Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 1143 - 843: The Farthest Distance in the World

"Truly deserving of the term ’mystical’ in the Mystical Treasure Chest System."

Li Zheng ran his hands over his completely restored body, clicking his tongue in admiration: "Just a random reward from a treasure chest can reverse the boundary between life and death, resurrecting the dead."

This function is absolutely something that the science fiction field cannot easily achieve.

"It’s a pity there’s only one dose of it, otherwise, if given to the terminal for analysis and synthesis, it might be replicable." Li Zheng’s ears twitched slightly, and he turned his head to look at the cave entrance where a tall figure appeared.

"Who?"

"Li Zheng?"

"Drunken Evil Xiao?"

Li Zheng was surprised. Wasn’t Drunken Evil Xiao supposed to have fled? How did he suddenly appear in the cave?

"It’s me." Drunken Evil Xiao stepped closer, suspiciously eyeing Li Zheng, finally focusing on the large hole in his chest, which had returned to his body but hadn’t been covered up due to his hurried state.

For many races, this would be a fatal injury.

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?"

The two of them asked almost simultaneously.

"Just wandering around."

"A bit curious."

Both explained at the same time again.

"..."

"..."

The atmosphere plunged into silence and awkwardness.

After a moment, Li Zheng spoke again: "About my previous proposal, have you given it some thought?"

Not long ago, Drunken Evil Xiao had said that if Li Zheng wasn’t dead, he would find him and give an answer regarding whether he was willing to share the Celestial Dragon Secret Skill.

Drunken Evil Xiao hesitated, and before he could speak, Li Zheng said, "Never mind, you don’t need to answer, I don’t want the Celestial Dragon Secret Skill anymore."

Having the Mystical Treasure Chest System, and confirmed that the treasure chest could yield cultivation manuals as mentioned by Yan Jinjin, Li Zheng no longer had any interest in the heritage of this cosmic race.

He believed that even the lowest grade Mystical Treasure Chest-produced tomes would not be inferior to the secret skills inherited by the Celestial Dragon Race.

"You don’t want it anymore?"

When Li Zheng said lightly that he didn’t want the Celestial Dragon Secret Skill, for some reason, Drunken Evil Xiao heard it as condescending, disdainful, and dismissive, making him burst with anger: "You think you can just refuse simply because you said so? Fine, I insist you take it!"

With a flourish, Drunken Evil Xiao produced a pile of over a hundred Memory Release Devices, stacking them up in front of him: "These are all the heritage secret techniques of the Celestial Dragon Race, except for the life-bound ones which can’t be taught to others. Take them!"

"Huh?"

Li Zheng was stunned, then laughed, "Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to provoke you or play some reverse-psychology game, I genuinely don’t want them..."

"No way!" Drunken Evil Xiao felt gravely insulted: "It’s not about whether you want it now, but that I want to give it, so whether you want it or not, you must accept it!"

"I understand now..." Li Zheng suddenly realized and said, "In our hometown, this behavior is called being as stubborn as a mule, where once an idea is set, no matter what others say, one will stubbornly stick to it."

"Stubborn mule..." Drunken Evil Xiao’s eyes fixed on Li Zheng: "Don’t think I can’t tell you’re insulting me!"

"If you want to think that way, I can’t help it," Li Zheng paused and said, "Alright, since you’re so sincere, it wouldn’t be right for me not to accept."

Raising his hand, he collected all the Memory Release Devices into a capsule, then Li Zheng asked again, "You still haven’t answered how you suddenly appeared here, and don’t tell me you followed my scent."

Drunken Evil Xiao hesitated for a moment. He initially wanted to recount the previous encounter with the Evil Eye and ask Li Zheng for help in finding the thief who stole something from him.

But in the end, he just gently shook his head and said, "Nothing much, I met an acquaintance nearby earlier, and hearing some commotion here, I thought he was here, so I came to check."

"Is that so?"

Li Zheng felt a faint realization, guessing that the commotion Drunken Evil Xiao heard was the celestial music played when he extracted the treasure chest. So, it turns out that the light and sound effects are perceivable to others.

In the future, he needs to be more cautious when extracting treasure chests. It’s important for one to have core secrets, and some secrets shouldn’t be exposed casually.

He had no intention of telling the terminal about the Mystical Treasure Chest System’s upgrade. At most, he’d only provide some items from the treasure chest for research.

After the encounter with clone No. 1024, Li Zheng felt a hint of skepticism about the terminal. Maybe, just as he previously thought, even the upright aspects of human nature could still be influenced by negativity. The terminal... might no longer be entirely pure.

Yet, for some reason, after developing a notion to be cautious of the terminal, Li Zheng couldn’t shake off a peculiar feeling that something wasn’t quite right.

Unfortunately, he had to deal with Drunken Evil Xiao now and had no time to ponder this odd sensation, so he shelved it for later contemplation.

"And you?" Drunken Evil Xiao questioned, "You haven’t said what you’re doing here either."

"Me?" Li Zheng looked down and displayed his disheveled appearance: "Isn’t it obvious? I’m here to heal."

"By the way, where’s that attacker who looked just like you?" Drunken Evil Xiao recalled the terrifying pressure the individual had imposed on him, and a shudder of residual fear gripped his heart.

"Him? He retreated temporarily," Li Zheng didn’t reveal the final outcome: "But he’ll probably return, and then I’ll settle everything."

"Oh..." Drunken Evil Xiao nodded in understanding: "So, you lost, and then fled here to heal while the guy left?"

Hearing his blunt words, Li Zheng’s face turned slightly dark: "You could say that."

It wasn’t just losing; he had been killed. If the Treasure Chest System hadn’t suddenly upgraded and inadvertently changed the treasure chest version to allow obtaining mystical substances in "spirit body" form, Drunken Evil Xiao would be seeing his spiritual body now.

However, one thing Li Zheng still couldn’t figure out was where this suddenly appearing "ultimate upgrade module" came from.

He’s sure that the upgrade module wasn’t something existing in the cave initially, or he would’ve noticed it.

This might forever remain a mystery.

After all...

The owner was right there, yet neither of them knew they were even connected in such a way.

"I have something to do, so I’ll head off first." Concerned about tracking down the missing item, Drunken Evil Xiao had no idea that the item he was searching for was right on Li Zheng, and he turned to leave the cave to search for clues nearby.

"I won’t see you off," Li Zheng said, watching Drunken Evil Xiao leave before pulling out the Teleportation Disc, activating it to return to the Outer City.

Just moments after Li Zheng had returned to the Outer City, less than five minutes later, another figure entered the cave.

The pair of slender sharp horns on the person’s head revealed his identity.

Clone No. 1024 sniffed the air in the cave, his expression turning grim: "So, he faked his death to escape!"

After killing the target, clone No. 1024 had been ready to report back, but midway suddenly felt a hunch and came back to check, only to find Li Zheng’s body missing.

Following the scent to the cave, he realized the unique scent had disappeared, indicating the other had used a teleportation disc to return to the Outer City.

"The next time we meet, I’ll tear you limb from limb, see how you fake your death then!"

The cold words of clone No. 1024 echoed in the cave, which gradually returned to silence.