Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 666 - 491: Wife... Hehe... My wife..._2

"That’s right."

Li Zheng said calmly, "The more people, the better, but the key is that they have to be obedient. Once it gets chaotic, the effect will drop significantly, and the numbers will need to increase."

"Old Li, aren’t you exaggerating a bit?"

Liu Jiale said anxiously, "Even if it’s a thousand people, let alone two thousand four hundred, it might be difficult for us to gather that many."

"How many people you can gather is your problem to consider." Li Zheng looked straight into Liu Jiale’s eyes, "Old Liu, I’ve been discussing with you until now without mentioning any compensation, just for the sake of old times."

"Otherwise, if it were with another group, I wouldn’t even bother discussing manpower before discussing compensation. Get it?"

Li Zheng’s meaning was clear; he’s only willing to waste his time and words because of his past amicable relationship with Liu Jiale.

He’s even willing to help them for free this time, without any compensation.

But he must ensure that this effort is valuable and not in vain.

After all, a thirty-minute freezing period is quite hard for him to endure.

"Two thousand four hundred people... that’s too many. Even if we force Penglai Legion members to participate, it’s hard to gather this number." Liu Jiale looked troubled at the long queue waiting for Mirel to help with lunch and tentatively asked, "Old Li, could your Starting Point possibly..."

"No way!" Li Zheng refused firmly, not waiting for him to finish speaking.

The members of Starting Point are considered the weakest in the entire Matrix, sending them out would truly be cannon fodder, and it’s not certain they could even trouble those Boss enemies.

It’s meaningless.

"Well, alright, we’ll think of something else."

Face full of reluctance, Liu Jiale stood up, "You guys keep eating, Xu Ying and I will leave first."

After speaking, without waiting for Li Zheng to retain them, he turned around and walked into the Teleportation Gate.

When the two of them left, Li Zheng picked up his chopsticks again, looked down, and was dumbfounded.

"Holy crap~ Do you guys have to be so exaggerated? In just a few sentences, you’ve wiped out all ten dishes?!"

To make it easier to entertain guests, Li Zheng used his leader privileges to skip the queue and had Mirel help make ten dishes ahead of time.

Little did he expect the combat power of Zhan Zhouzhou, Xiao Siyuan, and Lin Fengjiao’s sibling group to be so terrifying. He only discussed a few sentences with Liu Jiale, and the dishes were all gone, even the sauce was completely cleaned up with other things.

No wonder no one interrupted just now; they were all busy eating and had no time!

Li Zheng picked up a plate so clean it was reflective, torn between laughter and tears, "This is even cleaner than after Xiao Ying licked it clean, you guys are just extraordinary."

Zhan Zhouzhou, without any poise, held her slightly protruding belly with satisfaction, "Actually, most of these plates were indeed cleaned by Xiao Ying."

Xiao Siyuan used a toothpick, picking his teeth and agreeing, "What Miss Zhan said is right... hey! You can’t eat that!"

Li Zheng turned his head and saw Xiao Siyuan snatching a sea urchin shell from Red Poli’s hand, completely speechless.

After Xiao Ying fell asleep, it was always the Red Poli parasitic on it that delivered food to its mouth, and it just unconsciously chewed.

Unexpectedly, the two Red Poli, like silly geese, wanted even Xiao Ying to taste the saltiness of the sea urchin shell...

Watching Xiao Ying miss a bite, smacking its lips a few times, it’s unclear whether it was full or something, its mouth closed, continuing to snore in sleep.

"I’ve been wanting to ask earlier, what’s up with this little one?" Zhan Zhouzhou tried sitting up straight, pointing at Xiao Ying and asked, "Why does it keep sleeping lately and hasn’t woken up?"

"It’s a little accident." Li Zheng directed the Red Poli to take Xiao Ying aside to aid digestion, and helplessly explained Xiao Ying’s bloodline issue.

"So will it have to keep sleeping like this in the future?" Xiao Siyuan thought for a moment, "How about you give me some of its blood later, I can research it, maybe find a solution."

"No need."

Li Zheng said, "I already have a plan. When we reach the Outer City, we can go to the Blood Patterned Black Dragon’s ancestral land, get help from the elder black dragons. Making it wake up is just a matter of time."

"Oh, that’s good then." Xiao Siyuan didn’t push further, he was just proposing after all, he wasn’t completely certain he could research a solution.

"By the way." Li Zheng turned to look at Zhan Zhouzhou, "I didn’t notice before, but your swordsmanship has improved a lot without me even realizing it."

He was referring to the move Zhan Zhouzhou used to scare off Xu Ying earlier, it seemed like something out of a fantasy novel, even making him envious.

"Oh, it just looks intimidating." Zhan Zhouzhou brushed it off, picking up a sea urchin shell, lightly pinching a spike with her fingers and snapped it with a gentle twist.

Pop!

The spike snapped off.

Li Zheng: "..."

No way it’s this brittle, right?

He also picked up a sea urchin shell and, mimicking Zhan Zhouzhou’s method, barely exerted any force and snapped a spike off.

It’s really this brittle!

Not just Li Zheng, even Xiao Siyuan and the others were dumbfounded.

When they watched Zhan Zhouzhou show off earlier, they all took it seriously and didn’t consider the sturdiness of the sea urchin itself.

"Want to try this?"

Zhan Zhouzhou casually tossed Li Zheng a barely visible thread, it was a hair plucked from Lin Fengjiao’s head.

But no matter how much force he applied, he couldn’t replicate Zhan Zhouzhou’s earlier feat, and couldn’t chip even a tiny piece off the sea urchin shell.

"I do have real skill, but not as excellent as you think." Zhan Zhouzhou said calmly, "The reason I didn’t spar with her is mainly because there’s no solid benefit."

During martial training, both her father and grandfather had advised her.

A fight with no value should be avoided if possible.

Winning it brings no benefit, losing it brings embarrassment.

Mainly, it would disgrace the Zhan Family.

Hearing this, Li Zheng’s face suddenly darkened, "Then how come last time you kept nagging me for a spar in the gym?"

"Oh, that time."

Zhan Zhouzhou nonchalantly waved her hand, "Back then I was a bit annoyed with you, so I found an excuse to want to beat you up."

Hearing this, Li Zheng’s face turned even darker.

So, her ladyship Zhan has quite a small mind!

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhan Zhouzhou said discontentedly, "Didn’t I lose and give you swordsmanship guidance later?"

"Oh? Then it’s fine."

With that, Li Zheng felt much better inside.

"Are you guys still eating? Shall I ask Mirel to cook some more?" Li Zheng casually asked, suddenly realizing that the Phoenix Mountain trio was absent from the table.

This didn’t conform with the usual style of Phoenix Mountain.

"Huh? Where’s Phoenix Mountain and the others?"

"Over there!" Xiao Siyuan indicated with a nod, pointing in a direction.

Li Zheng looked over, only to see Phoenix Mountain, Yan Guang, and Yu Xiaoyu gathered around a campfire, further away from the crowd, discussing something.

"Tsk tsk tsk... Shura Scene~" Li Zheng lamented, disappointed he couldn’t watch a drama unfold.

"Shura Scene?" Xiao Siyuan squinted and complained, "I thought the same at first too!"

"Uh... what do you mean?" Li Zheng was puzzled, could things not have gone as he imagined?

Xiao Siyuan’s face grew more sullen, "Heck knows why Feng’s charm is so great, those two girls are head over heels for him, they didn’t argue or make a scene when they met, and went as far as calling each other sister gleefully."

He cursed indignant, "I’ve lived over thirty years since birth, except for having twelve paper doll wives, I’ve never experienced such treatment!"

"Heaven is unfair!"

Li Zheng looked at him for a while, unable to hold back, "I think you should look for reasons in yourself, those twelve paper doll wives already explain a lot."

Zhan Zhouzhou said softly on the side, "Someone’s talking about others, but hasn’t reflected on himself, huh?"

At this moment, Lu Li’s expression suddenly changed, hugging his sniper rifle tightly, kissing it hard, rubbing his cheek against the barrel, drooling, "Wife... hehehe... my wife... hehehe..."

Lin Longxuan looked alarmed, pulling Su Xiaoya’s hand and moving aside.

Lin Fengjiao lifted her eyes to glance at Li Zheng, then lowered her head, lost in thought.