as a favor.

"Well, at worst, we can just consider it compensation for concealing the dismantling of the Mechanical Giant..."

The parts disassembled from the mechanical giant were perfect for upgrading the Eye of Preys, and Li Zheng was indeed reluctant to share them with others.

However, offering something else as compensation would be acceptable.

"Anyway, I don't need those blueprints. I'll distribute them to Fengshan and the others later."

Once he made up his mind, Li Zheng felt much more at ease. He still felt guilty for having gone against his conscience and embezzled the spoils from the mechanical giant.

Now that there are means of compensation, at least I've overcome this mental hurdle.

If they find out later and investigate, I'll at least have an explanation, right?
If they're still not satisfied, we can at most offer them some discounts on future orders for gene-based drugs.

In short, try to mortgage your future and focus on the present first.

"As for ranged weapons, once we forge the Flywheel Hand Cannon, a gold-grade ranged weapon will be better than anything else, won't it?"

extract.

The next moment, with another system notification, Li Zheng's vision blurred, the turntable disappeared, and he returned to the metal door he had entered the ancient ruins from.

The dark light screen continued to swirl, and as Li Zheng saw it clearly, the metal door slowly closed, and then the indicator light on the card reader next to the door went out.

[This lottery draw has resulted in the acquisition of the Silver-tier finished weapon [Icarus's Ham]]

"..."

Li Zheng looked at the prompt, not even caring why the metal door had suddenly closed, and directly took out a greasy, huge stick from the capsule residence.

Feeling the smooth yet hard texture in his hand, with a subtle softness within the hardness, Li Zheng was utterly speechless.

"This really is a ham!"

Crazy?

Which game would classify ham as a melee weapon instead of food?!
At this moment, countless grass mud horses, each bearing a smiling emoji of Yao Ming, galloped across Li Zheng's mind.

Huh? Is it finally over?
That's great, Old Putin was about to burst with pent-up frustration.

Huh?
Icarus's Ham, Silver Rank, Weapon
Description: This is a ham, and it is also a weapon.

The following information was kindly provided by reviewer Lao Pu:
Icarus was once a notorious assassin whose signature weapon was a seemingly ordinary ham.

It's no exaggeration to say that this seemingly unreliable thing in your hand is actually a "legend".

Friendly reminder +1: If you ever run out of food, try this taste test.

In ancient times, street performers swallowed swords; now, gamers eat ham raw.
Doesn't that sound pretty exciting?

"..."

Li Zheng slammed the ham on the ground with a bang and roared, "Screw you!"

"duang~~"

The ham bounced a few times on the ground.

"Yingying?"

Sakura flew down curiously, sniffed the ham with her little nose, and her eyes lit up. It smelled pretty good.

"Aww!"

The little guy took a bite of the ham, and the next second his eyes filled with tears, as if he was about to cry.

Sakura opened her mouth and released the ham, flying back to Li Zheng's shoulder, rubbing her cheeks and wiping away tears.

[Hehehe... The little guy's in for a beating. This ham is made using a special process. It looks like some kind of animal leg on the surface, but its toughness is comparable to super-density rubber.]

"This thing..."

Li Zheng silently went over and picked up the ham. There wasn't even a trace of the bite Xiaoying had taken.

You should know that with Sakura's teeth, all kinds of hard core-type items are like candy in her mouth.

With such a strong bite and the sharpness of its tiny teeth, it didn't even leave a single mark?
"It looks pretty useful, doesn't it?"

Try swinging it a couple of times; it feels heavy, weighing at least 60 pounds.

If Li Zheng didn't have the physical abilities of a Bronze++ level, he wouldn't be able to swing so easily.

"Keep it, it's a weapon after all... If all else fails, just put it up for sale in the trading hall."

The ham disappeared into the capsule dwelling, leaving a layer of oil stains on Li Zheng's palm.

I brought it to my nose and smelled it; a rich, oily aroma mixed with the scent of herbs and trees wafted up.

It's a bit greasy, but also has a strangely alluring fragrance.

"Gulu."

Li Zheng swallowed hard, suppressing his sudden appetite.

But the urge to eat something just wouldn't go away.

In the end, they had no choice but to release the capsule accommodations and start dinner time early.

"Boom."

With the capsule dwelling unfolded, Li Zheng finally had the opportunity to carefully examine the damage to the capsule dwelling.

The side that had withstood the mechanical giant's attack was now like half-melted ice cream, a small portion of which had softened and collapsed. Entering through the door, the interior space also deformed due to the softening and collapse of the capsule dwelling.

"repair."

Li Zheng contacted the matrix system and issued instructions.

[Repairing the capsule's habitat; this repair consumed 2200g of B25 grade manganese steel.]

Li Zheng didn't have much manganese steel to begin with, and even with the rewards from exploring the ruins, he wouldn't have been able to gather that much material if he hadn't won 1000g in the lottery.

"My luck... seems to be getting better?"

Li Zheng muttered something to himself, and only after the capsule dwelling was fully repaired did he take Xiaoying inside to retrieve the food and have dinner.

Sakura finally finished eating the spider glands, and then...

Well, there's a fifty percent chance I didn't acquire the abilities of the Silkworm Spider...

"Getting luckier, that's just an illusion!"

Li Zheng didn't care and rummaged through the pile of props to find the heart of the three-headed demon lion. "Sakura, this is what you'll eat for every meal from now on."

[Ghost Lion Heart, Gold Grade, Material]
Description: Materials obtained by dismantling the Three-Headed Demon Lion can be used to make dishes or some special items.

Feeding your pet has a chance to raise its rank. (Limited to pets below Gold rank)

"Yingying?"

Looking at the heart, which was half again as large as the spider's glands, Sakura looked utterly dejected.

These things are fine to eat once, but if you eat them every meal, you'll easily get tired of them.

“Unless you grow to a size where you can finish this thing in one meal,” Li Zheng said, freezing the heart and throwing it back, “you’ll just have to eat the same thing every meal.”

Hmm... how about we get the stove out and try cooking something?

Remembering that he still had a blueprint for an advanced stove and that he seemed to have enough materials to make it, Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, but ultimately gave up.

"Forget it, let's prioritize making equipment that's useful for exploration with the materials. We can postpone making equipment that improves our quality of life."

Taking advantage of the free time, Li Zheng casually handed over several blueprints that were not needed for the time being to his teammates.

The plasma cannon blueprint is platinum grade, and one blueprint is given to Yan Guang and one to Xiao Siyuan.

The laser gun blueprint was of gold grade, the same laser weapon that the mechanical giant used to attack Zhan Zhouzhou at the end. Li Zheng packaged it together with the ion lightsaber and sent it to Zhan Zhouzhou.

"Over here in Fengshan..."

Li Zheng took out the Lion King's Ambition blueprint, along with the required Ghost Lion materials, and sent them to Fengshan.

The others were puzzled when they suddenly received the message from him and sent him private messages to inquire about the situation.

After considering it for a moment, Li Zheng decided to tell them that the mechanical giant could be disassembled, but he didn't let them know the specific benefits of disassembling it, only saying that it was compensation for them.

Fengshan and the others weren't ignorant either; they weren't present when Li Zheng disassembled the mechanical giant.

Even if Li Zheng secretly pocketed everything, they wouldn't say anything.

Now that they're willing to offer some compensation, we didn't make a fuss. We chatted briefly and then went about our own business.

"Ah, I feel so refreshed."

After doing all this, the slight sense of guilt in Li Zheng's heart completely disappeared.

After putting away the capsule dwelling, Li Zheng quickly connected the two bronze-level creature rooms, testing Icarus's ham along the way and finding it surprisingly handy.

One swing of the stick and an ordinary bronze-level creature would be completely stunned; a second swing and its brain would turn to mush.

In short, it can be summed up in one word: incredibly brutal!
After using up all his exploration opportunities, Li Zheng released a capsule dwelling in a small grove of trees and went inside to begin accepting subsequent drug commissions registered under his name.

I was so busy that it was almost 8 p.m.

Several announcements from the matrix system interrupted his work.

[An insufficient number of players has been detected in certain frequency divisions; the game will soon undergo its first division merging.]

This merge will randomly split some regional channels and distribute players to other channels until all channels are full.

[Please prepare yourselves, this operation will take place in 30 seconds.]

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[29S]

[28S]

……

[Server merge complete.]

Starting today, the Matrix Survival game will launch a regional power ranking feature. All players will be forced to display their rankings, which will be updated daily at 8:00 AM.

This update is now complete. Players are encouraged to explore freely; much more content awaits in the Matrix world.

……

"Game updated?"

Li Zheng left the production table, sat on the fiber, and turned on the world channel.

As usual, the world channel was flooded with messages again.

[Zhang Wei, World Channel 0000655: Holy crap? Why were they suddenly split up? I finally got to know the people over there, and now you're telling me the channel is being split up?]

[World Channel 0000654 Huang Ke: Hey, Wei Ge, we're neighbors now!]

[World Channel 0945631 Carlos: You guys can shut up already! I was just getting intimate with my girlfriend, and before we were even finished, she tore me apart, and I didn't even pull my pants up.]

[World Channel 0945631 Michelle: Honey, we're on the same channel now.]

[World Channel 0000879 Lin Fengjiao: Is Xiao Xuan there?]

……

"Ok?"

Li Zheng frowned: "How did such a strange thing get in?"

Stopping his attention from the world channel, Li Zheng turned on the new feature: [Regional Combat Power Ranking].

After opening it, I saw my name prominently listed in fifth place.

The player ranked first was named "Lin Feng," whom Li Zheng had never seen before. He guessed that Lin Feng was a newcomer who had been split up this time.

The second through fourth place winners were all "acquaintances" of Li Zheng.

Chu Xiao, Ye Kai, and Ye Yuan had spoken on the world channel before because of Lin Fan's matter, and Li Zheng had a good impression of these three players who hated evil.

The sixth place is Zhan Zhouzhou.

The seventh place is a name that is both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar: Liu Jiale.

"This Liu Jiale... I feel like I've seen him somewhere before?"

Li Zheng couldn't remember for a moment.

Scrolling down the rankings, in the fifties, Li Zheng found a name that was all too familiar.

58th: William Houston!
Upon seeing the name, Li Zheng clicked on the profile picture to confirm that it was the Mickey Mouse guy who would occasionally pop up and annoy him.

He immediately burst into laughter.

"Weren't you criticizing our country on the world channel? Well, now you're surrounded by enemies!"

A wicked smile gradually spread across his face, eventually turning cold.

Stepping out of his residence and putting away the capsule, Li Zheng produced a lantern that emitted a blood-red light.

"It is fate, so I cannot be blamed."

Li Zheng, with a cold face and Xiao Ying perched on his shoulder, randomly selected a metal door and swiped his card.

"That's strange, you Mickey Mouse guy, how dare you insult my country!"

Lift your foot.

Li Zheng stepped into the light screen.

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P.S. If you've read this far, I urge you to think twice, because the next chapter is about to be released. Having overcome numerous obstacles (referring to the problematic parts) to get here, I imagine your patience has been worn down quite a bit, right?
P.S. 1. There are two versions of the first chapter: one before revision and one after revision. The revisions were made on the first day of release, so you are looking at the revised version now.

Friendly reminder: Some pirate websites haven't updated the modified chapters, so if you go to watch the pirated version later, don't come back and yell at me. I'm sensitive and won't accept that! (There's a precedent; it happened in June, and it really made me laugh in anger.)
I received a notification today that the product will be available tomorrow, Friday... but I haven't received a text message from the backend yet, so I'm letting you know first.

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