Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 976 684: Fulfilling the Agreement

"Is there really no better way?" Li Zheng expressed disappointment, put away the Inscription Card, and furrowed his brow.

After half a day of back-and-forth over this trivial matter, the gray-haired woman and the Blood Queen grew impatient: "Give me a straight answer, are you willing to uphold the agreement? If you want to renege, you can return the genes extracted from that little one to our race."

The Blood Queen pointed at Xiao Ying, her expression stern.

Li Zheng responded immediately, "No way!"

Not to mention whether those genes can be extracted; even if they could, he wouldn't dare to proceed. Heaven knows if missing a few genes would turn Xiao Ying into some kind of infinitely multiplying monster?

"Not this, not that," the gray-haired woman furrowed her eyebrows. "Are you trying to freeload from us?"

"This..." Li Zheng hesitated, "Absolutely not!"

"Ahem," the Black Dragon Race elder spoke, "Let me say a fair word. Both parties have a prior agreement..."

Before he could continue, Li Zheng interrupted: "No need to say more, elder. I agree."

Fair words, my foot. Whenever someone says 'Let me say a fair word,' nothing that follows is actually fair.

Instead of dragging this out, it's better to agree for now. At most, he would keep his distance from them afterwards to avoid too much interaction.

"Good," the leaders of the three races seemed slightly relieved. The Blood Queen suggested, "Since you agree to the agreement, why not make the marriage arrangements today as well? I propose letting Fenglai be the main wife, and the rest you can sort out yourselves."

"Pah!" The gray-haired woman immediately protested, "Why should your girl be the main wife? Are you looking down on my Suffering Race? My Anan is virtuous and capable, she should be the main wife!"

Virtuous and capable?

Li Zheng recalled the only sentence exchanged with the gray-haired girl named Anan and found it hard to believe she was particularly virtuous or capable.

The Black Dragon Race elder also held his ground, "I think status should be determined by strength. Currently, among the newcomers of the four races, Mo Li is the strongest, she should be the main wife."

"Pah!" The gray-haired woman stepped forward, grabbing the Black Dragon Race elder's long beard, "You forget who saved two Black Dragons' lives when your people faced danger last time?"

The Blood Queen snickered coldly at this, slamming the table, "Grayhead, I've been patient with you, are you trying to play the gratitude card? Have you forgotten that three years ago, I saved your family when they were in danger!"

The Black Dragon Race elder winced from having his beard pulled, pried the gray-haired woman's hand away, and started to recount Black Dragon Race's contributions, "Your two races are resource scarce and remote. Don't forget who provides you with supplies regularly!"

This Gobi Desert only has vegetation in the mountains where the Black Dragon Race resides.

The resources are relatively abundant, and the Suffering Race and Blood Race regularly purchase crops from here to improve their members' diets.

But mentioning this only made the Blood Queen and gray-haired woman glare at him: "You shameless old thing? Who used their age to hog the Oasis Mountain Range when all three races discovered it simultaneously?"

"Right!" The gray-haired woman retorted, "Now our race's capabilities are on par with yours, it's high time we re-divide our territories!"

"No, wait!" She suddenly realized, "We're about to move to the Outer City, why re-divide territories?"

The Blood Queen remarked, "I heard there are district divisions in the Outer City. This time, our two races should split the best districts and let the Black Dragon Race stay in the remote areas!"

"Good, it ought to be so," the gray-haired woman agreed.

"Not right..." The Black Dragon Race elder objected.

Standing united, the Blood Queen and the gray-haired woman opposed the elder's objections. These beings of untold years suddenly seemed to vent all their long-held grievances, arguing fiercely.

Ignoring them, Li Zheng rose and took Xiao Ying to stand before four distinctly different women, saying: "Let them argue; we'll talk. Everything's about first come, first served. Mirel was the first to follow me, and since we have consummated, she should be the main sister. Any objections?"

"No issue," shrugged the gray-haired girl Anan, "Great-grandmother says you'll be my man henceforth. How others behave, that's of no concern to me."

Her meaning was clear: she didn't care about ranking, but don't expect her to respect the so-called 'main' much.

"Hm!" Dan Fenglai turned away, "I'm only temporarily enduring being with you, planning to leave eventually. Main or not, I'm indifferent."

Mo Li had a completely different reaction, "I'll just treat it as a job change. As long as you pay enough, whatever you say goes."

Unlike the elders, the younger generation was unexpectedly easygoing, except for Dan Fenglai being a bit difficult; the rest seemed adaptable.

"In that case, it's easy to handle," Li Zheng took out the Inscription Card again, updating the Terminal about the situation, "How can I facilitate the relocation of the three races to the Outer City?"

Terminal: "Isn't your fourth district still vacant? Just count the total number of people, and I'll arrange some Teleportation Discs. Let them stay in your fourth district. But teleportation discs have a fee, one costs ten thousand White Crystal Coins. If you can't afford them, give me a promissory note."

"Give a promissory note?" Li Zheng glanced at the still arguing elders, approached to interrupt: "Wait, some things need resolving..."

"What is it?"

"We've figured out the relocation issue to the Outer City, but... it requires money," Li Zheng scratched his head, "A significant amount."

"Money?" The Blood Queen asked boldly, "How much?"

Li Zheng raised a finger, "One tribe member, ten thousand White Crystal Coins."

"Only ten thousand White Crystal Coins?" The gray-haired woman laughed, "That's merely one Red Crystal Coin. Even my poorest tribe members can afford one or two Red Crystal Coins."

"How many tribe members do you have?" Li Zheng asked, assuming the tribes had a substantial population after years of thriving here.

The Blood Queen responded, "My tribe numbers around three hundred thousand."

The gray-haired woman: "Four hundred thousand."

The Black Dragon Race elder: "My tribe's growth isn't easy, only about one hundred fifty thousand."

"..." Li Zheng calculated; they needed over eight hundred thousand Red Crystal Coins combined. Despite having several Purple Magic Crystals, Mirel's slow Magic Crystal Energy absorption hasn't freed up many, not enough to cover.

However, the cost of relocation should be shouldered by the three tribes themselves, nothing to do with him.

He said, "Not a large number, gather your tribes so we can leave the Wilderness today."

"What?" The three leaders were startled, "So soon?"

They expected relocating an entire tribe would be challenging, never imagining Li Zheng would resolve it so quickly, leaving them somewhat incredulous.

"It's not fast. Distributing nearly ninety thousand Teleportation Discs takes time; better hurry," Li Zheng urged, "But before that, we still have one matter to handle."

The Black Dragon Race elder's white beard trembled, realizing, "A wedding chamber, right? I'll have people prepare!"

Li Zheng: "...???"