Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 571 - 455: Ten Thousand a Day, but Not Completely Ten Thousand a Day... (5K)_3

Li Zheng checked the information on his side. He hadn’t paid attention to the prizes at all, and had subconsciously filtered out the chat information from the world channel.

Upon looking now, just as they defeated Yiqi, the terminal had announced the rankings for the challenge of this event on the world channel.

Unsurprisingly, Li Zheng’s team ranked first, with a single-digit lead over the second-place ’Ma Long’ team.

However, Kunlun’s side lucked out after the prize upgrade, receiving prizes equivalent to the previous final prize for second place, and their team also took the third place.

Essentially for this event, all prizes were dominated by the Starting Point and Kunlun legions, leaving nothing for others.

After the list was announced, Tang Qianzang, the external representative of Nine Heavens, sent a congratulatory message in public, congratulating Li Zheng on leading his team to victory.

Joanna and Rebecca also each sent a message on the world channel.

Following that was Liu Jiale and some other small legion leaders, unknown to Li Zheng but on good terms with several other deputy leaders, who also expressed their congratulations.

In contrast, Li Zheng’s team, aside from Phoenix Mountain and Yan Guang who replied, remained unanimously ’cold’ and silent.

Someone sarcastically remarked about this, saying Li Zheng and his team were aloof, not even acknowledging the legion leaders at the forefront of the rankings.

This small group was then bombarded by more people over loudspeaker, cursed thoroughly.

Some of these people were current Starting Point legion members, some were reserves (former Channel 879 players), and even more were players hoping to join Starting Point once the legion’s level increased.

Subsequently, someone dug up that the sarcastic players included some new ones, speculating they didn’t know what Li Zheng had done before and thought they could use this opportunity to gain some presence, only to fail spectacularly.

Others had names tagged with Mud Furnace and Stealing Country.

Combining the two gave it quite an intriguing meaning.

Li Zheng turned around and laughed with deep meaning: "Over the years, Mud Furnace and Stealing Country have exported anime and dramas, winning over a small group of Dragon Country’s new generation."

"I must say, these two countries’ cultural exports are indeed effective."

"Ahem!"

With these words, Xiao Siyuan standing beside felt awkward.

As a deep otaku with twelve paper figurine wives, Old Xiao felt offended.

"What are you nervous about?"

Li Zheng looked at Xiao Siyuan strangely: "Someday when we return, if we turn the surrounding areas into provinces of Dragon Country, they’ll become our own industries, so you’d be supporting local products in advance, wouldn’t you?"

"Ahem ahem..."

Xiao Siyuan coughed even more, hinting: "It’s something we can do, but it’s not something to say outright."

Indeed.

Li Zheng laughed, Dragon Country always avoids trouble, how could we say such provocative words that could stir international situations?

Some things should just be done quietly without the need to boast.

"There’s one more thing to tell you."

Xiao Siyuan, seeing that Li Zheng had no intention of collecting the prize, brought up another matter: "The chip you sent back, Ye Kai and I studied it together, and it has an extremely tight firewall constructed inside.

If we forcefully break through, it may cause damage to the chip and lead to some unpredictable consequences.

So that chip was taken by Ye Kai to Nine Heavens, where there are more capable individuals, including several famous hackers. I believe results will come soon."

Old Xiao was referring to the chip Li Zheng dug out from Jes, which he had handed over to Xiao Siyuan earlier to find someone to study and try to decrypt its usage.

"You make your own decision on this matter, you don’t need to specially inform me."

Li Zheng didn’t care much about the chip, he waved his hand and said: "After Nine Heavens finishes their research, I might have already gone to Outer City. If they return it to you, use it if you can, maybe you’ll gain a large cannon fodder legion."

From several encounters, Li Zheng already noticed that the chip Jes controlled wasn’t that advanced. The terminal probably found the chip interesting and gave it a backdoor allowing him to control the soldiers in the Matrix.

Even if it’s decrypted, the utility is not significant.

The soldiers controlled are very rigid in their actions, and their combat capabilities in the Matrix environment are destined to only develop towards conventional special forces.

Since abilities in the Matrix are diverse and unpredictable, if these soldiers use genetic ability development tools, they might break the chip’s control.

Jes recruited the "Superpower Team" instead of letting his soldiers develop abilities for this reason.

This already highlights its shortcomings without needing to reach the later stages.

Current surviving veteran players can easily single-handedly take on several White-headed Eagle soldiers equipped with tools of the same grade, even if they’re controlled, they can only be used as cannon fodder, without any real significance.

"Ye Kai and I have discussed it, and we both believe it’d be better to set those controlled people free."

Xiao Siyuan thoughtfully shared his opinion.

"Controlling others with a chip is inhumane, no matter how you look at it, and if we did the same upon obtaining the chip, it’d make us no different from White-headed Eagle or Jes."

"Then, what right would we have to criticize others?"

"We, Dragon Country people, should be bright and upright in everything we do!"

"Even if White-headed Eagle remains a threat to Dragon Country, we must defeat them head-on, not using the pretext of ’author’s own way’ to do the same filthy things!"

As Xiao Siyuan said this, his expression was solemn, very earnest.

It was clear that he genuinely thought this way.

Li Zheng didn’t care about the life and death of the White-headed Eagle soldiers, but since Xiao Siyuan had made his decision, he would respect it.

Cautiously thinking for a long while, Li Zheng silently nodded and repeated what he had just said.

"You make your own decision on this matter, you don’t need to specially inform me."

"But there is one thing you said quite correctly."

"We should be bright and upright in all things!"

Li Zheng stretched his body and said to Lin Fengjiao: "Notify everyone, we’re going to collect the victor’s rewards!"

"Okay."