Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 964 672: System Upgrade Complete, New Treasure Chest, Hundred Flowers Painting!

"Does the Pathfinder need a suit made of heavy materials?" Feng Yue was extremely surprised after hearing Li Zheng's request. "Does the Pathfinder want to wear it into the Gravity Generation Field?"

"That's right." Li Zheng nodded. "If possible, I hope you can help me make three weights with different materials. One set of fifty kilograms, one set of two hundred kilograms, and one set of five hundred kilograms."

Feng Yue said, "Leave it to me."

The size data could be retrieved by Feng Yue from the control room, and it's more precise than what Li Zheng could describe himself.

The group reached deep into an alley, and Feng Yue opened a door to lead Li Zheng and Mirel inside. "This is the room I rented for the Pathfinder, close to the Gravity Research Institute, and it's fully equipped with some living facilities, very suitable for a short stay."

This room wasn't big, only twelve square meters, but Li Zheng actually saw a two-square-meter partitioned space in the corner, which surprisingly had a shower.

"Thank you, how much is the rent? I'll pay you." Li Zheng was very satisfied with the place, especially the shower space, although there was no hot water, just being able to shower was quite comfortable for him.

"It's cheap, only ten Red Crystal Coins a day."

In the 375 district, this price was indeed low. Li Zheng guessed that Feng Yue might have used some personal connections to rent a place so near the Gravity Research Institute in less than two minutes' walking distance.

He first gave Feng Yue thirty days' rent, then placed the stove out, asking Mirel to cook a dinner to entertain Feng Yue.

By this time, it was already close to midnight, and during the meal, Li Zheng heard the system upgrade completion prompt in his ear.

He remained calm, accompanying Feng Yue to finish the meal, and then took out a Purple Magic Crystal from which Mirel had already absorbed the energy, and handed it to him. "This is for making the weighted gear. Let me know if it's not enough, and I'll make up for it."

"It's almost enough." Feng Yue accepted it and took his leave. "See you at the institute tomorrow."

After sending Feng Yue off, Li Zheng pulled Mirel into the shower and they took a three-hour-long bath.

Afterward, he finally brought out the Treasure Chest given after the system upgrade.

"Extract!"

As his mind shifted, an unfamiliar Treasure Chest appeared in the room.

The Treasure Chest looked very ancient, as if it was excavated from some ruins, and its surface was covered in dust.

"Huh?" Mirel looked at it curiously, "Why is this Treasure Chest so dirty?"

She reached out and touched the Treasure Chest, and her fingertips immediately picked up dust, clearly not an illusion.

Li Zheng said, "The system upgrade removed the previous Treasure Chest quality levels, making it completely random now, and I won't know what I get before extracting it."

Still, since it's a Treasure Chest given after the upgrade, it shouldn't be worse than what's in a Super Divine Level Treasure Chest, right?

"Should we open it and see?" Mirel was eager to try. She was now even more eager than Li Zheng for the daily moment of opening a Treasure Chest. She had regretted missing a day when the Treasure Chest System upgraded yesterday.

"Yeah, go ahead." Li Zheng smiled at her. The contents wouldn't change depending on who opened it; it was the same no matter who did it.

"Hehe," Mirel giggled and moved forward. She grabbed the lid of the Treasure Chest with both hands, trying to lift it, but it didn't budge, "This Treasure Chest is so heavy!"

Li Zheng raised an eyebrow, intrigued, because he hadn't restricted Mirel from opening the Treasure Chest.

So, the Treasure Chest's weight was its own, nothing to do with him.

"Let me try."

He stepped forward and placed his hands on top of the Treasure Chest, exerting some force, but it still didn't move.

"Strange, why did the Treasure Chest become harder to open after the system upgrade?"

Unable to accept failure, Li Zheng used all his strength, and even activated his Spiritual Power, managing to pry open a small gap in the lid.

As the Treasure Chest opened, a clear and pleasant birdsong issued from the gap, and an invigorating fragrance of flowers and grass wafted out from inside.

Smelling the scent, Li Zheng felt a jolt of revitalization, his muscles tensed, and it felt like a sudden surge of strength within his body, allowing him to fling open the Treasure Chest lid with a bang.

"Phew!" Li Zheng caught his breath with effort as he leaned on the opened Treasure Chest. "What's up with this Treasure Chest? Even I find it hard to open?"

He looked to the Prelis' Eye for some response, but Old Prel, as if asleep, didn't offer a single word.

It seemed very cautious about revealing the origin of the Treasure Chest.

Li Zheng furrowed his brow slightly, "Could this Treasure Chest be something not from this universe?"

His eyes flickered, hinting at an implicit suggestion given by the Prelis' Eye.

Feeling a chill in his heart, Li Zheng leaned over to look inside the Treasure Chest but found no flowers or traces of birds, only a grayish-white scroll tied with a red string, with a hint of stone yellow.

"What's this?" Li Zheng took out the scroll. The Treasure Chest vanished along with the dust that had fallen from it, not a single speck left.

Mirel opened her hand, observing her fingertips, surprised, "Wow, even the dust on my fingers is gone!"

Li Zheng noticed this too, but the scroll in his hands was more intriguing than this negligible detail.

The red string was an easy-to-untie knot.

Unrolling the scroll, its contents were displayed before the two of them.

The very first character he saw made Li Zheng's heart tremble, "This is Seal Script!"

"What's Seal Script?" Mirel asked as she read out a few exposed characters, "Doesn't this say 'Hundred Flowers Painting'?"

Li Zheng explained, "Seal Script is a style of calligraphy, unique to my homeland."

"Your homeland..." Mirel's eyes widened, "Is this something from another universe?"

Li Zheng's eyes widened as well, "You knew I came from another universe?"

Mirel looked at Li Zheng with an odd expression, "Are you confused? I was right there when you talked about it at the Central Hub with the Terminal."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Mirel looked at him with wide, innocent eyes.

Feeling a twinge of affection at the sight, Li Zheng couldn't resist kissing her again on her watery lips, suddenly thinking, "Wait a minute! Isn't it said that there are things that men crave when they don't have, but not so much when they do? Why is the opposite true for me?"

Despite not usually being the proactive type, why had he been initiating things with Mirel so often recently?

He looked at Mirel's rosy cheeks, "Could it be... I've already gotten used to it?"

Using his Spiritual Power to check himself, Li Zheng found no anomalies, nor any signs of influence from the Fourth Sin Domain he worried about.

The only explanation was... he had genuinely grown accustomed to life with Mirel.

Ah, men!

Li Zheng chuckled self-deprecatingly, setting the matter aside and once more scrutinized the fully unfurled painting in his hand.