Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 793 - 555: The Origin of Sakura’s 1/50

"Falling into a long sleep is the final hurdle before adulthood for our Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan." The receptionist explained to Li Zheng with a somewhat reluctant tone: "Generally speaking, before entering a state of sleep, our clan returns to the ancestral land to find a safe place to slumber, to avoid any accidents during dormancy. But looking at the one beside you..."

She scrutinized Xiao Ying several times over, slightly speechless, "It's my first time encountering a clansman who can open their mouth to eat during dormancy..."

Li Zheng was taken aback and looked down at Xiao Ying, noticing a bit of soy milk left around Xiao Ying's mouth during breakfast that day. The Red Polis didn't help her wipe it clean, and it had completely dried by now, leaving some grayish white mottled powder.

"Do you mean to say the Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan doesn't eat during dormancy?"

"...To be precise, our clan ingests sufficient nutrients at once before dormancy, enough to last until it ends." The receptionist answered: "For safety reasons, our clan's dormancy should not be disturbed, so... uh..."

"So what?" Li Zheng pressed on.

"So the one beside you is unable to enter a calm dormancy, causing progress to be extremely slow." The receptionist replied: "Normally, our clan takes about thirty days to get through the dormancy stage, but if it continues like this for the one beside you, it might not end even in three hundred days."

Three hundred days?

That long?

Li Zheng frowned, "But I heard there's a way to end this so-called dormancy state early in the Blood Patterned Black Dragon Ancestral Land?"

Upon hearing this, the receptionist suddenly asked an off-topic question, "Do you know Xiao?"

Li Zheng was slightly taken aback, "How do you know?"

"Of course, I know." The receptionist shook her head, "Because what you just said is what I used to fool that silly boy before, no one but him would say such a thing."

"Uh..." Li Zheng pondered momentarily, then asked, "So, if he has any means to find the ancestral land of the Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan, he must have gotten it from you, right?"

"Precisely." The receptionist did not deny, "That guy had done me a favor before, and I once promised to help him with a few things within my capability."

"No wonder!"

Li Zheng nodded, no wonder when Xiao proposed giving him a pass to the Blood Patterned Black Dragon Ancestral Land, he was so firm on not lowering the price.

It turns out for him, this kind of "commodity" was also limited.

Perhaps Xiao didn't expect that after Li Zheng declined his deal, he would, the next day, in the bustling crowd of the Outer City, meet this receptionist from the Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan.

The most absurd thing is, among the five Teleportation Scrolls Li Zheng initially possessed, one directly led to here.

It was only by chance taken by Zhan Zhouzhou.

If they had exchanged it back then…

Li Zheng could have seen her yesterday.

Thus, life is unpredictable, anything could happen.

If Xiao found out about this, he would probably be very upset.

"About this..." Li Zheng rarely showed an embarrassed look, rubbing his bald head: "I have an impolite request..."

"You want me to take her back to the ancestral land so she can calmly get through the dormancy phase, right?" The receptionist straightforwardly exposed Li Zheng's intention.

"Yes." Li Zheng nodded, "She follows me around, making it hard to settle down peacefully, seriously affecting her dormancy, so..."

"Actually, if you find a place to settle down and give her an absolutely quiet, undisturbed environment, she will naturally wake up in thirty days." The receptionist said blandly, "No need to specially go to the ancestral land."

"Find a place to settle down?" Li Zheng smiled bitterly, "I would love to, but I still have important things to deal with, nowhere to settle peacefully."

The hidden problem with Spiritual Power remains unsolved, leaving Li Zheng uneasy every day, always afraid that he might suddenly be overwhelmed by it.

"Taking her to the ancestral land isn't impossible." The receptionist pondered for a moment and then said, "But I have a condition."

"Go ahead." Li Zheng immediately replied, "As long as it helps Xiao Ying safely get through the dormancy phase, I can consider any condition."

"Is that so?"

The receptionist spoke slowly, "I want you to return her freedom, are you willing?"

"Return her freedom? Do you mean to release Xiao Ying from under my name?" Li Zheng cautiously didn't immediately agree, instead, he asked: "And after she's released? Will you help her obtain a spot for city residency in the Outer City?"

If the implication is to transfer Xiao Ying from being his pet to being under her name, then Li Zheng definitely would not agree.

"Of course." The receptionist said, "It's not a difficult task for me; she will have her own independent Inscription Card, becoming a legitimate Outer City resident."

Being a public official, pulling some strings to get someone an Outer City resident status is indeed not hard.

One could say the reason the Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan had her enter the Outer City was so future Blood Patterned Black Dragon clan members could have a legal identity there.

Considerable rare resources, scarce even in the Outer City, were consumed to fight for her current position.

Li Zheng thought for nearly three minutes, finally deciding to trust this receptionist, who was of the same clan as Xiao Ying.

However, he also took the opportunity to request additional assistance: "Since you can help obtain legal Outer City residency, could you get a few more for my other partners who also need it?"

Saying this, he pushed Mirel forward while also releasing Kuro and Is.

Receptionist: "...You seem to have misunderstood. Even if I wanted to acquire legal Outer City residency, it would come at a cost. If this little Black Dragon wasn't of the same clan as me, I absolutely wouldn't have made that promise."

In other words, either Li Zheng himself foots the bill for walking through the back door, or he withdraws the shameless request just made.

Li Zheng, with a hint of hope, asked, "How much does an Outer City identity cost?"

"Ten thousand," the receptionist said, "Red Crystal Coins."

Ten thousand Red Crystal Coins!

Converted into White Crystal Coins, it's...

Li Zheng silently estimated in his mind, raised his hand to retrieve the bewildered Kuro and Yi Si into the capsule again, "Sorry for the disturbance."

Finally, from the first day of entering the Matrix, Sakura, who had been following Li Zheng like a pet, was transferred to the care of her own kind.

"After thirty days, when her Dormancy Stage ends, I will personally bring her back," the receptionist said to Li Zheng, leading Sakura, who was tightly encased by the Red Poli, "You can come back anytime to find her then, and whether she wishes to continue by your side will be her own decision."

"Okay."

Li Zheng looked at Sakura a few more times.

Usually having Sakura by his side hadn't felt significant, but now that the little creature was suddenly leaving, Li Zheng was naturally filled with deep reluctance.

"When you two follow Sakura to the Ancestral Land, keep protecting her but don't disturb her as you did before, understood..."

Li Zheng, feeling uneasy, repeatedly reminded the two Red Poli, afraid these dumplings would ruin Sakura's Dormancy Stage.

"Poli poly..."

The two Red Poli didn't seem to understand, elongating their heads to poke from either side of Sakura's cheeks, chirping energetically.

"You don't need to worry excessively," the receptionist said, "Our Ancestral Land is guarded by strict rules; nobody is allowed to disturb those in dormancy. Generally speaking, she will not encounter any danger."

Even though there have been instances of naughty newborn Black Dragons unintentionally intruding on some dormancy sites of Black Dragons, cases of life-threatening danger have never occurred.

"You don't understand..." Li Zheng's eyes looked complex. Was he worried about other Black Dragons?

What he was worried about were these two dumb Red Poli!

Who knows if they'll behave the same way in the Blood Patterned Black Dragon Ancestral Land, always clinging to Sakura and dragging her around?

Unfortunately, these two dumplings never heeded his orders, ignoring his command to get off Sakura.

Thinking of Sakura's bond with them, Li Zheng couldn't be too forceful and could only let them leave with Sakura, inwardly hoping they wouldn't cause trouble.

The receptionist said after hearing Li Zheng's expression, "Rest assured, I'll have someone keep an eye on them, so nothing goes wrong."

"Then...thank you so much." Li Zheng was very grateful.

"Don't be too quick to thank me; I'm not helping without expecting something in return," the receptionist waved his hand and revealed a snow-white arm from beneath his hood, although the tips of his fingernails were quite long, about five or six centimeters, resembling dragon claws.

Li Zheng was taken aback, "Do you Black Dragons undergo another transformation after the Dormancy Stage?"

He only then realized that the receptionist's physique was much more slender compared to Sakura, and under the hood, didn't seem at all like it was hiding a dragon.

"Indeed, there will be another transformation," the receptionist seemed to know what Li Zheng wanted to ask and directly stated, "But the abilities acquired after transformation aren't fixed. I became like this because..."

While speaking, the receptionist tossed his hood back, revealing his true appearance.

Hidden beneath the hood was a peerless beauty, very similar in appearance to Earthlings, but a pair of pale golden vertical pupils and two small dragon horns protruding from silky hair confirmed her identity.

"I became like this after the Dormancy Stage because during my Growth Stage, I was influenced by a friend who said this appearance best suited his aesthetic."

Li Zheng stared dazedly at this peerless beauty in front of him, suddenly moved in his heart and asked, "Did you... ever give your genes to someone else?"

"Indeed, that happened," the receptionist put the hood back on to hide her face, "But that was many years ago."

This is ridiculous!

Li Zheng internally complained fervently, not having imagined that the Blood Patterned Black Dragon he casually encountered could be the source of the Black Dragon Gene inside Sakura.

Which means...

Sakura is actually, to some extent, a clone of this Blood Patterned Black Dragon?

Wait!

Li Zheng suddenly thought of something and looked at Mirel with astonished eyes.

Sakura also contains genes from the Enchanting Demon Queen, and those wouldn't have come from Mirel's mother, would they?

This possibility makes Mirel's lineage become intriguing!

The goal of the Enchanting Demon Queen sending Mirel into the Outer City, couldn't be a grand reality show like "Where's Dad?" right?

The sudden influx of numerous elements left Li Zheng overwhelmed, struggling to catch his breath.

This is just too melodramatic!

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Mirel looked at Li Zheng, confused.