Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 759 - 525 Trouble Arises_2
"Could it be that someone else released the leafcutter ants and it has nothing to do with the sapling merchant?" Mirel suggested a possibility, after all, peers are enemies, and secret sabotage is quite normal.
"It's not impossible, but I still think the sapling merchant is the most suspicious." Li Zheng showed a thoughtful expression and shook his head.
Leafcutter ants are the nemesis of the Vine Race. Even if Kang'er discovered the leafcutter ants, he wouldn't dare to go in and expel them immediately.
Even if Kang'er immediately issued a private task to find someone to expel the ants, the leafcutter ants would have enough time to destroy part of the fruit trees, and in the end, they still couldn't hand over the full amount of fruit by the deadline.
Or even if Kang'er resolved a batch of leafcutter ants in advance, he would still have to replenish the fruit trees afterward. The other party calculated and thought Kang'er could meet the delivery, but as long as they repeated the trick once, it would be very easy to make the botanical garden default.
"Do you want to help him find the mastermind behind this?" Mirel said, "Then you can ask that old treant properly if there are any suspects."
"Find the mastermind?" Li Zheng laughed, "I am not that idle. I just want to get a few more leafcutter ants. Besides, even if there were other suspects, Kang'er would have certainly told us just now.
Since he's avoiding talking about it, it shows he knows very well who released the leafcutter ants..."
He paused here and said knowingly, "I know why there are no leafcutter ants. The old treant was worried it wouldn't catch up with the delivery if it happened again, so he carefully checked this time when purchasing."
"Logically, that should be correct." Mirel found it reasonable, nodded, and asked, "Do you still care about this matter?"
Still care?
Care about nothing!
The party in distress doesn't care, so why should I bother to run around after them?
Might as well think about what to do next.
Li Zheng shook his head and called Kota over: "Since you decided to work with me, handle the closing tasks from before, and first return the three borrowed translation tools to their original owners.
Then..."
He transferred 3,300 White Crystal Coins into Kota's inscription card: "Buy three new ones, and the extra 300 White Crystal Coins is your wage for helping me out just now."
"Okay, boss."
Kota held the inscription card worth 3,300 White Crystal Coins, his hands slightly trembling.
Just for going around and asking prices on the black market, he got a wage of 100 White Crystal Coins each!
This was more than any job the three brothers had done before!
Seems like the second brother was right, this boss is generous. Following him could certainly lead to fortune!
Kota called his two brothers and took them out together.
Li Zheng thought about it, had nothing to do at the moment, and returned to the greenhouse.
He put away the patrolling Forest Wolf pack, mentally calculating the time. It was almost twenty-four hours since the last Treasure Chest opening, so he quietly waited in the greenhouse.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before that familiar electronic sound rang in his ears.
[Daily Treasure Chest has...]
[Beep: Detected time difference, current time is 12:00 noon, this Treasure Chest update failed, it will be issued in twelve hours,]
"..."
"???"
"!!!"
Li Zheng listened to the prompt, from silence at the beginning to later puzzlement and then shock. Can it be played like this?
When it's time to give the Treasure Chest, mention a time difference and delay the Treasure Chest issuance by twelve hours?
Darn it~
Isn't that bullying people?
What kind of nefarious binding terms are these?
Is there a consumer association?
Do you believe I'll report you?
But then again, when I first arrived at the Outer City, it turned out to be not even eight in the morning?
At that time, Yakumo and Yelan, those public employees were already working. That's quite strenuous.
Hopefully, Outer City doesn't have a 996 work schedule.
Alright, since the Treasure Chest can't be opened, I can only find something else to do.
Habitually rummaging through the capsule for a bit, he found nothing, and then remembered all his weapons were forcibly kept.
"Crap! This is too inconvenient, isn't it? Without weapons, how can I practice martial arts?"
Li Zheng rolled his eyes, lay on the ground, closed his eyes, and began to mobilize his Spiritual Power, conveniently familiarizing himself with his significantly stronger Spiritual Power.
After the Spiritual Power increased, control was a bit weaker, unable to achieve true smooth operation.
He rubbed out a thin needle using moisture condensation from the air, carefully lifting it with Spiritual Power, and started drawing various patterns in the air.
Sometimes an S
Sometimes an X
From simple to complex, gradually turning into obscure characters: xuan bin ta
The thin needle flew, rotated, changing directions in the air until it eventually just disappeared.
Li Zheng opened his eyes. He knew it wasn't the thin needle disappearing, but flying too fast to be easily captured by ordinary optical reactions as a fine as a hair Ice Needle.
"Huh?"
Li Zheng's expression suddenly shifted, he sensed a familiar Spiritual Power appearing, contesting him for the Ice Needle's control.
Although this Spiritual Power was pure, the intensity was weaker than his own by quite a bit.
Li Zheng looked over and saw Mirel sitting there with a smile, saying, "This was a practice Mother did with me before, training the flexibility and cohesion of Spiritual Power through mutual contests.
Your Spiritual Power, although strong, is too scattered, and the application is too crude, I'll be your sparring partner."
"Okay." Li Zheng nodded, closed his eyes, controlling his Spiritual Power, lowering it to about the same level as Mirel's, then began vying for control of the Ice Needle.
However, just after a few rounds of contest, the Ice Needle burst into tiny ice crystals in the air and quickly dissipated.
"This happened because you applied too much force just now. You can try imagining your Spiritual Power as your hand, wrap it around the Ice Needle, and provide a little protection while competing for it." Mirel carefully instructed.
Li Zheng summarized the techniques, casually condensed another Ice Needle, threw it into the air, and nodded to Mirel, "Again!"
The contest began again.
The hair-thin Ice Needle fluttered, rotated, and danced in the air, sometimes approaching Mirel, and sometimes flying towards Li Zheng, as if two invisible hands were vying for a toy in the air.
Crack! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
The Ice Needle shattered again.
Mirel: "Your thoughts got messy, and a lack of concentration will lead to unstable Spiritual Power."
Li Zheng: "Again!"
...
Crack!
"Again!"
...
...
Crack!
"Again!"
...
In this way, Li Zheng's technique in using Spiritual Power gradually improved with Mirel acting as a sparring partner.
Unknowingly, the Kota brothers returned.
However, this time, the three of them returned, with only two standing; Hu San was carried in by his two older brothers.
"Li Zheng..."
Kota and Hu Er had black and blue faces, babbling a lot, and Li Zheng only understood them calling his name, not another word.
"It seems they ran into trouble." Mirel pointed at Kota's ear, where there was no translation tool, "They got robbed."
"I can see that." Li Zheng dispelled the Spiritual Power around him, stood up, and walked out of the greenhouse.
I sent Kota and his brothers to return the translation tools, so it goes without saying who robbed them.
Mirel also wanted to follow, Li Zheng turned back and said, "You and Xiaoying stay, I can go by myself."
"Well... okay..."
Mirel weighed her strength. If she went together, she'd only be a burden, better to stay and wait for Li Zheng to return.
"Be careful on your way, if things are beyond our control, let's take a slight loss, and find an opportunity later." She advised with concern, like a wife sending her husband off to work.
"I understand." Li Zheng waved his hand, leading Kota in the best condition towards the registration office.
On the way, he turned into a shop selling various styles of translation tools, chose the cheapest one, put it on Kota, and then asked him to repeat what happened.
