Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 83 - 78: Game Update, Launch of Combat Power Rankings_2

Chapter 83: Chapter 78: Game Update, Launch of Combat Power Rankings_2

Think it’s quite exciting?]

"..."

Li Zheng slammed the ham onto the ground with a thud, shouting loudly, "Exciting my ass!"

"duang~~"

The ham bounced a few times on the ground.

"Ying ying?"

Xiao Ying flew down curiously, sniffed the ham with her little nose, her eyes lit up, it smelled quite fragrant.

"Ah woo!"

The little guy took a bite of the ham, and in the next second, her eyes filled with mist, as if she was about to cry.

Opening her mouth and letting go of the ham, Xiao Ying flew back to Li Zheng’s shoulder, rubbing her cheek, wiping her tears with a whimper.

[Ho ho ho...the little thing learned her lesson, this ham is made with special techniques, its surface looks and feels like the leg of some animal, while its toughness rivals ultra-dense rubber.]

"This thing..."

Li Zheng quietly went over and picked up the ham. The spot where Xiao Ying bit showed no signs whatsoever.

Knowing Xiao Ying’s bite strength, various tough Heart Core items felt like candies in her mouth.

With that kind of bite force and sharp little teeth, not leaving any mark?

"Seems like it might be quite useful?"

Trying a couple of swings, it had a heavy feel, weighing at least over sixty pounds.

If it weren’t for Li Zheng having a Bronze++ physique now, he wouldn’t be able to swing it so easily.

"I’ll keep it, it’s a weapon after all... if it doesn’t work out, I can always sell it at the trading hall."

The ham disappeared into the capsule abode, leaving a layer of grease in Li Zheng’s palm.

He sniffed it at the tip of his nose, a mixed aroma of grass and wood oils wafted in.

It was a bit greasy, with a strangely alluring freshness.

"Gulp."

Li Zheng swallowed, suppressing his sudden appetite.

But the thought of wanting to eat something wouldn’t go away.

Finally, he had to release the capsule abode, entering dinner time early.

"Bang."

The capsule abode unfolded, and only then did Li Zheng have the chance to carefully examine the damage.

The side that endured the mechanical giant’s attack looked like half-melted ice cream now, softening and collapsing a bit.

Upon entering, the internal space had also deformed due to the softening collapse.

"Repair."

Li Zheng contacted the Matrix System and issued the command.

[Repairing capsule abode, this repair consumes 2200g of B25 grade Manganese Steel]

The stock of Manganese Steel wasn’t much to begin with; if it weren’t for winning another 1000g in a draw, even with the gains from exploring ruins, Li Zheng couldn’t have gathered enough materials.

"Luck... seems to really be improving?"

Li Zheng muttered, and once the capsule abode was fully repaired, he took Xiao Ying inside to fetch food and settled today’s dinner.

This time, Xiao Ying finally finished the Spinneret Arachnid gland, but...

Well, with a fifty percent chance, she didn’t acquire the Spinneret Arachnid’s ability...

"Luck improving, turns out to be an illusion!"

Li Zheng didn’t mind, rummaging through a pile of items, pulling out the heart of the Three-headed Ghost Lion, "Xiao Ying, this will be your meal from now on."

[Ghost Lion Heart, Gold Level, Material

Description: Material obtained from decomposing a Three-headed Ghost Lion, usable in cooking or certain special items.

Feeding pets may increase their rank. (Below Gold Level only)]

"Ying ying?"

Seeing the heart, which was half larger than the Spinneret Arachnid gland, Xiao Ying looked utterly hopeless.

Eating these things once was okay, but having it every meal easily got tiresome.

"Unless you grow to the size that you can finish this in one meal." Li Zheng froze the heart and tossed it back, saying, "Otherwise, you’ll be stuck having the same thing every meal. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Hmm... shall I bring out the stove and try cooking something?"

Thinking of the advanced stove blueprint he had, the materials seemed just enough for it, Li Zheng hesitated but ultimately gave up.

"Forget it, materials should prioritize gear beneficial for exploration, this quality-of-life equipment can wait until later."

Taking advantage of some free time, Li Zheng casually designated several blueprints he temporarily didn’t need to a few teammates.

The plasma cannon blueprint was Platinum Level, each given to Yan Guang and Xiao Siyuan.

The laser gun blueprint was Gold Level, the same laser weapon the mechanical giant used against Zhan Zhouzhou, was bundled with the Light Saber and sent to Zhan Zhouzhou.

"Over at Phoenix Mountain..."

Li Zheng took out the Lion King Ambition Blueprint, along with the required Ghost Lion materials, and sent them over to Phoenix Mountain.

The others suddenly receiving his items were all puzzled and sent private messages asking about it.

Li Zheng thought for a moment and decided to tell them about the mechanical giant’s disassembly, but he didn’t let them know the exact rewards he received, only saying it was compensation for them.

Phoenix Mountain and the others weren’t unreasonable; they weren’t present when Li Zheng disassembled the mechanical giant.

Even if Li Zheng kept everything for himself, they wouldn’t have a word to say.

Now that he’s willing to offer part of it as compensation, they didn’t press further. After a brief chat, everyone went on with their own activities.

"Ah, so refreshing."

After handling everything, the minuscule guilt Li Zheng had in his heart completely vanished.

Packing up the capsule residence, Li Zheng quickly connected two Bronze Level creature rooms, testing Icarus’ ham along the way and unexpectedly finding it quite handy.

One swing, and a regular Bronze Level creature was dazed; with the second swing, its brains were reduced to mush.

Summing it up in one word: frickin’ ferocious!

After using up all exploration opportunities, Li Zheng set up his capsule residence in a small forest and went inside to start working on the potion commissions under his name.

This work kept him busy until almost eight in the evening.

Several announcements from the Matrix System interrupted his work.

[Detected too few players in some frequency-divided areas, the game is about to conduct its first subdivision merger.]

[This merger will randomly split some area channels and fill other channels with players until full.]

[Please prepare yourselves, this operation will commence in 30S.]

...

[29S]

[28S]

...

[Merger complete.]

[The Matrix Survival Game will enable the area power ranking feature starting today, all players will have their leaderboard rankings publicly displayed, ranking updates will occur daily at 8:00 AM.]

[This update has concluded, please explore boldly. There’s more awaiting you in the Matrix Realm.]

...

"The game updated?"

Li Zheng stepped away from the workbench, sat on the fiber, and flipped open the world channel.

As usual, the world channel started another round of information barrage.

[World Channel 0000655 Zhang Wei: WTF? Why’d they split me off all of a sudden? I finally got along with the people over there, and now you tell me they’re splitting channels?]

[World Channel 0000654 Huang Ke: Oh, Brother Wei, we’re neighbors now.]

[World Channel 0945631 Carlos: Will you guys shut up? I was just making out with my girlfriend and before we were done, they split me off, didn’t even have my pants on.]

[World Channel 0945631 Michelle: Honey, we’ve been split into the same channel.]

[World Channel 0000879 Lin Fengjiao: Is Xiao Xuan here?]

...

"Hmm?"

Li Zheng frowned: "How did something strange get mixed in?"

No longer paying attention to the world channel, Li Zheng opened the new feature [Area Power Ranking].

Upon opening it, he saw his name prominently in fifth place.

Ranked first was a player named "Lin Feng," someone Li Zheng hadn’t seen before, likely a newcomer from the split.

Second to fourth places were Li Zheng’s "acquaintances."

Chu Xiao, Ye Kai, and Ye Yuan, three players Li Zheng remembered vividly for their outspoken nature during the Lin Fan incident on the world channel.

Ranked sixth was Zhan Zhouzhou.

Ranked seventh was a name both unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar: Liu Jiale.

"This Liu Jiale... where have I seen him before?"

Li Zheng couldn’t recall immediately.

Scrolling down the ranks, around the fifty-something range, Li Zheng found a name he’d know anywhere.

Ranked fifty-eighth: William Houston!

Seeing the name, Li Zheng clicked the avatar to confirm, and yep, it was that Mickey guy who randomly popped up to annoy him.

Immediately, he chuckled.

"Weren’t you cursing our country on the world channel? Now you’re screwed, surrounded on all sides!"

A mischievous smile spread across his face, eventually turning cold.

Walking out of the residence, packing the capsule, Li Zheng held a lantern emitting a blood-red glow in his hand.

"That’s fate, can’t blame me."

Li Zheng’s face went cold, a small cherry perched on his shoulder, he casually chose a metal door and swiped his card.

"Blame yourself, you Mickey dared to insult my country!"

He stepped forward.

Li Zheng took a step into the light screen.