Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 653 487: Originally planned to take a short nap, but ended up sleeping for 12 hours. _2

"Oh?"

Xiao Siyuan showed a look of surprise: "I didn't expect you to be quite rational. I thought with your money-grubbing personality, you'd instantly agree to my proposal."

Li Zheng's face darkened instantly: "So you were testing me?"

Do you really think so poorly of me?

Testing an old cadre's mindset with such a trivial thing?

Ha!

Naive!

Li Zheng secretly chuckled coldly; so far, no one had been able to see through his schemes. From the start, he didn't care about the profit from the tickets.

The thing he really had his eyes on was the Boss drops from each arena.

Even this sudden death was part of his plan.

If he could collect all six pseudo King-level items, it would undoubtedly be a huge help once he entered the Outer City.

"Let's just play around; after all, there's nothing to lose." Xiao Siyuan shrugged indifferently: "Are you sure you don't need my help here?"

"No need."

Li Zheng rephrased: "To be precise, there's not much you can help with. It's not like there's some injury on me that you can't heal."

"True enough."

Xiao Siyuan raised an eyebrow: "That mental illness your son has, I can't do much about it. I forgot I promised to connect him with some psychiatrists I knew. I'll have to look for them later, not sure if they're still around."

"My son? You mean Lu Li, right?" Li Zheng remarked with a dark face: "He's just rambling when he's having an episode. Don't bring it up all the time; it might cause problems."

When Lu Li isn't having an episode, he's a normal person, with no issues with his worldview.

Although people sometimes tease him about his behavior during episodes, he always pretends not to care. But Li Zheng can tell, Lu Li actually cares deeply about it.

This is why Li Zheng hasn't frequently used this aspect to tease Lu Li these days.

He doesn't want Lu Li to feel everyone around him discriminates against him.

Even though none of his close associates actually have discriminatory intentions.

Li Zheng just tries to avoid it as much as possible.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll get going." Xiao Siyuan said nonchalantly: "Is there anything else you need me to do?"

"...Yes."

Li Zheng thought for a moment and said: "Discuss with Zhan Zhouzhou to pick a team from her students to accompany Li Chun at the Lava Mountain Range."

Accompany Li Chun?

Xiao Siyuan's eyes twitched: "You mean..."

"Exactly, players carrying those items can only stay in that area. They can't even enter the Transfer Space." Li Zheng nodded: "I suspect the Terminal's doing this, so after the players deal with the Boss, they'll continue to fight over the rewards."

"Tsk..."

Xiao Siyuan sucked in a breath: "So you're saying those items might have a restriction where they definitely drop upon the holder's death?"

"That's right."

Li Zheng said: "Even if I were surrounded by players, I couldn't hold out for long. So, we must keep whoever possesses the items as secret as possible."

"However, our current advantage is that only a few of us know about the restrictions on those items, so others won't covet them for now."

But as time goes on, some players will undoubtedly grow restless and seek to conquer the Boss.

There is never a shortage of ruthless people in this world.

Especially since in this event, you don't truly die. Once everyone gets accustomed to the pain of life-and-death moments, their confidence will swell.

By then, let alone these Bosses, players would even dare to first shoot a bullet at Jesus if he appeared.

Or those special Merchants might directly sell, at sky-high prices, items capable of inflicting damage on the Boss. From Li Zheng's and Luo Aiman's and Xiao's perspective, the Terminal isn't beyond doing such things.

So the restrictions on those drops will inevitably be exposed eventually.

At that point, the player community will truly descend into chaos.

"Wait!"

Xiao Siyuan had started to turn and walk away when he suddenly realized something and looked at Li Zheng in shock: "You didn't plan even this 'death,' did you?"

"Of course." Li Zheng did not deny it, nodding calmly.

Because the drops from decomposing the Boss possess the characteristic of not leaving the area, if Li Zheng didn't die back then, he'd have to decompose them himself.

If he intentionally called someone over to do something when leaving, sharp-eyed individuals could easily deduce the truth.

Previously, his inexplicable interaction with Li Chun might have already been noticed by some spectators, but they lacked evidence for now.

It's better to do it this way, 'dying' in public view, handing off the items immediately to someone trustworthy.

In doing so, it can not only hide their characteristics...

At least conceal them for a longer period, keeping others from finding out prematurely.

Secondly, it can free Li Zheng himself, allowing him to move freely among several locations.

"Our collective strength at the Starting Point is still relatively weak and can't withstand a massive player assault."

Li Zheng revealed some of his concerns: "Once complete chaos breaks out, I won't be able to defend everything with just two fists; someone will manage to snatch one or two items amidst the chaos."

By then, retrieving them wouldn't be an easy task.

Unless Li Zheng steeled his resolve, going through the field with a thorough sweep.