Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 1134 - 834: District 4’s Rapid Development

"That’s not entirely true."

The Terminal pondered for a moment and said, "Because the items from the Treasure Chest aren’t immediately useful; it’s just that... those things have value, but the value might be revealed at some future date. That’s why when I got the blueprint, I couldn’t wait to create it..."

Because of the first exploration and operational errors, it led to everything that happened afterward.

Li Zheng thought about it. The Terminal indeed had some valid points.

After all, many things he obtained from the Treasure Chest only found their use almost a month later, so perhaps his deduction just now was overthinking.

Perhaps Prelis’ Eye is something the system fears will cause a similar tragedy again, which is why it gave me...

Thinking this, Li Zheng suddenly paused.

The Terminal opened technological products from the Treasure Chest, while his own was a mix of various items.

But initially in the Matrix, the items from the Treasure Chest were all ready-made from the Outer City.

Then...

What indeed is Prelis’ Eye?

Although it evolved from a Detector upgrade, Li Zheng was one hundred percent certain that Prelis’ Eye did not belong to any Technology Side tool!

Not even Immortal Cultivation Side!

[If I had to categorize it strictly, I’d belong to the Strange Side.]

Seemingly noticing that Li Zheng had already focused on itself, Prelis’ Eye proactively displayed text in front of him.

[I can’t divulge much, but I can guarantee this: the system and I absolutely bear no malice but are genuinely helping you.]

Li Zheng frowned as he read the text, especially the part stating "the system and I absolutely bear no malice," because generally speaking, those who claim such things do actions that are hard for others to accept.

It’s like some parents’ cliché: "We’re doing this for your own good."

Yet, solely because of this sentence, the number of children who commit suicide is terrifyingly large.

Previously, aside from spending the night with Mirel, Li Zheng had never guarded against Prelis’ Eye; he even proactively called it when facing difficult targets...

But wait...

If Prelis’ Eye and the system indeed harbored malice, why would they still assist me?

Li Zheng couldn’t quite figure it out; could the system be raising its own pig through Prelis’ Eye?

This world is too dangerous; all the targets he thought trustworthy actually have their own agendas.

Xu is like this, Prelis’ Eye is like this, and so is the system.

Perhaps even the Terminal harbors secrets yet unrevealed to him?

Like when Spring Rain enslaves the Outer City residents, would a purely benevolent entity like the Terminal allow it?

Though the Terminal later added that it dispatched a clone to supervise, its credibility was insufficient.

If it were a purely benevolent personality, how could it tolerate even a bit of wrongdoing?

And the same goes for certain settings in the Outer City.

Public office corruption, assassination, plunder, gambling, brothels, smoking pipes—how could these exist under the gaze of a purely benevolent personality?

Li Zheng had long pondered these issues; the reason he hadn’t questioned the Terminal was to see what exactly the Terminal intended to do and to utilize its scientific methodologies for his purposes.

Li Zheng felt his mind was spinning faster than ever, with countless thoughts flashing through it at rapid speed.

Until he considered two possibilities that could explain the Terminal’s abnormality.

First, the Terminal is actually the negative personality, with Xu representing the positive.

Second, the Terminal is a positive personality but has been corrupted over time, now being not so pure.

No matter which possibility, Li Zheng reckoned he’d have to be more reserved toward the Terminal in the future, not telling it everything while using it.

"This matter won’t be resolved in a short period." Li Zheng steadied his mind and said, "We’ll know the system’s true nature when the Treasure Chest delivers next. Meanwhile, let’s focus on perfecting the Genetic Chain ability, which I feel has much more to explore."

"If we can develop more, it could very well become one of our aces in the future."

"You’re right." The Terminal agreed, "So next time the system delivers goods, contact me immediately; as long as I have enough information, I could use a supercomputer to calculate a plausible outcome."

"Hmm." Li Zheng responded noncommittally, "Send me back then; both of us have plenty to do, I won’t linger here."

The Terminal remained silent, directly transporting Li Zheng from the Central Hub.

Returning to the Fourth District, Li Zheng calculated, "I should avoid going anywhere soon, wait until the used Twisted Magic Crystal is returned, and then proceed to the Heavy Research Institute to finalize the branch setup. Then I can train to enhance my prowess while awaiting the system’s outcome."

After setting his mind, he wandered around the Fourth District.

He once again familiarized himself with the distribution of the three races within the Fourth District and pinpointed the locations of the Heavy Research Institute and Basic Research Institute branches, just waiting for the Empty Magic Crystal to be converted into Crystal Coins for immediate use.

"Also, it’s time to notify the Blacksmith Shop and that Plantation to officially move in."

Passing by the blacksmith shop that had long been built but not yet opened, Li Zheng turned to the seventh district and informed Zi Yuan of the news.

Zi Yuan nodded and said, "That branch shop should have opened long ago. It’s just that recently my teacher, my younger sister, and several senior brothers haven’t returned, so we can’t spare the manpower. When they return, that branch shop will immediately start operating, no need to worry."

"Alright then." Li Zheng shrugged his shoulders; since Zi Yuan said so, what more could he do?

Notifying the blacksmith shop was done, and then a trip to Menghua Pavilion to let the owner handle the branch store matters.

This was something settled long ago, but Li Zheng had been busy recently, and the other party couldn’t reach him, which is why it dragged on until now. Otherwise, Menghua Pavilion’s fourth district branch would have opened long ago.

After that, Li Zheng returned to the fourth district and patiently waited.

Every day, a treasure chest continues to open, granting himself wish stone fragments.

Besides some simple cultivation, Li Zheng often wandered between his factory and several newly opened shops.

The one responsible for the blacksmith shop operation in the fourth district is Icarus, also the creator of the bizarre "ham" weapon Li Zheng previously obtained as a reward for clearing a dungeon.

This is an unreliable guy, with a jumpy personality, similar to the untreated mental illness of Lu Li.

If not for sensing a deep spiritual power fluctuation from the other party, Li Zheng almost thought Icarus was mentally ill too.

Some days passed, and both the heavy research institute and basic research institute branches were completed, with Li Zheng spending seventy percent of the twisted magic crystals he obtained last time.

The benefits were considerable.

It is said that these two branches are the largest among all the districts in the outer city. While the facilities are complete and advanced, their scale is slightly smaller than the main institute.

The new genetic ability system and spiritual node system have also started to become popular, carried out in the basic research institute. As long as one passes the assessment set by Yan Jinjin, they can obtain the cultivation methods for these two new ability systems.

After the establishment of the heavy research institute branch, Zhan Zhouzhou and the previously arrived Water Blue Star people followed Professor Rothschild here for training. Simultaneously, the heavy research institute opened up to the public, allowing more people who want to train to participate.

Consequently, apart from the two gravity rooms reserved long-term for Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou, others must make appointments and be scheduled to gain about two hours of training time; afterward, they need to rebook and line up.

Thanks to the establishment of these two branches, the average strength of the fourth district had explosively increased to a terrifying degree!

Nowadays, everyone encountered in the fourth district far surpasses the so-called "Super God" level, officially stepping into "Intermediate."

The classification method left behind by former outer city residents includes Basic Level (Black Iron~Super God), Intermediate, High Tier, Plane Level.

Li Zheng felt it was too monotonous, so he gathered everyone to re-plan using the twisted magic crystal’s colors for grading.

Which are white, red, purple.

White Level doesn’t need explanation. Advancing to the gathering area in Sin Domain, facing the weakest twisted creatures, barely escaping is considered White Level.

Red Level is much harsher; at least one must reach the Celestial Dragon Race’s Golden Light Zone and hold their ground against red-level twisted creatures to be considered.

Purple Level is crossing the Golden Light Zone, directly challenging the light purple-level twisted creatures behind, and successfully slaying them.

Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou have already exceeded purple-level, reaching deep purple levels.

The next level couldn’t be determined as they hadn’t encountered stronger twisted creatures yet.

Of course, this classification method is not rigorous, as numerous factors affect strength.

However, Zhan Zhouzhou expressed it doesn’t matter if the basic ability reached that level; their grading only considers combat power.

Even if an ordinary person is wearing purple-level battle armor wreaking havoc among purple-level twisted creatures, they acknowledge the other’s purple-level rating.

Therefore, this classification only spread in the fourth district; other district residents don’t recognize it.

Besides Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou at deep purple, Lu Li and others have gradually stepped into the light purple level, barely able to pass through the Golden Light Zone.

Many teaming up can hunt light purple-level twisted creatures.

The majority of the Water Blue Star members are between red and light red.

In summary, under Li Zheng’s accumulation over several months, the overall strength of the Water Blue Star people is closing in on the Blood Patterned Black Dragon and other three races.

But Li Zheng is not satisfied with the status quo; he knows this level of power can’t even pierce Sin Domain, let alone confront the Emotion Storm Entity head-on.

Unfortunately, Yan Jinjin and the terminal also stated helplessness, as the research on new genetic abilities reached a bottleneck.

Yan Guang’s clone has successfully emerged from the warehouse and was sent to the reserved Phoenix Mountain residence by the terminal.

Sadly, as expected, Yan Guang’s clone did not inherit even a bit of its original memory; his behavior and consciousness are almost the same as an infant.

Now, Phoenix Mountain focuses on staying with Yan Guang every day, talking about the things between the two.

Perhaps the bond between Yan Guang and Phoenix Mountain is truly destined, as Yan Guang’s clone doesn’t resist him at all, is very dependent, and follows him everywhere despite lacking memory.

On the day Yan Guang returned, Li Zheng and others hurried to celebrate and hosted a welcome banquet five days later, attending were those closest to Yan Guang back when they were in Matrix, even Ye Kai and others managed to come upon receiving the news.

The happiest one at the banquet wasn’t Phoenix Mountain or Yan Guang but Li Zheng’s "good" daughter Xiao Ying, who thoroughly enjoyed eating delightfully at the event.

Days became quieter afterward.

Twenty-five days passed, and an unexpected person found Li Zheng in the fourth district, opening with a sentence:

"Li Zheng, hand over the Black Dragon Spear!"