Li Zhengke did not forget that in the original world, there were a large number of elderly people and children who did not meet the player standards and were screened out.
Judging from what Roemand said, those people should definitely die.
However, the terminal invested a second batch of new players from the outside on the fifteenth day of the survival game.
This is a bit contradictory.
Unless, as Roemand said, as long as you subjectively do not know the essence of the pattern, you will not be affected even if you face it directly.
"What are you thinking about?" Luo Emang tilted his head and stretched out a tentacle to take the plate that was contaminated with golden and red blood in Li Zheng's hand. He didn't mind that it was covered with his own blood, so he picked out the plate.
Put a piece into your mouth: "The pattern depicted is just a replica, and of course it has no real impact. But the essence represented by this pattern will make you aware of its essence when you look directly at it, thus
Have an impact on you."
"So, do you understand?"
"Hmm... I can probably understand." Li Zheng nodded.
This means that a person who has never been in contact with a tiger does not have a clear enough understanding of the dangers of the tiger itself, even if he has seen a lot of images of tigers.
But letting him see a tiger with his own eyes, even if the tiger does not attack him, will trigger instinctive fear in his heart.
On this basis, the pattern itself painted by Li Zheng is even more exaggerated.
It's equivalent to you looking at an image of a tiger, but you don't know it's a 'tiger', so you're fine.
When you know that this image is a "tiger", you will die from the "tiger's mouth", even if you are not attacked by a real tiger.
"Since there is no immunity, how do the old and weak people left behind survive?" Li Zheng couldn't figure it out even more. For these beings who can be described as 'burdens', it is impossible for the terminal to build an exclusive space for them outside.
Survive safely?
"Old and weak?"
Luo Emang paused while eating: "Don't worry about those people. As long as your current generation of players is not over, they will be well protected by the terminal."
After all, the terminal still needs those people to inject fresh blood into the player base.
However, Li Zheng still heard another meaning from Luo Emang's words.
If the journey of this session of players ends, the old and weak who are left behind will lose their use value.
You may end up leaving the essence behind the pattern to fend for itself.
"Do you have anything else to ask?" Roemand waved his hand away. If you have any questions, it's best not to ask him again. He almost got himself involved by saying the wrong thing just now.
"Well... there is one more problem." After Li Zheng said these words, Luo Emang's expression changed instantly, and he almost became violent and bitten.
"Don't worry, this question will definitely not touch the secrets!" Li Zheng quickly calmed down Luo Emang's emotions, and then asked: "I just want to know that there are so many kinds of creatures in the matrix, and the number is also ridiculous. Is it possible?
Are they all players left over from the past?”
Li Zheng already knew that the so-called 'dungeons' were composed of players left over from the past, such as demon players who had fallen into the abyss.
So... what are the ingredients of the creatures that players encounter during daily exploration?
"Those?" Luo Emang calmed down after listening. After thinking for a moment, he felt that even if the question was answered, it would not be a big deal, so he said: "Some of them are low-intelligent species brought in from that world when the terminal ingests players.
Some of them are hybrids privately cultivated by some biological genius players since the development of the Matrix survival game."
"So far, except for some lower-grade species, there are almost no pure bloods in the entire matrix, and they have all been improved by hybridization to a certain extent."
After tentatively speaking a few words, Roemand found that when he was answering these questions, the terminal did not stop him, and he gradually became more courageous. The more he spoke, the more energetic he became, as if he had a rebellious psychology of revenge for being punished for saying the wrong thing just now.
"Actually, don't underestimate those low-intelligent creatures. You must know that the development of the matrix and the outer city to this day actually relies more on them."
"After countless rounds of players' efforts, countless strange things have been discovered in those creatures."
"For example, manganese steel is an alloy material made from a forehead horn called manganese horn mixed with several basic metals."
"It is a pity that no matter how fast a species reproduces, it cannot keep up with the updates and iterations of players. Many species have disappeared over the long years. I heard that only the terminal still retains some genetic samples, but this statement is not true.
Confirmed.”
After chatting for five minutes, Roemand was still a little unfinished. He rolled up his tentacles on the plate, smashed it twice and asked after thinking: "What is this plate of food you brought over? It has a springy texture and rich layers.
The taste is indeed much better than most famous chefs in outer cities."
"Oh, it seems to be a kind of octopus with blue ring patterns on its skin." Li Zheng recalled that he was watching when Miriel put the ingredients into the pot.
"..." Luo Emang's head suddenly turned purple, and he pointed at the plate tremblingly and asked: "Is the name of the octopus you are talking about blue-striped octopus?"
"Hmm... It seems so!" Li Zheng nodded vigorously.
Luo Emang: "..."
After a long silence, Roemand couldn't bear it any longer. He threw the plate on the ground and shouted angrily: "That's damn poisonous! Although the toxicity is harmless to me, it can even be used as a seasoning.
Eat, but serve others with highly poisonous food...are you polite?"
Li Zhengji had just been sprayed with blood by Luo Emang, and then sprayed with saliva by him. He wiped his face and said: "I thought you would be angry because I gave you octopus, but it turned out that you were angry because
Just a little toxin?”
The blue-striped octopus is only a first-level fish, and its toxins will at best cause some trouble to players with Black Iron to Silver abilities.
And I don’t know if it’s some kind of weird rule, but it seems that poisonous things do taste much more delicious than non-toxic similar creatures.
Click!
Roemand petrochemical site.
yes!
What this guy just gave me was octopus!
It's an octopus!
Octopus!
ah!!!
"Ugh~~~~"
Roemand reacted and rushed to the beach, where he lay down and vomited.
Li Zheng took advantage of this stall, took out a towel from the capsule, wiped his head and face clean, and slipped away quietly.
In fact, he didn't react at first. It wasn't until Roemand took the first bite of the food that he remembered that it was made of octopus...
But he had eaten all the food, and he didn't have the nerve to remind the other person at that time, hoping that Roymond would find out on his own.
Who knew that the more he ate, the more excited he became, and he drank up the entire plate...
At this moment, Li Zheng understood a little bit why Luo Emang hated him for no reason.
How many dogs would it take to feed someone octopus?
Even if Li Zheng did it unintentionally, he can't help others subjectively assuming that you did it on purpose!
After passing through the isolation layer with the plate he picked up, the noisy sounds returned to his ears. Li Zheng took a deep breath and walked back to Zhan Zhouzhou in the endless ocean.
At the beach, Luo Emang pretended to vomit a few mouthfuls. When he saw Li Zheng leaving, he got up like a normal person and went back to the beach chair to lie down.
He took out a cool magazine and read it happily while letting out a lewd laugh.
joke.
Although Roemand looks exactly like an octopus, ordinary octopuses are not from the same family as him at all. He will not feel any burden even if he eats a whole cart, let alone a plate.
I have never seen humans feel guilty when eating monkey brains.
oh.
There will be people who can’t afford it. (Everyone has a responsibility to protect wild animals!)
"I got the stuff back." Zhan Zhouzhou had been waiting for Li Zheng to come find her since she returned to the Endless Ocean. When they met, she directly wanted to give him the stuff.
"Well, thank you for your hard work." Li Zheng grabbed Zhan Zhouzhou's hand and secretly took the treasure box containing Sephiroth's core into his hand.
Zhan Zhouzhou has been practicing swordplay all year round, but his palms are very delicate. Only the skin on the first two knuckles of his index finger is slightly rough.
This is because her sword-holding habits are different from ordinary people.
"What are you going to do next?" Zhan Zhouzhou's face looked slightly unnatural.
Li Zheng glanced at Xiao Siyuan who was sitting on the beach fishing without leaving any trace, and said: "Just wait and see what happens, I guess someone will come to me to attack the Boss soon."
With that said, he took Zhan Zhouzhou and found a seat beside Xiao Siyuan to sit down.
"Hey~ let's see how much you caught." Li Zheng mentioned the fish guard next to him. It was heavy and full, and there were no less than fifty catches!
"Wow! That's quite a lot!"
Putting down the fish guard, Li Zheng went to grab the fishing rod in Lao Xiao's hand again, and traded Sephiroth's core at the moment of contact, but said jokingly: "Here, catch a few for me too."
Have fun."
"Go, go!" Xiao Siyuan remained calm, pushing away Li Zheng's hand grabbing the fishing rod, rolling his eyes wildly and saying, "Where is your own fishing rod?"
"My fishing rod?" Li Zhengsha said with a smile: "My fishing rod can't catch fish!"
"This is what it means to be ugly." Xiao Siyuan said seriously: "It's not like a handsome guy like me who is rare in a century and can easily have dozens of looks."
He patted the rope guarding the fish with a proud look in his eyes.
At this time, Lin Longxuan ran over with two small fish, picked up the fish guard and threw the small fish in, tilted his head to look at the number, and said curiously: "I said Doctor Xiao, you don't seem to be in a good mood today.
Ah, you haven’t caught many fish here.”
Xiao Siyuan: "..."
Li Zheng smiled evilly: "Just a few dozen, right?"
Zhan Zhouzhou also learned to smile evilly: "A handsome guy who only comes across once in a century, right?"
The two of them were acting strangely in tandem, which made Xiao Siyuan's face turn red.
Why is this slap in the face so fast?
Is it a problem with the rhythm if I put it in a cool article?
So embarrassing!
When Lin Longxuan saw that the atmosphere was not right, he quickly ran away: "My sister and Xiaoya are waiting for me over there. I'll go over first."
Xiao Siyuan couldn't laugh or cry: "It's so embarrassing~"
"Hahaha!~" Li Zheng laughed endlessly: "So, don't be too pretentious."
After laughing for a while, Li Zhengcai said: "Having said that, you are still willing to honestly say that this fishing is something I didn't expect."
He looked around and saw that there were many members of the starting point who had finished lunch or had to wait in line for too long on the beach, sitting in a row, fishing quietly or playfully.
"You're saying that using genetic power to fry fish is faster than using a fishing rod to catch fish, right?" Xiao Siyuan curled his lips: "The reason why fishing is called fishing is that the essence of it lies in the word 'fishing', not fish."
"If we blindly pursue results and ignore the process, then what is the difference between living in the matrix and being a social beast outside?"
"But if you blindly pursue the process and choose this boring fishing method, isn't it worse than a social animal?" Zhan Zhouzhou has a different view: "I think those who want to fish can fish slowly and experience the fun of fishing.
"If you don't want to fish, you can let them do whatever they want. It's also good to go fishing elsewhere."
"I think Zhan Zhouzhou is right."
Li Zheng nodded aside.
In fact, he feels that today's players, as Xiao Siyuan said, do things under the arrangement of the terminal and almost live within the rules of the terminal, no different from social animals.
Both the results and the process are arranged by the terminal.
Some people think that Li Zheng broke the rules, but who can tell whether his entry into the outer city so quickly was secretly arranged by the terminal?
Living here, no one seems to be free.
At the same time, people seem to be able to choose a more free way of living.
Li Zheng was silent for a while. He originally wanted to tell the two of them what Luo Emang had just told him, but considering the many people and the special nature of the pattern, he kept the matter in his heart.
Just recalling the half of the sentence that Luo Emang said when he vomited blood, Li Zheng was curious about what the second half of the sentence did not say.
only?
Only what?
Only?
Only what?
Is it "Everyone can see that thing, but not the human race?"
Or "Everyone can see that thing, but...not me?"
If it's the former, then Zhan Zhouzhou is undoubtedly a human race. How could she see it?
You must know that the reason why Li Zheng knew the existence of the 'pattern' was because Zhan Zhouzhou told everyone.
So this possibility is ruled out directly.
Then the truth is that you are the only one who can’t do it!
But……
why?
Why is it impossible for me alone to see that thing?
Is it because you are special compared to others?
Li Zheng looked at the sea in the distance, his vision was unfocused, and a thought flashed in his mind.
Could it be that the matrix... no, there should be someone in the outer city who knows that he is a time traveler?
If you are the only one who cannot see the thing behind the pattern due to some specificity, then the only thing that makes you different from others is that you are a time traveler.
Is it possible that the fact that I am a time traveler has been known by the matrix terminal for a long time?
After all, all players are admitted after being screened by it, so it is not impossible for the terminal to know that he is a time traveler.
After thinking about this, Li Zheng suddenly realized that the reason why he was so anxious about entering the outer city and felt uneasy was because one of his biggest secrets might be exposed.
Li Zheng now has two big secrets, one is the fact that he is a time traveler, and the other is the treasure box system.
It seems that neither of these two secrets can escape the surveillance of the terminal.
It is even possible that the terminal looks at him differently just because he has these two secrets?
The more Li Zheng thought about it, the more he felt uneasy. He was afraid that like the protagonists in film and television works or some suspense novels, his life was under the control of a certain existence.
I am afraid that no matter what choice I make, it will ultimately be designed by others.
This made him feel powerless.
"Old Li?"
"Old Li?"
"Why are you dazed?"
Liu Jiale's voice rang in his ears. Li Zheng came out of his daze and found Liu Jiale standing behind him with several legion commanders.
"Hmm...are you ready to explore the tropical rainforest?" Li Zheng looked at their posture and immediately understood their purpose.
"Yes, we're ready." Liu Jiale nodded and said, "And they agreed to the conditions you proposed to the other legions before. We will collectively come up with twenty extraordinary-level blueprints as reward, and ask you to conquer the tropical rainforest.
Boss."
Is there any reward?
Li Zheng glanced at Liu Jiale in surprise. He originally thought that Liu Jiale would use their previous relationship to get him for nothing.
Unexpectedly, there was actually a reward.
"Okay." Li Zheng said lightly: "Give me the drawings first, and then take action."
Since it is a transaction, follow the rules.
"no problem."
Liu Jiale took out ten USB flash drives and handed them to Li Zheng: "Pay half first, and pay the rest after beating the boss."
Li Zheng himself had no objection to this. After receiving the ten drawings, he checked them and found that they were indeed extraordinary.
The eight weapon blueprints are all melee-type cold weapons, and their value is the lowest among all blueprint types.
Two long-range weapon blueprints, one for a bow and one for a crossbow, are not much more valuable.
This can be regarded as exploiting a loophole in the rules proposed by Li Zheng. After all, he did not restrict the type of drawings at the beginning.
After handing the blueprint to Xiao Siyuan, Li Zheng said to Zhan Zhouzhou: "You will come with me in a while. When the boss battle is over, you can take back the remaining half of the reward."
Zhan Zhouzhou said nothing, but nodded in response.
Li Zheng looked at the system time and said to Liu Jiale and others: "Check the time. You will send someone to enter on time in five minutes. I will go there at the right time."
"I hope you can delay enough time to create a safe output environment for me."
"If this operation fails due to your reasons, the ten drawings just received will not be returned, and the operation will end immediately!"
Liu Jiale and the heads of the four regiments he united with were dissatisfied with Li Zheng's rogue logic, but they did not show it on their faces.
They still have to rely on Li Zheng's output for this operation. No matter how unpleasant what Li Zheng says now, they will have to bear it.
The same is true in the workplace. When your ability is of the "monopoly" type in the company, then even if you only get paid to do things, you still have enough say.
So people, you really have to work hard to improve yourself, otherwise you will be criticized and controlled by others everywhere in your life.
"If there are no other questions, please go ahead and prepare."
Li Zheng waved his hand and stopped talking to him.
Liu Jiale opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed and turned around to leave.
After they left, Li Zheng stared at the sea and thought for a moment, then got up and found Fengshan, took him to Luo Emang and asked him to help set up a shield, and chatted for a few words inside.
Except for Luo Emang, Li Zheng, and Fengshan, no one knew what they talked about inside.
At the same time, at the desert oasis venue, the boss battle launched by Kunlun and Jiutian finally came to an end after a fierce battle that lasted for more than ten minutes.
