Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 968 676: The Blood Patterned Black Dragon Proposes an Alliance Through Marriage

"The Hundred Flowers Painting can be viewed once every twenty-four hours, recreating the scene of being in a sea of flowers, undisturbed for three minutes." Li Zheng summarized the observations he had made: "But aside from the first time viewing the Hundred Flowers Painting when there's a noticeable increase in spiritual power, subsequent views only provide vitality to the flower garden in the spiritual realm, making them thrive again."

"If the Hundred Flowers Painting is not viewed for more than twenty-four hours, the flower garden in the spiritual realm will slowly wither. In twelve hours... that is a total of thirty-six hours later, they will completely disappear, and when viewing the Hundred Flowers Painting again, they will reorganize themselves once more."

"The garden continually supplies a little spiritual power, accumulating to about one-tenth of a White Magic Crystal in twenty-four hours."

"Though it's little, the advantage is in its enduring persistence, as small things accumulate over time."

"This Hundred Flowers Painting is truly amazing." Mirel sprawled in Li Zheng's arms, breathing out the scent of osmanthus flowers: "It's hard to imagine how clever the first person to discover and create this Hundred Flowers Painting must have been."

Li Zheng handed her water for gargling: "It might not be the work of one person—perhaps it was the power of an entire civilization that, through countless experiments, created the Hundred Flowers Painting. There must have been unimaginable amounts of effort, whether it be manpower, resources, or time and energy."

"Gurgle, gurgle." Mirel was reluctant to waste the water and swallowed it: "Unfortunately, the Treasure Chest has reverted to its old ways these days, only producing stone fragments, although each fragment is slightly larger than before..."

Li Zheng was also helpless when this was mentioned.

Before the Treasure Chest System upgraded, it would produce Wish Stone Fragments of various sizes based on chest tier.

He thought the upgrade of the Treasure Chest System would change this situation, but unexpectedly...

Change did happen.

It's just that the change wasn't thorough enough.

Before, Wish Stone Fragments were of different sizes.

Now, they are uniformly sized Wish Stone Fragments.

The upgrade seems pointless.

"By the way, isn't Sakura coming home in the next few days?" Mirel suddenly remembered: "When are we going to pick her up?"

Li Zheng replied: "Right after we get up today, I've already talked to Rothschild; we're going out for a while."

"Hee hee, the Black Dragon woman said that after the Blood Patterned Black Dragon's dormancy stage, they all change their appearance—I wonder what Sakura has turned into." Mirel joked: "I hope she hasn't turned into a chubby girl!"

Li Zheng, recalling Sakura's foodie attributes, chuckled: "It's possible."

"Once Sakura returns, the two of us won't be able to be alone together." Mirel showed a mischievous smile, retreating slightly, and whispered indistinctly: "I have to make the most of it, and really wear you out."

Li Zheng looked pained: "Give me a break..."

The rest you might not want to read, so I'll skip it for you.

The next morning, Mirel supported Li Zheng, who was holding his back, out of the house.

Mirel looked radiant, forming a stark contrast with the weary Li Zheng.

The two arrived at the Teleportation Gate, and following the street numbers, they teleported away.

Street number 375 was not far from where Mo Li was, just two hours of non-stop teleporting, and Li Zheng and Mirel had arrived there.

Looking up, they saw Mo Li sitting behind that familiar table, covered with various snacks and drinks.

Li Zheng thought Mo Li just needed a phone to watch drama series with.

"You're here." Mo Li greeted Li Zheng and Mirel with a wave of the hand: "I counted the days, you were bound to arrive around now. Come, sit here, I've prepared these snacks specially for you."

Li Zheng, looking at the table full of opened and sampled snacks, twitched the corner of his mouth: "If you have nothing to say, you might as well bite the lighter—and is this the sort of thing meant for hosting guests?"

"Let's eat together; we're not outsiders anymore now, so why stand on ceremony?" Mo Li said boldly.

Li Zheng raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing much." Mo Li replied: "Didn't I send the little one back to the ancestral land to spend her dormancy stage? On the way, a younger member of the clan took a fancy to the little one and wants to marry her. If their relationship works out, wouldn't we become in-laws?"

"Such an important matter, why didn't you mention it earlier?" Li Zheng's face darkened, feeling annoyed inside.

Mo Li hadn't said a word back then!

"What's there to say?" Mo Li said dismissively, waving her hand: "My younger member is related to the current clan chief. If she likes your little one, it's your little one's good fortune. If they're together, you'd essentially have the entire Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan as your backing, so there's no reason for you to disagree, right?"

Li Zheng laughed coldly: "Are you so sure your Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan isn't the one gaining from my fortune?"

He himself had the entire Matrix's mastermind as backing; compared to the Terminal, the Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan was but a mere leg hair compared to a thigh, not worth mentioning.

"Are you mad?" Mo Li asked playfully: "Why don't we go together, since the little one's dormancy stage is about to end, and let her make her own decision?"

Saying this, she pointed casually: "Hey you, yes, you over there, come here."

The passerby she called was startled, looking around: "Me? What's the matter?"

"Why question it? Get over here!" Mo Li shifted slightly, Li Zheng only caught a flicker of movement before the passerby was brought before her.

"Such speed!" Li Zheng's heart tightened, his gaze deepening.

Mo Li was clearly making a show of force.

Without any visible reaction, Li Zheng began shifting spiritual power from the Dark Realm outward, always ready to unleash his strongest potential to intimidate the opponent.

Mo Li tossed a familiar badge into the passerby's arms: "Here, watch the gate and serve every Outer City resident using the Teleportation Gate well. Feel free to eat the stuff on the table, and when I return, there will be benefits for you.

If I find out anyone complains about you not doing well, I'll break your leg!"

Feeling the intense aura radiating from Mo Li, the passerby shrank back: "Okay... alright, leave it to me!"

"Good." Mo Li nodded with satisfaction, heading towards the Teleportation Gate, looking back at the stunned passerby and Li Zheng's group, called out disapprovingly: "What are you standing there for? My guests and I need to use the Teleportation Gate. Hurry and come serve us!"

"Yes, yes, where are you headed, I'll open the gate for you." The passerby hurried over, nodding and bowing, full of flattery.

Li Zheng frowned slightly, clearly seeing that Mo Li often acted domineeringly in this area.

Mirel holding onto his arm looked at him, asking quietly: "What should we do now?"

Going with Mo Li to the Blood Patterned Black Dragon's ancestral land, what might happen, no one can say for sure.

And in their territory, even if they wanted to be rough, being outnumbered on their side, it seemed there was little room for resistance.

Li Zheng pondered for a moment, saying: "Take one step at a time, but we can't leave Sakura unattended."

The two joined Mo Li, stepping into the Teleportation Gate together.